I technically have today off, but I do think it’s noteworthy the contracts for these items were pulled out of the regular consent agenda. Possibly a sign there’s some wiggle room or at least some council dissent? Ill probably tune in to the meeting for at least that bit

These drones are lowkey freaky too…

when you’re looking at patterns of hate violence, a huge problem is that people become more willing to act when their bigotry is socially reinforced. you used to have to join a group for that, or at least seek out literature like the turner diaries. then came the internet. and now this.

There will be a trial for three of the Spokane defendants, charged with conspiracy by the Feds after responding to a Facebook post calling for people to protest the unlawful detainment of two young immigrants

A powerful man sexually pursuing a young woman who works for him is oppressive. It immediately limits and reshapes her future to her detriment, whether she is physically forced into it or not. It’s coercion either way, and that is why it’s so wrong. It’s an abuse of power.

Man, we have the same conversations every time a major story like this breaks. It’s exhausting. It is SO HARD to publish a story about gendered violence for a whole host of reasons, a main one being that victims (rightly so!) don’t want to talk.

A world where all the town news is the fb town page, the fb uncensored town page & the fb super duper uncensored town page is a smaller and sadder world where we are all left with less.

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I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...

Also, if you, as an elected official, do not do anything out of the ordinary today in order to try and put a stop to this, then the signal gets through to the general public that what the president is doing is ordinary.

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It’s heavy listen, but Something was Wrong, season 25, on the failures of the title ix system is my most recent longform listen!

My new toxic trait is making and then later cancelling Genius Bar reservations to fix my broken work laptop screen

An AI company set out to fix news deserts. Instead, it copied local journalists’ work - Poynter Nota shut down its news sites after Axios and Poynter found dozens of plagiarized quotes, phrases and photos

Poynter found more than 70 stories dating back to October that included reporting, writing and photography from local journalists without attribution. www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...

For all that WA state officials like to talk about protecting immigrants, they’re leaving huge loopholes for federal agents to access data. In som cases, there are devastating consequences.

…I wrote this

SCSO announce deactivation of Flock cameras

Plz don’t let this be an April fools joke

Corporate April Fools Day posts make me feel violent

Not Cascade PBS doing an entire series on "combating the decline of local news" after firing everyone in their own newsroom.

Screenshot of Erin’s computer where Kevin Fagan’s issues page is pulled up, reading: Top to bottom, ICE has shown blatant disregard for the rule of law and accountability. The agency cannot be reformed at this point. We must abolish ICE and hold those in power accountable throughout DHS.

Ok weird…I think this is a difference between mobile and web versions of his website. On my computer, his issues page has what I quoted above, on my phone it shows what you’re seeing

From Kevin Fagan’s website: “Top to bottom, ICE has shown blatant disregard for the rule of law and accountability. The agency cannot be reformed at this point. We must abolish ICE and hold those in power accountable throughout DHS.”

It turns out that arresting a lot more people for homelessness resulted in Spokane city’s public defender office being absolutely swamped with cases. Who would’ve predicted that?

Immigration detention on track for deadliest fiscal year since 2004 Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.

Average immigration detention deaths per month from FY 2010 to FY 2024:

0.69

Average immigration detention deaths per month in FY 2025:

1.75

Average immigration detention deaths per month so far in FY 2026:

4.6

www.npr.org/2026/03/10/g...

Ugh yeah I get so spoiled by the county court records. No, this is interesting though. Maybe I’ll put in public records requests for a random sample of the October arrests

Would love to take a look! :)

Does this batch of jail data mark arresting agency? Is there a way to see SPD arrests vs. SCSO arrests?

The Barbie movie would’ve been better if more of the Barbies kissed, just like when I was a kid

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(Just to prove my bonafides, one time I had a bracket ranked 216th in the world….until Gonzaga lost the game right after this)

I have never giggled so much when reading a RANGE story. @danieltwalters.bsky.social’s newest takes a long hard look at the fake basketball news flooding Facebook