1/22/26: THE BAD OLD DAYS - Seattle in the Depression, as it was covered at the time; ICE flights at Boeing Field way up; Wilson replaces more city dept. heads; area unemployment rises above 5 percent. mailchi.mp/aad5727143a4...

1/22/26: THE BAD OLD DAYS - Seattle in the Depression, as it was covered at the time; ICE flights at Boeing Field way up; Wilson replaces more city dept. heads; area unemployment rises above 5 percent. mailchi.mp/aad5727143a4...

At what point do people say out loud that the federal government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing? I feel like I am going crazy reading about "immigration raids" and "protests" and "self-deportation". If we want to stop a genocide, we need to acknowledge how close we are to it.

1/21/26: WELL, THAT ‘BITES’ - Crocodile music club for sale after amassing big debts; six Seattle schools ‘shelter in place’ after ICE rumors; tariffs mean slow going at Port of Seattle; should historic Gas Works Park structures be torn down? mailchi.mp/5fcdee39b89b...

1/21/26: WELL, THAT ‘BITES’ - Crocodile music club for sale after amassing big debts; six Seattle schools ‘shelter in place’ after ICE rumors; tariffs mean slow going at Port of Seattle; should historic Gas Works Park structures be torn down? mailchi.mp/5fcdee39b89b...

If the Indiana fucking Hoosiers can win a college football championship, the Seattle fucking Mariners can win a World Series

1/20/25: ‘DREAMS’ INTO ACTION - MLK Day rallies and the renewed meaning of King’s words; local rise of the ‘religious left;’ Ferguson’s budget-cut plans and their discontents; ex-owner wants to buy, save Red Light Vintage on the Ave. mailchi.mp/3dcab351de0d...

1/20/25: ‘DREAMS’ INTO ACTION - MLK Day rallies and the renewed meaning of King’s words; local rise of the ‘religious left;’ Ferguson’s budget-cut plans and their discontents; ex-owner wants to buy, save Red Light Vintage on the Ave. mailchi.mp/3dcab351de0d...

it’s absolutely insane that he was even allowed to walk free––let alone run for president again––after this

1/19/25: 12 > 49 - Seahawks trounce 49ers in playoffs; heads of Social Housing Developer, City Light both fired; Seattle single-family rents up 20 percent; another fatal hookah-lounge shooting. mailchi.mp/fb7933ddca35...

1/19/25: 12 > 49 - Seahawks trounce 49ers in playoffs; heads of Social Housing Developer, City Light both fired; Seattle single-family rents up 20 percent; another fatal hookah-lounge shooting. mailchi.mp/fb7933ddca35...

1/16/25: GETTING HER POINT ‘ACROSS’ - Old, poignant photos of migrants speak to today; SPD officers told not to interfere with ICE raids; Mayor Wilson (and Microsoft) seeking to jump-start more housing; awaiting the Seahawks’ biggest game in years. mailchi.mp/3ff746f6a6f4...

1/16/25: GETTING HER POINT ‘ACROSS’ - Old, poignant photos of migrants speak to today; SPD officers told not to interfere with ICE raids; Mayor Wilson (and Microsoft) seeking to jump-start more housing; awaiting the Seahawks’ biggest game in years. mailchi.mp/3ff746f6a6f4...

1/15/25: TO BE IN AMERICA - Play about ‘70s immigrant lives is all too relevant; Wilson, Ferguson won’t change ‘sanctuary’ policies despite White House threats; Wilson stops one sweep, lets another proceed; anti-ICE protesters disrupt City Council meeting. mailchi.mp/aef4b5a38b72...

1/15/25: TO BE IN AMERICA - Play about ‘70s immigrant lives is all too relevant; Wilson, Ferguson won’t change ‘sanctuary’ policies despite White House threats; Wilson stops one sweep, lets another proceed; anti-ICE protesters disrupt City Council meeting. mailchi.mp/aef4b5a38b72...

1/14/25: THE LAST TAKE-UP REEL - Varsity Theater closing; Ferguson plugs millionaire tax and bashes MAGA regime; White House threatens all fed funding to ‘sanctuary’ cities and states; prosecutors won’t charge ex-Harrell aide after allegations of sexual assault. mailchi.mp/630547526faa...

1/14/25: THE LAST TAKE-UP REEL - Varsity Theater closing; Ferguson plugs millionaire tax and bashes MAGA regime; White House threatens all fed funding to ‘sanctuary’ cities and states; prosecutors won’t charge ex-Harrell aide after allegations of sexual assault. mailchi.mp/630547526faa...

1/13/25: ENTER THE DRAGON, ER, THE MAILBOX - Bruce Lee postage stamp announced; thousands (inc. Mayor Wilson) at Cal Anderson anti-ICE rally; Legislative session opens with money trouble; we’re all in a battle to preserve ‘the nation’s soul.’ mailchi.mp/0a1858ea515b...

1/13/25: ENTER THE DRAGON, ER, THE MAILBOX - Bruce Lee postage stamp announced; thousands (inc. Mayor Wilson) at Cal Anderson anti-ICE rally; Legislative session opens with money trouble; we’re all in a battle to preserve ‘the nation’s soul.’ mailchi.mp/0a1858ea515b...

1/12/26: TRANS ACTION - New musical tracks a gender and family journey; Legislative session starts with threats of big cuts; anti-ICE protests (and proposed actions) continue; 49ers to play Seahawks in playoffs. mailchi.mp/36b88c48c73f...

1/12/26: TRANS ACTION - New musical tracks a gender and family journey; Legislative session starts with threats of big cuts; anti-ICE protests (and proposed actions) continue; 49ers to play Seahawks in playoffs. mailchi.mp/36b88c48c73f...

Massive Monkees’ dance studio adds cafe; more federal arrests/shootings in Seattle, Portland bring more protests, responses; quarterback Demond Williams Jr. not leaving UW after all; ‘Can Katie Wilson build a movement?’ mailchi.mp/d466f6a129da...

Massive Monkees’ dance studio adds cafe; more federal arrests/shootings in Seattle, Portland bring more protests, responses; quarterback Demond Williams Jr. not leaving UW after all; ‘Can Katie Wilson build a movement?’ mailchi.mp/d466f6a129da...

1/8/25: ‘GET OUT OF EVERYWHERE’ - Anti-ICE protests follow Minneapolis shooting death; police trainers accused of harassing female recruits; development plan’s breakup might save Wedgwood Broiler; UW star quarterback enters transfer portal. mailchi.mp/71e6879a7428...

1/8/25: ‘GET OUT OF EVERYWHERE’ - Anti-ICE protests follow Minneapolis shooting death; police trainers accused of harassing female recruits; development plan’s breakup might save Wedgwood Broiler; UW star quarterback enters transfer portal. mailchi.mp/71e6879a7428...

1/7/25: WHAT IS A LOCAL HERO? - County Council honors Ken Jennings; state retracts carbon-reduction claims; juvenile detention sex-abuse suits could bankrupt Pierce County; five years since the attempted domestic coup. mailchi.mp/ed0247b0fe2b...

1/6/25: DON’T FREEZE UP - ‘What to Do When ICE Shows Up’ cartoon; Wilson fights back against false ‘soft on crime’ claim; Ferguson proposes all cuts-and-bonds state budget, with ‘millionaires tax’ pushed to ’29; UW prof says Maduro capture ‘forces global reckoning.’ mailchi.mp/7750039e1a7a...

1/5/26: A CITY FOR THE REST OF US - Katie Wilson’s swearing-in speech; local reactions/protests follow Venezuela invasion; critics of Microsoft’s AI obsession call it ‘Microslop’; Justice Mary Yu retires from state Supreme Court. mailchi.mp/30327275e16a...

1/5/26: A CITY FOR THE REST OF US - Katie Wilson’s swearing-in speech; local reactions/protests follow Venezuela invasion; critics of Microsoft’s AI obsession call it ‘Microslop’; Justice Mary Yu retires from state Supreme Court. mailchi.mp/30327275e16a...

Regardless of what you think of the Venezuelan government (which does have many problems), war will only make things worse — especially for the Venezuelan people.

Love her or hate her, this is exactly what a member of Congress should be saying right now.

1/2/26: THE ‘SOUL’ OF SOUTH DELRIDGE - Remembering a produce-shop owner; RFK Jr.’s said to be ‘targeting’ Seattle Children’s over trans-youth care; Katie Wilson takes office; Space Needle fireworks obscured by heavy fog. mailchi.mp/9232211303f2...

1/2/26: THE ‘SOUL’ OF SOUTH DELRIDGE - Remembering a produce-shop owner; RFK Jr.’s said to be ‘targeting’ Seattle Children’s over trans-youth care; Katie Wilson takes office; Space Needle fireworks obscured by heavy fog. mailchi.mp/9232211303f2...

1/1/26: IN THE FIX FOR ’26 - The Ins and the Outs for the year when we (somehow, we hope) begin to get rid of the goons running and ruining everything in DC. mailchi.mp/e4992e6b6460...

12/31/25: WORLD BUILDING, ON AND OFF THE PAGE - New Octavia Butler biography; US 2 eastbound opening again (with limits); four die in alleged Eastside murder/suicide; ‘Somali child care providers in WA being harassed.’ mailchi.mp/088071c32e14...

12/29/25: A ‘WHEEL’ STOPS TURNING - Beloved Ballard dive bar closing; Stevens Pass ski area opens (but you gotta go the long way around); ICE may set even lower standards for Tacoma jail operator; we’ve had ‘our warmest December ever.’ mailchi.mp/0202f04f5cee...

12/29/25: A ‘WHEEL’ STOPS TURNING - Beloved Ballard dive bar closing; Stevens Pass ski area opens (but you gotta go the long way around); ICE may set even lower standards for Tacoma jail operator; we’ve had ‘our warmest December ever.’ mailchi.mp/0202f04f5cee...

12/26/25: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARS - Art by loved ones of the incarcerated; city buys Talaris property in Laurelhurst; Bush Garden reopening at new site after two-year delay; proposing a ‘180 degree turn’ approach to the climate crises. mailchi.mp/e6f297150962...

12/26/25: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARS - Art by loved ones of the incarcerated; city buys Talaris property in Laurelhurst; Bush Garden reopening at new site after two-year delay; proposing a ‘180 degree turn’ approach to the climate crises. mailchi.mp/e6f297150962...

12/24/25: DRAG-MAS TIME IS HERE - ‘The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show’ returns; massive windstorm threat also returns; Ferguson proposes drastic budget cuts but supports income tax on millionaires; most striking Starbucks workers returning to work. mailchi.mp/59582dcf1d57...

12/23/25: THE ‘RAYGUN’ ERA - Saving a Capitol Hill gaming Mecca; judge makes ICE release disabled US vet; Children’s Hospital nurses authorize potential strike; Ross closing two Seattle stores. mailchi.mp/05fb60ed3a98...

12/22/25: ONE ‘SWEET’ RIDE - Candy Cane Lane endures; flood cleanup continues; climate change’s big role in the floods; city council approves ‘stacked flat’ apartments on residential lots. mailchi.mp/1a36ad85719a...

12/19/25: THE ‘RAIL’ SANTA - Santa’s whole family on a holiday train; floods aren’t over but recovery’s just begun; local Dems start ‘non-violent resistance committee;’ just another ho-hum Seahawks miracle win. mailchi.mp/912359df6971...

12/19/25: THE ‘RAIL’ SANTA - Santa’s whole family on a holiday train; floods aren’t over but recovery’s just begun; local Dems start ‘non-violent resistance committee;’ just another ho-hum Seahawks miracle win. mailchi.mp/912359df6971...

12/18/25: TWO PAIRS OF ONES - New nonprofit arts/performance space; ICE arrests surge while detention conditions deteriorate; big windstorm power outages continue; who’s behind mysterious right-wing political entity ‘Washington Rising’? mailchi.mp/d880db3371fc...

12/18/25: TWO PAIRS OF ONES - New nonprofit arts/performance space; ICE arrests surge while detention conditions deteriorate; big windstorm power outages continue; who’s behind mysterious right-wing political entity ‘Washington Rising’? mailchi.mp/d880db3371fc...

12/17/25: GET ON THE BUS - The historic ‘bus riders’ depicted on a Rainier Ave. mural; another local levee breaks; two farms accused of keeping workers on the job during flood evacuations; Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy. mailchi.mp/492e6dd8a5db...

12/16/25: DEFIANCE, HALF A WORLD AWAY - Local Chanukah ceremony after Sydney shooting; Green River levee break causes temporary ‘Get Out’ order; alleged pimp crashes SUV into kombucha taproom; tech giants ‘offloading the risks of the AI boom.’ mailchi.mp/3383e79f3456...

12/16/25: DEFIANCE, HALF A WORLD AWAY - Local Chanukah ceremony after Sydney shooting; Green River levee break causes temporary ‘Get Out’ order; alleged pimp crashes SUV into kombucha taproom; tech giants ‘offloading the risks of the AI boom.’ mailchi.mp/3383e79f3456...

12/15/25: SHEAR DISCOVERY - Burke exhibit brings tribal artists in on the creation/curation; some light-rail stations could get fare gates; Microsoft reportedly ‘scales back AI goals;’ waiting for Atmospheric River II. mailchi.mp/1f307503dbba...