10/13/25: 4 DOWN, 7 TO GO - Still more on the magic Mariners; disgusting stories from inside Tacoma ICE jail; state now says priests don’t have to report child abuse (under some conditions); are we in a recession yet? mailchi.mp/c1dad13bcf19...

10/10/25: CLOSING CREDITS - SIFF won’t reopen Egyptian Theatre; controversial cop won’t run East Precinct after all; ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural vandalized; WSU report says shootings are now the #1 cause of high-school students’ deaths. mailchi.mp/0abb25ee0097...

10/9/25: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? - Performance piece asks why we still have war; Harrell makes anti-ICE executive orders, while local right-wing influencers appear at the White House; Ms battle Friday for the right to face the Blue Jays in the ALCS. mailchi.mp/0c64dc314e54...

10/9/25: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? - Performance piece asks why we still have war; Harrell makes anti-ICE executive orders, while local right-wing influencers appear at the White House; Ms battle Friday for the right to face the Blue Jays in the ALCS. mailchi.mp/0c64dc314e54...

10/8/25: ‘PARADISE’ FOUND - Art/fashion exhibit celebrates South End diversity; Kristi Noem visits Portland ICE facility; Metro wants to spend $115 mil on safety improvements; Ms’ playoff game rain-delayed. mailchi.mp/ba53a1a8a9a6...

10/8/25: ‘PARADISE’ FOUND - Art/fashion exhibit celebrates South End diversity; Kristi Noem visits Portland ICE facility; Metro wants to spend $115 mil on safety improvements; Ms’ playoff game rain-delayed. mailchi.mp/ba53a1a8a9a6...

10/7/25: BABY YOU CAN DRIVE MY VAN - Li’l kids can now play-act as Amazon drivers; vandal strikes WA Capitol building; city spent big bucks on hotel rooms for the homeless, then let them sit empty; judge bars federal troops from Portland—again. mailchi.mp/9ee939959f76...

10/7/25: BABY YOU CAN DRIVE MY VAN - Li’l kids can now play-act as Amazon drivers; vandal strikes WA Capitol building; city spent big bucks on hotel rooms for the homeless, then let them sit empty; judge bars federal troops from Portland—again. mailchi.mp/9ee939959f76...

10/6/25: THIS IS THE END (ZONE) - Memorial Stadium’s demolition; troops going to Portland despite court order against it; AI can help make ‘killer toxins that evade controls;’ Mariners playoff progress report. mailchi.mp/d968307f549f...

10/6/25: THIS IS THE END (ZONE) - Memorial Stadium’s demolition; troops going to Portland despite court order against it; AI can help make ‘killer toxins that evade controls;’ Mariners playoff progress report. mailchi.mp/d968307f549f...

10/3/25: OTHER TIMES, OTHER PLACES - Henry Gallery show on ghosts, ancestors, moving between continents, etc.; federal shutdown’s effects widen; can new Harrell proposal really stop ‘food deserts’?; Mariners’ playoff matchup now set. mailchi.mp/614666f4f495...

A federal government shutdown doesn’t help anyone. Republicans, do your damn job!

10/2/25: DIG THESE ‘BONES’ - Rehabbed Salmon Bone Bridge reopens; local responses to fed govt. shutdown; anti-trans rally organizers sue city and Harrell; ‘tattoo queen of Seattle’ wants her stolen marionette back. mailchi.mp/c0edc97b59e1...

10/1/25: ON A PLANE - Tower project with an old 747 at its center is ‘back on;’ why the MAGAs want a gov’t shutdown; why the MAGAs are out to get Portland; Seattle, WA minimum wages to rise next year. mailchi.mp/807ada2f8e06...

10/1/25: ON A PLANE - Tower project with an old 747 at its center is ‘back on;’ why the MAGAs want a gov’t shutdown; why the MAGAs are out to get Portland; Seattle, WA minimum wages to rise next year. mailchi.mp/807ada2f8e06...

9/30/25: DRAWN TO IT - Ex-‘Seattle Sketcher’ spreads the word about hand-drawn art; city, state leaders don’t want US troops on our streets; big $$ for Harrell re-election campaign; last three Bartell Drug stores close. mailchi.mp/61ca00feaa51...

Congratulations to Tony Blair on his new role as winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel! I’m sure he will enjoy the solitude as he works on completing his memoirs.

9/29/25: UP-ROOT-ED - Mariners-owned TV channel closes; Rendezvous buyers make themselves known; Harrell claims most of Seattle’s unhoused people aren’t from here; Portland isn’t ‘war-torn,’ doesn’t want federal troops on its streets. mailchi.mp/a310698bf638...

9/29/25: UP-ROOT-ED - Mariners-owned TV channel closes; Rendezvous buyers make themselves known; Harrell claims most of Seattle’s unhoused people aren’t from here; Portland isn’t ‘war-torn,’ doesn’t want federal troops on its streets. mailchi.mp/a310698bf638...

9/26/25: GET YOUR KICKS AT INTERBAY - Women’s ‘pre-professional’ soccer team debuts; Katie Wilson won’t debate on KOMO if it won’t air Kimmel; AZ Republican wants Rep. Jayapal murdered for encouraging protests; Ms clinch first-round playoff bye. mailchi.mp/a0c884d8cefd...

9/24/25: VANISHING PACIFIC HIGHWAY SOUTH - Pancake Chef to serve its last short stack; WA still won’t give state voter info to feds; Harrell’s proposed budget gives still more to SPD; another Kimmel-banning TV station group wants to buy KING. mailchi.mp/8566ccbe81b2...

9/23/25: CROSSED, CUT - ‘Cascade PBS News,’ née Crosscut, axed; what ‘fewer tech jobs’ may mean to Seattle; ex-UW prof who founded black-history website dies; Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback won’t be on Sinclair-owned KOMO. mailchi.mp/6eacca29baff...

9/23/25: CROSSED, CUT - ‘Cascade PBS News,’ née Crosscut, axed; what ‘fewer tech jobs’ may mean to Seattle; ex-UW prof who founded black-history website dies; Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback won’t be on Sinclair-owned KOMO. mailchi.mp/6eacca29baff...

9/22/25: THE CURTAIN FALLS - Ex-local cinema mogul dies; Council OKs compromise-filled Comp Plan; Ms sweep archrival Astros while Seahawks, Huskies also win big; new H-1B visa fees could ‘impact’ local tech giants. mailchi.mp/e968b1085a58...

9/19/25: YES INDEED I’M WALKIN’ - ‘Walk Don’t Run Art Walk Marathon’ to exercise bodies and minds; MLK Labor endorses both mayoral candidates; wire thieves have been ‘prolific’ on West Seattle Bridge; yes, this summer was hot and dry. mailchi.mp/0c12b3702324...

9/18/25: POLE POSITIONING - New totem, ‘story’ poles with modern/eternal messages; federal cuts mean big layoffs at Seattle Children’s; Amazon ends policy resellers hate; Harrell catches up to Wilson in campaign fundraising. mailchi.mp/f27b333967e8...

9/18/25: POLE POSITIONING - New totem, ‘story’ poles with modern/eternal messages; federal cuts mean big layoffs at Seattle Children’s; Amazon ends policy resellers hate; Harrell catches up to Wilson in campaign fundraising. mailchi.mp/f27b333967e8...

9/17/25: MISCHIEVOUS MONSTERS - Ceramic sculptor’s takes on myth and misogyny; homeless numbers in WA growing more slowly; Storm’s massive comeback forces a playoff game 3; no, Mt. St. Helens isn’t erupting again. mailchi.mp/9e32774b501e...

9/17/25: MISCHIEVOUS MONSTERS - Ceramic sculptor’s takes on myth and misogyny; homeless numbers in WA growing more slowly; Storm’s massive comeback forces a playoff game 3; no, Mt. St. Helens isn’t erupting again. mailchi.mp/9e32774b501e...

9/15/25: MADAME MAESTRO - Seattle Symphony’s first female music director; Katie Wilson calls herself a ‘socialist’ (but not a purist ideologue); downtown foot traffic, hotel biz set high marks; Mariners, Cal Raleigh reach milestones. mailchi.mp/362964945679...

9/16/25: ON THE PHONE BUT ‘OFFLINE’ - Local co.’s ‘landline-inspired’ phones for kids have no screens or apps; hundreds attend city’s last Comp Plan hearing; park goers hit by ‘dive-bombing owls,’ local school’s national award canceled by feds. mailchi.mp/eb3e8cd96453...

9/16/25: ON THE PHONE BUT ‘OFFLINE’ - Local co.’s ‘landline-inspired’ phones for kids have no screens or apps; hundreds attend city’s last Comp Plan hearing; park goers hit by ‘dive-bombing owls,’ local school’s national award canceled by feds. mailchi.mp/eb3e8cd96453...

9/15/25: MADAME MAESTRO - Seattle Symphony’s first female music director; Katie Wilson calls herself a ‘socialist’ (but not a purist ideologue); downtown foot traffic, hotel biz set high marks; Mariners, Cal Raleigh reach milestones. mailchi.mp/362964945679...

9/12/25: BAD BOYS (IN BLUE) - ‘Baseball cards’ depict crooked and/or abusive cops; state AG Brown warns of ‘race-based policing’ after US Supreme Court ruling; WA Justice Mary Yu retiring; ‘Seattle’s racial income gap among the widest.’ mailchi.mp/92ca3fb37971...

9/12/25: BAD BOYS (IN BLUE) - ‘Baseball cards’ depict crooked and/or abusive cops; state AG Brown warns of ‘race-based policing’ after US Supreme Court ruling; WA Justice Mary Yu retiring; ‘Seattle’s racial income gap among the widest.’ mailchi.mp/92ca3fb37971...

9/11/25: WITH A SMILE AND A SONG - Songstress Julie Cascioppo’s new memoir; WA says it won’t feed private voter info to feds; why so many people hate expanding SPD’s surveillance-cam network; an ex-Microsoft exec’s in Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘birthday book.’ mailchi.mp/d639646c0525...

9/11/25: WITH A SMILE AND A SONG - Songstress Julie Cascioppo’s new memoir; WA says it won’t feed private voter info to feds; why so many people hate expanding SPD’s surveillance-cam network; an ex-Microsoft exec’s in Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘birthday book.’ mailchi.mp/d639646c0525...

9/10/25: RE-LIVING THE DREAM (POP) - Char Easter’s ethereal guitar music returns; Council approves more CCTV cams despite major opposition; Bill Gates profits from ICE flights; Storm clinch last playoff spot in last seconds of last regular-season game. mailchi.mp/4e9121eeccd3...

9/9/25: VIRTUAL REEL-ITY - Amazon unit to re-create lost Orson Welles footage; UW report says feds have ‘forcibly disappeared’ Washingtonians; Pierce Co. sheriff’s transphobic social media posts; locals find more reasons to boycott Spotify. mailchi.mp/0142c711597b...

9/8/25: JONES-ING FOR A COMEBACK - Bremerton civic project honors Quincy Jones (and other Black locals); CVS devours Bartell Drugs’ last crumbs; judge orders ICE to release Seattle man; is Harrell using city funds/resources for electioneering? mailchi.mp/3776ebecae7c...

9/8/25: JONES-ING FOR A COMEBACK - Bremerton civic project honors Quincy Jones (and other Black locals); CVS devours Bartell Drugs’ last crumbs; judge orders ICE to release Seattle man; is Harrell using city funds/resources for electioneering? mailchi.mp/3776ebecae7c...

9/5/25: THERE THEY AREN’T NOW - MoPOP’s Nirvana exhibit closes after 14 years; big Waterfront Park holds grand opening gala; Sen. Cantwell gives hell to RFK Jr.; Ferguson predicts major economic and job losses from tariffs. mailchi.mp/3ce8b1ed72aa...

9/5/25: THERE THEY AREN’T NOW - MoPOP’s Nirvana exhibit closes after 14 years; big Waterfront Park holds grand opening gala; Sen. Cantwell gives hell to RFK Jr.; Ferguson predicts major economic and job losses from tariffs. mailchi.mp/3ce8b1ed72aa...

9/4/25: ROCK, PAPER, HOPE - Tomo Nakayama’s song of optimism; western governors form vax partnership; fed oversight of SPD officially ends; don’t expect the ‘Prize Patrol’ to come knocking any time soon. mailchi.mp/b584f473f90e...

9/4/25: ROCK, PAPER, HOPE - Tomo Nakayama’s song of optimism; western governors form vax partnership; fed oversight of SPD officially ends; don’t expect the ‘Prize Patrol’ to come knocking any time soon. mailchi.mp/b584f473f90e...

9/3/25: NOW IN PLAY - PAX West and the business of play; AI’s real threat isn’t what ‘AI doomers’ claim; officials vow to keep Sound Transit projects funded; could Boeing be prosecuted over 737 MAX disasters? mailchi.mp/1b1c43410ffd...

9/3/25: NOW IN PLAY - PAX West and the business of play; AI’s real threat isn’t what ‘AI doomers’ claim; officials vow to keep Sound Transit projects funded; could Boeing be prosecuted over 737 MAX disasters? mailchi.mp/1b1c43410ffd...

9/2/25: LABORING FOR DEMOCRACY - Rallies for ‘Workers Over Billionaires;’ other protesters don’t give homophobes the martyrdom they want; deportation flights now hiding their identity; some subsidized apts. now cost more than some market-rate units. mailchi.mp/7fe57bbcd8cd...

9/2/25: LABORING FOR DEMOCRACY - Rallies for ‘Workers Over Billionaires;’ other protesters don’t give homophobes the martyrdom they want; deportation flights now hiding their identity; some subsidized apts. now cost more than some market-rate units. mailchi.mp/7fe57bbcd8cd...

8/29/25: DOWN IN THE ‘VALLEY’ - Locally created game ‘Stardew Valley’ gets an orchestral concert; ICE to ‘boost presence’ in ‘sanctuary cities;’ fatal assault at SuicideBoys show; Microsoft fires two more pro-Gaza protesting employees. mailchi.mp/5da84f80619f...