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Fantastic work by @owenracer.bsky.social for @cascadiadaily.com breaking down @peacehealth.bsky.social monopoly in Whatcom County. www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/13/...

With historic Salish Sea corals, researchers at the University of Washington unlocked important insights into ocean acidification, which has economic, biological and cultural impacts in the region. @uwnews.uw.edu www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/13/...

🧵 Recent story for @cascadiadaily.com: A female detective with the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is alleging a decade of workplace discrimination, retaliation and hostility, including the circulation among co-workers of a sexual AI-generated video of her. www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/10/...

Inspiring profile about my talented colleague Eric Trent overcoming addiction and finding his way to journalism. Many paths lead to this field, and it's all the richer and more compassionate because of it. salish-current.org/2025/11/10/l... Great work by @matt-benoit.bsky.social on the piece!

A REAL Department of Homeland Security press release headline: "This Halloween These Monsters Are Off American Streets Thanks to the Brave Men and Women of ICE Law Enforcement" ...

Welcome to Decoherence Media, an independent nonprofit founded by @jennefer.bsky.social and @tristanl.ee that investigates authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.

A break from difficult stories to remind folks to get outside, document cool mushrooms and make contributions to science this week! @cascadiadaily.com @mycotae.bsky.social www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/15/...

A peaceful protestor was arrested yesterday in Portland and taken across state lines to a jail in Vancouver, WA. Her husband had no clue where she was at and didn’t find out until 2AM this morning that she was taken to Washington state. #portland #washington www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires. grist.org/accountabili... #Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News

🧵 There's nearly a decade's worth of history leading up to this moment at the AltaGas LPG terminal at Cherry Point... The facility is the only major LPG exporter on the West Coast, a strategic advantage for supplying butane and propane to Asian markets. www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/12/...

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more. 🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

Great analysis of the broader budget landscape by @simonelli.bsky.social

Did you miss our "Earthquakes and Tsunamis 101" webinar? Thank you to everyone who attended and asked questions- using this opportunity to learn about earthquake and tsunami hazards and preparedness before the Great ShakeOut on 10/16! Here's the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Ty...

Nick Muller did a pretty good job covering this. Nazis are dressing in bloc and trying to instigate violence in Portland. They seem like terrorists to me. #portland #pnw #cascadia #oregon

This is really bad. It won’t get the popular opposition the Kimmel incident did, but it’s way more sweeping and authoritarian. This is an effort to bring the full force of government down on any and all opposition to this administration. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

A recently published paper investigates how to counter misinformation about voter and election fraud. Turns out, CDN's mini series last year was on point. So, we're bringing it back.

Seattle City Light is pushing to further delay the relicensing of its dams on the Skagit River “to allow time to resolve outstanding matters.” Non-disclosure has obscured the complex process that sets to chart the future of the Skagit for decades to come.

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals. There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles. grist.org/science/us-m... #Mining #Climate #Mines #Lithium #EV #Batteries #Minerals

Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe said it withdrew its support of the relicensing of Seattle City Light's hydroelectric dams in a letter to Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell sent in July. The tribe alleged the public utility company had been negotiating in "bad faith." www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/17/...

Defending the Earth is deadly work. A new report illuminates how much. Nearly 150 land and environment defenders were killed or disappeared last year, most for standing up to mining and logging. grist.org/global-indig... #Climate #Indigenous #Tribes #Environment #GreenSky

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

A bill introduced by Michigan lawmakers last week would ban pornography, ASMR, depictions of transgender people, and VPNs for anyone using the internet in the state. 🔗 www.404media.co/michigan-por...

Mount Vernon restaurant owner illegally bought black bear parts — two dozen paws with the claws still attached, six livers and 13 gall bladders — from undercover WDFW officers, according to court documents. @cascadiadaily.com www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/15/...

Get this book by @jeffsharlet.bsky.social it is really helpful for understanding the time we are in.

This TikTok star makes foraging a fun — and revolutionary — practice. Alexis Nikole Nelson is a foraging expert who shares tips of the trade through social media. grist.org/fix/food-far... #TikTok #Foraging #SocialMedia #Plants #Environment #Media #Climate #Rap #BlackSky

Karen Burke is a long-time, active member of the Whatcom County nonprofit world. She previously served as the CEO of YWCA Bellingham, the executive director of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom County and the Tribal Court director for the Lummi Nation.

PeaceHealth is eliminating executive roles in the latest sign of ongoing challenges facing health care and hospitals. The dominant local provider said the shakeup that will impact 18 leadership roles was a "tough decision."

Breaking News: Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election. He could face decades in prison. nyti.ms/4pyzL3Q

The CDC, once the world’s top public health agency, is facing a crisis that threatens its survival, on full display during RFK Jr.’s Senate testimony. A public health scholar looks at what’s going on: buff.ly/HBfO8aJ 🩺 🧪 #vaccines

This is no magic messaging to completely protect the public from election misinformation. But, it’s important to enact multiple layers of defense where possible. So, @cascadiadaily.com is knocking the dust off our reporting on last year about how voting works. www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/08/...

🤝 German defence minister announces €300m initiative to buy Ukrainian drones

🧵I was introduced to Dr. Nicholas Muff because he is a world-class railroad modeler. He is elite. No detail is too small. One day when I was visiting, he was planting sugarcane stalks smaller than a toothpick -- one at a time -- along a stretch of his HO-scale Kansas City Southern Railroad tracks.

The Whatcom County health department will be offering free vaccines from 2:30–5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9 in Bellingham.

Attention movie buffs: The Doctober 2025 lineup is live as of Friday, Sept. 5.

Joseph Chahayed, a Syrian immigrant in Southern California, beat the odds, selling the winning lottery ticket from his gas station — twice. Now some Powerball players see an ineffable magic at work in his store: “I don’t know how many hundreds of people have tried to take pictures with me.”

Puerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow. Following a history of disinvestment and destructive climate disasters, communities across the archipelago are developing living blueprints of food sovereignty. grist.org/food-and-agr... #PR #Disaster #PuertoRico #Food #Farms #Farming

Measuring impact from our work as reporters can be hard. Sometimes it can take a long time before laws are changed. Sometimes there is no clear line connecting the reporting to the change. But, sometimes there are direct impact within days. @cascadiadaily.com www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/aug/13/...

Trump isn't deploying the military into US cities because of crime or "illegals." He's deploying them against US citizens to crush our Constitutional rights and scare people into silence. Stop saying "he can't do this" — he's doing it. This is the authoritarian playbook.

We break down elected officials salaries for Whatcom County @cascadiadaily.com. County Executive: $244,000, Prosecuting Attorney: $237,252 Sheriff: $230,124 Assessor: $173,652 Auditor: $173,652 Treasurer: $173,652 (This doesn't include benefit packages.) www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/aug/11/...

New report reveals human rights abuses in US detention camps, including: -a 10-year-old US citizen child recovering from brain surgery denied follow-up medical care -a 4-year-old child suffering from metastatic cancer deported w/o ability to consult a doctor www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...

The number of people impacted by the successful cyber attack on Mt. Baker Imaging and Northwest Radiologists remained a huge question mark for nearly seven months. Now, a filing with the Attorney General's Office confirms that sensitive data for 348,118 people was impacted.

Whatcom County Council District 3 incumbent Tyler Byrd is trailing behind his two challengers, based on preliminary results. Meanwhile, in District 2, Elizabeth Boyle is a clear favorite and will advance to the general election.

Early results Tuesday evening show two races for Whatcom County Council are too close to call, while Port of Bellingham commissioner Ken Bell took a commanding lead in his reelection efforts.

Writing about the relicensing of hydro electrical dams on the Skagit River isn't straightforward. Rivers are complex. Bureaucracy is complex. The cultural landscape of the Skagit Valley is complex. Appreciate @audralanderson.bsky.social's editorial support. www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/aug/01/...