Incredibly disturbing and grotesque. I think of all the neuro-divergent teenagers who attended my Shared Worlds writing camp and how much they taught me about creativity and imagination, among other things.

One of the flaws in our system for prosecuting "domestic" violence and abuse is that regardless of a perpetrator's actions, or the illegality of their known behavior, charges are dropped when a victim decides to stop cooperating, which is extremely common in coercive control situations.

The people who were indicted on "Antifa" charges in Minnesota today are accused of participating in community rapid response networks like hundreds of thousands of other people around the country. Everyone up to @maddow.bsky.social has promoted these tactics. This concerns all of us. Resist.

Here's our chance to put a pro #Cascadia socialist on the Portland city council...

Oh, MS NOW just caught wind of the #Cascadia autonomy movement. I guess all publicity is good publicity as long as they spell your name right 😂 youtu.be/k8DsDRun15g

WA MAGA Republicans know they're lying about vote by mail in California and here. They tell those lies as an excuse to advocate to block the votes of eligible Washingtonians so they can rule over us. They know they can't win in free & democratic elections, so they want to rig them in their favor.

ACTION ITEM. They're gonna just keep running surveys until they get some results they like, huh. you know what to do

The law makes it a crime for a person to use a restroom or changing room that doesn’t align with their sex assigned at birth.

“While Metro Connects called for Metro to scale up to 5.5 million service hours by the mid-2030s – one million more than its 2019 baseline, or a 22% increase – Metro's Next Stop scales that back to a 12% bump compared to around 4 million service hours today.”

It is now illegal to post this image with the caption “become ungovernable.”

I mean, I think a lot of us ungovernable at this point.

In today's news from across #Cascadia, FBI investigating a border patrol shooting in Blaine, King county announces plans for bus service expansion amid budget woes, and letting Indigenous people manage lands increases biodiversity: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Wow, I'm glad NPR talked to Jessa Davis, who's doing amazing work speaking up for trans people fleeing hostile parts of the US in Seattle but this "both-sides" article is garbage.

Crowds of soccer fans at King Street station headed to Vancouver. Love to see it! (I'm headed the other direction)

This is absolutely unacceptable. Washington is a state with abundant wealth. To let our K-12 public education slip to 31st in the US is shameful. We can do better. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/06/15/w...

Ugh, yet another fatal bike crash in King County. Every major road needs a separated, protected bike lane. Period.

I appreciate that the New York Times covered our growing movement for #Cascadia independence with fairness and nuance. And yes, the revolution can start with a poetry reading: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/u...

Bad Bunny's half time show was the real American spectacle.

The number of people I hear talking about making Cascadia happen just grows and grows. And yeah, there are many downsides and risks and obstacles. But as Trump and SCOTUS shred the Constitution, this merits serious consideration.

The G line is one of the best things in Seattle.

Oh look, the New York Times talked with me about the movement for #Cascadia autonomy: "We’re in an abusive relationship with the federal government,” Divorce is a valid response.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/u...

Jeremy Beausoleil Smith runs for Portland city council supporting the idea of Cascadia. #cascadia #portland #pnw

Vote-by-mail is still uncertain in #Cascadia, Oregon's population is getting older, chinook salmon threatened by parasites in the Upper Klamath, and Fantagraphics turns 50. This and more news from across the #PNW: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Happy Friday, Seattle! This made me so happy yesterday! A whole family passed me on bikes on our beautiful new protected bike path on E Marginal Way! Signs of a healthy society 💙🤍💚

love to read a laughably uninformed dismissal of my deep reporting that is based on my deep reporting anyway: publicola.com/2026/06/11/a...

Did you know North Dakota has the only state public bank in the country? Here are 3 amazing opportunities to learn about banks that work FOR the people from their current CEO. Tacoma 7/21: bit.ly/PB-Tacoma, Seattle 7/22: bit.ly/Seattle-PB, Bellingham 7/23: bit.ly/PB-Bellingham.

Happy anniversary to us: Katie Campbell, KUOW at KUOW Public Radio interviewed Eric Reynolds about"50 years of comics, graphic novels, and counterculture media"! https://ow.ly/ASc750Zaazs

Abolish the Senate.

In today's news from across the #Cascadia bioregion, vote by mail is under threat from the feds, Oregon's population is aging, another death in custody at the SCORE jail in King County, and Fantagraphics turns 50: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

Enjoyed a very packed NYC subway and now a standing room only NJ Transit commuter train. I used to think I could only get this feel of busy transit in the US on the East Coast, but now with our Seattle light rail expansion, it's awesome to feel it at home too 😍 Transit for everyone, everywhere!

We're working on streamlining that customs inspection to zero minutes. #Cascadia

Hear me out: @wastatecommerce.bsky.social should convince BYD to build its first North American EV plant in Washington: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Think what #Cascadia could do if we kept our share of these wasted dollars here at home.

CM Kettle is touting the importance of the real time crime center and especially ALPRs (license plate readers) for addressing the gun violence on Aurora. Just going to mention that neither license plate readers nor CCTV cameras have been shown to prevent violence.

I appreciate my local gas station for having a big red sign that tells everyone to drive less and bike more.

We’re facing a Climate Crisis & a hostile Federal Government. Oregon and Washington give more to the Federal Government than we receive & we need to have a real discussion about soft secession & a move to bioregionalism. We can have Cascadia, but we have to fight for it. Read the full article below.

In today's news from the #Cascadia bioregion, the tourism impact from World Cup in Seattle and Vancouver has been disappointing, Portland city council fails to protect city jobs from cuts, and profiles of four PDX queer icons past & present: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...

"I fly my #Cascadia flag in front of my house, and for me it represents my north star of hope," says Jeremy Beausoleil Smith, a socialist candidate for Portland city council who's supportive of soft secession -- and an independence referendum. www.cascadia-journal.com/jeremy-beaus...

Thank you, @amysundberg.bsky.social for reporting on continued deaths in custody at the SCORE jail -- the most recent being an overdose that it took jail medical staff nearly four hours to respond to...

At Cascadia Journal, I profiled @jeremy4pdx.bsky.social, who's running for Portland city council as a democratic socialist and is supportive of the idea of #Cascadia: www.cascadia-journal.com/jeremy-beaus...

Visiting the Seattle area for the World Cup and looking for transit-accessible hikes? We've got you covered!

Danny is so close to getting it. The labor productivity gains are all going to landlords and capital. That’s why people are pissed. The solution is progressive statewide taxes and building a bunch of housing.

So glad the Crocodile has been saved! Sorry about the old photo 😉

A complete guide to all sorts of trails you can access by transit from Seattle! 😍🚌🥾🌲 www.wta.org/go-outside/s...

This is completely the wrong approach, and we need to organize and push back hard against austerity

This is what mutual aid is all about...

Aaaaannnnnddddd—it’s official, and unanimous: a one year moratorium on large data centers in the city of Seattle! 💃🎉🔥

More than 10,000 people applied for Seattle's social housing lottery after the social housing developer bought its first building. www.seattletimes.com/business/rea...

I love Trailhead Direct! 🚌🥾🌲

Seattle Turned on the Surveillance Cameras Before It Wrote the Rules Privacy advocate Phil Mocek says Mayor Wilson has decided to open the door to mass police surveillance without establishing ground rules or studying the potential negative impacts. publicola.com/2026/06/09/s...