Homegrown strawberries are next level.

There might not be a demographic less familiar with people “outside their bubble” that right-wing evangelicals, who are going to learn the hard way over the next few years that they do not have a monopoly on Christianity, and that a lot of Christians think they are frauds and hate their guts

Weaponizing environmental concerns to prevent people from living in our urban environments isn’t new. It’s deployed by people with resources to restrict access to high opportunity areas. It’s nimbyism. In order to reach our housing goals, our land use processes must stop enabling this behavior.

I've worked at two of these papers and know people at all five. Support the strikers and say no to AI slop, garbage wages and story quotas!

As much as I hated Klinsmann, at least he had the stones to leave a legend at home. Reyna is just some chump and he makes the team.

1 goal in 19 games this season lol

In case anyone was wondering, it is officially Stoop Season in Tacoma. No better place to sit and watch the day go by.

Fetterwoman

Journalists at The Olympian, Tacoma News Tribune, Bellingham Herald, Tri-City Herald and Idaho Statesman voted 93% in favor of a strike against McClatchy, citing low wages, AI investments, article quotas and alleged bad-faith bargaining. thurston.stage1.crc.ms/stories/jour...

she was SIXTEEN fucking years old. i never have words to give shape to the anger. every time someone’s “just asking questions” about bathrooms or sports or prison or healthcare or whatever abstract they suddenly think is a problem, there are individual trans people who pay for it. she was a CHILD.

And let's be clear for the few here who think Democrats shld "just focus on affordability": these Democrats voted to actively punish trans people. That's not "focusing on affordability." That's going out of your way, bucking your party, to hurt people.

seattle is dying and every business is leaving according to like four tech guys running an influence op on twitter citing fake dinner parties. meanwhile…

Big low tides in Tacoma this weekend made it so some very colorful and translucent nudibranches were showing out. Grabbed these photos this morning at the Point Defiance Marina. 🦑

Thanks to The Stranger for covering our fight for fair wages. We are READY TO STRIKE. Donate to our fund at the link in bio or bit.ly/pnwnewsstrike

Hanging with @phalfacre-stl.bsky.social at Missouri boys tennis state tournament in Springfield.

The idea that Pierce Transit could finally get a funding measure passed is actually the most exciting transit news anywhere in Puget Sound in 2026. The impact on frequency and span-of-service across the network would be game-changing. www.theurbanist.org/pierce-trans...

I spy with my red eye ... Spotted Towhees have incredible red eyes that really pop in certain light. 🪶

What's gutting about this is that Juniper seems to have had a family who supported and loved her, she was in a community that has been explicitly welcoming to trans people, and a man still murdered her. She was living the life so many trans people can only dream of, and it simply didn't matter.

Very interesting article. I don't know anyone from Texas who has fled because of anti-lgbtq laws, but I do know three families who have left Idaho because of the laws. I'm glad we are being welcoming, but I'd rather we didn't have to be.

Nooooooo

One of my best friends is the head coach of Spanish Springs high school's baseball team in Reno, Nevada, and has his team at state for the first time in 15 years. A team bonding experience at a Mighty Ducks game was a game changer for these kids: www.nhl.com/ducks/news/d...

Apparently, if you are a City of Tacoma worker, you can go 30 in a school zone while staring at your phone in your hand. Cool cool cool.

Hey, possum pal, that food was for my dog.

Thanks, Trump.

Is there a better song intro than the one for Thunderstruck? If you filled a stadium with Gen X and elder millennials, not only would there be a lot of gray hair, but that place would come unglued to that intro.

BREAKING: Laurelhurst is changing its mind about the helicopters and will support Seattle Children's Hospital in ending all helicopter oversight. Sick and injured kids rejoice! www.thestranger.com/news/laurelh...

My daughter was life flighted from the Tri-Cities to Seattle Children's when she was one week old. I can't tell you what I'd do to one of these rich fucks who are stopping helicopters from landing at the hospital if it was my daughter.

“I think it's a little bit like calming, especially when you're flying solo,” said Owen Waeckerle, Lafayette's Post-Dispatch Scholar Athlete.

Meet the 2026 Post-Dispatch Scholar Athletes www.stltoday.com/sports/high-...

Some flowers that recently bloomed in my yard. Spring rules.

Sometimes, you have to stand out back with a doobie and enjoy some absolutely glorious PNW spring weather.

My coworkers at the morning meeting keep saying Expresso instead of Espresso and I might have to quit now.

This is actually the perfect distillation of the right wing worldview. A predatory industry treats consumers unfairly so it must be immigrants' fault.

This story is wild. Towns in Utah are already cutting off "secondary water" used for watering lawns, etc. Climate change sucks.

Under new World Cup terms reviewed by the Chronicle, host cities like Houston receive no cut of ticket sales, concessions, merchandise or parking — key revenue streams that typically help offset the cost of hosting major events.

Parks Tacoma's $155 million bond issue is passing resoundingly in initial results from today's special election, by a three-to-one margin.

I can't believe this. @normcharlatan.bsky.social you're a Minnesota Legend, my man.

Because why *wouldn*t* everyone in Buffalo know O Canada?

Secret Service shot their own agent and missed the suspect multiple times. Good guys can have guns, I guess, but that doesn't mean they can aim.

The UAE is joining the new PAC-12.

This is an all-time Coug'd it.

1. In a draconian new policy, Texas Tech is banning writing about LGBTQ+ topics. The ban is the first don't say gay or trans policy to apply to students themselves. It applies to any thesis/dissertation moving forward. They are using AI to scan everything. Subscribe to support our journalism.

oh www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/p...

I saw this fun pup while on my delivery route recently. Cracked me up.

Hey, @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social you literally GOT this story from me. I broke it days ago on Bluesky and then on my own website, PubliCola. THE POST WAS DOWN BY YESTERDAY. I RAN INTO YOUR REPORTER WHO THANKED ME FOR BREAKING THIS NEWS today. Give my independent outlet credit immediately.

Thee GOAT robbery Photos by Bill Wagner

This thunderstorm produced a waterspout over Puget Sound! Photo via Reddit.

People who suddenly feel like their transphobic “jokes” and “fairness in sports” takes are a bad look while the government forcibly detransitions people don’t get to say “oh that’s not what I meant!” You did mean it! People told you what it meant and you did it anyways!