New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field. In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront. By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

This is a lie: www.propublica.org/article/immi...

cool cool cool cool cool

A writer tried dating alt-right men as an experiment to learn about them. There is so much going on here I don't even know where to start www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...

ALERT!! Please tune your radios to Nate Dogg’s Nobody Does it Better (feat. Warren G) and wish @kayah.bsky.social a happy birthday!!

Recently hooked @kayah.bsky.social on ER, her first medical drama. She refuses to call it anything other than "emergency room" and I really love that about her

starting to think I might not be a very good Plant Dad

Lia Smith, a transgender athlete who was on Middlebury's swimming and diving team, was just found dead by suicide this week. www.them.us/story/lia-sm...

Billiam, no.

PSE reported over 66,000 customers had lost electricity by Saturday night. In Grays Harbor County, gusts topped 70 mph.

The deciduous tree fell directly onto tents where people were gathered for a family-friendly celebration in Pierce County.

Did AI write this?

A new report from the University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights found that federal immigration enforcement has been mining license plate data from local law enforcement in Washington state.

“The ethical conflict is just so basic and fundamental, you don’t need a law professor to explain it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

If you reach out to me two weeks after my story publishes and say "I've passed your request for comment on to our communications team" I'm probably not going to ask you for comment again

People in the Yakima River basin: We're short on water and have a difficult decision to make, are we going to cut from farms or cities? Washington's Department of Ecology: Por que no los dos? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This year's drought is so bad that Washington slashed every surface water right in the Yakima River basin but one. The small town of Roslyn depends solely on surface water. Homes were spared water cuts only by the good graces of state regulators www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

“the teenagers who were stopped by ICE at the Dutch Bros Coffee told local police that it was the second time immigration agents had stopped them at gunpoint that morning”

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

It was shit. He was flying a jet crowned like a king, and dumping shit on protesters. If such high-profile journalists can’t use simple and direct language to describe what we’re all seeing then why should readers trust them?

Disappointed to see this post from Pop Crave rather than Poo Crave

Thousands of demonstrators gathered for a second ‘No Kings’ rally and march on Saturday at the Seattle Center. The local protest was among many held nationwide to denounce President Donald Trump and his policies.

absolutely chilling lede in @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social story today: "What kind of police go around without license plates?" www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go." The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

Goddamn it

Dam operations on the Columbia and Snake have been fought over in one of the longest-running unresolved legal fights in the region. At issue is the extinction of Northwest salmon and the impacts to wildlife, people and industries that rely on them. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I mean, it clearly reflects the values and standards of at least one staff member, right?

Evergreen story: Trump keeps talking about taking PNW water, is that even possible? (No. No it's not possible) www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I’m sorry, Judy, what?

The size of the turbine isn't as important as the motion of the ocean. Check back for next week's edition of Ledes I Wasn't Allowed To Publish. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

“I am reluctant to impose rigid reporting requirements about operational details on this sector without understanding the full impact on businesses and the consumers of their technology," Newsom wrote. Huh.

I figure as long as there have been mountains, people have been hiking to the top of them in search of wisdom. We found what we were looking for. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

High-profile wildfires in recent years warn of future blazes west of the Cascade crest. And while money and staffing for lookouts have declined steadily over the decades, this year the federal government hastened its retreat on virtually every other front. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I've climbed tougher mountains than Desolation Peak. But I really can't remember when.

SPD Chief Shon Barnes says Seattle officers will protect citizens' rights, not federal agents, if the National Guard is deployed in Seattle.

I suggested that John maybe shouldn’t use newspaper to drain his bacon grease and now I’m even more confused than when we started

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

i'm writing again!! pls enjoy this plea for eliminating plastic in gardens and let me know if there are other gardening things you'd like to read about, especially if they have to do with growing groceries in a landlord's yard

Forget about pristine landscapes and perfect lawns, @kayah.bsky.social ky.social says. She's here to make the case for a messy garden. I've been devouring her fresh produce for years now. If you're a gardener, I highly recommend you take her advice. b-townblog.com/master-garde...

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

I'd say Nevada, Iowa, except there are no tourists in Nevada, Iowa.

Attorney General Bondi recently threatened to put me in jail. Now, the President has threatened to put the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor in jail. This is about as authoritarian as it gets.

@kayah.bsky.social slid into my DMs back in early twitter days and now we’re married. I count that as probably the biggest win of, like, my life.

The Seattle Times is great for all your packing and glass-cleaning needs But if you’re using a newspaper to drain bacon, I fear you’re doing it wrong

Our neighbor keeps complaining about her rat problem while simultaneously insisting that she has to leave food in her yard “for the crows”

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN