losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?

Live updates: At a City Hall press conference, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said a 37-year-old woman was shot and killed by ICE. Calling the situation devastating, Frey said there was little he could say to make it better, but he delivered a blunt message to federal agents.

Of course!

All the cool kids are building bike lanes. Seattle, let's fix Rainier!

a note from the CBS reporter behind this story to her colleagues tonight

The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision. "The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

WA needs poles and wires in the ground, fast. State leaders can step up by creating a transmission authority, removing redundancies in project approval processes, focusing enviro analysis, and other recs from @emilymoore.bsky.social and @ktrumbull.bsky.social

This is really big, good news from CA to get cheaper heat pumps and induction stoves in more homes. And it could have ripple effects around the country. www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Big bad news. WA is the latest state the Trump admin is trying to force to keep burning coal. The Centralia, WA coal plant, the last in the state, should be shuttering in 2 weeks. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

☀️Breaking! Executive Order from Gov Ferguson to speed clean energy development in WA before federal tax cuts expire next year. governor.wa.gov/sites/defaul...

Early Sunday morning, a driver struck and killed a 38-year-old named Allie who was biking across Beacon Ave S. The driver fled the scene. As a lifelong cyclist who’s had my share of close calls, my heart goes out to Allie’s family and friends.

The incomparable health & human rights leader Dr Mary Bassett has been terminated - a shocking move by Harvard bowing to pressure 🇺🇸 Read more & sign petition

We don't talk enough about how permitting delays of transmission projects ends up on customers' utility bills. Lawsuits drag out projects, which end up getting built anyway, for more money + higher utility profits! New from @sightline.org www.sightline.org/2025/11/20/t...

This WaPo editorial bashing Katie Wilson is so gross on so many levels. Since when is not owning a car and renting a small apartment an indictment??

"This spike is not — I repeat, is not — a global trend. The U.S. is an outlier.”

My ballot was counted this year, but in a previous election is was rejected and I had to fix it — just took a couple of minutes. Make sure yours was counted Seattle! info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

I don't understand how needing help affording childcare in one of the most expensive places for daycare in the country could be remotely considered a scandal. Also, daycare workers are SO underpaid for what they do and yet daycare is so expensive...

Today, @heatmap.news published The Aftermath, a masterful series from @jeva.bsky.social on how the US is learning to live with wildfires, incl. stories on improving evacuations, contemplating relocation, lessons from hotshots, and fires that never made headlines heatmap.news/the-aftermath

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

California’s FAIR Plan seeks 36% rate increase as wildfire risk and insurer exits surge. With $650B in exposure but just $1.5B cash on hand, the math no longer works. Homeowners face costly coverage, rising assessments, and a volatile market going forward. open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...

Cool! Anything like this exist in the US?

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

Not only does this story get a number of basic facts wrong, it doesn’t take time to actually explore why Portlanders elected these folks. Coming in with a pre-baked PDX story to fit a NYT narrative about NYC is harmful, especially at this moment.

Among the several PNW projects the Trump admin canceled funding for today: $250M to the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in Oregon to upgrade a transmission line, which would have enabled the Tribes to develop new renewable energy + reliability to PGE customers www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/c...

Moral clarity and historical grounding from TNC as usual www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

"woman and a girl are desperately clinging to the woman’s husband, who is being detained. Agents pull the hair of the woman and the girl to get them away from the man." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/n...

It’s difficult to find the words to express how our unit is feeling right now, but we’ll take a stab at it: shocked, disappointed, angry, gutted. @cascadepbs.bsky.social’s choice to eliminate long-form written reporting is a massive loss for our community in a critical moment. tinyurl.com/LayoffFund

The move, attributed to the loss of federal funding for public media, marks the layoffs of 17 staffers and the creation of three new positions.

In case you missed the big transmission (and other climate) news out of CA! Most exciting: public financing for the grid + lowering utility shareholder profits on wildfire prevention. 💰Energy affordability and 💡climate action rolled into one. www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

New poll from @heatmap.news. Look how low transmission lines rank. We've got a lot of work to do to make these projects more appealing.

How worried should WA be about data centers derailing our climate goals? What policies can WA still advance to free ourselves from fossil fuels? I'll be talking about all that + more tm night at Seattle City Club. Join us! @greggsmall.bsky.social @lisastiffler.bsky.social. bit.ly/civic-cockta...

Seattle permitted a car commercial shoot in the middle of Bicycle Weekends and an accessible cycling event #SEAbikes #Seattle

Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts. Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇 www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...

New analysis re: how to keep expanding access to heat pumps, even amid tightening state budgets and declining $$ for rebates

A map of the millions of acres of national forest in the Northwest at risk for logging and enviro degradation if the Trump admin repeals the common sense Roadless Rule: outdooralliance.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...

A new low every day.

Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home. In a sense, it is upending the American dream. (Published Feb. 2025)

An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.

😍😍😍 ✅ A new protected bike lane connecting the Waterfront Promenade to Elliott Bay Trail ✅ Safer crosswalks & sidewalks ✅ Traffic calming measures to improve safety And thank you to everyone who advocated to make the new trail wider, and stay on the water-side (rather than double crossing)!

A few days left to apply to join me and the fabulous team @sightline.org ! IMO working on ambitious state-level climate policy is the best way to fight climate dread and despair right now. Deadline is *this Monday* July 21st

In May, Bonneville Power Administration chose to join an energy trading market that would raise customer bills, limit access to clean energy, & weaken grid reliability. Now, five NW energy and conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, are suing to review & hopefully reverse BPA's decision.

My team at @sightline.org is growing again! We're looking for someone with research and writing chops who's eager to address the climate crisis through state and local policy in the Pacific Northwest. Application deadline: July 21st. Spread the word!

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Absolutely horrifying. "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a photo of what appeared to be military personnel with rifles standing with ICE officers on social media" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...

A new report finds that every $1 invested in long-distance transmission produces up to $4.70 in benefits for ratepayers.

Smart data center policy just passed in Oregon. ✅ "The legislation also requires large energy users to sign a 10-year contract that commits them to pay a minimum amount for energy used as well as pay for adding new transmission." www.opb.org/article/2025...

This discriminatory policy is beyond shameful. Just like his first Muslim Ban, this latest announcement flies in the face of basic morality and goes directly against our values. This racist policy will not make us safe, it will separate families and endanger lives. We cannot let it stand.