I’m at a lunch for landlords (yknow, for research) and the speaker is predicting that rents in Portland will start heading up again in 2026 “as new supply remains constrained” To the people who do this for a living, cause and effect couldn’t be clearer

Ambitious WA data center bill just dropped. Lots of good stuff incl. protections for other ratepayers if the data center bubble goes bust and demand response requirements. app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...

Great reporting by @oregonian.com on the daunting path ahead for clean electricity in OR. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Wayne Barnett finally cracks down and it's on...Katie Wilson's mom

This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan. A citizen. Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold. "We're from the United States bro!' he screamed. Agents took and sold his phone And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.

Just a reminder these are all people who entered the US legally...(and another that being in the US without proper papers is a civil, not criminal offense). "Among the cases she cited was one of a Somali mother who was detained, leaving behind a toddler." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

"Designating the state shark" is one of the more fun bills WA leg introduced today. (It's the bluntnose sixgill shark AKA cow shark)

"Clashes" is not how I would describe the racial profiling and violent occupation of Minneapolis by armed, masked federal agents, but at least the NYT is giving this disturbing situation more attention www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

#WALeg kicks off TODAY. Our climate team's transmission wish list 👇

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.

In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.

Thanks @theurbanist.org for sharing. 👇 My ideas for Seattle's new mayor @mayorofseattle.bsky.social (a real renter, just like us!) to get renters in on the clean energy action.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

Half of Seattle rents, including our new mayor (and yours truly). But renters can't enjoy upgrades that lower bills and make our homes cleaner, safer, and more efficient. Some ideas for how @mayorofseattle.bsky.social can change that:

"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?" If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.

On top of everything, ICE agents didn't administer any lifesaving aid, prevented a doctor from attending to the woman, and blocked the street so that an ambulance (arriving 15 minutes later) couldn't get through. EMTs carried the woman's body out without a stretcher.

All you have to do is watch the video to see that the Trump administration is pushing blatant lies and propaganda. The NYT is irresponsibly implying there are two possible sides to this story. I can't stop thinking of the murdered woman's six year old.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

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