Bad news for news in WA. Cascade PBS/Crosscut was paywall free, trustworthy statewide news. Now, they’re cutting their whole news team, which recently produced the incredible story on Chat GPT in local government. If there’s ever a time to rally around local news, it’s now.

I saw it today for the first time and got so excited!

My colleagues at Cascade PBS do essential accountability reporting. This is a huge loss for the community and devastating for local journalism

Great piece from @alexdugganreports.bsky.social out today on the federal government’s orders to pursue heightened charges and media frenzies for nonviolent protesters, and how that is playing out in Eastern Washington:

It's jarring to walk around best buy and see phones and refrigerators that cost the exact same amount of money

Delta State University student Trey Reed’s death was a suicide, Cleveland Chief of Police Travis Tribble said while announcing the results of the autopsy on the 21-year-old student who was found hanging in a tree in the middle of campus.

not gonna lie, I didn't realize Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon were not the same person before this.

I've decided I will now weaponize my vast knowledge and experience with evangelical christianity against conservative christians and utilize all the christian-speak I've learned over the years. Ie: Getting angry about what I'm saying? "That must be the Holy Spirit convicting you"

At first glance I read this as "DO CRIMES Act"

Feeling a little personally attacked by Libby's and/or my library's apparent update making me suspend all my holds that I keep extending

Telling Christian acquaintances and former friends on social media to stop being "blinded by the idol of white supremacy" is a fun way to respond to their posts worshipping that guy.

The world feels like it's going to shit rn but I just got my dad, my sister and her BF to watch and enjoy like 5 episodes of the 2006 hit teen Australian TV show "H2O: Just Add Water" bc of the "Arh Narh Emarhhh" meme, so I'm feeling pretty good about that at least.

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

My moral code does not include a requirement to show abject deference to the dead and dying simply on the merit of them being dead or dying. Death is morally neutral and doesn't absolve you of criticism past, present, or future.

🧵 At RANGE, we love our stats and data. Here’s a bit about Spokane’s Spiciest Candidate Forum, held at The Guardian this weekend: - 150+ people in attendance - 5 out of the 6 city council candidates took the Hot Seat - candidates + RANGE reporter Erin drank over 1 full gallon of milk

I'm sorry, I am out of office in a pool with a beer in a coozie that says "chug life"

I just had my first proper Chorizo Sunrise sandwich at an Einstein Bros Bagel in several years and I am in heaven

Conferences are a crafty bitches' dream for free stuff to craft with. ive gotten like 4 nice branded tote bags that I'm gonna embroider over the logos

They grow up so fast 🥹😭

I like how it seems like every street in Midtown Atlanta is named Peachtree

Seeing the little delivery robots around Atlanta and how do you help the stuck ones?? Can I just scootch it to the side of the light pole that it can't figure its way around or will it start beeping at me? What's the etiquette here

i just want to be very clear: i have never been paid dark money. nor have i been paid light money. in fact i am terribly broke

Making sure my breaking news alerts are on in my Guardian app for no particular reason..

"wanna play Mermaids in The Cove?" -me to everyone in Spokane now that I've learned of The Cove

if I tell my doc I started smoking, does that make me eligible? (And make my insurance pay for it??)

Two relatively fresh faces to Spokane politics will be taking the stage for Spokane's Spiciest next Sunday to help District 2 voters decide who should fill the incumbent-less seat this November. Get your tickets now: buytickets.at/rangemedia/1...

AI art is objectively bad but I also personally find it a little insulting bc the prompting process is basically the same prompting process the @rangemedia.co team uses to come up with story art, except we use human silliness, stock images and Canva. It takes about the same amount of time too tbh.

Re-upping this and adding you can write to [email protected] and [email protected] One super helpful resource is @budget-policy.bsky.social 's site, including budgetandpolicy.org/policy-prior..., which lists #WALeg many options for new revenue. There is so much wealth in WA.

Absolutely amazing reporting and research by @merrywanderer.bsky.social and @lpangborn.bsky.social on all the Flock cameras in Spokane County

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

"State terror isn’t coming, it’s here. The kidnapping of our immigrant neighbors, the brutal treatment of protesting Spokanites, the Trumped up charges–all of it is meant to scare us..." Dr. Joan Braune and Dr. Judy Roher wrote in an analysis. rangemedia.co/state-... 🧵/1

New! We have become an authoritarian state, and our top newsrooms are in denial presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...

No More Songs With Excessive Instrumental Riffs At Karaoke 2026

I need to know the process for adapting books into shows bc I just read The Hunting Wives book after watching the show and it's so vastly different

Realizing how deeply public media has impacted my life: it's given me the Frontier House VHS box set and multigenerational Irish male group Celtic Thunder

Googling "gas stations near me" used to get you a list of the closest gas stations. Now it's a list of whichever station paid the most for sponsored Google placement within a 5 mile radius

I got a pair of thrifted cowboy boots so I will be New Boot Goofin' for the foreseeable future

i will pay for tools to not shove AI down my throat at this point.

why does this newsom quote sound like a Taylor Swift song

Journalism would be so much better if the norm of objectivity didn't preclude replying "come the fuck on."

WHAT IF.... someone at the Davenport leaked the guest list for Baumgartener's fundraiser today?? Wouldn't that be crazy? Like so totally crazy.

I was just saying that this felt like a "let them eat cake" moment

NEW POD EPISODE! Erin and Val were joined by local organizer hadley morrow to talk about their thoughts on protest safety, filing a complaint with the Office of Police Ombuds (OPO) and community organizing in Spokane. Listen at the link below!

why did we stray so far from god's light?

I'm always looking for a bright side, so if I have to have tension headaches, at least that gets me *medically necessary* massage therapy

Much mystery, much fun!!

I find the anti-sunscreen movement to be a personal affront as a v pale redhead.

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I got one of those cheap "tanning pools" (basically a pool float you can fill with water) for my backyard and I feel like I'm really living the high life with my Kindle and mimosa and my pool

I have swam in water 4 days now out of my RANGE week off and scraped both my knees, so I'm feeling real rested now