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Climate change at The Seattle Times. Man of means by no means.

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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Agreed. These little mistakes might seem innocuous for big city folks but confusing IC for Ottumwa is actually a devastating mistake for Iowans
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Iowa City native here. Hail Satan is indeed the appropriate way to close city council meetings. This is in Ottumwa, though, so that's probably the source of the confusion there. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Hail Satan.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Real ones know. Raygun's got the goods
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Richard Kind. Hamming it up. Stoic. Sultry.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Journalists, why are y'all asking questions with easily seen/provable answers? Why provide an out for bad-faith actors to both-sides an issue? Donald Trump has played a role in the increased level of political violence in our society Who cares if Thom Tillis admits it? He won't. It's true anyway
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stanley tunechi @kayah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
wanna be more mad? she's dming people in the estranged adult kids subreddit and violating community guidelines to do so for personal gain. incredible violation of a pretty special peer support space, one of the only such spaces many of us in the subreddit have www.reddit.com/r/EstrangedA...
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From the EstrangedAdultKids community on Reddit: To Elizabeth Bernstein of The Wall Street Journal
Explore this post and more from the EstrangedAdultKids community
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bruiser didn't HAVE to stay and live on Whidbey Island. He WANTED to stay and live on Whidbey Island. RIP king www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Whidbey Island's only resident elk, Bruiser, dies after 14 years of celebrity
Bruiser, the lone elk on Whidbey Island, has died after 14 years of celebrity status among locals. He was known for his solitary wandering and tangled antlers.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
my dearest elizabeth have we considered that maybe it's a possibility that a good number of parents actually suck ass? and that access to your children isn't something owed to toxic and harmful parents?
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
The Trump administration says none of this is happening. 

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children." 

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
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stanley tunechi @kayah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
love when our landlord comes over to supervise a repair and starts cracking jokes about what a piece of shit the house is. ma'am this is the nicest house i will ever be able to afford and also who do tf do you think is responsible for the fact that it's falling apart
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reupping this given recent news
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
and the dumbest kid I went to high school with
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
terrible news for B.o.B.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Story Draft edit Edit (new) Draft 4 Another edit Write through Another write thru Draft 7 (redux) Fresh take Clean version With footnotes Spare doc Final draft Final w/ editor input Final after tweaks WordPress version
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
newsroom full of chopped uncs
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For example, Flava Flav once opened a fried chicken place in Clinton. Y'all didn't know about that little greasy spot in the city's history because you didn't care to look. But there are Flav's Fried Chickens everywhere for those with the eyes to see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flav%27...
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If "... and methamphetamines" is all you see when you go to a place like Clinton, Iowa, then you either didn't look any deeper because you're lazy (or confirming ignorant biases of your own) or because you're unable to see anything more. Either way, you've got not business reporting there.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The state's economic activity includes corn processing, pet-food production, methamphetamines and memories of the once-proud football program built by Tom Osborne."
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bad Girl RiRi with the words "Seattle Times Management Better Have My Money" on a banner over her mouth
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
you're goddamn right www.geekwire.com/2026/seattle...
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Seattle Times journalists picket over AI, calling for job protections in contract talks
Members of the Seattle Times Union held a lunchtime picket outside the newspaper's offices Wednesday, calling on the company to guarantee that AI won't replace any newsroom jobs. The company has agree...
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Like, people actually live and breathe in Iowa and have fulfilling lives and all that. Generally without methamphetamine. We do love corn, though. I will give George that one. Y'all don't know shit about Iowa corn. You think you do. But you don't.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The city’s economic activity includes corn processing, pet-food production, and methamphetamines." Absolutely begging Legacy Media to stop sending Big City Reporters to the Midwest if they're just going to cover people there like addicts and stupid yokels
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Goya’s Saturn devours his son except with the planet Venus as Saturn and the moon as the son.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
that’s my freaking job, bud
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Casey Martin @caseyworks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
KUOW's Soundside is back! Now with a new format and new co-host, @kromandavid.bsky.social, joining Libby Denkmann. Show is live now and rebroadcast at 8 p.m. Tune in! www.kuow.org/podcast/soun...
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Soundside
Soundside leads the Puget Sound conversation with smart questions, lively debates, and direct access to the region's most influential voices. Timely, insightful, and unmistakably local, it's where the...
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
a man tips his fedora and the caption reads m'ariners
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's raining in Seattle and I've got my arms raised upward toward the heavens like Andy Dufrense at the end of Shawshank Redemption, repeating the same four words ever so softly. We need the moisture
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Jimbert!
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Well it's nice to know Ari's at least reading my work www.thestranger.com/news/right-w...
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Right-Wing Radio Host Ari Hoffman Files Political Finance Complaints Against the Seattle Times - The Stranger
Radio host Ari Hoffman of KVI AM 570 news radio fired the first shot Aug.18 in a barrage of complaints to the state government that allege “the legacy media” is cheating on Washington’s campaign finance laws. His target? The Seattle Times and its opposition to a failed 2024 ballot measure to repeal a new industrial […]
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
totally normal take, man hey also the American Road and Transportation Builders Association says that more than a third of America's bridges (221,800 of them) need to be repaired. And like 76,175 actually need to be replaced. So, ya know, just a heads up.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wildfire crept too close to the remote lookout atop Desolation Peak in the North Cascades. So crews arrived to help lookout Jim Henterly (left) wrap his small wooden home in a protective material and evac down him down the mountain. Photos courtesy of Jim.
Longtime Desolation Peak wildfire lookout Jim Henterly stands in front of the small, wooden structure atop his remote mountain. He and other crews wrapped the lookout in a reflective material to hopefully prevent it from burning down. A small crew of wildfire fighters rest against the Desolation Peak wildfire lookout, which is wrapped in a reflective and fire retardant material. A small crew of wildfire fighters stand near the Desolation Peak wildfire lookout, which is wrapped in a reflective and fire retardant material. A helicopter hovers in the background with lots of smoke in the air
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
keep the circle green, keep the line going up
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Matt Yglesias is an idiot.
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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEW: The feds are exploring charges against the suspected Spokane arsonist, I was able to confirm Monday: www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
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Feds exploring charges against suspected Spokane arsonist in fire that destroyed hundreds of homes
The federal government is exploring charges against the man suspected of starting a fire that destroyed hundreds of Spokane homes earlier this month.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“Their lack of inspection caused this failure at this tank. I would say that categorically." www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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New evidence from Longview disaster raises maintenance doubts
Security footage of the collapse, and interviews with employees at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill, provide the most detailed insight yet into the disaster.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
we're not in that building anymore also bye felicia
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
In Puerto Rico, drought, deteriorating infrastructure and water rationing — "a culmination of decades of poor maintenance of collapsing infrastructure." yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/what... @climateconnections.bsky.social
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What you need to know about the water crisis in Puerto Rico » Yale Climate Connections
U.S. citizens in the San Juan area are waiting hours in line for water.
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The owner of the defunct and leaking pulp mill wondered last month whether the feds were bluffing with their threat to force a cleanup at his site. They weren’t. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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EPA takes over at Cosmo mill to remove leaking acids
The defunct and leaking pulp mill was once the largest employer in Cosmopolis, but now it's deteriorating and its chances of reopening are dimming.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
their operation gently smeared me as a “terrorist sympathizer” for reporting something they didn’t like, but yes they are super responsive to me and many others
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The lady at the hat store said he was the only one she'd ever seen pull it off
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
im actually kind of famous
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I mean, that album does slap tho
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is @kayah.bsky.social’s vision, for the record. And I think it’s flawless
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Bean. Mister Bean.
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Luke Runyon @lukerunyon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Colorado River's 15-Mile Reach is back down to record low flows -- 57 cfs this afternoon, an all-time low for this day in the period of record for this USGS gage.
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Luke Runyon @lukerunyon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If you'd like to know more about this beleaguered stretch of the Colorado River, and some of the fish that call it home, I wrote about it for National Geographic earlier this summer: www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
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A river crisis is unfolding in the American West
The Colorado has been struggling for decades. This summer could bring it to the brink, threatening endangered wildlife and communities.
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Josh Cohen @jcohenwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
On the job tonight for @washingtonstatestandard.com contributing to their live blog. I’ll be in Bellevue checking out the WA Dems party for Congressional incumbents Adam Smith, Suzan DelBene, and Kim Schrier washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/08/04/l...
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Live coverage: Washington's 2026 primary election • Washington State Standard
Washington's primary election has arrived. The top two vote-getters in each race will advance to the November election regardless of party.
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/08/2026
The Little Giant fire's behavior illustrates how dire conditions in Washington have become amid unprecedented drought, heat and severe weather conditions.
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Blaze that jumped Lake Chelan offers 'heartbreaking' look into WA’s wildfire future
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Conrad @conradswanson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Little Giant fire jumped over Lake Chelan this weekend. It’s the kind of thing they warn you about when you’re training to become a firefighter. But you don't see it very often. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Blaze that jumped Lake Chelan offers ‘heartbreaking’ look into WA’s wildfire future
The Little Giant fire's behavior illustrates how dire conditions in Washington have become amid unprecedented drought, heat and severe weather conditions.
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 03/08/2026
A series of wildfires exploded into massive conflagrations over the weekend in the Spokane area, forcing more than 60,000 people out of their homes.
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Spokane wildfires force over 60K to evacuate; hundreds of homes burn
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