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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 21h

The Seattle sky looking out across Elliott Bay towards Bainbridge and the Olympics right now is… lit.

Colorful sunset over the bay, clouds with pink and orange, above a mountain line with clouds hanging below the top of the mountains along the water.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 06/10/2026

The deal will see the awards ceremony stream on Prime Video starting in 2027. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

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Amazon reportedly pays $120 million to stream the Emmys for free

The deal starts next year.

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEW: CNN, MS NOW and Politico are asking the judge for an emergency hearing over alleged violations of his court order halting their bans from the White House. They were blocked from entry this morning. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My mom had polio when she was five. She was living on a US military base in Japan (1947). Four kids on the base died. She was the only survivor.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her school

Norman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine.

Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 02/09/2026

Both the Seattle Education Association and Seattle Public Schools announce a tentative agreement has been reached and school will begin tomorrow as planned. Educators to get raise, special education changes punted to a committee. An excellent outcome IMO. Now to get 3 kids to school in the morning

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Just Voted! Ballots must be in the dropbox by 8pm tomorrow, Aug. 4.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Email just went out internally at City Hall: Shon Barnes has (officially) resigned as police chief of Seattle.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Hearing on good authority that Police Chief Shon Barnes has just been fired. He just left the mayor's office this evening after being inside for quite a while. Barnes is currently calling around the police department to tell his captains. Still waiting on confirmation from mayor's office and SPD.

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Vivian McCall @vivmccall.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A great story from Stranger reporter Hunter Pauli. The details are (perhaps) everything here. (The treasurer handed a scammer $20,000 in cash, gift wrapped. She had to lie to the teller and say she was buying a used Mustang.) www.thestranger.com/news/rep-sha...

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Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos' Election Campaign Defrauded for $20,000 by FBI Impersonators Claiming Treasurer Bought “Chinese Child Pornography“ - The Stranger

Long time state legislator Rep. Sharon Santos lost the equivalent of nearly half the money contributed to her reelection campaign so far this year after a fraudster conned her campaign treasurer into ...

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Lindsey Graham has passed away after a brief illness, his office told me tonight. The longtime senator and staunch Trump ally had just returned from Ukraine. Will have more in a story soon.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

when i think of pre-9/11 america this time magazine cover always comes to mind

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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#OnThisDay in 1987, the Issaquah Skyport closed after it's final skydive. historylink.org/File/4194

The Seattle Sky Sports Club diving over Issaquah, 1960s

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Somehow I had never seen this Imogen Cunningham photo of Pike Place Market in 1949 showing signs trying to entice pedestrians to come through the Sanitary Market by advertising a shortcut to the streetcars.

Photo of the Sanitary Market with big signs reading Short Cut to Street Cars

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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Good morning, Bluesky! Dawn in Seattle, Washington 📸Theresa Arbow O'Conner

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Sometimes When It’s Before Dawn and You Can’t Get Back to Sleep…. It’s OK. Sunrise on Seattle’s Lake Washington

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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Good morning, Bluesky! Another warm, sunny day here in the Seattle area!🌞85f Puget Sound, Seattle skyline and Mt Rainier from the Kingston/Edmonds ferry. Mt Rainier is approx 120 miles away in this photo

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Thank you @seattleparksandrec.bsky.social for restoring the wonderful view at Mt. Baker Viewpoint Park.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Five Summer Outfits That Will Make You Look Like A Sexy Little Reflecting Pool

A photo of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The water is green and it's surrounded by gray-white stone structures.

A man wearing a green seersucker suit with a white shirt and black knit tie.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Big banner with a Teddy quote about courage on the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building, headquarters of OPM. Only discrepancy is that the 26th president never said this.

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Every Big Story Has a Pacific Northwest Connection… “Rep. Rick Larsen @repricklarsen.bsky.social an ex officio trustee, said he attended the meeting and voted against the motion “because, as the Court rightly found, only Congress has the authority to name or rename the John F. Kennedy Center..”

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It didn't take House Democrats long to create that graphic

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 09/06/2026

Mr Excitement, per pool, didn’t not react to the Knicks tying up the game

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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The CCTV cameras in the stadium district WILL be turned on during the World Cup, per Mayor Wilson. "...information has persuaded our law enforcement...that we should be operating at a heightened risk level."

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Every Big Story Has a Pacific Northwest Connection... "Moorings that stretch west off the coast of Newport, Ore., and Grays Harbor, Wash., captured temperature, acidity, and oxygen content data..." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Every Big Story Has a Pacific Northwest Connection…

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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Just appalling.

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

When someone forgets to tell The Atlantic’s ai to scan the headlines before posting the promos…

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

BREAKING: The Pentagon has fired the Stars and Stripes ombudsman — the role Congress created to protect the military paper's editorial independence — after she publicly criticized the DOD's overhaul of the publication. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Pentagon fires ombudsman overseeing military newspaper after calling it ‘woke’

Stars and Stripes ombudsman Jacqueline Smith said the Defense Department dismissed her without giving a reason, according to an email reviewed by The Post.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

My team is working on a communication design project. We're looking to connect to someone with news, sportscasting, and/or comedy skills to help us with content production within a social media-first strategy, either as a one-time gig w/ a longer role. All pointers/recommendations welcome!

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Nobody expects the Spanish Influenza!

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My X-itter stream likes to make it easy to see that both sides are not equal.

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Every Big Story Has a Pacific Northwest Connection… “Also included are four Proud Boys who were convicted for their role in the Jan. 6 attack. Those include Ethan Nordean, one of the far-right group's leaders, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy”

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I’m not Patricia. But I offer her my condolences. (I’ll let you know if she is *really* blocked.)

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Just In: Judge says Pentagon violated court order in N.Y. Times case over press access, strikes down "interim policy."

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I am SO in!

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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Good morning, Bluesky! Another beautiful day dawning in Seattle, Washington, 📸Theresa Arbow O'Conner

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Essex J. Porter @essexjp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Covered Seattle’s @adamsmith.house.gov for years. Stunned by his blunt language today responding to Trump’s threat against Iran: “The bottom line is we put an unstable, narcissistic madman in charge of our country.”

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🔊 Listen Now: Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., talks about Trump's threats against Iran's infrastructure

Morning Edition on NPR One | 7:24

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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Good morning, Bluesky! Sunrise from Lacey, Washington 📸Mick Pier

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Great scoop from Oliver, with echoes of my own reporting on Hegseth’s photo ban.

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