Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 16hFyi if u send me an email that’s clear produced with generative AI, I will ignore it 050
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 10/10/2026The workers allege the layoffs were in retaliation for unionizing and have filed seven Unfair Labor Practice Charges with the the National Labor Relations Board. Read the story here:rangemedia.coAfter union effort, WA immigration nonprofit lays off deportation hotline and rapid response staffThe Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network laid off workers trying to unionize. Now the National Labor Relations Board is looking at charges alleging that the nonprofit refused to recognize their union demand and instead retaliated. 0138
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Hungerstone, Someone You Can Build a Nest In, The Starving Saints, Manhunt and Rouge have been my favs of the last year! 020
Reposted by Erin SellersAlexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A small North Idaho scoop from me today: Rathrum’s former mayor may have been ineligible for the role for a period of time after police reports from an alleged DV incident stated he was living in Spokane. Officials have asked the prosecutor to investigate. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...spokesman.comRathdrum's former mayor, who resigned amid a police investigation into domestic violence, may have been ineligible for role anywayFormer Rathdrum Mayor Mike Hill may have been ineligible to serve as the North Idaho city’s top elected official this year, a discovery gleaned from police reports after he was accused of domestic vi... 092
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Still thinking about this story almost a week later…A thriving news ecosystem needs a good daily. I couldn’t do the longform journalism I want to do without reporters at the Spokesman doing the independent daily reporting they do. 020
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Never trust a Disney adult or an amateur magician. 182
Reposted by Erin SellersMr. Bible Lore Podcast @haydentank.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I don't know a ton about newsrooms but is it bad when the executive editor is lying to the entire newsroom about some of them being community-funded? 141
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Incredible reporting from @bydaisy.bsky.social and @wilsonc.bsky.social 0103
Reposted by Erin SellersScott A. Leadingham @scottleadingham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Spokane police shot + killed Joshua Musselman in 2024. Texts between the officers show them aligning their stories + their thoughts on the city's newly hired police chief. Kudos to @aaronhedge.bsky.social + @rangemedia.co on this reporting ⬇️ www.rangemedia.co/im-hoping-we...rangemedia.co‘I’m hoping we hit him at least once each lol’: SPD texts from 2024 killing show lack of probable causeIn messages, SPD officers hoped they inflicted maximum damage when they shot Joshua Musselman, mocked the police chief’s response to the killing. 061
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 02/10/2026The messages in which officers Daniel Valencia and Matthew Stewart strategized their reports were part of a longer string of texts that started one hour and 14 minutes after they’d killed Joshua Musselman from more than 100 feet away as he was fleeing into his apartment.rangemedia.co‘I’m hoping we hit him at least once each lol’: SPD texts from 2024 killing show lack of probable causeIn messages, SPD officers hoped they inflicted maximum damage when they shot Joshua Musselman, mocked the police chief’s response to the killing. 39046
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I have not, this is a great suggestion! Thank you! 010
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Bumping this because I’ve been able to find some teenagers to talk to (thank you!) but no girls sports athletes who might want to chat about how the trans sports initiative would impact them. Any parents of WA girls athletes? 111
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 30/09/2026AI slop is invading Spokane op-ed pages. RANGE tested over 1,00,000 locally published words using Pangram, the world's best AI detector, and found that half of the guest op-eds in the Spokesman are now heavily AI-written:rangemedia.coAI slop is invading Spokane op-ed pagesHalf of the guest op-eds in the Spokesman are now heavily AI-written 44213
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It has yet to pass the bechdel test (made even more wild by the fact that this is a show about a town where almost all the men died in a tragic mining accident) but I know she plays a gender nonconforming bisexual and so I’m sticking it out 040
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Watching a stupid western on Netflix just because Merritt Wever is in it…I’m down bad 130
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hoping to talk to actual teenagers/students about the Parents Bill of Rights and trans sports initiatives in Washington. Do I have any followers on here with school aged kids who would be down to talk to me? 187
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 17/09/2026Spokane School District's test scores continue to trail the county and state averages. But some local educators say that these proficiency scores don't tell the whole story about student progress. RANGE took a look at the data. Read more here:rangemedia.coSpokane educators say there's more to lagging test scoresState data shows Spokane students still trailing state and county averages. Some educators say proficiency scores miss the progress that kids in schools are making. 183
Reposted by Erin SellersVauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I profiled the startup behind Pangram, the AI detector everyone’s talking about. It works really, really well. I wanted to understand how they did it. and also: why people still don’t trust them. (also, news: Penguin Random House is using it.) gift link! ✨bloomberg.comThe World’s Most Reliable AI Detector Has a Human ProblemArmed with a near-perfect detection tool, Pangram is fighting to convince the public AI cheating can be caught. 68342
Reposted by Erin SellersAlexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Journalists all across the PNW laid off by McClatchy today, a damn bloodbath. Some are people I’ve worked with, some are calling me crying because their mentors no longer have jobs. Journalism is so needed. Cutting investigative reporters, city reporters… Idaho & Washington will be worse off. 6295110
Reposted by Erin SellersValerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The kinds of sentences you're missing when you don't subscribe to @rangemedia.co's Friday newsletter: "The surveillance state is all one big artificially intelligent circlejerk." Don't miss todays! www.rangemedia.co/newsletter/rangemedia.coNewsletter – RANGE MediaSign up for the RANGE newsletter to get our latest news, analysis, and conversations from the Inland Northwest. 053
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 04/09/2026The cases will just keep piling up, tenant rights lawyer Hannah Swenson said. “ There's no moratorium on filing new evictions, and there's no change in timeline as far as how quickly they could be heard by the court. It's just all getting smashed in.” 053
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 04/09/2026In an average week, Judge Candie Dibble’s unlawful detainer docket would receive around 40 eviction filings. But in the third week of August, 138 eviction cases were heard in her courtroom. The sharp increase was a direct result of the Spokane Complex fires 172
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 04/09/2026The Other Way People Are Losing Their Homes In The Fires: Tenant rights lawyer warns of impending eviction crisis as renters face long-term repercussions of the Spokane Complex fires.rangemedia.coThe Other Way People Are Losing Their Homes In The FiresTenant rights lawyer warns of impending eviction crisis as renters face long-term repercussions of the Spokane Complex fires 11311
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Not activists on the local liberal organizing page fear-mongering about density…things are getting a little too Seattle NIMBY for my liking 060
Reposted by Erin SellersLauren @lpangborn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026📣 I’m starting a new project with my wife and a few friends called Inland Discovery Trails. We’ve been selected as one of four projects to compete for a grant from a community event called Spokane SOUP. Winners are selected by the attendees, so we’d love your support! www.spokanesoup.com/attend 052
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Hard to pick just 1 fav line from this story because it’s chock full of great writing but here’s my attempt: “Freedom isn’t free, but at $8.99 a month for Amazon Prime Video, you can stream Sons of Liberty for $91 less than the GOP charges for press access.” 190
Reposted by Erin Sellersyazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Even at a badass publication like RANGE, where journalists do cool and rebellious things like get tattoos and use contractions, we have ethical codes too: and one of them is, don’t donate to a political party we’re covering" Lots of humor in this piece. I laughed out loud. 0113
Reposted by Erin Sellers⛈️ NAN⚡NET ⛈️ @slimecloud.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Expecting fictional queer people to be perfect roles models means dooming real queer people to be unfairly judged for their imperfect humanity 1175
Reposted by Erin SellersAlexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 25/08/2026NEW: The girlfriend of the suspected Spokane arsonist, Aaron Farinacci, told me she had no idea about any previous behavior with fire until he spoke to a therapist about it. Plus, court records shed some more light on his mental health. Here’s what we know: www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...spokesman.com'I was shocked': Aaron Farinacci's girlfriend says she struggles to understand his history with fires. Court documents shed some lightFour days before Spokane’s most devastating inferno in history, arson suspect Aaron Farinacci confided in his therapist about setting 25 past blazes. 0196
Reposted by Erin SellersScott A. Leadingham @scottleadingham.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This Spokane case (and many others in recent past) has raised the question of when protests cross from protected First Amendment activity to (possibly) illegal action. Here's a helpful explainer on the legal issues at play #1A ⬇️ www.freedomforum.org/when-does-pr...freedomforum.orgWhen Does Protesting Become Illegal?The First Amendment doesn't protect protests that turn violent, become unsafe, involve trespassing or violate other laws. 042
Reposted by Erin SellersAlana B. Sedated @alana-be-sedated.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The general-purpose handyperson is poised to make a major comeback. People who can keep old stuff working and hack "smart" gadgets into dumb ones are about to be in serious demand. 042
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 21/08/2026Wildfires swept through parts of Spokane County just days before the August primary, forcing thousands to evacuate. A RANGE analysis found turnout fell more in fire-affected areas compared to the 2022 primary, as voters faced disruptions to casting their ballots.rangemedia.coElection turnout fell in Spokane wildfire evacuation zonesA RANGE analysis found larger turnout declines in areas affected by wildfire evacuations than elsewhere in the county compared with the 2022 primary. 1147
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is also super helpful! Thank you so much 🫶🫶🫶 010
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Thank you!! This is really helpful. Everything I’ve drafted just keeps feeling weirdly passive aggressive even though that’s certainly not how I mean it 120
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Fellow journalists - looking for a nice, empathetic way to respond to story tips that are interesting and markers of injustice, but that you don’t have the time to cover because they don’t rise to the same level as other, more pressing stories on your list. Plz help 230
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 19/08/2026After weeks of relentless criticism from constituents accusing county officials of secrecy, the Spokane County Board of Commissioners reversed course on data center development Tuesday, unanimously approving a four-month pause on new permits for the centers:rangemedia.coSpokane County approves four-month data center pauseAfter public criticism, county commissioners unanimously approve a short moratorium on data center development. 22815
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Back to work after the weirdest two week vacation of my life! My email is back open for business, baby 050
Reposted by Erin SellersJim Leighty @jdleighty.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This vigil is happening today at the Federal Courthouse in Spokane. 042
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 06/08/2026On August 3, the state insurance commissioner issued an emergency order temporarily barring insurers from canceling or not renewing property and auto policies across all Washington ZIP codes affected by wildfire damage or evacuation orders, through September 30.rangemedia.coSpokane area homeowners could lose insurance, adding insult to injuryA state emergency order has offered temporary relief, but data after past wildfires shows problems may follow — whether or not a home actually burns. 14517
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I got a bunch that were flagged as spam and it was xfinity and Avista telling me things like: the wifi is out! The WiFi is back on! The power is out! The power is back on! 110
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026That means with his current 45% of the vote - if it stays around there - Baumgartner has had an extremely bad primary. Unclear how much of that loss of ground is potential Republican voters defecting to Powell and how much is a turnout thing at this point 051
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Ok ok one more interesting tidbit!!! In the 2018 primaries (Trump’s first midterm) McMorris Rodgers got only 49% of the vote and other republicans combined for another 5%. In 2022, she got 52% and another Repub got 8%. And in Baumgartner’s first year, republicans got around 60% of the vote. 110
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026And yes - I am checking election results from vacation 🫢 2110
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Still a lotta ballots left to count in the STA tax renewal vote, though the yesses have it for now 160
Erin Sellers @merrywanderer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Interesting election tidbit: In the 6th LD, Republican Jonathan Bingle only has 51% of the vote. In the other 6th LD race republicans got about 58%. Independent Aaron Croft definitely won some Republican votes, although he’s still losing by 3% to Dem Julia Payne 190
Reposted by Erin SellersSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 05/08/2026WOW! The race for Spokane County Prosecutor is ON! Danny Tarkenton: 35,583 (49.01%) Preston McCollam 36,639 (50.46%) Tarkenton is an independent with endorsements from local Democrats, who is running on a smart justice platform. This would be an absolute SEA CHANGE in our Prosecutor’s Office. 1153
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 05/08/2026With the news that one of the fires in Spokane may have been caused by an arsonist, online pundits have slammed former Governor Inslee’s assertion that fires show danger of climate change.rangemedia.coIf the Old Trails Fire was arson, climate change was its accompliceBecause of arson arrest, online pundits are mocking former Gov. Inslee's argument that fires show danger of climate change. 8448
Reposted by Erin SellersRANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 05/08/2026Less than 3 hours to get your ballots in! Voting info here 👉 www.rangemedia.co/sp... 1153