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Valerie Osier

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Managing Editor, worker-owner at @rangemedia.co CSU Long Beach & Riverside Community College alum Always curious & a little nosey | she/her 💕💜💙 pay friendly press woman: rangemedia.co/support

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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
idk if enough ppl in Spokane know this but there is a p substantial wine crawl in Kendall Yards alone
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 06/10/2026
After we published an article on the rising number of guest writers for the Spokesman-Review using AI to write their columns, the paper issued an official policy: No more AI writing on the opinions page.
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After RANGE exposé, Spokesman-Review officially bans AI in guest columns
Spokesman will subject suspicious columns to an AI detector
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
no one told me the ren faire was basically a rodeo
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
my ride’s here 😎 #weekwithoutdriving
A wide angle photo of the interior of a city bus looking out of a wide window. Outside, it’s a beautiful early fall day with trees just starting to turn, tops coated in a rich rusty red. The sky is blue with wispy (maybe citrus?) clouds. Inside the bus, a black and gray plastic seat with a man’s backpack in the foreground
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 02/10/2026
How Rob Curley’s plan to make the Spokesman-Review ‘The People’s Paper’ ended in a newsroom revolt: Newsroom staffers tell @investigatewest.bsky.social and RANGE concerns about Curley’s leadership festered until his August suspension — weeks before the paper was set to transfer to his nonprofit.
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How Rob Curley’s plan to make the Spokesman-Review ‘The People’s Paper’ ended in a newsroom revolt
Newsroom staffers tell InvestigateWest and RANGE that concerns about Curley’s leadership festered until his August suspension — weeks before the paper was set to transfer to his nonprofit
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Aaron Hedge @aaronhedge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🧵 I don’t think I’ve ever come across documents that told a story about cops covering their tracks so clearly before. The text messages below tell the story better than any exposition. They sent most of these messages less than a day after they’d killed a man in a mental health crisis with AR-15s.
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Aldi grocery stores famously have their checkout people at the register in tall office chairs because it makes it easier for them to work longer so they don’t have to have as much staff
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reading the doc with the texts and they just KEPT GETTING WORSE.
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
anyone in seattle wanna help me commit library fraud so i can get my hands on one of these
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is on my BIRTHDAY btw and i cant think of a better way to spend it tbh (unless we add karaoke somehow)
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 01/10/2026
Mark your calendars for Friday, October 16 for our 3rd annual PolitiCrawl (yes, a politics-themed pub crawl)! Connect with elected leaders & candidates to learn more about upcoming policies that might impact you. RSVP for ticket info here: bit.ly/4juXnFJ
A red graph with text that says "3rd Annual Politicrawl". Poster text reads, "save the date October 16. A bar crawl celebrating political engagement & community empowerment this election season."
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 30/09/2026
*1,000,000 A fully human typo made by fully human shit poster @merrywanderer.bsky.social
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In which I attempt to balance the feelings and opinions of some of the most opinionated and smart people in Spokane
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 30/09/2026
AI 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:
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AI slop is invading Spokane op-ed pages
Half of the guest op-eds in the Spokesman are now heavily AI-written
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yazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The largest existing facility in the county is a TierPoint data center in Liberty Lake that occupies 32,000 square feet, whereas the largest proposed new facility could be millions of square feet and consume as much energy as all of Spokane County. " Excellent deep dive here.
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Spokane Central Library as a night venue is honestly a good vibe
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
its really annoying that of all the GenAI features that tech companies are shoving at us, I haven't seen anyone implement automated drafting of image Alt Text that humans can review and approve.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
there should be no such thing as ‘elite journalists’ incentives are ass backwards that way. a journalist should be a grubby and suspicious little fuck
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
me: 'wow im kind of a badass cause im the editor of a badass news outlet' also me:
google search bar that says "reelection hyphenated or no"
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This goes in the same category as my delicious Lasagna Soup
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
who wants to do my favorite thing ever and get high while listening to my liked songs on shuffle and put them into playlists
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It is no-open-mouthed-smiles season for biking btw
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No one is safe from me telling them about the glory of the Spokane public library and Libby
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 14/09/2026
CIVICS: Public hearing alert: he first public hearing on data center regulations is on Tuesday and a work session will be on Thursday. Plus: transit riders on the STA board at long last?
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Public hearing alert: It’s time to give your input on data centers
The first public hearing on data center regulations is on Tuesday and a work session will be on Thursday. Plus: transit riders on the STA board at long last?
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 15/09/2026
Diana Alejandra Sanders bakes Colombian goods you can’t find anywhere else in Spokane, like roscones, fluffy bread rolls known as mojicones, and a sweet and savory cheesy bread called pan agridulce.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I remain convinced that the most effective response to a politician or a pundit who's pushing transphobia is "I'm not sure why you're obsessed with other people's genitals but it's really creepy"
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ive never considered being the kind of editor who gets mad at their reporters for missing a big story until now 😔
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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fresno Bee, owned by McClatchy, just slashed 40% of its already thin reporting staff. Of course the plan is to have AI replace them. fresnoland.org/2026/09/10/f...
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The Fresno Bee slashes almost 40% of newsroom amid national layoffs
The Fresno Bee eliminated 7 reporters and 1 editor amid national layoffs by McClatchy Media, as the company embraces more AI in writing.
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
i've been getting essentially identical emails to this offering random slightly different AI newsroom products and I need to know how to get off this mailing list 😭
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 09/09/2026
What Spokane bars (preferably downtown and able to accommodate 50-75 people) would you like to see us put on our PolitiCrawl route this year? :)
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
there's a lactose intolerance joke in here
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
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Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The 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/
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 04/09/2026
The 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.
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The 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
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 03/09/2026
Approximately 50 local and regional artists will perform, including Jaeda, Fire From Ashes, Zack Pass, Skellee, Jones as GrandMixer GMS and more. A $20 ticket grants entry to both days and the fee for vendors to set up is $25.
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Local artists partner with Spokane Tribe on music festival for fire victims
The two-day Spokane Strong Music Fest will feature 50 artists and funnel proceeds to disaster relief.
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 29/08/2026
In the last month and a half, hundreds of Spokane County residents have sent emails to lawmakers, attended public meetings, filed requests for public records and educated themselves about the impacts of large data centers. They’ve moved the needle, but will it be enough?
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Spokane County residents mobilize as data centers eye region
Local people are behind a dramatic social media and public protest campaign demanding a halt on the facilities. Will it be enough to keep the county safe from potential harm?
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The number of banger lines in this story is extensive
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
genuinely cannot imagine anything like this ever happening again.
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Democratic Socialists of America extends our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Dolly Parton, a hero of the working-class and an inspiration to us all.Donald J. Trump
@reaDonald Trump
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Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away. This is a true loss for millions of people. There has never been anyone like her, and never will. In her honor, I am lowering the American flag throughout the United States for a one week period beginning tonight at 6:00PM. Rest in Peace, Dolly! The World loves you. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 26/08/2026
Since Washington’s mask ban took effect, people have continued to see masked ICE officers making arrests. For instance, an immigration advocate estimated that 20% of the arrests in the Yakima Valley — which have surged in the last couple of months — have been made by masked ICE officers.
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
PNW ppl: what's the lore behind the Great Taco Time Schism that resulted in Taco Time Northwest?
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I recently learned that Kaiser WA generally does not provide abortions in their doc offices and instead refers patients to Planned Parenthood or outside OBGYNs, which I think is wild for a “comprehensive” medical system
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Curious if healthcare companies and other big industries that require lots of dumb random billing will ever push politicians to crack down on phone and text scammers cause I keep getting texts/calls from alleged healthcare companies that say I owe but idk who they are 🤷‍♀️
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Warms my heart that more than a year after a new-build chain coffee stand moved in to the lot next door, the lines for Muggies coffee stand on Garland continues to be insanely long while the other stand is a ghost town
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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 14/08/2026
Stripe made a bid to buy PayPal with help from private equity buddy Advent. That deal is now in discussion. This is bad for us because it would give Stripe a majority share of global online payment processing www.wsj.com/business/dea...
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Cascadia(PNW) @cascadiarevolting.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Seattle/Tacoma:
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Sounds like a great idea! #BookSky
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Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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