The show I’m watching right now: A mother raccoon is trying to get her babies to climb down a tree in my neighbor’s yard, only there are barking dogs there. Now they’re climbing back up. #pnw

Happy Sunday! Hope your weekend is going well. #SundayYellow #pnw

I had lunch at my niece’s yesterday and picked some of her enormous Loch Ness blackberries. Not only are they delicious, they have the good manners not to spread like the Himalayan variety. #pnw

Find the Flock cameras near you. maps.deflock.org

This has to be one of the best political ads ever: “Talarico for Texas. He won’t steal your pen.” 🤣🤣🤣

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.

I KNEW it! I’m not a slob; I’m just smart. 😀

5 Reasons Why Intelligent People Have Messy Homes

This has little to do with their organizational skills and more to do with their priorities and time allocation.

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Congratulations guys and good luck in Williamsport! (My great-nephew Rhonan is left of the trident. He went 3-3 in the championship game!)

The News Tribune@thenewstribune.com · 3d ago

Left-hander Francis McCabe tallied 10 strikeouts in Thursday’s Northwest Region championship win over Idaho, 8-5.

Here’s a pretty wildflower I saw on my walk yesterday, one I hadn’t seen before — common mallow. Have a great weekend! #FlowersOnFriday #pnw

Apparently this ad has been around for a year or so, but I just saw it tonight on ESPN. I couldn’t believe what it was advertising. 😀

Design Changes Everything.

YouTube video by KOHLER

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My great-nephew’s team is headed for Williamsport! The Tacoma-area Soundview All-Stars beat Idaho 8-5 to win the Northwest regional Little League tournament. Our boy Rhonan had three singles and an RBI! #pnw #LLWS

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Just sitting’ on the dock on the lake, wasting time. #pnw #waughoplake #panorama

It’s a beautiful morning for a walk around Waughop Lake in Lakewood. Hope your week is going well. #pnw #wawx

It’s a coolish morning in the South Sound, but it’ll warm up to almost 80°. AQI is a fresh 21. #pnw #wawx #lakewood

OMG, this is so hilarious. You know Shitler’s incapable of photoshopping, so a staffer had to do it for him. Oh, the stories that will come out after … you know.

Sandieglo@sandieglo.bsky.social · 6d ago

Please give blood if you’re able. It’s badly needed right now, plus it’s actually good for your health. Not a fan of bloodmobiles, like me? Check out Tacoma’s new Bloodworks donor center on Pearl. #pnw

Western Washington blood shortage hits "Code Red"

Bloodworks Northwest says this is the most severe summer shortage it's ever seen.

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Chicken Dumpf used the media and his own staff as assassination decoys!

Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats (Gift Article)

President Trump hid in an airport catering cart and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.

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Pierce County bans motorized vehicles on the Chambers Bay trail. Lakewood Parks and Recreation needs to have similar signage at Waughop Lake, where young men noisily zoom around on motorbikes at high speed. I’ve seen several near misses. #pnw

The only thing needed to make this the quintessential Florida Man story would be if they were fighting over who rightfully owned an alligator.

Machete v. Hatchet Faceoff Escalated Quickly

AUGUST 7--In a faceoff straight out of the news team rumble scene in “Anchorman,” a machete-carrying man faced off against a hatchet-wielding opponent in the parking lot of a Publix supermarket, acc

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Follow the climate scientists who were fired by the Dumpf administration and started their own independent, nonprofit Climate.us website.

Climate

NOAA experts provide data, tools and information to help people understand, prepare for and adapt to our changing climate.

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Climate.us@climate.us · 2mo ago

Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS

Trying to decide if I should buy this shirt on Etsy.

Here’s Tim Egan on the fire that destroyed his boyhood home in Spokane. He points out that Washington, with its huge forests, is particularly vulnerable to the ravages of climate change. #pnw #wawx

Opinion | My Hometown Went Up in Flames. It Won’t Be the Last. (Gift Article)

I watched, heartbroken and sleepless, as my boyhood stamping ground fell to spikes of wind-driven flame.

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Shitler appears poised to order that babies born to parents who belong to Antifa are ineligible for US citizenship because the mom or dad is a terrorist. Anyone who protests the administration is considered Antifa. Now you know why they’ve been filming us. (I hope I’m being paranoid.)

My I-95 roadtrips between home in Virginia and college in Florida always included a pit stop at South of the Border in SC. It was tacky in the early ‘70s, and hard to believe it’s still around. Have you been?

Tacky, Rude and Beloved: Is an I-95 Landmark Worth Saving? (Gift Article)

South of the Border harks back to a different time in the South, before the region diversified and exploded in growth.

nytimes.com

These poor kitties! I saw that boat on my walk July 30, and I didn’t see any cats on the deck, so they must have been locked up in the cabin. Horrible animal abuse.

It’s not just a blue wave in Washington state; it’s a “shockwave.” Democratic primary candidates are beating Republican incumbents in some districts. Could this be an omen for November ? #VoteBlue #pnw

State Democrats hope to flip 4 swing seats this fall after ‘shockwave’ primary

With majorities in the House and Senate in Olympia, Democrats aim to flip enough seats to be able to amend the state constitution or pass laws unilaterally.

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Cops are using Flock cameras to stalk women. Get rid of them! (Bad cops and the cameras.)

Investigation: Cops Abusing Camera Network for Stalking

Washington Post finds a pattern with Flock devices in particular

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The mister’s pal Oliver looks a little scary, but that’s actually his look of love. I think he’s trying to hypnotize me here! Happy #Caturday!

I propose the vacation refrigerator magnet as No. 26. What would you add to the list?

Opinion | These 25 Artifacts Explain America (Gift Article)

Want to understand this country? Look at our stuff.

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For #FlowersOnFriday, here’s a hydrangea I shot last week on La Conner’s main drag, First Street. Have a great (hopefully smoke-free) weekend. #pnw

Ban betting on wildfires! How can betting NOT lead to more nuts setting fires? 🔥

As Oregon burns and gamblers bet, lawmakers push back against wildfire betting markets drawing millions

Wyden and Merkley are urging federal regulators to crack down on prediction markets that allow users to wager on how long wildfires will burn and how much damage they will cause

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