The Big Grass Fire and its massive burn scar seen earlier today by polar-orbiting satellites. The wildfire spans the Oregon-Idaho border and is over 550,000 acres in size, making it one of the largest wildfires in Oregon history.
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Summerland has about 12,000 people, and they had to evacuate quickly as the Bald Range Fire exploded overnight.
CBC BC News RSS Feed (Unofficial)@cbc-bc-rss-unoff.yvr.whims.io · 3d agoFast-moving wildfire forces all of Summerland, B.C., to evacuate
Imagine telling your friends you scored this goal in Estadio Azteca against Mexico.
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 4d agoYeah, that's a hell of goal
You've got to go back to the Storm's expansion year in 2000 to find a season as bad as Seattle's 2026.
Alexa Philippou@alexaphilippou.bsky.social · 4d agoThe Seattle Storm have been eliminated from playoff contention with the Washington Mystics’ win today
Was Bruce feeling sorry for Gavin & decided to give him work?
Jeff Carlisle@jeffreycarlisle.bsky.social · 4d agoThe San Jose Earthquakes confirm to ESPN that they have hired former Portland Thorns/Timbers executive Gavin Wilkinson as a consultant until the end of the 2026 season. More details here. #Quakes74 #RCTID #BAONPDX www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Delta's planned Narita return adds a second Tokyo flight and intensifies its Seattle rivalry with Alaska. www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/del...
Delta Narita Return Escalates Seattle Battle With Alaska
Delta's planned Narita return adds a second Tokyo flight and intensifies its Seattle rivalry with Alaska.
airwaysmag.com
Cooler, west winds are expected to scour out the smoke around #Seattle and Western Washington tonight, but will create a renewed round of fire weather dangers in Eastern Washington Friday and Saturday :( Latest --> emeraldcityweather.com/seattle-east... #wawx #wawildfire
Winds start to clear smoke from Seattle, but trigger new fire warnings for Eastern Washington - Emerald City Weather Blog
(TL;DR / “Too Long, Didn’t Read” version: Smoke will clear from Western Washington Thursday evening and night as
emeraldcityweather.com
Alaska/Hawaiian also serves Tokyo-Narita, so that battle continues. Curious on if Delta keeps the route between Seattle & Tokyo-Haneda.
Ishrion Aviation@ishrionaviation.bsky.social · 5d agoDelta Air Lines to commence new route from Seattle (SEA) to Tokyo Narita (NRT) in 2027. Additional details to come later.
Kaiserslautern will be in 3rd...until a 5-match losing streak in February & March ends all hope. Again.
50 Plus Döner@50plusdoner.bsky.social · 5d agoBookmark this because this will probably age like raw meat in the sun
So many snakes
Tariq Panja@tariqpanja.bsky.social · 5d ago‼️ ⚽️ Top FIFA officials including Matias Grafstrom, the CEO who made peace with Gianni Infantino, signed off on the plan to sell the World Cup after a secret meeting in New York the day before the World Cup final. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/b...
Seeing how Seattle fans are celebrating Weber's departure, maybe Edmonton fans should be a bit worried.
Justin Birnbaum@justbirny.bsky.social · 6d agoHugh Weber, the Seattle Sounders’ and Seattle Reign’s president of business operations, is leaving the organization to become the CEO of the Edmonton Oilers. More from me and Scott Soshnick at @sportico.bsky.social: www.sportico.com/personalitie...
Good thread on organizations in Spokane and the Colville reservation who are helping those affected by the numerous wildfires in those regions.
lexapro xcx@crunchwrap.bsky.social · last wk.I'll be linking to groups and organizations to support Spokane as well as other communities in the state being impacted by the fires. H.O.M.E Starts Here - my.spokanecity.org/endinghomele... Every dollar donated will provide direct support.
Widespread smoke and haze-filled skies remain over the Pacific Northwest as wildfires continue to burn in the region.
NEWS | PTFC to honor USWNT Legend Tobin Heath at Providence Park on August 22 vs Denver Summit FC #BAONPDX #NWSL The Portland Thorns Legend will sign a one-day contract to officially retire as a member of the club. stumptown-footy.ghost.io/uswnt-and-po...
Portland Thorns and USWNT legend Tobin Heath to be honored on August 22 at Providence Park
The USWNT legend Tobin Heath is set to be honored by the Portland Thorns before the Denver Summit match on August 22.
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Always amused when a flood of accounts who think @theneedling.com isn't satire (it's real fake news!) treat it as if it is real.
The morning Spokane fire update from the Spokesman-Review, and it's quite bad.
Wildfire in northwest Spokane destroys 640 structures
The Old Trails wildfire in northwest Spokane destroyed 640 structures Saturday, according to Cody Rohrbach, Spokane County Fire District 3 fire chief.
spokesman.com
Wildfires rage across the Pacific Northwest this evening. Parts of Spokane, Washington are under evacuation due to the blazes.
Big problem with the evacuations of the Indian Trail & Five Mile neighborhoods in NW Spokane is that they were built with few roads going in and out. Also will make trying to get equipment in to fight the fires, and moving them around where needed, very difficult.
Latest from Spokane's newspaper, the Spokesman-Review, on the evacuations and wildfire in the NW part of the city.
'Never seen it this bad': Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into city
A wildfire driven by high winds jumped the Spokane River Saturday afternoon, burning homes and quickly moving into the Indian Trail Neighborhood.
spokesman.com
A massive part of Spokane (2nd largest city in Washington) is now under Level 3 (mandatory) evacuations as a wildfire threatens the NW part of the city. I remember the stories of Firestorm when I lived there. This looks quite bad.
Spokane Rising@spokanerising.com · last wk.Latest evacuations now extend north to Rutter and Hastings.
#Seattle is luckily about to dodge a massive and intense heat dome that is about to cover much of the rest of the West with 100+ to even 110+ degree heat. Here, we'll be in the 70s. But it comes at a potential great cost for Eastern Washington: emeraldcityweather.com/seattle-dodg... #wawx
How Seattle is dodging a massive heat dome set to bake the West with triple-digit heat - Emerald City Weather Blog
Summer is about to turn on its highest broil setting across much of the western U.S.,as a massive
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Oregon State women's basketball players make history as they move for unionization. Very important thing: Oregon State is a public university. That means this is a question of state law, not federal law. That's huge. I explain in a new @sportico.bsky.social article with Jacob Feldman:
Oregon State WBB Players Seek Union Status in Historic Move
Members of the Oregon State women's basketball team have petitioned a state agency to form a union in a major development in sports law.
sportico.com
The last 6+ minutes for the BC Lions tonight...wowza. The offense finally caught up with the defense, if for a quarter.
Goodbye, Minneapolis, Chicago. Hello, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., pop. 2,300 The inhumanity of mass deportation hits small-town America as a tiny borough with just 4 cops partners with ICE and pulls over dozens of drivers, turning over 32 for deportation My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/moun...
This quaint Pa. borough is a ‘speed trap’ nabbing immigrants for ICE | Will Bunch
Police in Mount Holly Springs, a tiny borough in central Pennsylvania, have turned over 32 immigrants to ICE since March.
inquirer.com
WNBA suspends Seattle Storm minority owner for being rude to transphobic shitheads:
WNBA Suspends Seattle Storm Minority Owner For Being Rude To Transphobic Shitheads | Defector
On Tuesday night, a small group of weirdos held an anti-trans rally outside of the Seattle Storm’s home arena. The occasion for their gathering was a game against the Indiana Fever and bench player…
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Polar-orbiting satellites keep an eye on the massive wildfires burning across Oregon and western Idaho.
Elon Musk and his machine, xAI, are suing Minnesota for passing a law that bans nudification tech. The law forbids the use of public images to create sexualized content. And this oaf and his merry band of dipshits think their porn is more valuable than your identity. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Elon Musk’s company sues Minnesota over new law to bar manipulated images to fake nudity
Minnesota’s anti-nudification law is supposed to take effect on Saturday. It is being challenged in federal court by a company led by Elon Musk.
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