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#washington

Biscuits & Gravy
33 minutes ago

The #State of #Washington #DemocraticParty and the #DNC need to start talking about #JoeKent and get him shut down.

The National Democratic Party aka #JaimeHarrison seems to be missing in action. Where are the Democratic Party Leaders?
Where is Kent's opposition?

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/joe-kent-is-the-most-extreme-house-candidate-you-havent-heard-about

The Japan Times
4 hours ago

U.S. Federal Reserve officials meet this week with an autoworkers strike, a possible federal government shutdown, and a student loan squeeze on consumers posing new risks to that best-case outcome. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/19/economy/us-fed-student-loans-auto-strike/?utm_content=buffer9265d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #economy #federalreserve #washington #inflation

RAWCHILI
18 hours ago

Using the simple rating system, which adjusts margin of victory for strength of schedule, the Commanders are the second-worst team in the NFC after the Bears. WSH offense is 10 points per game WORSE than an average team. Eric Bieniemy has his work cut out for him. https://www.rawchili.com/3084103/

#Ashburn #commanders #Football #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceEastDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL #Virginia #Washington #WashingtonCommanders

Using the simple rating system, which adjusts margin of victory for strength of schedule, the Commanders are the second-worst team in the NFC after the Bears. WSH offense is 10 points per game WORSE than an average team. Eric Bieniemy has his work cut out for him.
RAWCHILI
21 hours ago

[Kraken PR] The Kraken have reassigned the following players to their junior clubs: Dragicevic, Firkus, Goyette, Hammell, Loshko, Rehkopf, Sale. The following players have been reassigned to Coachella Valley’s training camp: Andreev, Castor, Jackson https://www.rawchili.com/3083864/

#hockey #IceHockey #KRAKEN #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #NHLWesternConference #NHLWesternConferencePacificDivision #Seattle #seattlekraken #SeattleNHLteam #Washington

[Kraken PR] The Kraken have reassigned the following players to their junior clubs: Dragicevic, Firkus, Goyette, Hammell, Loshko, Rehkopf, Sale. The following players have been reassigned to Coachella Valley’s training camp: Andreev, Castor, Jackson
BrownsBay
21 hours ago

I rode the Kitsap Color Classic this last Sunday (9/24/23). The bicycle ride is the last major Cascade Bicycle Club event for the year. 52.7 miles/3,154 feet of climb. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/135596104
#bicycle #bicycling #PNW #KitsapColorClassic #KCC2023 #KitsapCounty #Washington #washingtonstate #WSF #WashingtonStateFerries #CascadeBicycleClub @CascadeBicycleClub

Man in colorful cycling attire drinking coffee outside Walnut Street Coffee in Edmonds WA. His bicycle is in the background.
Bicycle riders in colorful cycling garb wait on the Edmonds ferry dock.
Bicycle riders in colorful cycling garb with their bicycles are gathered on the main car deck inside a Washington state ferry.
Outside a sidewalk coffee shop (Cups) in Poulsbo, WA. A bicycle is leaning on an outside table.
getmisch
23 hours ago

Last sold in '02 for $84K, expected to go for $100K+, went for $260K+ instead! A pair of tickets (only three tickets exist!) auctioned to the play at Ford's Theatre, the night Lincoln was assassinated by a radicalized white supremacist terrorist.
#ford #theatre #our #american #cousin #play #washington #DC #assassin #bigot #killed #abe #lincoln #gun #violence #murder #slaves #freed #civil #war #history #auction #tickets https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201791116/fords-theatre-tickets-abraham-lincoln-assassination-auction

Closeup photo of the two tickets that exceeded auction expectations this past weekend in Boston. Ford's Theatre Dress Circle (the same level as the President and First Lady), the night Lincoln was shot. Pale green with a large part of the corner cut off, by the "Door-keeper". The Section and seat number are handwritten.
PositivDenken 🤯
23 hours ago

Found a mini island. Olympic National Park, PNT, September 2023

#pnt #pnt2023 #pacificNorthwestTrail #hiking #thruhiking #washington #olympicnationalpark #beach #sunset

RAWCHILI
1 day ago

[Hoop District] Michael Winger on the vision for the Wizards: “It is ambitious and it is a very heavy lift. We want to build an organization that develops and can support a sustainably great team. We don’t want to be a flash in the pan, we don’t want to be a one-hit-wonder.” https://www.rawchili.com/3083636/

#basketball #D.C. #NationalBasketballAssociation #NBA #NBAEasternConference #NBAEasternConferenceSoutheastDivision #Washington #WashingtonWizards #Wizards

[Hoop District] Michael Winger on the vision for the Wizards: "It is ambitious and it is a very heavy lift. We want to build an organization that develops and can support a sustainably great team. We don't want to be a flash in the pan, we don't want to be a one-hit-wonder."
G4Media 📰
1 day ago

#Washington‎ul cere #Kiev‎ului reforme „necesare” cât mai urgent drept condiție pentru continuarea asistenței militare.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-3bKa

#News #Știri #SUA #Ucraina

RAWCHILI
1 day ago
[Anderson] Im told free agent QB Anthony Brown is scheduled to workout for the Seahawks Tuesday, per source.
G4Media 📰
1 day ago

🇺🇸#SUA condamnă atacul „inacceptabil” asupra ambasadei cubaneze din #Washington.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-3bIM

#News #Știri

G4Media 📰
1 day ago

🇷🇺#Rusia a demonstrat că nu este un „partener de securitate fiabil”, după ofensiva 🇦🇿#Azerbaidjan‎ului în #NagornoKarabah , susține #Washington‎ul.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-3bFq

#News #Știri #SUA

Hussein Al-alak
1 day ago

The ’In Their Shoes 5K’ is being organized by the Iraqi Children Foundation and all participants and supporters will be showing their solidarity with vulnerable children across Iraq.

This year, it would be fantastic to have even more people take part and make the 2023 ’In Their Shoes 5K’ bigger than ever before!

Get involved here: https://raceroster.com/events/2023/76892/iraqi-children-foundation-global-in-their-shoes-5k

#iraq #manchester #usa #iraqi #washington #washingtondc #uk #europe #running #charity #solidarity #autism #education #news #press #media

RAWCHILI
2 days ago

[PFF] Seahawks rookie Devon Witherspoon in Week 3: 🟢 13 targets 🟢 1 first down allowed 🟢 2 forced incompletions 🟢 46.6 passer rating allowed https://www.rawchili.com/3082875/

#Football #NationalFootballConference #NationalFootballConferenceWestDivision #NationalFootballLeague #NFL #Seahawks #Seattle #SeattleSeahawks #Washington

[PFF] Seahawks rookie Devon Witherspoon in Week 3: 🟢 13 targets 🟢 1 first down allowed 🟢 2 forced incompletions 🟢 46.6 passer rating allowed
Kat ♾️
2 days ago

@MildAbrasive How about some bright tulip fields from spring in northwestern #Washington? 🌷 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

#flowers #BloomScrolling #PNW #photography

Photograph of a field of colorful tulips in pink, purple, yellow, white, and red rows in the Skagit Valley, Washington State.
Michael Russell
2 days ago

Early morning sunlight on Mount Rainier from above Upper Tipsoo Lake in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA.

For #MountainMonday
#Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #MountRainierNationalPark #Washington #Photography #Photo

View of Mount Rainier from above Tipsoo Lake in Mount Rainier National Park.
SilverSalmonAK
2 days ago

I missed Silent Sunday, but this would have been my contribution. From outside Twisp, WA, it's where we wish we were right now, rather than Florida.

I really like this one because it reminds me of Kansas where I grew up.

#photography #LandscapePhotography #Twisp #Washington

Dry, tan hills in the distance, blue sky, wisps of clouds, subtle reflection of the hills in the still pond. There are grasses blowing in the wind in the foreground.
ProPublica
3 days ago

The Cleanup of Seattle’s Only River Could Cost #Boeing and #Taxpayers $1 Billion.

Talks Over Who Will Pay Most Are Secret.
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The company once described the Duwamish, one of the country’s most #contaminated waterways, as “a natural collector” for its wastes.

The Port of #Seattle and Boeing accuse each other of failing to pay their fair shares for the cleanup.

#Washington #PNW #Environment #Pollution #Water #CleanWater #Rivers #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/cleanup-cost-seattle-duwamish-boeing-taxpayers?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

kurtsh
4 days ago

Cal vs Washington at the half.

Dear God, what an unholy beating.

🔴 LIVE : California Golden Bears at Washington Huskies | NCAA College Fo...
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-G9A7gjE1_A_MjyYRKjo1TuBrcsQH0Do&feature=shared
#california #washington #football

Steven Saus [he/him]
4 days ago

From 23 Sep: National Cathedral replaces windows honoring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice - The landmark Washington National Cathedral unveiled new stained-glass windows Saturday with a theme ... https://apnews.com/article/washington-national-cathedral-windows-racial-justice-confederacy-d669541e259665a1ac175980e8721257 #ap-top-news #dc-wire #diversity #equity-and-inclusion #general-news #politics #race-and-ethnicity #religion #u.s.-news #washington-news

Ed Suominen
4 days ago

I provided some basic eyeball-level statistical analysis of this plot in the detailed #AltText. Since this is some of the only information you’ll find now about what’s happening with #Covid in #EasternWashington and to some extent the entire US, it’s worth your time to take a look.

These detailed wastewater plots are still provided by the #Washington Department of Health, thankfully.

Ed Suominen
4 days ago

#Spokane County #Washington #SARSCov2 #wastewater levels, showing that about as many people have #Covid as have for about half of the last 60 weeks or so.

No, #CovidIsNotOver and you should be saying #NoToBrainInfections by simply wearing an #N95 respirator.

I’m really tired of this #pandemic. It sucks. My social life is a smoldering ruin. But neither my preferences nor yours dictate what happens with a highly transmissible, immune-evasive airborne #virus.

Spokane County SARS2 concentrations in wastewater since the lull of Spring 2022. Levels are rising from a 2-month long local minimum, though with considerable variance that makes the upward trend less statistically significant. It’s difficult to estimate from the plot what the levels would be even if the first derivative since June remained roughly the same, and there is no evident exponential growth.

Horizontal red line shows the current levels compared to what they’ve been for the past 14-15 months. Contrast with the zero-virus level shown with horizontal yellow line, and note area under the curve overall vs limited to the red line. If levels had been constant over plot interval at current level, we would have had most of the infections we did. Red line appears to be near the median now.
Kat ♾️
6 days ago
A calm harbor at sunset filled with sailboats, fishing boats, yachts, and speedboats. In the foreground, purple sage is in bloom.
Denise Gutzmer
6 days ago

#Seattle Public Utilities asked water customers to curb #water use until fall rains arrive. Below normal precipitation, an early melt to the winter snowpack and low reservoir levels have diminished water supplies.
#drought #Washington
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/seattle-public-utilities-asks-customers-to-conserve-water-amid-drought/

Flipboard Science Desk
1 week ago

Why the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., is saying goodbye to its giant pandas.

Smithsonian Magazine reports: "Their departure will leave the nation’s capital without pandas for the first time in 23 years."

https://flip.it/3TQT3w

#Pandas #Animals #Zoo #Washington #China

morgandawn
1 week ago

"#Wildfire #smoke has slowed or reversed air quality gains made over the last two decades in most of the U.S., new study says

Some states — #Colorado, #Montana, #NewMexico, #Washington and #Wyoming — rolled back 50 percent or more of their progress since 2000. In #Oregon and #Nevada, wildfire smoke has completely erased their gains....

a single day of unhealthy smoke — in the “red” level on the federal government’s color-coded scale — gave the hospitals he was studying in central Oregon a 41 percent chance of exceeding their capacity....

University of Montana toxicologist Christopher Migliaccio tracked residents who lived through that smoke and found they showed significant decreased lung function one and two years afterward..."

1/n

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/09/20/america-air-quality-wildfire-smoke-warming-climate/

Nonilex
1 week ago

In #Washington, meanwhile, a growing faction of the #Republican Party is rebelling against further spending on military #aid for #Ukraine, following #Trump’s lead in questioning whether it should be an American priority. Although most #Democrats & a significant portion of #Republicans remain staunchly behind #Kyiv, the blowback among #HouseRepublicans may be enough to derail an effort to approve a supplemental package of aid for #Ukraine.

Nonilex
1 week ago

In #UN speech, #Zelensky warns of Russian ‘#MassDestruction

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tues delivered an impassioned speech to world leaders at #UNGA, pushing for sustained support for his embattled nation’s fight against #Russia as he embarked on a delicate mission to bolster his cause globally & in #Washington, Ukraine’s most important partner.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/19/zelensky-united-nations-general-assembly/

Kat ♾️
1 week ago

@MelodyWainscott @bassjobsen @stonebear

A #Washington hospital gave my mom, a #cancer patient, #COVID. Most people in the ED were unmasked, incl healthcare /staff. We were masked. A nurse removed my mom’s mask to take an oral temp and did not replace it. I returned from talking to family to find her on a gurney in a hallway filled with unmasked people. I replaced her mask.

She was admitted and 2 days later she was COVID+ . She declined very quickly after that.

There’s no legitimate excuse.

Ethan Schoonover
1 week ago

Mountain peak

(Sauk Mountain, #Washington #hiking)

A craggy, rocky mountain summit as viewed from near to the top. Grassy meadows cover the lower slopes with evergreens covering one side, the other remaining rocky and barren. Clouds drift across a blue sky behind the peak.
Ike
1 week ago

FYI #Seattle and King County:

Four month #COVID cases are up pretty significantly[1] - especially among the elderly (like parents and grandparents) who are dying at a much higher rate[2].

Please be safe out there but more importantly, keep your loved ones safe.

[1] https://kingcounty.gov/en/legacy/depts/health/covid-19/data/current-metrics.aspx

[2] https://kingcounty.gov/en/legacy/depts/health/covid-19/data/trends.aspx

#KingCounty #Washington

A line chart that goes up and to the right very sharply where the y axis is time over the last four months and the y axis is the 7-day average of number of reported COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. At the beginning of the period it was 14.9, and at the end of the period, 38.9.
Ethan Schoonover
1 week ago

Mountain meadow

(near the tarn I just posted, Baker Nat Forest) #washington #hiking

Soft green and yellow grasses that seem to glow in the sunlight, surrounded by evergreens. A clump of red leaves on a bush to the left borders a game trail leading off into the meadow. Mountains in the distance.
Ethan Schoonover
1 week ago

Mountain tarn

(in a favorite high mountain meadow, Baker Nat Forest) #washington #hiking

A small mountain lake surrounded by evergreens and reflecting the blue sky. Mountain meadow grasses creep right up to the edge of the pool.
Ethan Schoonover
1 week ago

Rockin' my Hokas on the trail. Orange is the new nubuck.

They are weird looking shoes but my knees are very happy i'm wearing them.

(scouting for future backcountry campsites, riverside in the Baker National Forest) #hiking #pnw #camping #washington

Bearded man (me) wearing a crumbled brimmed hat, an outdoors vest, and reinforced hiking pants in traditional outdoors colors, along with a pair of garish orange trail runners with gigantic soles.
Michael Russell
2 weeks ago

After direct sunlight had left Mount Shuksan, this band of purple and blue known as the "Belt of Venus" rose in the sky. Photo made from Kulshan Ridge in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington State, USA.

For #MountainMonday
#Mountains #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #NorthCascades #Washington #USA #photo #Photography

Belt of Venus (purple/blue hues in the sky) also known as the earth's shadow - rises in the sky above Mount Shuksan after sunset.
David Hull 胡大衛
2 weeks ago

Regardless, "The Commanders" is a horrible name for a football team. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but it will always be awful.

#NFL #Commanders #Washington #Football

Foggy Bottom is definitely the most innuendo-sounding neighborhood in DC

#Washington #DC #DMV

Toastie
4 weeks ago

"By 1910, Black ownership of farmland had risen to 16 million acres, or just under 2% of all farmland; that year, Black people accounted for more than 10% of the population. But just over a century later, by 2017 — the year of the most recent agricultural census — Black farmers had lost most of that slim gain, owning now just 0.5% of all farmland, even though Black people comprise over 14% of the population."

#Newstodon #PNW #Washington #Seattle

https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.9/agriculture-seattles-black-farmers-collective-nurtures-communities-and-crops

Michael Russell
1 month ago

A fir tree stands in front of Mount Larrabee in the North Cascades of Washington State, USA. Photographed from the Fire and Ice Trail in the Heather Meadows area of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

https://www.mrussellphotography.com/blog/mount-larrabee-north-cascades-range/

For #MountainMonday
#Mountains #NorthCascades #Washington #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #Photos

A large conifer silhouetted against the sky with Mount Larabee in the background.

Seattle Aquarium - Salmon ladder leading to the salmon hatchery #seattle #wa #usa #travel #washington #water #pugetsound #photography (Instagram 12.03.2019)

Seattle Aquarium - Salmon ladder leading to the salmon hatchery #seattle #wa #usa #travel #washington #water #pugetsound
FediFollows
1 month ago

#Washington state / #WA picks of the day:

➡️ @kcts9 - PBS affiliate TV channel in #Seattle

➡️ @SeaGL - Annual grassroots event in Seattle to promote free open software & hardware

➡️ @cascadepine - Nature photography, based in Pacific #Northwest

➡️ @beer - Website providing news about craft beer and related events in #PacificNorthwest

➡️ @rail_casual - Ambient videos of trains passing in #WashingtonState

➡️ @CathyTuttle - Urban planning expert, founder of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways project.

ProPublica
1 month ago

A #Washington Special Education School That Was Accused of Harming #Kids Is Now Barred From Taking New #Students
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A state investigation into Northwest SOIL, launched following a Seattle Times and ProPublica series that highlighted problems at the school, found “unacceptably high” use of physical restraints and isolation rooms.

#Education #SpecialEducation #Teachers #Schools #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-special-education-school-faces-state-restriction?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Megalithic Portal (Andy B)
1 month ago

The Skystone is a #glacial #erratic boulder in Bonney Lake, #Washington state. It was deposited approximately 13,000 years ago. It has over 20 pits pounded into its surface, presumably by members of the #Puyallup tribe. The holes seem to point towards both #astronomical and geographic features. #FolkloreThursday More: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=58988 #folklore #archaeology

Skystone is a glacial erratic boulder in Bonney Lake, Washington state
Joel VanderWerf
1 month ago

TIL the ash fall from Mt St Helens did wonders for the potato crops in eastern Washington.

#agriculture #volcano #washington

https://wapo.st/45gGVPr

golly josh darn
1 month ago

Planning ahead for a thing I want to do some time in Q4 2023 to Q1 2024, and so asking broadly for advice (boosts welcome): whomst in the legal profession in #Washington State (#Seattle area ideal but anywhere is fine, especially if they do their processes remotely) should I be talking to about #LLC setup and general "I want to start a business entity for consulting work and also as a legal entity for general software work, including crowdfunded works" stuff? Who (person/firm/company) is great?