#bellinghamwa — Public Fediverse posts

Hey #WashingtonState and especially those in #WhatcomCounty: Call the legislative hotline today at 800-562-6000 in support of SB 6346, the Millionaires Tax. It has passed the Senate, but now needs a vote in the state House and Representative Alicia Rule of the 42nd district needs to hear we support it. Call today!

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/03/04/holdout-democrats-leave-wa-house-support-for-income-tax-in-doubt/

#wapoli #waleg #BellinghamWA

#SubduedSocial user @nathan generated a full set of #BellinghamWA maps using the #MapToPoster script by Ankur Gupta. View and download them here:

https://bellingham-maps.nathancarnes.com/

#OpenStreetMap #maps #cartography #PNW #Cascadia

Make your own here: https://github.com/originalankur/maptoposter/

Ok, but speaking of that: if you find our little local instance useful (whether or not you are one of our 10 power users, maybe you just like supporting this service for others) please consider supporting our server costs with an (ideally recurring) donation at https://ko-fi.com/subduedsocial

#SubduedSocial #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #Whatcom #Cascadia #SalishSea #PNW

Hey Whatcom County: fill out the poll for Cascadia Daily's "Citizens Agenda" and shape the questions they will ask of local candidates. In particular, I encourage you to pick #15 about Ranked Choice Voting and #36 about Gerrymandering, but there are a lot of other good topics on there too.

https://www.cascadiadaily.com/citizens-agenda/

#WhatcomCounty #CascadiaDaily #BellinghamWA #RankedChoiceVoting #Gerrymandering

Marine Park has become the place I ‘need’ to go to in order to feel calm. Listening to the water here has brought so much peace to me whenever I visit that I almost don’t feel the need to take photos. Which makes me love this place more!

#photography #joshuahallerphotography #bellinghamwa #whatcomcounty #bluehour #printsforsale

A big article in the #CascadiaDaily about the recent Whatcom County charter review meeting about #RankedChoiceVoting. It was really a fascinating meeting with four invited guests who are #RCV experts from around the country. Well worth watching the video of the meeting (linked at the end of the article) https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/may/14/ranked-choice-voting-considered-in-whatcom-but-it-would-cost-auditor-says/

#BellinghamWA #Whatcom #WhatcomCounty #ProportionalRepresentation

Happy to see a tiny spike in activity and interest in our humble little #BellinghamWA Mastodon instance due to this weekend's illustrious LinuxFest Northwest conference.

#SubduedExcitement #Cascadia #LFNW #LFNW2025 @lfnw #linux #PNW

@josephholsten

WSDOT just published another shot of the landslide. Looks like it's going to take awhile to clear away all the rocks. Guess I won't be taking the scenic route to #BellinghamWA this weekend.

https://bsky.app/profile/north.wsdot.wa.gov/post/3lnjil7zj3c2v
#pnw #ChuckanutDrive

A great article from @sightlineinstitute about how Proportional Representation would benefit Whatcom County: https://www.sightline.org/2025/04/10/whatcom-county-eyes-a-prime-election-upgrade/

#ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #WhatcomCounty #Cascadia #BellinghamWA

#bellinghamwa
#whatcomcounty

Protest privatization of the postal service today at the Orleans post office branch (Orleans at Sunset) in Bellingham, WA, from 1:30 to 3:00.

@shansterable so #BellinghamWA #bli airport is less safe to fly into and out or six days a month? Is there a discount for flying on those days?

Vote for your favorite NW Washington business! www.votecascades.com #BellinghamWA #Whatcom #Salishsea #MtVernonWA #Skagit #Sanjuanislands etc...

Signature Plastics is a darling company in the custom keyboard scene, and they're based here in #WhatcomCounty, just outside of #BellinghamWA. https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/114008680163406523

The City of Bellingham will purchase 754 forested acres on the southeast side of Lake Whatcom from a local timber company, adding to more than 3,500 acres of land acquisitions in the watershed.

The property was last logged several decades ago and its forests will now be allowed to mature into older growth that will stabilize steep slopes, capture carbon and filter runoff.

#BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty

https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/jan/28/bellingham-makes-largest-land-purchase-yet-in-lake-whatcom-watershed/

Northern giant hornet eradicated from U.S.
Almost all 'murder hornets' found in the country were in Whatcom County.

No northern giant hornets have been detected in the country for three years, the Washington State Department of Agriculture announced in a Wednesday, Dec. 18 news release.

#BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty

https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/dec/18/northern-giant-hornet-eradicated-from-u-s/

@PhoenixSerenity

#TreeTuesday !

Your pic reminded me of a photo taken by my stepfather, at Boulevard Park on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham, WA.

Credit: Bob Skorodinsky (1935-2019)

#tree #bellinghamwa #bellinghambay #boulevardpark #photography

Nice coverage of the Whatcom County chapter of FairVote Washington in the local university paper, The Western Front:

"Post-election gathering sparks hope for democracy in Bellingham: FairVote WA provides a space for discussion on ranked-choice voting and electoral reform"

https://www.thefrontonline.com/article/2024/11/drinks-with-democracy-dreamers

#FairVote #FairVoteWA #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #RankedChoiceVoting #WWU

#BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty
If you need something wholesome to focus on today, Lydia Place just put up their holiday Adopt A Family page. Lydia Place helps families experiencing housing instability, and supporting this program has become an annual tradition for my wife and I.

Who wouldn't want to shop for a kid that's into "sharks, dinosaurs, and tacos?"

https://lydiaplace.org/adoptafamily/

Now that ballots are arriving in Washington State, please check out the FairVote Washington candidate endorsements, especially for the very important Whatcom County Charter Review Commission: https://fairvotewa.org/candidate-recognition-2024/

#WhatcomCounty #WashingtonState #wapoli #waelex #FairVote #FairVoteWashington #FairVoteWA #RankedChoiceVoting #BellinghamWA

Latest story written by mom ❤️ about #WhatcomCounty life here in #Bellingham about therapy #dogs
https://www.whatcomtalk.com/2024/10/15/who-lets-the-dogs-in/
#dogstodon
#dog #aww #bellinghamwa

Here's the images I picked for my two 2025 Calendars. For my Bellingham calendar, I picked a misty morning at Lake Padden. I just love the foggy mornings here. And for my Asia calendar, I picked a photo of this amazing tree on the grounds of Angkor Wat. Just love the ancient feel to this tree that cast such an amazing shadow.

https://www.joshuajhaller.com/calendars

#AYearForArt
#mastoart
#artDistrict
#giftideas
#FediGiftShop
#landscapephotography
#bellinghamWA
#WhatcomCounty
#joshuahallerphotography

Its that time of year! Pre-orders available for my 2025 calendars! Doing 2 this year: Bellingham & Asia. More about the calendars to come but you can pre-order here:
https://www.joshuajhaller.com/calendars

#photography #landscape #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #mastoart #artDistrict #giftideas #FediGiftShop #fotografie #fineartphotography #fineartprint #curiousCurator #Getoutside #landscapephotography #bellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #joshuahallerphotography #onlineshopping #wallartforsale #giftthemart #homedecor

After flying overnight from #hawaii , then getting picked up and driven to #bellinghamwa , I think Umi's feeling comfortable in her #newhome
#newdog
#dogsofmastodon
#mastodogs
#welcomehome

Very cool that this documentary about #RankedChoiceVoting called "Majority Rules" will be screened this weekend at the Pickford Film Center here in #BellinghamWA

https://www.mobilize.us/fairvotewa/event/662438/?ms=20240820MajorityRulesBhamI

#ElectoralReform #RCV #DocumentaryFilm #FairVote #FairVoteWashington #FairVoteWA

@ingalls @smitha I'd also humbly suggest that none of the YVR/SEA/PDX airports needs to connect to High Speed Rail. Here in #BellinghamWA we have an airport with lots of spare capacity. Connect HSR to our airport and to the city centers in Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland. You all can use our airport for medium and long haul flights!

#CascadiaRail #HighSpeedRail #HSR #transit #airports #AirTravel

4th of July Celebration at Kulshan Trackside in Bellingham. Couldn’t have asked for better weather and temperatures for spending an evening on the lawn listening to music and watching fireworks over Bellingham Bay.
#BellinghamWA #fireworks #4thJuly #Washington #PNW

Over the weekend, I wrote up an analysis of WSDOT's Amtrak Cascades Preliminary Service Development Plan that was released on Friday and what it means for Bellingham.

https://bellingham-by-bus-and-train.ghost.io/amtrak-cascades-preliminary-service-development-plan-bellingham/

#BellinghamWA #Seattle #AmtrakCascades

We might also just be running into the limits of the precision of timeanddate.com, but still that's pretty cool that it's really only Whatcom County (and other places at our latitude, which are all effectively not populated at least within the contiguous US) has this phenomenon.

#BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty

My Amtrak Cascades commute between Seattle and Bellingham, and neighborhood tips for Fairhaven, were featured in a L.A. Times travel feature on West Coast destinations. https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2024-06-05/readers-best-travel-spots-west-coast

More in BhamByBus: https://bellingham-by-bus-and-train.ghost.io/los-angeles-times-bellingham-fairhaven/

#AmtrakCascades #BellinghamWA #CarFreeTravel

So, the Bellville ferry terminal in #VictoriaBC is being upgraded to have US CBP preclearance for the Coho (to Port Angeles) and the Clipper (to Seattle) but what would be awesome would be a passenger ferry to #BellinghamWa's Fairhaven terminal, which is right next to the #AmtrakCascades train station. Especially if it had code share and checked baggage going straight between the ferry and the train.

#trains #VancouverIsland

Map of the Ski to Sea relay race route, currently underway here in #BellinghamWA. Easily the biggest event of the year. Useful map whether you’re a fan or just trying to avoid the crowds!

#SkiToSea #WhatcomCounty #PNW

#SomethingBeautiful #BellinghamWA archive- Blackie McSquirrel would like a peanut please. May 1 2024. #BackyardWildlife #BlackSquirrel #Squirrels #SquirrelsAreFantastic

This weekend we are happy to attend #LFNW2024 by @lfnw

#linux #opensource #fossconf #bellinghamwa

I dug into my archives and found this map I made of 2016 election results aggregated by the (then) new Whatcom County council districts introduced in 2017. Gives a rough sense of the political alignment in our small county here in the northwest corner of Washington State.

I need to update this map with new data from all the elections since 2016, obviously, but it's a hassle to work with the precinct level results. Soon.

#wapoli #waelex #WhatcomCounty #Whatcom #BellinghamWA #uspol

Southwest Airlines is pulling out of Bellingham International Airport, citing delays on production of Boeing planes.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/business/boeing-problems-southwest-ends-service-4-airports/index.html

#Southwest #SouthwestAirlines #BLI #BellinghamWA #Boeing #BellinghamInternationalAirport

#SomethingBeautiful Bellingham Archive- Oona’s dahlia “Summit Festival”. September 23, 2023. #Blossoms #StormHourMark ##StormHour Dahlias #Cutflowers #Gardens #BellinghamWA

#SomethingBeautiful #BellinghamWA archive- Rootbeer-espresso float at #CamberCoffee. Invented by Kat , mixed by Colin, April 5 2024. So good. #RootbeerFloat

Join FairVote Washington at the Bellingham St. Patrick's Day Parade, as we celebrate Ireland's 100+ year legacy of using #RankedChoiceVoting

RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/fairvotewa/event/609682/

#FairVote #FairVoteWashington #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #Whatcom #PNW

Omg I forgot that New kids on the block had their own line of trading cards. I never collected them, but I was always confused, because didn't you have the whole set after just one pack? #antique #antiques #bellinghamwa #bellingham #nkotb #NewKids

It's great to see our local transit agency getting into the housing business (seriously).

https://mybellinghamnow.com/news/297792-wta-planning-affordable-housing-project-in-lynden/

#Whatcom #WhatcomCounty #Lynden #BellinghamWA #Transit #Housing #TransitOrientedDevelopment #PNW

#SomethingBeautiful #BellinghamWA Archive- Corn snow falling on old BMW trunk. February 27 2024. This stuff was falling from a partly sunny sky this morning. #Winter #CornSnow #Graupel

#SomethingBeautiful #BellinghamWA Archive- Good morning Mr Presidents. Cappuccino at #CamberCoffee by Galen, a real pro. February 19 2024. So good. Grateful for baristas who work the holidays. #Cappuccino #DayOff

Sun dogs from Bellingham, WA.

#sundogs #atmosphere #clouds #BellinghamWA

"Tribes 101: About the Native nations that share geography with Washington state"

Great article in the Salish Current explaining tribal sovereignty in #WashingtonState and the 50th anniversary of the Boldt Decision that upheld native treaty rights.

https://salish-current.org/2024/02/05/tribes-101-about-the-native-nations-that-share-geography-with-washington-state/

#Washington #CoastSalish #sovereignty #Lummi #Nooksack #Skagit #Swinomish #Samish #BellinghamWA

Then the 2019 business case analysis moved forward with two scenarios, of 21 and 30 roundtrips. So the 30 roundtrips mentioned in the Microsoft-sponsored Seattle Times article is certainly the high end, but not outside the realm of possibility.

In the scenarios in this chart, note that most of the options include a mix of local and express trains, so a town like #BellinghamWA might only get 12 trips per day.

#Cascadia #CascadiaHSR #HighSpeedRail #CascadiaRail

#SomethingBeautiful #BellinghamWA archive- Custom Cortado by Kat, one of my other, other favorite baristas at #CamberCoffee. February 1 2024. So good. #Cortado @cambercoffee #LatteArt

Always fun to see my work in print. A friend brought me his copy of Southside Living to coffee this morning then we went for a photo walk around a boat yard.

#bellinghamwa #whatcomcounty #printisnotdead

Today is Point Elliott Treaty Day here in the northwest part of #WashingtonState, including #Seattle, #EverettWA, #BellinghamWA, & much of #PugetSound & the #SalishSea. On this day in 1855 the United States signed a treaty with representatives of local sovereign native nations that provides the legal foundation for all non-native settlement in this area, including ongoing legal obligations that we have to our #indigenous neighbors. Take a moment today to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Point_Elliott

#SomethingBeautiful #BellinghamWA archive- My last macchiato before the snow, by Millie at #CamberCoffee. January 16, 2024. All out of sparkling water but no matter- So good. #Machiatto #ALittleTasteOfItaly

#SomethingBeautiful #BellinghamWA archive- Blackie McSquirrel. August 19, 2023. #BackyardWildlife #BlackSquirrel #Squirrels #SquirrelsAreFantastic