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Hello, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.
A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.
The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7-Day running average of the Sars-CoV-2 levels went down a bit and then went up a bit. The last data are from 7/21.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
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Hello, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.
A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.
The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7-Day running average of the Sars-CoV-2 levels went down a bit and then went up a bit. The last data are from 7/21.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
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Bullets that killed two at Seattle food festival do not match teen shooter’s gun, police say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/seattle-food-festival-bullets-gun-police #Seattle #UsNews #WorldNews #WashingtonState #WestCoast
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Bullets that killed two at Seattle food festival do not match teen shooter’s gun, police say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/seattle-food-festival-bullets-gun-police #Seattle #UsNews #WorldNews #WashingtonState #WestCoast
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Bullets that killed two at Seattle food festival do not match teen shooter’s gun, police say
By Uwa Ede-Osifo and agencyPolice link shooting to gang violence but have not said who might have fired bullets that killed bystanders on Sunday
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/seattle-food-festival-bullets-gun-police
#Seattle #USnews #Worldnews #Washingtonstate #WestCoast #TheGuardian #UwaEdeOsifo #agency
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Seattle police recover machine gun and ghost gun from scene of mass shooting
By Roque PlanasThree people died, including one of the suspects, and at least five more were wounded, including two-year-old boy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/seattle-police-mass-shooting-guns
#Seattle #Guncrime #USnews #UScrime #Washingtonstate #WestCoast #TheGuardian #RoquePlanas
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Seattle police recover machine gun and ghost gun from scene of mass shooting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/seattle-police-mass-shooting-guns #Seattle #GunCrime #UsNews #UsCrime #WashingtonState #WestCoast
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Seattle police recover machine gun and ghost gun from scene of mass shooting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/seattle-police-mass-shooting-guns #Seattle #GunCrime #UsNews #UsCrime #WashingtonState #WestCoast
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Somewhere along Wenatchee River in Leavenworth, Washington.
#wenatcheeriver #washingtonstate #leavenworth #centralwashington #travel
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Somewhere along Wenatchee River in Leavenworth, Washington.
#wenatcheeriver #washingtonstate #leavenworth #centralwashington #travel
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Tax Breaks for Data Centers Are Ending, With More States Revoking Them
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Tax Breaks for Data Centers Are Ending, With More States Revoking Them
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I'm happy to report that the #washingtonstate #covid #covid19 #wastewater site is being updated again, yay. It's been down due to a supplier issue since early June.
Let's start with the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant. The 7-Day running average of the Sars-CoV-2 levels is up above the nice low baseline level we were enjoying this spring. The last data is from 7/14.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
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I'm happy to report that the #washingtonstate #covid #covid19 #wastewater site is being updated again, yay. It's been down due to a supplier issue since early June.
Let's start with the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant. The 7-Day running average of the Sars-CoV-2 levels is up above the nice low baseline level we were enjoying this spring. The last data is from 7/14.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
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We have to vote, even if it’s just to ensure these initiatives don’t pass. #washingtonstate
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t3nhur7pccn5pqcfpcwkdvqj/post/3mr6o32pt3b2d -
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦝❤️ #Jimothy, a Seattle #raccoon with a likely congenital spine condition has become an internet sensation for his short round body.
He was first spotted in #Seattle’s #Ballard neighborhood and has since inspired murals, #tattoos, and a city council proclamation. #Wildlife vets at #WashingtonState University confirm he appears healthy and adaptable.
#genetics #animals #veterinary #science #conservation #biology #nature
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦝❤️ #Jimothy, a Seattle #raccoon with a likely congenital spine condition has become an internet sensation for his short round body.
He was first spotted in #Seattle’s #Ballard neighborhood and has since inspired murals, #tattoos, and a city council proclamation. #Wildlife vets at #WashingtonState University confirm he appears healthy and adaptable.
#genetics #animals #veterinary #science #conservation #biology #nature
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Hi #washingtonstate voters, it's primary voting time. You have until August 4th to get your ballots back in. I filled out my ballot tonight, with particular attention to all the State Supreme Court races. I can't overstate how important these specific races are as we gear up for more court fights.
If you want more background beyond the candidate statements, Fuse Washington has an excellent Progressive Voter's Guide here: https://www.progressivevotersguide.com/washington
PS: Did you know you can get status alerts about your ballot's return and processing? King County's signup page is at kce.wiki/TrackMyBallot. I think many other counties have similar ballot tracking services.
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Hi #washingtonstate voters, it's primary voting time. You have until August 4th to get your ballots back in. I filled out my ballot tonight, with particular attention to all the State Supreme Court races. I can't overstate how important these specific races are as we gear up for more court fights.
If you want more background beyond the candidate statements, Fuse Washington has an excellent Progressive Voter's Guide here: https://www.progressivevotersguide.com/washington
PS: Did you know you can get status alerts about your ballot's return and processing? King County's signup page is at kce.wiki/TrackMyBallot. I think many other counties have similar ballot tracking services.
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There are plenty of gorgeous tropical and subtropical cities, but there is something special about the higher latitudes that comes through even in a photograph taken deep in the night. Seattle is already on up there, but one thing I love about it is the very main street's name suggests your next destination...
Taken by me one summer's evening on Alaskan Way: "Northbound".
#art #summer #cityscape #skyline #Seattle #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #downtown #city #streetscape #night
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There are plenty of gorgeous tropical and subtropical cities, but there is something special about the higher latitudes that comes through even in a photograph taken deep in the night. Seattle is already on up there, but one thing I love about it is the very main street's name suggests your next destination...
Taken by me one summer's evening on Alaskan Way: "Northbound".
#art #summer #cityscape #skyline #Seattle #WashingtonState #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #downtown #city #streetscape #night
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If you are a voter in Washington State you should be getting your ballot for the August primary in the mail soon (I just got mine). There are four State Supreme Court primaries, and these races are often the hardest to figure out. This tool from the Northwest Progressive Institute has info about all the candidates in each race and a handy view of who is endorsing each.
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If you are a voter in Washington State you should be getting your ballot for the August primary in the mail soon (I just got mine). There are four State Supreme Court primaries, and these races are often the hardest to figure out. This tool from the Northwest Progressive Institute has info about all the candidates in each race and a handy view of who is endorsing each.
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Great American gardeners | Coastside Magazine Online https://www.allforgardening.com/1881676/great-american-gardeners-coastside-magazine-online-3/ #agriculture #BenjaminFranklin #crop #farmer #garden #gardener #gardening #JohnAdams #manure #NativeSpecies #NaturalEnvironment #plant #PlantAgriculture #PrimarySector #seed #soil #SoilFertility #UnitedStates #WashingtonState
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Great American gardeners | Coastside Magazine Online https://www.allforgardening.com/1881676/great-american-gardeners-coastside-magazine-online-3/ #agriculture #BenjaminFranklin #crop #farmer #garden #gardener #gardening #JohnAdams #manure #NativeSpecies #NaturalEnvironment #plant #PlantAgriculture #PrimarySector #seed #soil #SoilFertility #UnitedStates #WashingtonState
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Great American gardeners | Coastside Magazine Online https://www.allforgardening.com/1881284/great-american-gardeners-coastside-magazine-online-2/ #agriculture #BenjaminFranklin #crop #farmer #garden #gardener #gardening #JohnAdams #manure #NativeSpecies #NaturalEnvironment #plant #PlantAgriculture #PrimarySector #seed #soil #SoilFertility #UnitedStates #WashingtonState
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Great American gardeners | Coastside Magazine Online https://www.allforgardening.com/1881284/great-american-gardeners-coastside-magazine-online-2/ #agriculture #BenjaminFranklin #crop #farmer #garden #gardener #gardening #JohnAdams #manure #NativeSpecies #NaturalEnvironment #plant #PlantAgriculture #PrimarySector #seed #soil #SoilFertility #UnitedStates #WashingtonState
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Great American gardeners | Coastside Magazine Online https://www.allforgardening.com/1881165/great-american-gardeners-coastside-magazine-online/ #agriculture #BenjaminFranklin #crop #farmer #garden #gardener #gardening #JohnAdams #manure #NativeSpecies #NaturalEnvironment #plant #PlantAgriculture #PrimarySector #seed #soil #SoilFertility #UnitedStates #WashingtonState
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Great American gardeners | Coastside Magazine Online https://www.allforgardening.com/1881165/great-american-gardeners-coastside-magazine-online/ #agriculture #BenjaminFranklin #crop #farmer #garden #gardener #gardening #JohnAdams #manure #NativeSpecies #NaturalEnvironment #plant #PlantAgriculture #PrimarySector #seed #soil #SoilFertility #UnitedStates #WashingtonState
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More Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east
By Edward Helmore in New York109 million people face another day of poor air quality as smoke from blazes in Ontario drifts over the US
#USnews #Wildfires #Airpollution #Chicago #Detroit #Illinois #Michigan #Baltimore #Maryland #WashingtonDC #NewYork #Philadelphia #Pennsylvania #Cleveland #Ohio #Minnesota #Wisconsin #NewJersey #Oregon #Washingtonstate #Idaho #Canada #Americas #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmoreinNewYork
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More Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/canada-wildfire-smoke-midwest-mid-atlantic-north-east #UsNews #Wildfires #AirPollution #Chicago #Detroit #Illinois #Michigan #Baltimore #Maryland #WashingtonDc #NewYork #Philadelphia #Pennsylvania #Cleveland #Ohio #Minnesota #Wisconsin #NewJersey #Oregon #WashingtonState #Idaho #Canada #Americas
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More Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/canada-wildfire-smoke-midwest-mid-atlantic-north-east #UsNews #Wildfires #AirPollution #Chicago #Detroit #Illinois #Michigan #Baltimore #Maryland #WashingtonDc #NewYork #Philadelphia #Pennsylvania #Cleveland #Ohio #Minnesota #Wisconsin #NewJersey #Oregon #WashingtonState #Idaho #Canada #Americas
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‘Laws were broken’: multistate effort to stop Paramount’s $111bn merger heads to court
By Jeremy BarrAttorneys general from 12 states are suing to block the Paramount-Warner Bros deal they say violates antitrust law
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/17/paramount-warner-bros-merger
#Media #Business #WarnerBros #Film #USpolitics #NewJersey #California #Washingtonstate #LawUS #Trumpadministration #USnews #Mediabusiness #Mergersandacquisitions #Paramount #UStelevisionindustry #TheGuardian #JeremyBarr
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‘Laws were broken’: multistate effort to stop Paramount’s $111bn merger heads to court https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/17/paramount-warner-bros-merger #Media #Business #WarnerBros #Film #UsPolitics #NewJersey #California #WashingtonState #LawUs #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #MediaBusiness #MergersAndAcquisitions #Paramount #UsTelevisionIndustry
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‘Laws were broken’: multistate effort to stop Paramount’s $111bn merger heads to court https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/17/paramount-warner-bros-merger #Media #Business #WarnerBros #Film #UsPolitics #NewJersey #California #WashingtonState #LawUs #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #MediaBusiness #MergersAndAcquisitions #Paramount #UsTelevisionIndustry
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Beyond The 100-Year Flood - Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment For King And Pierce Counties Under Future Climate Scenarios
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3231-2026 <-- shared #openacess paper
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[part of my old stomping ground as an engineering geologist]
H/T @Kees Nederhoff
“Flood maps are usually built from a single design storm. For King and Pierce Counties in the Pacific Northwest (USA), [the authors] tried the opposite - simulate 82 years of actual coastal and river conditions (plus 18 synthetic years) with SFINCS and let the statistics fall out cell by cell. That took about 5,400 yearly simulations and 194,000 CPU hours on USGS's Hovenweep HPC. Worth it!
The design-event shortcut turns out to hide a real hazard. A deterministic 10-year event underestimated flood depths by up to half a meter compared to the continuous runs.
The bigger surprise [to the authors] was how one-sided the climate signal is. One metre of sea level rise takes King County's expected annual flooded area from 161 --> 787 hectares, almost a factor of five. Changes in storminess over the same horizon barely register. And somewhere between 100 and 150 cm of SLR, land that never floods today starts flooding fast. If you plan adaptation in Puget Sound, that threshold matters more than any single return-period map.
[They] also propose Expected Annual Flooded Area (EAFA) as a probability-weighted alternative to the binary "inside or outside the 100-year zone" label…”
#USGS #supercomputing #Hovenweep #HPC #coast #coastal #PNW #Seattle #PacificNorthwest #risk #hazard #riskmanagement #model #modeling #CFRM #deterministic #probabilistic #climatechange #extremeweather #fedscience #WA #KingCounty #PierceCounty #WashingtonState #USA #flood #flooding #compoundflooding #floodmaps #SFINCS #storm #weather #climate #climatechange #rainfall #precipitation #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #100yearflood #floodhazardmapping #returnperiods #pluvial #fluvial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #streamgage #history #historicflooding #projections #predictions
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Beyond The 100-Year Flood - Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment For King And Pierce Counties Under Future Climate Scenarios
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3231-2026 <-- shared #openacess paper
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[part of my old stomping ground as an engineering geologist]
H/T @Kees Nederhoff
“Flood maps are usually built from a single design storm. For King and Pierce Counties in the Pacific Northwest (USA), [the authors] tried the opposite - simulate 82 years of actual coastal and river conditions (plus 18 synthetic years) with SFINCS and let the statistics fall out cell by cell. That took about 5,400 yearly simulations and 194,000 CPU hours on USGS's Hovenweep HPC. Worth it!
The design-event shortcut turns out to hide a real hazard. A deterministic 10-year event underestimated flood depths by up to half a meter compared to the continuous runs.
The bigger surprise [to the authors] was how one-sided the climate signal is. One metre of sea level rise takes King County's expected annual flooded area from 161 --> 787 hectares, almost a factor of five. Changes in storminess over the same horizon barely register. And somewhere between 100 and 150 cm of SLR, land that never floods today starts flooding fast. If you plan adaptation in Puget Sound, that threshold matters more than any single return-period map.
[They] also propose Expected Annual Flooded Area (EAFA) as a probability-weighted alternative to the binary "inside or outside the 100-year zone" label…”
#USGS #supercomputing #Hovenweep #HPC #coast #coastal #PNW #Seattle #PacificNorthwest #risk #hazard #riskmanagement #model #modeling #CFRM #deterministic #probabilistic #climatechange #extremeweather #fedscience #WA #KingCounty #PierceCounty #WashingtonState #USA #flood #flooding #compoundflooding #floodmaps #SFINCS #storm #weather #climate #climatechange #rainfall #precipitation #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #100yearflood #floodhazardmapping #returnperiods #pluvial #fluvial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #streamgage #history #historicflooding #projections #predictions
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Trump fires new US attorney in Seattle an hour after federal judges appoint him https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/trump-fires-us-attorney-roger-rogoff-seattle #Seattle #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #UsJusticeSystem #WashingtonState #UsNews
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Trump fires new US attorney in Seattle an hour after federal judges appoint him https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/trump-fires-us-attorney-roger-rogoff-seattle #Seattle #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #UsJusticeSystem #WashingtonState #UsNews
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Trump fires new US attorney in Seattle an hour after federal judges appoint him
By Associated PressRoger Rogoff’s was selected by panel of judges for top prosecutor job after interim US attorney’s term ended
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/trump-fires-us-attorney-roger-rogoff-seattle
#Seattle #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #USjusticesystem #Washingtonstate #USnews #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress
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RE: https://universeodon.com/@WADeptHealth/116925523679853520
It looks like it will be another week before we get #washingtonstate #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater reports again. 🙁
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RE: https://universeodon.com/@WADeptHealth/116925523679853520
It looks like it will be another week before we get #washingtonstate #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater reports again. 🙁
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Though the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater sampling has apparently resumed this week, there's a note up on the dashboard saying that the reporting won't start until July 22nd. That's about six weeks of no wastewater data on respiratory pathogens for the entire state, welp. I'm very disappointed.
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Might feel less American and more like it's the independence day of some counterpart that might as well have stepped out of a dream world...but maybe that's why I like Independence Day in the north...
Taken in the Cascades of Washington State, a stream showing "The Color of Summer" up there. These lands and waters are like nowhere else...
#art #photography #river #stream #Cascadia #WashingtonState #summer #ripples
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In the light of Marie Gluesenkamp Perez's _support_ of both anti-trans bills and the new anti-trans Supreme Court ruling, meet her opponent in the upcoming primary. He's picked up some endorsements:
His comment on Rep. Perez's comments in this article on Facebook (which tagged her):
[Marie Gluesenkamp Perez] believes "you don't get good policy like from the feds." I'll say that is true while she is there not pushing for good policy. She also says "the rush to moralize is not necessarily effective." I'll say to that, I'll take my moral advice from someone who seems to have some.
#uspol #uspolitics #politics #primary #democrats #PrimaryBadDemocrats #Cascadia #WashingtonState
