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The Traps of "If You Build it They Will Come"-Have Event Maps Displaced Organizing?
Will the Oct 18 No Kings protests equal or surpass the 5 million who marched last June? Trump’s poll numbers keep dropping with his escalating attacks on democracy. People are hungrier than ever for ways to act and resist. And the huge Jimmy...
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More money needed for fight against two invasive bugs, WA agriculture department says
A Japanese beetle in the Grandview area in 2021. (Washington State Department of Agriculture) Washington’s agriculture department is seeking more than $13 million to deal with a pair of invasive insects that can destroy and damage a variety of...
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Port news from Washington state, Alabama and New Orleans
When completed, the Port of Longview's project will double freight-rail capacity through the industrial rail corridor. Photo – portoflongview.com The Port of Longview in Cowlitz County, Washington, will receive a $35.9 million loan through the...
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Week 6 Power Rankings: Perfect team doesn’t exist
32. New York Jets (0-5) Last Week: L, 37-22 vs. Dallas Cowboys Up Next: vs. Denver Broncos, 9:30 a.m. ET (London) Direction and discipline were the givens when the Jets hired Aaron Glenn as head coach. Now? Alarm bells sounding over a lifeless...
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Leafs Hire Mark Giordano, Three Others To Hockey Operations Roles
The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired four new faces to their hockey operations department. Most notably, retired NHL defenseman Mark Giordano will join the AHL’s Toronto Marlies as a coaching advisor. Additionally, the club has hired longtime NHL...
Seattle Startup Actual AI Raises $3.2M for AI Engineering Management Tools
In the bustling tech hub of Seattle, a new player is emerging to tackle one of software engineering’s thorniest challenges: managing the human side of code creation. Actual AI, a startup founded by industry veterans Ethan Byrd and John Kennedy,...
Glover discusses trips to major architectural sites
Glover discusses trips to major architectural sites Published 9:45 am Wednesday, October 8, 2025 At last Thursday’s meeting of the West Point Rotary Club, Edmund Glover talked about some memorable trips he’s taken to see some amazing engineering...
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New ‘S12’ Group to drive change across the security guarding industry
The newly formed Security Guarding Leadership Group (S12) met yesterday with Security Minister Dan Jarvis MBE for the first time at the International Security Expo, Olympia London, and announced Paul Evans (CEO, Carlisle Security) and Peter...
Mayday USA Sues Seattle for Violating First Amendment Rights at Worship Rally
The leaders of Mayday USA, which hosted worship and prayer rallies across the nation, sued the city of Seattle, Mayor Bruce Harrell, and police chief Shon Barnes for infringing on their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and religious...
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Mariners playoff games: 8 Seattle-area bars for watching this weekend
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Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Washington State
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OK, Mariners fans — deep breaths. The lead-up to Saturday’s playoff start is excruciating, but we’re almost there! While we wait to watch, we can keep some reassuring things in mind, possibly even allowing ourselves the most cautious kind of...
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The pandemic accord: new possibilities for public health industrialisation pathways?
The WTO at 30—an unhappy birthday? The ‘Battle of Seattle’ in 1999, during the WTO Ministerial Conference: mass protests against the WTO’s corporate-led globalisation. When the organisation was established in 1995, many activists in the Global...
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NFL DFS Week 6: DraftKings, FanDuel sleepers & values for daily fantasy lineups
The 2025 NFL season is somehow a quarter of the way through, proving that time flies when you're having fun winning DFS contests. The Sporting News surges forward to Week 6, with its top daily fantasy sleepers and values of Sunday's main slate....
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What Seattle's New Minimum Wage Means for Local Workers
(The Center Square) – Much to the chagrin of some employers in the city, Seattle's minimum wage is set to increase to $21.30 per hour on Jan. 1, 2026, the Seattle Office Labor Standards announced on Tuesday. The new rate, based on the...
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The Department of Energy’s Latest Cuts Will Hit Red States, Too
“It was definitely touch and go whether this was all going to come together,” Victoria Rome, the director of California government affairs for the Natural Resources Defense Council, told me. “It was a lot of complicated policy to put forward in a...
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Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Week 6: WR Edition
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Shreveport Times - Louisiana
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This week in NFL Fantasy Football, tough decisions must be made at wide receiver, but there are trends and 2025 numbers that can guide the way. For managers aiming to climb the leaderboard in Week 6, certain matchups and performances point toward...
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Washington state to continue collecting pollution data after Trump ends key national law
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The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Henry Brannan / Murrow News Washington will continue to collect data on major industrial greenhouse gas emissions despite the Trump administration’s recent move to end the requirement that major polluters report their emissions. “Washington law...
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2025 WNBA Finals: Aces vs. Mercury schedule, Game 3 prediction, odds, pick, where to watch
The 2025 WNBA Finals will resume Wednesday with Game 3 between the Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury. After losing the first two games on the road, the Mercury will return home with the hope that they can once again pull off an unexpected...
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Buccaneers 'competitor' Baker Mayfield relishes verbal jousting - 'I enjoy it!'
One thing we know about Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield is that he wears his emotions on his sleeve, and you either like it, or you don't. And in truth, Baker likely doesn't care either way, he's doing it his way, and two a bit...
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Video Games Have Always Been a Convenient Scapegoat
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee had hoped to hear testimony on Wednesday from the heads of gaming forums about “the radicalization of online forum users, including instances of open incitement to commit politically motivated...
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‘Much-loved’ UW collaborator John Clarke wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
Honors and awards | Research | Science | Technology | UW News blog October 8, 2025 Gray Rybka (left), a UW professor of physics and Leslie Rosenberg (right), a UW professor emeritus of physics prepare to lower the Axion Dark Matter Experiment into...
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