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Juan Dalmau's scheduled activities in Seattle have surprised many in Puerto Rico and the Diaspora. But in reality, the reason for this visit has a lot to do with the new political developments that are taking place in Puerto Rico. For 125 years Puerto...
by Jenaro Abraham
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 08:21 PM PDT
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The Daily Bucket Friday Sequence: Sex in the City? Double-crested Cormorants Pose a Romantic Mystery Courtship behavior by Double-crested Cormorants ( Nannopterum auritum ) in the city? That’s what Mr. WordsandBirds noticed when�he and I birded near the University of Washington in Seattle last ...
by WordsandBirds
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on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Tonight’s selections from Seattle’s Fastbacks first full length, 1987’s ...And His Orchestra. Formed in 1979, the band released a few singles and EPs leading up to their first LP. Punky power pop. Girl vocal harmonies. Good stuff. Also, more bands...
by Al Dorado
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on Thu Apr 25, 2024 at 09:01 PM PDT
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This is a different kind of sequence, images of winter memories. For even though it doesn’t feel like it, winter is winding down. Temperatures in Seattle have been 10 to 15 degrees below average, and we just had a couple of freezing nights. But as days...
by WordsandBirds
134 comments
on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 07:00 AM PST
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Happy Camp, California – After the alarming report by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife that 830,000 fall-run Chinook salmon fry died after being released in Fall Creek on the Klamath River last week due to gas bubble disease, some more...
by Dan Bacher
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on Wed Mar 06, 2024 at 05:50 PM PST
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I need to start with some explanations for my silence. Despite not having written any diary on any topic for 11 months, I am cumulatively the most prolific Israel and Palestine diarist who still has some connection to this site; most prolific I-P...
by Assaf
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on Thu Feb 08, 2024 at 07:09 AM PST
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Unless you live on the West Coast, the hummingbirds you know in the warm season likely see waning day length as a signal to head south for the winter. Flying to Mexico or even Central America is�a ...
by WordsandBirds
224 comments
on Sun Jan 21, 2024 at 07:00 AM PST
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Tonight’s selections from Neko Case & Her Boyfriends’ second album, Furnace Room Lullaby . This diary was first published in May 2022. Remastered for your listening pleasure.
by Al Dorado
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on Thu Jan 11, 2024 at 09:01 PM PST
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Green Lake Park is a few miles north of downtown Seattle, adjacent to Woodland Park and its zoo. The lake is surrounded by suburban neighborhoods.� I’ve long been envious of how many warbler ...
by WordsandBirds
204 comments
on Sat Dec 30, 2023 at 07:00 AM PST
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According to Jodie Ginsberg, President of the Committee to Protect Journalists, an international advocacy group for reporters, the Israel-Gaza war is the most dangerous conflict for journalists since the group began keeping records 30 years ago. CPJ...
by Mark Taylor Canfield
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on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 12:56 PM PST
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One of Fox News’ most resilient claims has been that liberal cities in America have crumbled into hellscapes. Post-apocalyptic downtowns where crime runs rampant; entire cities that are now no-go zones under “sharia law”; restaurants with signs in...
by Hunter
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on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 11:52 AM PDT
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Commentary: Black Scientists, Explorers, Historymakers, and Inventors By dopper0189, Black Kos Managing Editor Henry Ossian Flipper (March 21, 1856 – April 26, 1940) b orn near Thomasville, ...
by Black Kos
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on Fri Sep 08, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
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Seattle City Council has endured a lot of criticism as of late, mostly deserved. That’s because this group of progressives have implemented a score of new dysfunctional programs, while failing to achieve the aims of those programs. Think homelessness....
by pnwskeptic
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on Thu Aug 17, 2023 at 06:04 AM PDT
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual kitchen table with other readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by to talk about music, your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for...
by annieli
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on Fri Jul 28, 2023 at 05:30 PM PDT
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My apologies to anyone who read the earlier version of this diary that I began when I was too tired to do it properly. Hopefully it makes more sense now. I encountered my first pride event in 1974 in Independence National Historical Park in...
by ptalbert
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on Mon Jun 26, 2023 at 01:33 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by side pocket
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on Sun May 14, 2023 at 09:00 PM PDT
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“This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the New York island…” ~ Woody Guthrie Along with Brooklyn Public Library, The Seattle Public Library has stood up for the right to read freely, and against those who censor your thoughts...
by RussellWriter
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on Fri May 12, 2023 at 02:26 PM PDT
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** TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT, MURDER **
Tonight’s selections from Seattle band The Gits . A band on the verge of breaking out until tragedy struck.
It’s hard to come to a fair appraisal ...
by Al Dorado
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on Thu May 11, 2023 at 09:02 PM PDT
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SOME TERRIFIC JEWISH MAGHREBI GNAWA background music by Ravid Kahalani TO LISTEN TO WHILE YOU READ, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN A LITTLE! :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5APzfs4TB04 Among Sephardic and Mizrachi communities in Morocco,...
by mettle fatigue
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on Fri Apr 14, 2023 at 05:02 PM PDT
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Pied-billed Grebes are small, chunky waterbirds with short necks. And this one snatched a biiiiiggg fish, about half the size of its head. That filled my head with wonder. How in the heck could this little bird — smaller than a Coot — swallow such...
by WordsandBirds
137 comments
on Fri Mar 17, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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