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Reporter @seattletimes, formerly @thestranger. [email protected].

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@birderperson @typewriteralley All those fluffy suckers are the fecund descendants of a mere handful of cottontails imported from Kansas and Missouri in the 1920s.
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Arguably, the largest, most active Shinto shrine on the mainland U.S. is in L̶o̶s̶ ̶A̶n̶g̶e̶l̶e̶s̶ S̶a̶n̶ ̶F̶r̶a̶n̶c̶i̶s̶c̶o̶ S̶e̶a̶t̶t̶l̶e̶ Granite Falls, WA, pop. ~4,700. Why? And why (given Shinto's enduring popularity in Japan) so few shrines overall?
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Ft. Lawton, 1970. Native activists scale the fences and bluffs of an Army base in protest. The precursor events are nuanced, complex. The Seattle Times front-page coverage is not.

We reexamine—and critique—that reporting here, in A1 Revisited:

https://t.co/JHDjF8JFR6

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Unless newspapers are connected with and listening to the all communities they purport to serve, they cannot hope to understand the significance of major events in these communities.

Case in point:

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Assignment: Write about vegan restaurants in Portland.

Rules of engagement (self-imposed):

1. Banish clichés (“smug” vegans, “cruel” omnivores, etc.). Do not acknowledge, even in jest.

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4. Don’t even touch the Portland-vegan-strip-club situation. It’s a trap. (I mean, if you had 10,000 words, sure—go for it. But you don’t. So don’t.)

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@OnlyEnnui @annikusrex It was on a decommissioned QFC on 15th in Seattle. But it's gone through a few quick cycles of buff/graffiti/buff since that photo.

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@ildi907 Hi Ildiko: Thanks for getting in touch. I'd be happy to speak with you. You want to email me and maybe we can set up a time? [email protected].

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Hello all. I'm working on a story about the 2021 return of Seattle-to-Alaska cruise ships—have you ever worked on a cruise ship? Anybody you know worked on a cruise ship? If so, give me a shout.

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@CruiseLaw @colinokeefe [email protected], but I see you already got it! Much appreciated, all!

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(Also, that photo is kind of cheating. It's from a story I wrote about riding Alaska state ferries—which are not cruise ships—but you get the idea.)

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@NaFun @paulconstant @cjburrows Well, I'm flattered. And I'm going to pitch it!

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The remarkable history of one rambunctious Seattle fringe theater. Featuring: gleefully grotesque musicals, fond reminiscences from Paul Giamatti, brazen art crimes, and a wad of gum stuck in a urinal that made all the difference. https://t.co/h4VTWKKOkl

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Sometimes, during the intensity of CHOP, I'd look around Cal Anderson Park and wonder: "What the hell was going on on this scrap of land 30 years ago? 50? 150? 300?" I got a chance to spend some time finding out.
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Seattle ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets just ordered to pay $9M in restitution to 45,000 customers around the globe. Some are owed a few bucks. Some are owed tens of thousands of dollars. https://t.co/N5hxQCtYv3

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Human composting: It's finally here, after nearly 10 years of research, design, changing state law, and—most importantly—people getting over their icks. https://t.co/L2hIa1qcGj