Tom James

Former @AssociatedPress reporter // Prev. @Reuters Seattle, @AP Oregon // bylines here n' there // Former lawn technician, permanent Washingtonian.

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In true fair fashion i immediately lost my party. But I found the largest pumpkin in the state.

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Omicron arrives in North America

Canada reports two cases of Omicron, in travelers who arrived in Ottawa from Nigeria.

To my knowledge these are the first verified North American cases.

https://t.co/ZwXJlEQ8xe

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Anyway, I had been off Twitter, and I'll be getting back off now. Have a happy fourth (and maybe think twice about shooting off recreational aerial firebombs as we come down off the hottest days in the recorded history of our region).

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What's happening right now in Lytton is terrible - and should serve as a warning to towns in the "wet" Pacific Northwest.

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“It’s been catastrophic. We lost our emergency health clinic, our hotel, our RCMP detachment, our grocery store – it’s all gone.”

After shattering Canadian heat records for three consecutive days, Lytton has been almost entirely destroyed by fire
https://t.co/seEYRGkZLv

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One expert described the wildfire situation in PNW forests like this:

“The only thing that’s keeping it from going off like a nuclear bomb is the weather.”

As we saw this week, the weather is changing.
https://t.co/APXM9ZRCzm

[Kate Cagle @KateCagle]

"Wait. I'm with Spectrum News 1."

"I have to stay with my crew."

This is the moment three LAPD officers pulled me from a crowd of protestors and zip tied my hands tonight at Echo Park Lake. @SpecNews1SoCal

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@Kislingtwits This doesn't need saying but

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@buckadef @ActNormalOrElse @RalpH2SO4 Yeah go to u-haul they will use the right bolts and whatnot

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@walkerorenstein @KateReports *waving pitchforks*: Screen shots! Screen shots!

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I deleted a tweet because it was egregiously wrong in a way that I, as a person who enjoys boats, should have spotted. Friends don't let friends attempt snark before coffee. h/t @KateReports

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Not Larry Mcmurtry.