"Baker Blues" for #MountainMonday

Photo from September 2022 when we met @michaelrussell and @acrowe for a hike. The blue haze was induced by relatively distant wildfires.

https://alexander-kunz.pixels.com/featured/baker-blues-alexander-kunz.html

After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.
https://www.propublica.org/article/seattle-homeless-shelter-vacancies-civic-hotel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

"West Coast governors issue COVID-19 vaccine guidance after CDC concerns"

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/17/west-coast-governors-oregon-california-washington-hawaii-vaccine-covid-flu/

"The guidelines recommend broad access to the COVID-19 vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age…"

"In Oregon, the new guidelines appear to be a step toward eliminating the requirement that patients obtain a prescription to get the 2025-2026 COVID-19 booster shot."

PDF from OR Health Authority: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/VACCINESIMMUNIZATION/GETTINGIMMUNIZED/Documents/2025-26-Respiratory-Virus-Vaccine-Recommendations-2-pager.pdf

Sravasti Abbey consacre le nouveau Bouddha Hall dans l'État de Washington

https://bouddhanews.fr/sravasti-abbey-consacre-le-nouveau-bouddha-hall-dans-letat-de-washington/

Black Rose / Rosa Negra – Seattle is now part of the growing network of resistance at A Radical Guide.
Explore radical space in #seattle #unitedstates #washington: https://www.radical-guide.com/listing/black-rose-rosa-negra-seattle
#RadicalHistory #GrassrootsMovements #Liberation #MutualAid #Antifascism

A mesmerizing view waited for us at Rialto Beach with the Milky Way galaxy stretching across the night sky above James Island, La Push, Washington and over the calm Pacific Ocean.

Prints, Frameable Cards and more:https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/milky-way-over-james-island-la-push-wa-2-ez-lorenz.html

#Washington has imposed sanctions on Al-Haq, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al Mezan because they have helped the International Criminal Court investigate war crimes perpetrated by Israeli officials in #Gaza.

In the sad and bizarre world, those commiting #genocide, those promoting it, those funding it, those provide weapons for it are protected and supported.

But those opposing it get sanctioned and punished.
#Hypocrisy
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

Good news:

"Oregon, Washington, California form health care alliance to protect vaccine access"

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/03/vaccines-oregon-washington-california-cdc/

“The CDC has become a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science, ideology that will lead to severe health consequences. California, Oregon, and Washington will not allow the people of our states to be put at risk," the governors said in a joint prepared statement

As Trump takes control of #Washington, D.C., watch as residents fight back #FreeDC #STOPTrump #STOPFascism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0YjWTfzvAk

Bellingham Alternative Library is now part of the growing network of resistance at A Radical Guide.
Explore radical space in #bellingham #unitedstates #washington: https://www.radical-guide.com/listing/bellingham-alternative-library
#RadicalHistory #GrassrootsMovements #Liberation #MutualAid #Antifascism

Today in Labor History August 19, 1916: Strikebreakers attacked and beat picketing IWW strikers in Everett, Washington. The police refused to intervene, claiming it was federal jurisdiction. However, when the strikers retaliated, they arrested the strikers. Vigilante attacks on IWW picketers and speakers escalated and continued for months. In October, vigilantes forced many of the strikers to run a gauntlet, violently beating them in the process. The brutality culminated in the Everett massacre on November 5, when Wobblies (IWW members) sailed over from Seattle to support the strikers. The sheriff called out to them as they docked, “Who is your leader?” And the Wobblies yelled back, “We all are!” The sheriff told them they couldn’t dock. One of the Wobblies said, “Like hell we can’t!” And then a mob of over 200 vigilantes opened fire on them. As a result, seven died and 50 were wounded. John Dos Passos portrays these events in his USA Trilogy.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #IWW #union #strike #washington #everett #vigilante #massacre #policebrutality #police #fiction #historicalfiction #novel #writer #books #author #dospassos @bookstadon

While staying at Hurricane Ridge few days ago, we noticed these dramatic "pyrocumulus clouds" rolling over the Olympic Mountains and tracked their developments into the evening.They’re caused by the Bear Gulch wildfires near Lake Cushman at the Olympic National Park in WA state: 
as the warm, moist air rises, it cools and condenses, forming these dramatic clouds.

https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/dramatic-pyrocumulus-clouds-over-the-olympic-mountains-wa-3-ez-lorenz.html

Guess, you all agree, that a meeting with #NATO, #EU Commission, European PMs and #UK PM in #washington AUG-18 is the perfect distraction for Israel to finish the job of annexation of #GazaCity, and more #westbank #warcrimes

#yemen is the only #un member state taking action - one out of 193 states - the civil population is taking the risk to fight side by side with the resistance, airstrikes, power outages, - while the whole world is watching the destruction of #palestine - #nowstreaming !

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#SilentSunday

Panoramic view of dramatic skies over the Olympic Mountains at sunset, the pyrocumulus clouds are caused by wildfire smoke at Bear Gulch near Lk Cushman.
Closer look:
https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/pyrocumulus-clouds-over-the-olympic-mountains-panorama-ez-lorenz.html