For one thing, it's the loneliness epidemic, not the male loneliness epidemic. Plenty of lonely people out there that aren't guys.
Also it isn't about romantic relationships, plenty of lonely people out there getting dates.
Stop missing the point.
The Idaho (Idaho!) Secretary of State refused a DOJ request to share voter data for 1M residents, including SSNs and driver’s license numbers, citing state privacy laws and security concerns after reports sensitive federal data was shared on an unsecured server
idahocapitalsun.com/2026/03/03/i...
HB 2554 would remove leftover language from 1984’s Initiative 456, a ballot measure rooted in backlash to the Boldt Decision and tribal treaty rights. The repeal marks a symbolic end to decades of anti-tribal politics still lingering in Washington law.
olympiatime.com/2026/03/07/h...
The Professional Women’s Hockey League Players Association joined the AFL-CIO, becoming its 65th affiliate and the 10th union in the Sports Council. Representing 184 players across 8 teams, the move aims to boost equity, fair pay, and worker power in women’s sports.
www.thestand.org/2026/03/wome...
KGW-TV news producers voted 17–3 to join IBEW Local 48 despite an aggressive anti-union campaign by parent company Tegna. The NLRB rejected company objections and allowed the vote. Tegna is now filing challenges as workers push for union recognition and bargaining.
nwlaborpress.org/2026/03/kgw-...
A lawsuit by the Colville Confederated Tribes in BC argues Canada must consult the Sinixt, a tribe forced south into Washington. Citing the 2021 Desautel ruling, the case challenges colonial borders and could expand cross-border Indigenous rights in Cascadia
www.cascadia-journal.com/could-a-trib...
Demolition of Alcoa’s Intalco smelter near Ferndale (closed since 2020) is about 45% complete, ending the Pacific Northwest’s aluminum smelting era. Once powered by cheap Columbia River hydropower, the industry faded as energy costs rose.
salish-current.org/2026/03/05/d...
We should advance inside-out urbanism: adding units within existing building envelopes via code tweaks. Reforms like parking cuts, single-stair rules, setback exceptions, and elevator changes can boost density citywide without full rezones.
publicola.com/2026/03/03/a...
FCC chair Brendan Carr threatens TV over “equal time” for Republicans but won’t explain why it doesn’t apply to right-wing radio because it only applies to certain perspectives and you can guess which ones.
www.techdirt.com/2026/03/04/b...
New Sounders podcast with @soccerwithshane.bsky.social and @podfish.bsky.social!
Listen: linktr.ee/talkinders
We are tricked into obsessing over things we can't change. By engaging with outrage, we hand our peace to algorithms and strangers. True calm comes from focusing only on our own actions and character, letting go of the digital noise we have no power to control.
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Party balloons triggered an 8-hour shutdown of El Paso airspace after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a 10-day restriction tied to anti-drone ops by DOD and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Texts show local officials scrambling amid “mass confusion.”
www.notus.org/defense/el-p...
This week's Olympia Time explores Tumwater’s origin via George Washington Bush and William Billings, a Yankee/Appalachian truce forging a pragmatic, exclusionary “Left Coast.”
Plus reads on racial covenants, climate-smart density & alt media.
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From 2000–2020, Seattle cut ~1M tons of GHGs a year, about 5% per new resident, by adding homes in existing neighborhoods instead of sprawling. Infill meant less driving, smaller, efficient homes, and preserved green space, all with no new climate spending.
www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/28/o...
South Puget Sound’s identity is a truce between Yankee order and Appalachian independence. From George Washington Bush to Chinese exclusion and timber unions, elites bent rules to protect stability for insiders. The result: pragmatic, regulated, exclusionary peace.
olympiatime.com/2026/02/28/b...
Sitting on the Twitter Files Gang to sign into this one.
ICE’s Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7
www.usermag.co/p/ices-plan-...
Invasive blackberry bushes being sold at Costco
Do they sell daffodils?
finally listened to the if books could kill episode on “the anxious generation” - outrageous how much this pop psych book & its shaky, error laden interpretations of data are driving policy & giving well meaning people wrong info about teen mental health. open.spotify.com/episode/3cxP...
After years attacking “safe spaces,” Texas leaders backed a rule letting students avoid “unnecessarily controversial” topics, requiring syllabus disclosures and “balanced” views. The vague policy chills speech and undercuts the GOP’s past campus free-speech crusade.
www.techdirt.com/2026/02/24/t...
WA hit a record 23k eviction filings in 2025, up 57% from 2019. Growth slowed but remains high, with King, Pierce and Snohomish leading. Many cases end in default judgments despite the state’s right-to-counsel program, as renters don’t respond or appear in court
www.gigharbornow.org/news/health-...
It i possible to ignore someone making up claims about a kind of significant political media figure. But Candace Owens has been held up for years, despite just making stuff like this up. So now that she's taking swings at the legs of her own chair, let's watch.
www.thebulwark.com/p/candace-ow...
Taxing the advertising from digital monopolies is the best, most direct policy regarding social media platforms. Second to actually breaking up the digital advertising platforms.
Bipartisan effort to tax social media gains momentum
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Seattle CARE Chief Amy Barden says the police guild contract blocks unarmed crisis responders from most 911 calls, limiting them to 10 to 20 of 2,400 daily calls. Restrictions require police control and bar responses in many scenarios, leaving CARE at just 28% capacity
publicola.com/2026/02/24/p...
WA GOP touts 100K+ “con” sign-ins against the millionaire tax, but the list is riddled with fraud, bots & 11K+ duplicate namesO. One person signed 140+ times. Sign-ins aren’t scientific public opinion, yet Republicans obsess over “winning” them anyway.
www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2026/...
Subscribe to the Olympia Time newsletter: from open housing after MLK’s murder to downzoning that reshaped race & class.
Plus: school guide w/ OSD4All, Urban Future Farms on Washington Grown, ID independents, Rainier’s 1507 mudflow & regional political culture.
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Matt registered to vote on October 7, 2025, in Tarrant County, TX. Four months later, his registration is still pending. When he contacted the county, he was told that he was one of hundreds of thousands.
Check your registration, TX!
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
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When the battle seems far away and out of control, we need reminding the fight for justice remains local and ongoing.
After MLK’s assassination, Olympia confronted local racism. Black residents exposed housing discrimination and forced 1968 open housing laws.
olympiatime.com/2026/02/21/r...
A murder warrant based on "possible" cause: "Person B bought aspirin. If they intended to poison a relative, it's a crime." This replaces evidence with a hypothetical, allowing a raid to find a crime that may exist.
www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/i...
I believe the New York Times’ bad take on how long vote-by-mail states take to count ballots reflects its New York, precinct-voting lens. In Washington and Oregon, the only media figures who complain seem willfully obtuse about why counting takes time.
Misinformation thrives in a vacuum. If we don't explain why it takes 20 days (to verify signatures and allow for mail transit) people fill that silence with conspiracies. We shouldn't blame the voters. We should transparently defend the process.
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