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Editor and writer: salish-current.org and historylink.org. Adoption reform. PNW history. Regional news. I also have a blog -- remember those? -- 100 years of family letters: morgancorrespondence.blogspot.com
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Periodic reminder that The Atlantic agreed to pay me $100 for an article that went through 9 rounds of edits and after it was published, the editor stopped responding to my emails and I never got paid anything, at all. 😬

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ha!

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Now that brands are often tied up in our political choices, are you choosing differently? Tell us where you have stopped shopping in the comments! 🤔

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me this morning www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

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Springing in the rain (and the wind). 20 years of planting and good luck and the strip between our house and the neighbors can look like the world. It's their magnolia and forsythia growing over the fence. #gardening

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New — ICE will release the mother and children they shackled and unlawfully abducted from Sackets Harbor, NY in late March after relentless pressure from the town. I write how the incredible outcome of this horrifying story should give fuel us to fight back: www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-ha...

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After the closure of La Conner’s long-standing weekly, the La Conner Community News has officially launched with its first print edition. The overwhelming community response has been a testament to the town’s dedication to local journalism. Read the full story below.

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The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Finally some good news! Thanks to everyone who raised the alarm

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I've been getting yelled at & sometimes slandered for years by some when I say this over and over and over again but it's just true. It's ground zero of everything. Hence why I have never understood the rage directed at the people who have been focused on mutual aid.

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"[Y]ou look look like a clown." Look who's talking, #SenatorJimBanks.

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Hmm I wonder what the long term strategy is behind replacing birth certificates, over which the federal government has no control at all, with passports, over which the Executive Branch has nearly exclusive control, as a foundational document for citizenship and voting.

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Something else for the Will Always Make Me Smile Files: people dancing at protests

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If fighting against the privatization of the post office is your lane, NOW is an excellent time to plug in. Facilitate a teach in about the USPS in your communities. Thanks to @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social Everything you need to do it is here: usps-teach-in.carrd.co

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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

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@bsky.app. What does the "Invalid Handle" notification mean and what should we do about it at "Salish "Current"?

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Clinton Fearon has used music to build unity and resilience for decades. This article by Neisha Gaskins highlights Black artists in the PNW who are creating powerful expressions of resistance. 📷: Nate Arriola 📍 salish-current.org/2025/03/18/h...

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A lot of really interesting jockeying here, showing 1) Tradeoffs between green energy and environmental production 2) Trump rails against wind, but may be winking at it behind the scenes. heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...

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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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