Tatiana Gill’s comix tales of medication (Rx and other); (some) outdoor recreation to return in WA; doing real work in online office ‘environments’; we’ve hit the COVID ‘plateau’ but that’s not enough.

Places near here that got big snow still have problems from it; a bill in Olympia would complicate changes to local schools’ gifted programs; big grants to three local radical artists; the threat of a ‘tech Cold War.’

Protesting the next war at its potential start while Americans of Iranian descent get detained at Blaine; my days with the (now-splintering) Methodists; what NY State promised Amazon for half of HQ2; the Seahawks move forward.

What will emerge and ebb during the twelve months in which many things must change.

More downtown chain stores are shuttering; are some anti-trans ‘feminists’ really right-wingers?; a prosecutor’s ‘egregious misconduct’ in Snohomish County; the Seahawks come within one play of victory again.

Woman who was sometimes a homeless kid now teaches affluent kids; thousands attend impeachment rallies around the state; Bob Ferguson sues over courthouse ICE arrests; marbled murrelets need lots of land (but just how much?).

Cosmic Crisp apple shows up in stores; ’60 Minutes’ airs its Seattle-homelessness story; Northgate’s lonely last holiday; more WTO protest memories.

Lessons & legacy of the World Trade Org. protests; a judge stops I-976 for now; Gordon Sondland accused of sexual misconduct; Seattle’s Watergate hero Bill Ruckelshaus RIP.

Local military vets sing for Seattle Opera; why didn’t Shaun Scott get more progressive campaign $?; Rep. Denny Heck foresees GOP budging on impeachment; our city’s the ‘gloomiest’!

City Councilmember Kshama Sawant rises again; Sounders make winning the MLS Cup look easy; Congress members have another ‘concern’ over the 737 MAX; the Centralia Massacre a century later.

Young activists’ ideas become an art exhibit; the local CEO inside the Ukraine affair; Boats Afloat Show floats away to Everett; Seattle’s biggest ‘soot polluter’ is a recycling plant.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal on why impeachment’s time is now; the private ICE jail in Tacoma tries ‘rebranding’; more on how Boeing’s 737 MAX mess likely started from the top down; Microsoft’s original Redmond buildings have been razed.

Locals make a kung fu comedy film their own way; Sounders FC tries to make nice with anti-fascist fans; a minimum wage for rideshare drivers; Seattle’s hottest new restaurant (OOPS: already closed).

Microsoft interns revive an obscure music sub-genre; Amazon workers plan a climate walkout; Frances Bean Cobain designs Kurt-sploitation clothes; ‘blue’ people DO live in ‘red’ counties.

Paul Allen’s ultra-mega-yacht’s for sale; remembering a master of altered lit-forms; local students of color state their grievances in a DIY book; a new ‘Blob’ threatens Pacific marine life.