Scot Heisel

I don’t think people realize how predatory Silicon Valley has been toward journalism

🚨 NEW: Meta has delayed rolling out terms that would allow broad scraping of news sites. New date: November 20. Legal experts are still skeptical. The push comes one week after @andrewdeck.bsky.social and I first reported how the terms would impact news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/meta...

Please recognize that you have to question whether everything is real, and watch this.

On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that a Ukrainian bombing strike on Yandex’s data centers, a large Russian technology company, had led to a sudden decrease in bot activity online. The only problem was that it simply wasn’t true.

A plastic bottle of water should never, ever cost anyone more than, say, 50 cents. There's simply no justification for charging people $5 or more. And yet we pay

#GiftArticle Bellingham WA resident accused of assisting Tumbler Ridge shooter for months leading up to school tragedy www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/c...

The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.

NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.

MLB Payroll Ranks in the Division Series: Rays (27) vs. Yankees (3) Braves (9) or Phillies (4) vs. Dodgers (1) Brewers (19) vs. Padres (8) ChiSox (26) vs. Guardians (29) But let's impose a salary cap so there can be parity!

hastily searching for Dylan Lee's contract status

Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead:

I received the loveliest email today from someone who did not have to send it to me. It made my evening. Just a reminder that it costs nothing to say something nice and might mean a great deal to the person who receives it.

We just can't stand watching pitchers hit but we're fine with this nonsense?

I'm begging people to please stop beginning sentences with "Not only ..."

Headed to the injured list Sprained a finger scrolling all the way down to my birth year

"Allow me to spend the first 10 minutes of this 20-minute video telling you what is about to happen in the second half of the video" definitely is among the most infuriating YouTube trends running

"Why are all the journalists laid off now" this is why. Pretty simple.

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene ...

"Carafe" is my pronunciation nemesis

I had a lot of sympathy for Canada right up until the Blue Jays started repeatedly humiliating the Mariners.

Whose bright idea was this?

Mount Rainier, Mount St Helens and Mount Adams poke above a smoky Washington sky on Wednesday morning. #WAwx

The front page of this morning’s Spokesman-Review, Aug. 2, 2026, the day after one of the worst wildfires in Washington state history. More than 600 structures, mostly homes, have been lost in the #OldTrailsFire. Read local news.

Remember when "Learn to code" was practically a national slogan?

Dodgers gonna sign Skubal to a ridiculously lowball, long-term contract with a provision making his grandchildren sole owners of the team in 2065.

#GIFTLINK A family of asylum seekers, including four children, were detained in a single, windowless cell at the Blaine, WA detention center for a month last year. Read more at: www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politic... www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politic...

Is Anya Taylor-Joy just going to be in every movie now until the end of time?

Wow, with Washington's Aug. 4 primary coming up, the League of Women Voters has done an awesome service of interviewing all 16 candidates for the Washington State Supreme Court - an election that could remake the state's highest court

How long until we get a reality show about LLMs trying not to get booted from the house by the other LLMs?

The U.S. Forest plans to salvage log wind toppled trees across six national forests in northern Idaho and western Montana under emergency authorities and new NEPA rules. www.lmtribune.com/local-news/f...

I love this fawning write-up of Seattle in the Irish Times. It's so cool to see our city being so welcoming and a joy for those visiting for the World Cup.

Not great, Bob

This should be taught in ALL the schools

The city of Seattle has paid $2.6 million to settle a 2024 lawsuit brought by four female police officers who accused Seattle Police Department leaders of sexual harassment.

GIFT ARTICLE "The employees, which included EMTs, police officers, firefighters, a senior inspector and a wastewater collections supervisor, were all fired for failing to comply with the vaccine mandate." www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politic...

Every few months I search social media for Molly Ivins' name to make sure people are still talking about her, and hoo boy Molly does not disappoint

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live (Old Fart edition): Violent Femmes Jane's Addiction Melvins Primus Pixies Soundgarden Alice in Chains Body Count Willie Nelson Sonic Youth

#GiftArticle Wondering if nonprofit housing might be a trend ready to rise along the West Coast www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/a...

Lmao

Four words to instantly improve your writing: More periods, fewer commas Particularly relevant to Gen Z I believe

Lummi Nation sued Whatcom County, Whidbey Telecom, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Commerce in federal court on Tuesday.

Self-taught wildlife photographer Paul Brennan will have four of his images featured during Crescendo: A Symphonic Celebration of Washington Landscape on April 26, where his work will be paired with live, nature-inspired music by the Northwest Symphony Orchestra.

#NoKings event in Bellingham, WA today www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politic...

Herald reporter Julia Hawkins was in Blaine this morning for the border town's #NoKings gathering. (Washington state)

Two former Bellingham Police Department officers sued the city after they were fired for not following the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

RIP "Learn to code" www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

Just occurred to me that during my quarter-century as a newspaper guy I've never used the word "bombshell" in a headline, and I'm feeling pretty good about that.