Andrew Engelson
@andyengelson.bsky.social
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Andrew Engelson
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· May 13
It’s time for Washington and Oregon to work for an independent Cascadia
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by Andrew Engelson, Drew Alcosser, and Brandon Letsinger
Earlier this month, there was a pivotal moment in Donald Trump’s four-month attack on demo...
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In this authoritarian crisis, it's time for us to start having conversations about what independence for #Cascadia would look like, and how to achieve it peacefully. My latest post for @cascadiajournal.bsky.social cascadia-journal.ghost.io/its-time-for...
This is the way, #Cascadia.
“Scott’s bill would create the “Well Washington Fund” to backfill what the federal government takes away. Absent proactive measures by the Legislature, thousands of residents will face greater food insecurity, less access to health care and higher costs for education, Scott said.”
Democratic state lawmakers are once again eyeing a statewide version of a Seattle tax on companies with large payrolls and high-paid employees. washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/11/26/w...
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is the way, #Cascadia.
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“The [31%] drop in fatal overdoses in King County is likely due to a multi-pronged public health effort across the county that includes increased access to injectable buprenorphine…and a massive campaign to distribute the overdose reversal drug naloxone.”
I did a deep dive into what's really behind the decline in overdose deaths in Seattle. Grateful that independent media outlets like @publicola.bsky.social allow me to do longform journalism like this.
What’s Behind the Recent Decline in Overdose Deaths in Seattle?
While Seattle’s outgoing mayor and city attorney credit drug arrests and prosecutions, public health evidence suggests other causes.
@andyengelson.bsky.social reports.
publicola.com/2025/11/26/w...
While Seattle’s outgoing mayor and city attorney credit drug arrests and prosecutions, public health evidence suggests other causes.
@andyengelson.bsky.social reports.
publicola.com/2025/11/26/w...
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“The [31%] drop in fatal overdoses in King County is likely due to a multi-pronged public health effort across the county that includes increased access to injectable buprenorphine…and a massive campaign to distribute the overdose reversal drug naloxone.”
Holy cow, what a list! So many amazing folks from Seattle's transit activist, pedestrian safety, and social justice communities, many of whom I see regularly here on Bluesky.
Mayor-elect Katie Wilson just announced her transition team, with 61 members overseeing different policy areas. Transition teams are largely an expression of values and policy focus, although I expect some of these folks will end up in the administration. publicola.com/wp-content/u...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Holy cow, what a list! So many amazing folks from Seattle's transit activist, pedestrian safety, and social justice communities, many of whom I see regularly here on Bluesky.
A couple articles of mine for you to read over the holiday weekend:
Hey friends, two article of mine published today -- one examining why the fatal overdose rate has decline in Seattle, and another about new affordable housing options coming to Seattle's south end: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: read two of my latest articles over the weekend!
Good afternoon! I was going to take the day off, but it so happens that two recent articles of mine published today, so I thought you might like to read them over the long weekend.
I'm honored to wri...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A couple articles of mine for you to read over the holiday weekend:
Another article of mine published today! I look at several new affordable housing projects coming to Seattle's south end that focus on providing 2- and 3-bedroom units for multi-generational families:
A handful of new affordable housing complexes in the Central District and South End are providing some welcome relief to apartment-seekers amidst a housing affordability crunch.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/26/a...
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/26/a...
Affordable Housing Expands in Seattle’s Central District and South End » The Urbanist
# A handful of new affordable housing complexes in the Central District and South End are providing some welcome relief to apartment-seekers amidst a housing affordability crunch. Leaders from Low Inc...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Another article of mine published today! I look at several new affordable housing projects coming to Seattle's south end that focus on providing 2- and 3-bedroom units for multi-generational families:
Reposted by Andrew Engelson
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
I did a deep dive into what's really behind the decline in overdose deaths in Seattle. Grateful that independent media outlets like @publicola.bsky.social allow me to do longform journalism like this.
What’s Behind the Recent Decline in Overdose Deaths in Seattle?
While Seattle’s outgoing mayor and city attorney credit drug arrests and prosecutions, public health evidence suggests other causes.
@andyengelson.bsky.social reports.
publicola.com/2025/11/26/w...
While Seattle’s outgoing mayor and city attorney credit drug arrests and prosecutions, public health evidence suggests other causes.
@andyengelson.bsky.social reports.
publicola.com/2025/11/26/w...
What's Behind the Recent Decline in Overdose Deaths in Seattle? - PubliCola
While Seattle’s outgoing mayor and city attorney credit drug arrests and prosecutions, public health evidence suggests other causes. By Andrew…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I did a deep dive into what's really behind the decline in overdose deaths in Seattle. Grateful that independent media outlets like @publicola.bsky.social allow me to do longform journalism like this.
Reposted by Andrew Engelson
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
Built to Spill knows...
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Built to Spill knows...
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can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
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WA AG Nick Brown is suing HUD over changes to its homeless housing grant program that could put thousands of currently housed people on the street in the Seattle area alone. The changes eliminate most funding for permanent housing and impose right-wing ideological requirements on programs.
AG Brown sues over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness | Washington State
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is illegally upending supports for tens of thousands of Americans experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness with abrupt changes that wi...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WA AG Nick Brown is suing HUD over changes to its homeless housing grant program that could put thousands of currently housed people on the street in the Seattle area alone. The changes eliminate most funding for permanent housing and impose right-wing ideological requirements on programs.
Want to support the peaceful movement for #Cascadia autonomy? Read my latest essay and then sign up for alerts from @cascadiademocratic.bsky.social www.cascadia-journal.com/what-next-fo...
What next for Cascadia?
If you've been reading this newsletter for a while you know I'm more than a little outspoken about the need to consider autonomy or outright independence for Oregon and Washington as the US continues ...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Want to support the peaceful movement for #Cascadia autonomy? Read my latest essay and then sign up for alerts from @cascadiademocratic.bsky.social www.cascadia-journal.com/what-next-fo...
City council member Sara Nelson staying classy as she departs the office.
But I think my favorite part of this interview with KIRO's John Curley is when Curley asserts that incoming Mayor Katie Wilson will be making "every single DEI hire that you can have" including "LGBTQ two spirit" people and Nelson said nothing. An ally to queer community to the very end.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
City council member Sara Nelson staying classy as she departs the office.
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Cancel your WaPo subscription and send your money to an outlet that *doesn't* actively hate its readers.
ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Cancel your WaPo subscription and send your money to an outlet that *doesn't* actively hate its readers.
ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
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Drug safe supply activists in Vancouver challenge their conviction, judge orders Coast Guard to return helicopter to Newport, Idaho measure to repeal abortion ban moves forward, and a dance piece celebrates #Cascadia 's ocean & rivers: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Cascadia today: Helicopter returned to Newport + drug supply activists appeal conviction + a dance about rivers and oceans
Judge rules Coast Guard helicopter must return to Newport
A few days after residents of Newport filed suit over the Coast Guard removing a rescue helicopter from the coastal town, a federal judge rul...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Drug safe supply activists in Vancouver challenge their conviction, judge orders Coast Guard to return helicopter to Newport, Idaho measure to repeal abortion ban moves forward, and a dance piece celebrates #Cascadia 's ocean & rivers: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
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You wouldn’t believe the lengths @kehyslop.bsky.social had to go to to get basic info on the training for school liaison officers. This contoversial VPD program was briefly shuttered in 2021 before being reinstated in 2023. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
We Finally Have Some Info on School Liaison Officer Training | The Tyee
After two years of FOI requests and complaints, the Vancouver police finally let The Tyee review some training modules.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You wouldn’t believe the lengths @kehyslop.bsky.social had to go to to get basic info on the training for school liaison officers. This contoversial VPD program was briefly shuttered in 2021 before being reinstated in 2023. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
if you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
if you see this, post your getaway vehicle
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Spokane Valley is something else
Spokane Valley Councilwoman Jessica Yaeger says she’s a ‘proud Islamophobe’ in Facebook post
Spokane Valley councilwoman says she's a 'proud Islamophobe' in Facebook post
Spokane Valley Councilwoman Jessica Yaeger declared she is a “proud Islamophobe” on a post Thursday morning on her personal Facebook page.
www.spokesman.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Spokane Valley is something else
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Seattle: If you're struggling with food, here's a current list of some available options, arranged by day of the week
It's not totally inclusive, so check the site below for more options, or to donate/volunteer!
www.seattlefoodcommittee.org
It's not totally inclusive, so check the site below for more options, or to donate/volunteer!
www.seattlefoodcommittee.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Seattle: If you're struggling with food, here's a current list of some available options, arranged by day of the week
It's not totally inclusive, so check the site below for more options, or to donate/volunteer!
www.seattlefoodcommittee.org
It's not totally inclusive, so check the site below for more options, or to donate/volunteer!
www.seattlefoodcommittee.org
So it seems to me that in the recent past cops rarely busted windshields. Honest question: why do ICE goons do it regularly?
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
So it seems to me that in the recent past cops rarely busted windshields. Honest question: why do ICE goons do it regularly?
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Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
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it's (always) the same map
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
it's (always) the same map