Conrad
@conradswanson.bsky.social
Climate change reporter at The Seattle Times. Man of means by no means.
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The drought plaguing Washington's Yakima River basin is something of a train wreck in motion. Farmers are tearing out apple orchards and letting their wine grapes die on the vine.
This is only going to worsen. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
This is only going to worsen. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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“When the men did not believe Miles’ tribal ID, she pointed to a phone number for the Umatilla Tribal enrollment office on the back of the card.
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“When the men did not believe Miles’ tribal ID, she pointed to a phone number for the Umatilla Tribal enrollment office on the back of the card.
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
“Call it,” she said.
When they didn’t, she took out her phone to call the office herself, but the agents tried unsuccessfully to take her phone...”
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🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
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www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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LA County Fire Dept is now telling residents in Topanga that if evacuation is not possible, they need to shelter in their homes. It’s a policy that, historically, has proven incredibly dangerous, but the department says it has no better options. My latest: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Can you survive a wildfire sheltering at home? For one community, L.A. County Fire says it may be the only option
L.A. County Fire plans to order Topanga residents to shelter-in-place if evacuating from fire isn't possible. It's raised concern from experts and residents, but the department says it has no other op...
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
LA County Fire Dept is now telling residents in Topanga that if evacuation is not possible, they need to shelter in their homes. It’s a policy that, historically, has proven incredibly dangerous, but the department says it has no better options. My latest: www.latimes.com/environment/...
IF YOU WANT BEEF THEN BRING THE RUCKUS
WU TANG CLAN AINT NOTHIN TA FUCK WITH
WU TANG CLAN AINT NOTHIN TA FUCK WITH
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
IF YOU WANT BEEF THEN BRING THE RUCKUS
WU TANG CLAN AINT NOTHIN TA FUCK WITH
WU TANG CLAN AINT NOTHIN TA FUCK WITH
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what if instead of paying to read bad substack writing about some of the worst people on earth you instead subscribed to your local newspaper and donated to your local public radio station to support actual journalism
November 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
what if instead of paying to read bad substack writing about some of the worst people on earth you instead subscribed to your local newspaper and donated to your local public radio station to support actual journalism
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New: Student journalists say they were banned from CU Boulder campus after covering pro-Palestine protest www.denverpost.com/2025/11/20/c... via @dailycamera.com
Student journalists say they were banned from CU Boulder campus after covering pro-Palestine protest
Sophomore Ašiihkionkonci Parker, one of the student journalists, was banned from campus for two weeks after covering a Students for Justice in Palestine protest against Lockheed Martin at a career …
www.denverpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New: Student journalists say they were banned from CU Boulder campus after covering pro-Palestine protest www.denverpost.com/2025/11/20/c... via @dailycamera.com
The Trump administration has spent years aligning itself with white supremacists and now it's warming to their symbolism.
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.seattletimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Trump administration has spent years aligning itself with white supremacists and now it's warming to their symbolism.
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
U.S. Border Patrol agents are stopping and arresting Americans whose travel patterns they've secretly tracked and deemed suspicious
www.seattletimes.com/business/bor...
www.seattletimes.com/business/bor...
Border Patrol is monitoring U.S. drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
www.seattletimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
U.S. Border Patrol agents are stopping and arresting Americans whose travel patterns they've secretly tracked and deemed suspicious
www.seattletimes.com/business/bor...
www.seattletimes.com/business/bor...
I’m sorry, what kind of biscuits are these?
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I’m sorry, what kind of biscuits are these?
y’all ever try telling your friends with kids that you don’t want kids of your own?
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
y’all ever try telling your friends with kids that you don’t want kids of your own?
luv 2 talk 2 my friends frm back home
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
luv 2 talk 2 my friends frm back home
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Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. n.pr/48nQMqI
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. n.pr/48nQMqI
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"Quiet, piggy."
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Trump faces criticism for referring to female Bloomberg reporter as ‘piggy’
Critics accuse the US president of trying to ‘shut women journalists up’ with ‘demeaning language’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Trump defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying “things happen” and that he did not hold Mohammed responsible for the murder despite a U.S. intelligence report assessing the opposite.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of a Washington Post columnist. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are nearing a high point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Trump defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying “things happen” and that he did not hold Mohammed responsible for the murder despite a U.S. intelligence report assessing the opposite.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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We’ve talked about how we in the media normalize (even incentivize) aberrant behavior by public figures who make it their brand.
But just imagine if an official in your city or town had told a female reporter asking about a sex abuse scandal, “Quiet, piggy.” Headlines for days.
But just imagine if an official in your city or town had told a female reporter asking about a sex abuse scandal, “Quiet, piggy.” Headlines for days.
When asked on Air Force One if there was anything "incriminating" in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger at the female reporter's face and said “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We’ve talked about how we in the media normalize (even incentivize) aberrant behavior by public figures who make it their brand.
But just imagine if an official in your city or town had told a female reporter asking about a sex abuse scandal, “Quiet, piggy.” Headlines for days.
But just imagine if an official in your city or town had told a female reporter asking about a sex abuse scandal, “Quiet, piggy.” Headlines for days.
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Olivia Nuzzi apparently torched all journalistic ethics in pursuit of a profile about Mark Sanford and still wrote one the worst ledes I’ve ever read
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Olivia Nuzzi apparently torched all journalistic ethics in pursuit of a profile about Mark Sanford and still wrote one the worst ledes I’ve ever read
congratulations or im sorry that happened im not reading all that
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
congratulations or im sorry that happened im not reading all that
everything i know about olivia nuzzi i have learned against my will
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
everything i know about olivia nuzzi i have learned against my will
The drought plaguing Washington's Yakima River basin is something of a train wreck in motion. Farmers are tearing out apple orchards and letting their wine grapes die on the vine.
This is only going to worsen. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
This is only going to worsen. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The drought plaguing Washington's Yakima River basin is something of a train wreck in motion. Farmers are tearing out apple orchards and letting their wine grapes die on the vine.
This is only going to worsen. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
This is only going to worsen. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
More dragons than any other theme park!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
More dragons than any other theme park!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
One recurring conversation Big Marriage doesn’t want you to know about:
“You know this song!”
“I’ve never heard this song in my life.”
“No, you know it.”
“I don’t.”
“This part right here.”
“Nope.”
“I mean the part coming up.”
“You know this song!”
“I’ve never heard this song in my life.”
“No, you know it.”
“I don’t.”
“This part right here.”
“Nope.”
“I mean the part coming up.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
One recurring conversation Big Marriage doesn’t want you to know about:
“You know this song!”
“I’ve never heard this song in my life.”
“No, you know it.”
“I don’t.”
“This part right here.”
“Nope.”
“I mean the part coming up.”
“You know this song!”
“I’ve never heard this song in my life.”
“No, you know it.”
“I don’t.”
“This part right here.”
“Nope.”
“I mean the part coming up.”
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
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www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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REUPPING from August
The FBI redacted Trump’s name, as well as the names of other prominent public figures, from the Epstein files under privacy exemptions
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The FBI redacted Trump’s name, as well as the names of other prominent public figures, from the Epstein files under privacy exemptions
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
REUPPING from August
The FBI redacted Trump’s name, as well as the names of other prominent public figures, from the Epstein files under privacy exemptions
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI redacted Trump’s name, as well as the names of other prominent public figures, from the Epstein files under privacy exemptions
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
As the Northern Hemisphere warms, clearing ice sheets that previously blocked passage through many of the frigid waters, countries across the world are eying the Arctic with increasing interest for scientific research, resource extraction and even a food supply. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Coast Guard to build base along Seattle waterfront
The Arctic is growing in geopolitical importance as warming trends melt ice and open lanes of transit through the region.
www.seattletimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As the Northern Hemisphere warms, clearing ice sheets that previously blocked passage through many of the frigid waters, countries across the world are eying the Arctic with increasing interest for scientific research, resource extraction and even a food supply. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...