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Craig Craker

@craigcraker.bsky.social

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Former journalist, current media relations person in Tacoma. I take a lot of photos and read a lot and used to care a lot more about sports than I do these days.

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · Jan 1

New year, new books read thread. I only read 27 books in 2024 and would like to get that number to 40 this year.

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Carolyn Komatsoulis @komatsoulis.bsky.social · 21h

The Caldwell Police Department has been the only one of 10 agencies at a recent federal raid in Wilder, Idaho, to confirm that its officers zip-tied children during the Oct. 19 operation at a horse racing venue.

www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwe...

Some children were zip-tied during raid in Wilder. Will agencies own up to it?

The FBI first said reports that children were zip-tied were “completely false.” The agency qualified that by saying no “young” kids were.

www.idahostatesman.com

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 17h

Far right costume?

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 20h

WA AG joins multi-state coalition supporting transgender student-athletes’ rights

“Attorney General Nick Brown officially joined 12 other states in a court brief supporting trans-inclusive sports policies.”

WA AG joins multi-state coalition supporting transgender student-athletes’ rights

Washington’s attorney general is backing Minnesota in a fight over transgender student-athletes.

mynorthwest.com

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 21h

A few more pictures I grabbed yesterday. 🦑

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 1d

I was hoping for someone from Washington state, but not the one I got.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 1d

Ahh, gotcha. I do know Orca Network has a texting service where you pay like $25 and they will send you updates. Basically a workaround for folks not on Facebook.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 1d

If you are on Facebook, follow Orca Network and I guarantee you will see them eventually.

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 1d

Oh. My. God. What a day in the Puget Sound. 73 Endangered Southern Resident Orcas swam past Point Robinson Lighthouse on Vashon Island. Here is one breaching with a salmon in its mouth. 🦑

A black and white orca killer whale leaps out of the ocean with a salmon in its mouth.

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, the only reason Boston will be remembered in relation to Mookie is how cheap their owners became. I still can't believe they traded prime Mookie Betts for Alex Verdugo.

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 2d

That was one of the most incredible choke jobs you will ever see. Unbelievable performance by the Jays.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 2d

I was hoping you wouldn't be the one person who saw that post.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 2d

That bomb reminded me of Jim Leyritz's homer against Smoltz and the Braves in 1996.

Hanging breaking ball golfed out by an unlikely hero.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 2d

Holy cow.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 2d

Why was the photo of the mayor created in ChatGPT?

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 2d

I think it makes a lot of sense to cheat toward third in a different situation, not when you could get doubled off to end a game. He should have taken note that Hernandez was playing in before the ball was hit.

Also, both things can be true. Hernandez made a good play and Barger made a bad play.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, I guess. A line drive with one out and you are the tying run. You have to freeze on the line drive, he didn't and it cost them the game.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is

I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the 1940s in an art deco green tile style, which was totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era. I did it in black and white polished Statuary marble. This was very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln and, in fact, could be the marble that was originally there!

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Dick Sparks @dubseasparks.bsky.social · 3d

Republicans are perfectly happy that SNAP isn't being funded during the shutdown because they don't think that SNAP should be funded, period.

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 4d

Trump’s Agriculture Secretary Rollins & Johnson called 42 million Americans losing SNAP benefits a “silver lining” because it sparked “a national conversation.”

Imagine being so detached from hunger that you see families skipping meals as a PR opportunity.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.

NPR @npr.org · 5d

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY

Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 4d

Don't threaten us with a good time.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 4d

I'm fascinated by her saying kissing someone on the cheek is not sexual harassment. What kind of thing is that to say?

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 5d

Even after the windstorm over the weekend, Tacoma is still looking mighty fine this fall.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 5d

It's just a weird framing. The article easily could have focused on how no one can afford anything in Seattle, instead of trying to do a gotcha.

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 5d

Fall colors and a bald eagle are pretty fun. Normally, I capture photos of bald eagles high up in trees - so I'm below them. Yesterday, I was on top of a cliff with very tall trees on the slope and so this eagle was actually below me. 🪶

A bald eagle sits in an evergreen tree surveying the landscape, with bright orange maple leaves in the foreground.

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