Brandon Vasquez
@brandonjvasquez.bsky.social
Drums, photos, coffee. Dad and husband.
Fan of the #seakraken and the separation of church and state.
Spokane, WA
Fan of the #seakraken and the separation of church and state.
Spokane, WA
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SNAP, our nation’s first line of defense against hunger, could run out of funds due to the government shutdown—putting food access at risk for over 40M people. With grocery costs already high, your voice and generosity matter. Help now: bit.ly/4hrZTts
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
SNAP, our nation’s first line of defense against hunger, could run out of funds due to the government shutdown—putting food access at risk for over 40M people. With grocery costs already high, your voice and generosity matter. Help now: bit.ly/4hrZTts
Seattle sports are blessed to have a photographer like Steph Chambers. Favorite sports photographer right now
A perfect photo of Eugenio Suárez. No notes.
📸 Steph Chambers/Getty Images
📸 Steph Chambers/Getty Images
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Seattle sports are blessed to have a photographer like Steph Chambers. Favorite sports photographer right now
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NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
I’m playing drums in a library tonight.
End of an era for Lilac City Live
End of an era for Lilac City Live
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I’m playing drums in a library tonight.
End of an era for Lilac City Live
End of an era for Lilac City Live
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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.
Incredible visuals with this scrolling infographic. Heartbreaking.
A lot of attention has been paid to overseas aid cut by the Trump administration, but this brilliant piece of visual data journalism illustrates the devastating cuts to food banks here at home: 94 million pounds of food that were never delivered projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Incredible visuals with this scrolling infographic. Heartbreaking.
Car washes are the new mattress store - they’re popping up everywhere
October 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Car washes are the new mattress store - they’re popping up everywhere
NEED
Our FIRST EVER shoe has surfaced 🌊
Get ready to run the rink in the Brooks Ghost 17: Kraken Edition available at 9 a.m. on October 6!
Get ready to run the rink in the Brooks Ghost 17: Kraken Edition available at 9 a.m. on October 6!
October 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NEED
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Many people in America are a single missed paycheck away from needing support from their local food banks. A prolonged shutdown will deepen the strain.
📰 Read our full statement: bit.ly/4gMi1hb
📰 Read our full statement: bit.ly/4gMi1hb
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Many people in America are a single missed paycheck away from needing support from their local food banks. A prolonged shutdown will deepen the strain.
📰 Read our full statement: bit.ly/4gMi1hb
📰 Read our full statement: bit.ly/4gMi1hb
Big Dumper is objectively the best nickname because it sounds cool while also asserting dominance
September 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Big Dumper is objectively the best nickname because it sounds cool while also asserting dominance
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Now, Trump is resuming workplace raids, raising the question of what will happen to our food supply if ICE goes after JBS’s workforce again. A collaboration with @thefern.org.
How an immigration raid reshaped meatpacking — and America - High Country News
In 2006, large-scale ICE raids in Greeley, Colorado, and elsewhere, triggered massive changes to the meatpacking workplace that continue reshaping the center of the country.
www.hcn.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Now, Trump is resuming workplace raids, raising the question of what will happen to our food supply if ICE goes after JBS’s workforce again. A collaboration with @thefern.org.
Our garage is full of moths for some reason which seems like the beginning to a horror film
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Our garage is full of moths for some reason which seems like the beginning to a horror film
September 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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"Legacy news orgs have caved to a power consensus at an institutional level. They might be able to write a 76-page report addressing what’s happening, and even include some trenchant facts. But in the end, in the aggregate, they will manage to say little to nothing." - @andreapitzer.bsky.social
See no evil
When journalists and public intellectuals ignore reality.
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September 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Legacy news orgs have caved to a power consensus at an institutional level. They might be able to write a 76-page report addressing what’s happening, and even include some trenchant facts. But in the end, in the aggregate, they will manage to say little to nothing." - @andreapitzer.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
August 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New weird thing at the gym: encountered my first gym influencer, giant tripod and all
August 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
New weird thing at the gym: encountered my first gym influencer, giant tripod and all
Billy Strings is Silverwoodcore
#Silverwood
#Silverwood
August 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Billy Strings is Silverwoodcore
#Silverwood
#Silverwood
August 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Late-season overripe raspberries >
July 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Late-season overripe raspberries >