Cedar Attanasio
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Cedar Attanasio
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AP reporter covering Washington State, immigration, and environmental issues. Sometimes I use satellite imagery (remote sensing, GIS, etc) to discover what happened and when.

Tips: cattanasio@ap.org
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Goodbye, New York. Hello, Washington.

My first #SEATTLE byline. I'm looking forward to more trolls, bears, and aquatic life in my copy.

I will continue to cover #immigration and the urban #environment while out West. 🌲🐻

Tips/comments/complaints: cattansio@ap.org

apnews.com/article/griz...
Seattle NHL team's mascot has a close encounter with a brown bear during video shoot in Alaska
A Seattle Kraken ice hockey player and the team's mascot had a close call with a brown bear during a video shoot in Alaska.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We tracked down the journey of a dog named Happy.

Hopefully the story makes you happy, too.
The other Alaska airlift: Volunteers save dogs from a flooded Alaska village, 1 tiny plane at a time
A nonprofit in rural Alaska is working to rescue dogs from Kipnuk, a village hit hard by Typhoon Halong.
apnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Happy #worldoctopusday; this year I saw my first in the wild:
Fell in love with this Caribbean reef octopus in #Cayman #GrandCayman on a #nightdive, who kept on hunting as we checked them out.
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
That's a Bigg boi
Long Awaited Encounter with the T02C’s. Read the full story here: buff.ly/MTqJoHU
Photo by Aly
This is an encounter from 2025
#WhaleTales #KillerWhale
October 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Killer whale #marinelife I shot last week outside Seattle.

Yes, that is a juvenile fluke on the left. #orcas
October 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Some days you're the #orca. Some days you're the seal.
August 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Happy orca frolicking after its pod (T46) makes a kill.
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Adult #killerwhale coming right at us earlier this month off the coasts of Washington / British Columbia.

What's that in its mouth?
August 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Starting work today and thinking of my colleagues worldwide who face dire conditions.

apnews.com/article/mide...
AP freelancer among 5 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say
Among the victims was Mariam Dagga, a freelancer for the Associated Press. Al Jazeera confirmed that its journalist Mohammed Salam was also killed in the strike. Reuters reported that its contractor c...
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Baby orca, likely T046B3A ,surfaces beside mother, likely T046B3 "Sedna." Aug. 2025

Shoutout to @pugetsoundexpress and @bartrulon for introducing me to the T46 family!
August 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
First week living in Seattle, first @seattletimes.com Sunday edition.
August 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Goodbye, New York. Hello, Washington.

My first #SEATTLE byline. I'm looking forward to more trolls, bears, and aquatic life in my copy.

I will continue to cover #immigration and the urban #environment while out West. 🌲🐻

Tips/comments/complaints: cattansio@ap.org

apnews.com/article/griz...
Seattle NHL team's mascot has a close encounter with a brown bear during video shoot in Alaska
A Seattle Kraken ice hockey player and the team's mascot had a close call with a brown bear during a video shoot in Alaska.
apnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"What do you do when you’re:
☔️unexpectedly laid off a month after returning from maternity leave ...You start a substack, of course."

sarahtharris.substack.com?r=20w7q&utm_...
uncertain season | Sarah | Substack
Essays on parenting, body, self, story and other unknowns. Click to read uncertain season, by Sarah, a Substack publication. Launched 8 days ago.
sarahtharris.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reposted by Cedar Attanasio
Baby humpback breaches are pure joy. 🦑
July 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Better late than never: @apnews.com app now lets you pick which alerts you want.
July 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Reposted by Cedar Attanasio
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering, convicted of prostitution offense.
July 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Hey #scuba friends I will be diving in the #Seattle area starting in August.

Looking for buddies and orgs interested in ecology, #uwphotography, etc.
June 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Whatever is going I just remind myself that #dolphins use babytalk with their calves. (Story from 2023) apnews.com/article/dolp...
Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show
A new study has found that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk with their kids.
apnews.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Amazing. Respect the lede.
June 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
June 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I regretted disturbing this #lemonray at night with bright white lights on a nighttime #scuba dive, so I quickly switched to redlight, and it was totally chill. #ocean #underwaterphotography
May 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Are #nightdives the best way to see the #ocean?

Also which image should lead, the #coral or the #anemone?
May 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
When you fuck up the composition but still want to frame it #underwaterphotography #scuba #ocean
May 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM