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Frana Milan
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Unabashed tree-hugging, hell-raising, public land-loving, Brazilophile dog mom living the country mouse-city mouse life! 🌎🌲❄️🤸‍♀️🐕‍🦺
Thank you, Susan Stamberg!
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Oct 16
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
n.pr
October 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
National Guard Already Lost at Powell’s Books: tinyurl.com/4mw4n9h2
September 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Reflect on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ important question: “If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Reposted by Frana Milan
Time lapse of the No Kings protest today in Seattle
June 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Nurtures my soul that so many people showed up to enjoy the @kcpride.bsky.social parade in #ellensburg. Happy #pride month y’all!
May 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Happy Syttende Mai to all who celebrate!
May 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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This regime is gutting vital services relied upon by millions...all to extend even more tax cuts (and subsidies) to the super-rich.

(Art work by @doodlebymeg)
May 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Riot girrrls, bonobo edition. Tho I suspect that had the researchers been women, it wouldn’t have taken decades to come to this conclusion!

apnews.com/article/fema... Bonobos in Congo form girl groups to fend off male aggression, study says
Bonobos in Congo form girl groups to fend off male aggression, study says
A new study shows female bonobos team up to fend off males in the wild. Scientists have long wondered why bonobos live in generally female-dominated societies since the males are physically bigger and...
apnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
On the good news front…
👉Starting Wednesday, April 23, vehicle traffic will be limited on Pike Place as part of a pilot program launched by the Pike Place Market PDA in partnership with SDOT, Mayor Bruce Harrell, and Councilmember Bob Kettle.

For full details on the limited-access pilot: PikePlaceMarket.org/Traffic
April 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Sharing for whoever needs this today (and every day for the next four years)
Let's communicate this more and LOUDLY!!!
March 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Oh @theneedling.com why do you tease us so?!?
Canada Makes Washington 11th Province: tinyurl.com/yc58xxwj
March 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM