Tim Gruver
@timgruver.bsky.social
Reporter @washingtonobserver.bsky.social Sec. @spjwash.bsky.social. Words @Politico.com, @Pluribusnews.bsky.social, The Center Square, @Oregonian.com, @Metacritic.com
As for the rest? Condemning socialism got a yes from Dem Reps. Kim Schrier of Sammamish, Marie Glusenkamp Perez of Skamania, and Marilyn Strickland of Tacoma.
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
As for the rest? Condemning socialism got a yes from Dem Reps. Kim Schrier of Sammamish, Marie Glusenkamp Perez of Skamania, and Marilyn Strickland of Tacoma.
Every writer writing semicolons in 2025.
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Every writer writing semicolons in 2025.
Love how the ever-growing film sub genre of “Are Men Ok?” is migrating over to sci-fi.
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Love how the ever-growing film sub genre of “Are Men Ok?” is migrating over to sci-fi.
Activists pounding pavement today in Olympia handing these out: whistles to alert unauthorized immigrants of ICE patrols in the area.
Sign of the times.
Sign of the times.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Activists pounding pavement today in Olympia handing these out: whistles to alert unauthorized immigrants of ICE patrols in the area.
Sign of the times.
Sign of the times.
Democrats are shit posting about GTA 6 now.
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Democrats are shit posting about GTA 6 now.
Now THIS is why @blackcrowbooks.bsky.social prints the best editions ever.
So hyped to read @joe-hill.bsky.social & @keithrosson.bsky.social’s latest.
My other books will look underdressed.
So hyped to read @joe-hill.bsky.social & @keithrosson.bsky.social’s latest.
My other books will look underdressed.
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Now THIS is why @blackcrowbooks.bsky.social prints the best editions ever.
So hyped to read @joe-hill.bsky.social & @keithrosson.bsky.social’s latest.
My other books will look underdressed.
So hyped to read @joe-hill.bsky.social & @keithrosson.bsky.social’s latest.
My other books will look underdressed.
Jack the Ripper…in the Self Help section.
October 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Jack the Ripper…in the Self Help section.
2026 energy coming at us fast
October 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
2026 energy coming at us fast
Nothing like reading a novel that comes to life before your eyes. The Babysitter Lives is etched into my eyelids forever.
@sgj.bsky.social
@sgj.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Nothing like reading a novel that comes to life before your eyes. The Babysitter Lives is etched into my eyelids forever.
@sgj.bsky.social
@sgj.bsky.social
Leftovers from No Kings 2 in Olympia, found at a bus stop.
October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Leftovers from No Kings 2 in Olympia, found at a bus stop.
Have you noticed the people in your election mailers have a weird tint to their eyes? No pores in their skin?
Welcome to the AI mailer industrial complex. Take this one on Olympia’s bill of worker’s rights.
Welcome to the AI mailer industrial complex. Take this one on Olympia’s bill of worker’s rights.
October 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Have you noticed the people in your election mailers have a weird tint to their eyes? No pores in their skin?
Welcome to the AI mailer industrial complex. Take this one on Olympia’s bill of worker’s rights.
Welcome to the AI mailer industrial complex. Take this one on Olympia’s bill of worker’s rights.
Mark Twain catching some vitamin D as he catches up on the adventures of Huckleberry Finn in Tumwater. He’s delighted how far baseball’s come this century.
No comment from Mr. Twain on how he’s liking the book so far.
No comment from Mr. Twain on how he’s liking the book so far.
October 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Mark Twain catching some vitamin D as he catches up on the adventures of Huckleberry Finn in Tumwater. He’s delighted how far baseball’s come this century.
No comment from Mr. Twain on how he’s liking the book so far.
No comment from Mr. Twain on how he’s liking the book so far.
Lovely mural in Third Place Commons honoring Octavia Butler, Lake Forest Park’s most famous resident, probably.
Designed by Stephen Crowe and painted by Katie Todaro, 2025. Butler was a frequent customer here, I hear.
Designed by Stephen Crowe and painted by Katie Todaro, 2025. Butler was a frequent customer here, I hear.
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Lovely mural in Third Place Commons honoring Octavia Butler, Lake Forest Park’s most famous resident, probably.
Designed by Stephen Crowe and painted by Katie Todaro, 2025. Butler was a frequent customer here, I hear.
Designed by Stephen Crowe and painted by Katie Todaro, 2025. Butler was a frequent customer here, I hear.
Live from war-ravaged Portland.
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Live from war-ravaged Portland.
Cascade PBS circling the fundraising wagons again weeks after gutting its entire local newsroom.
Ken Burns and NOVA documentaries are apparently vital programs you and your neighbors depend on even more.
Ken Burns and NOVA documentaries are apparently vital programs you and your neighbors depend on even more.
October 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Cascade PBS circling the fundraising wagons again weeks after gutting its entire local newsroom.
Ken Burns and NOVA documentaries are apparently vital programs you and your neighbors depend on even more.
Ken Burns and NOVA documentaries are apparently vital programs you and your neighbors depend on even more.
INBOX: The WA State Department of Enterprise Services released an inventory of what last night's intruder damaged.
They include burned American and WA State flags, plus a now burned 1928 Chenille rug. The MLK Jr. and George Washington busts were are also chipped.
They include burned American and WA State flags, plus a now burned 1928 Chenille rug. The MLK Jr. and George Washington busts were are also chipped.
October 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
INBOX: The WA State Department of Enterprise Services released an inventory of what last night's intruder damaged.
They include burned American and WA State flags, plus a now burned 1928 Chenille rug. The MLK Jr. and George Washington busts were are also chipped.
They include burned American and WA State flags, plus a now burned 1928 Chenille rug. The MLK Jr. and George Washington busts were are also chipped.
What fall is all about
October 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
What fall is all about
Spooky season is here. 🎃👻
October 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Spooky season is here. 🎃👻
Nice to see nerd fact-checking is still en vogue.
September 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Nice to see nerd fact-checking is still en vogue.
The trees are getting fancy again.
September 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The trees are getting fancy again.
Yo! Seattle journalists! We're crashing the Emerald City this month and we want to hang with you! 🗞️
Swap stories and enjoy an adult beverage with us at Beer Star next Wednesday! You rock!🎙️📹
Swap stories and enjoy an adult beverage with us at Beer Star next Wednesday! You rock!🎙️📹
September 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Yo! Seattle journalists! We're crashing the Emerald City this month and we want to hang with you! 🗞️
Swap stories and enjoy an adult beverage with us at Beer Star next Wednesday! You rock!🎙️📹
Swap stories and enjoy an adult beverage with us at Beer Star next Wednesday! You rock!🎙️📹
Popular presidential sentiment in Portland.
September 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Popular presidential sentiment in Portland.
“Movies, video games, streaming shows…everything is so expensive. I can’t afford any of it,” you say.
May I introduce you to a low-tech option? I’m talking about books.
1. No WiFi needed
2. No subscription
3. No passwords
4. Your local library may have some
5. Good ones are rereadable
May I introduce you to a low-tech option? I’m talking about books.
1. No WiFi needed
2. No subscription
3. No passwords
4. Your local library may have some
5. Good ones are rereadable
September 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
“Movies, video games, streaming shows…everything is so expensive. I can’t afford any of it,” you say.
May I introduce you to a low-tech option? I’m talking about books.
1. No WiFi needed
2. No subscription
3. No passwords
4. Your local library may have some
5. Good ones are rereadable
May I introduce you to a low-tech option? I’m talking about books.
1. No WiFi needed
2. No subscription
3. No passwords
4. Your local library may have some
5. Good ones are rereadable
The juiciest natural resource of the summer is ripening at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources’ campus.
August 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The juiciest natural resource of the summer is ripening at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources’ campus.