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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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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 9h

At this point, if the Mariners don't win the World Series then they are chokers.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 18h

For those who don’t intimately understand how news works and why Bari Weiss’s unearned elevation to head of CBS News matters, I’d recommend watching this in entirety. Also, will forever point out irony of how an admitted DEI hire thinks her hire was meritorious while Black people’s aren’t.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 20h

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 15h

It's mushroom season in the Northwest.

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Nate Bowling @natebowling.com · 16h

This is an outstanding conversation about how the city council in Tacoma is functionally banning people experiencing homelessness from much of the city.

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Let’s Talk About Tacoma’s Plan to Ban Homeless People (Oct. 9, 2025)

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 1d

Why did Toronto not try to work the count after the first? Miller is on short rest and the Seattle bullpen got worn out on Friday.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 1d

The best part is it is just regurgitating the play-by-play. The entire point of a game story is to augment the stats. Alas.

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine if you did this in any other journalistic context

"Did the Tigers or Mariners Win Game 5? In Detroit, Depends on the Narrator."

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2d

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 3d

This isn't even the longest postseason game in Mariners history!

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Christopher Kimball Gove I @chrisgove101.bsky.social · 3d

Fuckin awful.

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 3d

Not just a fastball, but a belt high middle of the plate fastball. They at least needed to try to move the location around.

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 3d

It's world octopus day and in honor of that, here is an Eastern Pacific Red Octopus I saw in 2023 in Tacoma, Wash. 🦑

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve gotten so many emails that say: “Spokane is not liberal. The majority voted for Trump.” And then they send me the election results.

Those are COUNTY results. The majority of Spokane CITY (and Boise, too) voted for Harris. Thus the use of “liberal cities”

Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI: Federal law enforcement is seeking to expand its reach in Spokane, Boise to support “administration’s goal” www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Federal law enforcement seeks to expand in Spokane, Boise and other liberal cities to support 'administration's goal'

Federal law enforcement is looking to further its reach in Spokane, Boise and other cities that lean democratic to further the Trump administration’s goals.

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 4d

Hopefully this is the theme song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ep4...

M83 - Raconte-moi une histoire (audio)

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Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 4d

KOMO, King and Q13?

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 4d

I just saw a Seattle Police employment commercial on Hulu that uses "Come as you are" as its tagline.

What in the absolute fuck?

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 4d

So, the polar opposite of Volpe.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 4d

I continue to be thankful I've never read or watched anything related to Harry Potter.

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 5d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 5d

The scale of the Bill Belichick humiliation is really remarkable, though then I remember, well, he is a Trump man

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 5d

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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Scott Faldon @scottfaldon.bsky.social · 6d

Dudes on the roof of a two-story building shot a preacher in the head for no damn reason.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s video of the incident

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 6d

Burgerville is one of the few reasons to visit Southwest Washington.

Craig Craker @craigcraker.bsky.social · 7d

His Instagram is wild.

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S(cary)W(rath) 👻 @toasterposey.art · 7d

Shohei Ohtani smiles and shakes Donald Trump’s hand at the Oval Office in front of a World Series trophy.

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 7d

so if i have this right the party that fundamentally believes the nine scariest words in the english language are “im from the government and im here to help” is insisting the government needs to be inserted to help over the objection of local officials and residents. makes sense, got it

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 7d

It surely couldn't be that the GOP in the greater Portland area has completely gone off the fascist, conspiratorial deep end and openly allied themselves with far-right militias, thereby alienating the (not at all radical) voting base in the metro.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 9d

This was lazy reporting, and the Times would have done better for its audience exploring why so many Portlanders voted in DSA council. Article includes nothing from these voters. Describing Republicans in Portland as an “endangered species” is a choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

www.nytimes.com

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