2026-04-23T02:30:10Z https://yabu.me OlympiaJoe https://yabu.me/npub1kxfwl9p2cv0cv9ueejze0gjsxvfyadpu537dvuw2suskf8zprmhsxnupwr https://assets.journa.host/accounts/avatars/109/303/493/664/292/970/original/ae970a570624e51f.jpg https://assets.journa.host/accounts/avatars/109/303/493/664/292/970/original/ae970a570624e51f.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0kd04avev5a87k33eu552tgy7tz67h6xcdukcdqj67pngfavxmhqzyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w7mgd5vn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfltlsdrt7j2wdsej8zajnc4z8fus5dcwlp4dgtzmnrxmqz585lwqpkmhmc'>nevent1q…mhmc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And you can stream it here: <a href="https://www.njpbs.org/programs/heres-the-story/heres-the-story-ya-got-your-beach-badge-s6djfj/">https://www.njpbs.org/programs/heres-the-story/heres-the-story-ya-got-your-beach-badge-s6djfj/</a> 2026-04-23T02:09:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfltlsdrt7j2wdsej8zajnc4z8fus5dcwlp4dgtzmnrxmqz585lwqzyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w7e469nz “Here’s the Story: Ya Got Your Beach Badge?” premieres on Wednesday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m.<br/><br/>Encore broadcasts include:<br/>Friday, April, 2:00 a.m.<br/>Saturday, April 25, 6:30 p.m.<br/>Sunday, April 26, 10:30 a.m.<br/><br/>I was interviewed for the special on the jersey’s shore’s lit zine Beach Badge, and read from my essay “We Envy Your Journey and Wish You Every Success”<br/><br/>To commemorate I penned a little appreciation of Beach Badge: <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/olympiajoe/p/beach-badge-an-appreciation">https://open.substack.com/pub/olympiajoe/p/beach-badge-an-appreciation</a> #jerseyshore #nj #writing #lbi #nonfiction 2026-04-22T17:23:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq9lzw7qmdst00ja53hp7x29mymps65x8f42v978f09dqsr085jqczyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w7cdcad4 I’m here in Olympia WA at the 3rd consecutive day of protest against ICE abuses.<br/><br/>About 400 people here. No counter-demonstrators that I see. #pnw #uspol #news<br/> <img src="https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/115/959/090/405/681/259/original/872ef52ac4c569f1.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/115/959/090/512/307/353/original/bfe2cba6e367784a.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-26T02:41:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvzucw5c3zxy6kks7dtv3aauyv9z3pyjd4sn9gzqww33rq6s3z76gzyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w73k02t0 The Jersey Shore was long a KKK stronghold-<br/><br/>But was the Underground Railroad there too? My first effort to chip away at this enduring riddle:<br/><br/><a href="https://olympiajoe.substack.com/p/the-house-on-pacific-avenue">https://olympiajoe.substack.com/p/the-house-on-pacific-avenue</a> #uspol #history 2025-09-20T16:35:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsff4dvgm26uxg6nc9jwrv8yhsk0xtadqpvkmz2k2tsph9e84ajyxszyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w79afxkg WA Gov. Bob Ferguson signs bill into law prohibiting other states from sending their Nat&#39;l Guard troops to WA w/o approval. <br/><br/>“We just cannot allow as a state to have armed forces come into our home and enforce policies that are against our core values,” he said.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-can-now-restrict-outside-national-guard-from-entering-state/">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-can-now-restrict-outside-national-guard-from-entering-state/</a> #pnw #seattle #uspol #politics 2025-04-22T12:38:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswklqwmhe5gl9dlj3pukfkv86x6d9kszhg5dgy0uvyaruvwhheurgzyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w7nmdkee In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8dj6gg0yykjvsjpl6zhas2d04e5sd8zdm7u8jl52trzeqr9m6gq4we3qx'>nevent1q…e3qx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am sorry that this happened- keeping you and your colleagues in my thoughts 2025-03-18T19:10:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv0la444sc2ck77lzfpjq63v2q00244ul6ne7mehjqhfnwguzm5uqzyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w7np4rj0 Olympic National Park&#39;s Hoh Rain Forest needs federal funds to reopen-<br/><br/>No one knows when it will.<br/>The only road into the iconic rainforest is being washed away:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/olympic-hoh-rain-forest-closed-indefinitely-20192069.php">https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/olympic-hoh-rain-forest-closed-indefinitely-20192069.php</a> #pnw #nature #seattle 2025-03-02T19:13:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy088e45qsssn4sv8ddt2ppwrgra8c60tzzcxf3rvjh35urpjv0qgzyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w7nkyzx0 Trump&#39;s job cuts lead to closed trails, staff shortages in WA-<br/><br/>It is not yet clear how many federal workers have been terminated or how many live in Washington state. Lawsuits have been filed in an attempt to pause the layoffs.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/trumps-job-cuts-lead-to-closed-trails-staff-shortages-in-wa/">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/trumps-job-cuts-lead-to-closed-trails-staff-shortages-in-wa/</a> #pnw #news #politics 2025-02-19T15:33:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspmr3y9mn8cyd6wlaazhqsgkmd9cx5sva3cfyhqx7n3zt44dn9phgzyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w7tlv5gr Plans for 70-foot lighted cross above Leavenworth WA divide mountain town-<br/><br/>Including complaints that prayer group didn’t apply for a building permit until months after work had started &amp; that the cross is getting preferential treatment by county regulators.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/plans-for-70-foot-lighted-cross-above-leavenworth-divide-mountain-town/">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/plans-for-70-foot-lighted-cross-above-leavenworth-divide-mountain-town/</a> #pnw #religion #news 2025-02-10T14:03:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8zmhwrr4zzucnxaz9w0lnp4xhk9xzffm6wjvuun4myrrnj95g0cszyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w7vjn40r ICE sightings in Seattle: Seattle Times reporters seeking info on Trump’s policies in the PNW-<br/><br/><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/ice-sightings-in-seattle-help-us-report-on-trumps-policies-in-the-pnw/">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/ice-sightings-in-seattle-help-us-report-on-trumps-policies-in-the-pnw/</a> #news #pnw #seattle #politics 2025-01-30T16:29:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszs5wrkd5ey2vjaysl0lph8n8fq7cvuere33ncc7sczu27eqzh9vszyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w7favl4z Native American drivers 5x more likely to be searched by WA State Patrol-<br/><br/>Though disparities have decreased for other races compared to white counterparts, rates have continued to rise for Indigenous motorists since 2020. (via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vwc96s0tg3znulclwq84kcjkwhqvxe43z7yn6q43j8gfvas53xhqsrq3le" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cascade PBS</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vwc…q3le</span>)</a></span>)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cascadepbs.org/indigenous-affairs/2025/01/native-drivers-5x-more-likely-be-searched-wa-state-patrol">https://www.cascadepbs.org/indigenous-affairs/2025/01/native-drivers-5x-more-likely-be-searched-wa-state-patrol</a> #news #pnw 2025-01-23T16:25:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx3rn67pr5cvsh5qjskvjquswj27gacng0vndexrnvd0um3kzwddszyzce9mu59tp3lpshn8xgt9az2qe3yn458jj8e4n3e2rjzeyugy0w7dfzvkd Drug overdose deaths have continued to rise in Washington state, even as they&#39;ve started to fall nationwide, according to preliminary CDC data.<br/><br/>(via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ftq3fr4hn8svazqvp25amjl3ltzwqrs6qda7p8dedgjywgrctuws5dpr0x" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Axios</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ftq…pr0x</span>)</a></span>) <br/><br/><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/09/27/opioid-overdoses-washington-king-county?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_seattle&amp;stream=top">https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/09/27/opioid-overdoses-washington-king-county?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_seattle&amp;stream=top</a> #news #pnw 2024-09-27T17:44:18Z