Paige Cornwell

Seattle.

Last week, a massive fin whale got stranded on a Washington beach and died. Hundreds descended on Samish Island to see the endangered animal. And residents had a 40-ton decomposing carcass in their backyards. NOAA wouldn’t move the whale. Now what?

The Samish Island community has set up a GoFundMe to help pay off the costs of moving a 40-ton whale, like the float bags that cost $9,000. The residents didn't receive any government funding. gofundme.com/f/help-fin-the…

Let the record show: Blowing up the whale was never an option (see: the Great Oregon Whale Explosion Disaster of 1970) but someone did bring up using a helicopter to move the 80,000 pound whale. In the end, a commercial fishing vessel did the trick.

@ByEliott @AlexaVaughn The Seattle Times doesn’t have an AI adoption — that’s what we’re bargaining over. We continue the fight and appreciate your support!

Nice job, @seattletimes. You’ve obliterated your credibility in 4 words.

Well worth your time today: Mariners fan navigating grief finds comfort in strangers and baseball seattletimes.com/sports/mariner…

What a beautiful quote on navigating grief from @schwaarzy's story on a Mariners fan who takes strangers to baseball games as she mourns the loss of her son

An Auburn woman was 27 weeks pregnant when she was shot and killed, allegedly by her husband during an argument. Homicide at the hands of a partner is among the leading causes of death of pregnant women nationally, according to health researchers. #Echobox=1778259769-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">seattletimes.com/seattle-news/l…

@AlexaVaughn @TheNeedling We remain at the bargaining table and it will likely be a long negotiation process, which is why we appreciate support from readers and former Times employees like you!

@pgcornwell @TheNeedling Management clearly wants it though. Would love to see them clear this all up asap if this is wrong! x.com/AlexaVaughn/st…

This story has been raging not just through Seattle but the country for more than a week and does The Seattle Times have a single story about it up yet? NO. Between this and its AI adoption, they really are gonna make The Stranger Seattle's Only Newspaper. tinyurl.com/2j7srr23

@tomabernathy @seattletimes Please don't! Seattle Times journalists need and are grateful for your support. Canceling your subscription doesn't help our cause, but sending an email to our publisher would: rblethen@seattletimes.com.

@muttonofthesea @seattletimes Hi! Thank you for your support. Canceling your subscription doesn't help our cause, but sending an email to our publisher would: rblethen@seattletimes.com.

If @seattletimes.com can do without journalists, it can do without my subscription, too. And if it thinks Seattle wants to be served up slop by an unaccountable planetary destruction machine, it has seriously misread the Northwest.

For this Pulitzer-finalist work, dozens of Seattle Times journalists produced more than 100 stories about Western Washington’s devastating floods that forced thousands to evacuate their homes and caused millions of $ in damage. On a related note, these were human journalists.

Honored to be a part of the @seattletimes team named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News for our coverage of the catastrophic floods that devastated Western Washington in December 2025.

Today we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, sponsored by UNESCO. Unfortunately, this right is often violated, sometimes flagrantly, sometimes in hidden ways. Let us remember the many journalists and reporters who are victims of war and violence.

Light rail, Route 8 bus, Tesla

@commondreams I wrote the story this report is based on. If you’re going to cite my work, please link to the Seattle Times website, not the Internet Archive version.

"There’s a chilling effect on not just my academic freedom, but that of my colleagues; anyone who dares to speak out against the war and against aggression,"​ said UW professor Aria Fani. commondreams.org/news/professor…