8 candidates have filed to serve as Senator for SD-16. PCP's in the district meet tomorrow to select 3-5 candidates to be nominated to fill the seat. They are (in alpha order): Rachel Armitage Robby Backus Deborah Boone Melissa Busch Nadia Gardner Judy Henry Tim Josi Logan Laity

"We’re living through a discontinuity. This is Alex Steffen's core point. “Discontinuity is a moment where the experience and expertise you’ve built up over time cease to work” 💪#climate journalism by ProPublica's lizweil & 📸by Meridith Kohut NYT Magazine propublica.org/article/califo…

Last night, Dems from 5 counties nominated Melissa Busch (@melissa4oregon), Nadia Gardner and Rachel Armitage as candidates for our vacant Senate District 16 seat. ClatsopDems are excited that one of these 3 strong Democratic women will represent our corner ofOregon in Salem.

We have three awesome candidates to replace Betsy Johnson in Salem. County commissioners from SD-16 will select one of these nominees as our next state senator by January 14th. oregonlive.com/politics/2022/…

Although #geotextiles have proven to be locally effective at slowing glacier melt, they have been criticized for being an expensive and unscalable display of the various ways communities are responding to #climatechange. news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/01/05/gla…

As we near the one-year anniversary of the attacks on our Capitol and our democracy on 1/6, it is clearer than ever that we must act now to protect our democratic republic by preserving our freedom to vote. That’s why I’m working to pass the #FreedomToVoteAct ASAP.

I'm glad US Department of the Interior is now seeking nominees for the committee to rename geographic features and public lands that have racist and bigoted names. Establishing this committee is an important piece of my bill with U.S. Representative Al Green to tackle this disturbing legacy. doi.gov/pressreleases/…

The Red Cross has seen about a 10% drop in the number of people giving blood since the pandemic began. Sign up to donate: rcblood.org/donate The need for blood is constant, if there's not an immediate appointment available in your area, please still sign up. #GiveBlood

The Board on Geographic Names "now finds itself in the middle of the fiery national debate over racism and language. In recent years, the BGN has spent more of its time reconsidering offensive names than doing anything else," David A. Graham writes: on.theatln.tc/FR8XqEU

"The obligation to advance the American story—the fact that this country has been one long pursuit of multiracial, multiethnic democracy—is the only way toward a more just and democratic future."

First time. Is this supposed to be hard? Wordle 227 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Once filled with ice, glacial valleys are now flowing with water in a warming climate, opening up new habitat for the #Pacific salmon in parts of #BritishColumbia and #Alaska, a new study finds. Check out the full story here! news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/03/01/mel…

In a recent study, researchers found that the Matterhorn is constantly swaying to the seismic energy of earthquakes and ocean tremors felt around the world. Check out the article here: news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/03/24/the…

Not that anyone's watching, but I've evacuated to Post.News. Same name, in a much better place.

Now this is cool…the 336m (1200’) long MSC Katie just cruised by Astoria, OR becoming the largest container ship ever on the Columbia River. #Astoria #ColumbiaRiver #bigboats