Peter Callaghan
@CallaghanPeter
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Former newsie in Washington state and Minnesota.
Tacoma, WA
Joined July 2009
Unseeded, Washington wins all 6 games away from home, including 4 true road games and a de facto road game in Cary against NC State. They beat 5 seeded teams. The Huskies just completed arguably the most improbable run in NCAA men's soccer tournament history.
The Washington Huskies are National Champions for the FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY! 🏆🐾☔️ @UW_MSoccer defeats (15) NC State, 3-2, to win the 2025 National Championship. #MCollegeCup
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Why I’m begging TV showrunners to stop writing journalists as villains
poynter.org
I will stop shouting at the TV screen when journalists are portrayed with all their virtues and vices — not as caricatures
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Twenty years ago today the voter-initiated I-901 becomes law in Washington state, the strictest anti-public-smoking law in the nation. https://t.co/KhW6eaJ3VF
historylink.org
On December 8, 2005, a new anti-smoking law goes into effect in Washington state, banning smoking in all public places and work areas and requiring people who light up to stay at least 25 feet away f
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Supporters of the industry, including Minnesota US. Sens. Smith and Klobuchar ,held a presser yesterday on next steps. https://t.co/Fw82kw6Kbc
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Lots of interesting aspects of the shutdown of the low-potency hemp product ban encased in bill to end federal gov shutdown, including how many Democrats sided with big distillers and brewers over the mostly small businesses and hemp farmers. https://t.co/sq76t1k1yH
medium.com
(photo courtesy of Greta Kaul. Thanks Greta!)
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It is how distillers, brewers and legal cannabis businesses and their trade groups used some real-but-manageable problems associated with hemp-based edibles and seltzers to kneecap the emerging hemp-derived products business. https://t.co/sq76t1k1yH
medium.com
(photo courtesy of Greta Kaul. Thanks Greta!)
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I call this one How Big Booze, Big Beer and Big Reefer got together to kill the low-potency hemp industry (with help from Congress). https://t.co/sq76t1k1yH
medium.com
(photo courtesy of Greta Kaul. Thanks Greta!)
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Army names 9 installations that could be chosen for nuclear microreactor project
stripes.com
The Army has named nine potential installations that could receive experimental nuclear microreactors under its new Janus Program.
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MLS owners are *expected* to vote on flipping to fall-spring calendar at Thursday's BOG meeting. Changes to competition format also expected. Let's see if it actually comes to a vote, but implications are enormous. Exclusive details with @tombogert: https://t.co/PZtpVkMc88
nytimes.com
Substantial change could be coming to MLS's structure and operations following a Thursday vote, sources tell The Athletic
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.@KormannAlex and I went Up North last week to talk to (+📸) people along Lake Superior for this story about why "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" still resonates so much, especially this time of year: why does it *sound* so much like Lake Superior? https://t.co/wkqqLAaxjB
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The namesake of the ore ship had a son who was one of the money bags that helped Selig steal the team after just one season. https://t.co/mTlhUp5qM6
heritagefuneral.com
Read the obituary for Edmund Bacon Fitzgerald. Heritage Funeral Homes provides funeral home services in Wisconsin.
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Did I ever tell you the connection between the Edmund Fitzgerald and the theft of the Seattle Pilots in 1970 by the hated Bud Selig???
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