Good morning! It’s still hot. Really hot. The kind of heat that reminds us that the climate crisis doesn’t stop just because we’re dealing with an authoritarian one, too. Western Washington is under an extreme heat warning until Wednesday morning, so we’ve got two more days of this to muscle through. Don’t have an AC? You’ve got options. Most libraries double as cooling centers during heat waves. You can take a dip at one of the Seattle beaches that isn’t currently shut down for sewage reasons. Or you can do what I do: put a bowl of ice in front of a fan to create a janky, but surprisingly effective, poor man’s AC. Stay cool, stay safe, check on your neighbors. It’ll be over soon.

Speaking of the Climate Crisis: The Bear Gulch fire is still burning in the Olympic Peninsula, in one of the

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