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[Dennis Donovan]

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[Beachnutt]

1. It says April 28 2025 at 7:27 a.m.

it is only 5:13 a.m. in Seattle right now.
So is the date wrong ?

[avebury]

3. There be and date may be for the post

and not the actual time and date if the picture.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. That's the date stamp for the Bluesky post

Given it's 3 hrs earlier, I would guess a recent pic would show nighttime. So I'm doubtful that photo is from today.

[bdamomma]

2. Ships from

China are going elsewhere because of the felon's revenge on the US, and its citizens. They are saying in about 2 weeks supplies on the shelves will be in short supply.

[Hugin]

4. For contrast here's a shot from August 2022...

Curtesy of the Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Seattle

Ever wonder why the Nazis are so intent on shutting down the Wiki?

[Takket]

5. Remember when you couldn't easily find baby formula for like a few weeks

When Biden was president and the media LOST ITS MINDS. we’ll see if this shortage get similar coverage.

[MichMan]

7. Have the dock workers all been laid off?

[justaprogressive]

8. from Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1k8x8l4/oc_april_23_2025_port_of_seattle_is_empty_only/?rdt=54167

[sl8]

9. Tariff tit-for-tat has Seattle waiting for the ships to come in

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tariff-tit-for-tat-has-seattle-waiting-for-the-ships-to-come-in/

Tariff tit-for-tat has Seattle waiting for the ships to come in

April 25, 2025 at 6:00 am
Updated April 25, 2025 at 9:32 am

By Paul Roberts
Seattle Times business reporter

Like many of his neighbors near the Seattle waterfront, Alex Smith keeps a close eye on the big container ships crossing Elliott Bay to and from the terminals at the Port of Seattle.

[...]

Smith is hardly alone in worrying about the economy in and around trade-reliant Puget Sound ever since new tariffs rolled out by President Donald Trump quickly escalated into a full-blown trade war.

Experts think it won’t be until May that the full impacts of a U.S.-China tariff tit-for-tat hit the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, given the weekslong transit times between the sparring nations.

But port officials and port-dependent businesses are already feeling the early effects.

[...]

[Dennis Donovan]

10. Snopes debunked this so deleting this thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220286285