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• I, Anonymous: Get Your Studded Tires off My Roads

  31-03-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  STEVEN WEISSMAN
  Hey, Stud(ded): You do know that studded tires give LESS traction on any surface EXCEPT packed snow and ice, and they cause more wear and tear to dry roads, don't you? No, you DON'T know that because you're a fucking idiot, so go back to Midas and have them take those stupid things off. Frankly, you don't look like the type of driver who runs your Chrysler LeBaron up to Snoqualmie that much. If a quarter inch of fluff fell, you wouldn't leave the house for a week. Which reminds
  
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• Website Aims To Make Religious Discrimination Easier For Idiots

  31-03-2015 23:08 via thestranger.com
  
  "With the passage of Indiana’s SB 101 (and more 'religious freedom' laws pending elsewhere in the U.S.), discrimination against all kinds of people has never been so simple. Full of condemnation, but low on creativity? Print, post, and share these handy pre-made signs!"
  Two more signs courtesy of Wrong To Refuse at their website—and two more samples after the jump.www.WrongToRefuse.com[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• "Our Dead Deserve Better": The Urban Death Project's Fundraiser Starts at a Gallop

  31-03-2015 22:12 via thestranger.com
  
  The text of a note I found on the wall during the Urban Death Project's October design charrette.
  At the beginning of the month, The Stranger published a story about the Urban Death Project, Katrina Spade's proposal for a third road beyond burial and cremation: compost. Since it was published, people have been asking me about the status of the project and how they can contribute.
  Here you go: Last night, the Urban Death Project launched a Kickstarter campaign and 127 people have already ponied u
  
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• Young Thug Is the Most Exciting New Voice in Hiphop, So Enough Hand-Wringing About His Dumb Name Already

  31-03-2015 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Ricocheting off the beat from a million angles.
  Much has been made of Young Thug's chosen alias: Is the rapper's handle ironic, sincere, or simply the first face-palm-obvious thing that popped into 22-year-old Jeffrey Williams's head? The name is just one piece of the puzzle that makes up the breakout Atlanta star, whose off-the-wall squawk has laced many of the biggest rap anthems of the past two years, cleaving hiphop fandom down the middle in the process.
  His voice is the first thing that let
  
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• Parkland man killed after gunfire, horrific crash

  31-03-2015 20:07
  
  1 dead in rolling gun battle, crash in Parkland
  
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• 1 dead in rolling gun battle, crash in Parkland

  31-03-2015 20:07
  
  1 dead in rolling gun battle, crash in Parkland
  
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• Food & Drink News: New Restaurants From Marination and Ethan Stowell, and a Fried Food Alert

  31-03-2015 19:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Marination Mobile owners Roz Edison and Kamala Saxton will open a new restaurant in Columbia City this fall.MarinationRoz Edison and Kamala Saxton—the women responsible for the Marination Mobile food truck, as well as Capitol Hill’s Marination Station, West Seattle’s Marination Ma Kai, and the recently opened Good Bar in Pioneer Square—will open a new restaurant in the heart of Columbia City this fall. The as-yet-unnamed restaurant will be housed in a former auto body sho
  
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• Capitol Hill Block Party 2015: Headliners Announced!

  31-03-2015 19:19 via thestranger.com
  
  I have totally heard of some of these bands!
  Save the dates! Capitol Hill Block Party 2015 will take place July 24-26.Here's the lineup so far (with the rest to be announced in early June):RATATAT • TV On The Radio • The Kills • Toro Y Moi • Built to Spill • The Julie Ruin • Broods • Wye Oak • Flatbush Zombies • Jamie XX • Giraffage • Shabazz Palaces • DIIV • Com Truise • Deafheaven • Wet • Unknown Mo
  
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• Amendment to bill would ban powdered alcohol in state

  31-03-2015 19:10
  
  Amendment to bill would ban powdered alcohol in state
  
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• Young MIT Economist Argues that NIMBYism and not Financial Assets Is the Source of Inequality

  31-03-2015 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  France's Piketty faces a challenge from a very young American economist Belknap Press | Harvard University Press
  The story currently making the rounds in the financial blogs is that a 26-year-old MIT graduate, Matt Rognlie, has finally found a fatal flaw in a theory that has shaken the foundations of a profession (economics) that, for the past 30 years, has offered nothing but justification after justification for an economic system that mostly benefits those at the very top. This theory, e
  
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• The Morning News: Bertha's Cutterhead Pops Up, And So Do Indiana Boycotts and Exploding Head Syndrome

  31-03-2015 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  A giant red crane began lifting Bertha's cutterhead and drive unit out of the rescue pit on Monday afternoon. By Monday night, it had been rotated over a repair platform like this.Washington State Department of Transportation
  Bertha's 2,000-Ton Cutterhead Has Risen From the Hellmouth: The biggest baddest piece of Bertha's front end was lifted out of the tunnel-boring machine's rescue pit on Monday. Workers suspended the unit above a repair platform overnight to wait for a fresh morning crew to a
  
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• State Department of Transportation Responds to January Freakout Over "Catastrophic Failure" Language in Tunnel Report

  31-03-2015 16:06 via thestranger.com
  
  The Washington State Department of Transportation says that it's taking new steps to get information on ground settlement to the city. WSDOT
  Back in January, Seattle officials got pissed off at state officials over a phrase they found in a tunnel subcontractor's draft of a report about Bertha's rescue pit. You probably remember the phrase: "risk of a catastrophic failure."By the time the engineer's report was finalized, "risk of a catastrophic failure" had been changed to "will have a significan
  
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• State Department of Transportation Responds to January Freak-Out over "Catastrophic Failure" Language in Tunnel Report

  31-03-2015 16:06 via thestranger.com
  
  The Washington State Department of Transportation says that it's taking new steps to get information on ground settlement to the city. WSDOT
  Back in January, Seattle officials got pissed off at state officials over a phrase they found in a tunnel subcontractor's draft of a report about Bertha's rescue pit. You probably remember the phrase: "risk of a catastrophic failure."By the time the engineer's report was finalized, "risk of a catastrophic failure" had been changed to "will have a significan
  
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• Family remembers teen killed in school shooting with memorial bench

  31-03-2015 15:54
  
  Family remembers teen killed in school shooting with memorial bench
  
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• After failed auction, Edith Macefield home for sale, sans liens

  31-03-2015 15:09
  
  After failed auction, Edith Macefield home for sale, sans liens
  
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• Sherman Alexie Cancels Gigs in Indiana, Saying "Hate Laws Are Unacceptable and Immoral"

  31-03-2015 15:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Sherman Alexie has joined the boycott. Photo by Chase Jarvis
  So... have any travel to Indiana planned?
  Well, I had two speaking gigs scheduled in Indiana, at Notre Dame at the end of April and at the Kurt Vonnegut Library in Indianapolis in September. But I have cancelled them both and won't be doing any gigs in Indiana until they repeal the hate law they just passed.
  The governor of Indiana insists it’s not a hate law, it’s a law to protect free "exercise of religion." What do you s
  
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• 1 killed in crash involving Metro bus on SR 169

  31-03-2015 13:45
  
  1 killed in crash involving Metro bus on SR 169
  
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• The Making of Maneki's Black Cod Collar Miso

  31-03-2015 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  How Maneki Makes Its Black Cod Collar Misoby Angela GarbesManeki owner Jean Nakayama estimates that her International District restaurant (304 Sixth Ave S, 622-2631) serves hundreds of plates of its black cod collar miso a week, the equivalent of about 150 pounds' worth. It's one of my favorite dishes in town: rich, moist, blistered meat that's sweet, salty, and just a little bit boozy.The collar on a fish is located behind the head and runs all the way around the body, including the pectoral fi
  
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• Seattle City Council clears way for 3 new homeless camps

  31-03-2015 07:09
  
  The Seattle City Council on Monday voted to regulate up to three new tent encampments for as many as 100 homeless people each.
  
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• Orca baby boom continues with discovery of fourth calf

  31-03-2015 06:40
  
  Whale-watching crews spotted a new baby orca in the Salish Sea on Monday, marking the fourth documented southern-resident killer-whale birth in three months.
  
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• Hundreds sign up to speak against teacher-evaluation bill

  31-03-2015 06:01
  Although the testimony heard during the House Education Committee meeting was evenly split between pro and con, 322 more people wanted to speak against the bill but there wasn’t enough time.
  
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• Cyberattack temporarily blocks seattletimes.com

  31-03-2015 06:01
  A denial-of-service attack, in which perpetrators flood a targeted website with requests that overwhelm the site’s servers, is believed to have caused Monday morning’s outage.
  
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• Inslee to protest Indiana law with travel ban

  31-03-2015 05:56
  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says he’ll ban state-paid travel to Indiana, joining a growing wave of protest against that state’s new law allowing businesses to refuse service to gays and lesbians for religious reasons.
  
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• Pike Place Market awash in spring’s colorful blooms

  31-03-2015 05:48
  
  A family flower business blooms at Pike Place Market in Seattle.
  
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• Seattle clarifies fine points of new minimum-wage law

  31-03-2015 05:46
  
  Seattle provides answers on paying minors, temp workers and employees who receive a portion of service charges.
  
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• Uncle charged in SeaTac slaying sent threats, according to court documents

  31-03-2015 05:35
  
  The man accused of the fatal shooting of his nephew in SeaTac last week had previously sent threatening emails to the victim that were investigated by the King County Sheriff’s Office, according to court documents released Monday.
  
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• City Council opposes fast track for Pacific Rim trade pact

  31-03-2015 05:27
  Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously passed a resolution opposing the so-called fast-track consideration of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
  
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• Chefs help Food Lifeline raise enough money for a million meals

  31-03-2015 05:26
  At its annual fundraiser, the organization auctioned off culinary experiences, to the tune of $210,000
  
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• Bertha’s mammoth cutter head emerges from tunnel vault

  31-03-2015 05:24
  
  The front of tunnel-boring machine Bertha emerged from its deep access vault late Monday afternoon, after a trouble-free day of crane tests and hoisting.
  
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• Judges to revisit Algona case of child porn, Navy snooping

  31-03-2015 04:46
  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear a case in which a panel of its judges threw out a child-pornography convictiondue to Naval Criminal Investigative Services violations of Posse Comitatus Act.
  
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• Star chefs help Food Lifeline raise enough money for a million meals

  31-03-2015 04:05
  At its annual fundraiser, the organization auctioned off culinary experiences, to the tune of $210,000
  
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• Gov. Jay Inslee Bans State-Funded Travel to Indiana After Controversial Religious Freedom Bill

  31-03-2015 02:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Latest to join the Indiana boycott: Jay Inslee. Governor's Office
  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee followed the lead of Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and others today, banning any state administrators from spending state money to travel to Indiana after that state passed a controversial "religious freedom" law that could make it easier for businesses to discriminate against LGBT customers.
  “I find Indiana’s new law disturbing, particularly at a time when more and more states and people in Americ
  
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• Don't Call Them "Roadies"—They're "Concert Technicians"

  31-03-2015 02:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Before I rile up those of y'all who are rightfully self-annointed as morally superior internet commenters by using incorrect and OUT-OF-DATE terms, I do recognize it is NO LONGER okay to refer to those individuals who've chosen to work the back line at music concerts as (ahem) roadies; they are now to be referred to as "concert technicians." Failing to do so henceforth will be considered ignorant HATE speech and those spewing said hate shall be dutifully YELLED at/down in any/all relevant commen
  
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• Wash. governor: No state-funded travel to Indiana

  31-03-2015 02:27
  
  Wash. governor: No state-funded travel to Indiana
  
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• City Council Gets Chance to Help Homeless People—and Does It!

  31-03-2015 02:25 via thestranger.com
  
  The city council voted today to allow three new homeless encampments in commercial and industrial parts of the city.Kelly O
  In a standing-room-only meeting today, the Seattle City Council voted on three measures to help homeless people and—holy shit—passed all three of them unanimously!In a reversal from a similar vote two years ago, the council voted to allow three new regulated homeless encampments on public and private land in the city. Each encampment can house 100 people and wil
  
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• City clarifies questions on minimum wage law

  31-03-2015 02:14
  
  Seattle provides answers on paying minors, temp workers and employeeswho receive a portion of service charges.
  
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• Bertha’s cutter face expected to be out of tunnel vault later today

  31-03-2015 01:55
  The front of tunnel-boring machine Bertha is on pace to emerge from its deep access vault late Monday afternoon, after a trouble-free day of crane tests and hoisting.
  
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• 10 Frames: Sunshine 2015

  31-03-2015 01:30 via thestranger.com
  
  A selection of photos from Seattle's largest ever indoor beach party at Kings Hall.Sean Mafi of Mafi Events (pictured right with Sunshine's co-producer, Ian Powers) had the idea for an indoor beach party about seven years ago while he was still living in his hometown of Stockholm, Sweden. "We don’t really have many beach parties because the weather just won’t allow it, and it’s the same thing here in Seattle," Mafi says. "The whole idea was (to) move it off of the beach to insi
  
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• Seattle Sub Pop Artists Rose Windows Have Broken Up

  31-03-2015 01:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Rose Windows have called it quits after four years and two beautiful albums. Lauren Rodriguez
  In a statement on their Facebook page today (see below), Seattle psych-folk-blues sextet Rose Windows announced their decision to end the band, about a month before their self-titled sophomore album is due to be released by Sub Pop.Sometimes in life we come across pure beauty – an experience that moves us towards a sense of hope; a complete respect for the purity and love that life can offer. It&#
  
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• Seattle City Council Unanimously Opposes Fast-Track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership

  31-03-2015 01:07 via thestranger.com
  
  The Seattle city council unanimously passed a resolution critical of the Obama administration's handling of one of the biggest international trade deals of our time. City Hall was packed. The decision received a standing ovation.Seattle Channel
  The Seattle city council just unanimously passed a resolution that comprises some of the strongest statements about the Trans-Pacific Partnership—and its twin proposal to speed the deal through Congress—a local governmental body has made. The
  
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• The Walking Dead Chitty Chat Club: The Different Levels of Craaaaazy

  31-03-2015 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Full disclosure, guys: I got SUPER high yesterday (on drugs), which means this recap of The Walking Dead's season finale may be a bit... ummm.... foggy? But bear with me, and we'll get through it together! So stand by for a bunch of spoilers, and then, as always, LET'S CHITTY CHAT ABOUT IT!
  Courtesy AMC"Okay, goddammit! Who picked and smoked all my drugs? HUMMMPYYY!!"
  MORE AFTER THE JUMP!Here's what I'm thinking about last night's season finale, "Conquer."
  1) So during the first scene I was stil
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Our Lady of the Slots

  31-03-2015 00:18 via thestranger.com
  
  I'm a 53-year-old straight male in a long term "exclusive-ish" committed relationship. I say "exclusive-ish" because a few times a year we'll have a third join us for a 3way. So far, the third has always been male, but my better half is open to the idea of that third being female so long as she isn't the one doing the asking. As you can imagine, the possibilities of a willing woman falling into our lap is about as likely as winning the lottery. Consequently, the idea is just an unrealized fantas
  
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• Family 'profoundly disappointed' in verdict for Molly Conley's killing

  31-03-2015 00:11
  
  Jury continues deliberations in Molly Conley murder trial
  
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