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• How Is Mastodon Like a Naked Mole Rat? A Better Question Might Be How Is Mastodon NOT Like a Naked Mole Rat

  24-04-2015 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Welcome to the Naked Mole Rat Challenge, an outreach program.
  To crystallize the character of Mastodon's sixth studio album, Once More 'Round the Sun, I went to the naked mole rat habitat at Pacific Science Center. The parallels were obvious:
  • Mastodon's dark, churning rhythms and leads are heavy enough to burrow through earth, the way mole rats do.
  • In Mastodon's Grammy-nominated song "High Road," they sing, "You are the plague that was brought here by rats" and "You take the high
  
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• The Latest Parody of Amazon's 2013 Recruiting Video Takes a Direct Shot at Seattle's New Wealth

  24-04-2015 23:02 via thestranger.com
  
  Thanks to Sean Nelson, Amazon's 2013 recruiting video "Life in Seattle" is taking a life of its own. The people at Sub Pop wasted no time making their own recruiting video. And now the producer and rapper Spekulation, who made something of a splash last year with his "Bout That Action (Beastmode Remix)," has fucked with the words and statements of the people interviewed in the video and produced something that's funny but also much closer to the truth.If you think this parody is just over the t
  
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• SL Letter of the Day: Shapes and Sizes

  24-04-2015 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Originally posted on October 23, 2013.
  My girlfriend snooped on my browser history the other day specifically to see what porn I had been looking at. I've told her I look at porn a few times a week, and she said she didn't mind. She asked me what type of stuff I usually look at, and I was mostly honest. My viewing habits are pretty vanilla except for BBW porn. It's not my go-to, but it was what she found in my browser history the day she snooped. She had some issues, and I don't know how to addr
  
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• Woman punched by SPD cop while handcuffed files lawsuit

  24-04-2015 21:20
  A 24-year-old Seattle woman, who was punched in the face by a Seattle police officer and spent several days in jail but was never charged with a crime, filed a lawsuit this week alleging assault, false arrest and violation of her civil rights.
  
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• Car crashes through Seattle restaurant

  24-04-2015 20:56
  
  Car crashes through Seattle restaurant
  
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• Troy Kelley recall papers filed in court; hearing set for May 8

  24-04-2015 20:56
  The state Attorney General’s Office has delivered its summary of the recall charges against indicted state Auditor Troy Kelley to court. But there is still a ways to go before the auditor could be recalled.
  
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• Opening Night (get it?) at the 13th Annual Seattle Erotic Art Festival

  24-04-2015 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Adam One and Sensei 23 put finishing touches on their pieces in the Still Life with Sex Toys round of Face Off Alison Douglas
  The 13th annual Seattle Erotic Art Festival opened last night with short films, kinky photo-ops, live performances, and over 200 pieces of juried erotic art for purchase. The seen-better-days interior of the Seattle Center’s exhibit hall has been remade as a plush boudoir, with low, magenta-tinted lighting, elegant gray gallery walls, and yards of draping fabricR
  
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• I Have Mixed Feelings About Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. So Did Tennessee Williams.

  24-04-2015 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  There are gay plays that are about self-loathing, and then there are plays that simply loathe themselves. JOHN CORNICELLO
  It takes a special kind of playwright to unequivocally love Tennessee Williams's most cherished plays. I am not one of them. But then, in my defense, neither was Williams. In his long-obscure but now famous essay "The Catastrophe of Success," Williams pours forth his misgivings about the early work that brought him fame and fortune, and forever saddled him with expectations t
  
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• On the Hundredth Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Obama Still Refuses to Use the Word

  24-04-2015 20:41 via thestranger.com
  
  A monument to "the father of Armenian journalism" (and member of the Armenian diaspora) in Calcutta. NJ
  April, as Christopher Hitchens used to put it, is the cruelest month for Armenians.
  It is their annual reminder of the 1915 genocide by the Ottoman Empire, in which 1.5 million people lost their lives—starting on April 24 with the roundup of hundreds of intellectuals—and the annual denial by US presidents that it was, in fact, a genocide.
  President Obama continued the tradition thi
  
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• Fire breaks out at Sodo commercial building

  24-04-2015 19:20
  
  Fire breaks out at Sodo commercial building
  
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• Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 39 Years Says Inmates Are Commodities

  24-04-2015 19:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Prison is not just about paying debts to society but making big profits for a few in society. f8grapher/Shutterstock
  In a Channel 4 post about three Cleveland black men who were freed (on bail) late last month after spending 18 years in prison for a crime they may not have committed (the evidence against them is now seen to be weak and the investigators of the case didn't disclose key information to the defense during their trial), there is an interview with a man, Ricky Jackson, who served an a
  
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• Ripple Fang's "Extraordinary Ability"—Why a Chinese Artist Needs Fly-by-Night Galleries, Sketchy Lawyers, and Psychics to Stay in Seattle

  24-04-2015 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Has a Thin Pink Glow (2014): Ripple Fang covered all gallery surfaces with bubble wrap, put on a gold dress, and painted nail polish on broken glasses. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
  After drawing the gold curtain closed, the psychic asks her client's name, birth date, and wish. Ripple Fang. August 2, 1992. "I want," Ripple says, "a visa."
  Pause. The psychic searches Ripple's face and says, "You are in the darkness."
  Yes, that's why Ripple went to the psychic in the first place. Her student visa runs ou
  
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• Kirkland residents receiving bad checks in sweepstakes scam letters

  24-04-2015 18:33
  
  Kirkland residents receiving bad checks in sweepstakes scam letters
  
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• This Week on the Blabbermouth Podcast: Rent Control, Eliminating Tipping, and Montage of Heck

  24-04-2015 18:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Blabbermouth: Episode Three of our Stranger week-in-review podcast. BrAt82/Shutterstock
  Rent control, anyone? Or how about no housing market at all in Seattle? This week on Blabbermouth we put former Tenants Union Director Jonathan Grant and Smart Growth Seattle's Roger Valdez in a tiny room together and let them try to solve the problem of runaway apartment prices. We also hear from Angela Garbes about more restaurants that are eliminating tipping. And Sean Nelson and Emily Nokes talk about Mon
  
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• The Morning News: State Legislature to Start Special Session, Hundreds Pack City Council Chambers for Rent Control Forum

  24-04-2015 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  This is basically what the state legislature looks like now. Governor's Office
  The State Legislature Has to Go into a Special Session: As we've been telling you, things in Olympia are a shitshow in so many ways. Now, since lawmakers couldn't reach a budget deal, Gov. Jay Inslee—saying it's "time for all sides to compromise"—has ordered a special session starting Wednesday. He's asked budget negotiators to come into his office Monday. They'll have 30 days to figure out a budget or the
  
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• School zone speed cameras debut in Fife

  24-04-2015 16:51
  
  School zone speed cameras debut in Fife
  
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• 6.2 earthquake recorded off coast of British Columbia

  24-04-2015 16:19
  
  6.1 earthquake recorded off coast of British Columbia
  
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• 6.1 earthquake recorded off coast of British Columbia

  24-04-2015 16:19
  
  6.1 earthquake recorded off coast of British Columbia
  
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• ‘Nurse-in’ to support breastfeeding to be held outside state Capitol

  24-04-2015 15:56
  
  Local group holding ‘nurse-in’ to support breastfeeding
  
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• ‘Nurse-in’ to support breastfeeding held outside state Capitol

  24-04-2015 15:56
  
  Local group holding ‘nurse-in’ to support breastfeeding
  
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• Local group holding ‘nurse-in’ to support breastfeeding

  24-04-2015 15:56
  
  Local group holding ‘nurse-in’ to support breastfeeding
  
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• 11 puppies found dumped in garbage bags, 2 survive

  24-04-2015 15:27
  
  11 puppies found dumped in garbage bags, 2 survive
  
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• Two arrested after wild police chase from Skyway from Seattle

  24-04-2015 15:13
  
  Two arrested after wild police chase from Skyway from Seattle
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Thou Shalt Not Challenge the Bearer of False Witness

  24-04-2015 15:05 via thestranger.com
  
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• Santorum Splatters Himself Across Churches with Sneaky Campaign Ad This Sunday

  24-04-2015 14:35 via thestranger.com
  
  What, Santorum worry? Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com
  Rick Santorum, you clever fink. You just pulled off the slimiest campaign maneuver of the election season, and you haven't even declared your candidacy. My hat is off to you, sir. I raise a toast to your cunning, in addition to my usual middle finger.
  What a shame that nobody seems to have noticed the incredible scam you're about to pull off: broadcasting a stealth campaign ad to millions of churchgoers this weekend, disguised as a fr
  
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• Dozens of schools cancel classes as more teachers strike

  24-04-2015 14:18
  
  Dozens of schools cancel classes as more teachers strike
  
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• Jesse Jones: I'm back on KIRO 7

  24-04-2015 11:36
  
  Jesse Jones: I'm back on KIRO 7
  
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• Jane Goodall says sanctuary best for Zoo elephants

  24-04-2015 07:31
  
  Activists want an investigation of the failed attempt to move Seattle’s two elephants to the Oklahoma City Zoo when the weather forecast called for snow in the Rockies.
  
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• Auditor Kelley unlikely to be paid during leave

  24-04-2015 07:31
  According to Gov. Jay Inslee’s office, the state can withhold pay when indicted Auditor Troy Kelley takes leaves May 1. Inslee’s spokesman said that is based on guidance issued by the Attorney General’s Office.
  
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• Activists trying to stop work on new UW animal lab

  24-04-2015 07:31
  
  Animal-welfare activists have launched a national campaign to try to halt construction of a new animal lab on the University of Washington campus.
  
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• Teen water-rights activist shares her story to inspire others

  24-04-2015 07:16
  
  Two teens are doing what they can to improve access to clean water in third-world countries.
  
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• Nathan Hale High School juniors boycott state test

  24-04-2015 07:16
  
  All of the juniors at Nathan Hale High School refused to show up for state testing this week.
  
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• 4 North End light-rail stations get Sound Transit’s green light

  24-04-2015 07:16
  
  Sound Transit chose to skip North 130th Street on its Northgate-Lynnwood line, but offered to help buses and bikes reach the trains at congested North 145th Street.
  
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• Seattle group’s training program saves lives of moms and babies in Kenya

  24-04-2015 07:01
  
  A Seattle-based organization is helping save the lives of mothers and babies in Kenya and elsewhere with highly realistic training sessions that prepare health-care workers to manage in a childbirth crisis.
  
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• Macklemore, Carroll mark We Day

  24-04-2015 06:31
  
  The hip-hop artist and theSeahawks coach encouragedyoung people whogathered for a day of empowerment and motivational speakers.
  
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• Deputy ran stop sign, caused crash that cost man his legs, Patrol says

  24-04-2015 06:16
  A serious multiple-car collision in Everett last week that left one man a double amputee was caused by a Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy who ran a stop sign, according to investigators with the Washington State Patrol.
  
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• Inslee sets Wednesday for special session to finish budget

  24-04-2015 05:31
  With no budget deal even close, Washington state lawmakers will adjourn Friday, but Gov. Jay Inslee has called them back for a special session, to start Wednesday.
  
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• Bobby Jindal Seeks Corporate Support for Gay Jim Crow Law

  24-04-2015 04:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Uh oh: I just jindaled. Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock
  Despite the fact that Bobby Jindal governs a state that yearly hosts a boa-festooned Carnivale full of people dancing naked in the streets and rubbing rainbow glitter in all available orifices, yesterday he reaffirmed his stance on protecting “religious freedoms.”
  In an op-ed for the New York Times, Jindal, who even as a full-grown man insists on being called by the diminutive, “Bobby,”vows to pass the Marriage a
  
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• Animal activists call for investigation into Woodland Park Zoo's elephant transport

  24-04-2015 03:54
  
  Animal activists call for investigation into Woodland Park Zoo's elephant transport
  
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• Oui Oui, Henri! France's First Rocker Was a Rock-Hating Geezer

  24-04-2015 03:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Had your grandparents gone real deep into pop vocal music, I bet they might have turned up a Henri Salvador record or two, but otherwise, in the US, I'd reckon he's quite unknown. Salvador was French, by way of French Guiana, and spent his exceptionally long life as a well-loved entertainer. He is also credited, under the nameHenry Cording, with recording the first French, and very swinging, rock and roll record—"Rock'n Roll Mops"/"Rock hoquet, Va t'faire cuire un oeuf, man"/"Dis-moi qu't
  
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• 10 Frames: Lost at the Roller Disco

  24-04-2015 02:24 via thestranger.com
  
  A selection of Polaroid photos taken at Lost at the Roller Disco, held last Friday at Southgate Roller Rink.
  Lost in Time: Simon Endry (pictured here with Martha Linhoss) co-hosted a classic 70s roller disco alongside Lost Boys DJ/producer crew at Southgate Roller Rink last Friday.Brooklyn BenjestorfThe idea sprung from a surprise wedding-anniversary party Endry threw last October for his wife, Bella. Everyone had such a great time that Endry teamed up with Gene Lee of Lost Boys crew to start pl
  
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• What’s next on school funding? Conflicting answers | Politics NW Now

  24-04-2015 02:16
  Differing messages, differing approaches to openness from the Attorney General’s Office appear on the same day about the McCleary decision.
  
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• Two Good Reads on Genre and Gender

  24-04-2015 02:00 via thestranger.com
  
  EX MACHINA Not pictured: himbos.
  From Daredevil to Game of Thrones to Avengers, genre movies and TV shows are currently dominating culture—and they've brought some issues with them. Combined with Hollywood's longstanding sexism, it's kind of a perfect storm. For everything that makes you think, "Hey, things aren't so bad!"—like DC Comics and Mattel's pretty-great sounding DC Super Hero Girls, "an exciting new universe of Super Heroic storytelling that helps build character and confid
  
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• Seattle yard waste bins pushed open by branches could trigger extra charge

  24-04-2015 01:30
  
  Seattle yard waste bins pushed open by branches could trigger extra charge
  
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• Savage Love: Virgin Territory

  24-04-2015 01:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Joe NewtonI'm an American woman living abroad and have started a relationship with a wonderful man from a Middle Eastern country. We are having a great time exploring what is a foreign country for both of us. The looming issue is sex, of course. He is a moderate Muslim, but he grew up in a strict conservative family and country. He's 25 and has never even held hands with a woman. He is excited to change this now that he has broken away from his family. I have had many partners, both men and wom
  
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• Almost Like a Different Person—Montage of Heck Director Brett Morgen Talks About Looking Kurt Cobain in the Eyes

  24-04-2015 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  “How do you like your blueeyed boy Mister Death.”
  Twenty-one years later, the only thing harder than talking about Kurt Cobain is having to listen to other people talk about him. And so it was with major trepidation (and slavering curiosity) that I went into a screening of Montage of Heck, the new biographical documentary directed by Brett Morgen, who has made brilliantly creative films about complicated pop historical figures like Robert Evans and the Chicago 7. Much like AJ Schnack
  
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• Occupy Activist Running for Southeast Seattle Council Seat Against Bruce Harrell

  24-04-2015 00:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Housing activist Josh Farris says Bruce Harrell has contributed "to building Seattle into a playground for the rich." Courtesy of Josh Farris
  Josh Farris, an Occupy Seattle organizer and housing activist who was part of a group that blocked the eviction of a disabled veteran last year, is challenging city council member Bruce Harrell for the council seat representing District 2 in Southeast Seattle.Farris—an ardent Kshama Sawant supporter who says he's not a socialist—accuses Harrell
  
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• Hillary Is Swimming in Russian Cash, Ted Cruz Doesn't Hate Gay People

  24-04-2015 00:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Ted Cruz is totally ok with gay people. No homo. Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com
  If you were unfamiliar with the fact that the Clintons basically roll around in foreign money all day, now’s a good time to read up. The New York Times has published a fairly in-depth look at some of the Clintons’ money dealings, specifically the relationship between the Clinton foundation and the Russian Uranium One deal while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.Apparently, a lucrative deal b
  
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