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• Amazon launches Prime Now in Seattle, delivers booze, food, gifts in 1 hour

  28-08-2015 23:02
  
  Amazon launched its Prime Now delivery service in the Seattle area on Tuesday, offering one-hour delivery of everything from booze to groceries to pens, and so much more.
  
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• I Can't Deal With "Downtown" Either, But Can We Talk About Macklemore with a Bit of Nuance?

  28-08-2015 22:59 via thestranger.com
  
  Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's "Downtown": Too many tabs open.
  I'm back from a couple weeks on the east coast; Brooklyn gave me some much-needed cultural nourishment I just can't get from my lovely perch here in South Lake Union (where the grass is apparently watered with Am-hole tears on the daily). Not just Black people everywhere—Black neighborhoods, businesses, and festivals (let me tell you, AfroPunk 2015 was a living, thriving lookbook of beautiful melanated excellence). A city that p
  
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• I See Orcas Everywhere

  28-08-2015 22:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Orca ferry snacks.
  Orca rides.
  Orca topiary.
  Orca statuary.
  Orca calf topiary.
  Orca aircraft.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Point of Ordure: The Term Is "Sewer'ed Park"

  28-08-2015 22:36 via thestranger.com
  
  This is basically what swimming in lakes is all about.
  In case you've been following the breaking news about poo being dumped into our city's already-disgusting swimmin' hole of choice and looking for a bright side, there isn't much of one, unless you like atrocious puns, in which case, "Sewer'ed Park" is humbly submitted for your delectation.
  
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• My Philosophy: What Beef Is

  28-08-2015 22:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Raz Simone: definitely sorta arguably the precipitator.
  I write to you today from the great planet of Brooklyn, the place where Christopher Wallace might've first pondered his classic "What's Beef?" Beef, he'd agree, is what has left people dead from gun violence in Seattle all summer. RIP to the fallen. Beef is using those killings to target black spaces—but nothing new. Beef is the police killing us over and over and over. Beef is white supremacists tagging "White Lives Matter" on the to
  
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• This Couple Swam in the Seward Park Poo Water and Lived to Tell Their Tale

  28-08-2015 21:52 via thestranger.com
  
  I asked them to make the face they made when they found out the water they'd swum in contained 12,000 gallons of sewage.Jack DoritoOn warm summer days, Matt Kolhede and Sarah Strunin like to wade out into the lake, each of them wearing their own floatie. They paddle about 50 feet off shore, link arms, and then float together in a couple's bliss. Both have Wednesdays off, so it's the only time they get to spend the whole day with each other."It's good for our relationship," Strunin said.The next
  
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• Drunk of the Week: Fashion "Do's" For Dudes

  28-08-2015 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  This week's Drunk of the Week is, in my professional [drunk] opinion, a fashion "do." Ooh, and speaking of opinions, have you read the "Local Men Dish on Best and Worst Female Fashion Trends" over on komonews.com?Do Seattle dudes really love gym clothes this much? And women in hiking boots?!?
  Do: “Spandex, yoga pants… tighter clothes are trending and I like it.”
  Do: “Having a good pair of hiking boots and a few outdoor essentials is a big turn-on to northwest guys!&helli
  
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• Landlords Are Giving Special Deals to Amazon and Microsoft Workers

  28-08-2015 21:04 via thestranger.com
  
  This Craigslist ad mentions "Preferred Employer Specials," which is a discount on move-in costs for employees of big companies.
  Finding an affordable apartment in this city is hard enough. Scraping together the first and last month's rent, deposit, and other fees can be even tougher. That's especially true for low- and middle-income folks—people who probably don't work highly paid positions at the region's mammoth employers such as Amazon and Boeing. (Employers that are, of course, attract
  
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• Hillary Compares GOP Candidates to Terrorists. Good for Her.

  28-08-2015 20:38 via thestranger.com
  
  ISIS and the GOP do have one thing in common: religious extremism.kisa kuyruk / Shutterstock.com
  At a campaign event in Ohio yesterday, Clinton blasted GOP candidates for their positions on women's health issues. She criticized Rubio for bragging about being against abortion even in cases of incest and rape, Kasich for holding back funding to rape crisis centers that referred victims to abortion services, and Jeb! and everybody else for wanting to defund Planned Parenthood.She said, "Now, extrem
  
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• Cornel West Endorses Bernie Sanders to Succeed the US's First "Niggerized" President

  28-08-2015 20:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Cornel West, pictured here with a graying beard, really, really hates Barack Obama. shawncarrie/Shutterstock.com
  Bernie Sanders, who has been criticized and had two of his events disrupted by Black Lives Matters activists who feel his platform is weak on racial justice issues, received an important endorsement from one of the leading black intellectuals of our times, Cornel West. This, however, is not surprising. West, after all, is a Marxist ("I think that a Marxist analysis is indispensable fo
  
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• Why Seattle's Restaurant Industry Hates the On-Demand Delivery Service Postmates

  28-08-2015 20:01 via thestranger.com
  
  “It creates resentment for everybody except the people who can afford the service.”
  On the surface, Postmates seems like a great idea. The app allows customers to easily order any item from any restaurant or store in Seattle (including Starbucks) and have it delivered to their doorstep in less than an hour. Surely there is no better proof that a benevolent God exists than being able to get Ezell's fried chicken delivered to your front door.
  As Postmates tells it, they are fulfilling
  
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• Every Time I Read Angela Garbes's Essay on Being a Mom, a Food Critic, and a Breastfeeder, Tears Pour out of My Face

  28-08-2015 19:55 via thestranger.com
  
  "Breast-fed babies have lower instances of colds and viruses. When they do get sick, they are often able to recover more quickly because the mother's body produces antibodies specific to the baby's infection. This is an idea that has literally kept me up for hours at night. How exactly is my body able to write my daughter a prescription for her illness without a diagnosis?" LILY PADULA
  Seriously, if you haven't read this amazing piece by Angela, you need to get with the program. During the editi
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Customer Wants Freebie, Gets Stabby

  28-08-2015 19:25 via thestranger.com
  
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• It Takes a Certain Amount of Balls to Release a Song Like MC Mike Stallion's “My Small Penis”

  28-08-2015 19:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Mike Stallion, courageously spittin' fire about his shortcomings.
  Mike Stallion might be the bravest man in rap. In a genre where artists often boast about their XXL dicks and sexual prowess, he's dropped a new track called “My Small Penis,” in which he laments his lack of length, girth, and therefore, worth. The track’s full of pathos and angst (and broad humor), and goes even further than Macklemore’s “Penis Song” in the self-loathing department.You act like
  
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• The Morning News: Turnover in the Mayor's Office, Smoke in Omak, and a New Ruling on Public Officials' Private Texts

  28-08-2015 17:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Is this the only living thing that likes sharing an office with Ed Murray? City of Seattle
  Does Mayor Ed Murray Have a Personnel Problem? "Since Murray took office in January of 2014, 21 people have left the top floor of City Hall," David Kroman reports at Crosscut. "In an office of 40, which includes his Office of Policy and Innovation (OPI), that is a 52 percent turnover rate in about 18 months. In an examination of public records, Crosscut found that, since 1991, that rate is second only to t
  
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• Rare August wind storm brings possible weekend power outages

  28-08-2015 17:38
  
  Most of the kids haven't even gone back to school yet, and already we have our first autumn-type storm of the season.
  
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• Blabbermouth 19: Breast Milk & Liberty Nuggets

  28-08-2015 15:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Episode 19 of Blabbermouth is ready for your ears, and available on iTunes.The new episode of Blabbermouth, The Stranger's week-in-review podcast, is live and now available for download in the iTunes podcast marketplace. Please listen, subscribe, and rate it!
  This week: This week, Stranger food critic Angela Garbes stops by to talk about her incredible feature from the current issue, “The More I Learn About Breast Milk, the More Amazed I Am.” Then, Stranger book critic/national polit
  
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• Angela Garbes Is on Blabbermouth This Morning Talking About Breast Milk and Her Essay That's Gone Viral

  28-08-2015 15:00 via thestranger.com
  Episode 19 of Blabbermouth is ready for your ears, and available on iTunes.The new episode of Blabbermouth, The Stranger's week-in-review podcast, is live and now available for download in the iTunes podcast marketplace. Please listen, subscribe, and rate it!
  This week, Stranger food critic Angela Garbes stops by to talk about her incredible feature from the current issue, “The More I Learn About Breast Milk, the More Amazed I Am.” Then, Stranger book critic/national politics corresp
  
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• Wrongly sentenced felon freed after 12 years

  28-08-2015 07:12
  
  In prison, surprises are seldom pleasant. A few weeks ago, though, federal inmate Nickia Striet got a big one – having fought an unjustly long prison term for 12 years, he found out he was going to be free.
  
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• Town of Mineral under evacuation level warning as forest fire threatens homes near Alder Lake

  28-08-2015 04:18
  
  Evacuation notices go out after forest fire threatens homes near Alder Lake
  
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• Town of Mineral under evacuation level one warning as forest fire threatens homes near Alder Lake

  28-08-2015 04:18
  
  Evacuation notices go out after forest fire threatens homes near Alder Lake
  
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• Evacuation notices go out after forest fire threatens homes near Alder Lake

  28-08-2015 04:18
  
  Evacuation notices go out after forest fire threatens homes near Alder Lake
  
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• Limbaugh: Journalists should consider packing heat after Virginia shootings

  28-08-2015 04:15
  
  The mighty mouth of conservative talk radio, Rush Limbaugh, has suggested that news reporters arm themselves, in the wake of the on-camera assassination of a Virginia TV reporter and cameraman. As is his wont, Limbaugh used the murders of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Wade to take out after his familiar political demons, and to demonize investigative reporters. Rush Limbaugh: “Well, let me suggest that maybe journalists might want to consider arming themselves as they go o
  
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• Feeling the drought: Lake Washington, Lake Union at lowest level in 28 years

  28-08-2015 03:10
  
  The prolonged Northwest drought, due to be interrupted by a drenching this weekend,  has pushed water levels at Lake Washington and Lake Union below the normal annual 20-foot park for the first time in 28 years, with the Army Corps of Engineers forecasting another foot drop. Hard to notice that you’re driving a little lower across Lake Washington?  But you are. Levels at the two lakes normally hit the 20-foot mark in December.  This year, the measurement at the Ballard Locks
  
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• Come on in, Seattle, the Water's Fine!

  28-08-2015 02:47 via thestranger.com
  
  No shit, Sherlock.Kelly O
  If you were scrolling through Slog yesterday, you may have noticed Christopher Frizzelle's alarmist caption, calling for swimmers to flee the liquid sapphire and slime of our glorious Lake Washington. This was not entirely accurate. It's true that you can't swim in the Seward Park swimming area until tomorrow evening at the earliest. But I'm here to tell you that the level of fecal bacteria in the rest of the lake, at least at the T-Dock, is perfectly acceptable.If it's
  
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• Deputies: Fake firefighter tied to burglary of 93-year-old

  28-08-2015 02:27
  
  Deputies: Fake firefighter tied to burglary of 93-year-old
  
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• If You Didn't Go See Pippin Like I Told You to, You're Going to Have to Drive to Portland

  28-08-2015 01:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Priscilla Lopez, on the left, right before she started flying through the air. Lopez created the role of Morales in A Chorus Line in 1975. How can I get it through your thick skull that you made a mistake not going to see her? Joan Marcus
  When you love, love, love a show that way I loved Pippin, you never know whether it's just your personality/your mood/your biases/your date or it's actually, truly, empirically a great show. But I was pretty sure.
  I told you to "cancel your plans"—whateve
  
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• Are You Coming to the 13th Annual Genius Awards at the Moore Theatre?

  28-08-2015 00:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Did you know that the best, funnest, dress-uppie-est arts party in all of Seattle is 100 percent FREE to attend? So why haven't you RSVP'd to get your FREE TICKET yet? I mean, what else can you do on Saturday, September 12, that's free? Go for one last swim in a poopy lake? Sit at home by yourself and look at dating sites on the internet? I'm telling you, there's nothing better you can possibly do. Look at this list of fine 2015 Genius talents. Oh, and check out a few of the lovely attendees fro
  
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• Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's Mistress America Is a Cleverly Self-Critical Sister Act

  28-08-2015 00:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke navigate the pitiless maw.
  Leaving the comfort and familiarity of home for college is scary enough, but entering the pitiless maw of New York City makes it doubly so. In his third collaboration with writer/actress/lady-love Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach serves up a scenario in which a naive freshman has a secret weapon: an older pseudo-sister to help her navigate the city as an independent adult…
  
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• VIDEO: Here's How Bad the Air Quality Is Near the Okanogan Wildfire

  28-08-2015 00:23 via thestranger.com
  
  An air-quality monitor in Omak measured hazardous levels of smoke today. SB
  The smoke. Oh my fucking god, the smoke. You don’t get it until you see it. It’s thick and hot and makes your eyes water and the back of your tongue itch. The burned landscape looks like the fucking moon. Or Mars. And hills obliterated by the Carlton Complex fire last year are now just blanketed with smoke. You can barely tell a smoky mountainside from a dried-up stream the color of milk. And some people are
  
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• My Romance with Breezes in the Summer of 2015

  28-08-2015 00:14 via thestranger.com
  
  The breezes that have come in and out of this window have changed my life. Charles Mudede
  Beginning around June, the hot nights of Seattle have come with the most amazing and sensual breezes I've ever known. And the hotter the night, the more loving the breeze. This is the kind of love that can only be measured by coolness and length of stay. Though I have encountered breezes that stayed for almost a minute, most last for no more than a few seconds. These beings of the air come and go at random,
  
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