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• Check Out Our SIFF Guide

  18-05-2016 23:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Uncle Howard: Playing at the Seattle International Film Festival.
  The Seattle International Film Festival kicks off May 19—and with it comes SIFF Notes, The Stranger's comprehensive guide to the festival, including the full schedule, reviews, critics' picks, and all manner of useful information in a handy pullout edition that fits neatly in your back pocket…
  
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• How the Continuation of the Bernie Sanders Campaign Hurts the Chances of a Democrat-Controlled Senate

  18-05-2016 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersScreaming into the wind? David Gilder / Shutterstock.com
  Dana Houle in the The New Republic:
  At this point, arguments about Bernie Sanders’s platform, his movement, or his purported electability are irrelevant; he will not be the Democratic nominee for president. Sanders must know this, but he has declared he will contest Clinton’s nomination up to the party’s nominating convention in July.
  It is Sanders’s prerogative to remain in the race. But exercising th
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: A Good Threesome, Spoiled

  18-05-2016 23:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageI'm a heteroflexible 26-year-old woman. So a year ago I met this married couple and in a few weeks of meeting them we had a threesome. The sex was fine and I was willing to have sex with them again until the husband got sketchy.
  A couple days after the threesome the husband was dropping his kids off at a park near me for a couple of hours (their kids are young teens, so old enough to leave alone for a while) and asked if he could come over for a beer and hang. I said sure. He immedi
  
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• ‘I’m a mother. Please don’t do this!’

  18-05-2016 23:22
  
  A Seattle man already accused in a string of flashings has now been charged with attempting to rape an elderly woman on Capitol Hill.
  
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• State issues recall, pesticide rules for pot

  18-05-2016 23:19
  
  The state Liquor and Cannabis Board set allowable levels for unapproved pesticides on pot and approved new procedures for recalling products considered risky to consumers.
  
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• 17 Films You Must See at SIFF 2016

  18-05-2016 22:46 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCharles Mudede highly recommends the documentary Weiner.
  America's biggest film festival starts tomorrow, and, in case you haven't heard, we have a complete guide to every aspect of the festival in the SIFF Notes section of our Things To Do calendar—from showtimes and ticket links to reviews from Stranger critics and trailers. During the 25 days of the 42nd annual Seattle International Film Festival, there will be screenings of 279 films (many of which will pl
  
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• Suspect in Arlington slayings waives extradition, will head back to Snohomish County

  18-05-2016 22:36
  
  One of two fugitive brothers suspected in the disappearance and presumed deaths of an Arlington couple agreed to be extradited during a hearing Wednesday morning in San Diego.
  
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• Suspect in Arlington slayings waives extradition, heading back to Snohomish County

  18-05-2016 22:36
  
  One of two fugitive brothers suspected in the disappearance and presumed deaths of an Arlington couple, waived his extradition during a hearing this morning in San Diego County, California.
  
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• SIFF Notes Is Here, Norman Lear Is Coming, and Ijeoma Oluo Is Great

  18-05-2016 22:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonMay 19-June 12. Read all about it!
  I trust you've all dashed out to grab SIFF Notes, the Stranger's annual guide to the Seattle International Film Festival, which begins tomorrow. It should be interesting to see which side of the Woody Allen debate Seattle's arts-gala types come down on—Alleged child molester? Cinema genius? Both? Neither? Despite Nicole Brodeur's passionate and logically faultless editorial in yesterday's Seattle Times urging the festival to reconsider booki
  
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• The volcano today: active, but in a normal way

  18-05-2016 22:08
  
  Thirty-six years after a deadly volcanic eruption at Mount St. Helens, the United States Geological Survey is still closely monitoring the volcano and others in the state. Activity this year has been considered normal.
  
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• Seattle-centered movies at SIFF, in history

  18-05-2016 21:21
  
  Among the festival's 421 films are a smattering of pictured made in Washington state, including one of the festival's larger draws – the Northwest premiere of "Captain Fantastic," a family heart warmer starring Viggo Mortensen and the Cascades.
  
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• Marlene Marder of Post-Punk Greats LiLiPUT/Kleenex Has Passed Away

  18-05-2016 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalMarder (center) was a catalyst for proto-riot grrrls LiLiPUT and Kleenex.
  News is surfacing that guitarist Marlene Marder (real name: Marlenee Marti) of Swiss post-punk greats and proto-riot grrrls LiLiPUT (formerly Kleenex) died May 15 at age 61. Cause of death is currently unknown. Marder's incisive tone and coiled riffs helped to define LiLiPUT and Kleenex's galvanizing songs. Kurt Cobain, for one, was a staunch LiLiPUT/Kleenex fan, and they earned critical acclaim from first-wav
  
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• Second Ghostbusters Reboot Trailer a Charm?

  18-05-2016 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Aisha Harris writes at Slate...
  It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that the first trailer for the new Ghostbusters was met with disappointment over its lackluster jokes and legitimate critiques about the way in which Leslie Jones, the film’s only major black star, is integrated into the plot. The new trailer has arrived, and it clearly seeks to course correct where its predecessor went wrong—and while it’s still not a totally LOL-worthy sneak peek, it definitel
  
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• Dry winter means more dust storm danger in Arizona, beyond

  18-05-2016 21:09
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — It’s that time of year in the Southwest – and as far as Alaska – when dust storms take shape, raising health and safety risks as plumes of dirt take to the sky. A dry winter means the Southwest is seeing a greater number of dust storms. Experts say the infamous […]
  
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• Oregon man hurt in crane jump at Maryland construction site

  18-05-2016 20:50
  
  An Oregon man was injured after he jumped from a construction site crane and his parachute failed to fully deploy.
  
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• Everyone Walks Out of the Nevada Democratic Convention a Loser

  18-05-2016 20:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeGreat job, everyone. Crush Rush / Shutterstock.com
  Have you ever had one of those game nights where one of the guys insists that he knows the Settlers of Catan rules better than anyone else and keeps challenging everyone? And then your other friend gets frustrated and yells at him, and then your other other friend is like "this is why we never invite you over," and then everyone's storming out and you're like "I just wanted to raise some pretend sheep."
  Welcome to the Nevada Democra
  
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• Timelapse: Watch Mount St. Helens explode from 11 miles away

  18-05-2016 20:39
  
  Photographers Keith Ronnholm and Gary Rosenquist were 11 miles away from Mount St. Helens when it began to erupt.
  
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• The Very Best of Lindy West! In Honor of the Publication of Her Memoir Shrill!

  18-05-2016 20:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleThe five funniest things she wrote for The Stranger? Impossible question.Yes, I know, Lindy hasn't worked at The Stranger in years, and yes, I know, she writes for the Guardian and GQ and places like that now, but her Stranger archives run deep, so in honor of her memoir Shrill being published yesterday (get it! Here it is on Indiebound if you hate Amazon), I have been looking through her archives and jiggling with laughter and narrowly avoiding asphyxiation by Trader Joe
  
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• Database launched to gather, study DNA from Midwestern twins

  18-05-2016 20:36
  
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Researchers who study how genes and the environment influence people’s health are hoping that twins who live in the Midwest will contribute DNA to a new database that might provide insight about traits and diseases that are specific to the region. The database, known as a twin register, was launched […]
  
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• How The Seattle Times covered the Mount St. Helens eruption 36 years ago

  18-05-2016 20:33
  
  The eruption of Mount St. Helens killed 57 people and blanketed parts of the Pacific Northwest in ashen darkness.
  
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• New horned dinosaur species discovered in Montana by amateur

  18-05-2016 20:02
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A novice fossil collector’s lucky find in a remote Montana badlands more than a decade ago represents a new kind of spectacularly-horned dinosaur, researchers announced Wednesday. The bones unearthed near Winifred, Montana represent a previously-unknown species of dinosaur that lived 76 million years ago. It’s scientific name is Spiclypeus shipporum (spi-CLIP-ee-us […]
  
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• The New Secretary of the Army Is the Highest-Ranking Openly Gay Official at the Pentagon Ever

  18-05-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleEric Fanning was nominated by President Obama last fall but his confirmation was delayed for months and months. US Deptartment of Defense
  He was nominated by Obama back in September, he was made acting Secretary back in November, but only yesterday did the U.S. Senate make "history when it confirmed Eric Fanning to the position of Army secretary." He is "the highest-ranking openly gay official ever at the Pentagon."The Army secretary "has statutory responsibility for all
  
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• Developers in San Francisco May Not be Interested in Building Lots of Affordable Houses

  18-05-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeAverage rent for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco is $3,500.. welcomia/shutterstock.com
  San Francisco is about to vote on Proposition C, a measure that would increase the affordable-housing requirement for "new developments from 12 percent to 25 percent." This sounds like a good thing, but as City Lab reports, there are a number of groups and politicians who are worried that the sharp increase might bring development in the housing market to a standstill. Why? City Lab:
  
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• As Journalists Balance Reporting With Fundraising to Save Station, KPLU Rakes in $6 Million in Donations

  18-05-2016 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzPublic radio station KPLU broke the $6 million mark yesterday—only $1 million left to go to reach their goal of $7 million by June 30 in order to buy the station from Pacific Lutheran University and go independent. Here's the newsroom celebrating: The outpouring of support has been astonishing. During the recent GiveBIG campaign—the annual fundraising extravaganza for local nonprofits led by the Seattle Foundation—KPLU smashed GiveBIG fundraising records by a facto
  
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• For sale: State's smallest ferry retires, will be sold after 49 years in service

  18-05-2016 19:51
  
  Washington State Ferries is retiring another of its fleet, this time the smallest ferry, the M/V Hiyu, after 50 years of sailing Puget Sound.
  
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• Seattle Student Succeeds in Getting a Gender Neutral Bathroom for His High School

  18-05-2016 19:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneSeattle Public Schools says that transgender students can use any bathroom they identify with, but Nathan Hale High School didn't have a bathroom for all genders until Destin Kramer came along. Alex Garland
  Destin Kramer, 17, turned his senior-year project into a campaign to create a bathroom for all genders at Nathan Hale High School. It was installed yesterday.
  Here's more from KIRO:
  The gender neutral bathroom at the school has 5 stalls. It used to be a women's restroom.&n
  
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• The Wildfires in Oso and Gold Bar, Wash. Have Been Contained

  18-05-2016 19:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufWildfire near Gold Bar fully contained https://t.co/bi26stOsxZ
  — KOMO News (@komonews) May 18, 2016According to The Seattle Times, dry weather and high temperatures led to an early start to Washington's fire season this year. Just last week, two wildfires broke out in Snohomish County – the Proctor Creek wildfire in Gold Bar and the Hot Shot fire in Oso.
  Thankfully, the Gold Bar fire was contained yesterday.From the Times:
  Continued cool weather after a damp weekend
  
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• The President of Cornish Is Going to Vegas

  18-05-2016 19:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesI don't have much to say about this news. Let's just look at a picture of Las Vegas. View Apart / Shutterstock.com
  Outgoing Cornish College of the Arts President Nancy Uscher, who told graduates this past weekend to be "thoroughly outrageous," is now making her own next leap.
  She's just been named dean at UNLV's College of Fine Arts.
  Meanwhile, Cornish Provost Moira Payne is in the running for the presidency at Portland's Pacific Northwest College of Art.Why did Uscher leave Cornish
  
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• New Zealand man accused of trying to export U.S. plane parts to China

  18-05-2016 19:26
  
  A New Zealand man arrested in Seattle is accused of attempting to purchase aircraft parts in the U.S. to sell to a client in China.
  
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• Video: Ambulance thief tries to ditch Seattle police

  18-05-2016 19:06
  
  A 23-year-old man was arrested after trying to hightail it in a stolen Seattle Fire Department ambulance, police say.
  
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• 2 arrested after chase, gunshots fired in downtown Seattle

  18-05-2016 19:01
  
  Two men were arrested early Wednesday morning after shots were fired downtown and police pursued the suspects on I-5 and I-90.
  
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• Elle/Esquire Magazine: Science Says Run From Any Guy Who Is Friends With His Ex!

  18-05-2016 18:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  So this post at Elle Magazine's website (a repost of something at Esquire's website) went mildly viral earlier this week. It summarized — allegedly summarized — the results of a new study looking at "post-relationship friendships," or PRTs. The headline of the post at Elle: "If You're Still Friends With Your Ex, Chances Are You're a Psychopath."
  Researchers at Oakland University studied the post-relationship friendships of 861 people and found that those with
  
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• Elle Magazine: Science Says Run From Any Guy Who Is Friends With His Ex!

  18-05-2016 18:11 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageSo this post at Elle Magazine's website went mildly viral earlier this week. It summarized — allegedly summarized — the results of a new study looking at "post-relationship friendships," or PRTs. The headline of the post at Elle: "If You're Still Friends With Your Ex, Chances Are You're a Psychopath."
  Researchers at Oakland University studied the post-relationship friendships of 861 people and found that those with darker personality traits were more likely to
  
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• The Morning News: Obama Gives Millions of Workers Overtime Pay, City Attorney Charges Eight for Illegal Pot Delivery

  18-05-2016 17:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzThanks, Barack. Frederic Legrand - COMEO / Shutterstock.com
  Obama Administration Gives 4.2 Million Workers a Raise: "Under the new regulation to be issued by the Labor Department on Wednesday," the New York Times reports, "most salaried workers earning up to $47,476 a year must receive time-and-a-half overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours during a week. The previous cutoff for overtime pay, set in 2004, was $23,660." Seattle's own pro-working class plutocrat Nick Hanauer ha
  
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• Stuck on hot: Earth breaks 12th straight monthly heat record

  18-05-2016 17:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s heat is stuck on high. Federal scientists said the globe shattered monthly heat records for an unprecedented 12th straight month as April smashed the old record by half a degree. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Earth’s average temperature in April was 56.7 degrees (13.7 degrees Celsius). That’s 2 degrees […]
  
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• Donald Trump Is Not

  18-05-2016 17:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageDonald Trump is not a groper...
  The New York Times cited a deposition from a woman who claimed that Donald Trump groped her under the table decades ago, but the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is certainly not a groper, his daughter said Wednesday. “Look, I’m not in every interaction my father has, but he’s not a groper,” Ivanka Trump said in an interview broadcast Wednesday on “CBS This Morning.” “It’s not who he is. And I
  
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• Sanders Supporters in Oregon, Not Ready to Face Political Mortality, Hand Their Candidate a Win

  18-05-2016 17:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi Groover
  "Who’s ready for a little political revolution?!?”
  Monte Jarvis, the Oregon state director for the Bernie Sanders campaign, is standing before a small crowd of volunteers and staffers. It’s the morning of the Oregon’s primary, and young people in jean jackets and Bernie T-shirts have gathered in a squat storefront on a busy street in Portland. They’re preparing to hang flyers on doors throughout the city, reminding people to get their ballots in by
  
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• Mars is within reach, says German tapped for space command

  18-05-2016 16:16
  
  COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Humans could set foot on Mars within decades if they wanted to, according to the German astronaut who has been tapped to become his country’s first commander of the International Space Station. Alexander Gerst said the space station offers a unique opportunity to test the technology needed to explore other planets, […]
  
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• ‘Save’ a baby bison? Visitors to our coast once ‘rescued’ a seal pup

  18-05-2016 15:15
  
  The recent incident at Yellowstone has tongues wagging about tourists’ naiveté. Park rangers and wilderness experts in the Northwest try to be sympathetic to people who are perhaps new to the outdoors. But still, they’re sometimes left shaking their heads.
  
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• ‘Down is finite, up is infinite,’ Puget Sound kids soar in rocketry

  18-05-2016 15:05
  
  Washington students have won some top honors at national space-race competitions this year.
  
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• Young Thug Is a Living Technological Advancement of Black Art

  18-05-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Young Thug Is a Living Technological Advancement of Black Artby Larry Mizell Jr.Jeffrey "Young Thug" Williams has to be rap's most acquired taste. Start with Lil-Wayne-at-his-weirdest as a stylistic soup-base, then simmer through the earliest days of Atlanta's Future-istmelodic renaissance, and throw in dashes of what might be ODB and Marilyn Manson—I would expect more than a few to opt for the Mickey D's drive-through, where the sauce is cheaper and sweeter, instead.Young Thug's detractor
  
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• SIFF Notes 2016 Is Here!

  18-05-2016 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Seattle International Film Festival kicks off May 19—and with it comes SIFF Notes, The Stranger's comprehensive guide to the festival, including the full schedule, reviews, critics' picks, and all manner of useful information in a handy pullout edition that fits neatly in your back pocket.What's that you say? You prefer to view this information on your phone or tablet or laptop? That's actually FINE, because our online SIFF Guide is even MORE comprehensive (if that's even a thing you c
  
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• California weighs next step for saving water in drought

  18-05-2016 08:18
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California water officials say they will consider dropping a mandate requiring conservation in the state’s fifth year of drought. The State Water Resources Control Board on Wednesday will vote on whether to give local water districts control of setting their own conservation targets. California is in a fifth year of drought. […]
  
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• Space shuttle external tank to be displayed in Los Angeles

  18-05-2016 08:10
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA is sending its last space shuttle external propellant tank to Los Angeles to join the retired orbiter Endeavour on display at the California Science Center. The plan is to mount the winged spaceship vertically on the massive tank as if ready for launch, complete with a real pair of solid […]
  
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• Is Portland Berning?

  18-05-2016 07:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Sanders Supporters in Oregon, Not Ready to Face Political Mortality, Hand Their Candidate a Winby Heidi Groover"Who’s ready for a little political revolution?!?”Monte Jarvis, the Oregon state director for the Bernie Sanders campaign, is standing before a small crowd of volunteers and staffers. It’s the morning of the Oregon primary, and young people in jean jackets and Bernie T-shirts have gathered in a squat storefront on a busy street in Portland. They’re preparing to h
  
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• For the PNW, how costly is climate change? Experts weigh in

  18-05-2016 07:23
  
  In a discussion at the University of Washington, panelists examined ways in which the region can take steps to protect against the threats of climate change to various industries.
  
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• Oregon county says no to Nestle water-bottling plant

  18-05-2016 06:50
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in an Oregon county imposed a ban on commercial water bottling on Tuesday, killing a plan in which Nestle would have built a water-bottling plant in the job-scarce town of Cascade Locks in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. Those who supported Measure 14-55, which sought the ban on the production […]
  
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