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• Savage Love: Guilt Ridden

  19-05-2016 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage JOE NEWTON
  Over the years, I have consumed what I believe to be an average amount of porn for a 44-year-old hetero guy. I have never paid for it, and I am now facing a troubled conscience for that fact. I could obviously just subscribe to some site or other now, but that would benefit only one company and/or set of performers. Is there a Dan Savage–approved charity relating to the adult film industry to which I could donate?…
  
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• Dominican agency: 2 new deaths from Zika-related syndrome

  19-05-2016 22:50
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic on Thursday reported two new deaths from a paralyzing disorder linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus that is spreading through the hemisphere. In its latest weekly update, the health ministry’s epidemiological office added to the four previously reported deaths from Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare illness of […]
  
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• Science News: Greenpeace Claims UW Fisheries Professors Captured by Fishing Industry, Prestigious Journal Nature Gave Bigfoot Genome Project the Time of Day

  19-05-2016 22:49 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ethan LinckGreenpeace going after UW fisheries professors. Pakorn Jarujittipun/shutterstock.com
  Greenpeace Puts UW Fisheries Professors in Its Crosshairs: In a letter to University of Washington president Ana Mari Cauce last Wednesday, environmental NGO Greenpeace filed a complaint against prominent UW fisheries professor Ray Hilborn, alleging that a public records request had revealed he failed to disclose industry funding in academic publications on numerous occasions. Following the accusat
  
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• Pronto offering free rides Friday in attempt to boost membership

  19-05-2016 22:48
  
  Pronto is offering free rides this Friday, hoping to get more people to use the bike-sharing program after the city took it over last month.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Supporter Robert Reich: "Work Like Hell" for Hillary Clinton if She Gets the Nomination

  19-05-2016 22:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverWill Bernie Sanders supporters be willing to "work like hell" for Hillary Clinton? Alex Garland
  Former labor secretary and prominent Bernie Sanders supporter Robert Reich has a message for die-hard Berners: If Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination, "I urge you to work like hell for her." Not everyone is on board.
  "Yes to the third party, but no to fighting for Hillary," reads the top comment on Reich's Facebook post calling on Sanders fans to first continue working "like
  
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• Suspect spends 7 hours in tree to avoid arrest, gets hosed down

  19-05-2016 21:42
  
  A Snohomish man trying to avoid arrest on suspicion of domestic violence spent seven hours perched in a tree.
  
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• An "Opera of the Mind"—Stuart McLeod’s Music for Guitar Orchestra and Brain Waves

  19-05-2016 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalStuart McLeod—EEG wiz. Stuart McLeod
  Stuart McLeod and Brain Trust's May 21 show at the Rendezvous' Jewelbox Theater represents the rare chance to witness Music for Guitar Orchestra and Brain Waves, which is exactly what it says on the tin. To realize this monumental work, which is partially guided by the patterns generated by McLeod's brain waves, the Seattle drummer/percussionist/composer enlisted four guitarists (Rob Henson, Korby Sears, Mark Schlipper, Guy Whitmore) and tw
  
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• Carbon dioxide levels jump by record amount due to El Nino

  19-05-2016 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air jumped by the biggest amount on record last month, a rise amplified by El Nino, scientists say. Carbon dioxide levels increased by 4.16 parts per million in April compared to a year earlier, according to readings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s […]
  
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• UW’s refugee honeybees find temporary homes

  19-05-2016 21:28
  
  Volunteers have offered up their backyards to keep the popular UW beekeeping program buzzing for at least another year.
  
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• Killer Nile crocodiles in Florida? Experts say it’s possible

  19-05-2016 21:10
  
  Three Nile crocodiles were captured near Miami, and it's possible more of the man-eating reptiles are still out there.
  
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• Seattle Pride president quits after flap over airline sponsorship

  19-05-2016 21:06
  
  The president of Seattle Pride resigned after acknowledging he misrepresented the sponsorship agreement with Delta Air Lines, a new sponsor of the Pride Parade, telling Alaska Airlines employees they could not wear Alaska T-shirts or any branding.
  
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• Charges: Mercer Island man dealt child rape videos from his $1M home

  19-05-2016 20:39
  
  A Mercer Island man accused of sharing violent child rape videos online has been charged with child pornography offenses. King County prosecutors claim Haniff Somani was caught trading child rape movies on a file-sharing network. Somani, 54, has been charged in state court with possession and distribution of child pornography.
  
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• Sea-Tac Airport to hire 90 contractors to help shrink security lines

  19-05-2016 20:24
  
  The extra staffing at the airport comes amid pressure from frustrated travelers across the country to shorten security lines that cause hours of delays.
  
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• Oregon high school student accused of sexting girl, 14

  19-05-2016 20:23
  
  An Oregon high school senior has been arrested on allegations that he sent sexually explicit photos of himself to a 14-year-old student.
  
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• Enter to win a pair of weekend passes to the 2016 Crypticon Festival!

  19-05-2016 19:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Taffy MarlerEntries accepted until 11:59am (PT) on Tuesday, May 24thThree lucky winners will each receive a pair of weekend passes the the 2016 Crypticon Festival, May 27-29 at the Hilton Hotel Airport & Conference Center!
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• Now Donald Trump Wants us to Talk About Rape

  19-05-2016 19:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeWe still have six more months of hearing why these are the worst two people to have ever lived. a katz / Shutterstock.com
  Good news, everyone: when the smalltalk hits a lull today, you'll be able to groan and say, "oh, did you hear the latest thing Trump did?" Because at this point, Trump doing something weird is as regular and predictable as the weather being too hot or too cold or too sunny or too wet. Or, in Trump's case, too rapey.
  In truth, Trump only said two words — "an
  
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• Ballard Residents Reminded of Greenwood Explosion After Their Own Gas Leak Scare

  19-05-2016 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufNW 64 St is closed and residents evacuated between 20 Ave NW and 22 Ave NW due to gas leak. PSE on scene. pic.twitter.com/agjJTI0KG5
  — Seattle Fire Dept (@SeattleFire) May 18, 2016A Seattle Public Utilities crew struck a 4-inch natural gas pipe while installing a water line along Northwest 64th Street in Ballard on Wednesday morning. After receiving a 911 call from the crew, Seattle Fire Department officials closed streets from 20th Avenue Northwest to 22nd Avenue Northwe
  
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• Beyoncé Gave Us Everything Last Night

  19-05-2016 19:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Angela GarbesBeyoncé? She flawless.AG
  Before Beyoncé even took the stage last night, we saw her body—flashes of flesh broadcast on a massive, four-sided tower made of video screens. We saw her holes. An orchid bloomed from out of her mouth. She sat on a backwards chair looking into each and every one of our souls, a light emanating from her pelvis.This is the Formation tour, and we are all formed from women.How does a black woman—a pop star—come to be in comple
  
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• Human remains found in Snohomish County identified

  19-05-2016 19:10
  
  The remains are those of a 28-year-old Portland man who disappeared in 1988, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said.
  
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• US regulators to detail cause of California oil spill

  19-05-2016 19:03
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An investigation into a pipeline break that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil on the California coast a year ago has been concluded, federal regulators said Thursday. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration planned to release a final report in the afternoon that details the cause of the […]
  
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• Morley Safer, ‘60 Minutes’ newsman, dies a week after retirement

  19-05-2016 18:53
  
  Morley Safer, who once claimed “there is no such thing as the common man; if there were, there would be no need for journalists,” has died. “60 Minutes” aired a tribute to him on Sunday after he announced his retirement last week.
  
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• Neapolitan Crime Bosses Show Respect for a Colleague's Gender Identity

  19-05-2016 18:46 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageGiovanna “Gió” Arrivoli was an up-and-coming Neapolitan Camorra crime boss — and a trans man. Assigned female at birth, Arrivoli lived his truth, found a girlfriend, and ran drugs out of a coffee shop called the Blue Moon. How did the other mobsters in Camorra feel about him? They "respected Arrivoli’s gender reassignment," according to a report in the Daily Beast. Unfortunately for Arrivoli... the news doesn't stop there. Arrivoli either ran up d
  
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• Tacoma woman accused of shooting ex-husband

  19-05-2016 18:41
  
  A Tacoma woman is being jailed on $500,000 bail for allegations that she shot her ex-husband after confronting him and his girlfriend.
  
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• More Complaints of Racial Profiling on Popular Neighborhood Site Nextdoor

  19-05-2016 18:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverThe New York Times is the latest to report on Nextdoor, where posts like this are sometimes accompanied by descriptors like "light-skinned black female."Nextdoor
  “There is this automatic fear or suspicion of anyone different, and it was validated by all these neighbors." That's how Oakland Nextdoor user Monica Bien recently described her experience on the site to the New York Times. Nextdoor—a site where posters can share information with others in their immediate nei
  
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• Executive Director of Reel Grrls Speaks Out Against SIFF for Woody Allen Opening Night

  19-05-2016 18:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonWill this affect turnout at tonight's SIFF opening night gala? Damiano Poli/Shutterstock
  Nancy Chang, executive director of Reel Grrls, published an open letter this morning in which she chastised the Seattle International Film Festival for booking Woody Allen's film Cafe Society for its opening night film,and the Seattle arts community as a whole for tacitly supporting that decision, which she called "tone deaf and out-of-touch with the current zeitgeist." She also expressed shame
  
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• There Is No War on Cops: 2015 Was One of the Safest Years on Record for Police

  19-05-2016 18:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzThe "war on cops" is a myth. shalunts / Shutterstock.com
  Remember when Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) President Ron Smith claimed last August that the Obama administration was waging a "war on cops"?About that:
  Data released by the FBI on Monday shows that 2015 was one of the safest years for U.S. law enforcement in recorded history, following a sustained trend of low numbers of on-duty deaths in recent decades.
  The FBI’s preliminary statistics, part of a larger Uniform
  
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• If You Live in Capitol Hill and Pledge to Drive Less, You Could Win a Fitbit and Other Shit from King County Metro

  19-05-2016 17:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneThere is no such thing as too much free coffee and tote bags. There is such a thing as too many cars. James Yamasaki
  Thanks to Capitol Hill Seattle Blog for highlighting this program:
  Metro is bringing a program to encourage people who live, work, and/or go to school on Capitol Hill to get out of cars — and keep track of it — for prizes, giveaways, and a strong sense of public transit righteousness. “By taking part in the program, residents can find more way
  
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• Morning News: Sea-Tac Airport Begins Privatizing Security Checkpoints, Seattle Is Very Good at Road Rage

  19-05-2016 17:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeTransportation Security Administration, a unionized agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is underfunded.Arina P Habich/Shutterstock.com
  Austerity Is Behind the Long Lines at Sea-Tac Airport's TSA Checkpoints: Sea-Tac Airport has hired a private contractor to speed up lines at its security checkpoints. But this is not a real solution to the problem, which has nothing to do with TSA being an inefficient government agency, and everything to do with the fact that it's
  
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• Person of Interest: Carl Spence, Festival Director and Chief Curator of the Seattle International Film Festival

  19-05-2016 17:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Kelly OCarl Spence, photographed at the SIFF Film Center. KELLY O
  Carl Spence has spent more than 20 years curating film exhibitions, festivals, and live events. In addition to his more than two decades with SIFF, he has also worked with international fests in San Francisco and Palm Springs. More recently, he helped start the Orcas Island Film Festival…
  
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• 17-year-old boy shot in chest in Burien

  19-05-2016 17:29
  
  A teen boy was shot in Burien just after midnight and taken to Harborview Medical Center, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office.
  
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• (Highway) 99 Shades Darker: Movie shoot will slow viaduct traffic

  19-05-2016 17:19
  
  The Alaskan Way Viaduct will be slowed for “a major motion picture” shoot, the Seattle Department of Transportation says.
  
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• Microsoft commits to cleaning up its cloud

  19-05-2016 17:10
  
  The company says its network of data centers will use renewable energy for 50 percent of its needs by the end of 2018, among other sustainability pledges.
  
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• UW geneticist receives nation’s top honor for scientific work

  19-05-2016 17:00
  
  Dr. Mary-Claire King, the University of Washington geneticist who discovered the BRCA1 gene linked to increased breast-cancer risk, has been awarded the National Medal of Science, the top honor for scientific achievement.
  
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• Mars, Earth, sun line up perfectly in sky this weekend

  19-05-2016 16:10
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Last week, Mercury stole the show. Now it’s Mars’ turn. On Sunday morning, Mars, Earth and the sun will line up perfectly in the sky. This once-every-two-years event is called Mars opposition. That’s because Mars and the sun will be on opposite sides of Earth. Right now, Mars is about […]
  
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• Three decades after ‘Streetwise’ documentary, ‘Tiny’ struggles and dreams on

  19-05-2016 15:58
  
  The story of Erin Blackwell, a 13-year-old street kid and prostitute known as “Tiny,” was captured in the 1984 Oscar-nominated documentary “Streetwise.” With a follow-up film showing to SIFF audiences this month, her tale is sadly relevant in Seattle today.
  
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• Student voices: Traditional school didn’t work for me, so I enrolled in an online school

  19-05-2016 15:05
  
  Students need to know about all the options they have for completing high school, says Rahima Ali, a Running Start student who attends Insight School of Washington and Shoreline Community College.
  
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• U.S. Census: Seattle now fourth for growth among 50 biggest U.S. cities

  19-05-2016 15:00
  
  The latest numbers show the population increased by 2.3 percent between July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015.
  
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• UN appoints Mexican diplomat as new climate chief

  19-05-2016 11:31
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — The United Nations has appointed a Mexican diplomat as the top U.N. official leading the fight against global warming. Patricia Espinosa said in a statement Thursday that she is “grateful and honored” to be named executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The appointment was announced by U.N. Secretary-General […]
  
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• Apartment fire in Everett displaces ten people; authorities investigating

  19-05-2016 07:25
  
  It’s unclear how the fire in a second-floor unit started.
  
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• Apartment fire in Everett displaces 10 people; authorities investigating

  19-05-2016 07:25
  
  It’s unclear how the fire in a second-floor unit started.
  
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• NASA’s Valkyrie robots set the table for human life on Mars

  19-05-2016 07:13
  
  LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Four sister robots built by NASA could be pioneers in the colonization of Mars, part of an advance construction team that sets up a habitat for more fragile human explorers. But first they’re finding new homes on Earth and engineers to hone their skills. The space agency has kept one Valkyrie […]
  
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• 520 bridge expansion-joint noise drives hundreds of complaints

  19-05-2016 05:45
  
  Medina and Clyde Hill neighbors complain that noise from the new 520 bridge expansion joints is wrecking their lives and their sleep. WSDOT is investigating.
  
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• ‘Barefoot Bandit’ says his mother has died

  19-05-2016 04:54
  
  Colton Harris-Moore, now in prison, got his moniker as a result of a series of car, boat and plane thefts, some of which he committed while barefoot.
  
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• Uncaged: Prisoners’ artwork on display at UW

  19-05-2016 04:31
  
  The University of Washington’s grassy Quad features work by current and former prisoners in the state. The exhibit is organized by Huskies for Opportunities in Prison Education and includes a 6-by-9-foot spatial representation of a cell for two inmates.
  
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