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• I, Anonymous: Ageist Millennial

  05-08-2016 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Anonymous STEVEN WEISSMAN
  I'm NOT your grandma, you ageist millennial. I'm sorry you're too cool and self-absorbed to really see me. I'm not your grandma; I'm a human being just like you. It's not PC to laugh at someone's color, their headgear, the butts they hump (or not). You don't openly laugh at their religion or lack thereof, but you snicker at me, and talk about me as if I don't know…
  
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• Archaeological excavations find 26K artifacts in New Mexico

  05-08-2016 23:03
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Crews conducting archaeological excavations for an electrical transmission line project southeastern New Mexico have uncovered 26,000 artifacts. Xcel Energy said this week the team found ion Eddy County the American Indian items dating back 5,000 years. The historic finds are believed to include a rare shallow basin pit house which was […]
  
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• Science News: It's Sad That Hillary Clinton Has to Say She Believes in Science

  05-08-2016 22:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ethan LinckScientists love Steven Spielberg's 1993 Jurassic Park, and Hillary Clinton loves scientists. Universal Pictures
  On HRC and Pandering to “Belief” in Science: Previously in this column I’ve highlighted Senator Sanders’ stance on GMO labeling and Jill Stein’s pander to anti-vaxxers as political positions that are inconsistent with scientific consensus. Sanders and Stein are hardly alone in straying from AAAS talking points in their platforms to appease th
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Punting

  05-08-2016 22:30 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageApologies in advance for the very long letter. I really need an outside perspective. A month ago I moved in with my boyfriend of two years, whom I love very much. He's great in many ways: smart, hot, successful, and all around a fun person to be around that makes even the most mundane activities exciting. I have dated multiple men long-term, and have never found the same amount of passion and togetherness that I have found with him. However, recent issues are really tearing me up an
  
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• EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Angry Jill Stein Is Being Marginalized? Here She Is Debating Roseanne Barr in Roseanne For President

  05-08-2016 22:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonJill Stein and Roseanne Barr debate matters of principle.
  It's hard to deny that Jill Stein has come in for her share of drubbing on this blog of late, whether it's the thoroughgoing discrediting of her entire campaign, or the gentle, affectionatemockery of her youthful art folly (as a means of pointing out what's wrong with her politics). However, in the interest of fairness, we now offer this exclusive clip of Stein debating her rival for the Green Party's imprimatur, comedian/ a
  
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• A look at who’s hosting Trump at Seattle fundraiser

  05-08-2016 21:53
  
  A Seattle-area fundraiser planned for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will be hosted by prominent Northwest investors and real-estate developers, according to an invitation.
  
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• A look at big names hosting Trump for Seattle fundraiser

  05-08-2016 21:53
  
  A Seattle-area fundraiser planned for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will be hosted by prominent Northwest investors and real-estate developers, according to an invitation.
  
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• Amazon rolls out 'Amazon One,' first branded cargo plane

  05-08-2016 21:33
  
  Amazon, already a behemoth that underpins more of our commerce than most people realize, has rolled out the first of its new branded cargo planes, a leased fleet of 40 planes meant to give the company greater control of its deliveries.
  
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• Jen Graves Takes You Inside Day One of the Seattle Art Fair

  05-08-2016 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jennifer Campbell
  The Stranger's Jen Graves has been tirelessly working her way around the Seattle Art Fair and has been posting excellent Facebook Live interviews. (Keep an eye our Facebook page for more.) Above, she talks to artist Trenton Doyle Hancock about his epic saga of the Moundverse, showing at Juxtapose x Superflat at Pivot Art + Culture.
  Jen also talked to mega-artist Takashi Murakami, who curated the Juxtapose show—head over to yesterday's post to see the video.
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• Annex Theatre’s Immersive Girl Offers Gender-Based Awkwardness for All

  05-08-2016 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith ANNEX THEATRE
  The first thing I saw when I walked through the door of Annex Theatre was eight women chilling out around a giant tub. At first, I thought they were going to start catcalling me. Was I to get a taste of what it feels like to be a woman in a world dominated by the male gaze simply walking through a door? But they were just chatting with each other, and they welcomed conversation.
  Actor Erin Bednarz was posted up in the tub, snacking on a bag of Lay's potato chips and k
  
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• In Case You Don't Understand Why People Are So Excited for Frank Ocean's Boys Don't Cry to Drop

  05-08-2016 21:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithThe entire internet is looking at Frank Ocean like... Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com
  Frank Ocean's new album, Boys Don't Cry, was supposed to drop last July. That didn't happen. There were reports that the album was going to drop last week. But, again, it didn't happen. There have been reports, even in the New York Times, that the album is supposed to drop today, but it has not happened yet. Therefore, many people are feeling like this:It's Friday and we're STILL waiti
  
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• American Democracy Isn't Rigged, It's Just Not Very Good

  05-08-2016 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Matt BaumeCan you think of any country where democratic elections did not guarantee responsible leadership? Unrelated: Obama delivers remarks alongside the Chancellor of Germany. Emmanuele Contini / Shutterstock.com
  Is the election rigged? Well, yes and no, depending on what you mean. And it's hard to know what anyone means by "rigged," even people who really ought to.
  "Of course the election will not be rigged. What does that mean?" President Obama asked yesterday, then added, "This will be
  
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• Where to escape from Seattle during Seafair's hydroplane races

  05-08-2016 20:56
  
  Seattle has a love-hate relationship with the noise and hoopla of hydroplane weekend, which once upon a time was the year's premier sporting event in the Emerald City.
  
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• Latest updates on wildfires around Washington and the West

  05-08-2016 20:45
  
  In Washington and elsewhere around the West, dry conditions and summer storms can lead to large, volatile wildfires. Here, we gather the latest stories tracking wildfires, their causes and efforts to fight them.
  
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• This Feel-Good Cop Video Is Ill-Timed at Best, Exploitative at Worst

  05-08-2016 20:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf
  Earlier this week, a video showing a Virginia police officer pulling over a black woman at a traffic stop went viral. In the video, the white male officer asked the driver if she knows why she was pulled over, she keeps her eyes averted and says "no" and then quickly rushes to say, "I mean, no sir." When the officer whips out two ice cream cones instead of a ticket—or worse, a gun—the driver's relief is palpable.
  What was meant to be a feel-good cop video became so
  
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• Apollo 11 bag used for lunar samples focus of legal dispute

  05-08-2016 20:18
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A bag carried to the moon aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft and used for the first sample of lunar material is at the center a legal fight after the government mistakenly sold it during the criminal case against the former director of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. The white bag […]
  
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• Halfway Fire: Officials evaluating whether to leave evacuation orders in place near Naches

  05-08-2016 20:14
  
  Residents will be notified if the evacuation orders are changed.
  
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• Crews battle wildfire north of Orondo, Washington

  05-08-2016 20:09
  
  The fire burned across 150 acres by 6:40 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. No homes were threatened.
  
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• Wildfire that destroyed homes near Moses Lake fully contained

  05-08-2016 19:47
  
  Also, a large wildfire in south-central Washington that threatened the Hanford nuclear reservation was 95 percent contained Thursday.
  
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• Former Cop Cynthia Whitlatch Appealing Her Firing to Discredited Review Board

  05-08-2016 19:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzThe saga continues.SPD
  Fired Seattle police officer Cynthia Whitlatch still wants her job back.
  In September, Whitlatch became the only officer in the modern history of the SPD to be terminated for racial bias, after she arrested an elderly African-American man in 2014 as he walked down the street with a golf club he used as a cane.
  Her union was expected to appeal the firing, but the details of the appeal were unknown until now.SPD Director of Transparency and Privacy Mary Perry co
  
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• Dead Baby Downhill XX Rides Tomorrow

  05-08-2016 19:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithLet's get ready to bike jooooooouuuuuuuuuuust! Seattle's craziest annual bike race / party will transform Georgetown into a pedal-wonderful thunderdome.Kelly OOn Saturday, all of Georgetown will be blocked off for the twentieth annual Dead Baby Downhill, Seattle's punk-colored Mad Max bike race.This year, the ride will begin at 4:00 p.m. at Uncle Ike's/Neighbor Ladybefore making its weird and wind-y way to Georgetown. About 3,000 people typically show up to this thing, so you'll wan
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: Uncaped Crusader Threatens Bouncer With Homemade Spear

  05-08-2016 18:15 via thestranger.com
  
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• US approves GMO mosquito test, but no release imminent

  05-08-2016 17:53
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is giving final approval for a field trial releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. The FDA said Friday in a statement that after considering thousands of public comments, its Center for Veterinary Medicine concluded the proposal from biotech firm Oxitec would not significantly affect […]
  
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• The Morning News: Amazon to Fly Plane Over Seafair, the Real Solution to Seattle's Growing Housing Crisis

  05-08-2016 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeWill the Blue Angels be replaced by Amazon planes in the future? Philipe Ancheta / Shutterstock.com
  Seattle Enters A New Era When Amazon Plane Flies Over Seafair: And it will happen before the Blue Angels do their very predictable business of soaring and plunging and scaring the crows on my street. We will yawn at all of that. But to see the Amazon plane—this will be amazing. And not because we expect the pilot to dazzle us with acrobatic demonstrations or his mastery of t
  
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• Jury awards man $36K after neighbors shot his dog

  05-08-2016 17:08
  
  Attorney Adam Karp says 56-year-old James Anderson of Franklin County got what may be the largest jury verdict in Washington for the wrongful death of a dog.
  
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• Just a burp: Intriguing hints of physics particle evaporate

  05-08-2016 17:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Disappointed physicists from the Large Hadron Collider report that what initially could have been an intriguing new particle has turned out just to a statistical burp. Last December, researchers at the European Center for Nuclear Research saw two readings of what could have been a new particle that might have upended the […]
  
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• Subway restaurant chain freshens up its logo

  05-08-2016 16:27
  
  The Subway sandwich chain, which has more than 500 locations across the Houston area, is freshening up its logo.
  
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• David Huddleston, who played title role in ‘The Big Lebowski,’ dies at 85

  05-08-2016 16:17
  
  David Huddleston, whose acting career spanned more than half a century, specialized in big, blustery characters. Huddleston died Tuesday of advanced heart and kidney disease in New Mexico, his wife said.
  
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• Some state Republicans plan to bail on Trump, vote Libertarian

  05-08-2016 15:00
  
  Longtime Republican strategist Cyrus Krohn of Issaquah is helping launch a national effort to convince GOP voters to abandon Donald Trump and vote Libertarian
  
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• ‘Out of the flames of hell’

  05-08-2016 15:00
  
  Daniel Lyon Jr. was burned over nearly 70 percent of his body on Aug. 19, 2015, in the Twisp River fire, a wildland blaze that killed three other firefighters. His recovery will take years. "It's like learning life all over again," he said.
  
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• Chinese team says it found evidence of mythical great flood

  05-08-2016 13:56
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Chinese researchers say they’ve found evidence that a flood submerged a vast swath of the country almost 4,000 years ago, possibly offering evidence that China’s legendary first dynasty did in fact exist. The researchers say in an article in this week’s edition of the journal Science that radiocarbon dating of soil samples […]
  
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• A newcomer’s guide to Seattle’s hydros: It’s all about the pa-a-a-a-rty

  05-08-2016 11:05
  
  What’s with all the people swamping Lake Washington this weekend? Here are five things you probably don’t know about hydroplane races at Seafair.
  
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• This Week on the Blabbermouth Podcast: Seattle Socialist Tries to Defend Support for Jill Stein

  05-08-2016 07:57 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli Sanders
  Subscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant is a die-hard Bernie-or-Buster who’s now telling progressives to ditch Hillary Clinton and vote for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein instead. At 1:17, Sawant's close advisor, Philip Locker, tries to defend this position. Can he? And can he defend Jill Stein’s terrible 1990s folk music against a barrage of questions from The Stranger's Rich Smith?Then, at 15:2
  
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• 2 houses collapse as strong storms pummel New Orleans

  05-08-2016 06:39
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A brief but intense storm pummeled New Orleans on Thursday afternoon, toppling trees and power lines and collapsing at least two abandoned houses. Two minor injuries were reported. “Two individuals were walking down the street in the severe weather. They happened to be right near a building when it collapsed,” said […]
  
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• Was World Vision official ‘major figure’ in Hamas?

  05-08-2016 05:52
  
  The Israeli government says millions of dollars in humanitarian aid sent to Gaza by the Federal Way-based nonprofit World Vision was instead diverted to the military arm of Hamas.
  
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• Did World Vision official divert aid for Gaza to Hamas?

  05-08-2016 05:52
  
  The Israeli government says millions of dollars in humanitarian aid sent to Gaza by the Federal Way-based nonprofit World Vision was instead diverted to the military arm of Hamas.
  
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• Family of woman found fatally shot in Madison Valley seeking answers in death

  05-08-2016 05:30
  
  To relatives and friends, Trina Bolar, 51, was an exceptional caregiver who loved children and offered charity. A passer-by found her dead in her Seattle home on Tuesday.
  
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• NIH may lift funding ban on human-animal stem-cell work

  05-08-2016 05:16
  
  The agency had banned funding for these kinds of experiments last September, but is reconsidering allowing some under strict conditions.
  
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• ACLU sues Pasco, saying election system violates federal Voting Rights Act

  05-08-2016 05:14
  
  Bertha Aranda Glatt, a lifelong Pasco resident, is suing the city in federal court with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.
  
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• Authorities find 18 cats dead, rescue 10 at Lake Oswego home

  05-08-2016 03:37
  
  Officials say many of the seized cats were emaciated, dehydrated and infested with fleas.
  
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• As More Ballots Are Counted, Brady Walkinshaw Continues to Lead Joe McDermott

  05-08-2016 03:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufStill neck and neck.
  As of this afternoon, King County Councilman Joe McDermott (20.5 percent) has fallen slightly further behind former State Representative Brady Walkinshaw (21.3 percent) in the primary election to represent the 7th Congressional District, which includes parts of King and Snohomish counties.Also: In the 8th Congressional District, which includes King, Pierce, Kittitas, and Chelan counties, zombie campaigner and former TV reporter Tony Ventrella, who dropped o
  
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• Release of accused Mukilteo gunman’s letter riles defense

  05-08-2016 03:04
  
  A defense attorney representing accused Mukilteo gunman Allen Ivanov says he is “dumbfounded” that an attorney who briefly represented the 19-year-old has made public a letter purportedly written to Ivanov’s loved ones.
  
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• Release of accused Mukilteo gunman’s letter perturbs defense

  05-08-2016 03:04
  
  A defense attorney representing accused Mukilteo gunman Allen Ivanov says he is “dumbfounded” that an attorney who briefly represented the 19-year-old has made public a letter purportedly written to Ivanov’s loved ones.
  
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• Seattle Police Say They're Getting "Unconfirmed" Reports of People Getting Drugged at Seattle Bars

  05-08-2016 02:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstonePeople say they're getting drugged in Capitol Hill bars. Jag_cz/Shutterstock
  The SPD posted a short PSA this afternoon:
  Seattle police are working closely with nightlife owners and staff to address community concerns about drugged drinks at Capitol Hill venues.
  At this time, the department has not identified any cases definitively related to drugged drinks or any pattern related to specific nightlife venues, but is actively seeking information about any unreported cases.
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• Seattle Police Say They're Getting "Unconfirmed" Reports of People Getting Drugged at Capitol Hill Bars

  05-08-2016 02:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstonePeople say they're getting drugged in Capitol Hill bars. Jag_cz/Shutterstock
  The SPD posted a short PSA this afternoon:
  Seattle police are working closely with nightlife owners and staff to address community concerns about drugged drinks at Capitol Hill venues.
  At this time, the department has not identified any cases definitively related to drugged drinks or any pattern related to specific nightlife venues, but is actively seeking information about any unreported cases.
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• 1 dead, 2 injured in fire near Bonney Lake

  05-08-2016 02:19
  
  Conditions of the two wounded people remain unknown. The Pierce County medical examiner will formally identify the deceased.
  
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• Melania Trump Denies She Broke US Immigration Laws

  05-08-2016 02:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jennifer Campbellpic.twitter.com/U3VTY05mzc
  — MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) August 4, 2016
  Melania Trump tweeted a denial of allegations that she may have broken US immigration law after a lengthy report from Politico shows inconsistencies in the somewhat shady official story of her arrival in the US.
  Trump is now a US citizen, married to one Donald J. Trump, Republican presidential nominee. His opposition to illegal immigration, is, let's say, strong.
  The official story, which Melania
  
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• Watch: A sungrazer comet streaks to a solar death

  05-08-2016 01:46
  Nearly three years ago, the world rooted for Comet ISON, and like the latest comet captured by NASA's SOHO satellite it was ripped apart as it streaked too close to the sun.
  
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