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• Thank You for Your Service: 10 Gawker Articles We Loved

  18-08-2016 23:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney Brownstonehttps://t.co/Xz0XDuYNdJ Shutting Down, Associated Sites Being Sold To Univision https://t.co/x2vxOxueMX
  — NPR (@NPR) August 18, 2016A billionaire venture capitalist with a long-standing grudge against Gawker Media has succeeded in bankrupting what will go down in history as one of the most remarkable iterations of online journalism in the new millennium. After 14 years, Gawker will shutter next week.Everyone in the news business has probably loved Gawker for (at times)
  
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• Savage Love: All I Ever Wanted

  18-08-2016 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage JOE NEWTON
  I'm an early-30s bi woman. As I have more relationships, I have started to see a pattern in that I find sex much hotter when there is some degree of confusion or forbidden-ness. So relationship sex can get boring quickly. I know there's not necessarily a good answer for why, but any suggestions on what to do about this? I want to have great sex with a partner for life! Maybe my expectations about good sex in a long-term relationship are unrealistic? I know it's not alway
  
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• My Complicated Love/Hate (But Mostly Love) Relationship With Gawker

  18-08-2016 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  My Complicated Love/Hate (But Mostly Love) Relationship With Gawkerby Tricia Romano
  When I started writing a nightlife column for the Village Voice back in 2002, Gawker.com was just a fledging site, written by one person, Elizabeth Spiers. The writing was pointed and witty; its subject was the media’s favorite subject—itself.
  After a few months, the site quickly upended the New York Post’s gossip column, Page Six, and its media columnist, Keith Kelly, as the place to want to se
  
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• Department of Justice Will Stop Using Private Prisons; Immigration Agents Won't

  18-08-2016 22:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzThe announcement doesn't affect this for-profit jail in Tacoma. Ansel Herz
  Big news today from the Department of Justice and Bureau of Prisons: They're going to stop relying on for-profit companies to run their prisons. The announcement sent the stocks of the country's two largest prison corporations, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group, crashing.
  However, as Think Progress points out, "The private prison industry will still have access to its biggest cash cow: im
  
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• Cult Classic Fantastic Planet Has Its Own Vibe

  18-08-2016 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Andrew WrightMany movies may aspire to cult status, but only a few can slither right in and stake an unquestionable claim. The 1973 French/Czechoslovakian animated film Fantastic Planet, thankfully, is absolutely one of the latter. A Grand Prix winner at Cannes (and originally brought to American theaters by legendary king of schlock Roger Corman), its combination of seriously trippy illustrations and groovy jazz-porny musical score creates a stunning, vividly potent sensation. Once it hits y
  
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• Life on Seattle's Alki Beach

  18-08-2016 22:19
  
  Wrapped around the northwest edge of West Seattle, Alki Beach has long been one of the region's best bits.
  
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• Trump Statue Update: He Now Has a Hat

  18-08-2016 22:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufThe hat, which reads "Make Me Cum Again," somehow makes the statue even more cringe-inducing. ASK
  When we visited the veiny, life-size statue around 1 p.m., there was a crowd of people gathered around it gawking, snickering, and taking photos. One woman stalled her car in the middle of the rainbow crosswalk on 11th Avenue and Pike Street to take a quick picture.
  The hat made our skin crawl.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Why Nate Parker Should Never Have Made The Birth of a Nation

  18-08-2016 21:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeNate Parker in poster for The Birth of a Nation) Fox Searchlight
  The black director, star, and co-writer of Birth of a Nation, a film that generated a terrific amount of buzz at Sundance 2016, where it sold for a record-breaking $17.5 million to Fox Searchlight, and was set to make big waves at next year's Oscars, was charged in 1999 with raping an 18-year-old woman.Parker, who was attending Penn State at the time, claimed that he did not rape her, that the sex was consensual. S
  
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• Uber Drivers Face Uncertain Future as Mayor, City Council Shrink Away from Unionization Law

  18-08-2016 21:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverEight months after Uber and Lyft drivers won the right to unionize, the city is still struggling to implement the law. HG
  In December, Seattle passed a never-before-tried law allowing drivers for app-based ride companies like Uber and Lyft to unionize. The legislation came after outcry from drivers who said they suffer from low wages and unexpected deactivations on the platforms. The law, passed unanimously, had the potential to flip power dynamics in the gig economy on their hea
  
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• Hot weather means no campfires in Washington State Parks

  18-08-2016 21:12
  
  If roasting a marshmallow or hot dog at a state park over a campfire was in your hot-summer-Saturday plans for this weekend, think again. In the face of possible triple-digit heat in coming days, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission on Thursday announced a statewide ban on campfires in all state parks. The prohibition […]
  
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• Overturned Truck Shuts Down I-5 Near Tacoma

  18-08-2016 21:09 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jessica FuAll lanes of the I-5 in the Tacoma and Fife areas are being cleared, due to a tanker truck that overturned on the freeway.
  Tacoma/Fife: Both directions of I-5 are closed due to overturned semi tanker that is leaking. Avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/QP4kzEcJhG
  — WSDOT Tacoma Traffic (@wsdot_tacoma) August 18, 2016
  According to KOMO News, the overturned vehicle was carrying 7,700 gallons of gasoline, which is now leaking out onto the freeway:
  A fuel pump truck is enroute to get
  
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• Much Beloved Drag Queen Darcelle Achieves Guinness World Record

  18-08-2016 21:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Wm. Steven Humphrey Andrew Tonry
  Want to know another awesome thing about Portland? Their vibrant drag community. And the most beloved leader of that community is undoubtedly Darcelle (aka Walter Cole)—owner and grand maven of Darcelle XV Showplace, America's longest running drag show. But that's not all she's accomplished! Check out this announcement from the Guinness Book of World Records:
  The oldest drag queen performer is Walter "Darcelle XV" Cole (USA, b. 16 November 1930), who rem
  
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• Seattle among U.S. cities graced with naked Trump statues

  18-08-2016 20:41
  
  A statue of Donald Trump in the nude popped up on the corner of 11th Avenue and Pike Street as part of a nationwide art installation.
  
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• Seattle among nation’s cities graced with naked Trump statues

  18-08-2016 20:41
  
  A statue of Donald Trump in the nude popped up on the corner of 11th Avenue and Pike Street on Thursday morning as part of a nationwide art installation.
  
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• SPD Chief O’Toole, police leaders meet with Hillary Clinton in N.Y.

  18-08-2016 20:27
  
  Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole stressed her participation was “not an endorsement” of Clinton. She described the gathering as an opportunity to discuss policing issues.
  
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• Mr. Robot Recap: The Twist in Episode 7 Is Big But a Bit Trying

  18-08-2016 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThis father is in the head of his son. USA Network
  Fans of Mr. Robot, a TV show about hackers who on June 9, 2015 successfully collapse a global economic system that looks and functions very much like our Chimerical one, might want to watch Werner Herzog's new documentary Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World. It opens tomorrow, concerns the current and possibly highest stage of human civilization, which is connected and defined by the technologies of the internet, and
  
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• Seattle's Burke Museum gets its own T. rex

  18-08-2016 20:07
  
  In the same Hell Creek Formation layer of rock in Montana where the famed paleontologist Barnum Brown discovered Tyrannosaurus rex in 1902, a team of Burke Museum paleontologists have discovered their very own T. rex.
  
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• Today in Stupid: Police Say Ryan Lochte Made Up Robbery Story To Cover Up a Gas Station Altercation

  18-08-2016 19:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jennifer CampbellHave I got a story for you! Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
  Swimmer Ryan Lochte may have helped create an international incident.
  Police in Rio are now saying Lochte and fellow swimmer Jimmy Feigen fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint over the weekend in order to cover up an altercation at a gas station.
  ">Authorities reviewed surveillance and witness reports and are now saying that the two, along withJack Conger and Gunnar Bentz, stopped at a gas station early
  
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• 7,200 people RSVP to see baby goats, drink beer in Ballard

  18-08-2016 19:24
  
  The Puget Sound Goat Rescue is hosting an event at Ballard's Reuben's Brews today where people are encouraged to meet and pet baby goats.
  
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• 7,200 people RSVP to see baby goats and drink beer in Ballard

  18-08-2016 19:24
  
  The Puget Sound Goat Rescue is hosting an event at Ballard's popular Reuben's Brews where people are encouraged to meet and pet baby goats.
  
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• I-5 in Fife reopens after semitruck overturns, leaks fuel

  18-08-2016 19:17
  
  All lanes reopened by 12:25 p.m. after a three-hour closure. The truck overturned about 9:15 a.m. while trying to get onto I-5 near the Port of Tacoma Road, spilling fuel.
  
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• I-5 in Fife closed for hours after semitruck overturns, leaks fuel

  18-08-2016 19:17
  
  All lanes reopened by 12:25 p.m. after a three-hour closure. The truck overturned about 9:15 a.m. while trying to get onto Interstate 5 near Port of Tacoma Road, spilling fuel.
  
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• I-5 closes in Fife after semitruck overturns

  18-08-2016 19:17
  
  Traffic is being diverted onto surface streets, and there is no indication when the freeway will reopen.
  
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• I-5 closed both directions in Fife after semitruck overturns, leaks fuel

  18-08-2016 19:17
  
  Some nearby buildings are being evacuated as a precaution, although there is no fire. There is no information on when I-5 will reopen.
  
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• There's a Horrifying Statue of Donald Trump in Capitol Hill

  18-08-2016 18:53 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf"His pubes look like ramen," said one Stranger staffer. ASK
  A statue of a certain veiny, mayonnaise-colored Republican presidential nominee is standing on the corner of 11th Avenue and Pike Street. A plaque at his feet reads: "The emperor has no balls."
  The life-size figure was created by anarchist art collective INDECLINE and has been installed in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Cleveland, The Washington Post reports.The group’s latest project has been four mon
  
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• What Trump Means By His Confusing "Mr. Brexit" Tweet

  18-08-2016 18:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithMr. Trump is currently searching for a Union Jack flag that's just as big as this U.S. flag. Please send all tips to @realDonaldTrump Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com
  Someone let Donald Trump have his phone again this morning. With it, he Tweeted a Tweet so mysterious, so baffling, so alive with meaning that everybody is suffering from a case of analysis paralysis. Here's that tweet:
  They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT!
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2016Bu
  
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• Scientists unravel mystery of osprey migration

  18-08-2016 18:33
  
  TILTON, N.H. (AP) — Scientists have long known ospreys make an epic journey each summer from New England to South America. But the details of their dangerous trip remained a mystery — until now. Thanks to trackers on the backs of these fish-eating raptors, scientists are filling in the picture. And what they are learning […]
  
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• Hemingway home gets back antlers taken by Hunter S. Thompson

  18-08-2016 18:09
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A young Hunter S. Thompson went to Idaho to write about Ernest Hemingway and decided to take a piece of his hero home with him — a set of trophy elk antlers. More than half a century later, the gonzo journalist’s wife returned the antlers to Hemingway’s house in the mountain […]
  
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• Antlers taken by Hunter S. Thompson return to Hemingway home

  18-08-2016 18:09
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson went to Idaho to write about literary icon Ernest Hemingway and decided to take a piece of his hero home with him — a set of trophy elk antlers. More than half a century later, the antlers have been returned. “One of the stories that has […]
  
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• Astronaut shares gorgeous photos of Olympic National Park, Mount St. Helens

  18-08-2016 18:08
  
  NASA's Jeff Williams shares photographs taken from the International Space Station.
  
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• Astronaut shares gorgeous photos of Olympic National Park and Mount St. Helens

  18-08-2016 18:08
  
  NASA's Jeff Williams shared photos taken from the International Space Station.
  
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• Biologists remove dead conjoined twin from endangered turtle

  18-08-2016 17:52
  
  ROME (AP) — Marine biologists in southern Italy have separated conjoined twin loggerhead turtles and released the surviving newborn into the Mediterranean Sea. The release occurred this week along the beaches of Campania where the endangered loggerheads come to nest every year. Fulvio Maffucci, marine biologist at Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, said Wednesday there had […]
  
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• The Morning News: Racist Skinhead Talks About Trump After Stabbing Attack, Kelso Police Kill 27-Year-Old African-American

  18-08-2016 17:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzHate speech matters. Voa.gov
  Skinhead Attacks Black Man in Olympia, Says He's Protecting Police: "Court documents say the suspect, 32 and from Richland, had tattoos that said 'Skinhead' and 'White Power,'" KOMO reports. "He told police several times that he was defending them and that he had their backs." He described plans to attend a Donald Trump rally. The victim suffered a cut to the abdomen area.Police in Kelso, Washington, Kill a 27-Year-Old African-American Man: The local she
  
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• Montana Tech expels 15 summer school students for cheating

  18-08-2016 17:26
  
  BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Montana Tech has expelled 15 summer school students for cheating. Doug Abbott, vice chancellor for academic affairs, declined to release any other information to The Montana Standard (http://bit.ly/2b3UQgl) including the classes in which the cheating occurred, how they cheated or if it was a coordinated effort. The school’s website lists aiding […]
  
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• Zoomable: Spectacular photos of Olympic NP, Seattle, St. Helens from space

  18-08-2016 17:03
  
  In what's becoming a tradition on the International Space Station since NASA astronaut Chris Hadfield achieved social media stardom in 2013, the latest photos taken by a space interloper of the Seattle region are spectacular.
  
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• Study finds ancient Iceman wore hat made of bear skin

  18-08-2016 15:40
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say Oetzi the Iceman wore clothes made of brown bear pelt and roe deer when he died in the Alps 5,300 years ago. Researchers in Italy used genetic analysis to determine that the two materials were used for Oetzi’s fur hat and his leather quiver respectively. Niall O’Sullivan, a researcher at […]
  
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• Eroding Alaska island village votes to move to mainland

  18-08-2016 15:04
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Residents of a tiny island village in Alaska have voted to move from their badly-eroded home to the mainland, but there likely isn’t enough money for the impoverished community of just 600 people to follow through on the decision. The Inupiat Eskimo village of Shishmaref held a special election Tuesday asking […]
  
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• More potentially deadly bacteria found at Maryland hospital

  18-08-2016 12:19
  
  UPPER MALBORO, Md. (AP) — Officials say they’ve found another instance of a potentially deadly bacterium inside a Maryland hospital that was shut down earlier this month. Prince George’s Hospital Center officials announced Tuesday evening that the presence of the bacteria Pseudomonas was discovered in at least one patient care area outside of the neonatal […]
  
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• Tropical Storm Fiona maintaining intensity in the Atlantic

  18-08-2016 11:34
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fiona is maintaining its intensity as it moves across the Atlantic. The storm’s maximum sustained winds early Thursday have increased to near 45 mph (75 kph). Additional strengthening is possible Thursday followed by gradual weakening over the weekend. Fiona is centered about 1,095 miles […]
  
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• Tropical Storm Fiona getting stronger in the Atlantic

  18-08-2016 11:34
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fiona is getting a little stronger as it moves across the Atlantic. The storm’s maximum sustained winds early Thursday have increased to near 45 mph (75 kph). Additional strengthening is possible Thursday followed by slow weakening by the weekend. Fiona is centered about 1,080 […]
  
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• Fate of crumbling DC subway rests with ‘nuts-and-bolts guy’

  18-08-2016 09:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Wiedefeld stood on an overcrowded platform at Union Station, watching as trains came and went, too full to pick up more commuters. Metro was making him — the general manager of Washington’s subway system — late for a meeting about customer service. Wiedefeld was just another rider that day, angered by […]
  
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• New plight for Louisiana flood victims: Find a place to live

  18-08-2016 08:57
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) — Keisha Taylor, a 37-year-old mother of four, has spent three nights in two different shelters since her family fled the flooding at their Baton Rouge apartment complex. And she doesn’t know how many more nights they will be sleeping on cots inside the downtown arena where hundreds sought shelter. Taylor […]
  
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• Louisiana flooding victims now struggling with where to live

  18-08-2016 08:57
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) — Keisha Taylor, a 37-year-old mother of four, has spent three nights in two different shelters since her family fled the flooding at their Baton Rouge apartment complex. And she doesn’t know how many more nights they will be sleeping on cots inside the downtown arena where hundreds sought shelter. Taylor […]
  
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• Seattle police have ‘embraced’ crisis-intervention training, report says

  18-08-2016 07:01
  
  Less than 2 percent of incidents involving people who are mentally ill or in some type of crisis over one year resulted in any use of force by police, the report says.
  
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• Disaster vs. Optimism: Bill Bryant and Jay Inslee Face Off in First Debate

  18-08-2016 06:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverWhich middle-aged western Washington white guy do you want as your governor?
  The themes of the first gubernatorial debate between incumbent Democrat Jay Inslee and Republican challenger Bill Bryant tonight were echoes of what we're hearing on the national stage between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Essentially: "We're making progress and we have to keep going" vs "Everything is bad and you should feel bad."
  Bryant, a former port commissioner running as
  
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• We fact-check the first Inslee-Bryant debate

  18-08-2016 05:52
  
  Gov. Jay Inslee and challenger Bill Bryant made competing accusations during their debate Wednesday. We checked the accuracy of some of those claims.
  
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• Blood donors needed as supply dips to critical low, agency says

  18-08-2016 05:23
  
  Bloodworks Northwest officials are urging donors to help offset a critical shortage caused by a higher-than-expected summer drop.
  
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• Judge allows public employees access to pricey hepatitis C drugs

  18-08-2016 05:10
  
  Members of the Washington’s Public Employees Benefits Board infected with hepatitis C will be able to receive expensive drugs that can cure the life-threatening disease, a judge ruled Wednesday.
  
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• Colorado: Water contamination likely came from military base

  18-08-2016 05:08
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado health officials said it’s highly likely that trace amounts of toxic chemicals found in three drinking water systems came from firefighting foam used at a nearby Air Force base. The state Department of Public Health and Environment said Wednesday it hasn’t ruled out additional sources, but officials believe at least some […]
  
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• Historic Kirkland house picked up and moved down the street

  18-08-2016 04:31
  
  A historic Trueblood Victorian farmhouse moves to a church parking lot for temporary storage. Built in 1889 and weighing 65-tons, the structure will be moved again once it is sold.
  
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