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• Attend The Stranger's Blabbermouth Podcast Live-Taping

  10-01-2017 23:58 via thestranger.com
  
  With host Eli Sanders, Dan Savage, and special guestsby Stranger Things To Do[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Person of Interest: Architect Jerry Garcia Wants to See Prosperity and Diversity Coexist in Seattle

  10-01-2017 23:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede STANTON STEPHENS
  Jerry Garcia is a principal at the internationally recognized architectural firm Olson Kundig, based in Pioneer Square. He is one of those types that only a great city can produce—a person who is familiar with and has excellent opinions on a wide variety of matters relating to art and culture. A leading figure in the architecture community, he made his first big mark in the gallery world with a 2006 proposal to restore Denny Park to its pre-regrade state
  
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• Jayapal sets rally for 'outrage and uproar' on health care rollback

  10-01-2017 23:44
  
  Rep. Pramila Jayapal has brought Seattle's left activist to the "other" Washington, and is now coming home to a "Our 1st Stand: Save Health Care Rally"  Sunday at Westlake Park.  The goal:  Raise "outrage and uproar" across the country to block repeal of the Affordable Care Act. 
  
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• Rex Tillerson to Humans: You Must Adapt to Global Warming

  10-01-2017 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"A cloud of pollution [caused by capitalism] hangs over the Eastern United States..." NASA
  In 2012, Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil's CEO, and Trump's pick for the next Secretary of State, admitted to the Council of Foreign Relations that climate change is a real thing (or, to use the language of Timothy Morton, a hyperobject) and caused by human activities—particularly the burning of fossil fuels (Tillerson’s bread and butter). But this situation wasn't really a problem,
  
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• Trump asks skeptic to probe vaccine safety, alarming doctors

  10-01-2017 22:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is reviving long debunked attempts to link vaccines to autism, meeting with a vocal skeptic to discuss chairing a commission on vaccination safety — a move that alarmed child health experts. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with Trump at Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday, and told reporters […]
  
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• Jeff Sessions Dodges Question About Whether He'll Go After Legalized Weed

  10-01-2017 22:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithStill not sure what time it is on weed's doomsday clock. The StrangerDuring the Senate hearing to nominate Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, Senator Leahy of Vermont asked if Sessions if he wouldn't enforce federal laws that ban marijuana. Sessions rolled out this primo bit of obfuscation:I won't commit to never enforcing the law, Senator Leahy. But absolutely it's a problem of federal resources for the government. One obvious concern is that the U.S. Congress has made the possessi
  
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• High negatives for Trump, record positives for Obama in new poll

  10-01-2017 22:23
  
  President Obama is far more popular as he leaves office than is Donald Trump as he prepares to assume the Presidency, according to a new national Quinnipiac University poll.
  
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• Charges: Teen makes good on pledge to shoot up kid's house

  10-01-2017 22:15
  
  A 17-year-old Auburn teen is charged with adult felonies after allegedly shooting up another teen's Kent home in the pre-dawn hours after he refused to leave his bed to fight.
  
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• Skiers should prepare for delays due to closure Wednesday at Snoqualmie Pass

  10-01-2017 22:14
  
  Skiers and snowboarders making plans to head up to the slopes at The Summit at Snoqualmie should be aware of a traffic closure on Wednesday (Jan. 11) from 8 a.m. To 10 a.m. I-90 at Snoqualmie Pass will be closed for two hours as road crews clear over-hanging snow from the roof of the wildlife crossing […]
  
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• Florida researchers find 2 new invasive mosquitoes in state

  10-01-2017 22:07
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Two more tropical disease-carrying mosquitoes have been found on the U.S. mainland for the first time, caught in traps near Florida’s Everglades. The scientists involved say this could raise the risk of mosquito-borne viruses reaching people and birds, but health officials say it’s too early to sound an alarm. The new arrivals […]
  
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• High Society: We Took a Seattle Poet Out For Weed, Drinks, and Food (We Ate All the Food)

  10-01-2017 22:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by David Schmader THE STRANGER
  Julene Tripp Weaver is a Seattle writer and psychotherapist who I first met in 2015 at the Rendezvous, where both of us were taking part in Jennifer Jasper's storytelling showcase "Family Affair" and where I had a memorable intermission chat with her beau about the MOHAI exhibit The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. More recently, Julene e-mailed me about her forthcoming book of poetry. "This book is a big deal for me. I'm revealing my HIV-positive status as a long-ter
  
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• Want to see a total eclipse in August? Get yourself down to Oregon

  10-01-2017 22:02
  
  If you're looking for an excuse for a three-day weekend in August, you've got one: The first total solar eclipse in 99 years will be visible across the U.S. But if you want to take the day off and see it, you'll have to be in a specific zone in Oregon, and you're going to have to act fast. Local sites are already filling up.
  
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• Rare ice circle spinning in Middle Fork Snoqualmie River mesmerizes — then breaks apart

  10-01-2017 21:49
  
  North Bend's Kaylyn Messer captured images of a rare phenomenon.
  
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• City reportedly rejects both plans to fix up huge Magnuson Park hangar

  10-01-2017 21:31
  
  Seattle officials will select neither proposal they received last year to renovate and reprogram Magnuson Park’s sprawling Building 2, one bidder said.
  
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• Body found in Lake Stevens woods

  10-01-2017 21:19
  
  The remains were discovered Monday and have not yet been identified.
  
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• Sending Handmade Pussy Hats to Washington, DC, with Love and Power from Seattle

  10-01-2017 21:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia Knauf Jessica Stein
  On the night of January 7, in the back section of Fremont's Red Door pub, about 30 women crowded in and set to work crafting pussy hats, pink beanies with pointed cat ears that are intended to be worn by protesters at the upcoming Women's March in Washington, DC.The march is set for January 21, Donald Trump's first day in office. The plan is for women—as well as transgender, gender-nonconforming, and feminist people—to flood the National Mall in a uni
  
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• Prepare For The Oscars With These Movies Still Playing In Theaters

  10-01-2017 20:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Where To See Moonlight, La La Land, Arrival, And Moreby Stranger Things To Do StaffWhether you're going to an Oscars party next month or planning on half-watching with some popcorn at home, the best way to enjoy the Academy Awards is to have seen all (or most) of the movies beforehand. The official nominations won't be announced until January 24, but, especially now that the Golden Globes winners have been announced, there are clear front-runners that are likely to be nominated. Many of these ar
  
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• Prepare For The 2017 Oscars With These 11 Movies Still Playing In Seattle Theaters

  10-01-2017 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWill Hollywood's obsession with musicals make La La Land the big winner? Will stunning drama Moonlight get the praise it deserves?
  Whether you're going to an Oscars party next month or planning on half-watching with some popcorn at home, the best way to enjoy the Academy Awards is to have seen all (or most) of the movies beforehand. The official nominations won't be announced until January 24, but, especially now that the Golden Globes winners have been announced, t
  
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• Watch: Jeff Sessions's Confirmation Hearing

  10-01-2017 20:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich Smith
  It's Jeff Sessions's confirmation hearing day! So far, the longtime senator and former Attorney General of Alabama who was too much of a racist for a Republican-led committee to approve his nomination to Reagan's federal court is performing about as well as you'd expect him to.Sessions's responses to questions so far can be split into issues he has "feelings" about, and then other issues that he just plumb hasn't done his studyin' up on and so will simply have to look into once he'
  
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• I, Anonymous: Thank You, SDOT Man

  10-01-2017 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Anonymous Steven Weissman
  I was driving home on 99 north when I heard a loud metallic rattling under my car. I pulled into the bus lane, turned my hazards on, and proceeded to pull a large chunk of the undercarriage out from under my VW Beetle. You pulled up behind me in your SDOT truck with all the flashers on...
  
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• Portland woman dies of hypothermia following eviction

  10-01-2017 19:27
  
  The 52-year-old woman was evicted from a low-income complex for seniors and people with disabilities three months ago.
  
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• Portland woman dies of hypothermia 3 months after eviction

  10-01-2017 19:27
  
  The 52-year-old woman was evicted from a low-income complex for seniors and people with disabilities three months ago.
  
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• Body found at site of fire near Rainier, Ore.

  10-01-2017 19:27
  
  RAINIER, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say firefighters discovered a body while extinguishing a blaze near Rainier, Oregon. The Daily News of Longview reports (https://is.gd/THK6jL ) a travel trailer caught fire Monday in a rural area four miles outside Rainier. Columbia River Fire & Rescue discovered the body in the front sleeping area of the trailer. […]
  
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• Stop Talking About THC. Terpenes Are the Interesting Part of Cannabis

  10-01-2017 19:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester BlackTerpenes are aromatic essential oils created by all plants, and cannabis has hundreds of them. The Stranger
  I used to be a cook at a Bavarian lodge in the Rocky Mountains. The work was extremely tiring, and after hour 10 of slinging schnitzel and spätzle to Texan tourists, a coworker of mine would pull out his vape pen filled with concentrated cannabis. I would take my hands off the half-dozen sauté pans in front of me to take a nice long drag.
  It would feel like a hea
  
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• Couple suing state over death of daughter at hands of man mistakenly released from prison

  10-01-2017 19:08
  
  Robert Jackson was released early from prison due to a state error in calculating sentences, which resulted in the early release of thousands of inmates since 2002. Lindsay Hill of Bellevue was dating him when he crashed his car, killing the mother of two boys.
  
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• Couple plan to sue state over daughter’s death at hands of man mistakenly freed from prison

  10-01-2017 19:08
  
  Robert Jackson was released early from prison because of a state error in calculating sentences, which resulted in the early release of thousands of inmates since 2002. Lindsay Hill, of Bellevue, was dating him when he crashed his car, killing the mother of two boys.
  
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• Food News: Do You Want the Good News First, or the Bad News?

  10-01-2017 18:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueMonica Dimas' fire chicken sandwiches, now available in U Village. AJ Ragasa
  Let's start with the good, why don't we? Lots of rad places opened up over the holidays.
  Marmite Now Pouring Up in Chophouse Row
  Bruce Nafalty's lunchtime soup joint is now open in the former Chop Shop space, reports CHS Blog. Bowls of "bone-warming" broth-based delights—chicken, leek, buckwheat noodle and roasted root vegetable, as of CHS Blog's report—will run you $9. Given that it'
  
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• On 2nd try, Burien council passes ‘sanctuary’ measure

  10-01-2017 18:42
  
  A previous vote on the issue was ruled invalid because two council members hadn’t been on hand to vote on the measure, which forbids police from asking a person’s immigration status and also offers protection to religious minorities.
  
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• Washington delegation urges Trump to fund Hanford cleanup work

  10-01-2017 18:29
  
  The entire congressional delegation from Washington is asking President-elect Donald Trump to make environmental cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation a priority.
  
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• State’s congressional delegation urges Trump to fund Hanford work

  10-01-2017 18:29
  
  The entire congressional delegation from Washington is asking President-elect Donald Trump to make environmental cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation a priority.
  
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• America's Next Top Model Recap: Avant Garde & Meaty

  10-01-2017 18:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase BurnsThis week, the girls wear million dollar dresses down the deli aisle. Collage by author. Images by VH1.
  I have a solemn warning to America: the resurgence of the '90s choker was not a silly 2016 trend. No, '90s chokers are back and here to stay. Initially, the metallics, sparkles, brooches, and chokers on ANTM seemed tweeny. But thenthe Golden Globes happened on Sunday, andJennifer Campbell and I noticed a handful of trends that have all been showcased on this season of America's N
  
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• The Morning News: State AG Wants Assault Weapon Reform, Burien Becomes a "Sanctuary City"

  10-01-2017 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufIn case you forgot. Jen Graves
  Burien Becomes a "Sanctuary City": In a 4-3 vote, the Burien City Council approved an ordinance that declares Burien a "sanctuary city" for undocumented immigrants and people of all religious faiths last night. This declaration would "prohibit Burien city employees, including police, from asking residents about, or requesting documents regarding, their citizenship status," Sydney Brownstone reported yesterday.So Which Burien Politicians Voted Agai
  
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• California whale watchers see rare orcas, including calf

  10-01-2017 16:29
  
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Whale watchers in Southern California were treated to a rare sighting of Eastern Tropical Pacific killer whales. Dale Frink, a photographer and naturalist who runs a whale-watching cruise, says the five orcas, including a small calf, were seen near Point Vicente on Saturday. He says the Eastern Tropical Pacific orcas, […]
  
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• ‘Be careful out there’: Icy roads reported in Seattle area; some schools start late

  10-01-2017 16:02
  
  Light snow was expected in Seattle area Tuesday morning, meteorologists said.
  
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• Big Zillow gift: $5 million toward new UW computer-science building

  10-01-2017 16:00
  
  Zillow is donating $5 million toward the construction of a new computer-science building at the University of Washington’s Seattle Campus
  
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• School stats: Racial achievement gaps exist even in Washington’s highest-performing schools

  10-01-2017 15:00
  
  A new analysis by the State Board of Education shows that achievement gaps exist in high-performing schools, low-performing ones and everything in-between.
  
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• Obamacare expert: ‘This couldn’t be a more Republican policy’

  10-01-2017 15:00
  
  With Republican threats to dismantle the Affordable Care Act looming, Daniel E. Dawes, a health-care lawyer and the author of “150 Years of Obamacare,” is hearing concerns nationwide.
  
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• Facebook Live video spurs hate-crime charges against woman after ‘Spanish privilege’ rant

  10-01-2017 15:00
  
  A 48-year-old White Center woman remains jailed after allegedly posting a video of a racist tirade on Facebook as she followed her neighbor in her car. Posting the video led to the woman being charged with a hate crime.
  
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• Sarah Schulman's Conflict Is Not Abuse Is a Guide to Keeping the Peace

  10-01-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Sarah Schulman's Conflict Is Not Abuse Is a Guide to Keeping the Peaceby Rich Smith{{ image:1, align:right, width:300 }}Let's pretend you're a well-respected, white, female professor at a state university and you've just discovered that one of your promising students, a young guy from a minority community, has been confessing his love for you on his blog, describing exactly what he likes and doesn't like about your body and your habits.Is this guy "stalking" you? Is he "harassing" you?What do yo
  
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• Jerusalem’s famed Israel Museum gets new director

  10-01-2017 12:48
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israel Museum in Jerusalem has selected a successor to its longtime director. The museum says in an announcement on Tuesday that Eran Neuman will take over from James Snyder who is ending his 20-year tenure to assume the newly created position of international president for the museum’s worldwide activities. Neuman, who […]
  
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• Schools closed, free buses in southern Poland amid smog

  10-01-2017 12:22
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Alarming smog levels in southern Poland have led authorities to close schools in one city and offer free transport in some places to protect children and try to improve the quality of air. The government will debate how to fight the smog, after air pollution exceeded warning levels this week in […]
  
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• Europe cold snap: River shipping halted, smog chokes Poland

  10-01-2017 12:22
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Officials suspended shipping along the River Danube, Europe’s second longest waterway, on Tuesday as a polar spell continued to grip the region, causing hardship and deaths. Romanian police halted shipping at midday for an undetermined period along a 900-kilometer (565-mile) stretch of the river which crosses Romania. Croatian and Serbian authorities […]
  
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• Europe cold snap: River shipping halted, death toll 61

  10-01-2017 12:22
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Officials suspended shipping along Europe’s second-longest waterway on Tuesday as a polar spell gripped a large swathe of the continent, causing hardship especially among migrants, the homeless and the elderly. The deep freeze has caused at least 61 deaths since it began last week, a third of those in Poland. Romanian […]
  
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