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• Cataldo Hits Their Sweet Spot on New LP Keepers

  26-04-2017 22:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Amber CortesEric Anderson (the mind behind Cataldo) releases Keepers on Mooncrew Records with a Nerd Prom this Fri, April 28, at Century Ballroom. SHAUNA ARAI
  For someone who has less than 12 hours to write 20 songs, Eric Anderson doesn't seem too stressed out (yet). The mastermind behind Cataldo is taking part in a songwriting challenge with some musician pals. "The idea is that if you set a goal to write a song every 36 minutes or whatever, you just can't be too picky or judge your own work
  
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• What the hail? Rainfall batters Seattle again

  26-04-2017 22:39
  
  Weather forecasters predicted some convergence zone action would happen Wednesday, and if the 1 p.m. deluge of rain and a sprinkling of hail in central Seattle was any indication, they were right.
  
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• Republicans Are Trying to Take Away Your Health Care, Again

  26-04-2017 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithCould they please just not.Stefan ZaklinFor the last couple weeks, we've been playing the will-they-won't-they game with the Republican attempt to revive their failed Obamacare repeal bill / massive tax cut for the rich at the expense of the poor and elderly. On Tuesday, Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-NJ) answered that question by adding an amendment to the American Health Care Act so odious that bloodthirsty Freedom Caucus members are already endorsing it. The newly amended bill coul
  
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• Tribes sue Coast Guard over tanker traffic’s risk to orcas in Strait of Juan de Fuca

  26-04-2017 22:30
  
  In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Tuesday, the tribes argue that the Coast Guard has failed to consult with the National Marine Fisheries Service over the impact of the tanker traffic it regulates on the killer whales.
  
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• Tribes sue Coast Guard over tanker-traffic risk to orcas

  26-04-2017 22:30
  
  In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, the tribes argue that the Coast Guard has failed to consult with the National Marine Fisheries Service over the impact on killer whales of the tanker traffic it regulates.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Getting Off Guilt-Free

  26-04-2017 22:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Mostly straight guy here. I'm not typically in a relationship and am fine with that, so my sex life usually revolves around porn. My go-to option is Chaturbate, because it feels more authentic than scripted porn clips. Yes, I know the girls are doing it for the money and are putting on a play to get guys to pony up and I wish them as much success as possible. My question is, are sites like that ethical? It feels like one of the safest ways for girls to do sex work, but what do I kn
  
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• Interview With the Founder of the Super-Lefty Festival Red May

  26-04-2017 21:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedePhilip Wohlstetter (right) wants the city "to eat red food, to wear red accessories, to get caught red-handed reading Karl Marx" for a month. Courtesy of Philip Wohlstetter
  Red May is a month-long festival that begins on the first day of May and brings to Seattle some of the brightest names of the radical left (China Miéville, Michael Hardt, Joshua Clover, Nisi Shawl—to name a few). It's also an arts and film festival that explores the meaning of the color red for l
  
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• Students in 11th hour effort to ransom their kayaks from Seattle Public Schools

  26-04-2017 21:46
  
  Confronting the bureaucracy:  In an 11th hour appeal for money, a group led by Garfield High students -- POST84 -- is seeking to retrieve kayaks it has used for years that are being auctioned off by Seattle Public Schools. 
  
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• Connelly: Students in 11th hour effort to ransom their kayaks from Seattle Public Schools

  26-04-2017 21:46
  
  Confronting the bureaucracy:  In an 11th hour appeal for money, a group led by Garfield High students -- POST84 -- is seeking to retrieve kayaks it has used for years that are being auctioned off by Seattle Public Schools. 
  
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• Attorney General: Supervisor at Quincy Onion Packing Plant Harassed and Groped Women Employees

  26-04-2017 21:12 via thestranger.com
  
  According to the Washington State Attorney General, the supervisor groped employees and had them fired if they refused to have sex with him.by Heidi GrooverAcross Washington, about 96,000 people work in agricultural jobs and 28 percent of them are women. iStock/Getty
  The Washington State Attorney General's Office is taking an Eastern Washington vegetable harvesting company to federal court over alleged sexual harassment and discrimination against women employees.
  In a complaint filed in the U.S.
  
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• False reports of gunman put middle school on lockdown

  26-04-2017 20:51
  
  A Belfair middle school drew a large law enforcement response Wednesday morning on unconfirmed reports of an active shooter.
  
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• Student in custody after bringing gun to Hawkins Middle School in Mason County

  26-04-2017 20:47
  
  The incident prompted reports of an active shooter at the Belfair school.
  
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• Police: Reports of shooter at Hawkins Middle School in Mason County were false

  26-04-2017 20:47
  
  The incident prompted reports of an active shooter at the Belfair school.
  
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• Chinapie: Fremont's Fun, Anything-Goes Pizza/Asian Fusion Restaurant

  26-04-2017 20:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Corina ZappiaChinapie's Neli Pizza, topped with chicken tikki masala sausage, tomato cream curry, jalapeño, pickled onions, aged mozzerella, and goat cheese. Jessica Stein
  I love to think of that moment when French-trained chefs go rogue. I picture it all going down like a scene out of Ratatouille. Slamming pans against the stove, they scream and fling spare onions at their sous chefs, and in a fit of rage—or brilliance—they discover that the secret ingredient to their star
  
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• Mark 100 Days of Trump's Presidency With These Resistance Events

  26-04-2017 20:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Rallies, Marches, Community Meetings, Fundraisers, And Other Events For April 26-May 3by Stranger Things To Do StaffSaturday, April 29, marks 100 days of Trump's presidency. If, after reading about the resistance actions that have taken place every day since his inauguration, you want to know what you can do to take part in the resistance movement in Seattle, we've got you covered. Here are all of the rallies, marches, community meetings, talks, fundraisers, and other events happening over the n
  
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• Mark 100 Days of Trump's Presidency With These Resistance Events In Seattle This Week

  26-04-2017 20:34 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff Jessica Fu
  This Saturday, April 29, will mark 100 days of Trump's presidency. If, after reading about the resistance actions that have taken place every day since his inauguration, you want to know what you can do to take part in the resistance movement in Seattle, we've got you covered. Here are all of the rallies, marches, community meetings, talks, fundraisers, and other events happening over the next week, including the first event in The Stranger's Resist/Rech
  
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• Billionaire Paul Allen pledges $30M toward permanent housing for Seattle’s homeless

  26-04-2017 20:34
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said the city will contribute an additional $5 million toward the project, which does not have a site.
  
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• This is how fast Seattle has grown in the last five years

  26-04-2017 20:19
  
  Seattle's building boom is well underway, but here's a look at it from a bird's eye view of sorts that shows just how much the city has been building the last five years.
  
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• This is how fast Seattle has grown in the last 5 years

  26-04-2017 20:19
  
  Seattle's building boom is well underway, but here's a look at it from a bird's eye view of sorts that shows just how much the city has been building the last five years.
  
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• Boy who shot Trump protester in Portland sent to youth prison

  26-04-2017 19:58
  
  It’s unclear why the 14-year-old boy opened fire on protesters who were upset about the presidential election.
  
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• NASA spacewalking suits in short supply, report finds

  26-04-2017 19:51
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s spacewalking suits are in short supply, and a replacement is still years away despite the nearly $200 million spent on new technology, the space agency’s inspector general reported Wednesday. A next-generation suit for spacewalking astronauts is needed for future space travel, including trips to Mars. But a lack of […]
  
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• State sues Grant County company for alleged sexual harassment of farmworkers

  26-04-2017 19:47
  
  The lawsuit alleges that Horning Brothers of Quincy allowed one of its foremen to sexually harass and discriminate against female employees for several years.
  
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• Neanderthals in California? Maybe so, provocative study says

  26-04-2017 19:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A startling new report asserts that the first known Americans arrived much, much earlier than scientists thought — more than 100,000 years ago. And maybe they were Neanderthals. If true, the finding would far surpass the widely accepted date of about 15,000 years ago. Researchers say a site in Southern California […]
  
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• Seattle's Tech Community Is Fighting Trump One Piece of Code at a Time

  26-04-2017 19:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Amber Cortes The Stranger/Getty
  If you happened to be walking through Westlake Park on the afternoon of March 1, you may have missed the Seattle-area "Tech Employees for Diversity and Inclusion" protest. It was only a handful of people holding signs and chanting: "No hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here!"
  On Facebook, 334 people said they were interested in the event, 74 marked themselves as "going," but there couldn't have been more than a couple dozen people who actually showed up. And c
  
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• Who Said It: May Day Anarchist or Stephen Bannon?

  26-04-2017 18:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger StaffTest your knowledge!(L) KELLY O
  Seattle's May Day protests are coming up, and that means it's time once again to try to figure out who believes what. Practice with our handy quiz!
  "I want to bring everything crashing down and destroy all of today's establishment."
  "Deconstruction of the administrative state!"
  "Leadership are all cunts. We should just go buck wild... Burn this bitch down."
  
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• Jonathan Demme, ‘Silence of the Lambs’ director, dead at 73

  26-04-2017 18:04
  
  Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Philadelphia," has died.
  
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• In Demme’s eclectic career, a nonstop rock ‘n’ roll beat

  26-04-2017 18:04
  
  Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Philadelphia," has died.
  
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• The Morning News: Seattle Home Prices Continue Climbing, WA Republican Senator Wants Seattle to Become Its Own County

  26-04-2017 17:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufMillennials' unsympathetic relatives: "What do you MEAN you can't afford this $1,000,000, average-looking house?!"DS
  Local Republicans Want a Seattle County: Senator Phil Fortunato, a Republican representing Auburn, has proposed a bill to separate the city from the rest of King County. "Seattle has gone so far off the left cliff that the rest of the county is paying for Seattle's craziness," Fortunato told KING 5. "So my dream is Seattle could be King County, and they could do
  
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• High numbers of humpback whales dying off Atlantic coast

  26-04-2017 17:29
  
  PORT MAHON, Delaware — Federal officials say humpback whales have been dying in unusually large numbers along the Atlantic Coast. The News Journal reports that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries declared it an “unusual mortality event,” which is called when higher-than-normal numbers of marine mammals die for unknown reasons. An agency spokeswoman […]
  
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• 100 Days of the Resistance: One Action for Every Day of Trump's Presidency

  26-04-2017 17:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger StaffDAY 2: Millions around the world join the Women’s March.NATE GOWDY
  Day 1: More people seem to protest than attend Donald Trump's inauguration. The stands in DC, normally filled with fans, are eerily empty. A limo is set on fire. Also: White nationalist Richard Spencer is punched during an interview near the inauguration.
  Day 2: More than three million people wear pussy hats and attend the Women's Marches around the world. In Seattle, 175,000 people march, the biggest prote
  
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• Critics blast $425 faux muddy jeans at Nordstrom

  26-04-2017 17:05
  
  For only $425 plus tax, anyone can look like they're "not afraid to get down and dirty," as Nordstrom's product description for the blue jeans puts it.
  
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• Spacecraft flies between Saturn and rings in historic 1st

  26-04-2017 16:51
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Cassini spacecraft ventured Wednesday into the never-before-explored region between Saturn and its rings. But flight controllers won’t know how everything went until Thursday when they are back in touch with the craft. Cassini was out of radio contact with Earth as it became the first spacecraft to enter the […]
  
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• On the Blabbermouth Podcast: Ijeoma Oluo on 100 Days of Donald Trump

  26-04-2017 15:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerEpisode 98: "It was already normalized," Ijeoma Oluo says of the Trump administration. "That's why it got elected." Win McNamee / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!With Dan Savage away this week, Ijeoma Oluo sits down in his chair to talk about 100 days of Donald Trump.Has the effort to keep from "normalizing" a Trump presidency succeeded or failed? What's been the very worst day of the Trump administration so far? The best act of resistance? The
  
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• Is Seattle a target for a North Korean nuclear attack? Well, not quite yet, insiders say

  26-04-2017 15:00
  
  Even if the unthinkable were to happen, state law actually bars Washington’s emergency planners from crafting a plan to specifically address a nuclear attack. The law is a remnant of the end of the Cold War.
  
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• The Documentary Karl Marx City Reveals the Truth About a Police State

  26-04-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Filmmakers Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker travel to East Germany to investigate the suicide of Epperlein's father, who might've been a Stasi security service spy.by Charles MudedeI once lived in a socialist country—or at least a country that was on the "road to socialism." This country changed its name from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe in 1980, after a brutal war between those who had everything (white Africans) and those who had almost nothing (black Africans). The revolutionaries who took po
  
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• The Beautiful and Bizarre Moments of Seattle’s Independent Bookstores

  26-04-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Beautiful and Bizarre Things That Have Happened in Seattle's Independent Bookstoresby Christopher FrizzelleIndependent bookstores are the best. You never know when you're going to have a profound experience browsing the shelves, an encounter with a famous writer, or an unexpected flirtation with someone who has the same taste in books as you do.On April 29, nineteen Seattle-area bookstores are participating in Independent Bookstore Day. If you visit all of them and get your Indie Bookstore Chall
  
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• Teacher-shortage crisis? UW researcher says it’s not that simple, and offers some fixes

  26-04-2017 13:00
  
  A new report from the Brookings Institution encourages states and school districts to use more targeted solutions to address persistent teacher shortages in high-needs subjects and hard-to-staff schools.
  
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• Talking with Dash Shaw About My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

  26-04-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Talking with Dash Shaw About My Entire High School Sinking Into the Seaby Suzette SmithI saw Dash Shaw’s animated feature film My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea at last year’s film festival, where I was pleased to see the personable humor and torsion of reality that I always expect from his work. Shaw is a well-respected indie comics artist whose graphic novels, like Bottomless Belly Button and Cosplayers, mix entertaining, well-written stories with cool ideas that threaten
  
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• Starz’s Sumptuous and Slow American Gods

  26-04-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Starz’s Sumptuous and Slow American Godsby Ned LannamannYou are correct to be tingling with excitement for American Gods. The Starz TV series is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman about ancient old-world deities fighting young American ones, and its cast includes Ian McShane, Crispin Glover, and Gillian Anderson. And look who’s running the show: Bryan Fuller, who made NBC’s Hannibal such a gorgeously disturbing mindfuck, and Michael Green, a writer on Logan, Blade Runner 2049, a
  
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• Person of Interest: Kellie Newton, Who Resists by Listening

  26-04-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  A massage therapist joins with a conservative evangelical to help bridge the divideby Katie HerzogLike any American worth their "I voted" sticker, massage therapist Kellie Newton was appalled by the election results last November. She was also pissed. But when her childhood friend Heidi Petak, now an evangelical Christian living in Nashville, wrote a blog post explaining her vote for Trump, Newton decided to engage. Their initial dialogue took place on Facebook, but soon the two started video-ch
  
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• Michael Shrieve Remembers Drumming on David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name

  26-04-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  David Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name sounds like "hippie music" to Santana's Michael Shrieveby Dave SegalFormer Santana drummer Michael Shrieve is famous for being the youngest musician (20) to play the 1969 Woodstock Festival, and for his stunning solo during "Soul Sacrifice," which remains a highlight of Michael Wadleigh's film Woodstock. Now living in Seattle and still creating challenging music with his Spellbinder group, Shrieve also contributed drums to two songs on David Crosby
  
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