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• Indie Filmmakers Have Nice Things to Say About Amazon

  10-08-2017 23:53 via thestranger.com
  
  "We get way more money, and we get paid more often."by Julia Raban
  There’s an exciting new thriller available to stream via Amazon. Brides to Be is a romantic, gory, slightly campy story about a lesbian couple staying in a haunted mansion the night before their wedding. Produced, directed, and written by local filmmaking duo Lindy and Kris Boustedt (First Sight Productions), the earnestly optimistic yet unsettling movie is a follow-up to their popular short film Together Forever.
  
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• Seattle in the wee hours: The unsleeping city

  10-08-2017 23:46
  SeattlePI photographer Grant Hindsley spent the night photographing cityscapes this week. 
  
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• Fewer Washington students who go to college need to take remedial courses

  10-08-2017 23:30
  About 60 percent of Washington students who graduated in the class of 2015 enrolled in postsecondary public and private institutions both in and out of the state, according to data from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
  
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• BuzzFeed Is Starting a Morning Show That Will Live-Stream Daily on Twitter

  10-08-2017 23:30 via thestranger.com
  In case you are not a millennial, the "DM" in the show's title stands for "direct message."by Christopher FrizzelleThis fall me & @theferocity will be co-hosting a @BuzzFeedNews morning show coming at you live from inside @Twitter! https://t.co/g4qt4EiZ4H pic.twitter.com/9IEZtzh24f
  — Isaac Fitzgerald (@IsaacFitzgerald) August 10, 2017
  The show is called AM to DM and "will run 8-9 a.m. ET on the Twitter account of @BuzzFeedNews," as Variety reports. It will be hosted by the two guys abo
  
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• Nine Places to Celebrate National S’mores Day

  10-08-2017 23:16 via thestranger.com
  A S'mores-gasbord of Options Ranging From Milkshakes to Macaronsby Stranger Things To Do StaffToday is National S’mores Day, and to commemorate this momentous "holiday," we’ve compiled a s'mores-gasbord (sorry) of places that offer takes on everyone’s favorite childhood dessert—some of which are available year-round, and some of which are only available in honor of the occasion. The options below range from chocolate bars to milkshakes to cookies to actual s'mores, but it
  
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• Nine Places to Celebrate National S’mores Day in Seattle

  10-08-2017 23:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffIf you close your eyes, you can almost pretend you're still at camp—especially if you get one of Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery's limited edition s'mores kits.Courtesy of Hot Cakes
  Today is National S’mores Day, and to commemorate this momentous "holiday," we’ve compiled a s'mores-gasbord (sorry) of places that offer takes on everyone’s favorite childhood dessert—some of which are available year-round, and some of which are only avai
  
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• Burien to decide repeal of ‘sanctuary city’ status

  10-08-2017 23:07
  The Burien City Council earlier this week voted 6-1 to send the measure to the Nov. 7 ballot after petition backers had gathered enough signatures.
  
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• The Haze Is So Thick You Can't See Seattle From a Plane

  10-08-2017 22:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Earth was once as hellish as the moons of Jupiter. It may be again.by Charles MudedeBefore and after leaving Sea-Tac.. Charles Mudede
  If you have not flown into or out of Seattle, then you don't now how thick the haze really is. We are in a cloud of smoke. And every breath you take fills your lungs with that smoke. Seattle's hazy sunsets now transform the sun into a star whose dying light falls on an alien planet. You feel you need a vac suit when leaving a base or a pod. In her post on class an
  
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• Perseid meteor shower ‘warm-up act’ for this month’s eclipse

  10-08-2017 22:52
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Consider this weekend’s Perseid meteor shower an opening act for the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Astronomers are projecting a slightly higher than normal rate of 150 meteors per hour across North America. But the bright moon will wash out the finer Perseids. So the viewing rate will be […]
  
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• Heroin, opioids pace record number of King Co. drug deaths

  10-08-2017 22:45
  Heroin was the probable cause in 118 of the opioid-related deaths, which is actually down slightly from 2015 (132) and 2014 (156), while prescription-type opioids accounted for 107 deaths. Some of those were attributed to fentanyl, a synthetic painkiller that's helping to fuel an increase in overdose deaths throughout North America.
  
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• Seattle homeless in cars may get break on parking regs

  10-08-2017 22:33
  Seattle City Councilman Mike O'Brien is backing a proposal to create a program for those living in vehicles and relax enforcement of parking regulations for participants.
  
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• Science Says: Solar specs needed for safe viewing of eclipse

  10-08-2017 22:30
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — With the total solar eclipse right around the cosmic corner, eye doctors are going into nagging overdrive. They say mom was right: You can damage your eyes staring at the sun, even the slimmest sliver of it. So it’s time to rustle up special eclipse eyewear to use Aug. 21, […]
  
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• Verdict: Man guilty of fatally torturing girlfriend's autistic son

  10-08-2017 22:27
  Matthew Christenson, accused of torturing his girlfriend's autistic teen so to death and abusing her younger son, was found guilty of all seven charges against him Thursday morning.
  
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• Podcast: How should Seattle deal with people living in vehicles? City Council revisits the question

  10-08-2017 22:21
  Seattle Times homelessness reporter Vernal Coleman and Seattle City Hall reporter Daniel Beekman discuss the issues involved.
  
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• Tacoma woman charged with child abuse in in-flight texting case

  10-08-2017 22:10
  The woman was arrested after a passenger on a flight from Seattle to San Jose, Calif., saw a man sending text messages about sexually molesting young children, according to criminal charges.
  
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• New Hutch center to focus on cancers caused by microbes

  10-08-2017 22:00
  The project is seeded by a record-breaking $35 million donation from the family of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
  
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• Culture News: Mayor Arts Award Finalists, Earshot Jazz Festival Highlights, and A Tremendous Defense of Prog Rock

  10-08-2017 21:51 via thestranger.com
  Northwest Film Forum's executive director Courtney Sheehan has her an Arts & Innovation nomination, as well as a new website for her arthaus cinema/community center.by Rich SmithNorthwest Film Forum's executive director Courtney Sheehan has her an Arts & Innovation nomination, as well as a new website for her arthaus cinema/community center. JULIO RAMÍREZ
  2017 Mayor’s Arts Award Finalists Have Been Announced: Guess who's up for the individual Cultural Ambassador award? Curat
  
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• Fox News Discovers, But Cannot Pronounce "Burien"

  10-08-2017 21:17 via thestranger.com
  by Sydney Brownstone
  It was only a matter of time before Fox News hopped on the story about Burien's scheduled vote in the fall to repeal its sanctuary city—or "safe city"—ordinance.This week, Fox News aired a segment with O'Reilly Factor protégé Jesse Watters interviewing Burien City Council candidate Pedro Olguin and Craig Keller, the Seattle-based sponsor of the repeal petition.
  See the tape at 0:31 and then at 2:17, when Olguin, who is running on a platform that sup
  
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• Will Public Schools in Washington Teach Kids About Gender Identity?

  10-08-2017 21:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufK-12 students in Washington could soon be learning about gender identity and HIV prevention beginning in elementary school. Seattle Municipal Archives
  As the 2017-2018 school year fast approaches, right-wing, anti-LGBTQ groups such as the Family Policy Institute of Washington are getting on their soapboxes to denounce state efforts to better educate students about gender identity and HIV prevention. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction announced its recommenda
  
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• Seattle Food News: Shake Shack Gets People Stoked, Derby Kicks Off, Rider Rolls Out, and More!

  10-08-2017 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  All the news that's fit to eat.by Tobias Coughlin-BogueDan's preferred dog. Shake Shack FB
  Shake Shack is Officially Coming to Seattle
  The incredibly popular Danny Meyers chain recently announced a Seattle location, set to open sometime in 2018.
  We're stoked to set up Shack in Seattle! The South Lake Union Shack is comin' in 2018. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/BAiySoIcdy
  — SHAKE SHACK (@shakeshack) August 9, 2017
  The announcement already has people freaking out, from venerable food writer Rebe
  
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• Someone Famous and Local (from This Year's Bumbershoot Lineup) Is Playing at the Downtown Nordstrom at Noon

  10-08-2017 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Get downtown right now.by Sean NelsonIt probably won't look like this outside Nordstrom today, but it could be fun anyway. 3RIC JOHANSON
  If you're downtown, or can get downtown in the next few minutes, and like local music, or are a Bumbershoot enthusiast, or just enjoy live performance being inserted into a venerable retail environment, or even just like rubbing up against strangers (in a consensual, non-sexual way), you should hustle down to the Nordstrom flagship location, where, a reliable e
  
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• 1 injured in reported accidental shooting at Grant County deputy’s home

  10-08-2017 20:43
  The injured person was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound following the Wednesday night shooting.
  
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• NIMBYs Already Freaking Out Over Proposal to Help People Living in Cars

  10-08-2017 20:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverAt last count, 3,857 people were sleeping unsheltered in Seattle and 40 percent of them were living in cars and RVs. City of Seattle
  Today, City Council Member Mike O'Brien will unveil legislation reforming the way the city tickets and tows parked vehicles when people are living in those vehicles. His proposal seems destined to set off another shitstorm pitting homelessness advocates against NIMBY types, similar to the highly charged debate over the city's homelessness sweeps pol
  
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• Record number of drug-use deaths in King County

  10-08-2017 20:39
  Drug deaths hit a record high at 332 in King County last year, with two-thirds of them opioid-related. Heroin deaths dropped slightly, while deaths related to other drugs including benzodiazepines and fentanyl increased.
  
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• Drug-use deaths hit record in King County

  10-08-2017 20:39
  Drug deaths hit a record at 332 in King County last year, with two-thirds of them opioid-related. Heroin deaths dropped slightly, while deaths related to other drugs including benzodiazepines and fentanyl increased.
  
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• ‘I feel trapped’: Seattle’s smoky, hazy days can’t end soon enough, residents say

  10-08-2017 20:18
  Dozens of people have shared how the smoke has affected their summer in the Pacific Northwest, many describing serious health issues or canceled outdoor plans.
  
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• Study finds climate change altering Europe’s river floods

  10-08-2017 20:14
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say climate change is affecting the timing of river floods across Europe, with the biggest shifts seen along the Atlantic coast. Researchers looked at data across a 50-year period, finding that half the measurement stations in western Europe — from England to Portugal — showed floods happening more than two weeks […]
  
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• 2016 weather report: Extreme and anything but normal

  10-08-2017 20:13
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says last year’s global weather was far more extreme or record breaking than anything approaching normal. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday released its annual state of the climate 2016 report, highlighting numerous records including hottest year, highest sea level and lowest sea ice in the […]
  
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• Seattle's air quality worsens Thursday, may get better Friday

  10-08-2017 20:10
  Seattle's air quality worsened Thursday, and the National Weather Service had air quality alerts in place across most of Washington.
  
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• Seattle's air quality worsened Thursday, may get better Friday

  10-08-2017 20:10
  Seattle's air quality worsened Thursday, and the National Weather Service had air quality alerts in place across most of Washington.
  
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• The Long Seattle Haze Shows How Climate Change Will Hit the Poor

  10-08-2017 20:02 via thestranger.com
  
  Climate change is not really about weather—it is about public health, the safety of infrastructure and communities, and the livability of our city.by Sarah MyhreSeattle haze is smoke from British Columbia's forest fires. Sarah Myhre
  I know how to keep my hot-house of a triplex unit cool. It’s a complex orchestration of fans, shades, and daily timing to keep my home livable in the summer. I'm certain many in Seattle do much the same thing. But, this last week has been different. The g
  
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• Meet the Michigan-Based Anti-Immigrant Group Backing Burien's Sanctuary City Repeal

  10-08-2017 20:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneBurien residents and activists holding signs at the August 7 meeting in which the Burien City Council voted to put Initiative 1 on the November ballot.Ryan T. Bell
  Last week Burien lawmakers voted to place on the November ballot a measure that would repeal a "safe city" policy preventing city employees from inquiring about a person's citizenship status or religious affiliation. Council members passed the ballot measure despite public protest over the repeal effort's purported
  
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• Women and Boomers Cast the Most Votes in Seattle's Mayoral Primary

  10-08-2017 18:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli Sanders
  Whose voices carried the most weight in Seattle's recent mayoral primary?While there are still a few ballots left to be counted, data released to The Stranger by King County Elections shows that women cast a significantly greater number of votes than men and were the dominant force in far more voting precincts than men.When we slice the data a different way, this time along generational lines, it appears it was the Boomers of Seattle who cast the most votes in the August 7 electio
  
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• Who Cast the Most Votes in Seattle's Mayoral Primary?

  10-08-2017 18:29 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli Sanders
  While there are still a few ballots left to be counted, data released to The Stranger by King County Elections shows that women cast a significantly greater number of votes than men and were the dominant force in far more voting precincts than men.When we slice the data a different way, this time along generational lines, it appears it was the Boomers of Seattle who cast the most votes in the August 7 election, followed closely by the Gen X-ers. (Sorry, Millennials. But take comfo
  
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• Republicans Hate Democrats Democracy

  10-08-2017 18:24 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageWashington Post:
  Critics of President Trump have repeatedly warned of his potential to undermine American democracy. Among the concerns are his repeated assertions that he would have won the popular vote had 3 to 5 million “illegals” not voted in the 2016 election, a claim echoed by the head of a White House advisory committee on voter fraud. Claims of large-scale voter fraud are not true, but that has not stopped a substantial number of Republicans from believing them.
  
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• The Morning News: Socialists Swarm Chicago, State Investigates Farmworker Death, Federal Way Bans Safe Injection Sites

  10-08-2017 17:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneLo, a Democratic Socialist! Sebastian Hidalgo
  Heidi and the Socialists: Heidi spent her weekend at the Democratic Socialists of America convention in Chicago to find out how they plan to pull American politics left. The answer, it seems, lies in local politics—and in promoting policies that the Democrats are currently unwilling to embrace.
  She writes:
  The question facing DSA is not who they plan to run for president in 2020 to "spoil" the Democrats—the group "will
  
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• The Morning News: Heidi Spends Her Weekend with Socialists, State Investigates Farmworker Death

  10-08-2017 17:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneLo, a Democratic Socialist! Sebastian Hidalgo
  Heidi and the Socialists: Heidi spent her weekend at the Democratic Socialists of America convention in Chicago to find out how they plan to pull American politics left. The answer, it seems, lies in local politics—and in promoting policies that the Democrats are currently unwilling to embrace.
  She writes:
  The question facing DSA is not who they plan to run for president in 2020 to "spoil" the Democrats—the group "will
  
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• Supreme Court upholds Seattle gun tax

  10-08-2017 17:33
  The Washington state Supreme Court upheld Seattle's contested tax on gun and ammunition sales in an opinion filed Thursday.
  
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• This is not a drill: Seattle’s hazy smoke from B.C. wildfires could finally lift on Friday

  10-08-2017 16:43
  Meteorologists expect winds from the south to start pushing the haze out of the Puget Sound region Thursday evening. By the weekend, the city's air quality will show "drastic improvement," according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Washington state Supreme Court to issue decision on Seattle’s gun tax

  10-08-2017 15:48
  A ruling by the Washington state Supreme Court is expected Thursday morning on a lawsuit challenging Seattle’s gun tax.
  
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• Washington state Supreme Court rules in favor of Seattle’s gun tax

  10-08-2017 15:48
  The Washington state Supreme Court ruled 8-1 to uphold Seattle’s gun tax.
  
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• Blooms galore at wholesale market in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood

  10-08-2017 15:30
  Plenty of flowers for sale at Georgetown market.
  
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• Seattle’s Montlake Bridge to close: Your guide to weekend traffic woes

  10-08-2017 15:20
  Lane closures return to northbound I-5 in SeaTac this weekend, plus a full closure of the Montlake Bridge for deck repairs.
  
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• Washington college grads carry less debt than students in other states, survey finds

  10-08-2017 15:00
  Students who graduated from Washington colleges are carrying less debt than students from many other states, a new survey shows.
  
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• Thousands gather in Washington for 13 days of military exercises

  10-08-2017 15:00
  The Air Mobility Command operates out of the limelight but is a vital support system for the U.S. military. In a 13-day marathon of exercises, service members gather in Washington to hone their skills.
  
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• The not-so-secret trick to cutting solo car commutes: Charge for parking by the day

  10-08-2017 15:00
  Charging for parking by the day, not by the month, is one of the most powerful tools that employers have to spur their employees not to drive alone to work. Spurred by state law, Seattle-area employers have seen big results in keeping cars off the road.
  
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• Outspoken researcher says his university and lawmakers silenced and punished him

  10-08-2017 15:00
  Washington State University wolf researcher Robert Wielgus finds himself crosswise with ranchers, lawmakers and WSU administrators — and their lobbyists. He’s lost grant funding for his summer research, been forbidden from talking to media in his professional role and investigated — and cleared — for scientific misconduct.
  
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• Housing bubble fears stronger in Washington than in any other state

  10-08-2017 15:00
  A new survey found 71 percent of Washington adults think a housing bubble is coming. New York, Florida and California residents were the next most likely to fear a housing bubble.
  
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• Campus diversity part of path to fairness for all, despite what conservative strategists say

  10-08-2017 15:00
  Identity politics is propelling the latest fight against affirmative action at Harvard. But it’s important to remember why that action was needed in the first place.
  
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• Trump administration urged to avoid salmon protection rules

  10-08-2017 09:09
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A group that represents farmers is calling the costs of saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest unsustainable and is turning to the Trump administration to sidestep endangered species laws. The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association wants the government to convene a Cabinet-level committee with the power […]
  
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