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• Looking for a Literary Job? Mark Your Calendars for Literary Career Day.

  04-01-2018 23:50 via thestranger.com
  
  I wish something like this existed when I came to Seattle.by Rich Smith You probably SHOULDN'T be looking for a literary job (despite the the fact that book sales are up) but I know I can't stop you anyway. Kelly O
  ATTN: All young writers and people who don't know what to do with their English degrees.A bunch of cool local arts organizations (including One Reel, Seattle Public Library, Seattle Office of Film and Music, and Seattle Office of Arts and Culture) are here to help you find a job&mdash
  
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• Things I Learned from Instagram: Ellen Page Married Her Lookalike

  04-01-2018 23:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogDoppelbangers in love.
  In today's edition of "Things I Learned from Instagram"—a new column I just invented while all The Stranger's editors were in a meeting—Ellen Page Gets Married, Beth Ditto Gets a Boyfriend, and more! Read on.Ellen Page (1.2M followers) announced today that she has married her girlfriend, the dancer/choreographer Emma Porter (102K followers). Congrats to the happy couple, who we are pretty sure are not twins, just doppelbangers.Beth Ditto (117K fo
  
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• Where to Go for the First Thursday Art Walk Tonight

  04-01-2018 23:01 via thestranger.com
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffTonight is First Thursday in Pioneer Square—your monthly opportunity to stroll, sip on booze, and attend as many art openings as possible in a historic neighborhood known for its abundance of galleries. Below, find all of this month's openings and events (staff picks are marked with an asterisk [*]), and check out a Google map of them all here.ApotheosisSee contemporary art by the artists of Shift Gallery—Eric Day Chamberlain, Anna Macrae, Karen Klee-Atl
  
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• Where To Go During Tonight's First Thursday Art Walk: January 4, 2018

  04-01-2018 22:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't miss Francisco Guerrero's Loaves and Fishes, which examines the growing movement of conservative Christians who live off the grid, and which features functional animal traps, among other things.
  Tonight is First Thursday in Pioneer Square—your monthly opportunity to stroll, sip on booze, and attend as many art openings as possible in a historic neighborhood known for its abundance of galleries. Find all of this month's openings and events on our First Th
  
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• ICYMI: Scottish Duo Optimo's Legendary High and Tight Warehouse Party DJ Set

  04-01-2018 22:38 via thestranger.com
  
  If you missed last year's epic, eclectic DJ set by Scottish legends Optimo in a Seattle warehouse, you can now hear a choice portion of it (audio included).by Dave Segal
  It's quite possible you missed Scottish duo Optimo's set at a Seattle warehouse in February 2017, organized by the excellent High & Tight crew. Judgment errors happen. Obligations get in the way. It's understandable. Anyway, JD Twitch (aka Keith McIvor) of Optimo bestowed a late holiday gift to people with ears and good tast
  
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• Low oxygen levels, coral bleaching getting worse in oceans

  04-01-2018 22:12
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is making the world’s oceans sicker, depleting them of oxygen and harming delicate coral reefs more often, two studies show. The lower oxygen levels are making marine life far more vulnerable, the researchers said. Oxygen is crucial for nearly all life in the oceans, except for a few microbes. “If […]
  
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• What Does Jeff Sessions' War On Legal Weed Mean For Washington State?

  04-01-2018 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Big questions over banking.by Lester BlackWill this mean the end of legal joints, pot brownies, and dabs? The Stranger
  It happened.Ever since Jeff Sessions, one of the most avowed pot haters in America, was given the country’s top cop post, those in the legal weed industry have been worried about a federal crackdown on cannabis. This Thursday morning, Sessions rescinded an Obama-era order called the Cole Memo that allowed legal marijuana states to flourish and opened the door to a wholesal
  
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• Former Stranger Staffer Lindy West Is Coming out with Not One but Two New Books

  04-01-2018 21:47
  
  Have we mentioned that Lindy West used to work here? She did.by Katie HerzogHave we mentioned that Lindy West used to work here? She did.Jenny Jimenez
  Lindy West, former Stranger film editor and current New York Times columnist (my, how the mighty have fallen) will be coming out with not one but TWO new books in the nearish future, as Jezebel (another one of West's former employers) reports.The first book, scheduled for release later this year, is, according to publisher Hachette, a “cultu
  
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• Oil industry cleared to drill in Alaska waters, off West Coast

  04-01-2018 21:44
  The Trump administration will lease vast offshore areas for oil drilling, even as it relaxes safety rules put in place after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.  The first drilling target -- the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in Alaska.
  
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• NTSB hasn’t interviewed engineer in fatal Amtrak derailment south of Tacoma

  04-01-2018 21:11
  A new report from federal investigators gives no indication as to why the Amtrak train that derailed south of Tacoma last month was going nearly 50 mph above the speed limit.
  
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• What should happen to Seattle’s Battery Street Tunnel?

  04-01-2018 20:48
  Sketched Jan. 3, 2018 I’m standing next to the south entrance of the Battery Street Tunnel in Belltown. Traffic on the half-mile thoroughfare connecting the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Aurora Avenue seems light this early afternoon compared to the rush-hour bottlenecks that often form here. While there’s a lot of expectation about the waterfront viaduct […]
  
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• Watch Seattle Grow in This Remarkable Time-Lapse

  04-01-2018 20:44 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog KingWu/Getty Images
  Three years ago, a 360-degree camera was installed at the top of the Space Needle. The camera takes a panorama of the city every 10 minutes, and UW grad and software engineer Ricardo Martin Brualla spent the last few months putting together a timelapse of that footage. (If you're interested in how he did it, Brualla outlines the whole project in this Medium post, which I first discovered thanks to Seattle Times reporter Mike Rosenberg's always illuminating Twi
  
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• Conservative Christian Activist Needs Help "Re-Horrifying" People About Homosexuality

  04-01-2018 20:37
  
  by Dan SavageOh, the horror.
  Anti-gay rightwing evangelical "Christian" looooonatick Linda Harvey sat down with my old pal Peter LaBarbera, the country's premiere anti-gay looooonatick, and had a little chat about all the sick, sinful, sex-crazed predatory gays out there (sigh) "recruiting children" into the gay lifestyle via GSAs. Harvey and LaBarbera both backed Donald Trump — of course they did; the entire evangelical movement backed Trump — and, oh hey, here's Trum
  
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• Conservative Christian Activist Needs Help "Re-Horrify" People About Homosexuality

  04-01-2018 20:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageOh, the horror.
  Anti-gay rightwing evangelical "Christian" looooonatick Linda Harvey sat down with my old pal Peter LaBarbera, the country's premiere anti-gay looooonatick, and had a little chat about all the sick, sinful, sex-crazed predatory gays out there (sigh) "recruiting children" into the gay lifestyle via GSAs. Harvey and LaBarbera both backed Donald Trump — of course they did; the entire evangelical movement backed Trump — and, oh hey, here's Trum
  
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• New Third Gender Option Is Now Available on Washington State Birth Certificates

  04-01-2018 20:27 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamBabies now have a gender-neutral option on birth certificates in Washington. Getty
  The Department of Health has passed a rule allowing a third gender option on Washington State birth certificates.Washington State residents will be able to change their gender to a third option — “X” — beginning on January 27.Proposed at the end of last August the rule saw passionate public support as well as criticism. Today, a mere four months since it was proposed, the
  
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• Virginia House Race Decided by Pulling a Name Out of a Bowl

  04-01-2018 19:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Remember this the next time you're tempted not to vote.by Katie HerzogIn Virginia, this is what democracy looks like.WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES
  In this, the self-appointed GREATEST DEMOCRACY ON EARTH, the closely watched race for the Virginia House of Delegates 94th District was decided Thursday morning by pulling a fucking name out of a fucking BOWL. Or, to be more precise, a piece of blue and green stoneware borrowed from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts that apparently symbolizes “the sky
  
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• Time-lapse video shows Seattle's explosive growth in last 3 years

  04-01-2018 19:46
  If you're the kind of Seattleite who's wondered just when the hell all these new buildings sprang up in South Lake Union, have we got the video for you.
  
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• Washington teacher is finalist for National Teacher of the Year

  04-01-2018 19:29
  Spokane teacher Mandy Manning, who works at the Newcomer Center at Ferris High, is one of four finalists to be the National Teacher of the Year.
  
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• Judge lowers bond for immigrant tracked down by ICE after speaking to media

  04-01-2018 19:06
  A Pacific County man was arrested by immigration officials after an interview with The Seattle Times. He has been held at the Northwest Detention Center for more than a month.
  
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• Washington Booksellers Remember Louis Collins, "One of the Best Bookmen in the Northwest"

  04-01-2018 19:05 via thestranger.com
  
  He will be missed.by Rich SmithLouis Collins and his friend, the writer Sibyl James, on her 50th birthday.Patricia BarryAntiquarian bookseller Louis Collins died Tuesday at the age of 77. Paul Constant at the Seattle Review of Books reports that Collins "collapsed while walking his dog...and had passed away before medics could arrive."Collins worked in the book business for over 50 years. He spent the majority of that time in Seattle, selling books by appointment out of a house on 12th and Denny
  
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• Trump moves to vastly expand offshore drilling off US coasts

  04-01-2018 19:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday moved to vastly expand offshore drilling from the Atlantic to the Arctic oceans with a plan that would open up federal waters off the California coast for the first time in more than three decades. The new five-year drilling plan also could open new areas of oil […]
  
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• Connelly: Gov. Inslee pledges to fight 'federal infringement' on marijuana

  04-01-2018 19:00
  Washington will resist any Trump administration effort to roll back the state's legalization, taxing and regulation of recreational marijuana.
  
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• Even with AG protection, Sessions' pot decision may still affect Wash.

  04-01-2018 18:56
  Attorney General of Washington Bob Ferguson plans to "vigorously defend the will of the voters in Washington state." But that doesn't mean that the Washington state cannabis market won't still be rocked by this announcement.
  
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• Some residents below slow-moving landslide near Yakima won’t evacuate as crack widens, officials say

  04-01-2018 18:44
  So far, 19 people have sought refuge at a Red Cross shelter that was opened to assist evacuees. That leaves only about 10 to 15 holdouts among the more than 50 residents who live below the 1,758-foot ridge.
  
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• Residents below slow-moving landslide near Yakima won’t evacuate as crack widens, officials say

  04-01-2018 18:44
  They’re staying put. That’s the challenge the Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management is facing while trying to persuade people who live below Rattlesnake Ridge — where a 250-foot-deep crack in the hillside has continued to grow — to evacuate. Horace Ward, the office’s senior emergency planner, said the main reason people are refusing to […]
  
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• Letter to the Editor: I'm Moving to Seattle to Be a Drag Queen

  04-01-2018 18:34
  
  Consider Detroit.by Chase Burns PETE GAMLEN
  Hello,
  I am looking to start my drag career this year and I turn 18 in October. I am emailing you because I would like to get information on what I have to do to start my career here when I do turn 18. I am very interested in starting here because I have read about it and it sounded like a nice place to get a start on a drag career and continue in the future.
  Thank you for your time.
  First of all, dear letter-writer, consider Detroit. Seattle is an exp
  
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• ‘An attack on Seattle’: Washington state officials say they won’t back down on legal pot as Sessions rescinds Obama-era policy

  04-01-2018 18:31
  "The current attorney general has had this in his bonnet for decades and he can’t get it out of his bonnet," Gov. Inslee said of Jeff Sessions' action Thursday.
  
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• ‘An attack on Seattle’: Washington state officials say they won’t back down on legal pot as Sessions plans change

  04-01-2018 18:31
  "The current attorney general has had this in his bonnet for decades and he can’t get it out of his bonnet," Gov. Inslee said of Jeff Sessions' action Thursday.
  
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• The Morning News: The Cryptocurrency Bubble Still Hasn't Popped, Will Seattle Abandon Its Cars, and When Will Jeff Sessions Cut It Out?

  04-01-2018 17:50 via thestranger.com
  
  The weather is bad, there's a war on cars, and we all (continue to) hate Jeff Sessions.by Nathalie Graham Vitalij Fleganov, CC 2.0
  Cryptocurrency is breaking into the mainstream: of the Seattle real estate market. A three-bedroom house in Tukwila was bought through bitcoin cash and other cryptocurrencies, most likely a first for the Seattle market. No one is positive if this is the first, for some reason, possibly because no one seems to actually understand cryptocurrency. Unless, of course, the
  
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• Feds to End Rules Protecting States with Legal Weed

  04-01-2018 17:50
  
  An end to the Cole Memo?by Heidi GrooverWashington just harvested its biggest legal weed crop ever. lester black
  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions may be about to pave the way for more federal prosecutions of cannabis growers and users, even in states where it's legal.
  The Associated Press reports that Sessions is rescinding the Cole Memo, an Obama-era policy that said the feds would not stop states from legalizing medical cannabis so long as the states took steps to prevent things like growin
  
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• AP: Feds to End Rules Protecting States with Legal Weed

  04-01-2018 17:50 via thestranger.com
  
  An end to the Cole Memo?by Heidi GrooverWashington just harvested its biggest legal weed crop ever. lester black
  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions may be about to pave the way for more federal prosecutions of cannabis growers and users, even in states where it's legal.
  The Associated Press reports that Sessions is rescinding the Cole Memo, an Obama-era policy that said the feds would not stop states from legalizing medical cannabis so long as the states took steps to prevent things like growin
  
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• Ferocious East Coast storm cancels dozens of Sea-Tac flights

  04-01-2018 17:11
  A ferocious winter storm on the U.S. Atlantic coast has sparked dozens of flight cancellations Thursday at Sea-Tac Airport, creating headaches for travelers heading back east.
  
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• Joseph Harrington goes from acting to interim U.S. Attorney for Eastern Washington

  04-01-2018 16:37
  SPOKANE, Wash. — Joseph Harrington has been the acting U.S. attorney for Eastern Washington since March. On Wednesday, his title was changed to interim U.S. attorney. A federal prosecutor since 1990, Harrington began leading the Spokane office in March after President Donald Trump’s administration asked then-U.S. Attorney Mike Ormsby to resign, along with 45 other […]
  
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• Police seek suspect in Redmond armed robbery

  04-01-2018 15:52
  Redmond police are asking for help identifying what they described as a “brazen” man who robbed a woman at gunpoint about 5:40 p.m. Wednesday. The suspect approached the victim inside a store in the 8800 block of 161st Avenue Northeast, pointed a handgun at her and indicated he wanted her purse, police said. Police said […]
  
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• Police seek ‘brazen’ suspect in Redmond armed robbery

  04-01-2018 15:52
  Redmond police are asking for help identifying what they described as a “brazen” man who robbed a woman at gunpoint about 5:40 p.m. Wednesday. The suspect approached the victim inside a store in the 8800 block of 161st Avenue Northeast, pointed a handgun at her and indicated he wanted her purse, police said. Police said […]
  
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• Rollover on southbound I-5 in Seattle causes huge rush-hour traffic jam

  04-01-2018 15:38
  A truck carrying steel plates overturned on Interstate 5 early Thursday, according to the Washington State Patrol.
  
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• Rollover on southbound I-5 in Seattle causes huge morning rush-hour traffic jam

  04-01-2018 15:38
  A truck carrying steel plates overturned on Interstate 5 early Thursday, according to the Washington State Patrol.
  
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• Despondent Seattle teen found a future through film; now he’s giving back

  04-01-2018 15:33
  The Southeast Asian Young Men’s group helped Vannady Keo find himself and put him on a path to higher education and a life of helping others. It’s part of Asian Counseling and Referral Service, which benefits from readers’ donations to The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy.
  
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• Rollover crash briefly closes, backs up southbound I-5

  04-01-2018 15:27
  A collision blocked southbound Interstate-5 just south of downtown in the early hours of Thursday's commute.
  
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• New health-insurance rule aims to deliver on Trump promise, allows cross-state purchase of plans

  04-01-2018 15:11
  The complex proposal aims to deliver on President Donald Trump's long-standing pledge to increase competition and lower costs by promoting the sale of health plans across state lines.
  
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• In new rule, Trump tries to deliver a health care promise

  04-01-2018 15:11
  The complex proposal aims to deliver on President Donald Trump's long-standing pledge to increase competition and lower costs by promoting the sale of health plans across state lines.
  
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• Washington carbon policy should invest in landscapes, rural communities, state lands chief says

  04-01-2018 15:00
  As debate over a carbon policy for Washington heats up, the commissioner of public lands urges a strategy that invests in preservation and enhancement of forests, agricultural and aquatic lands, and rural economies.
  
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• Poll: Schools and taxes top Washington voter concerns for 2018 Legislature

  04-01-2018 15:00
  More Washington voters are concerned about taxes as the Legislature gets ready to convene next week, according to a new statewide poll. The survey by independent Seattle pollster Stuart Elway found that, for the fourth straight year, education was the top concern listed by voters, with 32 percent ranking it as the “most important” issue […]
  
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• In 2018, I hope conservatives return to the planet of real facts

  04-01-2018 15:00
  Last year, while passionate people dedicated to space travel solved technical challenges using data and science, America left many earthbound problems unaddressed because the political right remains allergic to facts that conflict with ideology.
  
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• US to end lenient policy that let legal pot flourish

  04-01-2018 14:40
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is going after legalized marijuana. Sessions is rescinding a policy that had let legalized marijuana flourish without federal intervention across the country.
  
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• Sessions terminates US policy that let legal pot flourish

  04-01-2018 14:40
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is going after legalized marijuana. Sessions is rescinding a policy that had let legalized marijuana flourish without federal intervention across the country.
  
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• Sessions ending federal policy that let legal pot flourish

  04-01-2018 14:40
  Attorney General Jeff Sessions is going after legalized marijuana. Sessions is rescinding a policy that had let legalized marijuana flourish without federal intervention across the country.
  
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• Fearing new South Seattle charter will hurt nearby schools, School Board opposes zoning request

  04-01-2018 14:00
  Though the Seattle School Board voiced opposition to the request, the decision ultimately falls to the city of Seattle, not the district.
  
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