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• UPDATE: Seattle University Removes Self-Portrait 2000 by Chuck Close, an Artist Accused of Sexual Misconduct

  26-01-2018 23:56 via thestranger.com
  
  When will the appropriate time come around to present these works?by Leah St. LawrenceAnother Chuck Close self-portrait, located in a NYC train station. Is its time limited as well? Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  Seattle University's library Lemiuex Library recently removed from its 2nd floor Self-Portrait 2000 by Chuck Close, the estimated (pre-allegation) value of which is $35,000. In light of the sexual misconduct accusations from women who modeled for him, The National Gallery cancelled Close&rsq
  
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• Watch This: HBO's High Maintanence

  26-01-2018 23:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogThe Guy, at rest HBO
  The second season of High Maintanence premiered last Friday on HBO, but the show, like much of today's stand-out TV (Broad City, Insecure, Dear White People) started out online.I first discovered it in 2012, and immediately fell in love (the creators are the only people I've ever sent actual fan mail). The episodes then were short, some a little as five minutes, and all episodic. While a feature character in one episode may reappear as a bit player in another,
  
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• Cuckold Study Gets Conservative Panties in a Knot

  26-01-2018 23:01 via thestranger.com
  
  CNN covered an academic study on cuckolding and the internet went wild.by Katie HerzogA cuckold enjoying his play.Efenzi/Getty Images
  On Thursday, CNN posted an article about a recent study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior that was co-written by sexperts Justin Lehmiller and David Ley, as well as Stranger puppet master Dan Savage. The study, entitled "The Psychology of Gay Men’s Cuckolding Fantasies," surveyed a large sample of predominately gay men about their cuckoldi
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: Help! My Boyfriend Is a Bottom!

  26-01-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Also, why are this guy's blowjobs so dry?by Dan Savage
  Having trouble finding gay relationship advice through Google.
  Me: 35.
  Him: 24.
  We met when I was 29 and he was 18. He has always been a top, and I’ve always been a bottom. We both very rarely wanted to swap those roles. I'm the older one, but I have a twink body, I'm short and slim, and although I have lost a lot of my hair, I still look like I'm 26. He has more of "jock" body. He is definitely more handsome than me. No doubt. I knew
  
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• Maze Runner: The Death Cure—So Long, Murder-Teens!

  26-01-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Suzette Smith
  "This is crazy, Thomas!” grizzled rebel leader Vince (Barry Pepper) yells over the rumbling motor of his off-road truck as he and the aforementioned Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) peel across dusty brushland toward the crackerjack train heist that opens Maze Runner: The Death Cure.
  Things stay at that same yelling! punching! and jumping! pace for the next two-and-a-half hours in this, the final installment of the Maze Runner trilogy—the dystopian teen series that intro
  
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• Rape investigation of ex-soccer team owner reopened by Kirkland police after Arizona indictment

  26-01-2018 22:57
  Dion Earl, a former Seattle indoor soccer team owner, is accused of sexually assaulting two women in Mesa, Ariz. Earl’s arrest raised questions about the failure by authorities to bring charges against him in King County, where he was the subject of two sexual-assault probes.
  
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• Adam Paysse Is Releasing the First Beers from His Much Anticipated Floodland Brewing, and I Got to Try Them

  26-01-2018 22:35 via thestranger.com
  
  “People are going to get pissed about my beers, which is mostly fucking cool.”by Lester BlackPaysse pours a glass of Drive Out The Spirits, a wild and sour ale fermented with blueberries. Lester Black
  When I tried the inaugural beers from Floodland Brewing last weekend, I wasn’t surprised that they were deeply complex and interesting; Adam Paysse, formerly of Holy Mountain Brewing, has been barrel-aging beers for his new brewery for the last nine months, and there was little qu
  
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• Police: Renton school assembly leads to child rape charges

  26-01-2018 22:29
  Marten Sortun Elementary School in Kent hosted a school assembly last month that taught students how to report molestation should they fall victim to a predator -- and, as a result, a man is now charged with two counts of first-degree rape against young children, Renton police say.
  
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• Police: Kent school assembly leads to child rape charges

  26-01-2018 22:29
  Marten Sortun Elementary School in Kent hosted a school assembly last month that taught students how to report molestation should they fall victim to a predator -- and, as a result, a man is now charged with two counts of first-degree rape against young children, Renton police say.
  
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• Pizza Pie Face Off: Searching for the Best Slice in Seattle

  26-01-2018 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jake UittiA great slice from Rocco's Eva Walker
  If you talk to anyone who loves food in Seattle, you’ll hear a lot of lamenting about how the city is bereft of excellent pizza. If you consider New York the source of top-notch slices, then Seattle couldn’t be farther away in proximity. But distance shouldn’t determine everything, right? So, where are Seattle’s best slices?That’s what I set out to discover with compadres-in-taste-testing Julia Massey and Eva Walker
  
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• Analysis: Hellish Thursday commute cost millions in lost time

  26-01-2018 22:06
  After a truck triggered the closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct early on Thursday afternoon, everyone looking to head home from downtown Seattle was caught in a nightmare of traffic backups.
  
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• Seattle University Removes Self-Portrait 2000 by Chuck Close, an Artist Accused of Sexual Misconduct

  26-01-2018 21:55 via thestranger.com
  
  When will the appropriate time come around to present these works?by Leah St. LawrenceAnother Chuck Close self-portrait, located in a NYC train station. Is its time limited as well? Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  Seattle University recently removed Self-Portrait 2000 by Chuck Close, the estimated (pre-allegation) value of which is $35,000. In light of the sexual misconduct accusations from women who modeled for him, The National Gallery cancelled Close’s solo exhibition along with an exhibit by
  
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• Inbox Jukebox: A Weekly Shortlist of Good New Music. Alice Glass, Mudhoney, Eye of Nix, and More

  26-01-2018 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Our music critic finds five gems by Alice Glass, Mudhoney, Eye of Nix, and others from the deluge of new songs in his inbox.by Dave SegalAlice Glass's "Cease and Desist" is emotionally shattering.
  Alice Glass, "Cease and Desist" (Loma Vista). "Cease and Desist" can't not be heard with Alice Glass's recent accusations of sexual, mental, and physical abuse toward her former Crystal Castles bandmate Ethan Kath in mind. (Kath denies the allegations and is reportedly suing Glass for defamation.) But
  
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• Pot, speeding, inexperience were factors in Lynnwood crash that killed 3 teens

  26-01-2018 21:38
  The three teens who were killed in the crash were students at Henry M. Jackson High School in Mill Creek. A 15-year-old girl, a student at Cascade High School in Everett, was the only survivor.
  
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• David Rolf is Teaming Up with Uber, Some in Labor Say WTF

  26-01-2018 21:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Is labor selling out to the boss?by Heidi GrooverDavid Rolf, right, co-chaired Seattle's minimum wage committee.City of Seattle
  Earlier this week, SEIU 775 President David Rolf signed this open letter along with venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. The letter calls for portable benefits for Uber drivers. Portable benefits, a still nascent idea in labor and tech circles, would offer gig economy workers a way to access things like workers comp and retirement even when th
  
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• BenDeLaCreme's Wild Night on the First Episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3

  26-01-2018 21:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Despite claiming she'd never go back in a previous interview with The Stranger, she did it anyway, and she was GREAT.by Christopher FrizzelleThe Seattle queen killed it last night. Spoilers galore below. VH1
  Blah blah blah: This is the part where I put some text here so that if you don't want spoilers but your eye accidentally fell on this post, you can see that this is not for you and that you shouldn't keep reading. You should go watch the first episode. Especially if you're a BenDeLaCreme fan
  
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• Food News You Can Use This Weekend

  26-01-2018 21:17 via thestranger.com
  National Chocolate Cake Day, Burger Month, and Moreby Stranger Things To Do StaffThe week has brought another wave of delicious new things to eat and drink to Seattle: You can try a Korean-inspired Relay Burger with caramelized bacon kimchi mayo from Rachel Yang at Li'l Woody's, plunge your spoon into the decadent Deathcake at Cupcake Royale, or puff on cigars and sip spirits at the Winter Drams Spirits Festival. Plus, say goodbye to West Seattle's Tap Station before it closes on Sunday, celebra
  
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• The Return of Deathcake, New Restaurants to Try, and More Food News You Can Use: Jan 26, 2018 Edition

  26-01-2018 21:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCupcake Royale's Deathcake, "Seattle's most lovingly lethal dessert," made its long-awaited return to Seattle this week—just in time for National Chocolate Cake Day on Saturday. Cupcake Royale Instagram
  The week has brought another wave of delicious new things to eat and drink to Seattle: You can try a Korean-inspired Relay Burger with caramelized bacon kimchi mayo from Rachel Yang at Li'l Woody's, plunge your spoon into the decadent Deathcake at Cupcake Royal
  
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• Economist to Seattle: "This Is As Good as It Gets"

  26-01-2018 21:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeSeattle today be like...
  John W. Mitchell, a colorless economist who appears to have no real or interesting ideas but does appear to make competent announcements about current economic trends, told an audience at the Business Journal’s Outlook 2018 that basically the national economy has reached a state of perfection. Official unemployment is low, growth is moderate, and inflation is neither too low nor too high—low inflation is now a matter of concern for the rich b
  
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• UPDATED: I-90 reopened, chains required over Snoqualmie

  26-01-2018 19:59
  Interstate 90 closed eastbound Friday morning after several vehicles spun out on the snow-covered highway.
  
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• I-90 reopened, chains required over Snoqualmie

  26-01-2018 19:59
  Interstate 90 closed eastbound Friday morning after several vehicles spun out on the snow-covered highway.
  
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• I-90 closed both directions over Snoqualmie Pass

  26-01-2018 19:59
  Interstate 90 closed eastbound Friday morning after several vehicles spun out on the snow-covered highway.
  
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• Washington state Senate OKs bump-stock ban in rare victory for gun-control advocates

  26-01-2018 19:55
  For years, proposed gun regulations in Olympia have stalled long before getting a full vote of the Legislature.
  
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• 2 feet of mountain snow, heavy rain Sunday could cause flooding

  26-01-2018 19:50
  The latest forecasts show much of the heavy rain set for this weekend will hit the Olympics and North Cascades, but flooding on rivers north of Seattle is still possible.
  
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• 2 feet mountain snow, heavy rain Sunday could cause flooding

  26-01-2018 19:50
  The latest forecasts show much of the heavy rain set for this weekend will hit the Olympics and North Cascades, but flooding on rivers north of Seattle is still possible.
  
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• In Memoriam: The Radical Imagination of Ursula K. Le Guin

  26-01-2018 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The proper Le Guinean response to her passing is to joyfully read and re-read her.by Edward WolcherNot a sentimentalist. Jack LiuUrsula K. Le Guin died Monday at the age of 88, passing from a living body and voice into the land of dead authors who speak only through their work. This marks the sad loss of one of the greatest figures in American literature, one who remained vital to the end.Not a sentimentalist, Le Guin seemed to welcome the cold, good earth: the darkness that she celebrated in he
  
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• Jessica Lea Mayfield’s Latest Record is a Lighter Shade of Dark

  26-01-2018 19:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Sorry is Gone chronicles Mayfield's abusive marriage, but there's far more triumph that tragedy on her latest record.by John CoyleJessica Lea Mayfield lands at Tractor Tavern on February 3 Ebru Yildiz
  “Does it have to be a place that exists, or can I make it up?” It’s lunch time in mid-January, and Jessica Lea Mayfield is at home in Nashville. She’s just returned from the barren expanse of California’s Salton Sea, where she shot a video for her next single, “O
  
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• Family of rancher killed in Oregon wildlife-refuge standoff sues federal government

  26-01-2018 18:59
  PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of a rancher fatally shot by Oregon State Police during the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge alleges in a federal lawsuit that he was “deliberately executed by a pre-planned government ambush.” The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Portland seeks at least $5 million in damages […]
  
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• Family of rancher killed in Oregon standoff sues US, police

  26-01-2018 18:59
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The family of an Arizona rancher who was killed by police during the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon alleged in a U.S. lawsuit Friday that he was “deliberately executed by a preplanned government ambush.” The wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Portland on the second anniversary of Robert “LaVoy” […]
  
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• This flu season is on track to be one of the worst in 15 years

  26-01-2018 18:56
  This flu season is on track to be one of the worst in 15 years, with nearly 12,000 people needing to be hospitalized, federal health officials reported Friday. The latest weekly report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the season, which started early and hit many states simultaneously, continues to blanket […]
  
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• Read a Candid Interview with the Late Mark E. Smith from 1988

  26-01-2018 18:40 via thestranger.com
  
  The Fall's late leader talks about his music, Brix, Damo Suzuki, being ignored by Rolling Stone, and other things—in 1988.by Dave SegalThis old zine featuring Segal's Mark E. Smith interview just sold for over 13 quid on eBay.
  As mentioned in this Slog post, I interviewed the late Fall’s voluble, venomous frontman Mark E. Smith in 1988 for a fanzine I co-ran called You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever. The piece’s title is “Hip Priest in Motown.” Some people have
  
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• Slog AM: Contamination Spreading at Hanford Project, Vietnamese Seattleite Subject of Viral Racist Email

  26-01-2018 17:23 via thestranger.com
  
  A box truck driver is being the change he wants to see in the world, Trump is itching to say "you're fired" at least one more time.by Nathalie GrahamHanford. JEFF T. GREEN/GETTY IMAGES
  Contamination plutonium plant spreads for miles: A demolition project at the Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant has unearthed plutonium and americium contamination that reaches up to 10 miles. The plant was started originally to create plutonium for the atomic bomb in World War II. It continued into the 40s and bui
  
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• Friday marks anniversary of great Pacific Coast quake, tsunami

  26-01-2018 17:21
  Friday marks the 318-year anniversary of one of the greatest earthquakes on record along the Pacific Coast - the estimated 9.2 "Cascadia" quake that struck just off our coast on Jan. 26, 1700. To coincide with the anniversary, NOAA and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center have released a computer model depiction of how the devastating ensuing tsunami raced across the Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Flu widespread across U.S. for third straight week

  26-01-2018 17:16
  NEW YORK — Sick with the flu? You’ve got a lot of company. The flu blanketed the U.S. again last week for the third straight week. Only Hawaii has been spared. Last week, 1 in 15 doctor visits were for symptoms of the flu. That’s the highest level since the swine flu pandemic in 2009. […]
  
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• ‘Day Zero’: Water shutoff looms in South Africa’s Cape Town

  26-01-2018 15:43
  The prospect that large sections of South Africa’s showcase city, famously perched near two oceans, might go without running water has induced anxiety as well as resolve among its nearly 4 million residents. This would be the world’s first major city to go dry.
  
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• Your Facebook news feed is changing. Here’s how to keep seeing news stories from The Seattle Times.

  26-01-2018 15:00
  As Facebook changes its news feed, you could see fewer posts from news outlets like The Seattle Times — unless you follow these quick steps.
  
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• State investigators focus on nets plugged with mussels in Atlantic salmon net-pen failure

  26-01-2018 15:00
  Cooke Aquaculture’s maintenance practices at its collapsed Atlantic salmon farm at Cypress Island have drawn the attention of state investigators, after nets fouled with mussels and other sea life were found.
  
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• ‘If you no speak English’: email to Vietnamese man in Seattle sparks emotional response over language discrimination

  26-01-2018 15:00
  A Cleveland High School senior's Twitter post has reverberated across screens, from Seattle to France, with people sharing their own stories of overcoming job hurdles because of language. A strong theme: children feeling emotional toward their immigrant parents.
  
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• Beer, burgers and haircuts: Seattle hits new high for cost of living, and it’s not just housing

  26-01-2018 15:00
  The city of Seattle ranks in the top 10 for a slew of goods and services: bread, sugar, cooking oil, telephone service, gasoline, dental visits, wine, frozen corn — even tennis balls.
  
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• Teen badly injured in derailment heads to Colorado for recovery

  26-01-2018 14:56
  Timmy Brodigan suffered a broken neck, fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, and other serious injuries in the derailment. He's spent weeks in ICU at Seattle Children's Hospital.
  
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• Tanzania to auction 3 tons of hippo teeth, despite criticism

  26-01-2018 13:34
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities in Tanzania plan an auction of 3.5 tons of hippo teeth next week, drawing criticism from conservation groups who say the sale could encourage increased killing of the species for its body parts. Tanzanian wildlife authorities say licensed dealers on Monday can bid for the 12,500 pieces of hippo teeth at […]
  
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• China seeks to allay concerns over Arctic activities

  26-01-2018 06:53
  BEIJING (AP) — China is seeking to allay concerns about its increasingly prominent activities in the Arctic, saying it won’t interfere in the actions of nations in the region. Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou (SHWEN’-yo) says China is interested in participating in scientific studies and the exploitation of new sea routes that have opened up […]
  
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• China says its activities in Arctic will bring opportunities

  26-01-2018 06:53
  BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese diplomat sought Friday to allay concerns about his country’s increasingly prominent activities in the Arctic, saying Beijing won’t interfere in the interests of nations in the region. Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou (SHWEN’-yo) said China is interested in participating in scientific studies and the exploitation of new sea routes […]
  
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• Washington state monitors found radioactive contamination from troubled Hanford demolition project

  26-01-2018 05:07
  The monitoring last year was conducted in the federal nuclear site by the state Department of Health, which notified the federal Energy Department of the findings in December.
  
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• President Trump’s first year and women demonstrating the art of the march

  26-01-2018 04:00
  The nation marked President Donald Trump's first year in office with a government shutdown and a second year of massive women's marches.
  
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