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• We Now Return You to the Age of Facebook Anxiety, Already in Progress

  21-03-2018 23:59 via thestranger.com
  
  Revelations about FB's "surveillance machine" intensify users' long-held misgivings. But will we quit?by Sean NelsonI wish I knew how to quit you.
  Of the many things you can say about Facebook, the main one is that it invites compulsive use.I know not everyone has the affliction of not being able to leave the record or book store because they haven’t yet looked at every single record or book that is available for purchase. I know not everyone leaves the library with a stack of 10 epic nove
  
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• Zinke took security detail on Greece, Turkey vacation

  21-03-2018 23:48
  U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke took along a security detail last August when he and his wife celebrated their 25th anniversary with a private, two-week vacation to Istanbul and the Greek Islands.  The explanation:  Zinke is in the presidential line of succession, and Istanbul has become a dangerous place.
  
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• TV personality known for playing Bozo the Clown dies at 89

  21-03-2018 23:47
  BOSTON — Longtime Boston television personality and entertainer Frank Avruch, who was the star of the popular children’s TV program “Bozo the Clown,” has died. He was 89. Mr. Avruch died Tuesday at his Boston home from heart disease, his family said in a statement to WCVB-TV . Mr. Avruch played Bozo the Clown from […]
  
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• Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 5: The Last Artful, Dodgr

  21-03-2018 23:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ciara Dolan ALICIA J ROSE
  Spring is almost here—flowers are blooming, the temperature's steadily rising, and legions of dads are preparing to bust out their Crocs. That means summer's just around the corner, and with it the 20th anniversary edition of Pickathon. Let's celebrate with another installment of our Starlight Series, shall we?This psychedelic video features Portland rapper the Last Artful, Dodgr, who requested minimal lighting during both of her sets at last year's festival. F
  
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• Washington state’s electric-vehicle sales tax break to end

  21-03-2018 22:55
  The current exemption expires in June 2019 or once 7,500 electric vehicles have been registered with the state — whichever comes first. That number hit 6,843 as of last week, according to the state department of licensing.
  
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• 2 JBLM soldiers die in Lakewood boating incident

  21-03-2018 22:53
  The base says the bodies of the two men were recovered after there were reports of missing kayakers in American Lake.
  
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• Facebook Is Useless, but I'm Not Giving It Up Yet

  21-03-2018 22:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Many Facebook users are fleeing following a massive data scandal. Not me.by Katie HerzogFacebook users are fleeing following a massive data scandal. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
  For the last two days, my friend Shelby's Facebook post has been sitting at the top of my news feed. "Jonestown sun with a Manson Fam rising and a Source Family moon," it says. "Venus is clearly in FLDS." It's a very good status update—better, I would say, than 99 percent of what rolls across my feed. Still, I've alrea
  
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• Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs package of bills sparked by #MeToo movement

  21-03-2018 22:22
  Inslee said allegations in recent months against powerful men in politics, business, entertainment and media are “bringing to light how inadequate our laws, rules and culture are when it comes to sexual harassment and assault.”
  
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• ‘Indivisible’ activists endorse Jason Rittereiser and Kim Schrier in 8th Congressional District race

  21-03-2018 22:19
  Local "Indivisible" activists have endorsed Democrats Jason Rittereiser and Kim Schrier in the pivotal 8th Congressional District race to succeed retiring Republican Rep. Dave Reichert.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: My Girlfriend Squirts and I Wind Up Sleeping In a Puddle

  21-03-2018 22:17 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Straight guy, divorced, pushing 50. I've been with my girlfriend—straight, divorced, pushing 40—for two years and have zero complaints. In a lifetime of great and terrible relationships, I've never been happier. She is funny, smart, loving, sexy, and by a large margin the horniest woman it's been my very good fortune to know. So, why I'm writing? More often than not, when she comes, it's preceded by copious amounts of liquid something. Like, soaking, like, someone poure
  
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• Our Orca Matriarchs Are Dying

  21-03-2018 22:09 via thestranger.com
  
  These toothed whale residents are a little community—small matriarchies, with culture, diet, dialect, and rituals all of their own.by Sarah Myhre Fokusiert/gettyimages.comMany global populations of animals are rapidly sliding toward functional extinction, which is, in short, an ecologically relevant status of highly diminished species that no longer functionally modify their ecosystem. There are parallels between the functional extinction of species and the experience of navigating the Sea
  
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• Blabbermouth Podcast: Presidential-Level Revenge Porn, the Facebook Storm, and a Defense of Dogs on Planes

  21-03-2018 22:01 via thestranger.com
  by The StrangerSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!So, wait a minute: If Stormy Daniels wins her fight against Trump’s lawyers, and she releases Trump sexts and (gasp) dick pics to the world, does that constitute… revenge porn?Dan Savage, Rich Smith, and Eli Sanders consider this urgent question, and then they dive into the lessons of the recent primary elections in Illinois and hear from a pro-life Democrat in Pennsylvania who wants to be accepted by the party&
  
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• These Pets Were Too Beautiful for The Stranger's Inaugural Ugly Pet Contest

  21-03-2018 21:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Meet Burt, Prune, Herbert, Henry, Jack Jack, and Zero.by Chase Burns
  Decisions were made, votes were counted, and the winners have been chosen for The Stranger's inaugural Ugly Pet Contest, sponsored by Urban Animal Clinic, Purrfect Cat Boarding, and Emerald City Pet Rescue. But while our winners (TBA!) prepare for a photo shoot this weekend as their owners pick through a Pure Ayre prize package, we want to spotlight some of the pets that were too beautiful to win. Not everyone can be an ugly du
  
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• Seattle U. student charged in wrong-way crash that killed Issaquah man on I-90

  21-03-2018 21:43
  Alexander Chung, 20, claimed to have had only one drink while playing video games with friends at Seattle University, but prosecutors say that’s inconsistent with his level of intoxication.
  
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• Indivisible Groups in WA-08 Endorse Jason Rittereiser and Kim Schrier

  21-03-2018 21:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Rittereiser won 58 percent of the vote in a run-off, while Schrier won 42 percent of the vote.by Rich SmithRittereiser and Schrier standing before some of Washington's finest foliage.Courtesy of the Rittereiser and Schrier Campaigns
  Today a coalition of six Indivisible groups active in Washington's 8th Congressional District endorsed Democratic candidates Jason Rittereiser and Kim Schrier in the race to replace Represenative Dave Reichert, who will retire at the end of his term.
  To which I say:
  
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• Court Upholds Verdict That Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" Plagiarized Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up"

  21-03-2018 21:06 via thestranger.com
  
  A Seattle lawyer explains what today's ruling that Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" is still guilty of plagiarizing Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" means.by Dave SegalGot to give it up to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
  Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict that decreed Robin Thicke's #1 single from 2013, "Blurred Lines," had infringed the copyright of Marvin Gaye's 1977 song "Got to Give It Up." If you want more context about this decision, which is extremely import
  
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• Seattle warns of cut brake lines on shared bikes

  21-03-2018 21:01
  Seattle's DOT issued a warning Wednesday after the department received a number of reports that brake lines had been cut on some of the city's bike-share bicycles.
  
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• Durkan Announces Proposal to Require Safe Gun Storage

  21-03-2018 20:47 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven Hsieh"Everyone can still own a gun, they can still carry a gun, they can still transport a gun. But if you leave it behind, you gotta lock it up." Seattle Channel
  Mayor Jenny Durkan on Wednesday morning announced legislation that will require gun owners to lock up weapons when they’re not carrying or transporting them.
  Standing alongside regional leaders at Harborview Medical Center, Durkan said the legislation aims to prevent avoidable accidents and suicides.
  "This is not an ant
  
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• Seattle officials to propose law requiring owners to lock up guns

  21-03-2018 20:41
  Mayor Jenny Durkan and Councilmember M. Lorena González also want to increase penalties for people who fail to report lost and stolen guns.
  
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• Seattle mayor seeks law to require owners to lock up guns

  21-03-2018 20:41
  Mayor Jenny Durkan and Councilmember M. Lorena González also want to increase penalties for people who fail to report lost and stolen guns, a response to nationwide gun violence and to shootings in Seattle.
  
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• After Employee Complaints, Sound Transit CEO Told to Work on "Listening" and "Self-Awareness"

  21-03-2018 20:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Women employees say Rogoff looked them "up and down."by Heidi GrooverSound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff DREW ANGERER/GETTY
  Three weeks after Sound Transit released a memo alleging its leader berated employees and used racially insensitive language, the Sound Transit Board will consider a set of "performance goals" for CEO Peter Rogoff.
  Early this month, the board discussed internal Sound Transit memos showing employees had complained about Rogoff's leadership. The agency also released those memos to
  
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• Charges: Second, third courthouse shooters identified in May melee

  21-03-2018 20:28
  Prosecutors charged two more teens last week in a May 2017 shooting that hit three people outside the King County courthouse.
  
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• Charges: 2nd, 3rd courthouse shooters identified in May melee

  21-03-2018 20:28
  Prosecutors charged two more teens last week in a May 2017 shooting that hit three people outside the King County Courthouse.
  
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• Brake Lines Reportedly Cut on Some Shared Bikes

  21-03-2018 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogCheck your brakes before you ride.Lime BikeIt appears that some unknown hater has begun cutting the brake lines on some of Seattle's shared bikes. Spin (the orange one) sent out an e-mail to users today that says the company has "received reports of brake lines being cut on Spin bikes in the downtown Seattle area."Soon after, the Seattle Department of Transportation tweeted about it.We’re getting reports that some #seattlebikeshare bikes have had brakes vandalized. We’
  
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• Seattle wants to require gun lock boxes

  21-03-2018 20:16
  Seattle officials unveil gun safety plan, a requirement that firearms be kept in lock boxes when not being carrier by an owner or transported.  The proposal comes less than 72 hours before the March for Our Lives, which is expected to draw thousands to city streets."If you don't have your gun on you, it should be locked up," said Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.
  
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• Today in history: 'King of Puget Sound Bootleggers' arrested

  21-03-2018 19:50
  It's a tale as old as mistrust in authority figures: Hotshot cop with a quick intellect shoots through the ranks, becoming a sergeant within three years and the youngest lieutenant on the force.And he was running the biggest bootlegging operation in the Pacific Northwest.
  
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• Seattle's sunny days are a wrap, rain to return

  21-03-2018 19:46
  Spring may have arrived officially, but rain is coming back to Seattle.
  
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• Bill Bryant Has a New PAC and It's A Free Market Horror Show

  21-03-2018 19:39 via thestranger.com
  
  The top donor: a libertarian horse boarder.by Heidi GrooverWhy. HG
  Remember Bill Bryant? If the answer is no, congratulations.
  Bryant was the frozen-yogurt-haired Republican who used his spot on the port commission to mock Seattle environmentalists and welcome Shell's Arctic drilling rig with open arms. Then, he ran for governor against Jay Inslee in 2016. He did that "stuck in traffic, order a pizza" ad. He tried to pretend he wasn't affiliated with his own party as it sank (further) into xenop
  
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• Suspect arrested in deadly weekend shooting in Burien

  21-03-2018 19:36
  Detectives learned Tuesday that the victim had died from his injuries, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Jeff Sessions Instructs Federal Prosecutors to Pursue Death Penalty in Drug Cases

  21-03-2018 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogJeff Sessions, the AG who thought the KKK was okay until he found out they smoked pot.Mark Wilson/Getty Images
  It seems President Donald Trump's bright idea to execute drug dealers wasn't just an effort to recapture the news cycle from Stormy Daniels after all. In a memo issued by the Department of Justice on Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff "Racist Elf" Sessions instructed federal prosecuters to seek the death penalty in some drug-trafficking cases.It reads:The opioid epidemic ha
  
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• Alaskan Way Viaduct to close this weekend

  21-03-2018 19:19
  Drivers headed to or from points south of downtown take heed, the Alaskan Way Viaduct will be closed Saturday and Sunday.
  
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• Teen charged with murder in Kent pot robbery death

  21-03-2018 19:18
  A 17-year-old boy initially implicated as the getaway driver in a November slaying during a Kent marijuana deal was charged with first-degree murder last week after evidence emerged that he took part in planning the heist that killed a 20-year-old man.
  
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• US-Russian crew blasts off for International Space Station

  21-03-2018 19:09
  MOSCOW (AP) — A rocket carrying two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station has blasted off successfully. The Soyuz booster blasted off as scheduled Wednesday from the Russia-leased Baikonur launchpad in Kazakhstan. It’s carrying NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and Roscosmos’ cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev. The rocket put their […]
  
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• Rocket carrying 2 US astronauts, Russian cosmonaut to International Space Station has blasted off from Kazakhstan

  21-03-2018 19:01
  MOSCOW (AP) — Rocket carrying 2 US astronauts, Russian cosmonaut to International Space Station has blasted off from Kazakhstan.
  
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• Prohibition-era murals discovered during renovations of former Louisa Hotel

  21-03-2018 19:00
  It was the Hudson Hotel and then the Louisa. It held Chinatown’s first bakery. It was the site of the Wah Mee Massacre in 1983 and a fire in 2013. Now, during renovations of the building, a new slice of history has been discovered.
  
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• The Goofy, Smart, Sincere Comedy of Trevor Noah

  21-03-2018 18:33 via thestranger.com
  
  Trevor Noah is worthy of any stage out there.by Jenni MooreIn December, I had the good fortune of seeing Trevor Noah’s stand-up show at the Paramount Theatre. No spoilers about his new material here, but I will say I was glad that Noah carried on his tradition of fanboying about President Barack Obama. But this time, instead of a fictional tale, it was a true story: his own real-life experience of meeting the first black president in American history. Noah’s Obama story feels like a
  
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• Oregon teenagers tame wild horses for auction

  21-03-2018 18:33
  PENDLETON, Ore. — Madison Feller bounced on the balls of her feet and peered through the rail fence. Nervous energy surged through her body as she waited for the first glimpse of the wild mustang she would train over the next 98 days. The Pendleton teenager had signed on with Teens and Oregon Mustangs, a […]
  
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• $10,000 reward offered after fires at 2 Olympia-area churches

  21-03-2018 17:58
  Because the fires appear to be related and the targets are Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Halls, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was called to assist in the investigation.
  
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• Mississippi's Extreme 15-Week Abortion Ban Has Been Blocked by a Judge

  21-03-2018 17:54 via thestranger.com
  by Megan BurbankUnless you're a woman! Tiago Fernandez / Getty
  Here's Rewire, with the precedent:
  U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves granted plaintiffs’ temporary restraining order on Tuesday afternoon in a brief two-page order. “The Supreme Court says every woman has a constitutional right to ‘personal privacy’ regarding her body. That right protects her choice ‘to have an abortion before viability,’” Reeves wrote, citing Roe v. Wade and Planned P
  
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• SWAT team responds to standoff at Bitter Lake apartments

  21-03-2018 17:40
  A SWAT team has surrounded an apartment building and evacuated nearby residents in Seattle's Bitter Lake neighborhood where a man barricaded himself after assaulting a woman, police said.
  
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• Inscape Used to Be a Prison for Immigrants. Now It's a Home for Artists.

  21-03-2018 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogThe exterior of Inscape. JONATHAN VANDERWEIT
  This story is presented as part of the spring 2018 edition of The Stranger's Art + Performance Quarterly.
  From the outside, this building on the edge of the International District looks like an old school. Inside, it echoes like a school, too. It's easy to imagine the hallways teaming with students. At one time, there were children within these walls, but they weren't students; they were prisoners.
  Today, the building is known as Inscap
  
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• Slog AM: Sound Transit's Escalator Phobia, Seattle Is Really Gay, and Is It Time To Delete Facebook?

  21-03-2018 16:10 via thestranger.com
  
  The Austin bomber killed himself, a movie theater seat killed a U.K. man, congrats to Putin!by Nathalie GrahamSeattle LOVES love CHUNG SUNG-JUN / GETTY IMAGES
  Seattle area third gayest in U.S. : First off, no one knows how many same-sex married couples there are in the U.S. The Census Bureau is still figuring out how to track it. Tax returns are the best indicator, currently. Analyzing IRS data shows that Washington is pretty gay. There are about 9,300 gay married couples in the Seattle area. Th
  
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• Spring snowstorm snarls air travel in the Northeast

  21-03-2018 14:18
  Airlines canceled or delayed thousands of flights Wednesday as another storm developed along the Mid-Atlantic coast, bringing a combination of rain, sleet and snow. More than 3,400 flights scheduled for Wednesday have been canceled, according to FlightAware. Most of the affected flights had destinations or departures in the Northeast corridor. On Tuesday more than 700 […]
  
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