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• Reader Advice Round-up: "Leave Your Wife If She Slaps You Again. WTF?"

  24-05-2018 23:47 via thestranger.com
  
  Bill Maher, cocksucking boyfriends, and partners that slap.by Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: What do you do when your senior-and-still-married-to-your-father mother starts boozing and cruising?How does a married woman get her boyfriend to shut up about his new girlfriend? And how does this letter writer give her straight boyfriend the gay blowjob he secretly yearns for? Also, a guy who can't stop thinking about all the fun sex his girlfriend had with his exes. Finally, as alwa
  
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• Trump aims to make it easier for companies to get to space

  24-05-2018 23:46
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is asking the government to make it easier for private companies to get to and from space. Trump signed the space policy directive Thursday. He was joined at the White House by Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the National Space Council . During a meeting at […]
  
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• Run the Jewels Rejected the NFL's Request to Use "Legend Has It" During the Super Bowl

  24-05-2018 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Run the Jewels member El-P profanely slams the NFL after the league sought to place their track in the Super Bowl.by Dave SegalKiller Mike and El-P at NYC's Meadows Music and Arts Festival in 2017 Nicholas Hunt/Getty
  In strong terms, MC/producer El-P of the popular hiphop duo Run the Jewels rejected the NFL's request to air their ominous, rugged track "Legend Has It" during the Super Bowl. (The song appears on the soundtrack to Black Panther.) Disgusted by the football league's decision yesterda
  
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• Teacher of the Year Removed from Texas Classroom for Showing Photograph of Her Wife

  24-05-2018 23:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog Getty Images
  Looks like homophobia is alive and well in Texas. The Texas Tribune reports that Stacy Bailey, an art teacher at Charlotte Anderson Elementary School in Mansfield, has been suspended from the classroom since September. Her crime? Showing her students a photograph of her wife.From the Tribune:Mansfield [Independent School District] in North Texas put Bailey on paid administrative leave at the start of this school year, following complaints from a parent that she was &
  
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• Today in the Death of the American Empire: Trump Hands South Korea to China

  24-05-2018 22:56 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe aftermath of MAGA... ParkerDeen/gettyimages.com
  Today, South Korea, a close ally of the United States, learned, along with the rest of the world, that Trump had cancelled that peace summit with North Korea. It was supposed to take place on June 12, in Singapore. The Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim Jong Un, was informed of the cancellation by a letter. In it, the President of the United States of America stated that t
  
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• Cougar-attack victim S.J. Brooks was leader for inclusivity in bike community

  24-05-2018 22:39
  Seattle's cycling community took to social media to mourn the death of cyclist S.J. Brooks, who died after a cougar attack.
  
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• Elon Musk's Plan to Fix the Media May Be His Worst Idea Yet

  24-05-2018 22:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogElon Musk and girlfriend Grimes, the oddest romantic pairing since Serena Williams and the Reddit guy. Theo Wargo/Getty
  Elon Musk may be an expert at many things (technology, innovation, shooting cars up into space), but journalism, clearly, is not one of them.This week, Musk used his immense brain power to engage in a Twitter tiff after Reveal (a public radio show, podcast, and website) published a report on worker injuries at a Tesla plant, which, reporters found, the company ha
  
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• Q&A: Is it a migraine? Many don’t realize what causes their suffering

  24-05-2018 22:04
  Migraine is the most disabling neurological disease in the world among people under age 50, beating epilepsy, strokes and chronic back pain. Yet many who have migraines don’t realize it or ever mention their symptoms to a doctor.
  
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• Nuclear power plant near Tri-Cities is back online

  24-05-2018 21:47
  The six-day shutdown started after a warning from transformers.
  
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• David Byrne—Who Performs in Seattle Tonight—Encourages Listeners to Stay Positive in New Album, American Utopia

  24-05-2018 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Robert HamDavid Byrne lands at the Paramount Theatre tonight.JODY ROGAC
  Throughout his peerless run as leader of post-punk legends Talking Heads and a lengthy solo career, David Byrne’s gaze at the state of the world has remained firm over the past four decades: suspicious, bemused, and more than a little curious about how we got here.
  That’s been the core of his best work, like 1981’s My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, his cut-up masterpiece with Brian Eno; 1986’s True St
  
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• Trump's Anti-Choice Title X Rule Could Affect 80,000 Women in Washington

  24-05-2018 21:39 via thestranger.com
  
  Sen. Patty Murray says the proposal is "about putting Vice President Pence’s extreme beliefs in the doctor’s office."by Heidi GrooverPlanned Parenthood would be hard hit by a proposed new federal rule about funding for reproductive health. jetcityimage
  The Trump administration’s plan to place new restrictions on family planning clinics could affect more than 80,000 women in Washington, according to an analysis by Senate Democrats.Announced last week, the administration’s
  
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• ‘It’s just crazy’: Handgun ends up embedded in car’s bumper on I-5

  24-05-2018 21:26
  The driver told troopers he was driving south on Interstate 5 near Lakewood when he saw "a small black object in the air," then heard a noise as the object struck his car.
  
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• King County councilmember opposes $180 million proposal for Safeco Field upkeep, says Mariners should ‘pay their own expenses’

  24-05-2018 20:59
  King County councilmember Dave Upthegrove is opposed to using a hotel-motel tax to fund roughly $180 million in Safeco Field upkeep by the Mariners. He says that money would be better used on tackling the region's homelessness and affordable housing issues.
  
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• A Talk with the Directors of Prospect, a Groundbreaking Sci-Fi Movie That Was Filmed in Seattle and Screens at SIFF Tonight

  24-05-2018 20:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jake UittiSpaceship Seattle Prospect
  This interview originally ran on Slog when the film had its premiere at SXSW in March. Prospect has its Seattle premiere at SIFF tonight, then screens one more time next Wednesday.
  In 2011, amidst unsuccessful and recession-induced job hunts, longtime friends Chris Caldwell and Zeek Earl decided to form their own production company, Shep Films. At first, their Fremont-based company focused on making commercials, but the two decided they wanted to grow in m
  
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• Police: Winlock man fatally shot by neighbor while playing basketball with son

  24-05-2018 20:36
  There was no word on what might have prompted the shooting.
  
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• Officials: Efforts failing to save US West sagebrush land

  24-05-2018 19:41
  Officials say they're losing the battle against a devastating combination of invasive plant species and wildfires in the vast sagebrush habitats in the U.S. West that support cattle ranching and recreation.
  
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• Efforts to save vast sagelands of the American West are failing

  24-05-2018 19:41
  Officials say they're losing the battle against a devastating combination of invasive plant species and wildfires in the vast sagebrush habitats in the U.S. West that support cattle ranching and recreation.
  
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• Ex-Rose Windows Songwriter Chris Cheveyo Presents His New Band Research, Premieres New Single, "In Pink"

  24-05-2018 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Hear the premiere of the first single by Research, ex-Rose Windows mastermind Chris Cheveyo's new radiant and heavy rock band.by Dave SegalSeattle's newest potential hitmakers (clockwise from top left): Ray McCoy, Chris Cheveyo, Garrett Moore, Lauren Rodriguez. Ryile P. Smith
  After the premature dissolution of Sub Pop recording artists Rose Windows, Seattle singer/songwriter/guitarist Chris Cheveyo has cycled through a handful of group names—including Dræmhouse and Chris Cheveyo Band
  
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• Out of homelessness, into a hovel: Public money spent on Seattle houses with bugs, trash, no water

  24-05-2018 19:10
  In response to the homelessness crisis, local governments are spending millions of dollars on rental subsidies to get people into housing that is seen as more stable. But with lax oversight, those dollars have paid for properties with long histories of neglect and disrepair.
  
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• The Star of Solo: A Star Wars Story Is Not Donald Glover, but Bradford Young

  24-05-2018 18:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede
  We all knew that the actor playing Han in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Alden Ehrenreich, was not going to make this movie. We were certain of this for two reasons: one, surpassing Harrison Ford's Han was next to impossible; two, in the new era of Wonder Woman and Black Panther, the only thing that can justify another story of a white man saving the world is very exceptional writing and directing. True, one of Solo's writers, Lawrence Kasdan, co-wrote the best Star Wars film, The Em
  
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• Gay Portland State University Student Brutally Beaten

  24-05-2018 18:48 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageAaron Salazar GOFUNDME
  Absolutely horrifying: a gay PSU student was taking the train from his home in Colorado back to school in Portland. He texted his great-grandmother from Truckee, California, to tell her that he had a 10-hour layover and was going to hangout with a new friend he made on the train. Aaron Salazar was found an hour later beaten, bloody, and burned:
  A station employee found Salazar's battered body lying next to the train tracks. The injuries to his body have his fa
  
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• Donald Glover Is Not the Star of Solo: A Star Wars Story

  24-05-2018 18:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Bradford Young is.by Charles Mudede
  We all knew that the actor playing Han in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Alden Ehrenreich, was not going to make this movie. We were certain of this for two reasons: one, surpassing Harrison Ford's Han was next to impossible; two, in the new era of Wonder Woman and Black Panther, the only thing that can justify another story of a white man saving the world is very exceptional writing and directing. True, one of Solo's writers, Lawrence Kasdan, co-wrote the best Star
  
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• We Can Have Nicer Things: How Seattle Can Still Get Transit Right

  24-05-2018 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by David ColeNorthgate Link under construction. More of this, please. DAVID COLE
  In my previous column I explained how American expectations for public transit have been on a decades-long downward spiral from the Great Society rapid transit systems of BART, MARTA, and the Washington, DC Metro system to the milquetoast light rail, streetcar, and “rapid” bus systems we struggle to build today. In short, we’re now paying far more money for far less transit than we did only a few d
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle Is The Fastest Growing City Of The Decade, Phoenix Poaches Business After Head Tax, A Sexier Space Needle

  24-05-2018 17:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Stormy gets the key to West Hollywood, Donald pulls out of the North Korea summit, Alex gets hit with lawsuitsby Nathalie GrahamRaise your hand if you're a transplant ALFSnaiper / Getty Images
  Seattle is this decade’s fastest growing city: Move over, Austin. Seattle has taken first place for fastest growing big city this decade. Since 2010, Seattle has added 114,000, an 18.7 percent growth rate as of last year. Maybe one of you reading this is among the number of newcomers. Hello.Fuck off,
  
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• First look: Space Needle unveils nearly complete glass observation deck

  24-05-2018 16:09
  All-glass walls, a rotating floor and benches are part of the most expensive upgrade of the tower's history.
  
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• Mayor proposes law requiring Seattle owners to lock up guns

  24-05-2018 15:00
  Under the legislation sent by Mayor Jenny Durkan to the City Council, Seattle would penalize gun owners up to $10,000 for allowing their firearms to be obtained and used for harm by children or at-risk people.
  
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• 114,000 more people: Seattle now decade’s fastest-growing big city in all of U.S.

  24-05-2018 15:00
  New census data show Seattle notched another year of impressive population gains in 2017. We've now outpaced Austin in rate of growth since the start of this decade, ballooning 18.7 percent, or 114,000 more people.
  
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• Space station accepts special delivery from Virginia

  24-05-2018 11:30
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station accepted delivery Thursday of more than 7,000 pounds of supplies from Virginia. A commercial cargo ship arrived at the orbiting lab three days after launching from Wallops Island. Orbital ATK shipped the goods for NASA in a Cygnus capsule, which is named after the swan constellation. […]
  
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• Hawaii volcano produces methane and ‘eerie’ blue flames

  24-05-2018 07:55
  HONOLULU (AP) — Scientists in Hawaii have captured rare images of blue flames burning from cracks in the pavement as Kilauea volcano gushes fountains of lava in the background, offering a look at a new dimension in the volcano’s weeks-long eruption. The volcano produces methane when hot lava buries and burns plants and trees. The […]
  
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• ‘Eerie’ blue flames burn in cracks caused by Hawaii volcano

  24-05-2018 07:55
  "It's very dramatic. It's very eerie," said Jim Kauahikaua, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist, of the blue flames. He said it was just the second time he's seen blue flames during an eruption.
  
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• Mauled in Montana woods, grizzly-bear researcher walks 2 miles with fractured skull for help

  24-05-2018 05:28
  Less than two weeks ago, Amber Kornak posted about her new job on Facebook. It was her dream: She would be a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seasonal field assistant working with the small but threatened grizzly bear population of Montana’s Cabinet Mountains, a narrow stretch of snow-capped peaks that sprawl more 40 miles. Tucked […]
  
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• UW Medical Center patient diagnosed with Legionnaires disease while receiving treatment

  24-05-2018 05:01
  Last year, at least two patients — including a woman who died — contracted the severe type of pneumonia that spreads through contaminated water at the hospital.
  
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• Officials identify worker who fell to his death at Sound Transit’s Bellevue job site

  24-05-2018 04:25
  Walter R. Burrow, 63, was a longtime employee at Kiewit, the company building the elevated light rail on the Eastside.
  
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• Look up to catch stellar views of the International Space Station this week

  24-05-2018 04:08
  Decent weather and the position of the sun mean that folks across Washington should be able to see the massive spacecraft.
  
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• It’s not just the climate; all that extra CO2 also might change our food

  24-05-2018 02:44
  Carbon dioxide helps plants grow. But a new study — co-authored by a UW professor — shows that rice grown in higher levels of carbon dioxide has lower amounts of several important nutrients.
  
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• Human remains found near Stadium High School in Tacoma

  24-05-2018 02:37
  The body's advanced state of decomposition made an immediate determination of gender, age and race impossible.
  
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• 14 vehicles destroyed in central Washington brush fire

  24-05-2018 01:37
  The fire threatened multiple homes and burned up to the U.S. Army's Yakima Training Center but no structures were lost.
  
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• Forecasters predict Central Pacific could see 6 hurricanes

  24-05-2018 01:25
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Central Pacific could see anywhere from three to six hurricanes over the next six months, forecasters predicted Wednesday. That would be an increase over the two named storms last year. Storm activity is likely to be normal or a bit busier than normal this year, according to the National Oceanic and […]
  
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• Connelly: Seattle parks get high marks, but a gap downtown

  24-05-2018 01:01
  Seattle is in 11th place in the annual ParkScore index ranking park systems in America's 100 largest cities, the Trust for Public Lands disclosed Wednesday.
  
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• The Weird Shit That Has Spilled On Seattle Highways

  24-05-2018 00:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Nothing disrupts a morning commute like an overturned semi truck.by Nathalie Grahamwho did this Jorge Villalba / Getty Images
  Usually, traffic in Seattle is pretty bad. Congestion is expected at certain hours of the day and it's expected to get worse as new construction projects spring up around the city. But, on a typical day, it's nowhere near Los Angeles-bad. It's not even San Francisco-bad. However, there are certain days when Seattle's traffic is an unparalleled hell scape.These are the day
  
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• Is the Stacey Abrams Strategy the Model for Democratic Victory?

  24-05-2018 00:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Blabbermouth Podcast Episode 150: Stacey Abrams, Amy McGrath, and Philip Roth—plus listener advice on talking to Trump supporters.by The StrangerEpisode 150 talks about the historic Stacey Abrams victory in Georgia and then explores the Dodd-Frank rollback, Philip Roth, and what listeners say about talking to Trump supporters. Jessica McGowan / Getty ImagesSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!Stacey Abrams wins in Georgia! (Becoming the first black woman in history to b
  
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• David Byrne's American Utopia Encourages Listeners to Stay Positive

  24-05-2018 00:12 via thestranger.com
  by Robert HamThroughout his peerless run as leader of post-punk legends Talking Heads and a lengthy solo career, David Byrne’s gaze at the state of the world has remained firm over the past four decades: suspicious, bemused, and more than a little curious about how we got here.That’s been the core of his best work, like 1981’s My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, his cut-up masterpiece with Brian Eno; 1986’s True Stories, his cinematic ode to small-town life; and Here Lies Love
  
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• Moses Farrow: Woody Allen Is Not Guilty

  24-05-2018 00:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Woody Allen's son defends his father.by Katie Herzog Kevin Winter/Getty
  By now, you likely know the story of Woody Allen's alleged assualt of his then-7-year-old daughter Dylan in 1993. Dylan has written and spoken publicly about the alleged assault several times over the past few years, claiming that Allen took her into the attic of her mother Mia Farrow's country home in Connecticut and, while she lay on her stomach watching an electric train set roll by, assaulted her.The allegations were inv
  
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