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• Wrongspeak Is a Safe Space for Dangerous Ideas

  31-05-2018 23:50
  
  A new podcast from Quillette takes on James Damore, trans kids, and more.by Katie Herzog
  Did you know James Damore is on the autism spectrum? I was unaware of this fact until yesterday, when I listened to the first three episodes of Wrongspeak, a new podcast from Quillette. Quillette, for those of you who don't spend all your time lobbing tweets in the culture wars, is, in its own words, "a platform for free thought." Or, more practically, it's a website, one that publishes essays that might not
  
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• Savage Love: What Works

  31-05-2018 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage Joe NewtonI am a 38-year-old gay man with a serious problem. My boyfriend of five years has developed a strange fascination. We've always watched porn together, but now he has been looking at straight porn and even lesbian porn (!!!) more and more often. More than once he has expressed an interest in having a MMF threesome—and he's a self-proclaimed gold-star gay! This week, I discovered he had hidden a Fleshlight from me. I could tell he had used it. What is going on with hi
  
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• Seattle just recorded warmest — and one of the driest — months of May in history

  31-05-2018 23:11
  The warmth here came as places across the country grappled with above-average temperatures and unusually dry conditions in May, too.
  
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• Here’s what we know about the warmest — and one of the driest — months of May in Seattle history

  31-05-2018 23:11
  The warmth here came as places across the country grappled with above-average temperatures and unusually dry conditions in May, too.
  
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• A taste of summer: It’s been the warmest May in Seattle history … and maybe the driest, too

  31-05-2018 23:11
  We're in line for the hottest May on record in Seattle's history. And, depending on some lingering clouds in the area, we could also see the driest May on record, too.
  
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• Yo La Tengo’s James McNew Reveals the Secret Formula that Guarantees Greatness and Longevity in Music

  31-05-2018 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonYo La Tengo plays Thurs-Fri May 31-June 1 at the Neptune in support of their new album There's a Riot Going On. Matador Records
  Yo La Tengo is miraculous on several levels.Their music explores a range vanishingly rare among rock bands, and no matter what they do—from chaotic noise to bathing warmth, from wristflip irreverence to unconditional devotion, from 10-minute drones to two-minute throwaways—it always, always sounds gloriously like them. Their shows (like the one
  
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• James McNew of Yo La Tengo on the Importance of Not Thinking About It That Much

  31-05-2018 23:10
  
  by Sean NelsonYo La Tengo plays Thurs-Fri May 31-June 1 at the Neptune in support of their new album There's a Riot Going On. Matador Records
  Yo La Tengo is miraculous on several levels.Their music explores a range vanishingly rare among rock bands, and no matter what they do—from chaotic noise to bathing warmth, from wristflip irreverence to unconditional devotion, from 10-minute drones to two-minute throwaways—it always, always sounds gloriously like them. Their shows (like the one
  
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• Help The Stranger and ProPublica Track Online Ads About the Seattle Head Tax, the Midterms, and More

  31-05-2018 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Download the ProPublica political ad collector and be part of tracking more online election shenanigans.by Eli SandersWe've alreadyexposed the secret funder of this head tax-related Facebook ad. To do even more work like this, we need your help.
  Earlier this month, a tip from a Stranger reader helped me uncover the mystery financial backer behind an online ad campaign against the Seattle head tax. (The mystery backer: the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.)
  Earlier today, I reported that
  
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• Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: May 31–June 3, 2018

  31-05-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffHankering for a The Princess Bride screening? As you wish.
  The Seattle International Film Festival is approaching its third week. We've got a full guide to help you choose what to see, as well as a list of the best SIFF movies worth watching this week—but check out these non-SIFF movies. SIFF has already played First Reformed, but you can now see it in theaters, plus there's the magnificently kinetic Mad Max: Black & Chrome Edition and that eternally quota
  
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• Sci-Fi Action Thriller Upgrade: Poor Man’s RoboCop Meets Working-Class Black Mirror

  31-05-2018 22:15
  
  by Vince Mancini
  One of the things I miss most about my childhood is being able to enjoy movies that were kind of bad. Steven Seagal vehicles come to mind, but there were lots of others. Movies that weren’t good, exactly, and clearly hadn’t cost a lot to make, but nonetheless had a certain dynamism and visceral thump. They had grit before “gritty” meant a steroidal Batman.
  Upgrade is a throwback to those movies, a sort of schlock action sci-fi thriller that’s heavy
  
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• Washington state man charged with disrupting Portland-to-Atlanta flight

  31-05-2018 22:03
  Bolutife Olorunda, 29, of Vancouver, Washington, was charged Thursday with interference with flight crew members and attendants.
  
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• The Puzzling Popularity of the Phrase "It Is What It Is"

  31-05-2018 22:00
  
  Why is the tautology "it is what it is" so damned popular?by Dave SegalAn early example of the annoying phrase; at least the music's sublime. Transmat Records
  It happened again last night. In a chat with a friend, he concluded a gripe about a coworker's baffling personality quirks with the words "It is what it is." It is what it is—after every utterance of this tautology, I roll those five syllables around in my head, and all I'm left with is a crushing sense of linguistic uselessness, a f
  
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• Reader Advice Round-up: "The Swinger Double Standard Is Bullshit"

  31-05-2018 22:00
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: This letter writer must stop seeing this wonder-performing, mind-boggling cumdump, a straight guy wants his girlfriend to find him a dick to suck, and a "thorsty" asexual who sometimes loves sex. And, as always, last week's column and Savage Lovecast.
  For TSA, the asexual who would like you to go down on her (but who would not like to go down on you):Longtime reader/listener (since ‘99!) here. You neglected t
  
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• Finals Week Strike Looms at the University of Washington

  31-05-2018 21:43
  
  Graduate student employees say they'll strike next week if they haven't reached a deal with UWby Heidi GrooverUW student employees went on a one-day strike in May, but still haven't reached a deal with the school. HG
  Student employees at the University of Washington say they'll walk off the job for two weeks during one of the busiest times of the school year if they can't reach a deal with the school by Friday. The escalation comes after months of contract negotiations and a one-day strike earli
  
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• Ailing weather satellite produces sharp snapshot of Earth

  31-05-2018 21:28
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Despite a serious cooling problem, the newest U.S. weather satellite has produced a sharp snapshot of Earth. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released the GOES-17 satellite’s first image Thursday. It shows the Western Hemisphere in detail from 22,000 miles up. Last week, NOAA reported that critical infrared sensors in […]
  
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• Filmmaker Asori Soto Tracks Down the Tastes of His Childhood in His Food Doc, Cuban Food Stories

  31-05-2018 21:25
  
  by Julianne Bell
  Food is inextricably linked to culture, to tradition, and to memory. Unfortunately for filmmaker and Cuba native Asori Soto, he was robbed of those memories as a child, when the economic crisis forced bereft cooks to scrimp on ingredients. In Cuban Food Stories, he returns to reclaim the flavors of his homeland—but don’t expect familiar meals like pork, rice, and beans. Instead, you’ll be introduced to dishes that live not in cookbooks or on menus, but through
  
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• In America, Latinos Are More Disposable than Blacks

  31-05-2018 21:12
  
  The conventional American feels that Latinos do not have a legitimate grievance in the US.by Charles Mudede"Damage from Hurricane Maria, San Juan, Puerto Rico" cestes001/gettyimages.com
  It can be argued that George W. Bush's fall really began with Hurricane Katrina.This was the moment that Kanye West—then in other kind of mind than he is in today—declared on national TV, with real pain in his voice, that "George Bush doesn't care about black people." The mainstream media was not sile
  
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• 18 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: May 31–June 3, 2018

  31-05-2018 20:53
  First Reformed, Black Dynamite, Mad Max, and Other Critics' Picksby Stranger Things To Do StaffThe Seattle International Film Festival is approaching its third week. We've got a full guide to help you choose what to see, as well as a list of the best SIFF movies worth watching this week—but check out these non-SIFF movies. SIFF has already played First Reformed, but you can now see it in theaters, plus there's the magnificently kinetic Mad Max: Black & Chrome Edition and that eternally
  
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• 17 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: May 31–June 3, 2018

  31-05-2018 20:53
  First Reformed, Black Dynamite, Mad Max, and Other Critics' Picksby Stranger Things To Do StaffThe Seattle International Film Festival is approaching its third week. We've got a full guide to help you choose what to see, as well as a list of the best SIFF movies worth watching this week—but check out these non-SIFF movies. SIFF has already played First Reformed, but you can now see it in theaters, plus there's the magnificently kinetic Mad Max: Black & Chrome Edition and that eternally
  
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• Samantha Bee Scandal: Fecklessc*ntghazi or Fecklesscu*tgate?

  31-05-2018 20:43
  by Dan SavageWe weren't able to decide between fecklessc*ntghazi or fecklesscu*tgate—or even post a clip here to Slog—before Samantha Bee apologized for calling First Daughter Ivanka Trump a "feckless cunt" on her show last night.
  Here's the context:
  On Full Frontal last night, Samantha Bee ripped Ivanka Trump for posting “the second most oblivious tweet we’ve seen this week.” as reports of immigrant children being separated from their families flood the news. &ldqu
  
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• Fecklessc*ntghazi or Fecklesscu*tgate?

  31-05-2018 20:43 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageWe weren't able to decide between fecklessc*ntghazi or Fecklesscu*tgate—or post a clip here to Slog—before Samantha Bee apologized for calling First Daughter Ivanka Trump a "feckless cunt" on her show last night. Here's the context:
  On Full Frontal last night, Samantha Bee ripped Ivanka Trump for posting “the second most oblivious tweet we’ve seen this week.” as reports of immigrant children being separated from their families flood the news. “You
  
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• Ticketfly Hacked, Venue Websites Down, More Havoc Promised (Including Your Credit Card Info, Possibly)

  31-05-2018 20:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonThis is what a cyber incident looks like.
  Billboard reports that Ticketfly, the event ticketing agency, has been the victim of a "cyber incident" and has been offline for the past 13 hours. The incident has affected venues and events around the country that partner with Ticketfly. Sites for Seattle venues Neumos/Barboza, the Crocodile, Chop Suey, El Corazon/the Funhouse, Highline, High Dive, as well as the ticketing section of the Capitol Hill Block Party (among others)—all T
  
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• Ticketfly Hacked and More Havoc Promised

  31-05-2018 20:36
  
  by Sean NelsonThis is what a cyber incident looks like.
  Billboard reports that Ticketfly, the event ticketing agency, has been the victim of a "cyber incident" and has been offline for the past 13 hours. The incident has affected venues and events around the country that partner with Ticketfly. Sites for Seattle venues Neumos/Barboza, the Crocodile, Chop Suey, El Corazon/the Funhouse, Highline, High Dive, as well as the ticketing section of the Capitol Hill Block Party (among others)—all T
  
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• What is it like to be the brother of an infamous assassin? Ask the other Sirhan

  31-05-2018 20:31
  PASADENA, Calif. — On a serene, leafy street in north Pasadena, Calif., a 70-year-old man has lived a quiet life in a well-preserved Craftsman house since his family bought it in 1963. He keeps the lawn mowed. Trims his fruit trees. Chats with the neighbors. Sometimes he smokes Parliament cigarettes with his tea on the […]
  
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• Preparing Oregon’s Spanish speakers for the big earthquake

  31-05-2018 20:20
  SEASIDE, Ore. (AP) — There are some things that need no translation. Anyone watching a video of an earthquake or tsunami can see that’s bad news. But what is harder to translate is what to do in response. That is why Clatsop County Emergency Management, the Lower Columbia Hispanic Council and Mercy Corps partnered to […]
  
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• Here Comes the Paid Social Media Campaign to Repeal Seattle's Head Tax. (And Here's What Is, and Is Not, Being Disclosed.)

  31-05-2018 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Facebook's new political ad archive is not disclosing everything that Seattle and Washington State laws say it should.by Eli SandersFacebook's new political ad archive is not disclosing everything that Seattle and Washington State laws say it should.
  What does the well-funded effort to repeal Seattle's head tax look like on the Facebook feeds of individual Seattleites targeted by the "No Tax on Jobs" campaign?
  Thanks to Facebook's new "archive of ads with political content," we have a sense of t
  
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• Africa’s mountain gorilla population now exceeds 1,000

  31-05-2018 20:07
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A new survey shows Africa’s critically endangered mountain gorillas have exceeded 1,000 after conservation efforts, making them the only great ape in the world considered to be growing in number. The WWF says mountain gorilla numbers have increased to 604 from an estimated 480 in 2010 in the Virunga Massif, a […]
  
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• Thanksgiving 2016: Politics may have cut family time short

  31-05-2018 20:06
  Washington State University analysis shows families may not have been able to stomach each other’s views on Trump and Clinton
  
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• Talking Trump didn’t sit well at Thanksgiving in 2016, study says

  31-05-2018 20:06
  Washington State University analysis shows families may not have been able to stomach each other’s views on Trump and Clinton
  
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• Talking Trump apparently didn’t sit well at Thanksgiving in 2016

  31-05-2018 20:06
  Washington State University analysis that used anonymous cellphone data shows families may not have been able to stomach each other’s political views after Donald Trump was elected president. Holiday visits appear to be shorter than in 2015.
  
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• Dunes on Pluto made of tiny frozen grains of methane

  31-05-2018 20:06
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered dunes on Pluto made of tiny frozen grains of methane. The pale gray and white ridges were revealed by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its 2015 flyby. A British-led team announced the findings Thursday in the journal Science. Researchers say the dunes appear to be made mostly […]
  
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• New Homeless Numbers Underscore Seattle's Failure to Serve People Living in Vehicles

  31-05-2018 19:53 via thestranger.com
  
  The highest increase in unsheltered homelessness is among those living in cars, vans, and RVs.by Heidi GrooverNew homelessness numbers show fewer people living in unsanctioned tent encampments but more living in vehicles.PHILAUGUSTAVO/GETTY
  A report released Thursday shows an increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness across King County. The one-night count also revealed a clear gap in progress for one key group: people living in vehicles.
  The numbers show 12,112 people are curre
  
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• Rates of non-vaccinated children continues to rise in Oregon

  31-05-2018 19:49
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fewer Oregon children in their first year of school are getting vaccinated, according to new data from the Oregon Health Authority. This year, 7.5 percent of Oregon kindergarten-aged students turned in nonmedical exemption forms, meaning they did not receive at least one of the state’s required immunizations. The rate was 6.5 […]
  
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• Rates of non-vaccinated children continue to rise in Oregon

  31-05-2018 19:49
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Recent figures show fewer Oregon children in their first year of school are getting vaccinated. The Oregon Health Authority says 7.5 percent of Oregon kindergarten-aged students this year turned in nonmedical exemption forms, meaning they did not receive at least one of the state’s required immunizations. The rate was 6.5 percent last […]
  
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• Hawaii has 5 other active volcanoes in addition to Kilauea

  31-05-2018 19:26
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has captivated people around the world by shooting lava high into the sky and sending rivers of molten rock pouring down hillsides into the ocean over the past month. But Kilauea is only one of many volcanoes in Hawaii. Here’s a look at some of the others. WHY DOES […]
  
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• Exorcise Your Incestuous Scandinavian Rage with the Seattle Symphony This Weekend

  31-05-2018 19:15
  
  There will be rune songs.by Rich SmithDausgaard's back in the building. He'll be doing justice to Sibelius's rage-y Kullervo this weekend. Brandon PatocAttention all Seattleites who get horny for weird Scandinavian folklore: starting tonight at Benaroya Hall, the Seattle Symphony's principal guest conductor (and future music director) Thomas Dausgaard will bring you Sibelius's Kullervo, a symphony based on a Finnish poem from the Kalevala epic.Another thing to look forward to: soprano Maria M&au
  
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• Give a Big, Green Thumbs-Up to Nurturing Roots at Their Farm Work Day This Sunday

  31-05-2018 18:55
  
  Come and give a big, green thumbs-up to Nurturing Roots at their farm work day this Sunday!by Sophia StephensService Board volunteers working with lettuce and chives in the Nurturing Roots garden. Photo courtesy of Nurturing Roots.
  Seattle’s summertime sunshine is well on its way, if not quite reliably as yet, and being outdoors is finally starting to seem appealing again. Whether you've already started hiking the trails, riding your bike through downtown without a helmet, or sunbathing at
  
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• After 15 Years, the Groundbreaking Anime FLCL Is Back

  31-05-2018 18:28
  Adult Swim revives the insane, mile-a-minute show.by Morgan TroperAs an adolescent, I would stay up to watch Cartoon Network’s late-night, “big kid” block, Adult Swim. In a streaming era, admitting this fact makes me feel 100 years old, but to my generation, Adult Swim was important—its esoteric, low-as-highbrow programming made you feel like you belonged to an exclusive club, even if all it really meant was that your parents paid for cable.There have been many excellent
  
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• Superstition Rules in Chinese Fable The Widowed Witch

  31-05-2018 18:15
  
  by Gillian Anderson
  This story of a woman besieged with misfortune includes a vein of magical realism. In The Widowed Witch, Er Hao has lost three husbands, leading people to believe she is cursed. She struggles to find a new place for herself. But when she starts using her powers to help people, she is labeled a witch with important gifts. Some see her as a person bringing healing and blessings, and others see her as putting dangerous curses on them. But every act has consequences, sometimes wh
  
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• Slog AM: There Are 12,112 Homeless People In King County, UW PhD Student Arrested In Egypt

  31-05-2018 17:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Trade war, Mrs. Kardashian West goes to Washington, Papua New Guinea prison resorts to desperate measuresby Nathalie GrahamThere was a 4 percent increase in this year's count of homeless people in King County. KatarzynaBialasiewicz / Getty
  More than half of King County homeless are sleeping outside: The county has seen a 4 percent increase in homeless people. There are 12,112 homeless in King County according to the annual one night count, Count Us In. There’s also a substantial increase i
  
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• Body of climber retrieved from Mount Adams

  31-05-2018 15:48
  PORTLAND — Search and rescue crews recovered the body of an Oregon climber who fell on Mount Adams. Yakima County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Casey Schilperoort says the body of Alexander Edward, of Hillsboro, was retrieved Wednesday after other climbers discovered it Sunday at around the 8,500-foot elevation of the mountain. Schilperoort says earlier efforts to […]
  
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• Survey: Seattle immigrants say affordable housing is their top need

  31-05-2018 15:45
  The Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs worked with community organizations and used 13 languages to survey more than 5,000 local immigrants.
  
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• Immigrants living in Seattle area share desire for affordable housing

  31-05-2018 15:45
  The Seattle Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs worked with community organizations and used 13 languages to survey more than 5,000 local immigrants.
  
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• I-5 work will cause major traffic delays this weekend

  31-05-2018 15:26
  Scheduled work this weekend on Interstate 5 will snarl traffic in Seattle.
  
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