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• Putting the 'B' in iHop

  05-06-2018 23:57 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonTo market, to market, to buy a small b.
  Apparently, according to Twitter, anyway, the International House of Pancakes is changing its name. But TO WHAT? Here's what we know so far: As of Monday, June 11 (note: it is unclear whether the date of this announcement was chosen because it's one day before my birthday, which is also the birthday of Anne Frank and George H.W. Bush), iHop will become iHob. Could it simply "b" a short term promotion designed to inspire free media "content" s
  
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• Anti-Semitic Dweeb Elected Precinct Officer in Washington State

  05-06-2018 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Just south of Spokane, an anti-Semite enters the GOP at the ground level.by Rich SmithWhitman County's newest PCO Screenshot from Twitter
  James Allsup—the former WSU College Republicans president who fawned over Richard Spencer while marching in Charlottesville, VA—wants to make the Washington State Republican Party a safe space for...well, let's see, what can I call his views without getting sued?On a podcast for the white nationalist publishing house, Counter-Currents, Allsup said
  
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• A Restored Print of Subtle Horror Masterpiece The Changeling Screens at SIFF Tonight

  05-06-2018 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean Nelson
  The Changeling is an underrated haunted-house film set in Seattle (though filmed mostly in Vancouver, even then). George C. Scott plays a famous composer (sure, why not?) whose wife and daughter are killed in a horrible accident. He immerses himself in his work, relocating to Seattle, where he rents what can only be called a preposterously massive mansion for one human to occupy. When the house starts groaning, howling, and pounding on its own pipes, his attention is aroused. A bi
  
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• The Unknown Story of One Burned RV in Seattle's Growing Floating Slum

  05-06-2018 23:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeHard times... Charles Mudede
  There is a hidden little street not far from my house that, three years ago, had two Greek statues of young and dancing women (both were about three feet tall and, I suspect, a part of a Four Seasons set) on its sidewalk, and one large parked RV, which was occupied by a middle-aged white woman with two little dogs. Now, this street is lined with five or so RVs, three cars, two pickup trucks; and it connects with another shorter street that has five m
  
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• The Unknown Story of One Burned RV in Seattle's Growing Floating City

  05-06-2018 23:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeHard times... Charles Mudede
  There is a hidden little street not far from my house that, three years ago, had two Greek statues of young and dancing women (both were about three feet tall and, I suspect, a part of a Four Seasons set) on its sidewalk, and one large parked RV, which wasn't in bad shape and whose owner was a middle-aged white woman with two little dogs. Now, this street is lined with five or so RVs, three cars, two pickup trucks, and it connects with another shorte
  
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• Senate Considers Another Bill That Will Harm Sex Workers

  05-06-2018 22:29 via thestranger.com
  
  They should push for decriminalization instead.by Katie Herzog Getty Images
  Just months after passing SESTA and FOSTA, a duo of bills that hold internet companies liable for advertising sex work and led to the shuttering of Backpage and other websites where people advertise sex, Congress is back with another bill that threatens to harm consenting adult sex workers. The End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, which passed in the House last month and is now headed for the Senate, would pressure ban
  
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• Hawaii volcano lava destroys hundreds of homes overnight

  05-06-2018 21:58
  HONOLULU (AP) — Lava from the Kilauea volcano destroyed hundreds of homes in a mostly rural area on the Big Island of Hawaii overnight, a county spokeswoman said Tuesday. The destruction is the largest number of destroyed homes since the eruption began last month. No injuries were reported in the area, which had previously been […]
  
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• Hawaii County official says lava from erupting volcano destroys hundreds of homes overnight.

  05-06-2018 21:51
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii County official says lava from erupting volcano destroys hundreds of homes overnight.
  
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• An Ambitious Woman Fights the Corporate World's Chauvinist Status Quo in French Drama, Number One

  05-06-2018 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog
  In Number One, Emmanuelle Devos plays Emmanuelle Blachey, a powerful woman in the corporate world who is recruited by a French matriarch to run for CEO of a state-owned energy company. Blachey, and the posse of women supporting her, are at the top of their fields, but that doesn’t matter to the men around them—be it fathers, husbands, or colleagues—who treat women as alternately something to look at, something to conquer, or something to use. A film with enough
  
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• Suspect arrested in shooting deaths of 2 men inside car in University Place

  05-06-2018 21:37
  The Pierce County Sheriff's Department have been searching for two suspects since mid-May when the two men were found dead in a Dodge Charger. Both had been shot in the head.
  
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• Video shows police repeatedly punching man in Oregon

  05-06-2018 21:18
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Civil-rights groups in Oregon are calling for an investigation after a video showed police punching a prone man more than a dozen times. The video shows four officers converging on a man standing on a street, then pulling him to the ground. As one officer appears to struggle to force one […]
  
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• Beloved Lifestyle Brand Designer Kate Spade Found Dead in Her New York Apartment

  05-06-2018 21:12 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sophia StephensKate Spade, at the Tribeca Ball in 2011. Theo Wargo / Getty
  Acclaimed designer Kate Spade was found in her New York home dead of an apparent suicide, according to multiple news sources.The New York Times reported that Spade was found unresponsive by her housekeeper in her Park Avenue apartment. A note was also found at the scene, but officials gave no comments on its contents. Spade was declared dead at the scene at 10:26 am.Spade, born Katherine Brosnahan on December 24, 1962,
  
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• Solar facility begins powering Wynn casinos in Las Vegas

  05-06-2018 21:03
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas resort and casino has begun drawing power from a dedicated solar power plant in western Nevada. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the 160-acre (65-hectare) Wynn Solar Facility went online Saturday outside Fallon, about 375 miles (604 kilometers) from the Las Vegas Strip. Wynn Resorts Chief Sustainability Officer Erik […]
  
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• And Now for a Note from Your Friendly Neighborhood Weed Wacker

  05-06-2018 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle"Speaking as a landscaper myself, nothing is worse than hitting a pile of dog shit." Getty Images/egon69
  With reference to my Pulitzer-awaiting "pick up your dog shit" blog post from last week, a professional landscaper wrote in to share their thoughts. The identity of this person shall go unrevealed.
  But here is what they had to say:Thanks for the article!Running over dog shit w/ a mower is bad enough but speaking as a landscaper myself, nothing is worse than hitting a p
  
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• Spun Out: 5 Essential Cuts Selected by Local DJ Nark

  05-06-2018 20:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Bottom Forty Records boss DJ Nark is an acid queen on the decks, bringing crowds to peak moments via deep house, techno and classic disco selections.by Dave SegalDJ Nark heads Bottom Forty, a force in "the underground rave scene for radical inclusivity and positivity in club culture." Kevin Kauer
  DJ NARK (AKA KEVIN KAUER; Bottom Forty Records, editor-in-chief of Nark Magazine)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Cowboy Rhythmbox, "Tanz Exotique (Red Axes Remix)" (Phantasy)
  "All DJs weaponize music; you spend
  
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• Need Something To Do Thursday? We're Giving Away Cocktails & Chemistry Tickets

  05-06-2018 19:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff
  This Thursday evening, June 7, the Seattle Children's Museum at Seattle Center is hosting Cocktails & Chemistry, a special 21+ event where you can sip your favorite spirits with a side of science.Tickets are still available (they're normally $35 for "young professionals" and $50 for general admission), but we're also giving away three pairs of tickets. All you have to do is open the Stranger Things To Do app (available to download on the App Store and Google Pl
  
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• Here's Why Anti-ICE Protesters Blocked Downtown Traffic This Morning

  05-06-2018 19:57 via thestranger.com
  They targeted a building where ICE has its regional office.by Steven HsiehA demonstration is blocking 2nd Ave at Madison St. Use alternate routes. The bike lane appears usable for those on bikes. pic.twitter.com/TtpgSbYXD2
  — SDOT Traffic (@SDOTtraffic) June 5, 2018During this morning's rush hour commute, members of two immigration activists groups chained themselves together outside a building that houses ICE's regional field office.
  The protest kicked off during the rush hour commute and
  
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• 2 men charged in alleged Kitsap County cockfighting ring

  05-06-2018 19:40
  Washington State Gambling Commission agents arrested the pair Saturday at a south Kitsap home after a multiyear investigation that included surveillance of cockfights on three occasions earlier this year.
  
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• Dancers Transform Into Kate Winslet, Hermit Crabs, and Cheerleaders in PNB's Love and Ballet

  05-06-2018 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  I have renamed this ballet to PNB's Summertime Fling Ballet Performance Thank You for the Good Dancingby Rich Smith"I'm flying, Jack!" Lindsay ThomasI don't really know why Pacific Northwest Ballet called its latest production, which runs through next weekend, Love and Ballet. Only two of the four pieces directly engage with the vicissitudes of that second-hand emotion, and though all ballet is about ballet, the ballets didn't seem to have much to do with ballet-ness, either.However, a loose ~su
  
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• Study finds possible deep faults, possible earthquake source

  05-06-2018 18:33
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Scientists may have found previously unmapped faults in Oklahoma that could be contributing to a sharp increase in induced earthquakes in the state, according to a report on a study that used magnetic imaging to explore the rock formations below the earth’s surface. The apparent faults extend from what appeared to […]
  
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• UN Official Slams American Response to Poverty: "Homelessness on this Scale is Far from Inevitable"

  05-06-2018 18:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Homeless people in America are living in conditions below UN standards for refugee campsby Heidi GrooverMore than 12,000 people are currently experiencing homelessness in King County. njpPhoto
  Last last year, Philip Alson visited several American cities to assess the living conditions of the country's poorest residents. At the time, Alson, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, wrote of meeting "many people barely surviving on Skid Row in Los Angeles" and watc
  
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• Yakima County sheriff says boy accidentally shot and wounded friend

  05-06-2018 17:45
  The Yakima County Sheriff's Office says the 911 caller initially reported that unknown persons drove up to the house and shot him while he was standing in the driveway on Monday afternoon. The victim later admitted that his 14-year-old friend had accidentally shot him.
  
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• Roads reopen after immigrant-rights activists taken into custody for blocking Second Avenue in downtown Seattle

  05-06-2018 17:32
  Several immigrant-rights activists were taken into custody Tuesday morning after blocking traffic at Second Avenue and Madison Street in downtown Seattle. Roads were reopened shortly after 9 a.m. Protesters linked their arms within piping to block Second Avenue traffic during the morning rush hour, beginning around 7:30 a.m. By 9 a.m., authorities closed Second Avenue […]
  
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• Immigrant-rights activists taken into custody for blocking Second Avenue in downtown Seattle

  05-06-2018 17:32
  Several immigrant-rights activists were taken into custody Tuesday morning after blocking traffic at Second Avenue and Madison Street in downtown Seattle. Roads were reopened shortly after 9 a.m. Protesters linked their arms within piping to block Second Avenue traffic during the morning rush hour, beginning around 7:30 a.m. By 9 a.m., authorities closed Second Avenue […]
  
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• Swimmer starts across Pacific Ocean, in bid to highlight plastic pollution

  05-06-2018 17:08
  French swimmer Benoit Lecomte started a six-month-long attempt Tuesday to become the first to swim across the Pacific, from Japan to San Francisco. He's also working to highlight the pollution threatening the ocean.
  
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• South Dakota philanthropist gives $100 million to nonprofit

  05-06-2018 17:00
  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota businessman and philanthropist said Tuesday he is donating $100 million to the National University System, a nonprofit that focuses on education and philanthropy initiatives. The donation by T. Denny Sanford is the largest in the nonprofit’s history and comes a year after Sanford gave $28 million to […]
  
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• Slog AM: 100 Redwoods Need A Home In Seattle, Controversy Over New Development In Central District, Bike Share Is Booming

  05-06-2018 16:56 via thestranger.com
  
  New sexual-harassment policy in King County, Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty, Oprah buys an Orcas Island homeby Nathalie GrahamThey're good tenants. John Muir promises.gangliu10
  Seattle man searching for a home for 100 redwoods: Anyone have a spare forest? A grove of 100 redwoods are on their way to Seattle. Philip Stielstra, a 71-year-old lover of trees and retired Boeing engineer, was gifted the trees by the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive in Michigan. The trees will receive safe haven in Se
  
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• Medical examiner identifies bicyclist killed in Auburn crash

  05-06-2018 16:50
  Police say some vehicles had stopped to let the victim cross the street, but one vehicle didn't stop and struck him.
  
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• Pilot killed in Salem airplane crash

  05-06-2018 16:32
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A pilot was killed in Salem after crashing into a ravine. KOIN reports the plane crashed at 3:56 p.m. Monday near Blue Skies Farm Airport. Deputies said the pilot was the only occupant. Allen Kenitzer, a spokesman for the FAA, said the plane was a Kitfox airplane. It was found with […]
  
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• Bellevue police officer recovering after chase ends with rollover

  05-06-2018 16:14
  The officer received minor injuries but is expected to be OK.
  
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• Other Tennessee Promise facts to know as Seattle considers expanding free community college tuition

  05-06-2018 15:00
  Hundreds of other states, counties and cities offer some form of "promise" scholarship to recent high school graduates, and Tennessee is planning to open free college courses up to adults this fall, as well.
  
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• #MeToo makes it to King County Council, as council member rewrites sexual-harassment policy

  05-06-2018 15:00
  The #MeToo movement is finally making its mark on the local and state levels, forcing policy changes that will give people new ways to combat an old problem.
  
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• #MeToo makes it to King County, as council member rewrites sexual-harassment policy

  05-06-2018 15:00
  The #MeToo movement is finally making its mark on the local and state levels, forcing policy changes that will give people new ways to combat an old problem.
  
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• #MeToo inspires King County Councilmember to rewrite sexual-harassment policy

  05-06-2018 15:00
  The #MeToo movement is finally making its mark on the local and state levels, forcing policy changes that will give people new ways to combat an old problem.
  
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• ‘Big blow’ marks end for Seattle glass studio set to make way for apartments

  05-06-2018 15:00
  Seattle's growth is driving glass artist Martin Blank from his South Lake Union hot shop. But before shutting it down, he brought his friends together to make one last sculpture.
  
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• U.S. couple found shot to death in Mexico

  05-06-2018 06:06
  The shooting deaths of the two U.S. retirees together with their dog early Saturday at their waterfront house south of Bahia de Los Angeles on the Gulf of California has shattered the tranquillity of this quiet community some 380 miles from the U.S. border.
  
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• Landlord drops remaining defamation suit against Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant

  05-06-2018 04:53
  Landlord Carl Haglund has dropped what remained of his defamation lawsuit against Sawant. Her outside defense cost the city $258,752.78. Still pending is a defamation case filed by two Seattle police officers against Sawant and the city.
  
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• 100 redwoods in search of a forest: Seattle man looking for a home for ancient tree archive

  05-06-2018 02:36
  The Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, in Michigan, is sending 100 young redwoods to a retired Boeing engineer in Seattle. Now he needs someone with room for them to grow.
  
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• Upstream 2018 Review, Part II: The Music Was Mostly Great, Even If There Weren't Many People Around to Enjoy It

  05-06-2018 02:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalFlaming Lips present the Disneyfication of psychedelia™. But damn, it looks good, right?Travis Trautt
  We posted Sean's uniquely insightful overview of this past weekend's Upstream Music Festival + Summit (spoiler alert: there was alot of data mining without a seeming purpose, again). Now, read more about the fest's most noteworthy element: the music.
  FRIDAY JUNE 1
  RULER at Elysian Fields, 9:15-10 pm
  Seattle singer/songwriter Matt Batey's Ruler play classic white-guy indie-rock
  
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• My Neighbor Hit On Me In Front of My Son—What Do I Do?

  05-06-2018 02:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I'm a mid-40s bi woman, married to a man for 20+ years. We live in an apartment building in a large East Coast city and I became friends with an upstairs neighbor who is roughly the same age. He is estranged (but not divorced) from his wife, who lives in a foreign country, and has a daughter who is about a year older than our son.
  We became friends when the kids were about 4.5 and 5.5 (they're now 7.5 and 8.5), and were at one time such close friends th
  
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• Upstream 2018 Review, Part I: A Music Festival for the Age of Surveillance Capitalism

  05-06-2018 01:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonDo you really need to give up all this information just to enjoy some music?
  Practically everyone I spoke to in and around the second annual Upstream Music Festival + Summit this past weekend had something to say about the household income question.“Like being a broke-ass musician isn’t embarrassing enough already.”
  “Why does Paul Allen want to know how much money I make? Not enough to afford tickets to this.”
  “Have they sold my data to Cambridge
  
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• Attorney General Bob Ferguson sues Facebook and Google over political ad records

  05-06-2018 00:39
  The pair of lawsuits, filed in King County County Superior Court, say the companies have not kept required records about who is paying for online political ads on their platforms.
  
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• Suspiria Is Getting a Reboot, Y'all, and the Trailer Is Promising

  05-06-2018 00:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Thom Yorke is doing the soundtrack, which should get you excited all on its own. Trailers for both the original and the reboot included.by Leilani Polk
  Dario Argento's Suspiria—the 1977 Italian supernatural horror movie—was about an American ballet student who transfers to a bourgie academy in Germany, and amid a string of brutal murders, discovers that the academy is merely a front for some supernatural cabal. Suspiria became known for its unique visual style, use of bright colors i
  
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• The 29 Best Movies To See at SIFF This Week: June 4-10

  05-06-2018 00:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffCheck out Girls Always Happy this weekend, a warm, occasionally silly debut feature from writer/director Yang Mingming, who will be in attendance at the screenings.
  The Seattle International Film Festival is in its final week, and it's going out with a bang. Below, we've rounded up the movies for the week that our critics think are worth watching, like Peter Medak's The Changeling, Paola Randi's Little Tito and the Aliens, and Gus Krieger's My Name is Myeisha. Follo
  
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• Kayne West's New Album Ye Makes One Thing Clear: He Is a Rebel Without a Cause

  05-06-2018 00:10 via thestranger.com
  
  West goes from news headline to news headline without providing any insights on the state of our times or his mind.by Charles Mudede
  Everyone who cares about such matters agrees that Pusha T’s Kanye West-produced album Daytona, which dropped last week, did not break with West's two-decade-deep greatness as a beat producer. His new album, however, is a completely different story. Released on June 1, and containing two tracks ("I Thought About Killing You" and "Yikes") with merely passible b
  
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• Kanye West's New Album Ye Makes One Thing Clear: He Is a Rebel Without a Cause

  05-06-2018 00:10 via thestranger.com
  
  West goes from news headline to news headline without providing any insights on the state of our times or his mind.by Charles Mudede
  Everyone who cares about such matters agrees that Pusha T’s Kanye West-produced album Daytona, which dropped last week, did not break with West's two-decade-deep greatness as a beat producer. His new album, however, is a completely different story. Released on June 1, and containing two tracks ("I Thought About Killing You" and "Yikes") with merely passible b
  
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