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• He Cheated With an MTF Sex Worker. Is It Inevitable That He'll Cheat Again?

  11-06-2018 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I am really struggling with an issue and am wondering if you might be able to help. I'm a married guy in my 40s. As long as I can remember, I've enjoyed getting stimulated anally. About seven years ago, I discovered trans porn, which led to fantasizing about actually having sex with a MTF trans sex worker. During a time of great personal stress, three years ago, I impulsively hired a trans SW. I really enjoyed the sex (performing oral and receiving anal
  
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• He Cheated With an FTM Sex Worker. Is It Inevitable That He'll Cheat Again?

  11-06-2018 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I am really struggling with an issue and am wondering if you might be able to help. I'm a married guy in my 40s. As long as I can remember, I've enjoyed getting stimulated anally. About seven years ago, I discovered trans porn, which led to fantasizing about actually having sex with a MTF trans sex worker. During a time of great personal stress, three years ago, I impulsively hired a trans SW. I really enjoyed the sex (performing oral and receiving anal
  
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• How Useful Is the Aggressive Fare Enforcement of Link Light Rail?

  11-06-2018 23:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Charles Mudede
  The one, possibly only thing, I dislike about Vancouver BC's SkyTrain is that it's completely run by machines. I have used the system over 100 times in the downtown area, and only once have seen a human working at a station as an employee of the rail system. The trains are fully automated, and tickets are dispensed by machines; they also do the gatekeeping. The system is one giant transportation robot. Seattle's Link Light Rail has humans, but they only do two fo
  
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• Tommy Orange's Debut There There Is a Hymn to Urban Indians

  11-06-2018 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  It's the best novel I've read this year.by Rich SmithTommy Orange reads from There There at Elliott Bay this Wednesday, June 13. It's the best novel I've read this year. Knopf
  Tommy Orange's completely absorbing, character-rich, kinda funny, mostly pretty sad, definitely existentially fraught, fast-paced-but-not-really-"propulsive"-until-the-end debut novel, There There, is a hymn to Urban Indians.
  Urban Indians "know the sound of the freeway better than we do rivers, the howl of distant trains
  
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• The Best Festivals in Seattle: Summer 2018

  11-06-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffParty it up at Capitol Hill Block Party, a multi-stage extravaganza in July featuring huge names in rock, pop, electronica, and hiphop. Jim Bennett
  Whether you’re into blues music, dragon dancing, glassblowing, Vietnamese food, naked (or fully clothed) bike rides, or smoking weed, there’s a festival to celebrate that this summer while also soaking up some of that sweet Seattle sunshine, and we've rounded up the biggest and best ones you need to know abou
  
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• Some lava evacuees may return to homes during ‘stable’ flow

  11-06-2018 22:26
  HONOLULU (AP) — Officials on Hawaii’s Big Island let some people back into their homes and scaled down emergency operations Monday as lava flowed into the ocean on a path that wasn’t threatening new areas. “We’ve pretty much thrown everything at this event” since a series of lava fissures began emerging from cracks in neighborhood […]
  
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• Hawaii volcano unleashes more small blasts, snaking lava

  11-06-2018 22:26
  HONOLULU (AP) — Small explosions at the summit of an erupting Hawaii volcano could send ash into communities. Scientists say the blasts happened Monday, including one after a magnitude-5.4 earthquake. Ash expelled from the Kilauea volcano may cause poor visibility and slippery conditions for drivers. The Big Island volcano has been erupting for more than […]
  
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• Quake simulation study shows Seaside road, bridge dangers

  11-06-2018 22:08
  SEASIDE, Ore. (AP) — Researchers at Oregon State University say bridges and roads in the northwestern resort city of Seaside should be prioritized for improvement after a simulation discovered they would have higher mortality rates in an earthquake and tsunami. Researchers found that the bridge on Broadway Street over Neawanna Creek would result in the […]
  
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• Kathy Griffin Is Back and Better Than Ever

  11-06-2018 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogKathy Griffin performs this Saturday at the Moore Theatre.This story is presented as part of The Stranger's Art + Performance Quarterly, Summer 2018 Edition.
  On May 30, 2017, Kathy Griffin's life as she knew it came to an end.
  That day, gossip site TMZ published a now-infamous photo taken by celebrity photographer Tyler Shields, who reportedly leaked the image to TMZ himself. The photo showed Griffin, stone-faced, grasping Donald Trump's severed head by its raggedy blond hair as b
  
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• Seattle City Council to consider repeal of head tax less than a month after approving it

  11-06-2018 21:40
  The Seattle City Council will consider repealing the city’s controversial new head tax less than a month after approving the measure, Council President Bruce Harrell has announced. The move appears to have enough votes, with Harrell and six others on the nine-member council joining Mayor Jenny Durkan in a statement Monday signaling they support repealing […]
  
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• Spun Out: 5 Essential Cuts Selected by Local DJ Simone

  11-06-2018 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Extremely eclectic, TUF-affiliated DJ Simone reveals her top 5 tracks of the moment.by Dave SegalDJ Simone's sets boldly blend house, techno, electro, jungle/breakbeat, bass, UK garage, and disco.Cecilia Corsano-Leopizzi
  DJ SIMONE (aka SIMONE PIERSON; TUF, Nice Touch)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Yak, "Mido" (Version)
  "A song with bird sounds that you can also play in a club? And that bass? Was this track made for me? Every time I hear it at a club I pretty much lose my mind." Metro Area, "Proton Candy
  
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• Seattle City Council Will Vote on a Head Tax Repeal

  11-06-2018 21:21 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven Hsieh City of Seattle
  That was fast. Just last month, Mayor Jenny Durkan signed an employee hours tax to fund housing and homelessness services. Now, it looks like the city council will repeal the tax.
  Coming up with a new revenue stream all nine council members could get on board with took months. Undoing their compromise could happen in days.Saying he wants to press the "reset button" on one of the most divisive political debates in recent Seattle history, City Council President Bruc
  
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• Council President Bruce Harrell Introduces Ordinance to Repeal Head Tax

  11-06-2018 21:21 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven Hsieh City of Seattle
  Seattle City Council president Bruce Harrell introduced an ordinance that would repeal the employee hours tax unanimously passed by the council to fund housing and homelessness services.
  The council will hold a special meeting Tuesday at noon, where lawmakers are expected to vote on the proposal, according to a press release.The employee hours tax, also known as the "head tax," collects $275 per employee from businesses grossing more than $20 million annually. It
  
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• Tied U.S. Supreme Court decision means Washington must remove barriers to salmon migration

  11-06-2018 21:19
  A tie 4-4 vote by the high court upholds a lower-court decision ordering barriers to salmon migration be removed, ending a bitter decades-old controversy.
  
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• Oakridge Mayor Jim Coey resigns months before end of term

  11-06-2018 21:17
  OAKRIDGE, Ore. (AP) — Oakridge Mayor Jim Coey has resigned rather than face a possible recall effort. Coey told The Register-Guard in a phone interview Monday that “life’s too short” to deal with what’s going on. Two Oakridge residents who sit on the city’s planning commission began gathering signatures earlier this year to recall Coey. […]
  
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• Net Neutrality Is Alive and Well in Washington State

  11-06-2018 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogThe end of net neutrality could make cable giants like Comcast even richer. But not in Washington state!Getty Images
  We gather here today to mark and mourn the death of net neutrality, which, despite a valient fight and 9 million comments to the FCC, officially took its last breath on Monday... at least, if you don't live in Washington state, where, as soon net neutrality died, it was immediately reborn. It may sound like a miracle, but it's actually just HB 2282, a bill that pass
  
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• Mayors of 6 U.S. cities where marijuana is legal form group

  11-06-2018 21:13
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mayors from six U.S. cities with legal marijuana have formed a coalition with the aim of preparing other states and the federal government for legalization. Mayors from Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and West Sacramento announced Monday on Twitter that they sponsored a resolution at the Conference […]
  
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• 7 mayors want pot removed from federal list of illegal drugs

  11-06-2018 21:13
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mayors from seven U.S. cities in states with legal marijuana said Monday they have formed a coalition to push for federal marijuana policy reform just days after President Donald Trump expressed support for bipartisan congressional legislation to ease the federal ban on pot. Mayors from Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los […]
  
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• 6 mayors want pot removed from federal list of illegal drugs

  11-06-2018 21:13
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mayors from six U.S. cities in states with legal marijuana said Monday they have formed a coalition to push for federal marijuana policy reform just days after President Donald Trump expressed support for bipartisan congressional legislation to ease the federal ban on pot. Mayors from Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los […]
  
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• Federal judge orders prison to provide Ramadan meals to inmates

  11-06-2018 20:58
  The lawsuit involved several Muslim inmates who said the state was refusing to meet their dietary requirements during the holy month of Ramadan
  
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• Federal judge orders prison to provide nighttime Ramadan meals to inmates

  11-06-2018 20:58
  The lawsuit involved several Muslim inmates who said the state was refusing to meet their dietary requirements during the holy month of Ramadan
  
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• The Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: June 11-17, 2018

  11-06-2018 20:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffFrat boys and misfits both love the Violent Femmes for the same reason: They express frustration like it is, with a liberal splash of wit. They'll come to Seattle on Sunday.Ebru Yildiz
  This week, our music critics have picked everything from NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk On The Road” show with Naia Izumi, Among Authors, SassyBlack, and Katie Kuffel, to a Puerto Rico fundraiser with Kimya Dawson, Guayaba, and Ruby Blades Latin Reggae Jazz Quintet, to regga
  
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• The 33 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: June 11-17, 2018

  11-06-2018 20:28 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's music critics' picks for this week.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week, our music critics have picked everything from NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk On The Road” show with Naia Izumi, Among Authors, SassyBlack, and Katie Kuffel, to a Puerto Rico fundraiser with Kimya Dawson, Guayaba, and Ruby Blades Latin Reggae Jazz Quintet, to reggae icon Ziggy Marley. Follow the links below for ticket links and music clips for all of their picks, and find even more shows on our co
  
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• 3 Dutch workers killed in Oregon car crash

  11-06-2018 20:19
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three employees of a Dutch technology company died from injuries they sustained in a car crash in Oregon. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that 25-year-old Ronald Wall and 22-year-old Jamie Shennan died in a hospital over the weekend. A third employee, 37-year-old Timotheus Albers, died at the scene of […]
  
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• "The Only Explanation for All of Trump's Behavior"

  11-06-2018 20:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersThe president, in Singapore, blows out a birthday candle. Getty Images
  For those still playing the never-satisfying game of looking for a rational explanation for President Trump's actions, David Leonhardt argues today that, when it comes to Trump's foreign policy, "it’s past time to take seriously the only explanation for all of Trump’s behavior: He wants to destroy the Western alliance."
  The latest evidence: Trump's bizarre feud with Canada, his false claims about tra
  
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• AD: Solstice returns with Fremont Fair

  11-06-2018 20:05 via fremontfair.com
  Celebrate Seattle’s summer kickoff Saturday & Sundayby Stranger Things To Do PartnerFremont Fair’s free-spirited celebration of local music, performance art & craft market shopping returns June 16-17![ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Seattle Mariners Somehow Leading AL West By Destroying Your High School Math Teacher

  11-06-2018 20:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Pythagorean record, be damned!by Spike FriedmanIt's good to be number 1. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
  As of right now, the morning of June 11 in the year of our lord 2018, the Seattle Mariners are kind of leading the AL West. I mean, they’re tied with Houston in the standings but because they’ve played two fewer games so they’re actually .004 percentage points ahead of the reigning World Series champions. This after a non-insignificant portion of the way into the baseball seas
  
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• No sign of a crime in Hood Canal cabin explosion, fire that killed 5, police say

  11-06-2018 19:43
  Five members of a family, including three young children, were killed early Sunday morning after their getaway cabin on the Hood Canal burned to the ground, according to Jefferson County fire and police officials.
  
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• 5 family members die in explosion of their getaway cabin near Hood Canal, police say

  11-06-2018 19:43
  Five members of a family, including three young children, were killed early Sunday morning after their getaway cabin on the Hood Canal burned to the ground, according to Jefferson County fire and police officials.
  
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• The Best Readings & Talks in Seattle: Summer 2018

  11-06-2018 18:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't miss This American Life creator Ira Glass when he comes to Tacoma in June to talk about "Seven Things I've Learned."
  This summer, writers who cover everything from outer space to motherhood, celebrities like Ira Glass and Bill Clinton, pop-culture-obsessed poets, and funny New Yorker writers are just some of the people who will come to town to expand your mind and (maybe) your bookshelf. Below, we've compiled all of our critics' picks for the season's literary
  
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• I Sure Wish I'd Had Like a Mother When I Was Pregnant

  11-06-2018 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkAngela Garbes is behind one of the Stranger's most-read stories, about breast milk. It inspired this book, which she discusses at a release event this Wednesday. Kelly O
  The new book from former Stranger staff writer Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy, blends investigative research with anecdotal accounts of Garbes's own experiences and those of fellow mothers in the trenches. Her style is reflective and informative, her c
  
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• King County Metro paying bus drivers another $8.3 million for time spent on safety checks, paperwork

  11-06-2018 18:13
  Bus drivers will receive an additional $8.3 million in back pay to cover three years of routine safety checks and paperwork beyond their usual shift time, in an agreement between King County Metro Transit and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 587. A total of 3,728 full-time and part-time operators will get between $500 and $3,708 […]
  
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• Slog AM: Rattlesnake Ridge Slide Slows Down, Racist Leaflets Left Around Bellevue, North Korean Summit Upon Us

  11-06-2018 17:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Worst Grandma Of The Year found in Tennessee, watch out for World Cup traffickers, IHObby Nathalie GrahamI hate this crossover episode.Chris McGrath / Getty Images
  Rattlesnake ridge still sliding but slowing down: The slide has moved about 30 feet since January when everyone was on slide watch. Back then, it seemed like death was imminent and authorities and residents were doing all they could to avoid another Oso. But, the slide has mellowed out. Scientists don’t think a slide will happen
  
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• Supreme Court tie favors Indian tribes in Washington state culvert fight

  11-06-2018 16:27
  At issue is whether Washington state must fix or replace hundreds of culverts, large pipes that allow streams to pass beneath roads but can block migrating salmon if they become clogged or if they're too steep to navigate.
  
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• Supreme Court tie favors Indian tribes in Washington state

  11-06-2018 16:27
  At issue is whether Washington state must fix or replace hundreds of culverts, large pipes that allow streams to pass beneath roads but can block migrating salmon if they become clogged or if they're too steep to navigate.
  
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• Monday Morning Brief, June 11: Summit with North Korea, who Seattle’s newcomers are

  11-06-2018 16:27
  Morning Brief is a newsletter from The Seattle Times delivered straight to your inbox every morning, Monday through Friday. Our editors choose the morning’s most important and entertaining items, and deliver them to you in short, easy-to-digest bites.
  
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• ‘Spooky smart’ border collies flock to Vashon sheepherding competition

  11-06-2018 15:00
  At the annual Sheepdog Classic on Vashon Island, border collies focus on the job at hand: Persuading skittish sheep to walk into a pen.
  
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• Rattlesnake Ridge near Yakima still sliding, popping, squeaking — but nature may be hitting brakes

  11-06-2018 15:00
  Cracks on the slope above Interstate 82 continue to widen and spread, and rockfalls have increased, but the danger remains low.
  
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• Rattlesnake Ridge near Yakima is still sliding, but may be slowing down

  11-06-2018 15:00
  Cracks on the slope above Interstate 82 continue to widen and spread, and rockfalls have increased, but the danger remains low.
  
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• Here’s how the state deals with cars abandoned along Washington freeways

  11-06-2018 15:00
  If a car is left in a designated tow-away zone, the State Patrol will impound it. Otherwise, an abandoned car along the freeway that doesn’t pose a danger to other motorists is tagged and the owner has 24 hours to move it.
  
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• ‘Cleaning up South Park started to change my heart’, one student tells her story

  11-06-2018 15:00
  It wasn’t just cleaning to me. It was a symbol of cleaning my life up, too.
  
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• After shootings, South Park teens plant seeds for a safer future

  11-06-2018 15:00
  When the South Park teens she works with are on their own, youth-program leader Carmen Martinez worries about them. A surge in gunfire and a tragic death has community members and politicians recommitting themselves to a neighborhood with Seattle’s youngest population.
  
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• 50 software developers a week: Here’s who’s moving to Seattle

  11-06-2018 15:00
  More than 45,000 newcomers moved to Seattle each year between 2012 and 2016. And one stereotype certainly holds true: A lot of them are tech workers. But still, 90 percent of newcomers do not work in tech. Who are they?
  
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• Hutch cancer center will put labs in Seattle’s historic Lake Union steam plant

  11-06-2018 14:00
  The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will expand to the nearby steam plant, continuing its recent use as a laboratory building.
  
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• Scientists in Germany seek to find mass of ‘ghost particle’

  11-06-2018 12:42
  BERLIN (AP) — Researchers in Germany have started collecting data with a 60 million euro ($71 million) machine designed to help determine the mass of the universe’s lightest particle. Physicists, engineers and technicians at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology hope the 200-metric ton (220-ton) device will narrow down or even pinpoint the actual mass of […]
  
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