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• Ant-Man and the Wasp Finally Gets Paul Rudd Right!

  05-07-2018 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Suzette SmithDynamic duo
  You need to be at Ant-Man and the Wasp ON TIME. The sequel to 2015’s Ant-Man comes in hard on a tender, relevant flashback that shouldn’t be missed. The scene’s weird placement suggests it was added at the last minute to catch up confused audiences: While Ant-Man and the Wasp is fun, funny, and exciting, it also runs the risk of being incomprehensible to those uninitiated in the ways of Marvel.
  The twentieth (!) film in Marvel’s decade-long fra
  
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• Man seriously injured in downtown Portland stabbing

  05-07-2018 23:13
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man suffered serious injuries in a Fourth of July stabbing in downtown Portland. Sgt. Chris Burley says officers flagged down late Wednesday discovered the victim near food carts. They administered first aid until paramedics arrived. Investigators say the victim appears to have been stabbed multiple times by a […]
  
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• Volunteers collect 553 pounds of trash after Lake Union fireworks show

  05-07-2018 23:00
  Volunteers in kayaks and on land spent Thursday morning cleaning fireworks debris and other trash from Lake Union, an annual effort aimed at protecting the lake.
  
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• What's On THROAT's Mind When Sam Is On His Dick? And Lots More In This Week's Reader Advice Roundup

  05-07-2018 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Round-upby Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: Why is this letter writer judging a guy for his kinks when she's into those same kinks? Can two prudish introverts open up their marriage? Why can't I stop emailing this guy in the middle of the night? And his gender issues are gone, but so is his girlfriend. Plus, as always, last week's column and Savage Lovecast.Following up on a Minneapolis live show:You answered my question at your wonde
  
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• The City of Seattle Appears to Dislike The Atlantic Story on Our City's Homeless Crisis and Anti-Homeless App

  05-07-2018 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede 400tmax/gettyimages.com
  There is an interesting correction at the end of Dae Shik Kim Hawkins's story in The Atlantic, "An App for Ejecting the Homeless." (This informative and compelling piece of writing compliments The Guardian's equally informative and compelling piece, "Is Bezos holding Seattle hostage? The cost of being Amazon's home.") The correction concerns the status of the writer during the city's sweeps of homeless encampments he observed and reported on: He was not,
  
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• Market shift? Big spike in Seattle-area homes for sale slows price growth

  05-07-2018 22:41
  Home prices dropped from May to June in King County for the first time since the recession, as competition among buyers weakened and the number of homes for sale surged.
  
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• Sheriff: Inmate assaults deputy in Shelton

  05-07-2018 22:28
  The deputy was serving lunch to the person in isolation Wednesday when the inmate punched the deputy in the face, knocking him down.
  
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• Let Them Eat Takes: On Housing, the Seattle Times Editorial Board is as Oblivious to Reality as Marie Antoinette

  05-07-2018 22:16 via thestranger.com
  
  by David ColePour one out for the poor journalists who work for such clueless publishers. DAVID COLE
  I wasn’t lucky enough to be born into money, and as such, I’ve worked my share of shitty jobs over the years in order to pay the bills. I was once fired from a Subway franchise because I called in sick one day, foolishly assuming that customers didn’t want their sandwiches infected with whatever contagion I had been carrying. I briefly washed dishes at a Sbarro Pizzeria franchis
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Peaceful "Enter the Stream" by Seattle Guitar Mystic Prana Crafter

  05-07-2018 22:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Prana Crafter's "Enter the Stream" is the perfect antidote to post-4th of July patriotic bombast.by Dave SegalBathe in Prana Crafter's peaceful vibes. Sunrise Ocean Bender
  Prana Crafter, "Enter the Stream" (Sunrise Ocean Bender). After the patriotic bombast and auditory assault of the 4th of July, we need some motherfucking peace up in our headphones, I hope you would agree. With that in mind, peep the title track and first single from Enter the Stream, the fifth album by Seattle musician Prana
  
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• Scott Pruit Has Resigned!!!!!!

  05-07-2018 21:46 via thestranger.com
  by Katie Herzog...if Trump is to be believed:I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. The Senate confirmed Deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will...
  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 5, 2018...on Monday assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and la
  
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• The Sexiest Barges* in Puget Sound

  05-07-2018 21:25 via thestranger.com
  
  *They're actually called 'container ships' but give us a break.by Rich SmithA real beaut. RS
  People of this fine port city, it is time we pay tribute to the unhumble barge.* Ostentatious in size, reserved in demeanor, self-contained in all respects, the barge floats like one big fact upon the sea.The Sound is no size queen—the body admits a ferry or water taxi as soon as it admits a barge. But it lets the barge linger, lets the barge unload its cargo. Aqua Mac truck, dry leviathan, so upfr
  
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• Can Cannabis Be Used to Treat Depression?

  05-07-2018 21:17 via thestranger.com
  In some cases, cannabis might be more effective than prescription medication in treating depression.by Josh JardineSummer is here! So is it time for a fun, frothy column to read by the pool while you sip a tropical beverage? I’m afraid not. This week’s column is about cannabis and depression.And I’m not talking about that feeling you had after you accidentally dropped your hand-blown Game of Thrones “White Widow Walker” quadruple-chamber bong. That’s a bummer,
  
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• You're Almost Out of Time to Register to Vote

  05-07-2018 20:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Everything you need to know about making sure you're registered to vote.by Heidi GrooverThis could be you!!!!! DAVID MCNEW/GETTY
  Sure, unlike last year, there are no Seattle City Council races tearing apart the city's left, no bootlickers to kick off the port commission, no mayoral elections to fuck up vote in. But you should still make sure you're registered to vote for the upcoming August 7 primary.This year's primary includes a whole bunch of state legislative races. Democrats are hoping they
  
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• Geneviève Castrée’s Last Book Is a Baby Book for Her Daughter

  05-07-2018 20:55 via thestranger.com
  A Bubble is Geneviève Castrée’s final book.by Suzette SmithI have never reviewed a baby book before, but this one feels significant. A Bubble, the beautiful children’s book just released from comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly, is the last work of comics artist and musician Geneviève Castrée. Published within a stone’s throw of the two-year anniversary of Castrée’s death, it’s hard to imagine who exactly will love such a sad bo
  
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• Black Man Who Can Talk Like a White Man Rises to the Top in the Miraculous Sorry to Bother You

  05-07-2018 20:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Riley's ability to transfer his leftist politics intact from turntable to screen is the truly miraculous thing here.by Kathy FennessySorry to Bother You
  When hiphop collective the Coup released their sixth album, Sorry to Bother You, frontman Boots Riley, a former telemarketer and Occupy Oakland activist, described it as "a dark comedy with magical realism." That description applies equally well to his razor-sharp directorial debut.The title phrase, of course, is how telemarketers, like Cassius
  
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• Study provides clues to fate of early North American dogs

  05-07-2018 20:04
  NEW YORK (AP) — A new study provides fresh evidence that the first dogs of North America all but disappeared after the arrival of Europeans. An international team of researchers says the only surviving legacy appears to be a cancer that afflicts dogs that arose from the cells of a dog that lived more than […]
  
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• 26 Boozy Frozen Drinks To Try in Seattle Now: Frosé, Slushies, Pop-Tails, and More

  05-07-2018 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffWho says you can't have popsicles and booze? Check out these pop-tails at Frolik. Frolik via Facebook
  In search of ice-cold refreshment as temperatures climb? Luckily, there's no shortage of frosty ways to imbibe, including delicious boozy slushies that are a far cry from the 7-11 Slurpees of your youth, frosé, frozen sake, and ice pops dunked in bubbly. Below, we've rounded up a selection of places where you can find the good kind of Seattle freeze. For more
  
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• Enough About Big Dick Energy. It's Time to Talk About Big Hole Energy.

  05-07-2018 19:39 via thestranger.com
  
  Big Bird has it. So does Joan Didion. Do you?by Sam ChapmanBig Bird, Joan Didion, and Titus Andromedon all have that Big Hole Energy. Armastas / Getty Images
  As a millennial, I spend a great deal of time on the internet, and as a faggot, I have a professional interest in penis-related matters, which means I spent a great deal of time last week thinking about Big Dick Energy.
  If you haven’t heard about BDE, let me summarize The Discourse. After the death of Anthony Bourdain, writer/comedian
  
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• AD: Kirkland Uncorked returns July 13-15

  05-07-2018 19:19 via strangertickets.com
  Enjoy 80 WA Wines in Instagram-worthy Marina Park, benefiting the Homeward Pet Adoption Center!by Stranger Things To Do PartnerGrab your friends and sip local wine on the beach at Kirkland Uncorked, all to save local animals.
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• Record-breaking heat wave kills 33 people in Quebec

  05-07-2018 19:10
  OTTAWA, Ontario — Health authorities in the Canadian province of Quebec say 33 people have died from heat-related complications in the last few days. Eighteen of the deaths occurred in Montreal, where the temperature Thursday was expected to climb to 113 degrees Fahrenheit with humidity. The city’s public-health department said most of those who died […]
  
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• The Feds Declare Pot Is Medicine

  05-07-2018 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester Black VINNIE NEUBERG
  On June 25, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Epidiolex, a pharmaceutical drug that treats two rare forms of epilepsy with the pot-derived compound cannabidiol (also called CBD). That means the same government that prohibits pot because it supposedly "has no accepted medicinal use" is now officially recognizing a medical use for pot.
  You probably already know that pot can be a powerful medicine. You live in a state that recognized the medical value
  
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• "Are You Talking to Both of Us?" A Long Q&A with Steve Martin and Martin Short

  05-07-2018 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean Nelson"What if I told you I think Clifford is one of the greatest films of all time?"
  Steve Martin and Martin Short bring their duo show, An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life, to the Paramount for two performances on Saturday. As I wrote in the calendar description: It’s riotously expensive and may sound about as appealing as Sunday school to some of you. But these guys are giants and no one lives forever. The great thing about seeing successful artists who clearly
  
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• The Results of The Stranger's 2018 Sex Survey

  05-07-2018 17:51 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerOmarosa Manigault, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Jared Kushner are the top three. Mike Merg
  MOST FUCKABLE WHITE-HOUSE OFFICIALS
  The surveys are in, the responses have been tabulated, and we begin with some shocking news: Many Stranger readers find Sarah Huckabee Sanders fuckable. It must be noted: When we asked readers to rank eight members of the Trump administration in terms of fuckability, Sarah Huckabee Sanders had not yet said that the Bible justified ripping children from the
  
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• Slog AM: Statue of Liberty Protest, Inmate Attempts Escape from King County Jailers, It's International #LGBTSTEMDay

  05-07-2018 17:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkLady Liberty: symbol of U.S. freedom, recent site of (small) U.S. protest.GBlakeley/Getty
  A woman climbed the Statue of Liberty on July 4 to protest the Trump Administration's immigration policies: Therese Patricia Okoumou climbed onto the stone pedestal of the statue—300 feet up its base, near the upturned right foot. The three-hour stand-off led to the landmark's evacuation on Independence Day. No one was hurt, and Okoumou was taken into custody peacefully after police bro
  
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• Wildfire near Aspen, Colorado, sends neighborhoods fleeing

  05-07-2018 17:09
  DENVER (AP) — Officials say they’ve ordered more people to evacuate a western Colorado wildfire supposedly started by tracer rounds fired at a shooting range. Authorities told an unknown number of residents of one neighborhood about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Aspen to flee early Thursday. About 500 homes in other neighborhoods already were […]
  
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• Fires menace US West, tornado touches Colorado wildfire site

  05-07-2018 17:09
  DENVER (AP) — An erratic wildfire charging through extremely dry land in the heart of Colorado ski country destroyed three homes and forced people to flee, authorities said Thursday. Elsewhere in Colorado, a rare high-elevation tornado touched down at the site of another wildfire Thursday but apparently caused little damage and had no effect on […]
  
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• Colorado wildfire destroys 3 homes as flames menace US West

  05-07-2018 17:09
  DENVER (AP) — An erratic wildfire charging through extremely dry land in a community near the Colorado ski town of Aspen destroyed three homes and forced people to flee in the middle of the night, authorities said Thursday. It is one of more than 60 large blazes burning across the U.S., mostly in parts of […]
  
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• Changes coming to Costco’s food menu and Boeing unveils $4.7 billion plan | Thursday Morning Brief, July 5

  05-07-2018 16:54
  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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• At joyous Seattle ceremony, 498 become U.S. citizens — and consider what’s ahead

  05-07-2018 15:00
  Against the backdrop of the Space Needle, 498 new citizens gathered outside at the Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion, with relatives and friends cheering them on. Speakers urged them to vote, but for many, political issues were already on their minds.
  
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• ‘Gag clauses’ mean you might be paying more for prescription drugs than you need to

  05-07-2018 14:42
  "Gag clauses" buried in the fine print of pharmacy contracts prevent many pharmacists from telling customers when the cash price for a medicine may be less expensive than their insurance copay — unless the customers directly ask.
  
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• Gallery: Seattle’s Fourth of July fireworks at Lake Union

  05-07-2018 08:43
  The Seafair Summer Fourth fireworks show over Lake Union capped a day of music, food, beer gardens and kids play at Gas Works Park
  
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• White-supremacist posters in Tacoma urge reporting of undocumented residents

  05-07-2018 05:33
  Concerned citizens ripped down the posters and notified others via social media.
  
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• Flames, black smoke pour from warehouse fire in Seattle industrial area

  05-07-2018 04:49
  Smoke from a warehouse fire on Wednesday could be seen from much of the city.
  
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• U.S. flag stolen months ago reappears at soldier’s grave in Yakima

  05-07-2018 03:37
  Marine Lance Cpl. Joe Jackson was 22 when he was killed in 2011 in Afghanistan. He had a flag over his bed before he went out on his last patrol, and this spring, it was stolen from his dad’s pickup in Yakima County.
  
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• HPV test is better than Pap smear in screening for cancer, study finds

  05-07-2018 03:27
  The randomized, controlled study showed that the human papillomavirus, HPV, test is more sensitive than the Pap smear, a widely used test that has been a standard part of women’s preventive health care for decades.
  
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• 2 die in high-speed Federal Way crash that ripped car in half

  05-07-2018 02:49
  Two men died when their fast-moving car struck several trees, ejecting them.
  
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