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• Eat Miri’s Poffertjes

  31-07-2018 23:58 via thestranger.com
  
  by Brandon L. Black BROOKE FITTS
  The winding road leading from Ballard to Golden Gardens, the park and beach at Ballard's eastern edge, separates the city from one of Mother Nature's finest spectacles: gorgeous sand beaches, sweeping views of Puget Sound and the snow-capped Olympic Mountains, and lush vegetation. The scenery is so rich, I can only liken it to some of the beaches I've explored while on New Zealand's South Island.
  Miri's is located alongside the Golden Gardens Bathhouse and has un
  
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• There's a New Gay Bar on Union Called Union

  31-07-2018 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Photos of Seattle's newest gay bar, Union, brought you by the people behind the late, great Thumper's.by Christopher FrizzelleIt's from the owners of Thumper's, the late, great gay piano bar. CF
  There used to be a piano bar for gay daddies in tweed coats called Thumper's, which was great because it was unlike all the other gay bars. No dance music, no screaming twinks, no Jell-O shots. Not that I mind dancing, twinks, and Jell-O shots, they're just easier to come by than, you know, bars for gent
  
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• Researchers frustrated by high winds as they lose sight of grieving mother orca

  31-07-2018 23:09
  Mother orca Tahlequah, or J35, had carried her dead calf for seven days, but it's unclear whether she was still carrying the baby as high winds swept the Salish Sea.
  
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• We Don't Need to Kill the Showbox to Get Affordable Housing

  31-07-2018 22:50 via thestranger.com
  
  If Seattle expanded where we could build apartment buildings then we could have affordable housing and the Showbox.by Lester BlackWe have too many single family homes. Getty
  While most of Seattle was lamenting the impending loss of the Showbox, a quiet corner of the Internet landed on a different conclusion: Razing the theater is a good thing.
  Those 44 stories of luxury apartment would mean more housing in a city starved of places to live—so if you’re in favor of affordable housing a
  
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• No, We Don't Need to Kill the Showbox to Get Affordable Housing

  31-07-2018 22:50 via thestranger.com
  
  If Seattle expanded where we could build apartment buildings then we could have affordable housing and the Showbox.by Lester BlackWe have too many single family homes. Getty
  While most of Seattle was lamenting the impending loss of the Showbox, a quiet corner of the Internet landed on a different conclusion: Razing the theater is a good thing.
  Those 44 stories of luxury apartment would mean more housing in a city starved of places to live—so if you’re in favor of affordable housing a
  
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• Alaska Airlines Asks Gay Couple to Switch Seats So Straight Couple Can Sit Together

  31-07-2018 22:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog KGRIF/GETTY IMAGES
  Seattle-based Alaska Airlines in hot water after allegedly discriminating against a gay couple on a flight from New York to LA.David Cooley, the owner of LA bar The Abbey, wrote a (since deleted or made private) Facebook post saying that he and his boyfriend were aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1407 at John F. Kennedy International Airport when a flight attendant asked Cooley's partner to leave his Premium seat and move to Economy class so that a straight couple
  
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• Trump's Proposed $100 Billion Tax Cut Explains How God Is Killing Us

  31-07-2018 22:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeIt seems people can sleep while their beds are burning.AARTIKALYANI/GETTYIMAGES.COM
  If you watched CNN, MSNBC, or Fox News last night, you might have heard about the fires in California, but it's likely you heard nothing about the ones in Russia and Sweden. Some of these wildfires are occurring near and in the Arctic Circle. Greece just experienced fires that killed 76 people. And a "record-breaking heat wave" killed 65 people in Japan last week. All of this can be attributed to
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Creation Records-Influenced "Teflon" by New Seattle Band Spesh

  31-07-2018 21:44 via thestranger.com
  
  New Seattle band Spesh's "Teflon" is a refreshing gust of rarefied anglophile rock that will transport you to the House of Love.by Dave SegalSpesh, Seattle's best faux-"New Age Baggy" band. Frank Correa
  Spesh, "Teflon" (Killroom).
  You gotta love a band who cheekily describe themselves as "New Age Baggy." That would be awesome, but the truth—based on the one song I've heard by Spesh (Michael McKinney, Sergio Miraz [the first two are former members of pop-punk faves Boyfriends], Brian Yeager
  
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• A Report Finds CBD Is More Effective for Epilepsy When Paired with THC

  31-07-2018 21:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh Jardine Dmitry_Tishchenko / Getty Images
  The evidence that CBD is effective for pediatric epilepsy has gained substantial traction recently, with 31 states allowing CBD-based medicines, and the approval of the drug Epidiolex, the first cannabis-derived drug to gain federal approval. It’s challenging to find a politician who is in favor of children having epileptic fits—hence the widening acceptance of CBD.
  But the conversation changes drastically when the idea of introducing
  
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• Oregon man gets 25 years to life for grandfather’s murder

  31-07-2018 21:11
  COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — A man who nearly decapitated his grandfather at a home in Coos Bay has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. The World newspaper reports 29-year-old James Thomasson received the sentence Monday after pleading guilty to murder. Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier […]
  
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• Scientists: Surprisingly small ‘dead zone’ off Louisiana

  31-07-2018 21:00
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Scientists say this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is surprisingly small but the oxygen-depleted water rose higher toward the surface than usual. Tuesday’s report describes the fourth-smallest area ever measured where water at and above the sea floor off Louisiana holds too little oxygen to support marine life. Nancy Rabalais […]
  
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• KeyArena renovation takes next step with announcement of general contractor Skanska Hunt

  31-07-2018 20:42
  Skanska Hunt — a joint venture between global construction firm Skanska, which helped build MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and AECOM Hunt — has been named the general contractor for the $700 million KeyArena renovation.
  
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• Call-Out Blotter: Problematic Art Edition

  31-07-2018 20:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Jerry Saltz, Pulitzer-winning art critic, was convicted Tuesday of homophobia.by Hari Hall, InternJerry Saltz, Pulitzer-winning art critic, was convicted Tuesday of homophobia.Craig Barritt/Getty Images
  Poet Anders Carlson-Wee was convicted of blackface, white supremacy, ableism, cultural appropriation, and bad poetry after publishing a highly offensive piece in the voice of a person of color living without a home in the formerly eminent magazine The Nation. After his conviction, Carlson-Wee (a
  
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• Call-Out Blotter: Anders Carlson-Wee, Dan Savage, Trevor Noah, and More!

  31-07-2018 20:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Jerry Saltz, Pulitzer-winning art critic, was convicted Tuesday of homophobia.by Hari Hall, InternJerry Saltz, Pulitzer-winning art critic, was convicted Tuesday of homophobia.Craig Barritt/Getty Images
  Poet Anders Carlson-Wee was convicted of blackface, white supremacy, ableism, cultural appropriation, and bad poetry after publishing a highly offensive piece in the voice of a person of color living without a home in the formerly eminent magazine The Nation. After his conviction, Carlson-Wee (a
  
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• ICYMI: Purr Is Dead

  31-07-2018 20:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase Burns
  I never went to Purr when it was across the street from The Stranger, and I never went to Purr when it was in Montlake, but—ICYMI—it's dead. Sunday, July 29, was its final day open for business. SeattlePI.com called it "the Purr-fect end," although I'm not sure why. Its chicken quesadilla was $18.25.From the Facebook page of owner Barbie Roberts:Letting Go is Never Easy……..
  Dear Friends,These past 13 years have brought many blessings to my life. Purr was
  
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• Fire-prone area of Oregon’s Kalmiopsis Wilderness ablaze again

  31-07-2018 20:07
  MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Two of the biggest fires in history to strike Southern Oregon — the Biscuit and Chetco Bar — are both hindering and helping efforts to snuff out the Klondike fire in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. “They are using some of the old lines from the Chetco as well as the Biscuit fire,” […]
  
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• Kshama Sawant Joins Call to "Save the Showbox"

  31-07-2018 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Sawant says she's "heard from many of you who are outraged."by Heidi GrooverThe Showbox Kelly O
  Kshama Sawant is joining the call to preserve the Showbox Theater.The downtown music venue faces potential—but far from guaranteed—demolition to make way for a 44-story apartment building.In a letter to constituents, Sawant says she has "heard from many of you who are outraged" about the plan. She plans to introduce a resolution Monday calling on the Landmarks Preservation Board to "preser
  
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• Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 10: Huun-Huur-Tu, plus Livestream Schedule!

  31-07-2018 19:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ned Lannamann Miri Stebivka
  The only sad thing about it being Pickathon week is that it also means we've reached the end of our 2017-2018 Starlight Series, in which we post video highlights from last year's fest. So here it is, the very last episode of the season, featuring Tuvan band Huun-Huur-Tu. The ensemble makes use of traditional and modern instruments for this mournful track, a folk song remembering the Turkic state of Kongurei.
  But there's little reason to mourn this week, since Picka
  
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• Unarmed US missile test flight terminated due to anomaly

  31-07-2018 19:30
  VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — An unarmed U.S. Air Force Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was intentionally destroyed in flight when an anomaly occurred during a test launch from California. An Air Force Global Strike Command statement says the flight was safely terminated over the Pacific Ocean at 4:42 a.m. Tuesday. The Minuteman […]
  
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• Central Idaho wildfire enters Sawtooth National Forest

  31-07-2018 19:13
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More firefighters are being called in to fight a fast-growing central Idaho wildfire that has been classified as one of the top priorities in the Great Basin region. The fire about 6 miles (10 kilometers) east of Bellevue on Tuesday nearly doubled in size to 54 square miles (140 square kilometers) […]
  
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• This Boring Sounding City Policy Could Be a Big Deal for Affordable Housing

  31-07-2018 18:53 via thestranger.com
  
  We need to talk about "land disposition policies." Stick with me.by Heidi GrooverWe need to talk about "land disposition policies." Stick with me. Sherron L. Pratt/getty
  It’s no $180 million for affordable housing, but a resolution passed by the Seattle City Council Monday could make it easier to turn excess public land into homes.
  The resolution, sponsored by Council Member Teresa Mosqueda, will allow Seattle City Light to sell surplus land at below market value. That could make it easier
  
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• The Strangest Place I Ever Lived in Seattle

  31-07-2018 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Nothing like a refurbished chicken coop to make your studio apartment feel extra roomy.by Jake UittiThe Monarch about five years ago, before it was re-painted. That was my door below the stairs on the right. JU
  If you’re like me, you’ve imagined Seattle’s future as one giant homogeneous apartment complex. The Showbox is long gone. All those quirky little neighborhood homes—they’re gone too, as is that rickety old powder-blue rooming house dubbed the Monarch, where I
  
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• Slog AM: King County Homeless Shelters Don't Reach Goals and May Face Penalties, Farewell to Ofo, Where Are the Montlake Gays?

  31-07-2018 16:59 via thestranger.com
  
  Orca mom still grieves, North Korea is building missiles, a stolen sharkby Nathalie GrahamBye, ofo, you probably won't be missed.Wachiwit / Getty Images
  King County homeless shelters not meeting goals: There are 86 shelter and sanctioned encampment programs funded by the county, reports the Seattle Times. Out of those, 61 have not met their projected goals for permanent exits — or, when homeless people make their way out of homelessness. There are supposed to be financial penalties when th
  
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• After sweltering stretch, Seattle’s heat wave is over for the year: National Weather Service

  31-07-2018 16:16
  While temperatures may warm up again later in August, they won't feel as hot as they did this month because days will get shorter and sunlight will hit Earth at a lower angle, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle.
  
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• Seattle-area home prices this spring rose at fastest rate since 2006 bubble

  31-07-2018 15:56
  A spike in home costs in the metro area's least-expensive homes helped drive the increase this spring. However, the data is about two months old, and more recent reports have found a sudden surge in home listings have cooled the Seattle-area housing market.
  
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• Will Seattle penalize homeless shelters struggling to meet targets?

  31-07-2018 15:20
  Seattle has said it would hold homeless shelters accountable for performance. But with financial penalties pending, officials now say they’re on the fence about enforcing them.
  
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• Procession leads to memorial service for Kent police officer killed in line of duty

  31-07-2018 15:00
  Slain Kent Police Officer Diego Moreno will be laid to rest Tuesday following a procession and memorial service.
  
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• Memorial Tuesday for Kent police officer killed in line of duty

  31-07-2018 15:00
  Slain Kent Police Officer Diego Moreno will be laid to rest Tuesday following a procession and memorial service.
  
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• Dry ice exposure leads to death of Dippin’ Dots deliveryman’s mother in Pierce County

  31-07-2018 13:06
  Around 4 a.m. on Friday morning, police in Tacoma, Washington, got a frantic call: A 51-year-old man had just found his wife and his mother unconscious inside his car. The man, whose name has not yet been released, runs a business delivering Dippin’ Dots ice cream and had left four coolers full of dry ice […]
  
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• Video of abuse at pig farm also highlights common practices

  31-07-2018 08:09
  DENVER (AP) — Recently released undercover video showing pigs being kicked, hit and punched at a Kentucky supplier for the world’s largest meat producer drew prompt condemnation from animal rights groups and the agricultural industry alike. However, the images sandwiched in between — adult pigs in cages barely bigger than their bodies and a piglet […]
  
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• Undercover video shows pig abuse but also common practices

  31-07-2018 08:09
  DENVER (AP) — Recently released undercover video showing pigs being kicked, hit and punched at a Kentucky supplier for the world’s largest meat producer drew prompt condemnation from animal rights groups and the agricultural industry alike. However, the images sandwiched in between — adult pigs in cages barely bigger than their bodies and a piglet […]
  
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• Scientists: 1st sighting of dolphin hybrid is no ‘wholphin’

  31-07-2018 08:03
  HONOLULU (AP) — Scientists are touting the first sighting of a hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin in the ocean off Hawaii. But don’t call it a “wholphin,” they say. The melon-headed whale is one of the various species that’s called a whale but is technically a dolphin. “Calling it something like […]
  
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• Don’t call dolphin hybrid spotted off Hawaii a ‘wholphin’

  31-07-2018 08:03
  HONOLULU (AP) — Scientists are touting the first sighting of a hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin in the ocean off Hawaii. But don’t call it a “wholphin,” they say. The melon-headed whale is one of the various species that’s called a whale but is technically a dolphin. “Calling it something like […]
  
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• Artist turns Oregon coast’s plastic trash into big sea-life sculptures — with a lesson

  31-07-2018 07:39
  Aiming for art that's "beautiful, and a little horrifying," artist Angela Haseltine and associates picked up more than 21 tons of trash from Oregon beaches to create dozens of large sculptures illustrating the damage plastic garbage has done. Three exhibitions are on display across the country.
  
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• Appeals court says childhood sex-abuse lawsuit against ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Sig Hansen can proceed

  31-07-2018 05:09
  A three-member Washington Court of Appeals says Sig Hansen's estranged daughter can sue him for sexual abuse she alleges occurred while she was a child.
  
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• Appeals court says childhood sex-abuse lawsuit against ‘Deadliest Catch’ star Sig Hansen can go to trial

  31-07-2018 05:09
  A three-member Washington Court of Appeals panel says Sig Hansen's estranged daughter can sue him for sexual abuse she alleges occurred while she was a child.
  
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• Surplus City Light properties could be sold below market value for low-income housing

  31-07-2018 05:03
  Seattle City Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda says her resolution adopted Monday lays the groundwork for City Light to help alleviate the city’s affordable-housing shortage.
  
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• Bringing the green back to South King County greenhouses

  31-07-2018 04:57
  Farmers from Kenya and Benin, on their own time and with almost all donated materials, have worked to help revive dormant greenhouses in South King County since last spring.
  
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• Suspect in Bellevue knife attack held on $400,000 bail

  31-07-2018 04:07
  Cresencia Everett, 40, who is also known as "CJ," is being held in the King County Jail in lieu of $400,000 bail. She is accused of cutting and stabbing the elderly Bellevue couple who took her in.
  
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• $400,000 bail set for woman arrested in knife attack on elderly Bellevue couple

  31-07-2018 04:07
  Cresencia Everett, 40, who is also known as "CJ," is being held in the King County Jail in lieu of $400,000 bail. She is accused of cutting and stabbing the elderly Bellevue couple who took her in.
  
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• Deputy who shot teen in Kent Station identified as 28-year veteran

  31-07-2018 03:52
  Two witnesses have told detectives the deputy was in a "life threatening" struggle with an 18-year-old man armed with a rifle.
  
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• Wildfires continue to burn in southwest Oregon

  31-07-2018 02:31
  GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of people have been forced from their homes as a fire caused by a lightning storm continues to burn near Grants Pass, Oregon. The 39-square mile (101-square kilometer) blaze is moving toward the Rogue River. The fire in southwest Oregon has caused people to evacuate in the Merlin and […]
  
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• Of All the Buildings on Capitol Hill That Someone Could Immortalize as Art, He Chose This One

  31-07-2018 01:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleCongratulations on your immortality, Rancho Bravo! CF
  I stopped to snap this picture right as that adorable old man with the cane was passing by. When I asked the painter why he chose this particular building, he said because it's "retro." I praised the roof.
  The artist is still out there if someone wants to make him an offer.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• AG Bob Ferguson sues Trump administration over decision to allow public access to 3D-printed guns

  31-07-2018 01:35
  The lawsuit challenges the outcome of another 2015 case that began in 2013 when Cody Wilson, the owner of Defense Distributed, was found to have violated a federal law known as International Traffic in Arms Regulations, after publishing downloadable plans for a 3D printed gun online.
  
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• How record heat has wreaked havoc on four continents

  31-07-2018 01:20
  Elena Manaenkova of the World Meteorological Organization said this year was “shaping up to be one of the hottest years on record. “This is not a future scenario,” she said. “It is happening now.”
  
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• The Showbox's Greatest Hits, as You Remembered Them (Part 3)

  31-07-2018 01:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Here's the final—and possibly funniest—installment in The Stranger's series of posts chronicling our readers' awesome Showbox memories.by Dave SegalMurder City Devils guitarist Dann Galucci, triumphing over lethargy at the Showbox, circa 2009. Alex Crick
  Here's the third and final installment of Slog's lucid trip down memory lane, celebrating the music/comedy venue the Showbox, which will likely meet with a wrecking ball at some point in the not-so-distant future. As The Stranger's L
  
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