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• Music Fan Calls Out Sub Pop Fest's Dearth of Women Performers

  15-08-2018 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Did Sub Pop's 30th-anniversary celebration reveal a diversity problem within the renowned indie-music label?by Dave SegalBeach House's Victoria Legrand was one of 10 women performing during Sub Pop's 30th-anniversary celebration last weekend. Josh Bis
  A reader named Lauren Berry-Kagan wrote to The Stranger to point out that the number of women artists performing at SPF30—Sub Pop Records' 30th anniversary party at Alki Beach, the Crocodile, and the Moore Theatre—was a disappointing 15
  
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• With Disenchantment, Matt Groening Takes on George R.R. Martin

  15-08-2018 23:24
  ... with promising, if mixed, results.by Andrew WrightBack in the olden days, before binge viewing, it sure was easier to give developing shows a fair shake. Disenchantment—Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening’s first venture onto Netflix’s fertile turf—feels, well, pretty much like the initial seasons of his other shows, with some clunky construction, slow-growing characterizations, and lots and lots of bulgy-eyed comedic potential. Based on the first seven episod
  
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• Crazy Rich Asians Is Romantic-Comedy Gold

  15-08-2018 23:17
  
  Light, breezy (and inclusive!) escapism.by Elinor JonesI am going to start with the thing everybody wants to talk about: Crazy Rich Asians is the first major US motion picture starring a predominantly Asian American cast since The Joy Luck Club came out in 1993. That is BONKERS, and it makes this film’s release noteworthy. Great! Let’s talk inclusion! I love it. Thumbs up, Hollywood!Now let’s talk about the next most important thing: Crazy Rich Asians is romantic-comedy gold th
  
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• It's a Forking Mystery

  15-08-2018 23:14
  
  There is a black hole in the Stranger offices.by Leilani Polk
  Hey guys, I need to address the giant white elephant in the room—or rather, in the Stranger offices, that’s apparently been hanging around for a while, causing chaos for those of us who eat food: the case of the missing forks.
  Upstairs in the kitchen, in the drawer where we keep flatware, there is an empty space in the flatware tray where the forks should be. (I mean, they’re all empty right now, but the forks slot i
  
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• Baby elephant joins herd at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

  15-08-2018 23:00
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The newest elephant at San Diego Zoo Safari Park has joined the rest of the herd. Video posted by the zoo this week shows Umzula-zuli taking his first tentative steps in the elephant enclosure — under the watchful eye of his mother, Ndula. Zookeeper Mindy Albright says the other 12 elephants […]
  
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• Seeing Phantom of the Opera Followed by an Actual Opera

  15-08-2018 22:56
  
  Phantom of the Opera plays through August 19. Porgy and Bess plays through August 25.by Christopher FrizzelleThe night after I saw Phantom of the Opera at the Paramount, I saw Porgy and Bess at McCaw Hall. Guess which one was better.Matthew Murphy/Philip Newton
  Last Friday, a new national tour of Phantom of the Opera opened in Seattle. I hadn't seen a performance of the show since 1992, when my parents took me to see it at the Los Angeles Music Center for my twelfth birthday. Back then, we were
  
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• Seattle’s Summers Should Be (a Bit) Smoky

  15-08-2018 22:29
  
  Wildfire smoke should have been a natural part of Seattle's summers, but we stupidly put out every wildfire we could find. Now the climate is warming and the fires are back.by Lester BlackThe Carlton Complex fire in 2014. Lester Black
  When Mark Twain arrived in Olympia on an August day in 1895 his welcome party had an apology for him.“I am sorry the smoke is so dense that you cannot see our mountains and our forests, which are now on fire,” said John Miller Murphy, the editor of the
  
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• Free Will Astrology: August 15–21

  15-08-2018 22:00
  
  by Rob Brezsny
  ARIES (March 21–April 19): "The prettier the garden, the dirtier the hands of the gardener," writes aphorist B.E. Barnes. That will be especially applicable to you in the coming weeks. You'll have extra potential to create and foster beauty, and any beauty you produce will generate practical benefits for you and those you care about. But for best results, you'll have to expend more effort than maybe you thought you should. It might feel more like work than play—even th
  
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• POLL TIME! Would You Stay in Seattle If It Always Looked Like This?

  15-08-2018 21:45
  
  by Katie HerzogWelcome to sunny Seattle!AREKMALANG / GETTY IMAGES
  There are some serious downsides to living in this city (i.e., the cost of living, stand-still traffic, lack of decent Indian lunch buffets next door to my office), but those are, usually, outweighed by the area's natural beauty. This city is majestic as fuck, although it would be even more majestic if it were still a vast expanse of untamed wilderness and fresh air and not a smoke-choked cloud of particulate matter and computer e
  
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• Venturing outside on a bad air-quality day? Here’s how to do it safely

  15-08-2018 21:35
  Wildfire season can be a disappointment to those who love being outside. Here's how to cope when your need for nature conflicts with weather advisories.
  
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• Missing Ohio hiker found alive on flank of Mount St. Helens

  15-08-2018 21:33
  The Warren, Ohio, man was been seen by friends on Aug. 9, when he borrowed a car and headed to the Blue Lake Trail.
  
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• Missing hiker found on Mount St. Helens ate berries, bees

  15-08-2018 21:33
  The Warren, Ohio, man was been seen by friends on Aug. 9, when he borrowed a car and headed to the Blue Lake Trail.
  
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• Democrats Are Uniting Around Kim Schrier This Afternoon

  15-08-2018 21:16
  
  We're voting for Kim now.by Rich SmithWe're voting for Kim now.
  In an effort to rally the troops behind Kim Schrier, the Democratic candidate who will face off against Dino Rossi in the closely watched race to fill Congressman Dave Reichert's seat in Washington's 8th Congressional District, the WA State Democrats are hosting a “Flip the 8th Unity Event" in the middle of the day today in Issaquah.Shannon Hader, one of Schrier's Democratic rivals, will literally be phoning in her appearance.
  
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• Notes of support pour in for 2 who started California blaze

  15-08-2018 21:12
  REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A couple whose flattened trailer tire accidentally started a massive fire in Northern California has received more than 100 cards and letters with supportive messages telling them not to feel guilty. The outpouring of support for an 81-year-old man and his wife started after Rachel Pilli made a Facebook post offering […]
  
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• British Columbia declares state of emergency over wildfires

  15-08-2018 20:46
  The province says 566 wildfires were burning across British Columbia on Tuesday, with evacuation orders covering more than 1,500 properties and affecting about 3,000 people.
  
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• Tickets on Sale NOW for the 14th Annual HUMP! Film Festival!

  15-08-2018 20:29 via thestranger.com
  
  All the dirty details...by Dan Savage
  The biggest, best, and only amateur porn film festival returns in November!
  What is HUMP!? It's a festival featuring five-minute-or-less films that run the gamut from hardcore to softcore, live action to animation, serious to comic. HUMP! is queer and straight, cis and trans, vanilla and kinky, binary and non, inside your comfort zone and outside your comfort zone. HUMP! is now in its 14th year and has been touring the country for the last five. And because
  
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• New Graphic Novels: The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, Sanpaku, and Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles

  15-08-2018 20:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Our new graphic novel recommendations are The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, Sanpaku and Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chroniclesby Suzette SmithThe Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins
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  The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins is a comic adaptation of a storytelling podcast in which the McElroy brothers (Griffin, Justin, and Travis) play Dungeons & Dragons with their dad, Clint. And it debuted at the number one position on the New York Time
  
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• The Cult of Jawbreaker

  15-08-2018 19:52 via thestranger.com
  The beloved pop-punk band reunites after 20 years.by Robert HamLast year, beloved pop-punk trio Jawbreaker stepped onstage for the first time in more than 20 years to headline the final night of Chicago’s Riot Fest. It was the preliminary step in a long-dreamed-of reunion (they are playing Portland’s Crystal Ballroom on August 17 and 18).There’s even chatter of new music being hashed out by the group. It’s the kind of news that should warm every sensitive soul who used qu
  
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• Under the sea, marine heat waves can wreak havoc on wildlife

  15-08-2018 19:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time high seawater temperatures since daily measurements began in 1916. “Just like we have heat waves on land, we also have heat waves in the ocean,” said Art Miller […]
  
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• Not just land heat waves: Oceans are in hot water, too

  15-08-2018 19:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this month recorded all-time high seawater temperatures since daily measurements began in 1916. “Just like we have heat waves on land, we also have heat waves in the ocean,” said Art Miller […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Bitches Brew-like Zoner "Four" by Seattle Jazz Duo Bad Luck

  15-08-2018 18:55
  
  Seattle jazz duo Bad Luck brew up an ominous, Miles Davis-esque meditation on the title track of their new album, Four.by Dave SegalChris Icasiano and Neil Welch: Four your pleasure. Jake Knapp
  Bad Luck, "Four" (Origin). Seattle duo Bad Luck—saxophonist/loop manipulator Neil Welch and drummer Chris Icasiano—have been making jazz fiery again over the last few years. They generate a lot of heat and fury for two people, and their live performances have been whirlwinds of inventive energ
  
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• Bad Morning Affirmations

  15-08-2018 18:30
  
  by Leilani PolkSage advice.
  These two stickers are affixed on a window outside the Rhino Room. I noticed them walking in this morning and immediately wondered, are they related, stuck up there by the same person, or not? If not, which one came first, the life-affirming "be the light" or the encouraging "keep going baby"? Or is the latter not encouraging at all, but demanding? Is it a sex thing? Why are both messages all lowercase? Why does one have a period and the other doesn't? If they're adve
  
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• Spacewalkers install bird trackers, send satellites flying

  15-08-2018 18:27
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking cosmonauts set up an antenna for tracking birds on Earth and sent a series of tiny satellites flying from the International Space Station on Wednesday. Russian Sergey Prokopyev used his gloved right hand to fling four research satellites into space. The first mini satellite safely tumbled away as the […]
  
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• Spacewalkers flinging satellites, installing bird trackers

  15-08-2018 18:27
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Russian cosmonauts took a spacewalk Wednesday to fling tiny satellites into orbit and install an antenna for tracking birds on Earth. Soon after leaving the International Space Station, Sergey Prokopyev released all four research satellites by hand. “I’m ready for the launch,” Prokopyev told Russian flight controllers near Moscow. The […]
  
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• Spacewalkers fling satellites, install bird trackers

  15-08-2018 18:27
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking cosmonauts flung tiny satellites into orbit Wednesday and set up an antenna for tracking birds on Earth. Russian Sergey Prokopyev released four research satellites by hand. The first mini satellite tumbled away as the International Space Station soared 250 miles above Illinois. By the time the fourth one was […]
  
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• Idaho couple’s birthday cave adventure turned into rescue

  15-08-2018 18:17
  JACKSON, Wyo. — An Idaho couple who got lost inside a mazelike ice cave in Wyoming for nearly two days before being rescued had planned the adventure as a fun way to celebrate the husband’s birthday. Spencer Christiansen, who turned 31 on Saturday, said the best part about being rescued from the Darby Canyon Ice […]
  
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• Survivor of newly found WWII shipwreck: ‘So many’ to rescue

  15-08-2018 18:14
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Daryl Weathers remembers trying to pull men from the sea off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands after a U.S. Navy destroyer hit a mine left by the Japanese following the only World War II battle fought on North American soil. The explosion, which ripped the stern off the USS Abner Read, also covered […]
  
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• Shipwreck from only WWII battle in America found off Alaska

  15-08-2018 18:14
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Daryl Weathers remembers trying to pull men from the sea off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands after a U.S. Navy destroyer hit a mine left by the Japanese following the only World War II battle fought on North American soil. The explosion, which ripped the stern off the USS Abner Read, also covered […]
  
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• Pearl Jam poster depicting a dead President Trump draws controversy in Montana Senate race

  15-08-2018 17:46
  In their bid to unseat Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Republicans have seized on a new controversy: an apocalyptic poster depicting a dead President Donald Trump that was used to promote a Pearl Jam concert that doubled as a fundraiser for Tester’s campaign. While there has been no suggestion that Tester had input into the poster’s […]
  
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• A Pearl Jam poster depicting a dead President Trump draws controversy in Montana Senate race

  15-08-2018 17:46
  In their bid to unseat Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Republicans have seized on a new controversy: an apocalyptic poster depicting a dead President Trump that promoted a Pearl Jam concert that was used to raise money for Tester’s campaign. While there has been no suggestion that Tester had input into the poster’s design, Republicans are […]
  
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• You Can Buy Vape Pens Full of DMT

  15-08-2018 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Lester Black LAUREN KOLESINSKAS
  The first time I heard about vape pens filled with DMT, I was completely dumbfounded.
  I was at a bar in Fremont with a friend when, after a few drinks, he mentioned that he had recently bought a vaporizer cartridge filled with the drug.
  DMT? The strongest psychedelic in the world? WTF?
  Found in the ayahuasca tea made by the native people of the Amazon, and also produced naturally in our bodies, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), if ingested correctly, will send you into
  
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• Firefighting mars the earth. California crews are fixing it

  15-08-2018 17:44
  LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Jack Hattendorf steers his road grader back and forth across a dirt path cutting through blackened earth. With each pass, he smooths and tamps down the soil to remake a dirt road that fire crews tore apart days earlier to stop flames that would become part of the largest wildfire on […]
  
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• After firefighting rips up the land, crews move in to fix it

  15-08-2018 17:44
  LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) — Jack Hattendorf steers his road grader back and forth across a dirt path cutting through blackened earth. With each pass, he smooths and tamps down the soil to remake a dirt road that fire crews tore apart days earlier to stop flames that would become part of the largest wildfire on […]
  
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• What would a conservative Supreme Court mean for Roe v. Wade? To local activists, it’s history repeating

  15-08-2018 17:33
  In 1991, activists rallied behind a law protecting abortion access in Washington. Their goal? To limit the reach of attacks on Roe v. Wade in an abortion-hostile political climate marked by Reagan-era influence and the rise of evangelical voters. That could have major ramifications under a conservative Supreme Court.
  
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• How Washington state made its abortion laws Trump-proof

  15-08-2018 17:33
  In 1991, activists rallied behind a law protecting abortion access in Washington. Their goal? To limit the reach of attacks on Roe v. Wade in an abortion-hostile political climate marked by Reagan-era influence and the rise of evangelical voters. That could have major ramifications under a conservative Supreme Court.
  
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• Flash flood sweeps away 11 picnickers in India

  15-08-2018 17:32
  NEW DELHI (AP) — An official says at least 11 people have been swept away by a flash flood while picnicking at a waterfall in central India. District Magistrate Shilpi Gupta says seven others were rescued by helicopter, but 30 people remain trapped on rocks in the river in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh state. She […]
  
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• Activists push to re-legalize affirmative action in Washington state

  15-08-2018 17:27
  What backers are calling Initiative 1000 would change Washington state law to allow the government to use “affirmative action that does not constitute preferential treatment” to remedy discrimination in public employment, education and contracting.
  
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• Subtropical Storm Ernesto forms over the Atlantic

  15-08-2018 17:05
  MIAMI (AP) — Subtropical Storm Ernesto has formed far out over the Atlantic. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm’s maximum sustained winds Wednesday are near 40 mph (65 kph) with some additional strengthening possible over the next day. Ernesto is centered about 695 miles (1,120 kilometers) southeast of Canada’s Cape Race, Newfoundland, and […]
  
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• New storms form over Atlantic, Pacific

  15-08-2018 17:05
  MIAMI (AP) — New named storms have formed far out over the Atlantic and Pacific, though neither poses a threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the Atlantic’s Subtropical Storm Ernesto had maximum sustained winds Wednesday near 40 mph (65 kph) with some additional strengthening is possible over the next day. […]
  
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• Slog AM: Alexa and Cortana Team Up, Seattle Priest Posthumously Added to Sexual Abuser List, Puerto Rico Finally Has Power

  15-08-2018 17:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Pearl Jam gets political, big win in Vermont, Trump Tower is evilby Nathalie GrahamCortana can you... give Alexa a kiss? Daisy-Daisy / Getty Image
  Amazon and Microsoft introduce most ambitious crossover of all time: Alexa and Cortana, the digital assistants of Amazon and Microsoft respectively, are teaming up. It’s a techno sexual wet dream. Starting today, if you own an Alexa you can engage Cortana simultaneously and vice versa with whatever Microsoft device Cortana lives in.Seattle pries
  
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