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• No roll call this week

  20-10-2018 21:29
  Both Houses of Congress were in recess last week.
  
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• Tropical Storms Willa and Vicente swirling off Mexico

  20-10-2018 18:34
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two tropical storms are swirling in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, and one is forecast to become a hurricane and approach the country’s west coast late next week. Tropical Storm Willa is the 21st named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. It was about 305 miles (490 kilometers) south-southwest of […]
  
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• As Seattle adapts its response to the homelessness crisis, activist groups face uncertain future

  20-10-2018 15:00
  SHARE and Nickelsville have been providing shelter to Seattle's homeless residents for years and were integral parts of the city's push for more tiny-house villages. But now the city appears to be moving away from the organizations' "self-management" model.
  
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• Snake names honor Darwin, fire god, Louisiana professor

  20-10-2018 14:35
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana professor is in heady company, honored by having one of three newly identified species of snakes from the Galapagos Islands named after him. Bob Thomas is an environmental biologist and head of the Center for Environmental Communication at Loyola University New Orleans. He says he has a picture of […]
  
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• Europe, Japan send spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury

  20-10-2018 05:13
  TOKYO (AP) — European and Japanese space agencies say an Ariane 5 rocket has successfully lifted a spacecraft into orbit for a joint mission to Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. The European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency say the BepiColombo spacecraft successfully separated and was sent into orbit from French Guiana […]
  
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• Conservative political group mailer called “blatant voter suppression” by Democratic leaders

  20-10-2018 04:09
  The campaign mailers recently sent out in at least two Washington's state legislative districts look like a pitch to Democratic voters to elect a progressive candidate. But they come from a conservative political action committee, and ask voters to write-in alternative candidates in close races that will help determine the margins of power in Olympia.
  
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• Slog PM: Judge Throws Out NRA's Lawsuit Against Seattle, Amazon May Announce HQ2 Soon, the Seattle Times Endorsed Donald Trump

  20-10-2018 03:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Buy a lottery ticket, piss-thirsty goats are airborne, the Sagrada Familia didn't have a permit for 130 yearsby Nathalie GrahamSorry, NRA, we'll have to keep these safely locked up and unloaded!real444/Getty Images
  Slog PM tonight is brought to you by Sudafed and this trash can of tissues: Sudafed is probably the Devil's drug. It's magic, pure magic. I owe it my life.I can only hear half of what everyone is saying!! life is muffled and sad!
  It pairs nicely with the water in my REI Nalgene water
  
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• The Seattle Times Endorses Dino Rossi and I AM BOILING

  20-10-2018 02:52 via thestranger.com
  
  Someone tell the Times to go lie down.by Rich SmithThe Times gives their nod to three-time loser Dino Rossi, a hyper-conservative idiot who wants to repeal Obamacare.No, I'm not surprised that the Seattle Times Editorial Board has endorsed anti-gay, anti-choice, anti-immigrant Dino Rossi in the tightest, most consequential Congressional race on the ballot in Washington State. They basically endorsed him in the primary, and they endorsed Republican Congressman Dave Reichert every time he ran for
  
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• Your Seattle Weekend Cheat Sheet: Oct 19–21, 2018

  20-10-2018 02:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffHead to the Kubota Garden on Saturday or Sunday morning for a free fall color tour (or just go on your own to check out the foliage while the sun lasts). Jessica Stein
  Congratulations, you've made it to the weekend! All week long, we at Stranger Things To Do have been posting lists of Seattle events to prepare you for this moment, but if you haven't been keeping up, don't worry—here are the basics to get you started on your weekend planning adventures.
  If you
  
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• Co-founder of Seattle Black Panther chapter says change starts with voting

  20-10-2018 02:17
  A lot has changed in the half-century since Elmer Dixon and his brother founded the Seattle chapter of the Black Panthers, but the key issues that motivate him remain essentially the same: equality, poverty, health care, housing, economic justice, police brutality.
  
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• ‘Lifeboats’ amid the world’s wildfires

  20-10-2018 02:14
  After surviving a forest fire these untouched spots of green are the seeds to a new life and ecosystem’s regeneration.
  
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• This major discovery upends long-held theories about the Maya civilization

  20-10-2018 02:13
  Archaeologists have uncovered 61,480 structures in Guatemala — a number the lead author in the study called “humbling.”
  
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• ‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss

  20-10-2018 02:13
  Insects are vanishing across the globe, and “unfortunately we have deaf ears in Washington,” one entomologist said.
  
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• Plants can’t talk. But some fruits say ‘eat me’ to animals.

  20-10-2018 02:12
  “When I first learned that plants, in a way, behaved — that they were actually communicating information to animals — my mind exploded,” said an ecologist.
  
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• In California skies, more rockets’ silken glare

  20-10-2018 02:11
  s SpaceX and other companies use the Vandenberg Air Force Base launch hub near Los Angeles more often, the region can expect more spectacles in the skies.
  
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• The Oath Is a Confused Comedy About America's Political Divide

  20-10-2018 02:01 via thestranger.com
  by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
  If there’s a more stressful comedy than Ike Barinholtz’ The Oath, I don’t want to see it. The actor/first-time director has constructed an only slightly exaggerated critique of how our country has become addicted to lopsided news—and our inability to separate politics from personal relationships.
  The titular “oath” is a document that the film’s fictional authoritarian president has asked all Americans to sign by the day after
  
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• Traffic Alert: Traffic lights have been restored at Denny Way and Stewart Street

  20-10-2018 01:23
  Traffic signals are now working again at Denny Way and Stewart Street, the Seattle Department of Transportation reported on Twitter. The issue caused delays for traffic heading both eastbound and westbound during the afternoon commute. Crews are working on repairing the signals, said SDOT spokesperson Mafara Hobson. The cause of the broken lights has not […]
  
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• The New York Times Doesn't Really Care About Washington's History-Making Carbon Fee

  20-10-2018 01:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Dead on arrival? We’ve got one of these policies in the work in Washington state and it is very much alive.by Nathalie GrahamSure, we'll save the world for you.KAMILPETRAN/GETTY IMAGES
  If you’re not living under a rock or currently being brainwashed by the conservative media, you’ve read that report about the very real, very tangible, and very bad effects of climate change and that they will be at our doorstep sooner than we thought—in the next 20 years or so.That’s
  
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• Kamasi Washington Fucking Killed at the Showbox

  20-10-2018 00:53 via thestranger.com
  
  I left feeling that maybe, just maybe, I was living in a universe whose moral arc bends towards justice, despite all the recent evidence to the contrary.by Jasmyne KeimigKamasi Washington Frazer Harrison / GettyFor some reason I thought there’d be tables. Like, you know, those tiny ones that are just big enough for a pack of cigarettes, a glass of whiskey, an elbow? And that I’d be dressed in satin, perching my ass on a just big enough stool, engulfed in smoke, surrounded by other yo
  
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• Showbox trial delayed after judge dismisses portion of lawsuit

  20-10-2018 00:49
  The ruling delays the start of the trial over the Seattle City Council ordinance blocking an apartment tower that would raze the longtime venue.
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Driving, Lysergic "Violent Light" by Rising Seattle Techno Producer Aos

  20-10-2018 00:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Rising Seattle techno producer Aos offers a synapse-sizzling, peak-time floor-filler with "Violent Light."by Dave SegalOrchestrating subtly hallucinogenic techno odysseys like it's nbd. courtesy of Kayla Waldorf
  Aos, "Violent Light" (secondnature)
  Over the last five years or so, Seattle's techno scene has burgeoned, with several great producers and DJs flourishing both onstage and in the recording studio: Raica, Archivist, IVVY, Cavernous, Simic, Qoqo Roboqs, P L L, død, Fugal (when he's
  
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• A Portland Burger Joint Comes To Wallingford and More Seattle Food News You Can Use

  20-10-2018 00:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffPortland-based Little Big Burger opened its first Seattle location in Wallingford this week. Little Big Burger via Facebook
  This week, a new Grand Central Bakery hits Capitol Hill, Wallingford gets a location of a Portland-favorite burger joint, and the cult Chicago-style pizza place Windy City Pie announces its next move. Find all that below, plus this weekend's can't-miss food events like the Science of Spirits. For more food and drink ideas, check out our guide t
  
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• A Portland Burger Joint Comes To Wallingford and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: Oct 19, 2018 Edition

  20-10-2018 00:06 via thestranger.com
  News and information for foodies: Oct 19 Edition.by Julianne BellThis week, a new Grand Central Bakery hits Capitol Hill, Wallingford gets a location of a Portland-favorite burger joint, and the cult Chicago-style pizza place Windy City Pie announces its next move. Find all that below, plus this weekend's can't-miss food events like the Science of Spirits. For more food and drink ideas, check out our guide to Seattle Restaurant Week, our list of October food and drink specials, or our full food
  
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• Stephen Hawking's Last Book Claims, “There Is No God"

  20-10-2018 00:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeHis final book came out on Tuesday, and it is causing quite a stir.
  Fox News is calling it one of the "bombshells" in the Stephen Hawking's last book, Brief Answers to Big Questions, which was published on Tuesday, October 16. The celebrated British cosmologist died this March with the certainty that he was not going to meet his (or any kind of) maker. He did not become nothing (this much he knew); the matter that made him is still out there in the universe. But the exquisitely
  
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