No, We Don't Need to Kill the Showbox to Get Affordable Housing
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...
View ArticleWe Don't Need to Kill the Showbox to Get Affordable Housing
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...
View ArticleResearchers frustrated by high winds as they lose sight of grieving mother orca
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.
View ArticleThere's a New Gay Bar on Union Called Union
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...
View ArticleEat Miri’s Poffertjes
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:...
View ArticleFederal judge in Seattle blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order blocking the release of downloadable blueprints for 3D-printed firearms. Lasnik’s ruling comes a day after...
View Article95 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: July 31-Aug 5, 2018
by Stranger Things To Do StaffWatch a sea of stubby legs and oblong bodies speed around the race track at Emerald Downs' second annual Corgi Races on Sunday. Emerald Downs via Facebook Our arts critics...
View ArticleKohl-Welles Will No Longer Sponsor Safeco Funding Deal, Wants More Money for...
Advocates want the money to go to affordable housing instead.by Heidi GrooverThey want $$$$$$$$$$$$$. jhutchin/getty King County Council Member Jeanne Kohl-Welles will no longer sponsor a proposal to...
View ArticleHis Boyfriend Sexts Other People—Why Does It Hurt Him So Much?
Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage I could really use your advice with regards to my relationship, since I wanna sit down with my boyfriend and have a final, end-it-or-continue-it talk in the...
View ArticleJudge Temporarily Blocks the Release of 3D Gun Design Plans
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson stopped Trump from doing something again.by Lester BlackThese 3D gun plans are still illegal. Getty A federal judge in Seattle blocked the release of 3D gun...
View ArticleKing County Council member abruptly pulls support for $180 million in public...
The whip count at the King County Council looks like 3-2 against the original public-funding plan for Safeco Field, with four council members who haven't indicated which direction they're leaning.
View ArticleThe Brilliance of Netflix's Extinction
by Charles Mudede Netflix If you are racially minded—and if you are not white, it is impossible not to be—the first thing you notice in the Netflix's new movie Extinction is this screwy thing about the...
View ArticleDino Rossi Slays at Republican Ladies Night Out but Declines Invite from...
But Bev Forstrom said he was his "usual charming self" with the Republicans last night.by Rich SmithIf you want to talk with Dino, you either have to pay or vote Republican.Today Cynthia Stewart,...
View ArticleUW team notches a personal best in hyperloop competition — and meets Elon Musk
A University of Washington engineering team took fourth place in a competition to build a futuristic form of travel called the hyperloop.
View ArticleWe Must Let Go of the Whale Who Will Not Let Go of Her Dead Baby
Some humans are really feeling this message.by Charles MudedeWhy no poems or posts about us happy whales? Because, as Hegel once wrote, "periods of happiness... are blank...
View Article4 men awarded Fields Medal during congress in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Four mathematicians have been awarded this year’s Fields Medal, a prestigious award that many describe as the Nobel Prize of mathematics. Given every four years the prize goes to...
View ArticleOrca mother carrying her dead calf has triggered an outpouring of reactions....
Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes says she's never covered a story quite like this one.
View ArticleRedding, California, Representative Shrugs Off Climate Change While Thousands...
“I’m not going to quibble here today about whether it’s man, or sunspot activity, or magma causing ice shelves to melt."by Katie HerzogRedding, California Justin Sullivan/GettyThe west is on fire. The...
View ArticleMy Boyfriend Is Allowed to Sleep With Other Women—But I Want to Dump Him for...
Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage I'm going to try to keep this short but please forgive me if it gets very long while trying to include enough info to give an accurate picture. I'm in a...
View ArticleNew Savage Lovecast: Abortion in the Bible?
by The Stranger"Dan? If someone sticks a lollypop in my vagina, will I get a yeast infection?" Sincerely, the very first caller. After that, a married woman was horrified to discover raunchy pics of...
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