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MultiCare layoffs announced in south King County and beyond

It was announced Wednesday that there will be over 100 layoffs and closures at MultiCare hospitals and clinics across Washington state, including a few in south King County. The layoffs, which were referred to as separations in MultiCare’s official letter...

Pop Loser: Get In Losers, We’re Stanning Macklemore

Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week, I’ll catch up on some news that transpired while I was on vacation for the last three weeks. (I’m so glad nothing major happened, like the passing of Dolly Parton or the...

Slog AM: Boycott Against Illegal Israeli Settlements Grows, Beth’s Is Open 24 Hours a Day Again, Hitler Returns

Forest rangers help ICE abduct campers in Snoqualmie National Forest midnight raid: The rangers pretended there was a “garbage issue” in order to approach five families and photograph IDs for potential citations, KING 5 reports. Around midnight, the rangers...

Psychology says people who over-explain themselves in ordinary conversations aren’t insecure or needy — they often grew up with adults who required exhaustive justification...

A friend cancelled dinner on me last month. The message ran to about 240 words. There was a deadline, a sick flatmate, a replacement bus service, and a closing line asking whether I was annoyed. I’d already typed “no...

What Does the “Mamdani Moment” Look Like in Seattle? 

Seattle’s media and political classes have inundated readers for months now with dubious stories about what the election of socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a slate of aligned New York legislators means for left-wing politics in...

In an experiment published in 1998, people valued 7 ounces of ice cream more highly than 8 when each serving was judged separately —...

A generous-looking serving can contain less ice cream. Christopher Hsee’s 1998 experiment made that distinction visible by comparing a portion piled above a small cup’s rim with a larger portion sitting below the rim of a bigger cup. In “Less...

Things to Do in Seattle

Shadows and light dance on supernatural-feeling artwork from Samantha Yun Wall inside the Seattle Art Museum. Image: Courtesy Chloe Collyer/Seattle Art Museum Jump to Your Genre:  Food and Drink / Visual Arts / Live Music Performance / Film / Special Events / Readings and Lectures...

Friendly, fun food trucks of Mercer Island/ Meanderings by Mindy Stern

On an overcast August morning, the Mercer Island Sunday Farmers Market was hopping with families pushing strollers, grandparents, teens and couples. They bought cherries, corn, pastries and ice cream, mostly from vendors shaded by tents. Food trucks lined both...

Friendly, fun food trucks of Mercer Island/ Meanderings by Mindy Stern

On an overcast August morning, the Mercer Island Sunday Farmers Market was hopping with families pushing strollers, grandparents, teens and couples. They bought cherries, corn, pastries and ice cream, mostly from vendors shaded by tents. Food trucks lined both...

In a trial with 226 people, researchers kept tempting audiobooks on iPods that one group could access only at the gym — that group...

The next chapter was waiting at the gym. In an experiment with 226 people, access to an enticing audiobook became part of the incentive to turn up for a workout. Katherine Milkman, Julia Minson and Kevin Volpp tested the arrangement...

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Psychology says people who become noticeably quieter in their 60s and 70s aren’t always unhappy or lonely— sometimes experience has taught them that peace...

Somewhere in the mid-sixties, a lot of people go quiet at the dinner table. They still turn up. They...
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