There is one in every group chat. Forty messages about where to eat, three voice notes nobody plays, a poll, a photo of somebody’s dog, and then a name sitting at the bottom of the participant list that has...
A man I know spent thirty-one years as a structural engineer. Six weeks after his farewell lunch he had reorganised the garage twice, alphabetised a spice rack he does not cook from, and begun sending me articles at four...
Every group has one. The person who knows your mother’s operation is on Thursday. Who turns up with the right cake for the right kid. Who remembers which cousin is off dairy this year. Ask them what they want...
The Albanese government has backed away from several of the most contentious aspects of a proposed startup carve-out from its capital gains tax overhaul, cutting the minimum holding period for shares from five to three years, removing a proposed...
Nintendo’s oldest product and its most consequential American machine belong to the same history, but not to a tidy master plan. The business that sold hanafuda cards in Kyoto in 1889 did not spend the next 96 years patiently...
In December 1975, a Kodak engineer completed a camera that did not need film. Steven Sasson’s prototype weighed about 3.6 kilograms, made a 100 by 100-pixel black-and-white image, and needed 23 seconds to move the digital file onto an...
King County prosecutors have charged Josue Orozco, 27, of Seattle, with one count of second-degree rape, one count of third-degree rape and two counts of unlawful imprisonment for allegedly assaulting two teenage girls, ages 17 and 15, from Olympia...
King County prosecutors have charged Josue Orozco, 27, of Seattle, with one count of second-degree rape, one count of third-degree rape and two counts of unlawful imprisonment for allegedly assaulting two teenage girls, ages 17 and 15, from Olympia...
It’s hard not to smile around artist and writer Colleen Louise Barry. Bubbly and bright, she radiates optimism and cheer that would put most stereotypical Seattleites on edge. I think she is an absolute delight. Originally from Albany, Barry received...
Republicans are back in Dallas Thursday night as they wrap up their unprecedented midterm convention. Night one brought a claim from President Trump of $5,000 payments to Americans if Republicans keep control of Congress. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman also...
