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King County buys land of would-be asphalt plant for public use

The announcement was made by Reagan Dunn at the Fairwood Anniversary Celebration on Saturday. King County has purchased the former proposed asphalt plant site along the Cedar River and will preserve it for public use. At the Fairwood 60th Anniversary Celebration...

Sony Music and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic

Sony Music and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for "tens of thousands" copyrighted works. The companies are asking for up to $150,000 per work,...

Distraction-free writing gadget BYOK is adding custom extensions

BYOK is a no-frills, single-purpose gadget that 90 percent of people will find absolutely frivolous. But for those who spend a significant chunk of their lives putting words to virtual paper, there is an obvious allure. Personally, I think...

Welcome to Night Vale cocreator Joseph Fink learned storytelling from Grim Fandango 

10 out of 10 beard. | Photo: Ben Mekler Joseph Fink is the cocreator and cowriter of Welcome to Night Vale, arguably the most important fiction podcast ever. He's also the creator of the noir podcast Unlicensed and Alice Isn't...

Virginia declined to buy Mount Vernon and Congress argued it was not the federal government’s business, so in 1858 a South Carolina woman raised...

By the early 1850s, the most famous house in America was falling down. Mount Vernon, George Washington’s estate on the Potomac, had passed through three generations of Washington heirs, each less able than the last to afford it. The...

The colonists who settled the Giant Forest in 1886 renamed the largest tree on earth the Karl Marx Tree because they objected to what...

Two million people a year walk the paved path in Sequoia National Park to stand before the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree on Earth by volume, 275 feet of sequoia that was already a thousand years old when...

Trump’s war with Canada

In 1999, the creators of South Park were nominated for an Academy Award for their song, “Blame Canada.” South Park, of course, is caustic and anarchic satire. But today, somehow, it’s become real.  

What NATO allies think about Trump’s treatment of Canada

Why does President Trump loathe Canada but respect North Korea? The panel discusses what NATO members may be thinking about Trump's treatment of his supposed allies.  

Give Yourself Over to Absolute Pleasure at These ‘Rocky Horror’ Screenings

Tim Curry, known for his legendary performances in It, Clue, Home Alone 2, Legend, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, died Tuesday night in his Los Angeles home. He was 80, and along with Dolly Parton, one of two...

Devastating scale of Himalayan floods comes into focus

Three days after a catastrophic wall of water, mud and rock tore through Nepal’s Himalayan valleys, the scale of the disaster is still coming into focus. At least 579 people are now confirmed dead, nearly 2,000 remain missing, and...

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