Fuck, it’s basically Halloween already: Ghostly decorations are going up across Seattle. There’s a zombie in the Senate. And there’s a giant pumpkin in Spokane, the Spokesman-Review reports. A Seattle man grew the pumpkin to 1,006 pounds, carted it...
For the first time, the Seattle City Council formally recognized Denny Blaine Park’s decades of queer history and its importance to gay and trans Seattle. The council passed a formal resolution Wednesday, showing where the city stands after years...
Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week, we’ll honor our lord and savior, Joan Jett, who turned 68 on Tuesday. It was a slow news week, so I’ll dive into that weird time in the ’80s when rock musicians...
Lorax mode: A grassroots conservation organization has successfully saved a fuckload of trees on the Olympic Peninsula. After the Department of Natural Resources sold a 74-acre plot of state forest to Webster Logging, the Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition made...
The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday to limit how companies use personal data to set prices in grocery stores. The move will prohibit large grocery stores from using algorithmic pricing for individual customers in an effort to prevent price...
I play varsity high school girls basketball, and if I were old enough to vote, I would vote NO to stop ballot Initiative 638 from passing this November.
To enforce excluding trans girls from sports, I-638 would require all girls...
Been away for two weeks — happy to return to a packed inbox. Let’s get to the questions! — Dan
I’ve wavered on sending this but I need advice. There’s this woman I’ve known most of my life. We are very close...
States fold in Paramount-Warner Bros merger lawsuit, broadcast media will consolidate under Trump ally: The twelve states suing to stop the creation of a broadcast media monopoly allied to the president decided actually, it’s OK, announcing a settlement Monday...
MONDAY 9/21
Arlo Parks
(MUSIC) Listening to Arlo Parks has always felt like dappled sunlight falling on leaves to me. The English musician is known for emotionally stirring songs with narrative lyrics, often pausing her concerts to read a handwritten poem...
Most students in Washington State are vaccinated, but rates are falling among kindergarteners, reflective of a nationwide trend. This year, 90.3 percent of the state’s K-12 students met all vaccination requirements. Kindergarteners lagged 3.8 percent behind at 86.5 percent....
