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The state’s wealthiest residents, including this guy, can breathe yet another sigh of relief. ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES On the day Gov. Jay Inslee plans to cut programs to help the poor and the middle class, a majority of the Washington Supreme Court justices refused to consider Seattle’s appeal of a lower court decision […]

This week’s Savage Love Letters of the Day: Everything you ever wanted to know about locking down your dick; everything you never wanted to know about Andrew Cuomo’s tits; breaking up is hard to do when you can’t move out; breaking up is even harder to do when you’re married and your husband doesn’t want […]

SIFF was supposed to screen Never Rarely Sometimes Always this week, before they closed their doors (though they are still accepting donations). If you have the emotional bandwidth for it, though, good news: You can now stream this masterpiece about abortion access and friendship online. If you’ve finished binge-watching Tiger King and the new season […]

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the World Health Organization. Pool / GETTY IMAGES The GOP is, so far, pinning blame for the gross mismanagement of the pandemic on four things—none of which, of course, includes them. One is Obama, another is China, another is the impeachment hearings, and the last is the head of the […]

Me to COVID-19 news at 3 a.m: “u up?” Alessandro De Carli/Getty Images Do you relate to any of the following? Reading a book feels impossible now. Concentrating is a bust. Despite feeling bone-tired, you somehow can’t fall asleep. It’s stress. It’s anxiety. Even if you’re relatively unscathed from COVID-19, the tendrils of the pandemic […]

It’s the WEEKEND! (Yes, weekends still exist.) And the WEEKEND is the perfect time to stream some hilarious, super fun content… and do we have the content for you! It’s called SPLIFF—our insanely entertaining film festival all about WEED! And you can stream it right now! For those just joining us, SPLIFF 2019 features a […]

Hood Famous Bakeshop‘s brilliant purple ube cheesecake, now available for delivery, has a cult following for good reason. HOOD FAMOUS BAKESHOP VIA FACEBOOK Since March 16, when it was first announced that Washington restaurants and bars would have to suspend in-person dining, we’ve been tracking takeout and delivery specials and promotions from local restaurants over […]

Inslee says he vetoed new spending “to be fiscally responsible and realistic.” JOHN MOORE / GETTY IMAGES On Friday Gov. Inslee vetoed over 147 new spending allocations approved by the Washington State Legislature last session, cutting a total of $445 million from the budget over the next three years. Let’s go through some big ones […]

Bill Withers, circa 1973. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images A labor union is accusing Portland’s Powell’s Books of misleading the public about its recent rehires: The iconic bookstore announced two weeks ago that it would have to lay off most of its staff. Then, the bookstore announced last Sunday that “we have over 100 […]

“Butts are a category of endlessness,” I remember my poetry teacher saying once. GETTY IMAGES I just wrote about how deeply fucked the Washington state budget is, which spurred me to reach first for a glass of sour mash and then for a poem that brings me nothing but pure pleasure—the kind of fun, punchy, […]