That yellow thing is the Polar Pioneer, which wants to go drilling in the Arctic. That orange thing to the left is the Blue Marlin cargo lift ship, which brought the Polar Pioneer into Port Angeles on Friday.
That yellow thing is the Polar Pioneer, which wants to go drilling in the Arctic. That orange thing to the left is the Blue Marlin cargo lift ship, which brought the Polar Pioneer into Port Angeles on Friday. Greenpeace/Tim Aubry

"Look at That Big, Ugly Fucking Piece of Shit," Said One Port Angeles Resident: As the Polar Pioneer came into view. The 32-year-old Iraq War veteran who said that to Sydney Brownstone also said, "These corporations want to deplete natural resources and exploit the environment for profit. It's ridiculous."

The #ShellNo Campaign Just Released This Video This Morning, Announcing a Weekend of Actions Called #YouShellNotPass: To take place May 16 through 18, with May 18 being a day of "mass direct action." The video includes footage of rope training, images shot at from the Port Angeles demonstration on Friday, and Stranger reporter Sydney Brownstone interviewing kayaktivists out on the water (at the 0:19 mark).

A Link to That Video, in Case You Want to Share It on Social Media: And yes, you want to share it on social media.

Even this seagull is thinking of getting involved.
Even this seagull is thinking of getting involved. Greenpeace/Tim Aubry

Reached for Comment, the Seagull Said: "I don't have Twitter or anything, but I can fly."

The Horrible Reason Sunsets in Seattle Have Been Gorgeous Lately: "It's a byproduct of the massive wildfires that recently burned a large area in Siberia," which have killed 15 people.

How to Vote in the April 28 Special Ballot that Only Has One Thing on It: The Stranger Election Control Board says to vote "approved."

A new documentary about Kurt Cobain airs on HBO May 5.
A new documentary about Kurt Cobain airs on HBO May 4. But you can see it in Seattle at the Egyptian earlier than that! CTR Photos / Shutterstock.com

It's Called Montage of Heck, and It Was Based on (Among Other Things) 108 Cassettes That Kurt Recorded and That Courtney's Never Listened To: According to the New York Times, the doc "emphasizes one audio passage as a crucial window into Cobain’s psyche. In the lengthy recording, Cobain talks about trying to lose his virginity in high school to a 'very fat' girl who attended special education classes. When his peers found out, Cobain felt so humiliated that he panicked. 'I couldn’t stand the ridicule,' he says on the tape. 'So I got high and drunk, and I walked down to the train tracks,' where he lay down, hoping to be killed."

You Can See It at the Egyptian: Starting April 23.

Speaking of Kurt Cobain, There Was a Fire Early This Morning in Olympia: "One woman was rescued from the roof as flames swept through an old abandoned music studio where Kurt Cobain and other musicians used to hang out in Olympia."

On Saturday in Eastern Washington, Excavators Lifted out "Their First Mammoth Bone of the 2015 Season," a Front Rib Bone: And that's not all. "Researchers excavating a mammoth found south of Kennewick have unearthed other discoveries, including the remnants of snakes, lizards, ground squirrels, birds, and possibly even a camel."

Alice Dreger on the Response to Her Writing About Visiting Her Son's Sex-Ed Class: "To be honest, for a while I was wishing I could put it all back. It all seemed to be spinning out of control."

Dreger Got a Rave Review in the New York Times Yesterday: For her book Galileo's Middle Finger. Representative sentence: "Of course, as Galileo and Dreger both found out the hard way, facts can anger people in power."

New York Times Exposes "History of Denial on Risk of Pilot Suicide": They say that their investigation of events leading up to that pilot flying an airplane full of people into a French mountainside "exposes a series of failures and weaknesses... throughout the industry... in dealing with mental illness among pilots."

Youre aware of the pristine gorgeousness that is the Arctic, right? Just making sure.
Let's stop thinking about planes crashing into French mountainsides. You're aware of how gorgeous the Arctic is, right? Arctic/Shutterstock

Oh Yeah, Hey, Look at the Calendar, It's 4/20! And you live in Washington State. Lucky you. Please do not be one of these people.