Seattle restauranteur Renee Erickson is in the New York Times business section today.
Seattle restauranteur Renee Erickson is in the New York Times business section today. Kelly O

The Walrus and the Carpenter, Ivar's, and Canlis Are in the New York Times This Morning: In a piece about restaurants across the country going tipless. Looking at what Seattle has done, a New York restauranteur says, "I think that restaurants will have to do this."

Okanogan Complex Fires Are Ongoing: There's a map here. Yesterday, these fires were "estimated to be about 10 percent contained."

New Commercial Explains the Toll Lanes on I-405 That Will Open Next Month: The commercial weirdly involves a drummer sliding magically down a lane of the highway, which I'm pretty sure won't be happening no matter how much you pay. The new tolled lanes open September 27. Interactive map here.

Larry Harvey put up this sign near his familys marijuana grow to indicate that it was a medical grow. Do you think that stopped the feds from raiding his property? Ha.
Larry Harvey put up this sign near his family's marijuana grow to indicate that it was a medical grow, but that didn't stop the Feds from raiding his property and treating his family like a drug cartel. Heidi Groover

Medical Marijuana Patient Who Was Hounded by Overzealous Feds and Watched His Entire Family Be Put on Trial Has Died of Cancer: Remember this story? Followed by this surprising acquittal? We just got the sad news that Larry Harvey has died.

A Red Crane Will Lift the Final Two Precast Pieces of Road Deck onto the Floating Part of the New Highway 520 Bridge: Today, the Seattle Times reports. Construction is due to be finished spring 2016.

A Gigantic Piece of a Glacier in Greenland Just Broke Off: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. "This glacier alone could contribute more to sea level rise than any other single feature in the Northern Hemisphere," NASA says.

Total mayhem here this morning.
Total mayhem here this morning. Stuart Monk / Shutterstock.com

Everyone Woke Up to Push Notifications This Morning That the Stock Market Was Plunging: It all started in China. Here's an excellent primer on what's going on, full of terrifying sentences like: "This is a real disaster and it seems nothing can stop it."

"Chinese Authorities Issued Notice to State Media to Censor Negative Black Market Reports": According to the South China Morning Post journalist George Chen.

Lawrence Summers Tweeted: "We could be in the early stage of a very serious situation."

This Is All Greek to Me Because I Don't Have Investments, but If You Do: New York Times says "take some deep breaths, and don't do a thing."

Ashley Madison Hack Fallout Cont'd, Horribly Sad Canadian Edition: "Two Ashley Madison clients are reported to have taken their lives after hackers published their details," BBC reports.

ICYMI, Savage Has Written Some Brilliant Stuff About Ashley Madison: here and here and here.