Starfish on the Olympic Peninsula.
Starfish on the Olympic Peninsula. Starfish/Shutterstock

The Link Between Starfish Melting and Ocean Temperatures Rising Is "Unmistakable": For a while there we were being told that the starfish wasting away was because of disease that maybe had nothing to do with ocean temperature, but now it's clear that the temperature of the ocean is a major factor.

SPD Killed a Suspected Felon in Wedgwood Yesterday: "It was like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Just like that," a neighbor said.

Seattle May Be Adding More Red Light Cameras: "The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is in the process of pulling data from suspected 'problem' intersections to see where more cameras could be most effective."

Weather forecast for the week: not too shabby.
Weather forecast for the week: not too shabby. Seattle/Shutterstock

The Weather This Week Will Be Better than the Weather Last Week: It's supposed to maybe rain a little today, but then be sunny for most of the rest of the week.

The Basics of Apple Vs. FBI: "This isn't about breaking encryption, and it's not about terrorism. It's about privacy, and security, and that's it. If you value these things, don't be distracted."

Apple's CEO Told All Employees This Morning: The company's refusal to unlock the phone is a "civil liberties" issue.

Read the Full Text of Apple CEO Tim Cook's Email to His Staff: Right here.

Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying to Make Virtual Reality Mainstream: "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg strode out on stage to explain how putting on a VR headset can actually be social."


Hitler "Had Tiny Deformed Penis" as Well As Just One Testicle, Historians Claim: That's a headline in the Telegraph today, and the article includes a video clip of Martin Amis talking about the "black hole" of Hitler's sexuality.

It Has Been 10 Years Since Clarence Thomas Asked a Question During a Supreme Court Oral Argument: "His behavior on the bench has gone from curious to bizarre to downright embarrassing, for himself and for the institution he represents," Jeffrey Toobin wrote two years ago. Toobin congratulated him on a decade of disgraceful silence this morning.

Donald Trump Is Going to Be the Nominee: "No Republican in recent times has won New Hampshire and South Carolina and then failed to win the nomination."

Which Is Absolutely Terrifying: This video from Ezra Klein at Vox is really good.


You Heard About Jeb!, Right? Savage mentioned it on Slog over the weekend, but here's the whole sad story of his implosion.