Cate Kennan’s Serene Synth Dreams and Gel-Sol’s Oddly Jaunty Library Music

The Best New Music to Hit My Inbox This Week

Racial Equity Advocates Like Seattle’s Newly Proposed Political Boundaries. Magnolia Residents Do Not.

Splitting “Historically Important” Magnolia Could Weaken Conservative Political Power

How Hard Could It Be to Ref a Second Grade Basketball Game?

Locally Made Short Film the Ref Explores the Many Surprising Difficulties

Slog AM: House Prepares to Pass Climate Bill, Farmworkers Say State Fails to Enforce Heat Safety Rules, and Gas Prices Keep Falling

Slog PM: Harrell Signs Abortion Bills, Starbucks Tries to Play Hardball, and an Unmerry Merriwick

Seattle Continues Shoring Up Abortion Protections Post-Roe

The Laws Are Useful, Despite Nonsense from Right-Wing Commenters

Quick! Celebrate Iced Coffee Season Before It Ends

My Blood is Now Milk and Caffeine. Join Me.

Seattle Ends Hazard Pay for Grocery Workers During a COVID-19 Surge (Again)

Very Progressive Vote from a Very Progressive Council

Slog PM: Facebook Narks on Nebraska Teen for Alleged Abortion, Amazon to Test Robots in Macy's Building, Seattle Gives Cops More Cheese

Portland Label Launches Major Reissue for Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

They’re One of America’s Most Extraordinary—and Effortlessly Weird—Rock Bands

Lieutenant Uhura and the Death of American Progress

On Star Trek, Nichelle Nichols Inhabited a Hopeful Future. It Has Not Come to Pass

How to Win a Primary in Seattle with Only $70,000

And How Darya Farivar Plans to Win Again in November

Transphobic Bullying Incident Prompts Port Townsend YMCA to Ban Member

As Conservative Media Goes Nuts, Residents Rally in Support of Trans-Inclusivity

Slog AM: Feds Will Give WA State Ferries $38 Million, Puget Sound Arts Sector on Verge of Exodus, Serena Williams to Retire

Slog PM: Seattle City Light Wants to Raise Rates, Lightning Strikes Tacoma Hard, Let the Chilkat Express Ferry You to Des Moines ⛴️

A Potent, Strange Celebration of Movies is Brewing in North Bend

The Fifth Annual North Bend Film Festival is Bringing in Some Heavy Hitters

Slog PM: West Seattle Bridge to Open Sept 18, Harborview Diverts Patients Due to Capacity Issues, FBI Searched Trump's Place for Documents About Nukes

Slog AM: We're Short on Crisis Responders, A Dating App for Pet Owners, and Could Approval Voting Have Saved Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler?

Slog PM: FBI Raids Trump's House, Starbucks Manager Accuses Union Workers of Kidnapping, and I'll See You in Hell (Rhode Island)

Slog PM: Trump's Top Secret Docs, Inslee's New Monkeypox Directive, RIP Anne Heche

DOMi and JD Beck + Herbie Hancock’s “Moon” and ZAZAZ’s “Treatment”

The Best New Music to Hit My Inbox This Week

Slog AM: King County Housing Authority Gets Sued, Mayor's Office Seeks More Public Input on SPD Chief Search, Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

Seattle's Crackdown on Low-Level Crime Targets the Poor, Mentally Ill

The City’s Quest for “Accountability” Also Reinforces Systemic Racism