Tom Skerritt Has Left the Grand Illusion
Tom Skerritt died on October 21 of natural causes. He was 93. I last saw him in 2022 during a dinner party thrown by Michael Hebb on Vashon Island. Low clouds covered that mid-September day, but no rain fell. And Skerritt, who arrived at dusk, sat at the head of a table we shared with…
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I, Anonymous: A Sad Squirrel Story
Hey asshole at Green Lake who let your dog chase a squirrel, grab it by the neck, and shake it until it was dead: I hope a Rottweiler or pit bull grabs you by your Achilles heel and fully ruptures your tendon. Ain’t karma a bitch. Do you need to get something off your chest?…
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Idaho Lawmakers Tried to Conflate Abortion with Human Trafficking and Seattle Attorneys Are Fighting Back
Three years ago, the Idaho state legislature passed a law making it illegal to assist minors in crossing state lines to access abortion care. In the paranoiac tradition of American anti-abortion policy, the law was rooted in a poorly disguised moral panic: It specifically banned “abortion trafficking”—the fictional concept of shadowy adults coercing minors into…
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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Oct 23–25, 2026
As per ush, we’re delivering the lowdown on cheap and easy things to do this weekend, with options from Dia de Muertos en Pike Place Market to a Practically Magic Halloweekend and from the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair to the Seattle Polish Film Festival. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.…
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Slog AM: Ballots Dumped at Golden Gardens, Netanyahu Plans West Bank Operation, Bird Flu Ravages Utah Mink Farm
Train kills man in wheelchair: Moments before a BNSF freight train hurtled through a downtown Puyallup crossing, a couple in a car noticed a man in an electric wheelchair stuck trying to cross the tracks. A man jumped out of the car, tried to lift the wheelchair from the tracks, and, when that didn’t work,…
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Scarecrow Video’s 2026 Psychotronic Challenge: Week Four
Well, we’ve come to the final installment of our Scarecrow Video psychotronic challenge series. If you’ve made it this far, congratulations, and thanks for watching along with us! We hope you found some new favorites, or at least had fun checking out some unhinged, off-the-beaten-path films you wouldn’t have otherwise. In case you missed our…
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Ticket Alert: Calvin Harris, Sienna Spiro, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week
What are you waiting for?! Tickets for hitmaking DJ Calvin Harris are on sale NOW. Rising English singer-songwriter Sienna Spiro plans to bring her second-ever headlining tour to Seattle. Plus, genre-bending indie rock bands Mt. Joy and Rainbow Kitten Surprise co-headline the Gorge next summer. Read on for details on those and other newly announced…
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Film Review: Of War, Whimsy, and ‘Wildwood’
I did it too. Flipping through a crisp hardcover copy of Colin Meloy’s Wildwood in 2011, I fell for Carson Ellis’ wondrous illustrations, and I bought that book for a five-year-old. The boy’s mother gracefully took it from me and put it on a shelf for a few years. With Laika’s adaptation of the novel…
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Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The 18th-century Aries watchmaker John Harrison solved one of the great scientific problems of his time: how to determine longitude at sea. Many learned astronomers failed to crack the puzzle, yet Harrison, largely self-taught, persisted for decades to refine the method. His breakthrough transformed navigation and enhanced the safety of sea…
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Slog AM: Amazon Employee Sues Company For Silencing Her After Alleged Rape, Katie Wilson Announces ‘Common Sense’ Homelessness Plan, Get Your Flu Shot!
A Seattle-based Amazon employee is suing the company after she says a senior manager raped her on a New York work trip in 2023. According to the Seattle Times, she told Amazon’s HR department, reported the assault to the New York Police Department, and underwent a rape kit exam. The police did not press charges,…
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An Incomplete History of the Millionaires Tax
Perhaps the biggest issue on the ballot this fall is the fate of the Millionaires Tax. To change Washington’s regressive tax system or to not change it? That is the question. Initiative 645, an initiative effort from Let’s Go Washington, the group behind the other anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ initiatives on the ballot, would repeal the…
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Seattle City Council Passes Draconian Effective RV Ban
Last night, the Seattle City Council passed the most comprehensive reform of large vehicle regulations in a generation to make it harder for homeless people to live in RVs and trailers. The six ordinances sponsored by Councilmember Dan Strauss will require people living in large vehicles to obtain a permit to park for more than…
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