“Catastrophic Failure”—That’s Bad, Right? Seattle officials were not warned of the “risk of a catastrophic failure” with Bertha’s rescue pit. The city and the state fought over the rescue pit, too. Also, Mayor Murray believes he should use fewer words when talking about Bertha.
Seahawks Continue to Not Suck: Spike Friedman explains how the Seahawks won the game last week. He also tells you what to expect from today’s game, and he’ll be live-Slogging the game for you later today on Slog.
Picture of the Week:
- JOSH KELETY
- Council member Kshama Sawant raises her hands in solidarity with protesters on Monday. Click the photo to read Heidi Groover’s account of the lively meeting.
We’re the Shame of the Nation: Washington State has, by far, the most regressive tax system in the nation. We should be deeply embarrassed about this.
Seattle to Help Colonize Mars: Seattle will be home to Elon Musk’s “satellite engineering office.”
If You Ask Me, This Is Way Sadder Than Paseo Closing: The Kingfish Cafe is closing this week. The owners will open “small to-go places” around town.
It’s Not Like We Were Using Those Cycle Tracks to Get Around Town or Anything: Stop parking your stupid trucks on bike lanes, people. Also, these bollards are fucked.
Not a Joke, Not a Parody: A white-owned business is hosting a “Hip-Hop Brunch” where the foods are named after rappers and their songs. The N.W.A. stands for—and this is not a joke—”pancakes with Nutella, walnuts, and crème anglaise.”
Mudede Was Wrong, for Once: The first paragraph of this Slog post is pure poetry.
Should Seattle Nerds Panic? Local comics convention Emerald City Comicon sold to national chain Reed Pop. Here’s a conversation with ECCC founder Jim Demonakos about why he thinks this is a good thing.
Is “Seattle Fashion” an Oxymoron? Not according to these folks at a Macy’s runway show.
KEXP’s New Home: You paid for it, so here’s a sneak preview.
How Portland Out-Westboro Baptisted the Westboro Baptists: This is awesome.
The Perils of Low Blood Sugar: This week’s Police Reports Illustrated involves a tempest and a tea pot.