Cut this shit out, Mark. Credit: JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES
Cut this shit out, Mark.
Cut this shit out, Mark. JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES

Facebook, but for salmon: Scientists want to crowdsource information on sick salmon to save salmon habitats. By creating an online database that residents can participate in, scientists can get far more data than they could possibly obtain alone. Let’s work fast people, before the Russian trolls get kicked off Facebook and need a new social platform to manipulate.

The actual, and much lamer, non-salmon Facebook is blocking LGBT ads: Inadvertently-so, they say. Isn’t all the damage they cause “inadvertent?” I don’t think you get to keep playing that card, Facebook. In seeking to regulate the information flow through Facebook, since y’know, that whole 2016 election thing, they have been blocking ads pertaining to LGBT community events. Facebook has apologized and removed the blocks, but that’s all—no word on why exactly it happened, or how. Remember, Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg’s old motto for the company was, “Move fast and break things.” They’ve since changed the motto, but clearly have not stopped abiding by it.

Senator Grassley says what we expected him to say: This is breaking news right now, so you get a tweet from NPR.

Great stuff Grassley, except you’re probably wrong. Last night Slate published a piece by Brett Kavanaugh’s college roommate in which he boldly claims what we already suspected: “He lied under oath about his drinking and terms in his yearbook.”

Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledges $1 million to our carbon bill: Thanks other-Michael. If $1 million sounds like a lot, wait until you hear how much big-oil has given the opposing side—$21 million! I-1631, the carbon-fee campaign, aside from Bloomberg’s donation, has raised $6.6 million. If you’re rich and reading this, start funneling your money towards a cleaner tomorrow! Unless you’re an oil company of course, in which case, you probably would rather we choke on the air.

Perhaps Bloomberg would also pledge to purchase this letter for me? Einstein’s famous religion-belittling, handwritten letter will be on auction for the second time in December. You know, the type of thing that should probably be in a museum, but will inevitably end up as a cute little showpiece in some mansion.

In Kyle MacLachlan news:

Stop cutting down trees, friends: We apparently need scientists to say that protecting the forests will help reduce carbon emissions. Well they said it. Can we protect the forests now?

This must be what all the Seattle transplants are referring to when they talk my ear off about how we don’t have seasons here:

Check your freezer for disease: Got beef? You might want to check here to make sure it isn’t potentially contaminated with Salmonella.

The most Mukilteo problem I ever heard: Mukilteo residents are pissed that a well known ferry shortcut is causing traffic in Old Town. Honestly that does sound really frustrating, and it’s easy to imagine why residents are annoyed. If it makes you feel any better Mukilteo, in the meantime, we have pretty bad traffic over here in Seattle as well. We’re in this thing together!

Hey remember how our president is lowering emission standards? They’re doing the opposite in Europe: What else is there to say? We are here. They are there.

Put a lid on it, Seattle: Last night, The Central Hills Triangle Collaborative presented designs for a central Seattle Lid—essentially a cover to hide I-5, while simultaneously opening up a large area (approximately 15 acres) for public use, schools, or/and affordable housing. On top of opening up precious space in a city that is squashed between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it would majorly cut down on the air pollution from the highway. The idea isn’t new, and The Stranger has pushed for it on several occasions, here, and here.

We have a small lid already, Freeway park, and to me it has always been a defining aspect of my hometown. I’ve also visited Klyde Warren park in Dallas, which is another lid over the highway that runs directly through their city. The park has become something of an epicenter for activity and community in Dallas, connecting uptown with the arts district. In Seattle, a unique, outstanding city project that could actually, and positively change the landscape and vision of our city is an almost inconceivable task—I believe putting a new lid on our highway could fit that mold.

Tonight’s best Seattle entertainment options include: A reading with Pulitzer-winning wordsmith Alice Walker, Arson Nicki’s politics-themed Drag the Vote show, and a night with hiphop royalty and indisputable power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z.