I hope he doesn't find my stash! Credit: Chayantorn/Getty Images
I hope he doesnt find my stash!
I hope he doesn’t find my stash! Chayantorn/Getty Images

Smog be gone! That’s right, this weird, unhealthy, polluted fog should be gone soon. Here’s a cool look at the fronts moving in, illuminated by moonlight.

To its credit, the lung-choking fog was also fighting long-term climate change: The dense fog over Sea-Tac Airport caused 22 flights to be canceled, in addition to 124 departure delays and 55 arrival delays. Planes are one of the worst greenhouse gas polluters of all, and while the fog’s tactic was extreme, it was highly effective. Fun fact: The fog did more this year to fight climate change than the newspaper known as the Seattle Times, which recently endorsed another year of in-activism on carbon emissions! Oh yeah, we rebutted that.

Cars suck: Apparently almost half of all property crime in Seattle is against cars, says Gene Balk. I’ve had a car broken into, as well, so I know how much it sucks. But with all these cars being attacked, with so many car fatalities every year, and with how bad cars are for the environment, why the fuck are they our main form of transportation?

Which brings us to Capitol Hill bike safety: There’s going to be a Pike/Pine Protected Bike Lane Community Design Workshop this Thursday, October 25, at the Summit Event Space (420 E Pike St), and while it is free and open to the public, you must RSVP. While I opt to walk/skateboard since my bikes have a tendency to get stolen, many people I know do bike, and they all recommend getting involved and checking out the Urbanist to learn more about future protected bike lanes, as well as the event on Thursday.

If you got two ballots, chill, and send the other one back: 37,000 replacement ballots were sent out to King County voters, and apparently some people are worried about why. It seems it is a simple issue that has to do with a voter updating their information after the list of voters is sent to the print vendor. So everything is okay! Except for the poor trees that died for the cause. They are not okay. From KING 5, “If you do receive a replacement ballot, King County Elections urges you to fill out and send back the ‘replacement.'”

No shade, old Americans, but: How is this gap even possible? Y’all are the ones who taught and raised us, right?

Bomb found in George Soros’s mailbox: He wasn’t home at the time. Soros is the target of many right-wing conspiracies since he’s one of the few billionaires that supports liberal causes around the world. He’s also the target of many anti-Semitic smears. One interesting, albeit semi-irrelevant tidbit is that the New York Times article quotes Soros as saying, “I don’t particularly want to be a Democrat,” which is a sentiment I share year after year as I continue to vote for Democrats over the distinctively worse options.

This is why drinking is dangerous, kids: Wow.

Look at these ‘Hilloween’ dogs: Capitol Hill Seattle Blog has got the rundown on the first ever Volunteer Park Halloween pet parade. If you like seeing dogs in costumes, this is definitely for you. If not, RUN.

Passing along the message: This is Seattle, so I’m going to have to preemptively assume this is relevant.

Don’t touch my Smacks: Back to the heinous news cycle. They are apparently changing the recipe for Smacks cereal in response to a recall. Smacks have caused 100 cases of salmonella. They say the new recipe is simpler—but I’m skeptical. What if what caused the salmonella is the same ingredient that made Smacks so gosh darn addictive?

This is a vision of the dystopia we are moving into: While the rest of us are stuck in a traffic hell hole, addicted to our gas-guzzling behemoths, the fancy rich will be riding private futuristic vehicles far away from us, underground. Notice how in the renderings, the problem of traffic is still obviously unsolved.

Tonight’s best Seattle entertainment options include: A bombastic dance music show with Seattle pop star PSA (with Mary Keey, Hezza Fezza, and Occlusions), a screening of the irreverent vampire flick What We Do in the Shadows, and a Northwest Symphony Orchestra concert celebrating the Washington’s National Park Fund’s 25th birthday. See more on our Things To Do calendar.