This guys going to see us (the state of Washington, not The Stranger) in court!
This guy's going to see us (the state of Washington, not The Stranger) in court! GETTY

UW Medicine closing down laundry facility in Mount Baker: The move will put about 100 unionized employees out of work. Mount Baker laundry cleans the linens for UW hospitals. Most of the employees—94 percent—are people of color and 89 percent are immigrants, reports the Seattle Times. The facility is slated to close in March because of budget shortfalls.

City Council votes to reduce the Navigation Team: Mayor Durkan proposed expanding the task force in charge of removing homeless encampments. There was funding in her budget allocated toward new positions. A proposal by Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda advocated for cutting those positions and putting that money toward wage increases for homeless service workers. It passed 6-3 in a preliminary action.

More Noodles and Beef: The saga continues:


It’s not officially T-Mobile field yet: All of local media reported today that T-Mobile will be taking over the naming rights for Safeco Field. But, the Mariners are staying mum. They say they haven’t signed a contract yet. Nothing will be finalized until the contract is signed!!!

I would die for JuneBaby: The Southern restaurant in Ravenna makes you nostalgic for sticky summer evenings catching lightning bugs. I’ve never done that and can’t think of another stereotypical Southern memory, but eating at JuneBaby sure makes me feel like I lived a second life where I fished for catfish and know how to play the banjo. This isn’t the point of this blurb. The point is JuneBaby has been recognized as one of the 38 best American restaurants. Bateau, a steakhouse I’ve never been to on Capitol Hill, was also recognized. We’ve got a food scene here!

Lyft will rate your drives for you! Well, the ride-share company won’t let you take a ride without rating a driver. If you forget, the driver will be given an automatic 5-star rating. That shit is valuable social currency (we’ve all seen that Bryce Dallas Howard Black Mirror episode). Lyft will also include an automatic tip for drivers.

Buckle up, the gun nuts are gonna sue: We all knew it was coming, but gun rights activists are going to challenge I-1639 in court. The initiative will implement stricter background checks, mandatory safe storage laws, and increase the purchasing age of semiautomatic weapons to 21 in Washington state.


Remember Batkid? Five years ago, the Make-A-Wish Foundation helped Miles, a five-year-old cancer patient, become Batman. The city of San Francisco became Gotham for a day and helped Miles on his journey to become the caped crusader. It was heartwarming. There’s a documentary about it. Anyway, Miles is 10 now and cancer-free. Sometimes things are good.

New York Times Editorial Board calls bullshit on Bezos deal: An ed board with a spine? What a luxury! The NYT ed board questions the decision making process on Amazon’s end and just what New York gave up to seal the deal. The answer? $1.525 billion.

The Pentagon got audited: It failed. It took 1,200 of our bravest auditors. If you’re wanting some perspective, the Pentagon is a $2.7 trillion organization. There were some accounting discrepancies. No one divulged how much money was unaccounted for. According to Reuters they could take years to solve.

Everyone is livid about this tweet: For good reason. It’s condescending for one thing. Damaging, for another. This idea that poor people are supposed to look poor? Bullshit. Also just let Ocasio-Cortez live and do her job. This idiot is getting absolutely shat on by the Internet, so at least there’s that.


Florida state officials are ordering a manual recount: Are we in 2000 again? Andrew Gillum is fighting to have every ballot counted. He’s trailing his Republican competitor, Ron DeSantis by 33,683 votes, or 0.41 percent. But, thousands of ballots were thrown out because of poor penmanship—signatures on ballots didn't match signatures on file. So, now we're entering Recount Part 2.

Headline of the week: Wells Fargo: Shareholders can't sue us because they should have known we were lying