Legalize the fungus among us!!!!!
Legalize the fungus among us!!!!! Eileen Kumpf/Getty Images

GOP don’t want to investigate Joe Fain: The former Senator was accused of rape in October. He was not investigated. His re-election bid failed. But, an investigation was authorized a month ago. An investigator hasn’t been hired yet and now GOP legislators are trying to stop it from happening it at all. It’s a “partisan witch hunt,” they say.

Upzone votes will come in March: I hope they approve this plan on my birthday. It would increase how high new buildings can be built and mandate affordable housing requirements in 26 neighborhoods. Rob Johnson is leading the charge on getting the plan through. Johnson will not be running for re-election in 2019. Despite how good this all sounds, only 6 percent of this upzone will occur in places zoned for single-family homes. It’s insane how much of the city is off-limits for rezoning and upzoning and all around good urban improvements because of The Single-Family Home™.

Oregon wants to legalize shrooms: There might be a measure on the 2020 ballot that would make taking a magic mushroom trip completely kosher, super legal, and one hundred percent a-okay. The Oregon Psilocybin Society is gathering the 140,000 signatures needed to get the measure on the ballot.

The NHL announcement is tomorrow: If you love hockey, tune in to wherever you get your hockey news tomorrow morning to hear if Seattle really sealed the deal.

It’s dry and cold: Just like your mother. It’s going to drop to freezing at night!


Grindr’s blog imploded today: One of the main online voices in gay media got beaten down (not beaten off) on Twitter today while critiquing Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” music video for being "anti-queer." The reaction was bad. The take was bad. (Bad take? What's that!? Those never happen on this blog, Slog!) So bad—naughty, really—that Into removed the author’s byline from the article because there were allegedly many death threats. In case this needs repeating: Death threats aren't sexy.


Life imitates art: Specifically, art imitates Nathan for You. Amazon is promoting its Flex delivery program by talking about a woman in Kansas City who lost 100 pounds delivering packages. This is the same fake scheme that Nathan Fielder cooked up in one episode of his Comedy Central show, Nathan for You. Compare the two:


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Trump wants to drill in an Alaskan wildlife refuge: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a pristine 19-million-acre wilderness and, according to oil advocates (can you imagine identifying as one of these??), ripe for the picking. Already, some parts of the refuge have had restrictions laxed. Trump is trying to make this shit happen. Environmentalists are scared. The 900 polar bears that live in the refuge are already suffering from climate change so this might as well happen, right?

Well, fuck: Apparently everything is being put on pause Wednesday to honor President George H.W. Bush. Financial markets are closing, Congress gets a fucking vacation, and mail won't be delivered to honor the late President. If I don't get my package that's scheduled to be delivered on Wednesday then I'm marching to D.C. myself. Not really. But I will be angry. That's all I have to say about George H.W. Bush.

Arnold Schwarzenegger wishes he could time travel: That’s his solution to stop climate change. He wishes he could zap back into the past, a la The Terminator, and stop humans from using fossil fuels. It’s a nice thought, Arnold.

Tumblr is fucked: Except, Tumblr can't be fucked since being fucked is against Tumblr's new guidelines. There is a strict "no porn allowed" rule on Tumblr now. People are pissed. People are sad. People? They're horny.