I know this is not the UW marching band. I went to UW. I know. Anyway.
I know this is not the UW marching band. I went to UW. I know. Anyway. Thinkstock/Getty Images

Remember that Noodles and Beef story? You know, the one about the kinkster who injected silicone into his testicles? He died because of those injections. The Stranger has unearthed new information, including private messages, that may implicate the kinkster's master—Dylan Hafertepen aka Noodles and Beef. It’s nutty. Pun, uh, not intended.

UW marching band is paying it forward: It’s like that Haley Joel Osment movie except (spoiler alert) no one dies at the end. The UW band was taken care of by residents of George, Washington after their bus crashed on the way to the Apple Cup. People brought them Thanksgiving dinners while they took refuge in George Elementary School. The UW Husky Marching Band community has sent 70 boxes of school supplies to George Elementary School as a thank you.

Tacoma News Tribune publisher out of a job: David Zeeck, who has overseen the paper for 24 years, is leaving, according to McClatchy Co., the owners of TNT. This, and other layoffs at the paper, may be part of TNT’s pivot to digital. Something that has yet to pay off, according to the meager amount of digital subscribers the paper has. According to the Seattle Times, there are only 5,000 digital subscribers. There are about 300,000 households in Pierce County. There’s no actual explanation for Zeeck’s departure.

The truth is out there: Space, though it’s for the super rich and the dead as Charles Mudede says, is fucking rad.


Christopher Rufo drops out of city council race for good: Rufo, the controversial candidate for Seattle’s District 6, suspended his campaign for Seattle’s 6th District after hearing from some haters online. He wasn’t 100 percent out. He had filed the appropriate paperwork with the city and the Washington State Public Disclosure Committee. But, now, he’s officially out of the race and heading back to PBS to work on a documentary and sending refund checks to the supporters who requested them.

Facebook just can’t comply with Washington political ad disclosure rules: Eli Sanders continues his fight against Facebook here. Facebook implemented a political ad archive in an attempt to comply with public disclosure laws. It was flawed. Attorney General Bob Ferguson thinks so too.

More rain! Give me the doom and gloom! Give it to me!


Senate passes hemp-legalizing farm bill: The U.S. Senate passed this year’s $867 billion Farm Bill earlier today in an 87 to 13 vote. Lester Black breaks it down here. The bill spends billions of dollars on food stamps and agricultural subsidies for the next five years, provides permanent federal funding for farmers markets, and most interestingly, it legalizes hemp. Industrial hemp is the type of cannabis (i.e. pot/marijuana/dope) that has very little THC in it. It won’t get you high, but it can be made into food, clothing, building materials, and CBD pills. The bill still needs a vote in the House and then Trump’s signature, but if the Farm Bill becomes law it could open the door to CBD on the shelves of Walmarts across the country.

Is Trump going to shut down the government? If he doesn’t get his gosh-darn Border Well, so help him God! (Imagine him shaking his little fist angrily at the sky at this moment). But, uh, yeah. Trump wants $5 billion for The Wall. He’s threatening to block all funding to the government if he doesn’t get it. Too bad he’s probably on the naughty list or he could’ve asked Santa for that abomination.


Ex-frat president indicted on four counts of sexual assault, won’t see prison time: Not only that, but this 24-year-old piece of shit from Baylor University won’t even go on the sex offender registry. Nope. Instead, he’ll have to pay a $400 and complete three years of deferred probation. He won’t even have a record. The victim is incensed. Her attorney is outraged. The account of her sexual assault is brutal and the fact that her rapist is getting away with it? Disgusting.