Neighborhoods can be TALL too.
Neighborhoods can be TALL too. GETTY

The Seattle Times is anti-density: Yes, yes, this is a tale as old as time. But, the Times's editorial board is going in on saving the single-family home again. The context is that the mandatory housing affordability (MHA) is set to be finalized soon. The goal of this editorial is to make Seattle City Council drag its feet even more on this issue. No! Stop it! A dense city is a good city! The operative word here is city. We live in a city not a single-family neighborhood.

Tim Eyman's bullshit could cost Sound Transit nearly $7 billion: Initiative 976 is the latest crackpot scheme by B-movie villain Tim Eyman to cap car-tab prices. Eyman, whose life has literally fallen apart around this faux-activism, wants car tabs to be $30 universally. That would cut nearly $7 billion out of Sound Transit's projected revenue. It would also defund other projects in cities across the state.

Will Edgar Martinez make it into the Hall of Fame? It's his 10th year on the ballot and his last chance to make it into the Baseball Hall of Fame. To rub salt into the wound, "the award given each year to the American League's top designated hitter is named the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award," according to KING5. Martinez is looking good in the polls. Are you pulling for him?

16-year-old fatally shot outside Renton Walmart: He was shot in a car Sunday afternoon. According to his grandmother, he had two children. This Seattle Times story doesn't say much but it does touch on the crazy weekend this Walmart had. The shooting happened on Sunday and there was a fire in the store on Saturday night!

Happy MLK Day, the NRA implied that King would still be alive if he was carrying a gun: You just can't make it up!


Here was what the march looked like in Seattle: Here's what we saw.


Rainy days ahead: Ah, yes, moisture.


Taliban kills dozens at Afghan base: In what has quickly become the deadliest attack against Afghan intelligence in the nearly 17-year-old war, the Taliban infiltrated an Afghan intelligence base and killed dozens. This paints a grim picture especially as the U.S. has stated it plans to withdraw forces. The attack happened this morning after the Taliban said it had entered peace talks with the U.S.

The world isn't all bad: See? There are whales and dolphins and they interact.


Trump doesn't congratulate the LA Rams: This might mean something to someone in the football world. My football sources don't seem particularly bothered by it, just a "that's weird" in response to my query. Basically, the LA Rams and the New England Patriots both won their slots in the Superbowl last night in nail-biter games that both went to overtime. Trump only congratulated the Patriots. Hm.

Shit, guess Kamala Harris doesn't get the coveted Bill O'Reilly vote: What's she going to do now???


The Bahamian workers that got fucked by Fyre Festival may get some funds: After Netflix's Fyre came out, the documentary about the music festival disaster in the Bahamas, a GoFundMe campaign was created to fund the Bahamian woman who catered the event and who went without pay. The fund, which is verified, has raised about $90,000 so far. The documentary came out on Friday. The goal is $123,000.