Old as shit? Have a cigarette. Youve earned it.
Old as shit? Have a cigarette. You've earned it. heidijpix/Getty Images

I just have to tell you that 90 percent of Seattle news today is about snow: Why stop it now? There's so much happening. It snowed all morning. But, it looks like there won't be any more snow accumulation tonight. Temperatures are expected to drop into possibly the teens tonight so Tuesday's commute could be harrowing.

Some Seattle snow highlights from Twitter: Let's just embrace the snow while it's here.

Some cute Capitol Hill teamwork:


This is how they shut down a road in Queen Anne: A bunch of cars were sliding down it and stuck for hours in a little pileup.


This is nice:


Radical:


Where are we living???: I was thinking about going outside, you know, embracing the snow. I don't have any gloves because I lost one half of the pair and donated the remaining glove when I purged my belongings last month. I probably shouldn't, considering what it feels like outside. Windchill, baby! (Update: I did go outside, it wasn't bad.)


SeaTac airport sees a rise in passengers in 2018: There was a 5.9 percent increase from 2017. SeaTac was a hair away from passing 50 million passengers with around 49.8 million using the airport in 2018. It's now the eighth busiest airport in America.

Check out the new tunnel: The SR 99 tunnel was open for business for the first time this morning. Traffic was light because of the snow. Drivers were also confused by the signage in the tunnel. But, that was expected. In other news, the new tunnel is brighter than other tunnels in Seattle. So that's cool. We'll see how the week, and the weather, wear on to see how the tunnel functions for real.


No good politicians: The latest on the morally bankrupt world of morally bankrupt politicians is that Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia is refusing to step down from his role despite having done blackface multiple times. Never something you want your elected officials to have done, really. To make matters worse, his Lieutenant Governor, or, the man who would succeed him if he resigned, is facing sexual assault allegations. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax says the accusations are from Northam's supporters trying to block Fairfax's ascension.

Did you hear that Trump is selling the State of the Union? Yeah! For a price, you could get your name on the screen during Prime Trump Time! The money will fund his 2020 campaign.

Lawsuit filed against federal Brooklyn jail: The facility has had no heat for over a week. An electrical fire on Jan. 27 resulted in a power failure. The inmates—many who are awaiting trial and haven't actually been convicted of a crime—were not allowed to visit with their lawyers last week. This may be a violation of their constitutional rights and is being investigated. The heat is allegedly back on, but there are reports that not all inmates have access to it. There will be a tour of the facility to further investigate the incident.

California plane crash kills five: A twin-engine plane went down in Yorba Linda, a Los Angeles-area neighborhood. The debris landed on houses, one went up in flames. Four people in the house died, one woman made it out alive. The pilot of the plane also died.


Canadian bitcoin investors out $190 million because they lost the password to the accounts: Well, technically they didn't lose the password since they never had the password. Investors in a Canadian crypto-currency exchange lost access to their accounts in early December when the only guy with the password died unexpectedly. He didn't leave any record of the password and no one can crack the code. This seems like a bad system.

The Himalayas are fucked: Climate change is real and it's coming to a Himalayan glacier near you. The ice fields in the Asian mountain range are expected to melt and the water lost from there will likely endanger more than 2 billion lives. To put it simply, that's bad news. The worse news? One-third of the glaciers will still be lost even if we get really fucking aggressive with our climate action.

Hawaii has a plan to beat smoking: A new bill in the Hawaii Legislature would raise the purchasing age for cigarette's from the state-mandated 21 years to 30 years old. Each year the minimum age would rise by a decade. Finally, by 2024, it would cap at 100. If the bill passes, only centenarians could light up by that point.