Theyve were stuck for over 24 hours now.
They've been stuck for over 24 hours now. Laser1987/Getty Images

183 Amtrak passengers have been stuck on a train in Oregon since Sunday: They left Seattle on Sunday and hit a tree just outside Eugene. Japan has high-speed trains that can safely travel over 150 mph and we can’t even get to LA without a two day delay. As of 5 a.m. this morning, they got another engine and started motoring back to Eugene while they clear the trees and snow that stopped them in the first place. It’s safe to say that all 183 passengers are more or less done with the train for good.

Seattle Public Schools will be in session until June 27: I hope you enjoyed those snow days kids, because now you have to pay. This feels like an apt analogy to drinking; you had a whole lot of fun playing out in the snow, but now the party is over and that hangover is coming in like a wrecking ball. High school seniors will get out on June 20 while everyone else has one more week of school to meet the state’s mandated number of instructional hours.

The House will vote on overturning Trump's emergency declaration: Oh did you forget we’re in the midst of a national emergency? House Democrats haven’t. They’re trying to use their newfound power to either overturn it or put Republicans on record as backing the president’s legally-dubious power grab. Even members of the GOP are against setting this precedent because they fear Democratic presidents would use it for things they don’t like, like acting on climate change.

We could set a record: Or at least tie it. If we finish out this month sub-freezing then we’ll tie a 1989 record that had 17 days at or below freezing. We’ve come this far Seattle, we might as well make history.


And we’re off to a good start: It’s basically freezing in Seattle.


Michael Cohen goes to Capitol Hill to sing like a bird: He’s already pled guilty to crimes last year, including the payment of hush money to Stormy Daniels in which Trump was an unindicted co-conspirator. But now the Senate Intelligence Committee has some tough questions for Trump’s former personal lawyers and fixer in a closed-door session today. He’ll be questioned in a public hearing on Wednesday so get ready for the media circus to bump into hyperdrive and the eventual SNL cold open starring Ben Stiller.

South Carolina man is a genius: He’s gone viral after buying up almost $600 worth of Girl Scout cookies from two girls so they could get out of the cold, but let’s be real, he just wanted those cookies. And who can blame him, they are fucking delicious. I think he saw a socially acceptable way to buy $600 worth of Girl Scout cookies AND get some good press, so he took his shot. Hats off to you man.

Can I put scorpion venom in your brain? Doctors might actually ask you this question in the coming years. But I hope they never ask you, because it’s meant to bind to brain tumors and make them glow so surgeons can more easily remove them. The innocuous venom-laced paint soaks into the tumor but leaves healthy brain tissue uncolored so doctors know which tissue to cut and which to leave intact. They are currently testing this technology at Seattle Children’s and it has application far beyond brain surgery.

In case you missed Nathalie’s post in Slog PM about the possibility of a world without clouds: here’s a little reminder of what is at stake. Read this article if it’s the only thing you do today.


Cardinal George Pell found guilty on five counts of child sexual abuse: He was once the third most powerful man in the Vatican and was—up until this ruling, the most senior figure in Australia’s Catholic church. This ruling was handed down just days after the Pope held the first ever summit to address the rampant sexual abuse and cover-ups in the Catholic church.

Tonight's best Seattle entertainment options include: A conversation with KUOW's Sydney Brownstone on How #MeToo Is Changing Culture, Politics, and Journalism, your last chance to see the Anthony White-curated art show Ultra Light Beams, and a show with Jon Spencer & the Hit Makers.