A Wing Luke Museum exhibit explores Asian Americans and the ‘beauty myth’; anti-Sawant flyers sent to other councilmembers’ districts; Amazon’s not the only big PAC money source; someone at Boeing knew the MAX had troubles.

A puppet salmon’s sermon about driving less; could Amazon be broken up and survive?; a UK family has its own tale of mistreatment by US border officers; the Mariners are now in sole possession of a major baseball record.

That local ad jingle you still can’t forget; is bus riding really that dangerous? (a driver says no); addressing built-in bias in school gifted programs; how ‘tree rustlers’ allegedly started a big wildfire.

Paul Allen’s ultra-mega-yacht’s for sale; remembering a master of altered lit-forms; local students of color state their grievances in a DIY book; a new ‘Blob’ threatens Pacific marine life.

Some just-plain-gorgeous WA scenic photos; investigators clear Constantine (with a caveat); the mother of Seattle City Council districts dies; Bellevue prepares for Amazon’s office dogs.

The Seahawks’ new single-game ‘concert’ art; toasting a new school year; some big donors flee Matt Shea; a Burien church’s exhibit on slavery and its legacy.

Bill Nye invokes ‘behavior change’ for Google; AG Bob Ferguson sues to keep federal clean-power rules; Southwest Airlines might buy its first non-Boeing planes; mistrial in UW shooting case.

In another massive e-missive: Death Cab’s tribute to young pipeline-blast victims; charges in a different kind of cyber-theft; no more ‘dress-coding’ in Seattle schools; Amazon’s Dash gets ditched.

In one of our biggest newsletters to date: Sounders FC doesn’t like fans’ giant anti-fascist flag; WA’s 1st woman (and gay) House speaker; obviously faked pix on City Council campaign mailers; Inslee’s last (presidential campaign) stand?

Vancouver store tries and fails to embarrass customers; Nick Hanauer starts a PAC for progressive Council hopefuls; an old medical office building will be a ‘Museum of Museums’; Twitter accuses an anti-racist author of racist imagery.

Xbox-branded grooming products are announced; the Showbox-preservation drive wins another round; Inslee’s climate-debate proposal’s spurned (thus giving him more PR); thoughts about D-Day 75 years after.

Thoughts on the Viaduct’s demise by an artist said demise will likely indirectly displace; a wedding at the ICE jail; state Dems propose an ‘extraordinary profits’ tax; remember when Apple was an ‘underdog’ company?

Remembering ‘Seattle Weekly’ as it leaves the stands; the city’s rezoning scheme inches closer; GOP Legislators want Fremont’s Lenin statue gone; UW men’s b-ball makes the national Top 25.

A new museum show remembers McNeil Island prison; the federal shutdown’s over (for now); why WSDOT’s buying ads for the Bertha tunnel; a bakery owner apologizes for a ‘Build the Wall’ cookie.

Faiths come together to help out on the holiday; good news for (some) local fish stocks; hotel-worker protections shut down; what Boxing Day means to me.