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3/13/24: BOTS AND MONSTERS
Mar 12th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

AI-illustrated kids’ book from a Microsoft exec and son; no surprises in WA Presidential primaries; still more bad news for Boeing; Gonzaga loses WCC title game (a rarity).

3/8/24: ACROSS THE SOUND, AND A FEW DIMENSIONS
Mar 7th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Locally made sci-fi film premieres; Legislature goes home leaving a lot of dead bills; major racial gap remains in SPD use-of-force cases; Elon Musk disses Mackenzie Scott’s philanthropy (and its recipients).

2/21/24: OTHER NEEDLES, OTHER HAYSTACKS
Feb 20th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Fictional Seattles in film, TV, and games; Harrell’s ‘State of the City’ speech short on specifics; labor union supports big grocery merger; Amazon goes on the Dow Jones Industrials.

1/24/24: MANY MAC-CY RETURNS
Jan 23rd, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

40 years of ‘the computer for the rest of us;’ center-right Council picks center-right Tanya Woo; SPOG VP dissed for ‘joking’ about woman killed by police car; yet more 737 troubles.

1/11/23: THE ERA OF PETE, COMPLETE
Jan 10th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Pete Carroll ‘kicked upstairs’ from Seahawk coaching job; bill in Olympia would limit rate hikes; workers at Boeing supplier warned bosses about 737 MAX 9 problems; hundreds more Amazon layoffs at Twitch, Prime Video.

1/5/24: YOU’VE GOT A BRAND NEW KEY
Jan 4th, 2024 by Clark Humphrey

Some new Windows PCs will have AI access on the keyboard; housing prices keep soaring; UW to redevelop southwest campus for research and biotech; Google AI’s running three Seattle street lights in a test program.

12/21/23: MUSIC’S IN HER GENES
Dec 20th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Local young geneticist turned shoegaze singer; a big (non-musical) ‘metal shredder’ proposed for Bellingham; more threats against synagogues; Biden admin vows to preserve old-growth forests here and elsewhere.

12/13/23: SMALL TREE, BIG TALE
Dec 13th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

HBO doc on the theft of a historic bonsai tree in Federal Way; Sound Transit CEO quits after 16 months; Tacoma officers’ lawyer claims Manny Ellis caused his own death; Zulily claims it was murdered by Amazon.

12/7/23: TOO LEGIT TO ‘QUITTE’
Dec 6th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

UW prof on how every version of a song becomes its own work; rain/flood effects continue; SPOG head bashes police accountability agency; King County Council warns of ‘dire’ budget cuts ahead.

12/5/23: ALL IN A ‘ROW’
Dec 4th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Can ‘Boys in the Boat’ movie spur UW applications?; some already disappointed in Legislative session that hasn’t started; bad early reviews for Amazon chatbot; Bezos’ yacht has to dock with oil tankers.

12/1/23: A CITY’S ‘SKIN’
Nov 30th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Ahamefule J. Oluo stage musical becomes a locally-shot film; feds may recommend offing Snake River dams; workplace issues probed at a major state agency; UW study says AI images often perpetuate race/gender stereotypes.

10/31/23: CREATURES, FEATURED
Oct 30th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Halloween stories include a (big) Bigfoot film collection; SPD can’t lie to the public (as much) anymore; seven state ferries are now in for repair; did Amazon fire a worker for criticizing its back-to-the-office edict?

10/13/23: ‘REEL’ CHANGE
Oct 12th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

New SIFF sign goes up at ex-Cinerama; Cafe Racer closes for the fourth time; supporters of Israel and of the Palestinians kept apart at simultaneous UW rallies; Homelessness Authority job cuts could leave some, well, homeless.

10/10/23: YOU KNOW THIS DRILL
Oct 9th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team honored in new documentary; city loses on millions in expired traffic tickets; why a work-from-home activist had to quit Amazon; Seattle Parks Dept. threatens to replace BLM Memorial Garden.

10/4/23: ‘CRANE’ CONSTRUCTION
Oct 3rd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

New ‘Frasier’ has even less to do with Seattle than the old one; state’s car-crash deaths soar; Grubhub settles with city over underpaid sick time; Kaiser Permanente workers may go on strike today.

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