Art from the recent past about a possible post-human future; Councilmembers bash police ‘defunding’ as if it had happened; a record number of young homicide victims this year; still more Kamala-mania.

Storm stars help make doc about WNBA players’ political crusade; 75 years of (what I still call) Sea-Tac; critics say Amazon’s Climate Pledge isn’t as successful as company says; anonymous letter claims SPD watchdogs ignored complaints about ex-chief Diaz.

Local editor’s ‘Literature of Japanese American Incarceration;’ stabbings, shooting inside a car being driven on I-5; Congressional candidate fires manager who’d criticized Israel online; ACLU slams conditions at Tacoma’s for-profit ICE jail.

Dating-site founder revives local art mag; mayor’s niece claims racial profiling by SPD; MAX crash victims’ kin want Boeing to pay billions; GOP candidate for gov ‘jokes’ about turning Evergreen campus into homeless prison camp.

Cafe Racer closing for 5th (and last?) time; Scarecrow Video needs $$ to survive; Boeing CEO tells Congress the company’s getting back on track; ‘grim conditions’ reported at Capitol Hill youth jail.

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei to get a SAM exhibit; 40 years of the Young Fresh Fellows; Pacific Place sold at a big discount; SPD had ‘policy’ to harass anti-police protesters.

Pro-Palestinian camp at UW dismantled; another lawsuit claims racial and gender discrimination at SPD; Burien could kill tiny-house village project it previously OK’d; Seattle hits a population milestone.

Documentary about Seattle’s favorite old beer ads premieres at SIFF; SPD officer censured after racial slur; protest encampment at UW gathers more support; two longtime WA wineries will be locally-owned again.

Eastside light rail’s arrival (at last, partly); the Boeing crisis and US manufacturing’s ‘dark age;’ feds’ report about ICE jail death leaves out a lot; FTC claims Amazon regularly deleted internal messages.

Seattle Rep’s ‘Fat Ham’ inverts Shakespeare tropes; Kraken leave cable for broadcast TV and Amazon streaming; big profits (and security concerns) for Microsoft; Rep. Adam Smith doesn’t like pro-Gaza protesters.

Stories of young red-state clients of SPL’s ‘Books Unbanned’ program; Auburn police officer’s murder trial starts; more low-income tenants facing eviction; students planning big pro-Palestinian actions around the region today.

Cherdonna Shinatra’s cabaret show at an auto garage; most library branches to close one day a week; Carnation neighbors vs. Remlinger Farms’ concert plans; is T-Mobile supporting a red-states AGs’ group?

Storm legend, in new doc, states her case as Seattle sports’ GOAT; new SPD contract would include huge retroactive raises; outcry after Frye Art Museum curator’s layoff; Victor Steinbrueck’s little house to go for big bucks.

Online ‘influencers’ are a growing target of restaurant marketing; Rainier View principal transferred out; more protests against Tacoma ICE jail; MAGAts will invoke racism on any flimsy excuse.