What it’s like to be carless (by necessity) in Seattle and its suburbs; teachers’ strike continues; the potential eco-threat from Canadian ‘tailings dams’; remembering an artist in non-narrative film.

Gospel choir leader Rev. Patrinell Wright RIP; Central Cinema workers walk out in solidarity with a trans colleague; Starbucks has a new CEO; ‘NYT’ finds a Seattle in recovery mode.

Making an AI-assisted music video; LeBron James plays almost-half a basketball game in Seattle; stolen/dismantled Arboretum gates rebuilt; remembering a Seattle social-justice protesting legend.

AI engineer creates a jazz band with a robot vocalist; selling Seattle rain to LA tourists; Starbucks wants feds to stop unionization votes; religious ‘crisis pregnancy’ centers offer medically questionable ‘abortion pill reversals.’

A Northwest-themed ‘Cards Against Humanity’-clone game; pro-MAGA rival inches ahead of Rep. Herrera Beutler; regional ‘arts and culture sector’ still struggling; original Kidd Valley burger joint to close.

Gatherings old (the hydros) and new (‘KEXP 50’); Amazon wants to buy the maker of Roomba vacuums; an early Amazon investor/consultant dies at 82; metro areas across the NW have severe housing shortages.

Artist Romare Bearden’s conservative modernism; all the heat (and heat clichés) you can stand; City Council passes ‘abortion sanctuary’ bill; Beacon Hill to get a French language K-8 school.

Local startup’s fake coffee put to the test; how Amazon is and isn’t different under Andy Jassy; local Audubon Society wants a less slavery-connected name; a milestone of sorts for this li’l e-missive.

Past local musical experiments rediscovered; WA hospitals bleeding $; even at-home workers need transit; COVID vs. ‘I’m over it’: guess who’s winning?

City park to take ‘space age’ theme; major COVID outbreak at SeaTac federal detention center; state Supreme Court to rule on capital-gains tax; Harrell’s big cop-hiring plan.

MoPOP exhibit shows the more diverse aspects of feminist punk; man threatens to shoot Rep. Pramila Jayapal; Starbucks closing five Seattle stores over ‘safety’ claims; is Amazon getting into cancer vaccines?

U Book Store emphasizes online sales to survive; wages here rise, but rent rises more; City Council might put ‘ranked choice’ voting referendum on Nov. ballot; the big local company that hasn’t increased workers’ abortion benefits.

‘Story map’ shows local racial struggles, SPD responses in the 20th century; local Proud Boys member says he’s (wrongly) cited in Jan. 6 probe; unions say Amazon used ‘cherry-picked’ worker-safety data; a second unofficial Banksy show’s in town.

What if the monorail expansion had been built?; more local officials share their own abortion stories; Charleena Lyles shooting inquest goes to jury; local ex-punk rocker’s White Center burger joint closing after 14 years.

Seattle’s vast, post-lockdown music scene(s); Charleena Lyles’ father’s emotional inquest testimony; Amazon limits ‘Plan B’ pill orders; why we can’t have more tourist-beloved shopping alleys.