Ex-local filmmaker’s hype-free take on AI; ‘cheering’ Supreme Court’s mail-voting decision; new local business-booster group launches; Macklemore fired from Ed Sheeran tour for pro-Palestinian stance.

Ex-local ‘Victorian Lowbrow’ artist ‘Madame Talbot’ RIP; biz leaders want new city public-safety plan; local group wants to reopen Egyptian Theater; one WA town that’s profited from data centers.

Local painter’s ‘macro’ lo-res images; camping trip ends with five ICE arrests; Seattle has more kids these days, many other cities have fewer; Seahawks return (for real) tonight, while national media still underestimates ‘em.

Last weekend of Wild Waves water park; Macklemore proclaims ‘Free Palestine’ at NJ stadium concert; politicians join pickets at hotel workers’ strike; three fatal shootings in same vicinity, in less than 24 hours.

Columbia Funeral Home hopes to rebuild, one year later; ‘recall petition’ filed against Mayor Wilson; ‘millionaires tax’ repeal could cost WA $1.3 billion; pending home sales here ‘plunged’ this past year.

Memories of past Seattle civic activism (and past US birthdays); measuring World Cup’s local benefits; school superintendent Reykdal wants HS seniors to learn ‘life skills;’ the mystery of ‘Schrödinger’s senator.’

Iranian-born artist’s visions of (outlawed) female expressions; the big numbers behind World Cup waterfront crowds; ex-Montlake Market site could be affordable housing; are the rich fleeing here? (Not yet.)

A ‘Seattle hip-hop walking map;’ WA resident, deported to South Sudan, now in his native Vietnam; city considering removing SR 99 through South Park; Seattle has 20% more ‘unsheltered’ people than in 2024.

Alexandra Lozano’s empire of false hopes to immigrants; Eddie Vedder (and Chicago kids) perform at Obama Center opening; SAM workers vote to form union; Seattle’s greatest spectacle ever?

Wall of Sound Records closing after 36 years; Seattle World Cup debut a ‘win’ for the city; ICE immediately deports Honduran siblings here for medical care; millionaires spending big to defeat ‘millionaires tax.’

WA State Ferries at 75; White House wants to axe federal agency investigating Longview blast; did Sound Transit board members ‘screw Seattle’ in their latest cuts?; a call for an independent Cascadia.

Big galleries plan Seattle Art Fair rival; ‘trans refugee’ advocates march for city support; Social Housing Developer buys 150-unit building; Wild Waves water park’s final season has started.

‘Augmented reality’ Seattle walking tour; whither the Regional Homelessness Authority?; Microsoft offers early retirement to thousands of workers; Nick Hanauer asks ‘which capitalism’ we really want.

‘Black Panther Park’ opens in Skyway; tech consultant asks ‘Whither Microsoft?’, Ada’s Technical Books closing in June; many ‘unlicensed food carts’ could be due to ‘multi-state networks.’

Samish Nation’s ‘weaving retreat;’ warmongering hurts potential World Cup business; big data-center plans would take LOTS of City Light electricity; ‘broken’ Ichiro statue fixed, so apparently were the current Ms’ ‘bats.’