Mechanical Freak

Mr. Wilson Goes to China, KIRO's Ron & Don believe in Paul Allen and the Stacks, and the "great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity," Amazon, "relentlessly jams its blood funnel into anything that smells like money" (this week it's PillPack).

A new local currency courtesy @bezostown, Burger Failson, Saul Spady, defines 7 simple rules for 21st Century Seattle, The Atlantic groans at the insidious use of the city's "Find It Fix It" app, Crime, or the lack thereof, and life at Sea...brook.

Alex gets blindsided on the road, the coming elections, and the state of the City Council, in the wake of the Employee Head Tax repeal, Desperado Jenny heads to the border following Brett Hamil's Proximity Law of Seattle Politics, the agony and the ecstasy of summer in Seattle, and the Great Shake Shack Debacle.

Greg recounts a story from a typical Wednesday night, checking in with The News, and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Repeal of the Employee Head Tax.

Everybody's gone to The Collective, the travails of composting, and Jeff Bezos uses his Amazon Lottery winnings to industrialize the Moon.

Bagshaw the Copy Machine Monitor, the fastest growing city in the country, will they stay or will they go in the Seattle Times opinion section, and a nod to mussels with a little lean.

A James Beard for June Baby, the catastrophe that is Restaurant Week, adventures eating out in the city, "Governor...welcome to the #resistance," Fremont Brewing Boycott, and a very special happy birthday.

The "abominable" compromise of the "job-killing" Employee Head Tax, and a new drink menu fit for Mr. Moneybags at Frolik.

Faustian bargains from the "future," Libertarian candidate Matt Dubin, and the flexing of Jeff Bezos' Amazon.

"Clever" solutions for systemic problems, #funfriends.

A nearly lethal dose of neighborly love from Nextdoor.

We hope you brought your wallet.