BEHIND THE LIKELY CLOUDS this will be happening above Seattle today.
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  • Behind likely clouds, this will be happening today.

How the eclipse will go down: According to West Seattle Blog, it'll begin at 1:35 p.m. and reach "maximum eclipse" by 3 p.m. Then, at 4:20 p.m., in a celestial convergence that probably requires both an astrologer and a pot guide, the eclipse will end.

What will the clouds look like at 3 p.m.? According to Cliff Mass, we are currently dealing with a "plume of moisture" and "lots of unstable air." Meaning that if you're looking for clear skies, the best place to go, according to Mass, is "the eastern slopes of the Cascades." Sigh.

Yesterday, by the way, brought record rain in Seattle: A total of 1.16 inches.

Local nurse being monitored for Ebola: "The nurse returned to the U.S. from Africa, where she had treated patients with Ebola," reports the Seattle Times. She has shown "no sign of the disease," she's "voluntarily restricting her movements," and she'll be monitored "through the disease’s 21-day incubation period."

THERES A TALLY of Pronto rides after bike shares first week in Seattle, but no tally of how many of the free Pronto helmets have been given away. (Or, as the SeattlePI.com puts it, lost or stolen.)
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  • There's now a tally of the number of Pronto rides during bike share's first week in Seattle. But there's no tally for how many free Pronto helmets have been given away. (Or, as SeattlePI.com puts it, "lost or stolen.")

The numbers after one week of bike share in Seattle: Pronto says there were about 4,000 rides and 1,450 people became members. Here's what happened when we used a Pronto bike for a Stranger vs. Stranger race.

Former council member may be charged with stealing yard signs: In Bellevue. And—surprise!—the issue that allegedly got Margot Blacker so mad was gun control. Here's what we suggest doing about the dueling gun-control initiatives on this fall's ballot.

A different kind of density on Capitol Hill: At the Lake View cemetery, home to 40,000 bodies. "If you’ve lived in Seattle for more than a day," writes CHS, "odds are you’ve been on a street named for someone buried there."

CRUSH THEM? Matthew Yglesias says to be grateful for what Amazon is doing to book publishers.
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  • Crush them? Matthew Yglesias says to be grateful for what Amazon is doing to book publishers.

Either Amazon must be stopped or it's doing the world a favor: Franklin Foer argues in the New Republic that the Seattle online octopus must be broken up through antitrust action. Over at Vox, Matthew Yglesias says Amazon's doing you and everyone you know a favor "by crushing book publishers."

Okay... I'll bite: Har! Today's SeattlePI.com clickbait is "Seattle's top dog names." Spoiler alert: It appears the most popular dog name around here is Lucy. BORING.

Yesterday's attack in the Canadian capital was by a lone gunman: "Chief Charles Bordeleau of the Ottawa police told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday that a search of the city’s downtown, with much of the area under lockdown until Wednesday evening, had not found any signs of accomplices," reports the New York Times. "In the hours following the raid, police officials had said that there might be as many as three armed men."