Ivar's, Pike Place, Pluto, and more--all for your April 1 pleasure/agony. more ›

Etsy is an amazing place for great crafters to monetize their goods, but it's also all too often a haven for truly awful items. Are these for real? Play along and find out. more ›

No sensationalism, please, no hoaxes. No phony "Fierce French Fish (Bites the Hand that Feeds It)" headlines. Seriousness must prevail, even when Seattlest is posting dispatches from the west coast of France. more ›

Impostor Washington University of St. Louis has declared war on the real University of Washington. (Which is obviously the one located here in Seattle, in Washington State.) Washington University's Student Union President, Neil Patel proclaims, "On behalf of the student body, Student Union has declared war on the University of Washington. We're tired of being confused with the University of Washington. We're in St. Louis, dammit." more ›