Good morning! Are you hot? I’m hot. But I’m happy to report that we’re more than halfway through this heatwave. It’ll hit 88 today, but tomorrow it’s smooth sailing with a high of 72. For today, the name of the game is light fabrics and air-conditioned activities. And if you need some AC that you don’t have to spend money to be in, the city offers a list of drop-in cooling centers. Stay cool, stay hydrated, check on your friends and neighbors.  Let’s do the news.  Another Ceasefire: Right before Trump’s 80th birthday celebration started, he announced that the US and Iran had reached a ceasefire deal. The Strait of Hormuz is back open, and theoretically, the two countries have a roadmap to ending the war. But as the New York Times pointed out, this war has achieved exactly zero of Trump’s stated goals: destroying Iran’s military, abolishing its nuclear program, or toppling its theocratic government. The Hardest Part of the Deal Is Still Coming: The two countries still haven’t agreed on any details about Iran’s nuclear program, or the Obama-era sanctions on Iran, both of which could be sticking points in the negotiations going forward. Plus, Israel does not appear to be on board with the deal at all, and they’ve already made clear that they plan to continue to bomb Lebanon. “If Iran attacks Israel due to events in Lebanon, we will strike it with full force,” said Israel’s defense minister said.  So…Gas Prices? Don’t get too excited. Oil barrel prices did immediately drop when Trump announced the ceasefire, but getting oil moving reliably through the strait could take weeks or months, and that’s only if this ceasefire sticks.  Speaking of Trump’s 80th birthday, in honor of that auspicious day, the president had a 600-ton steel-arch structure erected on the South Lawn called the Claw. The day before, a grown man pretended to be drunk at the UFC weigh-in, and dribbled fake vomit on himself. After one fighter won, he took to the mic and shouted that Michelle Obama is a man. “Even for a president with a lifelong penchant for P.T. Barnum-esque gambits, this one was in a league of its own,” wrote Shaun McCreesh in the New York Times.  Today Is Seattle’s First World Cup Game! The CCTV cameras are on. The floating watch parties are ready. The temperatures are unbearable. Who will win the Belgium vs. Egypt game? How many people will overstay their 10-minute welcome in the high-tech public bathrooms? We’ll find out when the game starts at noon. If you’re looking for options for where to watch the games, we got you. If you don’t really follow soccer, but figure you might as well get into it now that it’s at your front door, we got you, too. We’ve got a whole World Cup Survival Guide to get you through the next couple weeks. (And a tip for free: Don’t drive.) Another Tip: Don’t make a White Supremacist hand signal while on TV for an international event. Shaun Evans, an Australian FIFA official, made a “white power” gesture (the upside down “OK” symbol), in front of his leg. The AP floated the possibility that Evans was just playing that kids game where you make that same gesture and get to punch anyone that looks at it, but no one has commented one way or the other.  Denny Blaine’s Fate: The trial over the queer nude beach ended last Thursday, and now we’re all waiting and watching for the judge’s ruling. If you want to catch up on the details before the ruling comes down, you can read Stranger contributor Guy Oron’s coverage here.  According to a report by the Seattle Times’ David Beekman, a Denmark-based company’s AI technology has been listening to Seattle’s 911 medical calls without callers’ knowledge for more than two years, and the fire department has been using that AI to help dispatchers decide which callers don’t deserve a rapid response. And the AI program suggests that calls be routed to a nurse-staffed call center in Texas if it doesn’t need immediate attention. It’s one of the country’s first 911 agencies to try integrating AI, and there’s been no public review of the program, and SFD couldn’t explain how they’re measuring the tech’s success or describe their current contracts with the company. Read this story, and the rest of the Times’ series about our emergency response programs here.  Noise Complaint: A group of homeowners in Bellevue claim that Sound Transit’s cross-lake connection is too damn loud, and they’re threatening to sue Sound Transit for keeping residents awake at night and possibly violating local noise ordinances. Residents claim that nighttime train noise reached about 65 decibels at their homes, which was higher than their usual ambient nighttime noise levels of 57.5 decibels. One of the homeowners said it’s like “rolling thunder,” which I personally find to be a lovely sound to fall asleep to. Knicks in Five: The New York Knicks won their first NBA title since 1973 on Saturday. Apologies again to the Amtrak worker who was DVR-ing the game—I wouldn’t have shouted so loudly if I’d known. And an extra-special congratulations to our social media manager Christian Parroco, the most passionate Knicks fan I know.  New York Did Not Keep Its Cool: A teenager was shot, people lit five school buses on fire and smashed them with bats, and fans jumped on and bashed cop cars. By the end of the night, NYPD says they arrested 63 people.  A Song for Your Monday: Oliver Tree, the American singer with the best bowl cut in the biz, was killed in a helicopter crash in Brazil this weekend. So here’s his “Life Goes On.”   The post Slog AM: Another Ceasefire, Trump’s 80th Birthday, and Seattle’s First World Cup Game appeared first on The Stranger. ...read more read less