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• We Would Love Sound Transit’s Link More If It Were Automated

  06-02-2024 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Automation isn't always a bad thing.by Charles MudedeNot too long ago, I walked across the fly-over section of Vancouver BC's West Georgia Street. My destination was a Spanish restaurant on Main Street called Bodega on Main—its food is respectable and its table covers ugly, in a charming way. Twenty minutes before, I had been in a hotel room with a view of the library designed by the great uncle of the Safdie brothers (Uncut Gems, Good Time), architect Moshe Safdie. Before crossing the ove
  
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• New Social Housing Initiative Would Tax Business to Fund Up to 2,500 Over 10 Years

  06-02-2024 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Expect fuckery from big business.by Hannah KriegIn a press conference Tuesday, House Our Neighbors! (HON) launched a citywide ballot initiative to create a new progressive tax to permanently fund the social housing Public Development Authority that voters approved in a February 2023 ballot measure. 
  If HON can collect at least 26,520 signatures within 180 days, then voters will decide whether or not to tax big business for more housing this November. With turnout at its highest due to the p
  
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• Take a Tour of Seattle’s Former Dens of Vice

  06-02-2024 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Here’s how much sex work played a role in the foundation of the City of Seattle as we know it today: There was a whole-ass multi-season TV series about it.by Hanna Brooks OlsenHere’s how much sex work played a role in the foundation of the City of Seattle as we know it today: There was a whole-ass multi-season TV series about it. 
  But let’s back up a bit, because this is a long story. 
  Seattle is a relatively young city. Early colonizers were fur trappers, hunters, an
  
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• Prominent LGBTQ+ Community Members Call for Alcohol in Strip Clubs

  06-02-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  We're the only state that doesn't allow booze in strip clubs and it's insane.by Ashley NerbovigAfter a series of raids on Seattle gay bars prompted queer communities to speak out against rules restricting nudity in places with liquor licenses, last week prominent members of Washington’s LGBTQ+ community published a letter in support of legislation allowing strip clubs to sell alcohol, a move that would fund worker protections for dancers and make the environment at clubs more sociable and
  
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• Slog AM: I-5 Protesters Could Face Charges, Republicans to Kill Their Own Border Control Bill, and Trump Not Immune from Prosecution

  06-02-2024 17:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah KriegGood morning, sloggers: In case you have not checked the weather app on your phone this morning, allow me to give you a quick forecast. Tuesday will get off to a rainy start with yesterday’s showers expected to linger until about 10 am. After that, skies will dry up and temperatures should heat up a few degrees from the low 40s to the upper 40s in the afternoon. The clouds are likely here to stay all day, but your best chance to see the su
  
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