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• You Wanna Do WHAT on Our Wedding Night??!!

  13-02-2024 22:53 via thestranger.com
  
  A new Savage Lovecast.by The StrangerA hearty Valentine’s Day to all of you freaky, perverted, lovelorn wretches.
  We begin the show with a humdinger of a call from a man whose wedding night is shaping up to be very special indeed.A married woman shares a phone with her husband. She notices that the ads served on his Instagram feed are very different from what she sees. He sees AI generated, photo-shopped sex vixens. She’s treated to arts & crafts blogs. Is Insta pushing sexual im
  
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• KING 5 and Seattle Times Misrepresent Bill to Dismiss Low-Level Misdemeanor Cases

  13-02-2024 21:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Correcting the record on a bill that would help our jails operate just a little less like asylums.by Ashley NerbovigToday the House decided to kill a bill that would have expanded a judge's power to dismiss cases for low-level crimes, such as theft or trespass, when defendants have complied with certain court conditions. If passed, the bill would have potentially helped reduce the number of people with mental illness languishing in jails, a practice that has cost the state hundreds of millions o
  
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• Slog AM: Call to Stop Surveillance City, LBGTQ Community Yells at SPD, Biden Talks Ceasefire in Gaza with King of Jordan

  13-02-2024 17:32 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Ashley NerbovigMorning, all. Already feels like a long week, so let's hop into the weather. Partly sunny today, with a high of 48, and then partly cloudy tonight. Good day to take a long walk and break up with your situationships before Valentine's Day. 
  It's also a good day to go submit a public comment: The City of Seattle wants to expand the surveillance state on a pretty massive level. We wrote a little bit about the expansion of Automatic License
  
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