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• Roll for Initiative!

  02-07-2024 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle’s LGBTQ+ Center’s D&D drop-in games offer a fun space for queer youth to play with identity.by Vivian McCallFraggle the rock gnome barbarian, Arrluk the wood elf ranger, and the unnamed tiefling warlock were walking on what should have been a busy street in a bustling market, but found both were suddenly empty.
  It was the middle of the day. They should have been darting between rumbling, horse-drawn carriages and hearing shopkeepers’s frenetic haggling from the surr
  
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• The Best Things To Do in Seattle This Month: July 2024

  02-07-2024 20:15 via everout.com
  
  Capitol Hill Block Party, Seafair, and Moreby EverOut StaffWhether July makes you think of hot dogs and fireworks, air-conditioned movie theaters, outdoor concerts and performances, or ice-cold beverages, you'll find tons of things to do this month that will allow you to soak up that coveted Seattle sunshine now that summer is in full effect. As we do every month, we've compiled the biggest events you need to know about in every genre, from Capitol Hill Block Party to Day In Day Out and from Sea
  
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• SCOTUS Ruling Won’t Change How Seattle Sweeps, Which Is Not a Flex

  02-07-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Though the SCOTUS ruling will not change how Seattle conducts its encampment sweeps, advocates say the City must do moreby Hannah KriegIn a 6-3 decision on Friday, the US Supreme Court ruled that a law in Grants Pass, Oregon did not qualify as cruel and unusual punishment. The law imposed steep fines and threatened jail time for people sleeping in public, even when there’s not enough shelter to go around. 
  Advocates have been sounding the alarm on this case, arguing that upholding the
  
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• Slog AM: SCORE Jail Planning Continues, Biden Dissents Like a Loser, Video of Capitol Hill Station Stabbing Released

  02-07-2024 17:34 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Ashley NerbovigWelcome to Tuesday. Today's supposed to be mostly sunny with a high of 69 degrees. [Eds note: Nice.]
  Mayor Bruce Harrell pushes forward with SCORE jail talks: Multiple people have told me that the Harrell administration has begun holding meetings with the Seattle Municipal Court (SMC), the King County Department of Public Defense, and other stakeholders to try to figure out the logistics of a switch from King County Jail to the South Cor
  
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