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• Stranger Suggests: Missy Elliott, Cortex, Collide-O-Scope and Vanishing Seattle, Clyde Petersen's Naïve Melody, and Hecklevision Presents Independence Day

  03-07-2024 22:57 via thestranger.com
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 7/3  
  Hecklevision: Independence Day
  (FILM) I remember it like it was yesterday. It's 2002, and my bedraggled social studies teacher, clearly imperiled by the prospect of having to instruct the class for one more second, squeaks a TV/VCR on a wheeled cart to the front of the classroom. We wait with bated breath. On the screen? Will Smith. The film? Independence Day. I spend the next 56 minutes in pure rapture as
  
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• Octavia Butler Didn't Predict the Domination of the Supreme Court

  03-07-2024 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  This is our future. (It is not good.)by Charles MudedeIt's Independence Day, 2024. A monstrous Category 5 hurricane is ripping the Caribbean islands apart. America's summer will likely be the hottest on record. The Supreme Court runs the US. All of this is connected. The SCOTUS's present domination of federal institutions is not unrelated to the escalating disasters of capitalogenic global warming. One only has to read this recent NYT headline to see what's really going on in 2024: "A String of
  
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• The Local Roots of the SCOTUS Decisions

  03-07-2024 20:21 via thestranger.com
  
  We have nobody to blame but ourselves, and no one else to save us, either.by Shaun ScottMaybe the most unsettling aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent torrent of conservative rulings is just how many of them originated from the actions taken by regressive state and local governments. 
  We couldn’t have arrived at a federal ban on outdoor encampments without the decision of a west coast town in a “blue” state to do the same in 2023, nor would we be fearing an impending
  
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• Don’t Feed Dogs Treats

  03-07-2024 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  You don’t know our dog!by AnonymousLook, I know my dog is the cutest good boy you’ve ever seen. Trust me, I’m aware his eyes can be hypnotic—he pierces my soul with them every day. But do not ever, under any circumstances, for any reason, feed my dog treats without asking. 
  Not while he’s at the park, not while he’s in my yard behind the fence, not when he’s on a walk, not while he’s riding a jet ski, not while he’s riding a bike, not wh
  
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• Situ Tacos Is a Fiercely Feminine Oasis

  03-07-2024 19:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Can you believe people have actually tried to eat the toothpicks???by Julianne BellWhen you first walk up to Situ Tacos, you’re immediately struck by its pastel pink exterior, which stands out amidst the muted neutral color palette of its Ballard Avenue surroundings. 
  Owner Lupe Flores had to negotiate with the Ballard Historical Board, which has jurisdiction over the neighborhood, to paint the walls pink stucco in tribute to her Chicana culture.
  “We had to stay within the class
  
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• City Council Sides with Big Business, Rejects Morales’s Bolder Transportation Levy

  03-07-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  To no one’s surprise, the Seattle City Council sided with big business, voting 6-2 in committee to leave an additional $150 million on the table in their newly approved eight-year transportation levy.by Hannah KriegTo no one’s surprise, the Seattle City Council sided with big business, voting 6-2 in committee to leave an additional $150 million on the table in their newly approved eight-year transportation levy. Council Members Tammy Morales and Cathy Moore voted yes, Council Member
  
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• Slog AM: YouthCare Cuts Staff, Owl-Killing Feds, Will Biden's Candidacy Survive?

  03-07-2024 17:42 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallSeattle’s largest provider for homeless youth is in trouble: Publicola reported that YouthCare will close two shelters, two housing programs, and cut staff as part of a “strategic realignment to ensure long-term financial stability and enhance the effectiveness of our services.” YouthCare told stuff it’d shut the Catalyst Transitional Living Program and Home of Hope Bridge Program at the end of next month, plus youth cen
  
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