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• Seattle’s Friend, Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi

  12-09-2024 20:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Rest in Peace, Ayşenur.by Hannah KriegFriends, family, and others moved by the life of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi gathered around a bonfire on Alki Beach Wednesday night to remember the Seattle-based activist after Israeli forces shot and killed her while she protested illegal settlements in the West Bank last week. While much of the press memorializing Eygi has revolved around her tireless advocacy for Palestinian liberation and her family’s unanswered calls for an independent investigat
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle Public School Closure List Drops, Turkey Launches Investigation into Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi's Death, Chappell Roan Says STFU at VMAs

  12-09-2024 17:38 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Ashley NerbovigGood morning! Someone said to me yesterday that its gotten to that time of year where they actually have to check the weather in the morning to see if they need a jacket. That's why we have Slog, people. Chance of rain today between 11 am to 5 pm and a high of 69 [Eds note: nice]. Temperatures drop to 54 degrees in the evening. 
  School closures list drops: Seattle Public Schools (SPS) announced two possible school closure and consolidati
  
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• Kamala Harris's Father Wasn't a Marxist, He Was a Post-Keynesian

  12-09-2024 02:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Is it true that Donald Harris was (and, one supposes, still is) a Marxist? The answer can only be a resounding "no."by Charles MudedeAnd so it happened. During the debate, Donald Trump asserted that his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, is a Marxist. Why? Because "her father [was a] Marxist professor in economics. [And he] taught her well.”
  MAGA, as we all well know by now, loves anything that smells like family dirt. If not it's not the sins of the father, then it must be the sins o
  
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• Where to Find Mooncakes and More for the 2024 Mid-Autumn Festival in Seattle

  12-09-2024 01:23 via everout.com
  Kemi Dessert Bar, Lucky Envelope Brewing, and Moreby EverOut StaffAlso known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated across East and Southeast Asia on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar, when the moon is thought to be at its brightest and fullest during the fall harvest. Mooncakes—intricately stamped pastries often filled with egg yolk, red bean, or lotus seed paste—are central to the holiday, which falls on September 17
  
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