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• The Stranger’s Cookie Countdown: Day 17

  17-12-2024 23:36 via thestranger.com
  
  We're counting down to 2025 by sharing some of our favorite cookies on Slog every day in December!by Lindsay CostelloGingerbread People
  Post Punk Kitchen
  Post Punk Kitchen’s vegan gingerbread recipe might seem an unlikely candidate for a “classic” designation, but it tastes traditional—the kind of gingerbread you’d expect from a passed-down recipe.
  My friend Rose is a prolific baker, churning out frankly astonishing treats for the fundraisers and gigs she organ
  
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• ACLU Sues Washington DOC for Confining Trans Woman to Men’s Prison

  17-12-2024 23:31 via thestranger.com
  The ACLU of Washington is suing the Washington Department of Corrections, alleging it violated a transgender woman’s constitutional rights under state law by forcibly transferring her from a women’s prison to confine her in a men’s prison. The transfer occurred after a guard discovered her engaging in consensual sex with her roommate.by Vivian McCallThe ACLU of Washington is suing the Washington Department of Corrections, alleging it violated a transgender woman’s constit
  
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• Crop Top

  17-12-2024 23:30 via thestranger.com
  Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to [email protected]!by Dan SavageMy boobs began to get bigger — apropos of nothing — in my early thirties. A lot bigger. No weight gain, they just started growing and didn’t stop. I hated it. I’m very active, and they were heavy and miserable and got in the way. So, I had a breast reduction and had never been happier. It was freedom… for three years. Then my breasts started growing again. I&rsquo
  
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• Mayor Bruce Harrell Fires Former Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz

  17-12-2024 22:17 via thestranger.com
  On Monday, Mayor Bruce Harrell wrote a letter to the Seattle City Council informing them of his decision to fire former Seattle Police Department (SPD) Chief of Police Adrian Diaz. Harrell told the Council that an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report supported accusations that Diaz had a romantic relationship with an employee who he hired for a top position at SPD, and then continuously lied about the relationship.by Ashley NerbovigOn Monday, Mayor Bruce Harrell wrote a letter to the Seattle
  
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• Landlord Lobby Wishlist Leaked

  17-12-2024 21:39 via thestranger.com
  The Housing Development Consortium (HDC), a powerful landlord lobby of united nonprofit and for-profit developers, is working with Mayor Bruce Harrell and the City Council on their legislative wishlist, according to a slide deck sent to The Stranger. The landlord lobby’s long-rumored “policy matrix,” seeks to significantly limit the protection of the winter and school year eviction moratoriums, raise the $10 late fee cap to $50, repeal the 2019 roommate law, cut the six-month r
  
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• Slog AM: School Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, Trump's Felony Conviction Upheld, Seattle Parking Fines to Increase Next Year

  17-12-2024 15:45 via thestranger.com
  Seattle's only news roundup.by Ashley NerbovigGood morninggggg. After a full week and a day of vacation I'm back. The time away dulled my memory of how truly terrible it is to wake up and write Slog AM. But, you know, it is what it is. C'est comme ça.  
  Now the weather: The weather gods promise rain today, with a high of 53 degrees. We're talking lots of rain. Seattle Weather Blog predicted today would be the "Wettest day of the year." Nice.
  Parking fines increasing: Seattl
  
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• It's Time to Burst the PNW Weather Bubble

  17-12-2024 01:30 via thestranger.com
  Here in the Pacific Northwest, we live in a bubble. No, not the political bubble, or even the tech bro bubble (though anyone who’s ever spent time on dating apps seeking viable men knows what that’s like). I’m talking about the blissful temperate climate bubble—the illusion that this region has two weather modes: drizzly winter depression and sunny summer euphoria.by Ashley BraunHere in the Pacific Northwest, we live in a bubble. No, not the political bubble, or even the
  
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• The Stranger’s Cookie Countdown: Day 16

  17-12-2024 00:40 via thestranger.com
  We're counting down to 2025 by sharing some of our favorite cookies on Slog every day in December!by Megan SelingLast week I told you about Dahlia Bakery’s Hudda's Butterscotch Smoked Oat & Sea Salt Cookie and praised it for being an Adult Cookie. After all, the last thing you want to do at a holiday party or cookie exchange is fight off a gaggle of sticky-fingered babies for dessert.
  Another confection that falls firmly in that kid-deterring column is the Miso Buckwheat Chocolate Chip
  
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