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• The Top 43 Events in Seattle This Week: Dec 30, 2024–Jan 5, 2025

  30-12-2024 19:35 via everout.com
  Wet City Comedy Fest, New Year's at the Needle, and Moreby EverOut StaffThis week, we're saying goodbye to 2024 and hello to a new year. If you're resolving to get out more, we've got you covered with events from Wet City Comedy Fest to New Year's at the Needle and from An Evening with Gregory Porter to the Resolution Run 5K and Polar Bear Dive.
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  Frustration. Sadness. Despair. When experiencing these common emotions it can be healthy to reach out for help. Call a friend, get
  
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• Trans Immigrants: How to Change Your Name and Gender Markers

  30-12-2024 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Whether You're Documented or Undocumented, Here's a Rundownby Vivian McCallThe maddening experience of the average transgender US citizen is nothing next to the average transgender immigrant’s journey navigating the US immigration system.
  The government has clear answers for how trans citizens can change their gender markers on documents, at least until Donald Trump takes office and eliminates Joe Biden’s trans-friendly policies. It can be daunting and bureaucratic. Simple errors can
  
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• Slog AM: Jimmy Carter is Dead, South Korea Plane Crash Kills 179, Chess Champion Wears Jeans

  30-12-2024 16:42 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamJimmy Carter is dead: Georgia's own one-term president, Jimmy Carter, died on Sunday at the age of 100. The post-Watergate president oversaw the Camp David peace accords between Israel and Egypt. However, his four years weren't enough to turn around the economy in America and he lost his bid for a second term. Carter lived out his values in his post-presidency. He established the Carter Center "to promote peace, combat disease, and tackl
  
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• The Stranger’s Cookie Countdown: Day 29

  30-12-2024 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 SelingAlfajores
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  I take back everything I said yesterday. Cookies are the best. For it is cookies—at least, it is today’s cookie—that can remind us to calm the fuck down.
  Let me explain. After a recent especially busy day full of errands, traffic, and stress, I arrived at Seatango in Lake City to investigate their alfajor options. I had seen photos of the shop
  
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