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• There's Just One Week Left to Declare Your Love in The Stranger

  17-01-2025 20:24 via thestranger.com
  Let your snookums bear know you care!by The Stranger's Promotions DepartmentThere's just one week left to declare your love in the February issue of The Stranger! 
  All month long we've been collecting hundreds of Valentine's Day messages from readers, and we're going to cram them all into our Love and Sex issue, which will hit stands on February 5.
  So far we've received messages for "Huckleberry," "Sweet Pisces Boy," "Space Mate," "Cuddle Kitten," "Boner Monkey," "Slurpee," "Bubbarooni," "B
  
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• UPDATED: Documents Trans People Should Change Now, How to Do It, And What They Can Change Later

  17-01-2025 19:53 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's thorough guide to every document you should update now, and how to do it.by Vivian McCallUnder normal conditions, there’s a standard order of operations for trans people updating their identity documents.
  It begins with securing a court order to legally change their name, and then presenting it, and a handful of other identifying documents, in this order to the Social Security Administration for a new Social Security Card, state Department of Licensing for a new license, the
  
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• Premiere: New Music From Seattle’s Cutest Band Name

  17-01-2025 19:40 via thestranger.com
  Puppy Feet. Cute. Disarmingly sweet. Sometimes, they smell like Fritos.by Megan SelingToday, Seattle’s self-described Northwest Emo band Puppy Feet premiere the first two singles from their upcoming full-length. Am I writing about these songs because of the band name? Of course I am. It was the name that grabbed my attention: Puppy Feet. Cute. Disarmingly sweet. Sometimes, they smell like Fritos. And as artists continue to wade through the backwash of decent (or at least interesting) band
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This MLK Day Weekend: Jan 17–20, 2025

  17-01-2025 19:00 via everout.com
  King Day 2025, LA Fire Relief Fundraiser, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffIt's the first long weekend of the year, and we've got plenty of suggestions for how to spend it, with events from an LA Fire Relief Fundraiser concert to Wild Powwers, Prids, and Blood Lemon, plus opportunities to celebrate MLK Day like the Northwest African American Museum's King Day 2025 and United Way of King County's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. For more ideas, check out our gui
  
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• Slog AM: Tik Tok Is Banned, David Lynch Is Dead, It's Fucking Cold

  17-01-2025 17:23 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamUpthegrove is speaking for the trees: On day one as the new public lands commissioner, Dave Upthegrove made good on one of his campaign promises. He announced he'll put a pause on logging sales in some old-growth forests. Conservationists are pleased Upthegrove is protecting dwindling and environmentally important mature forests. The logging industry is ruffled. Old trees are necessary for things we rely on, like utility poles and engine
  
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• Rent Fixing in The Emerald City  

  17-01-2025 02:00 via thestranger.com
  Last week, the Department of Justice added six large landlords to an ongoing antitrust lawsuit, alleging that they used software to illegally fix rents by sharing pricing information among competitors. The property management companies collectively control 1.3 million units across the United States, and two of them—Greystar and Cushman & Wakefield—have sizable holdings here in Seattle.by Justin WardLast week, the Department of Justice added six large landlords to an ongoing antit
  
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• Zucks to Be Us

  17-01-2025 01:15 via thestranger.com
  Mark hunts wild pigs with a bow and arrow on his ranch in Hawaii.by Hannah Murphy WinterYesterday, in his farewell address to the nation, President Joe Biden warned Americans about the “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking shape in the country and the “potential rise of a tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on the future of democracy. 
  Needless to say, he was clearly nodding to the entrenchment of tech CEOs like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg into the rising
  
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