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• Carving Anarchy

  12-02-2025 21:23 via thestranger.com
  For her latest Play Date column, Nathalie Graham visits Spoon Club.by Nathalie GrahamPhotos by Billie Winter
  The air in Pratt Fine Art Center’s wood studio smelled clean, earthy, damp. It reminded me of Home Depot. But if someone asked me, I’d tell them it reminded me of the Hoh Rainforest.
  A red tub bursting with chunks of raw wood—called blanks—rested on a table that was also made of wood. Wooden stools idled next to other wooden tables. Saws adorned the walls, the long
  
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• Slog AM: Social Housing Is Winning, Blast Balls Are Back, Elon Musk's Kid Wipes Boogers on the Resolute Desk

  12-02-2025 18:04 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Megan SelingSocial Housing Is Winning!: After last night’s ballot drop, nearly 20 percent of Seattle’s ballots have been counted in February’s special election. Yes for social housing is passing with an impressive 68 percent, and the Stranger-endorsed Proposition 1A has received nearly 58 percent of the vote. People want more money for schools, too, with more than 70 percent of the voters choosing yes for both Proposition No. 1 and No. 1.
  
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• “Legislative sausage-making at its finest”: SPD’s Blast Balls are Back

  12-02-2025 16:46 via thestranger.com
  Yesterday, the City Council voted six to three to reinstate the Seattle Police Department’s ability to use blast balls, a controversial “less lethal” form of crowd control, on protestors. Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office introduced the bill in October 2024.by Tobias Coughlin-BogueYesterday, the City Council voted six to three to reinstate the Seattle Police Department’s ability to use blast balls, a controversial “less lethal” form of crowd control, on prote
  
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• UPDATED: Trump’s Federal Government is Blocking Gender Marker Changes

  12-02-2025 09:16 via thestranger.com
  Here's What You Can Change Right Now, and What You Can'tby Vivian McCallEditor's Note: This story was updated on February 12th to reflect new information from the State Department about "X" gender markers for passports. The original story was published on January 30th. 
  When Joe Biden was President, trans people in the US could update the gender marker on file with the Social Security Administration, the gender marker on their passport with the State Department, and, if they were not born h
  
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• Puppies Are for People Who Vote in Local Elections

  12-02-2025 01:39 via thestranger.com
  ou're Only Allowed to Look At These Photos of the Westminster Dog Show Once You've Returned Your Ballotby Stranger StaffPhotos by Carrie Dennis
  BREAKING NEWS: We had an inside source at the Westminster Dog Show, and we have some really good boys to share. But for Seattleites, we just have one rule—you have to return your ballot first.
  Voting ends at 8 pm today, and it’s an important one. Both social housing and money for schools are on the ballot.
  Need a cheat sheet? We got you. For
  
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• 20 Years of HUMP!

  12-02-2025 00:24 via thestranger.com
  Tickets are on sale now at humpfilmfest.com.by Megan SelingThe world was very different when Dan Savage introduced an amateur porn film festival to curious Seattleites in 2005. 
  That same year, George W. Bush began his second term as the President of the United States, North Korea announced they had nuclear weapons, and Hurricane Katrina devastated the US Gulf Coast. That was also the year the first video was uploaded to YouTube. Online streaming services were distant glimmers of possibilit
  
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