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• My Kink Is Car-ma

  26-03-2025 23:47 via thestranger.com
  Do you need to get something off your chest? Submit an I, Anonymous and we'll illustrate it!by AnonymousTo the Tesla drivers who think you are free from sin because you have an “I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy” bumper sticker: I have a special feeling of hatred towards you.
  You wake up every morning, knowing full well that you are essentially a moving advertisement for modern fascism, and you think a fucking bumper sticker means you get off scot-free? No. You are announci
  
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• I Must Insist That I Am Real

  26-03-2025 23:47 via thestranger.com
  Seattle's Newest Civic Poet Shares Their Remarks From Last Night's Inaugurationby Dujie TahatYesterday, Seattle inaugurated its fifth-ever Civic Poet, Dujie Tahat, in a ceremony in the City Council Chambers. Hosted by the Office of Arts and Culture in partnership with the Seattle Public Library and Seattle City of Literature, the inauguration ceremony marked the beginning of Tahat's two-year term. These are their prepared remarks.
  I’ve been rather insistent on having an Inaugural Ceremony.
  
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• Stranger Suggests: A Bonkers Titanic Parody, Poppers-Loving Punk Rockers, and the Crappiest Doughnut in Seattle

  26-03-2025 23:10 via thestranger.com
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Megan SelingWEDNESDAY 3/26  
  The Linda Lindas, Be Your Own Pet
  (MUSIC) The Stranger’s social media manager, Christian Parroco, was there the night cat-loving and racist boy-hating punk band the Linda Lindas opened for genre legends Rancid and Green Day. The Linda Lindas were enamored by the crowd of thousands despite performing in the most unpunk circumstances, on Green Day’s world-tour-sized stage, yards away from the b
  
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• PublicSquare Is an Inadvertent Gift to People Who Don’t Want to Fund Fascism

  26-03-2025 20:10 via thestranger.com
  I don’t know where I heard about PublicSquare, and I’m not sure why people in my sphere (including me) are just now learning about this four-year-old, not-new company. Probably because it’s stupid and who cares? But for whatever reason, all of my algorithms in the last few weeks have been bombarding me with posts about this nationwide “anti-woke online marketplace,” wherein businesses can sign themselves up to be collated into a big Trumpy database. Then, using the
  
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• Get High on Seattle Symphony's 'The Planets: An HD Odyssey' This Weekend

  26-03-2025 18:41 via thestranger.com
  Gustav Holst’s Only Good Orchestral Suite Is Far Out, Manby Meg van HuygenWhen I texted my trombone-major boyfriend to ask if he wanted to go see the Seattle Symphony perform Gustav Holst’s The Planets: An HD Odyssey with me this weekend, I received this enthusiastic, if very stoned, reply:>planets is hella sick>holst was a trombone player who was tired of being dissed by composers
  >so they got the cool parts with fortissississimo dynamic markings
  >he was like &ldquo
  
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• Slog AM: 'The Atlantic' Releases Full Signal Chat, ICE Arrests Local Immigration Activist, and Ballard Gets a New Way to Eat Cake

  26-03-2025 17:09 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Megan SelingTonight’s Weather Might Get Weird: Yup, the National Weather Service says Seattle will likely see severe thunderstorms Wednesday evening, starting around 5 p.m. Meteorologists are predicting high winds and the possibility of hail as large as two inches in diameter. There’s also a 5 percent chance of a tornado. Charge your phones and computers and all that, maybe scrounge up some candles or extra flashlights if you’ve got &lsquo
  
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