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• Bad Blossom Behavior

  09-04-2025 23:15 via thestranger.com
  Do you need to get something off your chest? Submit an I, Anonymous and we'll illustrate it!by AnonymousCan people please pretend to have a shred of decency and respect and not climb the cherry blossom trees at UW or tell their kids to not climb the cherry blossom trees or NOT VIGOROUSLY SHAKE THE BRANCHES TO HAVE THE BLOSSOMS FALL ON YOU SO YOU CAN HAVE A CUTE INSTAGRAM MOMENT??? It’s so disrespectful and damages the trees. There are signs all over asking people to please not shake the tr
  
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• Stranger Suggests: A Wacky Wavy Art Show, Crafting with David Bowie, and Songs That'll Pull Out Your Guts

  09-04-2025 22:40 via thestranger.com
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Megan SelingWEDNESDAY 4/9  
  Hanif Abdurraqib
  (BOOKS) I was there last year when, also in April, Hanif Abdurraqib spoke at Town Hall Seattle. He took to the stage wearing a Sue Bird jersey—on the same day it was announced that Bird joined the Seattle Storm ownership group—and passed out flowers to people in the crowd. He read from his then-new release, There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, which wen
  
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• 10 Essential Record Store Day 2025 Releases

  09-04-2025 21:47 via thestranger.com
  Haters Gonna Hate, but RSD Always Delivers Some Essential Plattersby Dave SegalRecord Store Day has its champions and detractors—but mostly the latter. The cons definitely outweigh the pros for this controversial retail holiday, which happens April 12 at select area shops.
  But, as I've said every year since it launched in 2008, RSD typically yields just enough treasures to not make it a total migraine for store owners and employees, indie labels trying to press non-RSD titles without long
  
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• Slog AM: Trump Continues Tariffs Terrorism, the White House Hates Pronouns, and the J-Pod Has a New Baby Orca

  09-04-2025 18:40 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Megan SelingTrump’s Tariffs Tank Global Economy: Good morning! Last night, while America slept, much of the rest of the world woke up Wednesday morning to Trump’s new tariffs, which included a 104 percent tariff against China. As I settled in to unwind from a long day, I watched The Guardian’s live ticker that read, among other headlines, “China’s yuan slides to 19-month low,” “Billions wiped off Australian stocks,&
  
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