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• Stranger Suggests: Lord of the Rings Weed Pairings, a Comedian Who Speaks Truth to Power, and TRAINS!

  22-12-2025 21:28 via thestranger.com
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Julianne BellMONDAY 12/22  
  Sippin Santa
  (FOOD & DRINK) This holiday-tiki-themed pop-up (a spinoff of Miracle on 2nd at nearby Rob Roy) returns to Belltown with a curated list of cocktails served in seasonal vessels. From classic drinks like a Jungle Bird served in a Santa-hat-wearing pelican mug to inventive originals like the "Frost Bite" (tequila, sage, pineapple, lime, cranberry syrup, and spiced cranberry bitters in a Santa
  
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• My Top 3 Books of 2025

  22-12-2025 20:11 via thestranger.com
  Of the 70 Books I Read This Year, These Spoke to Me Directlyby Charles MudedeThis year, I read 70 or so books. All of them were great because, to be honest, I no longer have the time or energy to read bad books. The bulk of what I read in 2025 will not interest the general public because the books are concerned with some decade-old project in my head: structuralism, post-Marxism, the Scottish Enlightenment, anything academic to do with Spinoza, Leibniz, Octavia Butler, Rosa Luxemburg, Joan Robin
  
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• Slog AM: Trump Blocks an Oil Tanker, MAGA Fractures at AmFest, and DC Had a Funeral for the Penny

  22-12-2025 18:50 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news round-up.by Hannah Murphy WinterGood Morning! We did it. We survived the Longest Night. Today, the sun rose at 7:56 a.m., and we’ll get fractions of a minute back every day. We still have to get through the sneakiest part of winter—February and March—which somehow feel darker and colder than December, but that’s a problem for future us. But for today, we’ve got highs in the 40s, lows in the 30s, with a 100 percent chance of rain.
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