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• Is Cannonball in Jeopardy? And Our Very Artsy Airport Gets Even More Art!

  17-06-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  On June 3, Puget Sound Business Journal broke the unwelcome news that Digital Realty, a global data center, colocation, and interconnection company based in Texas, is looking to purchase the Bed Bath & Beyond building downtown, with the intent to install a data center expansion (the company currently has a data center running out of the Westin Building Exchange). It’s unclear whether the city’s freshly minted yearlong moratorium on new large data centers would apply to a data ce
  
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• Red Wedding

  17-06-2026 21:06 via thestranger.com
  
  I am planning my wedding, which is happening this summer. My partner and I are trying to plan an event that’s casual, fun, and full of love. Unfortunately, my parents are MAGA. And they relish trolling me. The other day on a very rare phone call they started going on about wearing MAGA gear at the ceremony, and ranting about people with tattoos, and using the t-slur to insult my trans friends. Of course, I said that was NOT ok. Given that we and many of our friends are queer, trans,
  
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• L.A. Kendall  

  17-06-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Pride in Seattle is a well-lubricated machine. If you’ve ever come out to Pride to party, find community, or rally for the good fight, I’d like to highlight one of the people who makes that possible. L.A. Kendall has accepted the label of “elder” with a 30-year career in nightlife. Alongside being Deputy Director of Seattle’s PrideFest, Kendall is a DJ, event producer, talent manager, booking agent, and champion of community fundraising. Her years of experienc
  
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• Harbor Island Studios Is Set to Get Another Reprieve. What Comes Next? 

  17-06-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The clock is once more about to strike midnight at Harbor Island Studios, Washington’s only county-owned sound stage. Given a six-month funding extension by the King County Council last year, local film and TV workers worried it would close forever. But sources say there is hope that the county and a yet-to-be-named organization will keep it open for at least one more year, though it isn’t a sure thing or a permanent solution.  Veteran film industry and county sources say
  
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• Slog AM: Wildfire Season Starts in Spokane, ICE Illegally Buys Data, and Mississippi Cops Shoot and Kill Baby

  17-06-2026 18:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Gooood morning! Are you tired? I am so tired. But today will be sunny, warm but not hot, making it the perfect evening for a mid-week marquesita. Before then, let’s catch up on what’s happening in the world right now…Grocery Bag Report: Greenwood residents (myself included) are getting whiplash over Fred Meyer’s inability to maintain a reliable paper bag stock. In April, after I wrote about how it’s ridiculous (and an accessibility issue!) that the store had stopp
  
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