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• Brake Lines Reportedly Cut on Some Shared Bikes

  21-03-2018 20:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogCheck your brakes before you ride.Lime BikeIt appears that some unknown hater has begun cutting the brake lines on some of Seattle's shared bikes. Spin (the orange one) sent out an e-mail to users today that says the company has "received reports of brake lines being cut on Spin bikes in the downtown Seattle area."Soon after, the Seattle Department of Transportation tweeted about it.We’re getting reports that some #seattlebikeshare bikes have had brakes vandalized. We’
  
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• You Suck and Your Music Sucks

  23-01-2026 23:16 via thestranger.com
  Do you need to get something off your chest? Submit an I, Anonymous and we'll illustrate it!by AnonymousThe world has been so dark. It’s the first sunny day in months. So I was excited to go to my local park and soak up some rays from my car, as the wind was slightly chilly. As I was trying to relax, amongst the lawn workers and their machines, you parked beside me.My windows were down, so were yours. My car was off, you kept yours running. FOR 30 MINUTES. Your car exhaust ruined my time a
  
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• The Light Rail's Cross Lake Connection Will Be an Aries

  23-01-2026 21:44 via thestranger.com
  My sister in law says there are serious astrological complications.by Nathalie GrahamHuge news! This morning, Sound Transit announced that the new light rail connection bridging Seattle’s 1 Line and Bellevue’s 2 Line will open on March 28, 2026. And, yes, you’re correct, that makes the watery connection a fiery Aries. 
  How will this bode for one unified Seattle metropolitan area? Will the 1 Line and the Cross Lake Connection get along? Well …Seattle’s 1 Line o
  
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• Minnesotans Launch General Strike Against ICE

  23-01-2026 20:01 via thestranger.com
  Faith leaders, labor unions, and community groups in Minnesota have banded together to call for a state-wide general strike today to protest the “ICE campaign of terror." It's kind of a big deal.by Conor KelleyIn the past two months, President Donald Trump has deployed over 2,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to occupy the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul for Operation Metro Surge, described by the Department of Homeland Security as “the largest immigration
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Jan 23–25, 2026

  23-01-2026 18:44 via everout.com
  Activists Assemble, Seahawks vs Rams, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20by EverOut StaffThe sun'll come out this weekend, so you should, too. Check out cheap and easy events from Activists Assemble: A Festival of Activism to Susquatch 5 and from and from Skål Beer Hall's 5th Annual Viking Beard Competition to Seahawks vs Rams on the Big Screen! Browse our weekly top picks for more suggestions. GOOOOOOOO HAWKS!
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  Benevolent Sol Album Release Party
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• Slog AM: Amazon Plans More Layoffs, Minnesota Is on Strike, Hockey Podcast Busted for Queer Baiting

  23-01-2026 17:55 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamThe Shareholders Are Hungry: They must feast on livelihoods! And bones! And they demand more! More! More! Amazon is planning to cut thousands more corporate jobs next week, according to a report by Reuters. Back in October, Amazon trimmed 14,000 jobs. The plan, supposedly, has been to cut around 30,000 jobs. Why? Not because of artificial intelligence, or earnings, but "culture," as per CEO Andy Jassy. Too many people? Too much bureaucra
  
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• Ticket Alert: A$AP Rocky, Brandi Carlile, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  23-01-2026 00:02 via everout.com
  by EverOut StaffIf the dreary January weather’s got you down, find something fun to look forward to in our rundown of this week’s newly announced events. A$AP Rocky returns with Don’t Be Dumb, his first album in eight years, and a supporting world tour. Washington native Brandi Carlile presents the second edition of Echoes Through the Canyon at the scenic Gorge. Plus, snag a two-day pass for EDM festival Beyond Wonderland. Read on for details plus some news you can use.
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• Pop Loser #13: Austra on Opera Arias and Boyz II Men

  22-01-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  This week's music news.by Audrey VannWelcome back to Pop Loser! This week, the Crocodile announced that it’s up for sale, Bandcamp banned AI music, and Harry Styles revealed the name of his new album. Plus, I attended the opera for the first time, and coincidentally, electronic music diva Austra shares her early musical inspirations, from operas like Puccini’s La bohème and Mozart’s Magic Flute, in another edition of First Times.This Week in Music
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• State Bills Bring Farmworkers to the Table

  22-01-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  Two bills in Olympia could create a collective bargaining structure for the hundreds of thousands of farmworkers in Washington to band together to negotiate for fair wages, workplace protections, and improved labor conditions.by Conor KelleyWho grows your food and what do they deserve?
  A bill introduced into the Washington State Legislature Tuesday would grant our state’s farmworkers the same collective bargaining rights you and I share for the first time in our state’s history. But
  
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• Slog AM: ICE Detained 5-Year-Old Near Minneapolis, Chicago Children’s Hospital Pauses Trans Care, Anti-ICE Protester Arrested for Disrupting Church Service

  22-01-2026 18:58 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Micah YipICE Detains a 5-Year-Old near Minneapolis: And tried to use him as bait to catch his family. On Tuesday, Liam Conejo Ramos had just been picked up from school when masked agents apprehended him and his father in the driveway. MPR reported that another adult living at the house begged agents to let the boy stay. The agents then marched Liam up to the door and made him knock, hoping this would lure his family members out of the house. Nobody answered
  
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• City Council Hears Public Comment on Police Violence at Cal Anderson

  22-01-2026 01:08 via thestranger.com
  New bodycam video brought eight people to the public comment period at yesterday’s City Council meeting. Six of them were at the protest that day. Some said they were brutalized and arrested, or had witnessed police violence at the park. All voiced anger over the city’s nonhandling of the matter.by Micah YipLast Memorial Day weekend, far-right Christian supremacist group Mayday USA used Cal Anderson Park as their own house of worship for a flamboyant event they advertised as a battle
  
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• I Saw U: Walking Down 15th Avenue East, Flashing a Peace Sign While Leaving Betsutenjin, and Sitting Outside at Volunteer Park Cafe

  21-01-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  Did you see someone? Say something!by AnonymousWhole Foods Roosevelt on MLKday
  You: cute guy with wide frame grey glasses. Me:tall blonde We kept making eye contact. You waited outside and said hi. I got flustered… try again?Walking down 15th Ave E on 1/20
  U: with curly hair & headphones passing Cafe Ladro Me: light denim puffer. We caught each others eyes a couple times but kept walking. Go 4 coffee?
  Cute queer couple at Betsutenjin on Saturday, 12/27
  My partner and I were across the
  
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• Drag Race Episode 3: Sketch(y) Comedy with my Inner Saboteur

  21-01-2026 20:32 via thestranger.com
  We are back for Episode Three of Drag Race. This week, we saw RDR Live, the infamous sketch comedy challenge, and as with previous seasons, Season 18’s RDR Live proved that the struggle is real. The writing was inconsistent. The editing was heavy handed. But at least much of the cast surprised us with their improv skills.It was a bunch of drag queens in a who-can-be-the-stupidest contest, a much needed escape from the chaos in the real world.by Mike KohfeldWe are back for Episode Thre
  
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• Slog AM: Three Area Fires Happened Last Night, Unconfirmed ICE Sightings Unnerve Seattle Schools, Canada Says the US Is a Goner

  21-01-2026 18:35 via thestranger.com
  by Charles MudedeTo celebrate MLK day, my family and I had lunch at a superb soul food restaurant, Paschal’s, in Atlanta, Georgia. There’s a lot of good history in this place. MLK and other civil rights leaders regularly dined here in the 50s and 60s. But what caught my attention during my visit was the robot that served our food. Pictures of MLK on the wall; a robot bringing soul food to the table. What to make of this? Beats me. But I enjoyed my fried chicken sandwich, which came w
  
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• Six Seattle Schools Sheltered-in-Place After Unconfirmed ICE Activity

  21-01-2026 00:09 via thestranger.com
  At least six schools sheltered-in-place after these unconfirmed reports.by Vivian McCallAt least six Seattle public schools sheltered in place after unconfirmed community reports of ICE activity in the city’s South End.
  The confirmed schools included Mercer International Middle School, Cleveland STEM High School, Maple Elementary School, Dearborn Park International Elementary School, Beacon Hill International Elementary School, and Aki Kurose Middle School, according to Seattle Public Scho
  
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• “If We’re Going to Say His Name, Then We Have to Continue the Fight” 

  20-01-2026 22:09 via thestranger.com
  Voices from Seattle's 43rd Annual MLK Day March.by Marcus Harrison GreenPhotos by John Caplinger for The Stranger
  On a gentle January morning, against the backdrop of civil rights being dismantled in plain sight across the country, thousands gathered at Garfield High School, refusing silence in a nation increasingly estranged from its own conscience. The city’s 43rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration followed its familiar rhythm: workshops in the auditorium, a rally inside the Garfi
  
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• The Parent Trap

  20-01-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  Should I Open Pandora’s Box with My Elderly Parents?by Dan SavageI’m a gay man in my fifties, comfortable in my skin, but I suffered severe bullying throughout school, which was often abetted by teachers. A recent class reunion prompted me to write a tell-all letter to the current school director regarding that trauma. His gracious response was incredibly healing. My family has accepted me since I came out in my 20s, but they don’t know the full extent of my ordeal. While I sha
  
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• Slog AM: Trump Still Insists Greenland is His, The Crocodile Up For Sale, WA Again Considers Lowering BAC Limit

  20-01-2026 17:59 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallFor Sale, Venue, Unprofitable? After its owners closed its smaller rooms Madame Lou’s and Here-After and laid off half its workforce, the Crocodile is up for sale. The financial picture must be bad, because the sale is being handled through a receivership process, an alternative to bankruptcy. According to the National Independent Venue Association, only 40 percent of the state’s independent venues and festivals are profitable. It d
  
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• Civil Rights Nonprofit Director Imraan Siddiqi Wants to Represent Legislative District 32

  19-01-2026 17:30 via thestranger.com
  Sitting at Shoreline Diva Espresso, Imraan Siddiqi looked tired. Diva down? Not this diva, who wore a shirt with the words “I know my rights” inside an outline of Washington State.by Nathalie GrahamIt has already been a long year for Imraan Siddiqi, the executive director of the civil rights nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Washington, which is working to protect immigrants from being sucked into the gears of Donald Trump’s administration. Sitting at
  
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• Civil Rights Nonprofit Director Imraan Siddiqi Is Running to Represent Legislative District 32

  19-01-2026 17:30 via thestranger.com
  Sitting at Shoreline Diva Espresso, Imraan Siddiqi looked tired. Diva down? Not this diva, who wore a shirt with the words “I know my rights” inside an outline of Washington State.by Nathalie GrahamIt has already been a long year for Imraan Siddiqi, the executive director of the civil rights nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Washington, which is working to protect immigrants from being sucked into the gears of Donald Trump’s administration. Sitting at
  
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• A Police Chief and His Cameras

  17-01-2026 00:28 via thestranger.com
  After a failed pilot program in Madison, SPD Chief Shon Barnes is leading a department trusted with yet another controversial camera program: the network of police CCTV cameras on Seattle’s streets, which the public protested in City Hall as recently as this week. The programs have concerning parallels: In Madison, the pilot program failed to collect necessary data and ignored instructions from their City Council; in Seattle, Barnes didn’t even wait for data from the pilot to push an
  
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• I Saw U: Sharing a Moment on the Bus, Drinking Shots at the Cloud Nothings Show, Watching Nightmare Before Christmas at Kangaroo & Kiwi

  16-01-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  Did you see someone? Say something!by AnonymousWeird bus guy (Thursday 1/8)
  shared a moment (only us and driver? on bus), guy wanted in on bus from street, both kinda felt bad but was also a bit funny, coffee?Kangaroo & Kiwi one Saturday afternoon
  U: a Cali girl. Me: a Guinness girl. U put Nightmare Before Christmas on the TV. I asked a lame question about beer just to talk to u. Hang sometime?
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  You: adorable blonde at The Cozy Nut with a brunette at the bar. Me: pink ca
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This MLK Day Weekend: Jan 16–19, 2026

  16-01-2026 19:22 via everout.com
  MLK Day March & Celebration, Seahawks Watch Party, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20by EverOut StaffThe long weekend is here, and we're suggesting some excellent uses of your time. (You're welcome.) Get involved at the MLK Day March & Celebration and KEXP's 26th Annual Expansions MLK Unity Party, and check out exciting events from a Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers Divisional Game Watch Party to the first Capitol Hill Swap Meet of the year. For more ideas, check out our
  
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• Slog AM: Women Don't Want to Work at SPD, Trump Has the Nobel Peace Prize Now, ICE Teargassed Six Children in Minneapolis 

  16-01-2026 18:01 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie Graham911 Calls from Good Shooting: The New York Times obtained the 911 calls and first responder reports from the day an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Good. The first ones came in at 9:38 a.m., moments after Good was shot. “There’s 15 ICE agents, and they shot her, like, because she wouldn’t open her car door,” one caller reported. According to the Times, Good sustained two gunshot wounds on the right sid
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Video Game-Inspired Dream Pop, a Hopeful Play For These Hopeless Times, and a Pistachio Sundae with Black-Currant Sauce

  16-01-2026 09:30 via thestranger.com
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannMONDAY 1/19  
  Crushed with SwingingSee Crushed at Baba Yaga on Monday, January 19. BEN RAYNER(MUSIC) Crushed leans into the video-game aesthetic—titling their debut EP extra life and their more recent full-length no scope—but that doesn't mean they make video game music (aside from a few glitch-pop moments). Singer Bre Morell provides bold, powerful vocals as Shaun Durkan layers beats, samples, and occasionall
  
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• New City Council Handles Its First Protest

  16-01-2026 01:00 via thestranger.com
  Protesters demanded the city investigate and hold ICE accountable, end cooperation between Seattle and ICE, and defend Seattle’s status as a sanctuary city.by Micah YipJonathan Toledo was done waiting. He was going to schedule that sit-down with new Council President Joy Hollingsworth, and he was going to do it now—even if “now” was in the middle of Tuesday’s raucous protest at the city council meeting.
  “I can’t wait until [the next meeting],” Tole
  
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• Pop Loser #12: This Week's Events, Music News, and Ya Tseen’s Sea of Synths

  15-01-2026 22:22 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's weekly music roundupby Audrey VannWelcome back to Pop Loser! This week, we say fuck you to Spotify, congrats to Jenny Lewis (and her dog), and farewell to two talented musicians. Ya Tseen’s Nicholas Galanin shows us his sea of analog synths. And move over, Sabrina Carpenter, Robyn has a new ovulation anthem, and it’s way hornier than “Juno.”
  This Week in Music
  The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir has died at age 78. His family shared in a statement on Sunday
  
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• WATCH: The Spring HUMP! Trailer Is Here

  15-01-2026 21:50 via thestranger.com
  There are stop motion praying mantises, pottery, a sexy Bop It, and the Starfish Sex Beetle.by Hannah Murphy WinterThe Stranger's Sex Survey is out. Our reader valentines are rolling in. Love is in the air! And while yes, 2026 has been a dumpster fire so far, people are still humping. And some of you wonderful freaks put that humping on video, sent it to the geniuses at the HUMP! Film Festival, and 24 of those made it into the spring lineup. 
  And look, HUMP! is always good. But if the trail
  
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• Ticket Alert: Charlie Puth, Band of Horses, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  15-01-2026 21:06 via everout.com
  Plus, Madison Beer and More Event Updates for January 15by EverOut StaffIt’s Ticket Thursday, which means we’re serving up another batch of newly announced events. Singer-songwriter and producer Charlie Puth tours this spring after dropping his fourth album, Whatever’s Clever! Band of Horses celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album Everything All The Time with an all-ages show at the Vera Project and two 21+ nights at the Showbox. And, heads up: Tickets for Madison B
  
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• Slog AM: US Terrorizes Greenland, US Terrorizes US, Washington Sheriffs Yell on Facebook

  15-01-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Micah Yip“Momgate” Strikes Back: Remember during Mayor Katie Wilson’s campaign when former Mayor Bruce Harrell’s team tried to turn getting financial support from her parents for her toddler’s childcare into a scandal? It’s back. Wilson was fined $250 by the city for not reporting the $10,000 given to her by her parents, which the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission decided should've been reported as in-kind contribut
  
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