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• Tammy Morales Is Your Next District 2 Council Member

  08-11-2019 19:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamSweet, sweet victory. LESTER BLACK
  This Seattle City Council election, which ended on Tuesday, is still happening as ballots drop and results change. There are two more ballot drops today and more to come next week. Whatever happens in those other races (eyes on you, District 3), one thing is certain, Tammy Morales will be the next person to represent District 2 on the Seattle City Council.With today's King County tabulation, it has become apparent that our campaign will not be
  
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• Tea-Bagging Semantics

  21-05-2024 20:43 via thestranger.com
  
  On the Magnum: Comedian Rachel Feinsteinby The StrangerA lesbian has befriended a married lesbian couple. She thinks they’re both hot, and in various light-hearted conversations they said they were open to group sex. But were they serious? Should the caller proposition them?
  When a woman was 17, she connected with a 24-year-old man and began a fraught relationship full of sex, drama and sneaking around. She eventually cut things off, convinced that the age difference made it exploitative.
  
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• Is Washington Getting Its Own Cop City?

  21-05-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The City of Lacey used federal housing dollars and local transportation dollars to build a massive police training facility. The place is much smaller than Atlanta's cop city—more of a cop village, I guess—but protests broke out in February, and locals remain concerned about transparency and priorities.by Kylin BrownAs cops crack down on protesters across the country, concerns about militarized policing strategies continue to mount. The “Stop Cop City” movement, which gre
  
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• Slog AM: City to Close Beaches an Hour Early, Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz's Shaky Grip on SPD, Donald Trump's Unified Reich

  21-05-2024 17:39 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Ashley NerbovigDrizzle, drizzle: Good morning, and hoods up. The National Weather Service predicts 100% chance of precipitation. Plus it's going to be a little windy today, with gusts of up to 22 miles per hour.  
  New lawsuit launched against Seattle Police Department: Another SPD higher-up who applied for the position of Chief of Police has filed a complaint against the person who got the top job, Chief of Police Adrian Diaz, according to KU
  
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• Bumbershoot 2024 Music Lineup Features James Blake, Kim Gordon, Freddie Gibbs, and Courtney Barnett

  21-05-2024 16:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Bumbershoot's full music lineup is finally here!by Megan SelingIt's finally here. This morning Bumbershoot organizers announced this year's long-awaited music lineup and headliners include beloved indie rockers Pavement, Beyoncé bestie James Blake, electronic music goofball Marc Rebillet, Australian rock and roller Courtney Barnett, and the best part of Sonic Youth aka Kim Gordon.
  The Pacific Northwest is well represented, too, with Black Belt Eagle Scout, Tres Leches, Acid Tongue, the Di
  
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• I Saw U: Eating Garlic Bread in the Park, Drinking Free Wine at Base, on the Train After the Protest

  21-05-2024 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  See someone? Say something!by Anonymousgirl in the old white volvo on denny way
  you looked over at me in my little smart car and your mouth dropped open, so naturally i made the same face at u. it was really funny. i hope ur wellTo the anarchist with the face tattoo on the train back from the protest
  How's your praxis? Because I think we could be more than just a theory ;)
  Free Glass of Wine at Base
  I've only dated men but was excited by the possibility we were flirting. The gizmo wasn't working
  
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• Council Member Tanya Woo Advised to Recuse Herself from Gig Worker Minimum Wage Vote

  20-05-2024 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The Ethics Commission thinks her father-in-law's restaurant could directly benefit if the ordinance passes.by Hannah KriegCouncil Member Tanya Woo is “asking for a second opinion” after Executive Director of Seattle Ethics and Elections Wayne Barnett advised her to recuse herself from an upcoming vote on a rollback of the minimum wage for gig workers known as “Pay Up.” 
  As one of the most business-friendly members on the council, Woo’s recusal would complicate
  
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• Pressing On

  20-05-2024 19:36 via thestranger.com
  
  When book distributor Small Press Distribution closed suddenly in March, Seattle's Asterism Books stepped in to help.by Josh FomonSeattle prides itself as a bookish, well-read city with a storied literary heritage of Pulitzer- and National Book Award-winning writers and publishers. Seattle’s literary culture is so vibrant and rich that it earned the city a UNESCO Creative City of Literature designation in 2017. But this April, Seattle’s role in North America’s small press publi
  
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• The Top 39 Events in Seattle This Week: May 20–27, 2024

  20-05-2024 19:00 via everout.com
  
  girl in red, Northwest Folklife Festival, and More Top Picksby EverOut StaffWe're supplying our top picks all the way through to Memorial Day, so read on for details on events from girl in red to Billy Joel and from Miranda July with Laurie Frankel to the Northwest Folklife Festival. 
  MONDAY
  FOOD & DRINK
  Cookbook Dinner Series at Delancey: Rooted Kitchen, Ashley Rodriguez
  Perhaps you've picked up a copy of the cult favorite mushroom field guide All That the Rain Promises and More or spo
  
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• Shrinking Levy Transit Funding Won’t Help Seattle Reach Its Climate Goals

  20-05-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Freeing Buses from Traffic Gridlock Would Be Money Well Spentby Ethan C. CampbellAs a researcher studying the polar oceans, my colleagues and I watched with trepidation as the past seven years brought low after record low in the sea ice ringing Antarctica. Recent studies conclude that our planet’s powerful freezer is defrosting–or, in technical terms, experiencing a ‘regime shift’–one of many harbingers of a destabilizing climate system.
  In the Pacific Northwest, th
  
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• Slog AM: Iran President Killed in Helicopter Crash, ICC Files Arrest Warrant for Israel and Hamas Leaders, RIP Red Lobster

  20-05-2024 17:32 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamIran's president dies in helicopter crash: On Sunday, Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister, the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, and all of their bodyguards were killed. The first reports stated the helicopter "went missing." Then, after hours of looking, searchers found the wreckage. Raisi, the president, was a "hard-line" kinda guy, someone who oversaw mass executions in 1988 and who supported
  
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• Community Dislikes Plan to Divide Denny Blaine Park Area into Nude and Clothed Zones

  17-05-2024 22:03 via thestranger.com
  
  The City wants to draw a nudity DMZ at the parking lot.by Vivian McCallThe battle for Denny Blaine continued at a sometimes contentious public meeting at the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation headquarters Thursday evening. 
  The department, which last year announced a wildly unpopular, millionaire-funded plan to construct a children’s playground on the grassy area overlooking the shore of a historically queer nude beach, has been meeting jointly with neighbors and activists wh
  
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• UW Encampment to Disband after Compromise with Administration

  17-05-2024 20:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Protesters Didn’t Win Everything, but Some Gazans Will Go to UW for Freeby Hannah KriegThe United Front for Palestinian Liberation (UF) will voluntarily pack up their encampment at the quad over the weekend after striking a deal with the University of Washington (UW). Administration agreed to evaluate a proposal to divest from Israel through the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing, be “transparent” and “examine” the University’s relationship w
  
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• Seattle's New Economy Is No Different from the GOP's Old One

  17-05-2024 19:47 via thestranger.com
  
  "Let the dollar circulate, let the dollar circulate."by Charles MudedeMany years ago, I came up with a joke for all heavy boozers trying to lose weight. It goes like this: They prefer a Republican diet. My meaning? When it comes to government spending, the right likes to cut everything—healthcare, food stamps, social security, you name it—except the military budget. A boozer looking to lose a few pounds is similar in the sense that they make big cuts on everything—chips, sugar-
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: May 17–19, 2024

  17-05-2024 19:00 via everout.com
  
  U District Street Fair, Norwegian Constitution Day Celebration & Parade, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffThe weekend is calling with low-key, high-fun events from the U District Street Fair to the Norwegian Constitution Day Celebration & Parade and from Thunderpussy Live at Easy Street Records to a Book Signing with Kat Lieu at Lucky Envelope Brewing. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week.
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  Norwegian Constitution Day C
  
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• Don’t Leave Communities Out of the Transportation Levy

  17-05-2024 18:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Keeping BIPOC Communities in Place as Light Rail Expands Should Be a Key Component of the Seattle Transportation Levyby Karen SatakaThe Levy to Move Seattle, a property tax put to voters every eight years, presents an opportunity for Mayor Bruce Harrell and the Seattle City Council to set things right in our communities by funding $30 million for land acquisition and community-led planning as we prepare for construction of new light rail stations in our neighborhoods.
  What does land acquisition
  
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• Slog AM: Trooper Shoots Man in Altercation, Shuts Down I-5; Alito's Big, Bad, Upside-Down Flag; Important Golfer Arrested

  17-05-2024 17:31 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning new roundup.by Nathalie GrahamDeadly altercation on I-5: At 4 pm on Thursday police fielded a call about a man ramming his car into a WSDOT vehicle and lift over and over on an I-5 shoulder near Everett. Two WSDOT employees were on the lift. An altercation between the man, who was wielding a hammer, the two employees, and a trooper occurred. The trooper shot and killed the man with the hammer. All lanes northbound I-5 at Union Slough remained blocked well until around midn
  
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• Lost Melodies

  17-05-2024 00:54 via thestranger.com
  
  Let’s fight for reliable funding mechanisms to support arts education in schools.by Nicole StankovicWhile it has only been a month since I wrote about the lack of financial support for public music instruction, the landscape of education in Seattle has dramatically shifted. The announcement that Seattle Public Schools could soon be shutting down 20 of their 74 elementary schools further exposes the underfunding and mismanagement plaguing our educational system. I’m particularly anxio
  
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• Ticket Alert: Childish Gambino, Aurora, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  17-05-2024 00:30 via everout.com
  
  Plus, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Live and More Event Updates for May 16by EverOut StaffMulti-hyphenate artist Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, previously claimed he would retire his rap moniker following the release of his next album—so don’t miss the opportunity to see him on his New World Tour. Norwegian art pop star Aurora is also coming to Seattle this fall on her What Happened to the Earth? tour. Plus, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars LIVE will slay the house down boots with a
  
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• I Saw U: Standing Outside the Wildrose, Watching the Craft at Central Cinema, Swimming Solo at Magnuson

  16-05-2024 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Anonymousgelato on third and union
  you were wearing a mitochondrion band shirt and a kandi gauntlet on your arm. you stopped to get gelato same time as me. you looked like walter whiteFlamenco at Rabbit Box
  We sat side-by-side for the performance. You are learning tango, you placed your hand on my shoulder and I melted. Maybe you'd like a new friend.
  Waiting for the link light
  in cap hill on Tuesday night (05/07). We shared a glance or two. I think you’re gorgeous. I should have given y
  
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• Seven Places To Eat Rhubarb in Seattle Right Now

  16-05-2024 20:57 via thestranger.com
  
  Ice Cream, Cookies, and Moreby EverOut StaffRhubarb, also known as the "pie plant," is a quintessentially Northwest ingredient and a harbinger of spring. It also holds a special place in my heart—it grew wild near my childhood home, and I love it so much I even named my cat after it. Here's where to get your fill of the blush-pink, sweet-tart stalks this season, from streusel-topped cookies to ice cream.
  Note: Availability may vary. We recommend calling ahead to check to ensure specials ar
  
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• Time to Earn that Oscar, Mayor Harrell: Veto the Minimum Wage Repeal

  16-05-2024 20:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Mayor Bruce Harrell Doesn’t Deserve a “Labor Oscar”—at Least Not Yetby Hannah KriegMLK Labor Council gave Mayor Bruce Harrell a “Labor Oscar” for “Best Elected Official” last week for his “excellent leadership in reaching a deal with the Coalition of City Unions, his support of ‘first-in-the-nation’ workers rights laws in Seattle… his work to ensure that there was a landmark Labor Harmony Agreement on the Seattle Waterfront
  
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• Slog AM: More Than 16,000 Homeless in King County, Anonymous Donor Against Nude Beach Revealed, and UW Admin Gave Pro-Palestine Protesters Fuck-All In Negotiations

  16-05-2024 17:33 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah KriegWeather: Today won’t be quite as summer-y as yesterday, according to the National Weather Service. Expect highs in the mid 60s, mostly cloudy skies, and even some showers. Friday will dry up, but it might be a while before it gets back to full sunshine and 70s in Seattle. At least Charles Mudede will be happy!
  For visual learners:
  It's a tale of two patterns next 24 hours! One more sunny and near/above average temperature day for today. A
  
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• Mayor Bruce Harrell Met with Denny Blaine Donor at a Key Moment During Controversial Playground Proposal

  16-05-2024 02:54 via thestranger.com
  
  Harrell’s meetings raise questions about just how anonymous this anonymous donor really was, and they underscore whose voices the mayor privileges in initial conversations about public spaces.by Vivian McCallMayor Bruce Harrell’s office maintains that the mayor did not know the identity of the donor who offered to fund a children’s playground at Seattle’s gay nude beach, Denny Blaine Park, during his two meetings with that donor, including one meeting that happened on the
  
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• Bar Flies

  16-05-2024 01:20 via thestranger.com
  
  I've finally accepted that I have feelings for you.by AnonymousI've finally accepted that I have feelings for you. My favorite part about coming into that bar is to see you. I love when there's a lull in the rush and you come over to me to talk. I've loved just sitting and staring at you talk about your hobbies and your favorite things. I honestly don't know the first thing about them, but I love seeing your face light up when you talk about them, and I love how excited you get when you tell me
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Popular Music, Miranda July, Syttende Mai, Belle & Sebastian, SIFF at Home

  15-05-2024 22:23 via thestranger.com
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 5/15  
  Popular Music, Style King of the Week, Pseudo Saint
  (MUSIC) If the name Parenthetical Girls means anything to you then you're going to want to be at the Rabbit Box Theatre tonight to witness Popular Music, Zac Pennington's post-Parenthetical Girls project with Australian composer Prudence Rees-Lee. Their 2023 full-length Minor Works plays out like a dramatic, haunting film score. Pennington's evocative vo
  
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• Help Us Making Social Housing a Success in Seattle

  15-05-2024 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  I-137 can help get social housing like Sonnwendviertel in Vienna off the ground here in Seattle; let's not allow misleading critiques to stop our city from achieving a beautiful, low-carbon future.by Akiksha ChatterjiCan you imagine a Seattle with dense, green, affordable housing in every neighborhood? Housing interwoven with public transit, where essential services such as child care are located within walking, biking, or rolling distance? This future is possible, and social housing can help us
  
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• Help Us Make Social Housing a Success in Seattle

  15-05-2024 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  I-137 can help get social housing like Sonnwendviertel in Vienna off the ground here in Seattle; let's not allow misleading critiques to stop our city from achieving a beautiful, low-carbon future.by Akiksha ChatterjiCan you imagine a Seattle with dense, green, affordable housing in every neighborhood? Housing interwoven with public transit, where essential services such as child care are located within walking, biking, or rolling distance? This future is possible, and social housing can help us
  
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• What Biden’s New Title IX Rules Mean for Trans Athletes in Washington

  15-05-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Gee, Joseph, that Title IX update sure would help alleviate all this confusion!by Vivian McCallIn April, the Biden Administration finalized revisions to Title IX regulations, the federal policy protecting students from sex-based discrimination.
  The changes should take effect on August 1, and there’s a lot to like about them. The Biden Administration undid Trump-era policies dictating the way K-12 schools, colleges, and universities should respond to sexual crimes, and it also clarified tha
  
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• Slog AM: Council Approves Police Union Contract, UW Student Workers Went on Strike, the Orcas Take Another Boat

  15-05-2024 17:34 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallSTEEERIKE: Six thousand academic student employees (ASEs, aka teaching assistants) hit the picket line yesterday, the day after their union, United Auto Workers (UAW) 4121, announced the unanimous strike vote. That meant that until the University met their demands for better pay, ASEs wouldn’t attend class, hold quiz sections and labs, sit for office hours, or nothin’. Under the current contract, student employees make less than $2,
  
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