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• Billionaires Are Betting Big on Seattle’s Space Industry

  19-06-2024 19:18 via thestranger.com
  
  Measuring economic activity and the distance of stars are directly related.by Charles MudedeThe Puget Sound Business Journal is looking at the bright side of things. Yes, Seattle's tech sector shrank not too long after the pandemic ended (or, more precisely, was normalized—it is still with us, still killing lots of people), but the space industry, which has its roots in Boeing's former domination of the region's economy, is expanding thanks to the investments by two billionaires, Elon Musk
  
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• Congressional Candidate Emily Randall Loses the Left After Taking a Pro-Israel Stance

  28-06-2024 19:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Progressives are pulling their support for state Sen. Emily Randall, who is running for Congress in the 6th District, after she signaled a strong commitment to Israel in her first public stance on the ongoing genocide in Gaza.by Hannah KriegProgressives are pulling their support for state Sen. Emily Randall, who is running for Congress in the 6th District, after she signaled a strong commitment to Israel in her first public stance on the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
  Some allege Randall took such a
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: June 28–30, 2024

  28-06-2024 19:00 via everout.com
  
  Seattle Pride Parade, Trans Pride Seattle, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffHappy Pride Weekend, Seattle! Sashay your way toward events from the Seattle Pride Parade to Trans Pride Seattle and from the Seattle Dyke March & Rally to the Fremont Dungeness Festival. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week and our full Pride guide.
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  Old AF with Mia Iseman
  Are you cool? No?!?! Me neither. Okay, so neither of us is cool, and the endle
  
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• The Seattle City Council Must Listen to Voters and Pass the Transportation Levy We Need

  28-06-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The council needs to follow Morales’s lead and capitalize on this moment where voters are asking for a bigger levy to support walking, biking, and climate. Seattle is waiting.by Cecelia BlackA majority of Seattleites want to be taxed more for a better transportation system. 
  That’s saying a lot in a city with an incredibly high cost of living. Poll after poll shows voters will not only approve another transportation levy but are willing to pay more to address the biggest transpo
  
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• Slog AM: Auburn Cop Guilty of Murder, a Disastrous Presidential Debate, SCOTUS Ghouls Release Slate of Awful Opinions

  28-06-2024 17:46 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamAn affordability crisis: Why aren't the people going to shows? Why aren't they going to restaurants? Because the rent, the housing, and the cost of goods are too damn high. Meanwhile, income levels—which can't keep pace with rising living costs—are too damn low. In Seattle, half of renters are paying 30% of their monthly income on rents, and 15% of those renters are spending more than half of their take-home pay to keep the r
  
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• Council Appointee Tanya Woo Cancels Endorsement Meeting with The Stranger at the Last Minute

  27-06-2024 23:54 via thestranger.com
  
  City-Council-Face-the-Public Challenge (Impossible)by Hannah KriegWith just hours notice, Council Appointee Tanya Woo rejected our invitation to The Stranger Election Control Board (SECB) endorsement meeting with her opponents for the citywide Position 8 council seat. She declined to give a reason for canceling the meeting she agreed to back on June 10, leaving us to assume she fears media scrutiny. 
  Her cowardice reflects a larger trend with the new Seattle City Council. They routinely ign
  
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• The Stranger Is Proud to Introduce ... Seattle's Only News Quiz!

  27-06-2024 23:36 via thestranger.com
  
  We here at The Stranger are proud and thrilled and generally just chuffed to announce that we have teamed up with the freaky geniuses over at Head in the Clouds Trivia (HIC) to present Seattle's Only News Quiz!!!by The StrangerWe here at The Stranger are proud and thrilled and generally just chuffed to announce that we have teamed up with the freaky geniuses over at Head in the Clouds Trivia (HIC) to present Seattle's Only News Quiz!!!
  This weekly test of your Stranger news knowledge will land i
  
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• Ticket Alert: Anderson .Paak, André 3000, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  27-06-2024 23:04 via everout.com
  
  Plus, More Event Updates for June 27by EverOut StaffAnderson .Paak & The Free Nationals will stop in Auburn to play Anderson’s 2016 breakout album, Malibu, in its entirety. André 3000 presents his debut solo album, New Blue Sun, live in concert this fall. Controversial rapper Sexyy Red will try to get Seattle on board with her “Sexyy Red 4 President” campaign. Plus, in case you missed last week's early warning; tickets for pop it girl Sabrina Carpenter's tour are als
  
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• Fandom of the Opera

  27-06-2024 21:05 via thestranger.com
  
  In case you’re wondering, there’s no need to bring cash for tips! We asked.by Adam WillemsHave an honest talk with a drag artist about their schedule during Pride Month and they’re likely to paint their weekslong frenzy of back-to-back gigs in Dickensian terms. The best of times financially but the worst of times for one’s heels and homeostasis. 
  Tacoma-based performer Anita Spritzer is no exception to this double-edged windfall. She embodies booked and busy: bouncin
  
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• I Saw U: Crashing into a Bush, Wryly Smiling on Western, and Stickering at T Dock

  27-06-2024 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  See someone? Say something!by AnonymousCollision Cutie
  You complimented my haircut while riding your bike down University Ave, then crashed into a bush. I hope you’re ok but also I wish I were that bushpickle sticker patrol
  caught red handed taking a pic of your pickle books bumper sticker at t-dock, gave you one of mine. would love to buy you a bev??
  Tangerine and Turmeric Cutie
  You came into pike place RGB wearing a t with an apple on it. You complimented my scarf, I told you you were go
  
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• Mad about School Closures? Blame Our State Supreme Court.

  27-06-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Washington Voters Must Elect Judges Willing to Allow the Legislature to Amply Fund Educationby Austin FieldWashingtonians love schools. Many of us grew up walking to our local elementary school, and we’ve dreamed of walking our own kids to school someday. I became a father on April 25, 2024; a week later, Seattle Public Schools announced that the elementary school I’d hoped to walk my kid to may close, along with nineteen others. Since then, they’ve repeatedly refused to tell u
  
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• Slog AM: Mayor to Expand Dual Dispatch, SCOTUS Drops Some Bad Rulings, Biden and Trump Debate This Evening

  27-06-2024 17:38 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Ashley NerbovigGooooooooood morning. Expect some rain this a.m. and into the afternoon. High of 65 degrees. Typical Seattle summer weather. 
  Presidential debate starts at 6 pm tonight: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump plan to have a little chat tonight, with CNN's Jake Tapper and Dana Bash moderating the conversation. People can stream the debate for free from CNN's site, and multiple networks plan to carry the debate. CNN has real
  
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• We Want to Give You Free Bumbershoot Tickets

  27-06-2024 17:05 via thestranger.com
  
  You could eat a baby-sized burrito at Gordito's, scream your face off at the Seattle Art Museum, and play pinball at the Seattle Pinball Museum!by Megan SelingWant to go to Bumbershoot FOR FREE? We recently published our guide, How to Seattle: 99 Things to Do Before the Big One Takes Us All, which is packed with some of the best art, food, music, culture, and outdoor activities in the city.
  To enter to win a pair of two-day general admission Bumbershoot passes, just post a video of you doing any
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Pride Weekend Edition!

  26-06-2024 23:15 via thestranger.com
  
  One really gay thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 6/26  
  50 Years of Seattle Pride: Posters of Pride
  (PRIDE) In the words of Harvey Milk, "It takes no compromise to give people their rights." MOHAI's latest exhibition pays tribute to 50 years of Seattle's rainbow-hued festivities with a curated selection of Pride posters. 50 Years of Seattle Pride: Posters of Pride draws special attention to the organizing efforts of the city's LGBTQ+ community, who commemorate t
  
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• Wanna-Be Cult Leaders

  26-06-2024 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  A new episode of the Savage Lovecast.by The StrangerHer husband of ten years is interested in learning about non-monogamy. He started attending workshops about “divine femininity” and “dark masculinity.” The workshop leader seems sketchy and cultish to the caller. How can she vet this potential grifter and help her husband develop a little reasonable skepticism?
  A woman and her husband have been in a poly relationship with another woman for 11 years. She is intertwined wi
  
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• Top Rot

  26-06-2024 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  You should all be ashamed of yourselves.by AnonymousDear Seattle Leaders and Mr. Clueless Mayor, 
  Get your heads out of your asses and wake the fuck up!!! Why isn't it obvious to any of you that all you are doing about Seattle public safety is treating the symptoms and not dealing with the causes? One of the obvious issues none of you want to address is the rising costs of housing, food, goods, and services in Seattle. People are overworked, struggling, and barely able to make ends mee
  
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• Seattle Cops Accuse Pro-Palestine Protester of Hate Crime for Stickering a McDonald’s Sign

  26-06-2024 18:02 via thestranger.com
  
  The protester argued that City prosecutors wasted public time and resources just to humor a cop with a bruised ego.by Ashley NerbovigDuring a March demonstration downtown, a Seattle police officer accused pro-Palestine protester Carmen Woodson of property destruction for slapping a sticker on a McDonald’s sign. The sticker read, “This company helps fund genocide” and “Peace in Palestine,” and it included some images of bloody handprints.
  Republican City Attorney Ann
  
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• Slog AM: SPS Won't Yet Say Which Schools Are Closing, WA Performs More Abortions Now, Jamaal Bowman Loses New York Primary

  26-06-2024 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallWhich 20 Seattle public elementary schools will close? We don’t know, and SPS won’t release the full list until fall. Superintendent Brent Jones said he plans to present the list in September–three months before the board votes on the plan in December. He claims that summer break is not an ideal time to engage people for input. So I guess leaving them in suspense is better? Sorry, Mr. Jones, I’m not seeing your argument,
  
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• Winston Hightower's Slanted Lo-Fi Wizardry and Horse Lords' Saharan Freak Rock

  25-06-2024 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The best new music to hit Dave Segal's inbox this week.by Dave SegalWinston Hightower, “Insubordination Rules” (K Records/Perennial Records)Winston Hytwr collects 12 songs from obscure Columbus, Ohio lo-fi tune machine Winston Hightower. It makes all kinds of sense that Olympia's K Records would champion this hard-working bedroom tunesmith, who since 2015 has been toiling in relative obscurity in the vicinity of one of his most obvious inspirations—Guided by Voices. It also fig
  
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• Nicholas Kristof Could Not Be More Wrong About the West Coast

  25-06-2024 20:28 via thestranger.com
  
  Oregon, be glad this guy isn't your governor.by Charles MudedeWhat Nicholas Kristof's recent article, "What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?," makes too apparent is that Oregon must thank the stars (its supreme court) for disqualifying Kristof from the state's 2022 race for governor. This man is not a part of the solution. He really is at the heart of that state's problems, which stem from the perpetuation of a social structure with distributional commitments that are far from rational o
  
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• Seattle Parents Are Right to Yell About School Closures

  25-06-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  If you're spending a lot of your time yelling at the school board, you should yell at them about stuff they actually control.by Oliver Treanor MiskaWith the latest kafka-esque announcement from Seattle Public Schools (SPS) delaying the announcement of 20 elementary schools closing next year, frustrated parents and educators who have attended over five district-led, citywide community meetings in the last month are boiling with good questions: How can we stop school closures? And how can we equit
  
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• Slog AM: Julian Assange Agrees to Plea Deal, Cops Owe Four Seattle Protesters Big Money, Social Housing Payroll Tax Campaign Submits Signatures

  25-06-2024 17:36 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah KriegI-137: House Our Neighbors (HON) gathered and submitted 37,819 signatures in support of their ballot measure, and now they await verification. To fund social housing construction, the measure would tax companies that pay anyone on a payroll more than $1 million. As I reported before, the tax would raise an estimated $52 million a year.
  When can I vote for I-137? To get this thing on the ballot for the big-turnout election in November instead of
  
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• The Top 39 Events in Seattle This Week: June 24–30, 2024

  24-06-2024 19:00 via everout.com
  
  Seattle Pride Parade, Pattie Gonia, and Moreby EverOut StaffWe've combed through everything happening in Seattle this week and curated this guide with the best events, from the Fremont Dungeness Festival to Pattie Gonia and highlights from Seattle's Pride Weekend, like Queer/Pride Festival, Trans Pride Seattle, and the Seattle Pride Parade.
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  Totally Tubular Festival
  Between Las Vegas' Lovers & Friends and California's Just Like Heaven, Cruel World, and No Value, nostal
  
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• Slog AM: Bus Crash, Boeing Strands Astronauts on ISS, Netanyahu Doesn't Want a Ceasefire

  24-06-2024 17:32 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamStabbing on the waterfront: A 28-year-old man is in critical condition after being stabbed 10 times in the back and abdomen near Alaskan Way and Spring Street around midnight on Saturday. Police suspect two people stabbed the man.
  Sound Transit bus crash: A Sound Transit bus crashed into a downtown building on Saturday after the bus' brakes failed, according to the driver. The vehicle slammed into a walled structure outside a building on
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: June 21–23, 2024

  21-06-2024 20:00 via everout.com
  
  Fremont Fair & Solstice Parade, Capitol Hill Pride March and Rally, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffAs usual, we're here to take the guesswork out of planning a great weekend. Browse our cheap and easy guide for event picks from the Fremont Fair & Solstice Parade to Cutie Fest and from Capitol Hill Pride March and Rally to the 1st Annual Georgetown Pride. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week.
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  Cherry Ferrari
  Che
  
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• Music for Movies of the Mind

  21-06-2024 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The paradox of library music is that it's utilitarian, yet it's also a breeding ground for some of the boldest, most interesting sounds ever.by Dave SegalWorking out of his Everett-based Soundview Analog Recorders studio, Sean Wolcott has become a prodigious creator of eclectic, evocative soundtrack and library music. With regard to the latter genre, the guitarist/composer/producer occupies a tiny niche in the region's musical ecosystem. Aside from Andy "Gel-Sol" Reichel (whose great library sin
  
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• Stop Trying to Put Cops Back in Seattle Schools

  21-06-2024 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  I don’t know if having an SRO at Garfield would have prevented school shootings, but I do know that the district uses SROs to discipline and intimidate students.by Amanda ThornewellIn the wake of yet another school shooting, the killing of Amarr Murphy-Paine at Garfield High School, some people are calling for the return of cops in our public schools. Parents are understandably frightened, but cops in schools won’t make our children safe. Rather, they will be used to discipline and i
  
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• Slog AM: Everett Herald Censors Layoff Article, Another Mysterious Monolith Appears, Michigan Politician Deepfakes MLK Endorsement

  21-06-2024 17:29 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news round-up.by Nathalie GrahamCartoon villain shit: This week, the Everett Herald announced layoffs to over half of its staff with the elimination of 12 positions. Publisher Rudi Alcott claimed "readers wouldn't notice" the significant cuts to the staff, according to the Herald's own reporting. But, the publisher deleted that article from the website on Thursday, calling its portrayal of real events and the impact on real local journalism "a hit piece." Unfortu
  
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• Donald Sutherland Died Today; He Changed My Life in Harare

  21-06-2024 01:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Goodnight, Sutherland. I will always remember you.by Charles MudedeI couldn't believe my eyes. A Hollywood-looking film set in my, of all places, Harare neighborhood. Parked trucks; gear (lights, camera tracks, audio recording devices, so on and so on); lots of people doing this and that. After watching this activity, I gathered the courage to ask a tall man standing with a walkie-talkie what was cutting. A film, he says. I can see that, I say, but what kind of movie is going down? It's a big on
  
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• Seven Lavender Drinks to Try in Seattle

  21-06-2024 00:36 via everout.com
  
  Fuel Coffee, Dough Joy, and More Places for Floral Beveragesby EverOut StaffIf you've spent any time at all on queer TikTok, you probably already know that lavender lattes—especially iced with oat milk—are widely considered the gayest coffee order around. I've been drinking this trendy sapphic beverage since I first encountered it at a cafe in Tacoma in 2013, but it's been tough to find until recently, so I'm pleased to see it proliferating across Seattle menus as of late. Here are s
  
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