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send me pics of where you are watching the mariners game. my nurse friend just sent me a picture of how they're using an empty patient room across from the nurses station so they could use the tv to screen the game

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 5d

Oh I'm glad!!! Lots going on here :)

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 7d

Ok I am hearing from some sources that maybe the source of the Ms success this year is getting rid of “Can’t Hold Us”

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 8d

the Mariners would probably win the world series if they brought back "Can't Hold Us" as the seventh inning stretch song

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 11d

(or find a Stranger paper in the real world and read it in print!!!!)

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 11d

Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is really fucking interesting. This stunning profile by @hmwinter.bsky.social takes a look inside who Wilson is and what shaped her. Give it a read:
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/10...

The Making of Katie Wilson

She’s coming for the mayor’s office.

www.thestranger.com

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 12d

attention portland people who want jobs at a cool place:

Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 12d

The Mercury is hiring a social media manager and a marketing manager! These positions are more about helping us meet the readers where they are and less about repeating the problematic shock jock media of the early '00s. Actual deer encouraged to apply.

Cool Jobs Alert: The Mercury Is Hiring a Social Media Manager AND a Marketing Manager!

Guys! The Mercury is bursting at the seams and hiring two new positions that you (or someone you know) might be interested in. Check out the job listings for both a Social Media Manager AND a Marketin...

www.portlandmercury.com

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 12d

seems like it???

Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 12d

"In explaining the rationale behind the lane’s planned removal to The Urbanist, the department was open about the fact that it was driven by property owners in the area, not nearby residents or people who frequently use these transit connections." Ugh this is my bus and my neighborhood booooooo

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 12d

NEW STORY // What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/01/w...

What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One » The Urbanist

# The City of Seattle will be removing an East Union Street bus only lane set aside for the Route 2 this weekend, ceding to requests from nearby property owners who have complained about traffic chang...

www.theurbanist.org

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 13d

Hey!!!! People (and real estate development groups) are trying to buy the mayoral election again:
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Bruce Harrell’s PAC Boasts Over $1 Million

Serious money has entered the mayoral race. As of last week, Bruce Harrell’s PAC, Bruce Harrell for Seattle’s Future, had raised $1.07 million, and three quarters of that came in after his...

www.thestranger.com

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 14d

Such a good opening. And such an apt description of how we impoverish the whole city in order to treat homelessness, poverty, mental illness, and addiction as aesthetic blights not moral blights (and to keep the police from taking their ball and going home).

'The bathrooms aren’t for you anymore. The parks aren’t for you anymore. Good luck finding a trash can at a light rail station, or getting comfortable on a bench while a metal armrest stabs into your ribs. Your other seating options require $6 for over-sour coffee or surveillance from an underpaid librarian whose unofficial second job is now social worker. The bus shelters don’t shelter, the park closes at 10, and the street is a Ring doorbell showroom. But at least we’re solving the “homeless problem.”'

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 14d

ICYMI: We are having fun on the blog in 2025 (and also having fun in the closed park)
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

How to Enjoy the Park When the City Closes the Park

There's only a few nice days left, they shouldn't go to waste.

www.thestranger.com

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Lilly Ana @lillyanafowler.bsky.social · 14d

“Cascade PBS paid CEO Rob Dunlop over $500,000 last year. The executive team made over $2 million in salaries and bonuses. Union members estimate they collectively made $950,000 a year.”

Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 14d

Sacrificing the newsroom during a time when journalism is a vitally important check on authoritarian power was the only way to stay afloat for Cascade PBS. Right? Well, according to an internal report, the finances were actually... good:
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Cascade PBS Newsroom Axing Preventable, Union Says

Cascade PBS laid off 16 positions, including its entire news staff, and blamed it on Trump cuts. The union says the layoffs weren't a financial inevitability.

www.thestranger.com

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 14d

Sacrificing the newsroom during a time when journalism is a vitally important check on authoritarian power was the only way to stay afloat for Cascade PBS. Right? Well, according to an internal report, the finances were actually... good:
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Cascade PBS Newsroom Axing Preventable, Union Says

Cascade PBS laid off 16 positions, including its entire news staff, and blamed it on Trump cuts. The union says the layoffs weren't a financial inevitability.

www.thestranger.com

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Vivian McCall @vivmccall.bsky.social · 20d

Earlier this month, three trans women were beaten by a group of young men in Seattle's gay neighborhood.

According to the county prosecutor's office, there's been at least four more group beatings since June 2024. In one case, strangers joined in. The kicker?

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Seattle Area Trans Women Are Being Attacked by Groups of Men

Warning: This story contains descriptions of violence. “Go to Pony, go to Pony, go to Pony—there’s more people there,” said a frantic woman as she approached Madison Carstens and her friends next to t...

www.thestranger.com

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 20d

Horrifying, insane scoop from @vivmccall.bsky.social .
Five beatings of trans women have occurred in Seattle so far this year. The suspects have all been men. In at least one case, random men—strangers—have joined in on the attacks. Depraved shit.
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Seattle Area Trans Women Are Being Attacked by Groups of Men

Warning: This story contains descriptions of violence. “Go to Pony, go to Pony, go to Pony—there’s more people there,” said a frantic woman as she approached Madison Carstens and her friends next to t...

www.thestranger.com

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 21d

BREAKING: Cascade PBS, which operates the website Crosscut, is laying off 19 people, reportedly including its entire news staff. In an email to staff, CEO Rob Dunlop blamed federal cuts, saying the nonprofit is "winding down our longform, written journalism."

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