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Charles is asking the hard hitting questions, like why are modern apartment buildings so ugly? This is Stranger Places with @mudede.bsky.social
Is this the ugliest apartment building in Seattle?
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January 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Charles is asking the hard hitting questions, like why are modern apartment buildings so ugly? This is Stranger Places with @mudede.bsky.social
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What's the sexiest thing you did in 2025? What music do you listen to when getting it on? Have you ever humped in a car? What about on a Washington State Ferry? And how horny are you for Nathan Fielder?
Tell us ✨everything✨ in our anonymous annual sex survey!
Tell us ✨everything✨ in our anonymous annual sex survey!
Take Our Sex Survey, You Sexy People!
Grab a drink, get comfortable, and tell us everything.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM
What's the sexiest thing you did in 2025? What music do you listen to when getting it on? Have you ever humped in a car? What about on a Washington State Ferry? And how horny are you for Nathan Fielder?
Tell us ✨everything✨ in our anonymous annual sex survey!
Tell us ✨everything✨ in our anonymous annual sex survey!
Are cishet men too obsessed with sex? Does that make the sex worse? Read @dansavage.bsky.social response to HETMEN in this week's Savage Love.
Savage Love: Cissies
Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to [email protected]!
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January 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Are cishet men too obsessed with sex? Does that make the sex worse? Read @dansavage.bsky.social response to HETMEN in this week's Savage Love.
- DOJ Resignations Over Good Case
- Deadly Pecorino Romano
- Cal Raleigh’s Ass
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- Deadly Pecorino Romano
- Cal Raleigh’s Ass
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Slog AM: DOJ Resignations Over Good Case, Deadly Pecorino Romano, and Cal Raleigh’s Ass
Wow: At least four attorneys in the US Department of Justice have resigned over the government’s political decision not to investigate ICE agent Jonathan Ross for shooting Renee Nicole Good in Minneap...
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January 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
- DOJ Resignations Over Good Case
- Deadly Pecorino Romano
- Cal Raleigh’s Ass
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- Deadly Pecorino Romano
- Cal Raleigh’s Ass
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After four years as a Port of Seattle commissioner, Toshiko Hasegawa is ready for a new job, one where she can flex her muscles on criminal justice reform, housing, and mental health access.
Port Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa Is Running for King County District 2
“We can do hard things,” says Port Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa, who just announced her candidacy for King County Council, District 2.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
After four years as a Port of Seattle commissioner, Toshiko Hasegawa is ready for a new job, one where she can flex her muscles on criminal justice reform, housing, and mental health access.
Seattle's own Jane Don't is competing in this season's Drag Race and we're recapping each episode every Monday! What happened this week? We saw our first queen “sashay away,” but [spoiler] Jane’s still in it!
Drag Race Episode 2: Local Queen Jane Don’t Proves She’s the (Cherry) Bomb
We’re back with Episode Two, where our biggest challenge is keeping track of who’s who among the fourteen shapeshifters we just met. The producers treated us to another Drag Race classic: ...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Seattle's own Jane Don't is competing in this season's Drag Race and we're recapping each episode every Monday! What happened this week? We saw our first queen “sashay away,” but [spoiler] Jane’s still in it!
Here's one really great thing to do every single day this week! Including a psychosexual NC-17 cinematic sensation and a stoic white guy who's worth your time.
Stranger Suggests: A Psychosexual NC-17 Sensation, the Beginning of Your Year of Opera, and a Stoic White-Guy Worth Your Time
One really great thing to do every day of the week.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Here's one really great thing to do every single day this week! Including a psychosexual NC-17 cinematic sensation and a stoic white guy who's worth your time.
Erika Evans is the new Seattle City Attorney. The Stranger sat down with her a week into the job to talk about what she has planned for the office, that memo she put out that sent rightwing media into a tailspin, and what it means to be the first Black person to hold the job.
Week One as Seattle’s Top Lawyer: A Q&A with City Attorney Erika Evans
City Attorney Erika Evans has a lot of work ahead, especially if she’s going to stick to her campaign promises of bringing back community court and addressing the backlogged DUI and domestic vio...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Erika Evans is the new Seattle City Attorney. The Stranger sat down with her a week into the job to talk about what she has planned for the office, that memo she put out that sent rightwing media into a tailspin, and what it means to be the first Black person to hold the job.
What's the sexiest thing you did in 2025? What music do you listen to when getting it on? Have you ever humped in a car? What about on a Washington State Ferry? And how horny are you for Nathan Fielder?
Tell us ✨everything✨ in our anonymous annual sex survey!
Tell us ✨everything✨ in our anonymous annual sex survey!
Take Our Sex Survey, You Sexy People!
Grab a drink, get comfortable, and tell us everything.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM
What's the sexiest thing you did in 2025? What music do you listen to when getting it on? Have you ever humped in a car? What about on a Washington State Ferry? And how horny are you for Nathan Fielder?
Tell us ✨everything✨ in our anonymous annual sex survey!
Tell us ✨everything✨ in our anonymous annual sex survey!
"If Minneapolis shows us one thing, it is the irretrievability of those who support a president who is bombing people on boats, kidnapping people from city streets, and now killing people for practicing their rights as American citizens." —@mudede.bsky.social
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MAGA and The Consequences of Selling Your Soul
Not long after Renee Nicole Good was shot by ICE, and Trump outright lied about her killer being the actual victim (the killer was, in this alternate reality posted on “Truth” Social, run over, in the...
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January 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
"If Minneapolis shows us one thing, it is the irretrievability of those who support a president who is bombing people on boats, kidnapping people from city streets, and now killing people for practicing their rights as American citizens." —@mudede.bsky.social
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"Small Paul NYE Show at Add-a-Ball
You (dirty blonde, glasses) with your friends, saw me (bald, goatee) all by myself at 12AM... you offered a hug. Very kind. Catch a show sometime?"
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You (dirty blonde, glasses) with your friends, saw me (bald, goatee) all by myself at 12AM... you offered a hug. Very kind. Catch a show sometime?"
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I Saw U: Wearing Awesome Pants at Cherry, Talking Math and Physics at the Hideout, and Celebrating NYE at Add-a-Ball
Is it a match?
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January 9, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"Small Paul NYE Show at Add-a-Ball
You (dirty blonde, glasses) with your friends, saw me (bald, goatee) all by myself at 12AM... you offered a hug. Very kind. Catch a show sometime?"
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You (dirty blonde, glasses) with your friends, saw me (bald, goatee) all by myself at 12AM... you offered a hug. Very kind. Catch a show sometime?"
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We’re one week into the new year, and shit has already gotten weird (and horrifying and sad and infuriating and and and…). In an effort to help brace ourselves for what’s to come, we gazed into our crystal balls and made a few predictions about 2026 AD.
From an Erewhon in SLU to a Waymo in a Lake, We Predict the Headlines We’ll See in 2026
We took a deep look into our crystal balls and made a few predictions about the kinds of headlines we may see in 2026.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
We’re one week into the new year, and shit has already gotten weird (and horrifying and sad and infuriating and and and…). In an effort to help brace ourselves for what’s to come, we gazed into our crystal balls and made a few predictions about 2026 AD.
Send us your Valentines and we'll print them in our next issue!
We’re Filling Our Next Issue With Hundreds of ~Your~ Love Notes
Spill your heart out... in 150 characters or less.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Send us your Valentines and we'll print them in our next issue!
Hundreds gathered outside the federal building downtown as Seattle joined a national wave of anti-ICE protests after Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. @micahyip.bsky.social reports.
Seattle Joins National Anti-ICE Protest for Woman Killed by ICE in Minneapolis
For Ray Mitchell, Renee Nicole Good’s blood is not only on the hands of the ICE agent who shot her—it’s on the hands of American leaders who “refuse to stand up.”
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January 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Hundreds gathered outside the federal building downtown as Seattle joined a national wave of anti-ICE protests after Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. @micahyip.bsky.social reports.
- DHS Killed a Woman and Lied About It
- Protests in Seattle and Elsewhere
- Seven Hills Park Still Closed
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- Protests in Seattle and Elsewhere
- Seven Hills Park Still Closed
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Slog AM: DHS Killed a Woman and Lied About It, Protests in Seattle and Elsewhere, Seven Hills Park Still Closed
The Stranger's morning news roundup.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:03 PM
- DHS Killed a Woman and Lied About It
- Protests in Seattle and Elsewhere
- Seven Hills Park Still Closed
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- Protests in Seattle and Elsewhere
- Seven Hills Park Still Closed
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Alexis Mercedes Rink and Dionne Foster have officially been sworn in to Seattle City Council, and Joy Hollingsworth is unanimously appointed the council's first black female president.
Foster and Rinck Sworn In, Hollingsworth Appointed Council President
City Councilmembers Dionne Foster and Alexis Mercedes Rinck were sworn in and Joy Hollingsworth unanimously appointed council president Tuesday in a packed council chambers at City Hall.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Alexis Mercedes Rink and Dionne Foster have officially been sworn in to Seattle City Council, and Joy Hollingsworth is unanimously appointed the council's first black female president.
- West Seattle Bald Eagles Fight to the Death
- Ken Jennings Wins a Local Award
- Trump Eyes Greenland
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- Ken Jennings Wins a Local Award
- Trump Eyes Greenland
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Slog AM: West Seattle Bald Eagles Fight to the Death, Ken Jennings Wins a Local Award, Trump Eyes Greenland
People keep moving to Washington State, according to U-Haul data examined by Gene Balk. And what do these people hope to find in this corner of America? Mainly “jobs and outdoor recreation.” And exact...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
- West Seattle Bald Eagles Fight to the Death
- Ken Jennings Wins a Local Award
- Trump Eyes Greenland
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- Ken Jennings Wins a Local Award
- Trump Eyes Greenland
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What if you achieved your lifelong dream of getting on Jeopardy! but your biggest win was not throwing up onstage?
David Lewis writes about realizing the game is more reflex than knowledge, and coming home to Seattle with a head full of trivia that wasn't as trivial as he thought.
David Lewis writes about realizing the game is more reflex than knowledge, and coming home to Seattle with a head full of trivia that wasn't as trivial as he thought.
Losing Horribly on Jeopardy!
Waking up that morning last October, my dream was to win a fortune on Jeopardy!. Then I watched the returning champion, Harrison Whitaker, shred through the games right before mine. My new dream was t...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:17 AM
What if you achieved your lifelong dream of getting on Jeopardy! but your biggest win was not throwing up onstage?
David Lewis writes about realizing the game is more reflex than knowledge, and coming home to Seattle with a head full of trivia that wasn't as trivial as he thought.
David Lewis writes about realizing the game is more reflex than knowledge, and coming home to Seattle with a head full of trivia that wasn't as trivial as he thought.
Have you taken The Stranger's Sex Survey yet? It'd be a lot cooler if you did!
Take Our Sex Survey, You Sexy People!
Grab a drink, get comfortable, and tell us everything.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Have you taken The Stranger's Sex Survey yet? It'd be a lot cooler if you did!
Read @dansavage.bsky.social answers to these quickies in this week's Savage Love at The Stranger!
Savage Love: Quickies
Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to [email protected]!
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January 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Read @dansavage.bsky.social answers to these quickies in this week's Savage Love at The Stranger!
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My good friend, @mudede.bsky.social, thank you for this lovely review of “What Is Intelligence?” in @thestranger.com. Always enjoy reading your reflections grounded in personal history—from your early years in the U.S. to your Sundays with Sagan in Zimbabwe.
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
My good friend, @mudede.bsky.social, thank you for this lovely review of “What Is Intelligence?” in @thestranger.com. Always enjoy reading your reflections grounded in personal history—from your early years in the U.S. to your Sundays with Sagan in Zimbabwe.
- Maduro Pleads Not Guilty
- ICE Swarms Twin Cities
- WSF Low on Ferries
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- ICE Swarms Twin Cities
- WSF Low on Ferries
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Slog AM: Maduro Pleads Not Guilty, ICE Swarms Twin Cities, WSF Low on Ferries
The Stranger's Morning News Roundup
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January 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
- Maduro Pleads Not Guilty
- ICE Swarms Twin Cities
- WSF Low on Ferries
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- ICE Swarms Twin Cities
- WSF Low on Ferries
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Here's one really great thing to do every day this week:
Stranger Suggests: Sundance-Worthy Shorts, Lucy Dacus’s Guitarist, and an Art Show About the End of the World
One really great thing to do every day of the week.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Here's one really great thing to do every day this week:
Erika Evans has officially been sworn in as Seattle's first Black City Attorney.
Erika Evans, Seattle’s First Black City Attorney, Is Sworn In
It was also her birthday. And because Ann Davison is gone, it's kind of your birthday.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Erika Evans has officially been sworn in as Seattle's first Black City Attorney.
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At HUMP!, there is truly nothing we love more than talking about sex. So, as the @thestranger.com said, tell us everything!
Take The Stranger's 2026 Sex Survey now!
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Take The Stranger's 2026 Sex Survey now!
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Take Our Sex Survey, You Sexy People!
Grab a drink, get comfortable, and tell us everything.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
At HUMP!, there is truly nothing we love more than talking about sex. So, as the @thestranger.com said, tell us everything!
Take The Stranger's 2026 Sex Survey now!
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Take The Stranger's 2026 Sex Survey now!
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