Nathalie Graham
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Nathalie Graham
@gramsofgnats.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Play Date: A Day of Jigging with Seattle Irish Dance Company
Tagging along on some pre-St. Paddy's Day craziness preparations.
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In case you missed it in the devolving twitter hell scape, I've been writing a column about subcultures and hobbies—and trying them out myself—for the last year and a half. First, I went Irish dancing:
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Took a brief break from the news to rip my horrible couch to shreds
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It Took Me Two Years to Ditch My Awful Couch, and for What?
My experience getting the couch should have tipped me off that it was not the couch for me and was in fact evil. But I really needed it.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Took a brief break from the news to rip my horrible couch to shreds
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Contrary to what some people *cough* the lame duck mayor and the still-in power police guild president *cough* say, there was nothing wrong with the Seattle election:
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There Was Nothing Unusual About Seattle’s Election, or the Results
There was nothing odd, wrong, or suspicious about Seattle’s election results. They sure felt slow, but they weren’t. Someone tell that to outgoing Mayor Bruce Harrell and Seattle Police Officer’s Guil...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Contrary to what some people *cough* the lame duck mayor and the still-in power police guild president *cough* say, there was nothing wrong with the Seattle election:
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FINALLY someone appreciates our jokes (and influence) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...
How a Seattle Alt-Weekly Newspaper Became a Progressive Kingmaker
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November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
FINALLY someone appreciates our jokes (and influence) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...
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KNOCK ON WOOD www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Ballot Drop: Katie Wilson is Likely Our Next Mayor
She's probably the mayor, folks. Goodbye, Bruce?
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November 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
KNOCK ON WOOD www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
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#Seattle! Help the U District Food Bank this Sunday. Donate food or funds (funds help more!) at University Unitarian Church from 2-5.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
#Seattle! Help the U District Food Bank this Sunday. Donate food or funds (funds help more!) at University Unitarian Church from 2-5.
@shirleyswirley.bsky.social @analogist.net @katestarbird.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social @gramsofgnats.bsky.social @theneedling.com @kuow.org @uwcsde.bsky.social
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she's wearing her world famous election hat
This race could come down to your vote! As of yesterday, we were just 91 votes ahead. Additional votes will be counted today.
Do your part and check on your ballot with King County ASAP: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
Do your part and check on your ballot with King County ASAP: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
she's wearing her world famous election hat
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“this is exquisite torture” MORE ACCURATE WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN
Wilson leads! Still too close to call! Analysis!
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Monday Ballot Drop: Wilson Is Up, But It Is Too Tight To Call
Ahhhhhhhhh
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November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“this is exquisite torture” MORE ACCURATE WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN
Wilson leads! Still too close to call! Analysis!
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Monday Ballot Drop: Wilson Is Up, But It Is Too Tight To Call
Ahhhhhhhhh
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November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Wilson leads! Still too close to call! Analysis!
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living in a very "watched pot never boils" scenario refreshing the elections page over and over with no new updates
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
living in a very "watched pot never boils" scenario refreshing the elections page over and over with no new updates
here we go again what a familiar feeling
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
here we go again what a familiar feeling
Really surprised that some of these questions asked to the Bigfoot Field Research Organization are asked so frequently they've been put on the website's FAQ:
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Really surprised that some of these questions asked to the Bigfoot Field Research Organization are asked so frequently they've been put on the website's FAQ:
going to this again tonight this time as a guest, not a reporter. Very appreciative of the cool (and weird) people my job introduces me to
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Getting Chummy at Shark & Whiskey Night
For her latest edition of Playdate, Nathalie Graham discovers Shark & Whiskey Night.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
going to this again tonight this time as a guest, not a reporter. Very appreciative of the cool (and weird) people my job introduces me to
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RED HOT ANALYSIS RIGHT HERE
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The Friday Ballot Drop Is Here: Wilson Made Important Gains, but When Will This Torment End???
King County Elections has been apparently working with one fucking abacus between them. The ballot drop for Seattle votes was 56,000 strong today. We kid, King County Elections. We value an accurate c...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
RED HOT ANALYSIS RIGHT HERE
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Come From Away 2.0 when?
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Come From Away 2.0 when?
me waiting for the drop
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
me waiting for the drop
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Even with only 50,000 ballots being counted, it seems likely that the percentages from today will be very telling. 🤞
Head's up from King County Elections on today's ballot drop: "We are planning to add about 100,000 ballots to the counts (countywide) in today’s results update around 4 pm. We expect about half of those to be Seattle ballots."
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Even with only 50,000 ballots being counted, it seems likely that the percentages from today will be very telling. 🤞
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It took me about 25 seconds to check if my ballot was counted (it was!) Follow @gramsofgnats.bsky.social's guide.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It took me about 25 seconds to check if my ballot was counted (it was!) Follow @gramsofgnats.bsky.social's guide.
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Head's up from King County Elections on today's ballot drop: "We are planning to add about 100,000 ballots to the counts (countywide) in today’s results update around 4 pm. We expect about half of those to be Seattle ballots."
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Head's up from King County Elections on today's ballot drop: "We are planning to add about 100,000 ballots to the counts (countywide) in today’s results update around 4 pm. We expect about half of those to be Seattle ballots."
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By this point in 2021, with similar turnout, the county had counted about 200,000 ballots in the Seattle mayor's race—around 25,000 more than they have so far this year.
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
By this point in 2021, with similar turnout, the county had counted about 200,000 ballots in the Seattle mayor's race—around 25,000 more than they have so far this year.
This is the election equivalent of a 15-inning ALCS game jfc
Per King County elections, expect around 30,000 ballots in Seattle's drop today. Seems likely this thing is headed to next week.
November 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is the election equivalent of a 15-inning ALCS game jfc
this is a very good read www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My night with Sliwa superfans
At the Republican watch party, there was one point of political agreement: Andrew Cuomo sucks.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this is a very good read www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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More broadly, the 2017 mayoral election saw an 8.65% swing toward the progressive candidate and the 2021 mayoral election saw 12.2% swing toward the progressive candidate when all of the ballots were counted.
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
More broadly, the 2017 mayoral election saw an 8.65% swing toward the progressive candidate and the 2021 mayoral election saw 12.2% swing toward the progressive candidate when all of the ballots were counted.