- Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson Not Buying Starbucks Coffee - We Really Don't Need the Release of the Epstein Files - Trump Plans a 'US Economy Is Just Too Great' Tour Get this news and more at The Stranger.

Trisha Ready Wastes No Words - Her Debut Novel, Nobuko, Strings 108 Vignettes Into a Narrative Philosophy

Incredible write up on this past week's election results by @mudede.bsky.social www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

We waited for a train at Symphony Station for 40 minutes, after going to a Town Hall event Wed. night.

@sound-transit.bsky.social seriously. Your new CEO is asleep on the wheel. Link is basically down. For an hour. No info. No alerts. Nothing. People at the top are fast asleep.

@kingcountymetro.bsky.social The 7 appears to be popping into existence rather than coming down Rainier Ave.

My god. He really is who he plays.

In less than a month, I'll be chatting alt weeklies with @ericacbarnett.bsky.social and @mudede.bsky.social at Elliott Bay books! We all worked at the Stranger, and Erica spent time at the Austin Chronicle. Come!! www.elliottbaybook.c...

More like: falsely claims, @npr.org In your own words: "Still, the Trump administration's claim that domestic terrorism largely comes from the left has flown in the face of data."

I visit Brooklyn more than I visit Ballard.

This is backup in our polling data as well. 65% of the respondents between 30 and 44 plan to vote for Wilson, and 59% of respondents 18-29. But it's all about turnout. When we narrow the sample just to likely voters, this race gets tight. www.thestranger.com/stranger-pol...

Seattle! In anticipation of the paperback release of The Freaks Came Out To Write, please join me and @ericacbarnett.bsky.social and @mudede.bsky.social, two veterans of alt weeklies to talk about the Village Voice and the importance of alt weeklies in journalism at Elliott Bay bookstore on Nov. 22.

And so we see the real here. Soon there will be no American capitalist not tied to Trump's funny money. This is the afterlife of neoliberalism.

Bruce Harrell's latest campaign email says "Katie Wilson Is Not Who She Says She Is." His evidence: An interview with KUOW in which Wilson—ahem—SAID she and her husband help with child care from her parents.

And nor are all men, @nbcnews.com

Katie Wilson proposed zoning changes to encourage grocery stores and exploring publicly owned groceries. Today, her opponent, Mayor Bruce Harrell, issued an executive order supporting a potential City purchase of the Lake City QFC and other properties and zoning changes to encourage grocery stores.

Can someone tell @npr.org they're not getting their funding back? This is not about a clash over the "drug trade." It's about the real possibility the US military murdered a civilian in Colombian waters.

Check out @mudede.bsky.social big three recommendations from the Orcas Island Film Festival

It's a good time to grab a ticket to Burl Dirkman's new talk show at @townhallseattle.bsky.social THIS FRIDAY at 7:30 pm! With mayoral frontrunner @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social and philosopher-scribe @mudede.bsky.social! Tickets: townhallseattle.org/event/power-...

The city is obsessed with shutting down unlicensed taco trucks and people selling fruit from tables, saying they've gotten complaints from vendors who paid their fees and got to be vendors the right way. I'm 100% with Charles on this one: Unauthorized vendors are a feature of real cities.

In our Food Issue, @mudede.bsky.social writes about Seattle's street-food scene, and talks to local vendors about some of the hurdles they face as authorities shut down more unpermitted food vendors every year.⁠

10/17 at 7:30 PM | From the mind of @bretthamil.bsky.social comes Power Thru It!, a unique comedic talk show starring Burl Dirkman, his handyman alter ego. 🔨 Featuring special guests @mudede.bsky.social & Katie Wilson. 🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/tMQvMxP

Thanks @mudede.bsky.social for keeping it real and surreal this morning

BIG NEWS: Wistful handyman BURL DIRKMAN is gonna have a talk show at @townhallseattle.bsky.social starting next month (OCT 17)!!! His first guests will be @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social and @mudede.bsky.social plus some surprises. Tickets are now on sale! townhallseattle.org/event/power-...

Something in me wishes Trump put Kirk's open coffin in the Oval Office for like a week. I won't lie, that would have impressed me.

Wow. By all accounts, it seems a war has erupted in the far right. And I think those in the know know this but will do nothing about it. My hope is someone somehow puts the brakes on this situation before it devolves into more violence.

WaPo "America enters a new age of political violence" Wow. It's as if the mass shootings in our schools have not been political.

I ask you this. Would ICE ever raid an oil production facility?

Impressed to see an entire indoor mall with few if any vacant store fronts. Culture shock. Utrecht (left by me today) vs. Seattle (right by @mudede.bsky.social from The Stranger, April 2024)

Hilarious that they offered Adams a position at the US Department of the only thing they hire black people for

We once had Melissa missiles. Now we have Epstein missiles.

If that sandwich had not been from Subway, he would not be in so much trouble.

there’s been some “whither criticism” discourse going around and this is a golden example of the way a critical point of view has very little to do, in some ways, with ‘see it or not’, it’s for the ages

It was a pleasure to be on air with Scott Greenberg and Lynn Ware Peek on @npr.org KPCW’s Cool Science Radio. We discussed my upcoming book, “What Is Intelligence?” (from @mitpress.bsky.social & Antikythera) and its central theme of how life and intelligence are inherently social.

Seattle City Council needs to pass a poison pill ordinance stating that if the president ever seizes control of the Seattle Police that the city automatically stops paying them. Make it clear to SPD officers that they can choose to back a police state or to collect paychecks, but they can’t do both.

@mudede.bsky.social writes about finding his way back to religion’s complexity through music — from Marvin Gaye’s sacred-to-scientific shift, to the Staple Singers’ erotic gospel, to house music’s church-born energy on the dance floor. Read the full story at The Stranger.

A new documentary by Amy Berg (Deliver Us from Evil) captures songwriter Jeff Buckley's vivid youth cut short. via @mudede.bsky.social

What is not being said is that lowering interest rates will weaken the dollar and, as a consequence, make imports more expensive. Couple that with Trump's tariffs and the deflationary potential of checked demand will evaporate.

Starmer is endlessly fascinating. A live-action character from Yes, Minister. A too-on-the-nose parody of someone who believes in absolutely nothing. A man who seems capable of starving to death in a busy pizzeria while waiting for someone to tell him which toppings poll well. Generational talent.

They gutted your funding you don’t have to keep doing this

Why you should be listening to jazz pianist Bill Evans this year. Reflections by @mudede.bsky.social: www.thestranger.com/news/2025/07...

ICE isn’t about immigration. It’s about suppressing cities and their values. Zohran Mamdani’s win in NYC shows a way to fight back. @mudede.bsky.social explains.