Remember Candlebox?

Do dogs get tired of holding their tails up do you think?

Want to scream? Me too. We're putting a monthly protest calendar in @thestranger.com, including marches, rallies, and other ways to get involved. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Doesn't that feel better?

Breaking news: French Toast Butterfinger.

"She probably didn't even watch the game and 100% had to use google to get their names." "What a diva" "Listen to all the broken dishwashers and sammich makers crying." "Keep politics out of sports next time." "Get over yourself omfg" I've missed you, rando commenters 💅

Going to take advantage of the fact that a whole heap of new people are falling in love with women's hockey to post the feature I wrote for @thestranger.com at the beginning of the @pwhltorrent.bsky.social season. @thepwhl.com

lol sorry for being negative about a convicted rapist also accused of sexually assaulting multiple minors, jack hughes

Men ruin everything, so I wasn’t surprised when they finally ruined hockey. It was death by a thousand disappointments—a sexist comment from Don Cherry here, a years-long cover-up of systemic sexual abuse there.

"Over the past 48 hours, something else has happened. A new feeling. As those videos of the men's hockey team partying with Kash Patel continued to circulate, people started to hold the men accountable."

"Megan, why has your enthusiasm for men's hockey dwindled over the years?"

Purple Rain is a rom-com.

Team USA keeps their 5-0 win streak alive if you don't count the Britta Curl goal, which I don't because fuck transphobes.

I'm not crazy!

I'm not the only one seeing one of the bushes clearly dancing in the background right

I need SOMEONE, ANYONE to get on a hot mic and mention how fucked America is right now.

I don’t know what to do. Maybe you don’t either. It’s getting increasingly difficult to push through the noise and focus on anything that feels worthwhile in the fight against the Trump administration’s relentless attacks. Each day is a new nightmare. It feels hopeless.

I got to write @thestranger.com's morning news, and I peppered it with good news to hopefully help balance all the bad (very bad) news.

Exciting news in a world full of very not exciting news: The Vera Project is opening a new all-ages venue in Georgetown in early 2027! @davesegal.bsky.social has the story for @thestranger.com here:

I'm not embarrassed to admit that I got goosebumps when he hit that high note @avclub.com

It's time to spill your guts in The Stranger's annual sex survey! 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*!

I will not buy a 2026 planner I will not buy a 2026 planner I will not buy a 2026 planner I will not buy a 2026 planner I will not buy a 2026 planner I will not buy a 2026 planner I will not buy a 2026 planner I will not buy a 2026 planner I will not buy a 2026 planner I will not buy a 2026 planner

Tired of the same holiday music? We put together 69 seasonal songs that won't bug the shit out of you! It's almost like having The Stranger DJ your holiday party. Enjoy!

I miss light brown m&ms.

Interviewed several musicians and venue operators about the precarious state of the Seattle music scene for @thestranger.com . www.thestranger.com/music/2025/1...

I am not asking for much! Just more (better!) city parks for people watching and ice cream eating, please! And a goddamn place to sit that isn't a folding patio chair!

Best sticker I’ve run into around town in quite a while

This was a fun one to put together... @thestranger.com's Inaugural Complaints Issue! Seattle is great. Here’s everything that’s wrong with Seattle.

This is a fun article on Seattle's new professional women's hockey team, the Torrent. Of course, they're very underpaid and work hard, so support women's sports and buy tickets! @pwhltorrent.bsky.social

Happy @pwhltorrent.bsky.social home opener day! I dusted off my hockey writer hat for this one: "Now, before anyone can start to regurgitate some brand of 'ThEy DoN’t GeT pHySiCaL iN wOmEn’S hOcKeY' nonsense you read on a message board in 2017, let me say this: Yes, they fucking do."

Pretty proud of this one. I followed the Seattle Torrent around ahead of their home season opener. God, I love hockey. www.thestranger.com/sports/2025/...

Pretty proud of this one. I followed the Seattle Torrent around ahead of their home season opener. God, I love hockey. www.thestranger.com/sports/2025/...

Feels pretty good to have The Stranger Election Control Board's hard work, influence, and jokes recognized by the NYT today, but they neglected to appreciate the also very vital Pumpkin Pie Control Board. It's fine, I'm fine. www.thestranger.com/food-and-dri...

If you haven't checked to make sure your vote counted, you need to do it now - the race for Seattle's future depends on it!

Overhead in the @thestranger.com office: "What's MxPx?"

Imagine how insufferable Dawson Leary's film podcast would be.

Does anyone else use their head as leverage when using an Aeropress or is that just me?

I love hockey.

Sorry for your loss, Mariners fans. I am going to selfishly take this opportunity to share one of my favorite things I've ever written, from when the Preds lost the Stanley Cup to the Penguins. Different team, different sport, but lots of the same feelings. ❤️

I don't know why there is a headless pigeon in my driveway but I am going to choose to believe it is an offering from the crows for Johnny Waffles.

Seattle's No Kings Rally started at Seattle Center and now there has been a constant stream of people marching to Westlake for the past 45 minutes.

Baseball is fun I see why you people like it

Rude to start things off with the kingdome demo imo

The 'Burbs should be in the Criterion Collection.

Give juuse saros the nobel peace prize

Happy hockey season to all who celebrate and also I really wish we could cease signing the national anthem before all games until we have a president who isn't actively declaring war against American cities

All the times Taylor Swift comes off as Gail the Snail on The Life of a Showgirl. A thread.

Taylor Swift hasn't emotionally developed beyond the age she got famous and that anyone continues to think her writing is interesting is the most interesting thing about her.

So the government has shut down on the same day Hegseth and Trump made their egomaniacal, condescending speeches to a room full of top military officials. And what happens during a shutdown? According to the BBC, "the military are required to work, but won't be paid until after" the shutdown ends.