Sometimes I do theater reviews. www.thestranger.com/theater/2026...

The story www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Has anyone been lap swimming at the Green Lake pool? How crowded is it in the evenings? The closest pool to me is out of commission so I must branch out but I don’t want to swim in a lane for 4 other people

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.

I sat down with Erika Evans last week to talk about her immediate priorities for the office, and that memo she sent that caused a real stir with right wing media: www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...

Big day for women in politics and for me writing about them. First up, Toshiko Hasegawa announced she's running for King County Council District 2: www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...

spending my friday night with a pomodoro timer

AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say.

A moment of levity: One man's failure on Jeopardy!, which many say is the world's greatest game show www.thestranger.com/jeopardy/202...

10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good at the site of her murder

This is valuable, clear reporting

Hearing reports from people on the ground about this incident in Minnesota, where tear gas and pepper spray were used against protesters who responded to an ICE-involved shooting. Can confirm at least one clergymember, in a clerical collar, was among those pepper-sprayed.

Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times." Bovino was there. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

“Attorneys for the state, however, argued that abortion can’t violate the Wyoming constitution because it is not health care.” Excuse me?

Remember when the city said they were going to reopen those closed parks by Halloween? And then they pushed it to December? Still not open on Capitol Hill—though looks like someone tried to change that

with all of the stories about the rise of solar energy we’ve seen in the last few months it kind of feels like America is doing regime change in order to secure the rights to billions of dollars in blockbuster gift cards

Credit where it's due: this is spot-on.

We had a good run

Veteran New York Times national security reporter David Sanger says what Trump is describing in Venezuela is an "American occupation."

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner

it's sex survey time, sluts! tell us (anonymously) about your favorite hole (and other naughty things) www.thestranger.com/sex/2025/12/...

vibe in seattle today

if you saw this post while it was a broken husk of unfinished notes on our website for the last hour no you didn't: www.thestranger.com/slog-am/2026...

Nothing brings the hyper-local community together like a little cat. A few streets over from Lord Byron’s old stomping ground is the Central District’s new vagabond, Frito. His owner brought the neighborhood together last weekend: www.thestranger.com/news/2025/12...

The nurses are on the verge of a strike www.thestranger.com/news/2025/12...

Hemingway’s editor: The short story you sent is great, but I’d like to see you flesh it out. Who is this baby— and why doesn’t he wear shoes?

"This is an appliance for people who don’t actually use appliances. You buy your fancy little honeybee toaster, and then, when you want an actual piece of toast, you ask your Olive to order you one via Seamless. God, the future has been such a letdown." defector.com/the-2025-hat...

reading this instead of sleeping defector.com/two-nights-p...

A levee breach on the Green River led to evacuation orders in parts of Tukwila, Renton, and Kent. Officials say repairs are underway, but more rain and rising rivers could bring additional trouble.

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/12... www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM3f...

Coroners are unhappy about a newly-proposed bill to end county coroner elections in Washington. The purpose of the bill is to save costs. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/12...

The World Cup draw handed Seattle a Pride Match between Egypt and Iran, countries where homosexuality is criminalized. Both are demanding the celebration be canceled. Seattle says it will not. Read @gramsofgnats.bsky.social full story at The Stranger.

What's next for the Pacific Northwest? Unfortunately, another big rainstorm, fueled by an atmospheric river targeting British Columbia this weekend before it dips toward Washington by Monday. The orientation of the moisture plume will be different, putting new rivers in the crosshairs.

Evacuations were underway on Thursday as flooding intensified in the Pacific Northwest as the region endured what could be some of its worst flooding in decades. nyti.ms/44Y4Rcb

Oops, Seattle's World Cup Pride Match is making parts of the world angry, but it's not going anywhere: www.thestranger.com/news/2025/12...

Very thankful to have @mudede.bsky.social in this world so he can share the way he sees it. Lovely stuff! www.thestranger.com/transit/2025...

We saw this on opening night of previews and totally agree with Nathalie’s review. I will say, my wife and kids had seen it before and they said that it seemed to pull back on some of the emotional punches for some reason, and as a first time viewer, I never got particularly emotional.

The new version of Come From Away at the Rep is really good! But it's also different in ways that I can't totally tell are additive? www.thestranger.com/theater/2025...

After just over a year of bargaining, union employees at The Stranger, the Portland Mercury, EverOut, and Bold Type Tickets have just ratified their first-ever contract! 🥳 🎉 🥳 🎉

It was a weird year for Tumwater. A February basketball game influenced a school board vote, and then a school board election. The drama all around whether trans kids should be allowed to play sports caught the attention of an anti-trans ballot initiative campaign www.thestranger.com/news/2025/12...

everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas

there's a new county executive in town: www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

I couldn't remember the name of a certain Seattle-area conservative radio host so I googled "Seattle radio host with the eyebrows" and I got my answer

Journalist Ryan Lizza says Kennedy only knows what “felching” is thanks to his former fiancée Olivia Nuzzi’s affair with the Health and Human Services Secretary.

Took a brief break from the news to rip my horrible couch to shreds www.thestranger.com/arts/2025/11...

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: www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

FINALLY someone appreciates our jokes (and influence) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/t...

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