knock it off!! www.thestranger.com/news/stop-pu...

HAIL STORM

For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.

Appreciate @gramsofgnats.bsky.social’s attention to WA’s public defense crisis. The Constitution is mostly a restraint on government. This is the rare case where it grants a positive right. That's why counties are suing and we’re going to win.

posting screenshots of my articles to Instagram stories with Dungeon Crawler Carl books in the background so people will talk to me about it

Hey, uh, public defense in Washington is teetering on the brink of disaster due to historic underfunding by the state and new caseload standards that will add further monetary stress to an already-struggling system www.thestranger.com/news/washing...

we've been here for a year :(

Threatening an action that could jeopardize $10.9 billion of income nationwide is galaxy-brained thinking from the Trump administration www.thestranger.com/news/ahead-o...

In 2024, we fought hard to elect Sal Mungia to the WA Supreme Court over conservative Dave Larson, and Sal won by only 0.51% of the vote @gramsofgnats.bsky.social is right, these races are a BFD, and we will be laser-focused on them in our Progressive Voters Guide this year.

And of course the thunderdome that is the WA state Supreme Court fight with 5 of 9 seats on the ballot, covered here by @gramsofgnats.bsky.social

A must-read

Did you know that 5 of the 9 Washington State Supreme Court seats are up for grabs this year? Well now you do. With our civil liberties on the line, it's time to bone up on your Supreme Court knowledge.

I know we all have a lot to worry about, but here is one more thing for the pile: The Washington State Supreme Court has *five* positions on the ballot this year. You can bet your ass that wealthy conservatives will see this as an opportunity: www.thestranger.com/news/the-was...

Notable that the Seattle Times Editorial Board, railing against the idea of a larger library levy, completely sidesteps what the proposed increases would DO. I don't think most Seattleites see seismic retrofits and building upkeep as "ornaments on the tree." www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

ohhh we've got some stone-cold stunners, folks images.nasa.gov/details/art0... images.nasa.gov/details/art0... images.nasa.gov/details/art0... images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

mama there’s an unpopular policy decision behind you

Katie Wilson just announced as the YIMBY in chief at a public rally about zoning changes to the comprehensive plan

I love NIMBYs. In decrying zoning changes to the comprehensive plan, one woman says: "Has anyone considered what the lack of planning for off leash areas is going to do?" The horror!

Sad local journalism news. Reporting by @vivmccall.bsky.social and @suzettesmith.bsky.social www.thestranger.com/news/portlan...

Eric was one of my favorite editors I worked with when I was freelancing. Smart, thoughtful, and collaborative. This is a big loss for the Seattle Met and Seattle.

Seattle's CCTV Vendor Has Received $126 Million in ICE and CBP Contracts - Mayor Wilson Says the City Will Keep Working With Them

A very moving obituary by @gramsofgnats.bsky.social. www.thestranger.com/obits/2026/0...

I got to write an obituary for beloved community member Beau Morton. His wife, Stevie, submitted a Stranger reader valentine for Beau, but he died days before the issue was published. He never got to see it. I talked with Stevie about Beau and those valentines www.thestranger.com/obits/2026/0...

this story rules

this is a horror story nymag.com/intelligence...

sales should go toward fortifying our ferry fleet

"The civilian protection mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made 'lethality' a top priority." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Another banger from Emily Nokes: www.thestranger.com/city/2026/03...

Hannah Sabio-Howell wants to knock the crown off Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen's head in the 43rd district. This is going to be a very interesting race. My feature: www.thestranger.com/news/2026/03...

BREAKING: The City Attorney's case backlog is way more dismal than originally reported. Erika Evans unearthed about 3,800 more cases left over from Ann Davison's days bringing the total backlog to 5,100 cases thestranger.com/news/2026/03...

Emerald City Comic Con starts today! The con’s ownership has ties to ICE. A group of cosplayers isn’t taking that relationship lying down: www.thestranger.com/news/2026/03...

Ron Davis is running www.thestranger.com/news/2026/03...

If you've wanted to know what the hell was going on with the recent closures of Sophon and Oliver's Twist, @thestranger.com has it all right here: www.thestranger.com/news/2026/03...

For my latest Play Date column, I went to the Capitol Hill Tool Library's monthly mending circle and learned a thing or two about self-reliance: www.thestranger.com/spring-arts-...

starting a new thing where I actually read the physical magazines from my various subscriptions

I can't emphasize this enough: .08 is way drunker than you may think.

A good reminder of the great story the Stranger did last summer showing that in fact a 0.05% BAC is enough to make you too impaired to drive!

RIP to lower BAC www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02...

Do this many people actually hate the millionaire's tax or is it a lot of lying? www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02...

This game is a neat way to test how well you know Seattle’s transit routes. www.routle.city/king_county_...

have you tried the new transit game? www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02...

if they don’t let me play soccer in the Seattle elected official soccer game for my column I’m going to scream

oh we're talking about curling? www.thestranger.com/play-date/20...

How it started / how it’s going

did you know about the seattle election happening right now? www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02...

it smells like soil on the 8 rn anyone else getting notes of this?

my life is typing "doc.new" into google chrome over and over and over and over and over and over and over and one must imagine sisyphus happy

could be a similar story for Washington’s bill that’s making its way through the legislature rn www.foxla.com/news/lapd-ch...

"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

babe please you have to stop watching Roku city