need a weekly roundup of all the dogshit music industry news a la A.S. Hamrah’s Last Week in End Times Cinema

One of the fuller portraits of Katie Wilson’s experience and campaign. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

[OPEN: A Chinese spy opens his laptop. President Xi Jinping appears on screen.] SPY: I have an update from Sheryl in Appleton Wisconsin. Little Jeremy was up all night. XI: [Clucking his tongue] Colic.

big news for the swastika community wait do they have another name

when the full Olivia Nuzzi book streets Bluesky is going to collectively experience something akin to the ecstasies of the Bacchae

Well deserved for @jakewittich.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉

A big indicator of this fascist moment, for me, was exposing Hanania’s past as pseudonymous white supremacist blogger, him issuing a non-apology apology then writing gutter racist shit under real name, & nevertheless enjoying mainstream success reminder of who he is www.huffpost.com/entry/richar...

many elections officials and election workers have been THROUGH IT in terms of harassment and threats in the past 5 years, and the King County auditors office specifically had to contend with a hazmat response after receiving a suspicious letter 2 years ago: www.king5.com/article/news...

this isn’t a game — the Seattle police department infamously had more officers attend the pre-insurrection Jan 6 rally than any other police department nationwide. it took years for the public to learn which officers were involved: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

i talked to The Stranger about how losing candidates simply must stop casting aspersions on hardworking elections offices in a pathetic attempt to invalidate voters’ decisions:

During his concession speech, Harrell said: "A lot of people were saying that I shouldn’t concede and that there were anomalies, differences, and stuff." There was no evidence of irregularities. At all. Why imply this? He didn't say. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

"Skepticism"? They're blowing people up. There's no due process.

Bruce Harrell conceded and said Katie Wilson’s name at last. Then Wilson stepped up at the Labor Temple, laid out her vision for child care, transit, and housing, and reminded supporters that pressure from the people is what will move the city. Seattle has a new mayor. Now the work starts.

Bruce Harrell has officially conceded the mayor's race.

The signatories: Derrick Blakley, Kathy Brock, Chris Bury, Bill Cameron, Pat Cassidy, Lilia Chacon, Muriel Clair, John Cody, Janet Davies, Craig Dellimore, John Dempsey, Mark Giangreco, Theresa Gutierrez, Robert Jordan, Sherman Kaplan, Anne Kavanagh, Rich King, Bill Kurtis ...

The Transportation Secretary says air traffic controllers will be paid promptly as the government reopens. But after the last shutdown, in 2019, some controllers sued to get paid in full for overtime. n.pr/49jqYx0

Newsmax's Greg Kelly on US strikes on alleged drug boats: “It's totally legal. It's pure, it's good. And it has nothing to do with transgender.”

you'll never guess which side

okay, if he loves suffering this much maybe he is catholic

Katie Wilson is likely our next mayor. Story soon.

UPDATE: The city declined to provide a breakdown of internal costs for Mayor Bruce Harrell's slickly produced budget video, which largely duplicates his campaign talking points, after initially saying that they would. 1/2

she's wearing her world famous election hat

No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"

Hey, so here is a great example of why voting in local elections really, really matters. Wilson up by 91 votes today. There are roughly 10,000 ballots left to count, but still, this is going to be tight! www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

I released a record on Friday. Thanks to KEXP for the review! www.kexp.org/read/2025/11...

as someone who grew up catholic, JD Vance is one of the fakest ass catholics I have ever seen in my life. If he had a table, Jesus would flip it, etc.

The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate. It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. (Published May with @tennesseelookout.com)

Judge rules Education Department messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown unconstitutional www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

KATIE WILSON, OR KATIE WONTSON? www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

yeah, so this is not good

"Last week, NPR’s leadership proposed testing the use of artificial intelligence to produce digital versions of radio stories, to make the middle of the editorial process more efficient." Please DM/email/signal me if you know something about this! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...

Trump deportation agent: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”

It took me about 25 seconds to check if my ballot was counted (it was!) Follow @gramsofgnats.bsky.social's guide. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

Reading Charles' review really made me want to see Arco. You can see it tonight on Bainbridge, and we literally included the ferry schedule, so you have no excuse not to. www.thestranger.com/arts/2025/11...

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

Ballot drop is hereeee. It's not conclusive, and this is probably going to stretch into next week. Katie Wilson is still in it, but she'll have to pull in about 55 percent of the vote from here on out. www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

this county taking a cue from the mariners and edging us

Your ballot might not have counted!

I would listen to this. Immediately after Trump's exec order, all the trans people I interviewed were having a hell of a time with passports. Some applied, and got the gender marker they didn't want. Fed employees didn't know what to do.

This benefits not one American. apnews.com/article/trum...

fuck yeahhhh. Also, Portland: I will be playing music/ talking to Tuck about this beautiful baby of a book on the 19th! Please come out! kellysolympian.com/show/pansy-t...

conde nast fired the vp of new york newsguild for asking HR questions

This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop. Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

I have a record coming out tomorrow! @undertheradar.bsky.social just premiered our song "Dark Star" today. www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premier...

"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."