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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 11h

Oh I'm glad!!! Lots going on here :)

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 2d

Ok I am hearing from some sources that maybe the source of the Ms success this year is getting rid of “Can’t Hold Us”

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 3d

the Mariners would probably win the world series if they brought back "Can't Hold Us" as the seventh inning stretch song

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 6d

(or find a Stranger paper in the real world and read it in print!!!!)

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 6d

Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is really fucking interesting. This stunning profile by @hmwinter.bsky.social takes a look inside who Wilson is and what shaped her. Give it a read:
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/10...

The Making of Katie Wilson

She’s coming for the mayor’s office.

www.thestranger.com

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 7d

attention portland people who want jobs at a cool place:

Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 7d

The Mercury is hiring a social media manager and a marketing manager! These positions are more about helping us meet the readers where they are and less about repeating the problematic shock jock media of the early '00s. Actual deer encouraged to apply.

Cool Jobs Alert: The Mercury Is Hiring a Social Media Manager AND a Marketing Manager!

Guys! The Mercury is bursting at the seams and hiring two new positions that you (or someone you know) might be interested in. Check out the job listings for both a Social Media Manager AND a Marketin...

www.portlandmercury.com

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 7d

seems like it???

Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 7d

"In explaining the rationale behind the lane’s planned removal to The Urbanist, the department was open about the fact that it was driven by property owners in the area, not nearby residents or people who frequently use these transit connections." Ugh this is my bus and my neighborhood booooooo

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 7d

NEW STORY // What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/01/w...

What’s Easier than Adding a Bus Lane in Seattle? Deleting One » The Urbanist

# The City of Seattle will be removing an East Union Street bus only lane set aside for the Route 2 this weekend, ceding to requests from nearby property owners who have complained about traffic chang...

www.theurbanist.org

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 8d

Hey!!!! People (and real estate development groups) are trying to buy the mayoral election again:
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Bruce Harrell’s PAC Boasts Over $1 Million

Serious money has entered the mayoral race. As of last week, Bruce Harrell’s PAC, Bruce Harrell for Seattle’s Future, had raised $1.07 million, and three quarters of that came in after his...

www.thestranger.com

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 9d

Such a good opening. And such an apt description of how we impoverish the whole city in order to treat homelessness, poverty, mental illness, and addiction as aesthetic blights not moral blights (and to keep the police from taking their ball and going home).

'The bathrooms aren’t for you anymore. The parks aren’t for you anymore. Good luck finding a trash can at a light rail station, or getting comfortable on a bench while a metal armrest stabs into your ribs. Your other seating options require $6 for over-sour coffee or surveillance from an underpaid librarian whose unofficial second job is now social worker. The bus shelters don’t shelter, the park closes at 10, and the street is a Ring doorbell showroom. But at least we’re solving the “homeless problem.”'

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 9d

ICYMI: We are having fun on the blog in 2025 (and also having fun in the closed park)
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

How to Enjoy the Park When the City Closes the Park

There's only a few nice days left, they shouldn't go to waste.

www.thestranger.com

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Lilly Ana @lillyanafowler.bsky.social · 9d

“Cascade PBS paid CEO Rob Dunlop over $500,000 last year. The executive team made over $2 million in salaries and bonuses. Union members estimate they collectively made $950,000 a year.”

Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 9d

Sacrificing the newsroom during a time when journalism is a vitally important check on authoritarian power was the only way to stay afloat for Cascade PBS. Right? Well, according to an internal report, the finances were actually... good:
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Cascade PBS Newsroom Axing Preventable, Union Says

Cascade PBS laid off 16 positions, including its entire news staff, and blamed it on Trump cuts. The union says the layoffs weren't a financial inevitability.

www.thestranger.com

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 9d

Sacrificing the newsroom during a time when journalism is a vitally important check on authoritarian power was the only way to stay afloat for Cascade PBS. Right? Well, according to an internal report, the finances were actually... good:
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Cascade PBS Newsroom Axing Preventable, Union Says

Cascade PBS laid off 16 positions, including its entire news staff, and blamed it on Trump cuts. The union says the layoffs weren't a financial inevitability.

www.thestranger.com

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Vivian McCall @vivmccall.bsky.social · 15d

Earlier this month, three trans women were beaten by a group of young men in Seattle's gay neighborhood.

According to the county prosecutor's office, there's been at least four more group beatings since June 2024. In one case, strangers joined in. The kicker?

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Seattle Area Trans Women Are Being Attacked by Groups of Men

Warning: This story contains descriptions of violence. “Go to Pony, go to Pony, go to Pony—there’s more people there,” said a frantic woman as she approached Madison Carstens and her friends next to t...

www.thestranger.com

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 15d

Horrifying, insane scoop from @vivmccall.bsky.social .
Five beatings of trans women have occurred in Seattle so far this year. The suspects have all been men. In at least one case, random men—strangers—have joined in on the attacks. Depraved shit.
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/09...

Seattle Area Trans Women Are Being Attacked by Groups of Men

Warning: This story contains descriptions of violence. “Go to Pony, go to Pony, go to Pony—there’s more people there,” said a frantic woman as she approached Madison Carstens and her friends next to t...

www.thestranger.com

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: Cascade PBS, which operates the website Crosscut, is laying off 19 people, reportedly including its entire news staff. In an email to staff, CEO Rob Dunlop blamed federal cuts, saying the nonprofit is "winding down our longform, written journalism."

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 16d

ICYMI: For my latest column, I set sail with the racers of Duck Dodge, summer's most Seattle tradition:
www.thestranger.com/play-date/20...

Dodging Ducks on Lake Union

Photos by Christian Parroco Clouds of smoke blotted out half the sky thanks to the fire burning on the peninsula. The August sun burned round and red, apocalyptic. The air hung hot and heavy and, most...

www.thestranger.com

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · Sep 4

hahaha. Just from the headline or the blurbs give it away?

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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · Sep 3

Holy shit:

Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.

www.hcn.org/articles/fir...

Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire - High Country News

Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities.

www.hcn.org

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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · Aug 29

A very Seattle tragedy. Aquarium layoffs decimated the beloved summer Beach Naturalist program and spells doom for the forthcoming Cedar River Salmon Journey program

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/08...

Life’s Not Quite a Beach Anymore: Aquarium Layoffs Hollow Out Beloved Nature Programs

Spend time on any Seattle shoreline in the summer and you’ll run into the regulars: the gelatinous toilet-plunger-looking egg collar of a moon snail, the vibrant sea stars, the spiny rock fish, and a ...

www.thestranger.com

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Vivian McCall @vivmccall.bsky.social · Aug 29

BREAKING: According to an email obtained by The Stranger, MultiCare's Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Network in Tacoma is cutting its wait list for gender-affirming care and won't prescribe hormones or puberty blockers to NEW patients after Sept. 12.

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/08...

Tacoma’s Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital Axes Gender Clinic Waitlist

Citing “changing federal expectations,” the gender clinic at MultiCare’s Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network in Tacoma has cut its waitlist for trans youth, a...

www.thestranger.com

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Nate Sanford @sanfordnate.bsky.social · Aug 26

Have you ever wondered if government leaders are writing things with ChatGPT?

Through records requests, I obtained thousands of pages of chat histories from city officials in Washington.

The logs show widespread use of AI — with little transparency:
www.cascadepbs.org/news/2025/08...

Washington city officials are using ChatGPT for government work

Records show that public servants have used generative AI to write emails to constituents, mayoral letters, policy documents and more

www.cascadepbs.org

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Aug 29

This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.

Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/1996...

The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins

Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.

newrepublic.com

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is sacred work, a holy mission.

AndreaaaHHhHHHHhHHhhh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · Aug 28

This is a really moving look at what it takes to ensure Texans have access to the abortion care they need. Rev. Erika Ferguson, founder of the Tubman Travel Project, says abortion is a "divine right." Amen!

Sixteen Hours With a Texas Woman Seeking Legal Abortion

Since a near-total ban went into effect, tens of thousands of Texans have left the state to access abortion. Here’s how they do it.

www.texasmonthly.com

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