Nathalie Graham

The Laid-off Scientists and Lawyers Training AI to Steal Their Careers Experienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy.

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

Mosquito Fleet Act Runs Into Choppy Seas in the State Senate » The Urbanist # Ferry advocates had been hoping that expanded authority to create passenger ferry districts could allow them to supplement state ferry service in more areas. But changes to the bill in the state Sen...

too bad the Mosquito Fleet Act in Olympia is essentially DEAD www.theurbanist.org/mosquito-fle...

sales should go toward fortifying our ferry fleet

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It. The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...

"The civilian protection mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made 'lethality' a top priority."
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The Old Rite Aid Building on Broadway Could Be Anything On December 6, 1911, the Seattle Times announced: “The new Society Theatre, a photo playhouse, opens at Broadway and John next Friday night, with four reels of new films … music will be furnished by a...

Another banger from Emily Nokes:
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Hannah Sabio-Howell is Challenging Sen. Jamie Pedersen in the 43rd District Sabio-Howell’s pitch is this: Sen. Pedersen is quick to concede to big business before the politicking has even begun, and a corporate-friendly incrementalist like him had no business representi...

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:

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3. Davison's administration also didn't consider DUI cases waiting for toxicology lab reports as on the backlog. Evans' administration does. The state toxicology lab has a 15,000 backlog right now. Adding those cases in increased the backlog numbers

2. Davison's office didn't label 1,000 cases with a crime designation, so they were just sitting in limbo

1. The city attorney's office switched last year from the software it's been using for almost 30 years and a bunch of cases slipped through the cracks

Davison dumped nearly 4,000 cases before she left office. So where is this 5,100 number coming from? She also failed to file reports in Q3 and Q4 of 2025, so it's hard to tell. But, a few things are at play here:

Seattle City Attorney Office Has 3,800 More Backlogged Cases Than Originally Reported The city attorney’s office sees between 10,000 and 11,000 cases annually. “Knowing we have to not only focus on the stuff coming at us right now, but also tackle this ginormous, 5,100 case...

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
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Emerald City Comic Con Has Connections to ICE A group of unhappy cosplayers penned a petition to Emerald City Comic Con's parent company asking them to do something about it.

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:

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Urbanist Ron Davis Hungers for the House Davis has heard grumblings about his decision to run against an established Democrat incumbent, but he thinks he's the right choice for the seat.

Ron Davis is running
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Why Workers at Sophon Went on Strike Court documents show that behind the scenes, Sophon and chef Karuna Long struggled financially for years, resulting in bounced paychecks, late payments to vendors, unpaid rent, and lawsuits.

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:
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Hanging on by a Thread with the Capitol Hill Tool Library’s Mending Circle The four people at my table had their heads down, needles and threads in their hands. Behind me, books like How to Fix Almost Everything, Basic Electricity, and, fittingly, Successful Shelves and Buil...

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:
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This is the main use for them, yes.

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!

Anti-Drunk Driving Bill Crashes and Burns in the Legislature The bill to lower the legal blood alcohol content limit died in the House, even in spite of The Stranger's flawed-science experiment last summer.

RIP to lower BAC
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Uh Oh, Someone Might be Doing Fraud At least 37,824 names registered to testify against the bill in House and Senate hearings were duplicates, some appearing more than 100 times. And at least 100 people told Invest in Washington Now tha...

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

Huge flex

This game is a neat way to test how well you know Seattle’s transit routes.

www.routle.city/king_county_...

I'm bad at it!!!

Think You Are the King of the Bus? This New Game Will Humble You I was excited to play. And then I lost. Twice.

have you tried the new transit game?

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A sly hip check will do—can’t risk a flagrant foul

yes

Let me nutmeg Rob Saka

I must slide tackle Dan Strauss

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