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1/9/25: EAT TO THE BEAT - https://mailchi.mp/d466f6a129da/1925-eat-to-the-beat Massive Monkees' dance studio adds cafe; more ICE arrests/shootings in Seattle, Portland bring more protests, responses; quarterback Demond Williams Jr. not leaving UW after all; 'Can Katie Wilson build a movement?'

1/9/25: EAT TO THE BEAT Thursday night, about 500 gathered for a candlelight vigil at the unlighted Pier 58. Speaker Cameron Lavi-Jones said: “Thinking that this issue is only something that our undocumented neighbors have to survive, or that the color of your skin doesn’t make you that much of a target, is no longer a...

1/2/26: THE 'SOUL' OF SOUTH DELRIDGE - https://mailchi.mp/9232211303f2/1226-the-soul-of-south-delridge Remembering a produce-shop owner; RFK Jr.'s said to be 'targeting' Seattle Children's over trans-youth care; Katie Wilson takes office; Space Needle fireworks obscured by heavy fog.

1/2/26: THE 'SOUL' OF SOUTH DELRIDGE We know that the last time “New Year’s at the Needle” was shrouded by extreme fog (and, then, wind) was in 2019-2020. The year that followed included a deadly global pandemic (remember that?), and what turned out to be only the temporary ouster of the MAGA goon squad. 

12/31/25: WORLD BUILDING, ON AND OFF THE PAGE - https://mailchi.mp/088071c32e14/123125-world-building-on-and-off-the-page New Octavia Butler biography; US 2 eastbound opening again (with limits); four die in alleged Eastside murder/suicide; 'Somali child care providers in WA being harassed.'

12/31/25: WORLD BUILDING, ON AND OFF THE PAGE When I was searching online yesterday (in vain, it turned out) for a potential punny title for our 2026 In/Out list (see below), I came across the song “26” by Paramore, from their 2017 album “After Laughter.”