Nathalie Graham
@gramsofgnats.bsky.social
Seattle journalist. I write a column about hobbies.
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Nathalie Graham
@gramsofgnats.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Play Date: A Day of Jigging with Seattle Irish Dance Company
Tagging along on some pre-St. Paddy's Day craziness preparations.
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In case you missed it in the devolving twitter hell scape, I've been writing a column about subcultures and hobbies—and trying them out myself—for the last year and a half. First, I went Irish dancing:
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How it started / how it’s going
February 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
How it started / how it’s going
did you know about the seattle election happening right now? www.thestranger.com/news/2026/02...
There’s an Election Happening Right Now
Only real ones know about the King Conservation District (KCD) election. Which is a shame. It isn’t some dusty, obscure, do-nothing entity; the KCD has an operating budget of around $10 million, mined...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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?
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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
February 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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...
www.foxla.com/news/lapd-ch...
LAPD won't enforce California's ICE mask ban, chief says
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell discusses the city's lowest homicide rate since 1966 and explains why the department won't enforce California's ICE mask ban.
www.foxla.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:41 AM
could be a similar story for Washington’s bill that’s making its way through the legislature rn
www.foxla.com/news/lapd-ch...
www.foxla.com/news/lapd-ch...
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"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...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
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January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"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
January 31, 2026 at 5:51 AM
babe please you have to stop watching Roku city
looking for somewhere to direct your energy today? try this:
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
Protests! Get Your Protests Here!
The demands are simple: Get Target to denounce ICE, those chuds terrorizing and murdering people in Target’s hometown, and to stop allowing them to operate in their stores. Shouldn’t the c...
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January 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
looking for somewhere to direct your energy today? try this:
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
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NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This is grim. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This is grim. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
the worst part about being mayor is probably having to pretend to like sports
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
the worst part about being mayor is probably having to pretend to like sports
"To the premature balding individual, an expanding O or a deepening M is the first letter in a blunt confession from the body that it’s been cheating on you with time itself and with your father’s genes." I will read everything this man writes
for my GQ debut, I wrote about my strange addiction to complimentary hair transplant consultations, and how I finally quit it cold turkey… by going to Turkey www.gq.com/story/i-was-...
I Was Addicted to Hair Transplant Consultations
In college I developed an extreme body dysmorphia around my hairline. It took countless transplant consultations—and public confessions—to come out the other side.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"To the premature balding individual, an expanding O or a deepening M is the first letter in a blunt confession from the body that it’s been cheating on you with time itself and with your father’s genes." I will read everything this man writes
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always remember to chain yer get-off-my-lawn demon
January 27, 2026 at 9:23 PM
always remember to chain yer get-off-my-lawn demon
Getting psilocybin legislation passed has been Sen. Jesse Salomon's big goal for the past ~ 5 years. After doing a big trip in Mexico, he's tacking on another hallucinogenic medicinal plant to his legislative to-do list:
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
State Sen. Jesse Salomon Wants to Bring Ibogaine Therapy to Washington
State Sen. Jesse Salomon, Washington's mushrooms legislator, wants to broaden the state's psychedelic horizons with Ibogaine therapy, a drug that supposedly acts as an almost miracle balm for psychic ...
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January 27, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Getting psilocybin legislation passed has been Sen. Jesse Salomon's big goal for the past ~ 5 years. After doing a big trip in Mexico, he's tacking on another hallucinogenic medicinal plant to his legislative to-do list:
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
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Exciting news in a world full of very not exciting news: The Vera Project is opening a new all-ages venue in Georgetown in early 2027! @davesegal.bsky.social has the story for @thestranger.com here:
The Vera Project Announces New All-Ages Venue
The new 300-capacity venue is set to open in Georgetown in early 2027.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Exciting news in a world full of very not exciting news: The Vera Project is opening a new all-ages venue in Georgetown in early 2027! @davesegal.bsky.social has the story for @thestranger.com here:
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Even the big dick subreddit is mad about ICE
“How hard I get when I think about abolishing ICE,” one post reads
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:53 PM
fdsklafjdsakl www.theverge.com/news/867967/...
I did find the piece. They were neighbors *and* coworkers. I will not be sharing more because I don’t want you narcs to find it
January 26, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I did find the piece. They were neighbors *and* coworkers. I will not be sharing more because I don’t want you narcs to find it
I’m pretty sure they were neighbors in Seattle and one was a Seahawks fan and one was a Patriots fan. Enemies to lovers
January 26, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I’m pretty sure they were neighbors in Seattle and one was a Seahawks fan and one was a Patriots fan. Enemies to lovers
Last time the Seahawks went to the Super Bowl I wrote a gay Supernatural fanfic about it
January 26, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Last time the Seahawks went to the Super Bowl I wrote a gay Supernatural fanfic about it
well, you can’t blame a guy for trying to hit his macros
January 24, 2026 at 3:16 AM
well, you can’t blame a guy for trying to hit his macros
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pimple picking son or full volume reel scroll daughter
January 24, 2026 at 1:38 AM
pimple picking son or full volume reel scroll daughter
in a hell sandwich on the bus. Man in front of me (parallel, he is sitting in the front seats that face the windows) is picking the pimples on his face til he bleeds. Woman behind me is skipping through reels at full volume
January 24, 2026 at 12:30 AM
in a hell sandwich on the bus. Man in front of me (parallel, he is sitting in the front seats that face the windows) is picking the pimples on his face til he bleeds. Woman behind me is skipping through reels at full volume
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🚨 ICE is creating a watchlist of anyone and everyone who films them, DHS sources tell me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them
“We have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
🚨 ICE is creating a watchlist of anyone and everyone who films them, DHS sources tell me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
as my sister-in-law points out, sometimes this connection can be very strong! something to do with cardinal signs?
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
as my sister-in-law points out, sometimes this connection can be very strong! something to do with cardinal signs?
The new light rail Cross Lake Connection is opening at the end of March. That makes it an Aries:
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
The Light Rail's Cross Lake Connection Not a Love Match for the 1 Line
My sister in law says there are serious astrological complications.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:53 PM
The new light rail Cross Lake Connection is opening at the end of March. That makes it an Aries:
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...
www.thestranger.com/news/2026/01...