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Charles Mudede

@mudede.bsky.social
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Senior Staff Writer at The Stranger

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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Damn!
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Melanie McFarland @mctelevision.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I love that @mudede.bsky.social calls Ed Sheeran "a coward whose music is to my ears what a wet stone is to my mouth" in his Slog news brief about Robert Kraft pledging $2 million to “the region.” "Make of that what you will," he says. www.thestranger.com/news/slog-am...
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The Human Fund George Costanza
Alt: George Costanza touts his fake charity, The Human Fund
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Vivian McCall @vivmccall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Super exciting news from @mudede.bsky.social @thestranger.com www.thestranger.com/arts/seattle...
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Seattle Group Finalizing Deal to Reopen the Egyptian Theater  - The Stranger
Twenty-three years ago, I found myself next to a hospital bed. My mother was on it and on life support. The doctor entered the room and painted a bleak picture; and I said to him: I know, I know, it’s serious. After hours of sitting by the bed, watching my mother and the machine that […]
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Seattle Group Finalizing Deal to Reopen the Egyptian Theater  www.thestranger.com/arts/seattle...
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Seattle Group Finalizing Deal to Reopen the Egyptian Theater  - The Stranger
Twenty-three years ago, I found myself next to a hospital bed. My mother was on it and on life support. The doctor entered the room and painted a bleak picture; and I said to him: I know, I know, it’s...
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Worse-ula Owen @ueowen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
All love to the 7 and all the folks (weird and otherwise) who ride it 😌
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I Have the Best and Craziest 7 Bus Story Ever www.thestranger.com/city/i-have-...
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I Have the Best and Craziest 7 Bus Story Ever - The Stranger
The storied Route 7 now has an expiration date: 2032. At that point, King County Metro will change it to RapidRide R Line, a bus that will run between Rainier Beach and downtown Seattle. This new line...
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The Stranger @thestranger.com · 03/09/2026
The Stranger's editorial team has curated yet another monthly calendar of all the best things to do: www.thestranger.com/music/things...
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Things to Do in September: Music - The Stranger
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, and This & That. Slayyyter, Pearly DropsSept 4With a sound described as “Charli XC...
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Cary Moon @carymoon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another banger from the great @mudede.bsky.social
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Slog AM: Tentative Deal With Teachers Avoids Strike, We Should Seriously Consider Reviving Victory Gardens, Dark Matter May No Longer Be So Dark - The Stranger
School starts today! The strike planned by the Seattle Education Association will not happen because the teachers union and Seattle Public Schools reached a tentative agreement as children slept (at a...
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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Nepal is demanding climate compensation from the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. “Nepal must hold its head high internationally and turn this into a matter of justice,” said Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Nepal Seeks Climate Compensation From China, US and India
Nepal is demanding climate compensation from the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases after deadly floods in the country killed more than a thousand people and left even more missing.
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If anyone is interested, I have an island in Lake America for sale.
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Impossible and Beyond beef just got a boost in the arm.
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Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
at least @mudede.bsky.social is around to teach Danny Westneat a thing or two www.thestranger.com/news/sawant-...
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Sawant Lost Against Melissa Chaudhry, not Smith - The Stranger
The man the Seattle Times tasked with the job of compressing cultural and political developments into tokens that the reader can share during a dinner party, or in a pub, or with the person next to th...
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The Stranger @thestranger.com · 10/08/2026
In this story from our Death Issue, @mudede.bsky.social dives into the historical and cultural significance of Columbia Funeral Home while taking a peak at what the future holds for the community staple.
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Columbia Funeral Home Greeted Visitors With the Dead for More Than a Century - The Stranger
For decades, Columbia Funeral Home & Crematory greeted drivers, passengers, pedestrians as they entered Columbia City. The neon sign, “Columbia Funeral Home,” fixed on the side of the roof that faced ...
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Megan Seling @meganseling.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Here, @mudede.bsky.social presents his fantastic idea for The Pit in downtown Seattle. "So, what’s to be done? I propose we leave the pit as wild as it is, but place at its center something tourists will ogle and philosophers approve of." www.thestranger.com/city/seattle...
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Seattle Should Build a Model of Itself in The Pit and Let It Decay - The Stranger
I wrote this in The Stranger nearly 20 years ago: “…Seattle has three buildings by famous contemporary architects: Seattle Art Museum (Robert Venturi), Experience Music Project (Frank Gehry), and Seat...
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@sound-transit.bsky.social what's wrong with Link now? The 2 line miswitched at 255. Everything slowed down because of a miswitch? My God.
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The World Does Not Need A 7-Hour Odyssey  www.thestranger.com/film-2/the-w...
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The World Does Not Need A 7-Hour Odyssey  - The Stranger
It isn’t often that a movie review in a literary journal like the London Review of Books goes viral—let alone a 4,234-word movie review—but that’s what happened this week when the LRB published transl...
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The Stranger @thestranger.com · 14/07/2026
Every vote counts for Kshama Sawant. Head to The Stranger to read @mudede.bsky.social take on Sawant's "determination, resolution, and organizational finesse" during her current congressional campaign.
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Sawant’s Ground Game Against Adam Smith Is Getting Red Hot  - The Stranger
On July 12, Columbia City experienced a hiphop/R&B/funk event organized by Beatwalk. A festival held primarily on a closed off section of South Ferdinand Street, Beatwalk includes participation from s...
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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carlfnelson.bsky.social @carlfnelson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is the most I’ve felt betrayed by the Stranger since Charles Mudede got me to go see Cloud Atlas in theaters
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Have I become numb? Or am I hearing fewer fireworks this time around?
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Chinatown. Dusk.
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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Merideath @merideath.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Charles Mudede on bunker TV is a nice companion piece… www.thestranger.com/climate-issu...
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Why Post-Apocalyptic TV Is Capturing Our Psyches
Are these bunker shows about the future or the present?
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Jason McGlothlen @goddamnedfrank.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Frank Gehry died and all I can think of is this passage from Charles Mudede on the politics of quirkiness. www.thestranger.com/features/201...
So what exactly is wrong with quirkiness? First, it has nothing to do with diversity. It is instead that white guy in the bar jiving with the immigrant's exotic hat, or Donald Rumsfeld with a chopstick balanced on his upper lip, or the wacky people who flash-mob the light rail in their underwear, or whatever enters and exits the mind without a thought. Secondly, even an arrogant warmonger like Rummy can be quirky. It's fun to be quirky because it means nothing to be quirky. And something that has no meaning is striving for political neutrality. And political neutrality is the desired result of projects funded by those in positions of power, like developers and pro-business associations. Political neutrality promotes the idea or illusion that there are things in capitalist society that are universal, natural, that can be shared or enjoyed by all with no consequences. Those in power want us to believe that such neutral social spaces and practices actually exist within the limits of the market, as this shows that the market is only about itself and is wholly outside of the sphere of daily social struggles. And why do those in power want the public to see the market as neutral? Because if you fail in the market (fail at getting a job, fail with the credit agency, fail at keeping your home), you will have to conclude it has nothing to do with the market but everything to do with you. For the neutral market to reward you, you need to work harder, do more, invest more time and energy. This is what the emptiness of quirkiness provides the system. This is the beak of the scupper opening its mouth. This is also, by the way, the architecture of Frank Gehry.
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 23/06/2026
Watching France-Iraq reminding me of one of the more unusual reviews I've ever received—of Globalists by way of a young Mbappé in 2018 by Charles Mudede www.thestranger.com/books/kylian...
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Kylian Mbappé and the Contradictions of Fortress Europe
Looks like teen spirit... Matthias Hangst/Getty Images On Sunday, the biggest name in football, Kylian Mbappé, scored the goal that made it clear to all...
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The president doesn't know that a visa is not the same thing as a passport. And it seems no one in his administration could tell or be bothered to show him the difference. Montesquieu: "Once a tyrannical system is established nobody, least of all those in charge... knows what is really going on."
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This is Mamdani and Jeffries... For real. There is some gangster in that mayor. youtube.com/watch?v=i96V...
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the godfather best scene
YouTube video by Hamza Nazzal
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Slog AM: World Cup Helps Soundtransit Break Single-Day Ridership Record, the Mamdani Era Begins, Georgetown Stolen Rat Trap Returned  www.thestranger.com/slog-am/slog...
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Slog AM: World Cup Helps Soundtransit Break Single-Day Ridership Record, the Mamdani Era Begins, Georgetown Stolen Rat Trap Returned  - The Stranger
True, the way Seattle is hosting its portion of the World Cup is far from perfect. It’s riddled with social problems. But one also has to admit that the city is receiving a great deal of social media ...
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It would not shock me in the least if Trump blamed Lincoln Memorial Pool turning green on Biden or Obama.
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Fascinating that Danny Westneat failed to recognize a pattern of "failure" on homeless shelters until a mayor actually started adding shelter units—unlike the two previous mayors, who oversaw the LOSS of shelter beds. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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In Seattle, ‘I tried’ is probably enough
Will it matter to Seattle voters that Mayor Katie Wilson's first big promise — to set up 500 shelter units by the World Cup — is falling short, by a lot?
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A Nazi Will Greet Aliens When They Open the Spaceship Voyager www.thestranger.com/death/a-nazi...
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A Nazi Will Greet Aliens When They Open the Spaceship Voyager
Maybe aliens will spot the probe, capture it, open it, and hear a white supremacist introduce the whole human race.
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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Holy shit. (From Reddit)
a red SUV at Mount Baker station
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Slog AM: Meta Killing More Jobs in King County, Dow Constantine Kicks Graham Street Station Into the Future, CDC Seeking Volunteers to Screen Travelers at Airports For Ebola  www.thestranger.com/slog-am/slog...
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Slog AM: Meta Killing More Jobs in King County, Dow Constantine Kicks Graham Street Station Into the Future, CDC Seeking Volunteers to Screen Travelers at Airports For Ebola  - The Stranger
Meta keeps bleeding local jobs into the twilight of AI hype. The latest round of layoffs has eliminated 1,395 jobs in King County. Though some may think that AI itself is the cause of this escalating ...
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Old Lady Rainier Statue Is Now Seattle’s Queen of Public Transportation www.thestranger.com/city/the-lad...
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Voiceless Hand @voicelesshand.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
As a lover of this beautiful statue, a drinker of Rainier, and an employee of Metro Link, I appreciate this message
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Lex Vaughn @lex.vaughn.theneedling.com · 14/05/2026
"If you are on a Link train, you can see the statue before entering the tunnel, and you see her when exiting it. Either way, she is there just for you. Looking at you. Loving you. Raising a drink to you. The bad traffic behind her is a dinosaur that refuses to believe in its own extinction."
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The Lady Rainier Statue Is Seattle’s Queen of Public  Transportation www.thestranger.com/city/the-lad... The old statue is oriented to the only future that’s possible—the one that transports people not as individuals but gregariously. A car can only be a sorry couch.
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The Lady Rainier Statue Is Seattle’s Queen of Public  Transportation - The Stranger
Though hidden, the Lady Rainier statue is easy to find. She is right next to the northernmost building of the Old Rainier Brewery complex on Airport Way. A few steps from a parking lot lead you to her...
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Jonathan Mertzig @mertzigzag.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🍺 Brewing History 🤝 Transit Future 🚊
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stupid pony @solidarity.pizza · 12/05/2026
« This is our Lady Rainier today. She came to America to sell beer; now she promotes the only future that’s possible, one devoted to renewable sources of energy. And this … shows us that the concept of essence … is useless to us, the subjects of modernity and plasticity. »
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Lady Rainier Statue Is Seattle’s Queen of Public  Transportation www.thestranger.com/city/the-lad...
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The Lady Rainier Statue Is Seattle’s Queen of Public  Transportation - The Stranger
Though hidden, the Lady Rainier statue is easy to find. She is right next to the northernmost building of the Old Rainier Brewery complex on Airport Way. A few steps from a parking lot lead you to her...
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
iai.tv/articles/qua... Solid post on quantum physics...
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Quantum physics reveals there is no such thing as things
<p><em>Quantum physics doesn’t just rewrite our equations; it dismantles our ontology. From uncertainty to entanglement, the theory breaks the classical idea of the world as made of individual objects...
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Thinking About Swallows in Perhaps the Last Decade of Their Returns to Seattle www.thestranger.com/animals/thin...
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Thinking About Swallows in Perhaps the Last Decade of Their Returns to Seattle
The more one enfolds swallows, the more swallowish their thinking becomes.
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I recommend staying away from Link Line 1 tonight. It's down at Mount Baker Station. @sound-transit.bsky.social ain't ready for the big League.
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Charles Mudede @mudede.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
@sound-transit.bsky.social has a very long way to go before it figures out how to handle flow when Mariners are close to rush hour. They are mere children when it comes to such obvious challenges.
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The Stranger @thestranger.com · 07/04/2026
We fear @mudede.bsky.social was on to something
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The Stranger @thestranger.com · 07/04/2026
@mudede.bsky.social says that if you want to experience the disorienting fear that is the central plot of Exit 8, all you have to do is go to the Beacon Hill Light Rail Station.
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To Experience the Horror Movie Exit 8, Visit the Beacon Hill Light-Rail Station - The Stranger
A part of me wants this post to be about an Instagram pigeon who has made the subterranean Beacon Hill Station its home. But we must assign that deserving story to a post that will appear in the near ...
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Roy Christopher @roychristopher.com · 27/03/2026
In his latest essay for @thestranger.com, Charles Mudede (@mudede.bsky.social) tackles the dread that only comes from the threat of nuclear apocalypse (a dread Gen X is all too familiar with), referencing and quoting my recent book POST-SELF 💙📚 #booksky #iran #war www.thestranger.com/news/2026/03...
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Operation Epic Fury Has Revived a Fear My Generation Remembers: Total Nuclear War
Will the world as we know it even reach this year&#8217;s midterm elections? This question, which might sound a bit alarmist, now has to be taken seriously because the stage for World War III has been...
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Physgal ⚛️ @physgal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
👩🏻‍🔬🔭🧪
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The Stranger @thestranger.com · 26/03/2026
Operation Epic Fury Has Revived a Fear @mudede.bsky.social Generation Remembers: Total Nuclear War
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Operation Epic Fury Has Revived a Fear My Generation Remembers: Total Nuclear War
Will the world as we know it even reach this year&#8217;s midterm elections? This question, which might sound a bit alarmist, now has to be taken seriously because the stage for World War III has been...
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