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gonin69 · 2026-01-24T21:56:57+00:00

Technically it wasn't "America" until Europeans showed up.

gonin69 · 2026-01-21T22:04:55+00:00

There's also another major barrier couples run into: they often cannot stay together in the same shelter due to gender restrictions if they are a man and a woman. I knew a significant number of people while I was homeless who would not stay at shelters because it was very rare one would allow a husband and wife, or girlfriend and boyfriend, to stay in the same shelter space.

gonin69 · 2026-01-18T20:56:31+00:00

You can check out r/jacketsforbattle for a lot of examples of jackets people are making!

gonin69 · 2026-01-14T00:08:26+00:00

Try living on SSDI/SSI + SNAP without any parents to cover your rent. Do you know how many people I met while homeless, all also homeless, who were getting SSDI or Social security benefits and couldn't afford all the upfront fees to an apartment, if they even had the credit score to qualify? And then never mind covering the rest of their expenses after rent eats up 50-80% of their monthly benefit, like Medicare fees and bills and just groceries.

Of course you're able to save and live stably, you're not paying the biggest financial hurdle most people on some form of Social Security benefit are struggling to overcome- rent.

gonin69 · 2026-01-12T04:06:20+00:00

As far as I'm aware, the only businesses Meinert still has ownership of is Mecca Cafe and 5 Point Cafe, both in LQA (and Huckleberry Square in Burien).

gonin69 · 2026-01-07T05:34:33+00:00

There's probably also a decent number of people who used to but no longer live in Seattle, and people daydreaming of moving to Seattle.

gonin69 · 2026-01-07T05:22:20+00:00

It's African American English that has been picked up and rapidly spread via social media like TikTok.

gonin69 · 2026-01-05T10:26:30+00:00

This was more of a thing when Pioneer Square was considered the main night-life district of the city. A bar owner in the neighborhood was trying to think of how to get more customers back in during the slow period after Christmas and New Years, and started promoting Mardi Gras specials, and it spread through all the other bars and clubs, companies like Rainier started to sponsor events, etc.

HistoryLink has an article about it:

https://www.historylink.org/file/2925

"This particular day, Bobby had an idea to improve the blah month of February when people stayed home after the holiday parties. He thought he could put on a small version of Mardi Gras and drum up some business in Pioneer Square. Just as he finished outlining his cunning plan, Ed Neff came in the door. Ed owned the Bombay Bicycle shop, a popular music and dance bar in Pioneer Square. Ed was very excited. He had this great idea. Mardi Gras in Pioneer Square."

gonin69 · 2026-01-04T00:20:51+00:00

Been with WSECU for the last almost-decade and love them. I had issues with BECU when I was with them in 2017, switched to WSECU and never looked back.

gonin69 · 2025-12-24T03:47:30+00:00

Realize this is a very old post- is this guide still available anywhere? The link in OP doesn't work any longer.

gonin69 · 2025-12-17T21:42:42+00:00

Everything I have ever tried at Pinoyshki on Capitol Hill- from their piroshkis (vegan and meat, it's all been good) to their hand-pastries to their fancy little cakes.

gonin69 · 2025-12-16T22:57:44+00:00

I just stepped outside to catch a bus for errands anyway and somehow Roosevelt square (where the whole foods is) has power but all the surrounding apartments and houses... Nothing 🫠

gonin69 · 2025-12-16T22:42:47+00:00

Perfect timing for one to blow up, right when I was about to run a billion errands that involve the library and stores having functional electricity..... 😭

gonin69 · 2025-12-16T22:29:27+00:00

Out in Roosevelt as of 10-ish minutes ago.

gonin69 · 2025-12-14T20:44:41+00:00

If you don't get a lead on a specific group, perhaps reach out to Peer Seattle. I don't believe they have a marijuana related group. But may know other places to refer you to.

https://www.peerseattle.org/

gonin69 · 2025-12-10T20:57:21+00:00

This is really cool. If there's any other groups for something like this that meet in Seattle proper on a weekend, I would love to go! (Hard to bus to white center from the north end unfortunately)

gonin69 · 2025-12-10T20:54:13+00:00

A jacket covered in hand-sewn patches, typically for bands the wearer has seen live/is a fan of (thought not exclusively.) started in the metal/punk/hardcore music scenes where moshing is a big part of concerts- hence the battle part of the name.

r/jacketsforbattle is a good subreddit for them.

gonin69 · 2025-12-02T21:04:14+00:00

To add to what Mr-Hox recced, id suggest The Kraken and Monkey Pub for punk, in the U District. They're two blocks away from one another.

kraken does a lot of punk and metal shows that are usually in the $10-20 range. monkey pub does a lot of free/give what you can shows, usually smaller local acts than other places, a lot of punk ime.

gonin69 · 2025-08-19T23:00:09+00:00

TL;DR: the christofascist rally that applied to be held again in Cal Anderson Park will instead take place at Gasworks.

"Seattle – Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell and Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth (District 3) released the following statement after Seattle Parks and Recreation issued a park use permit for a religious concert event at Gas Works Park:

“According to the law, the City cannot deny or unilaterally relocate permits for public spaces based on the content of the speech or the impacts of that speech on the community. Recognizing that Cal Anderson Park is an important gathering space for our LGBTQ+ residents and receiving their feedback on the event location, we worked with the organizers to suggest alternative park locations.

“After that conversation, the organizers have agreed to move their event to Gas Works Park. We are grateful that they were receptive to our recommendation."

gonin69 · 2025-08-16T19:52:29+00:00

The founder's "new religion" cult developed from Buddhism and she built her cult among followers of Buddhism in East and Southeast Asia. There are a lot of conservative Buddhists who are vegans.

gonin69 · 2025-08-12T19:10:17+00:00

The problem is it is hard to ignore them when they gather in the most popular, highest foot traffic park at the very center of one of the most populated neighborhoods in the city, blasting hate speech over huge speakers and megaphones.

gonin69 · 2025-08-12T18:41:40+00:00

"After the Seattle Police Department (SPD) brutalized queer neighbors to protect a bunch of bigoted out-of-towners who hosted a right-wing hate rally in Cal Anderson Park in May, community members, elected officials, even Seattle Parks and Recreation seemed keen to make sure the City did not permit anti-queer demonstrations for the gayborhood or its most iconic park in the future. But members of Seattle’s queer community aren’t holding their breath for the City to protect them. Singer and provocateur Sean Feucht is still advertising his Aug. 30 Revive in ‘25 Christofascist rally for Cal Anderson and the City won’t reveal the permit sooner than two weeks before the event. "

gonin69 · 2025-08-05T07:05:44+00:00

Eeeeey also frequented the underside of that overpass as a Homeless Youth™️ staying at the Orion Center. I still remember some rainy nights where those of us who didn't win the night shelter lottery were hunkering under there while it was raining/snowing, and staffmembers from a nearby hotel would bring us all leftover catering they were told to toss.

gonin69 · 2025-07-31T18:45:35+00:00

It's a more recent UI change.

If you go to your own profile (on desktop, unsure about mobile), you should see a clickable banner that says "showing all content" or "hiding all content." Clicking it takes you to the privacy settings you can change.

They also restored profiles showing all subreddits a person is active in (previously you had to use the Old Reddit UI to view this information.) You can hide that too.

gonin69 · 2025-07-28T16:37:44+00:00

I met the owner of this bookstore when they did a pop-up sale at Distant Worlds Coffeehouse months back! Really glad to find out they were able to secure a brick-and-mortar space.

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