Nathalie Graham

3 days ago | thestranger.com | Nathalie Graham

Photos by Natalie Grammer At the back of Southgate Roller Rink near the skate rental area, a group of scantily clad people removed a fiberglass tile from the ceiling. The stripper pole needed to fit somehow. Chantilly Tempo, the host of the first-of-its-kind Roll & Poll event, glided around to check on the progress, the light-up wheels of her skates reflecting off her white knee-high socks. She wore a brown and white gingham bra and skort and a pearl-studded ribbon swished from her ponytail.

1 week ago | thestranger.com | Nathalie Graham

More Misery for Microsoftees: It's hell over there in Redmond. Microsoft is planning to lay off "thousands" of employees next month as it pares back its numbers and funnels spending into artificial intelligence. Most of the cuts will hit the sales department. These layoffs follow the 6,000 jobs Microsoft axed in May. Powerless in South Seattle: Power outages struck Seattle City Light customers in Tukwila and South Seattle on Wednesday afternoon. A fallen branch is the likely culprit.

1 week ago | thestranger.com | Nathalie Graham

Trump Tells Tehran to Evacuate: On Monday, Israel struck an Iranian state TV station, and Iran leveled a pre-dawn airstrike against Israel, killing eight people. Later, Donald Trump of all people on Truth Social for all of Tehran, Iran's capital city that has a population of over 9 million people and a metropolitan area with a population of over 16 million people. Trump wrote, "IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.

2 weeks ago | thestranger.com | Nathalie Graham

Israel Strikes Iran: On Friday, Israel launched military strikes on Iran. It targeted the country's nuclear sites and killed at least two of Iran's top military officials. The nuclear sites were those at the middle of Trump's nuclear negotiations with Iran. Apparently, Trump told Netanyahu not to target the sites since diplomatic proceedings were underway. Oopsie, Netanyahu did so anyway. However, two Israeli officials told Axios that Trump only pretended to resist the strikes in public.

3 weeks ago | thestranger.com | Nathalie Graham

Photos by West Smith I wrapped my arms around two giant men—the loosehead and tight head (positions, not names)—and twisted my hands into their jerseys. They gripped the waistband of my shorts, locking us together. Thank god I had worn spandex underneath, I thought, as my shorts hitched into a giant wedgie. Sweat dampened their backs. We leaned down, our weight one, our bodies together. The egg-shaped ball lay at my feet. In a scramble of limbs, I hooked it—inelegantly—out the back of the scrum.