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🖌️ Seattle’s naked bike parade is a masterclass in colorful courage

Seattle’s Fremont Solstice Parade kicks off summer with body paint, bikes, and unfiltered self-expression.

I personally can't think of anything less pleasant than biking naked, except maybe biking naked in public. But I’m not one of the free-spirited Seattle folk who feel so strongly about radical self-expression that they trade in spandex for a coat of glittery paint.

Each year, more than a thousand body-painted cyclists roll through the Fremont Solstice Parade, transforming what started as a streaker stunt in the ’90s into a full-blown tradition. The unwritten rule? If you’re going to be naked, be artfully naked.

And for many, the ride is just the finale. The real joy happens beforehand at the communal painting party, where strangers become canvases, and introverts somehow end up airbrushing Spider-Man onto someone’s thigh. "I tell people, it will be the highlight of your life," Solstice Cyclists group leader Ethan Bradford told Axios Seattle. "It will be out of your comfort zone." I’m going to go ahead and file that under ‘Wild Understatement.’

It’s legal (somehow). It’s ridiculous. And prudish jokes notwithstanding, it’s a glorious liberated bit of playful self-expression.

If looking at the pics of the Solstice Cyclists in all of their colorful glory gets you thinking about joining them next year, you can learn more about that here, you brave, brave soul.

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🍽️ “Zero dollars!” Server goes viral after showing the real cost of no tip

Tipping might be a broken system, but taking it out on your server doesn’t fix it.

When Texas Roadhouse waiter Keven Manochit got stiffed on a $98 bill, he didn’t just vent, he educated. His viral TikTok shows the receipt and his now-iconic reaction: “Zero (...) dollars!” What most diners don’t realize? In many restaurants, servers still have to tip out bussers and bartenders based on sales, not tips. So when you leave nothing, they can actually lose money.

Other food service workers chimed in with their own frustrations, and the comment section lit up with the age-old tipping debate: expected courtesy or outdated burden? Some viewers clapped back with, “Maybe find a different job,” while others cheered Manochit’s honesty.

In a follow-up video, he called out a different kind of offender: the regulars who never tip and always expect top-notch service. “We know you don’t tip, and that’s exactly why we serve you the way we serve you,” he said. 

🌱 Meet the billionaire heiress who always flies coach

Mitzi Perdue has two famous last names but prefers cobblers to couture.

As the daughter of Sheraton Hotels co-founder Ernest Henderson and the widow of chicken magnate Frank Perdue, heiress Mitzi Perdue could be living large. Like… LARGE large. Penthouse in the sky with all the chicken you could eat trucked in by the finger-licking bucket large. Instead, she lives with zero frills: renting a modest one-bedroom in Maryland, gets her shoes repaired instead of replaced, and insists on flying coach. Why? Because she believes happiness comes from serving others, not being served.

Her definition of success? “Working on a cause you believe in at your highest and best abilities.” She’s walked that talk by auctioning off her antique emerald engagement ring to aid Ukraine, supporting landmine removal through HALO Trust, and reporting from conflict zones herself.

Mitzi’s philosophy is simple: if you have the means to make change, you should. No yacht required.

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