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Catherine Hinrichsen
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Communications professional escaping Twitter to find good journalism, data visualizations, progressive thinkers, 15-minute city fans, pop culture recommendations, and people who love Seattle.
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thewayoftheid.bsky.social
Was she watching the McLaughlin Group in a constant state of arousal
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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rexhuppke.bsky.social
In which I applaud moderate Democrats for bravely folding to avoid helping any of their voters.

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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joeveyera.bsky.social
Lumen Field Event Center will serve as a King County vote center on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday to assist those who need help completing their ballot, as well as register new voters and update current voter records.
Lumen Field King County Election Center | Lumen Field – LumenField.com
Nov 01, 2025 - Nov 04, 2025 / Seattle, Washington / Buy Tickets
www.lumenfield.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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elections.kingcounty.gov
Vote Centers are open tomorrow! If you need in person assistance with registering or voting, visit one of seven locations across the county where staff will be on hand to help. kce.wiki/VoteCenter has times and locations.
Vote centers - King County, Washington
kce.wiki
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
chinrichsen.bsky.social
We have such a great #votebymail system. I’m always relieved when I see my vote’s been counted. Thank you @kingcountywa.bsky.social Elections.

Only 7 more days till we maybe get some good news & much-needed change (except let’s keep @alexis4seattle.bsky.social) 🤞🏼🗳️
Screen shot of King County Elections web page showing the steps in tracking a ballot and confirming the ballot was counted.
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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joeveyera.bsky.social
The Crocodile and King County Elections will host "Croc the Vote" on Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m., turning the Belltown venue into an official ballot drop location, with music from rock band Balcony Bridge starting at 6 p.m.
thecrocodileseattle on Instagram: "Belltown! We’re teaming up with @kcelections and turning The Croc into an official ballot drop location on Sunday 11/2! Stop by wit…"
Belltown! We’re teaming up with @kcelections and turning The Croc into an official ballot drop location on Sunday 11/2! Stop by with your ballot between 4-8pm for drinks, music, and democracy in action 🍻🎶 🗳️View all comments
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October 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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jseattle.bsky.social
In race for Seattle Mayor, Katie Wilson addresses ‘Momgate’
Half-jokingly referring to it as “the first scandal of my political life,” Bruce Harrell challenger Katie Wilson has produced a smart video response to what she is calling “Momgate” after the incumbent’s campaign seized on last week’s report from KUOW … Continue reading →
dlvr.it
October 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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alexis4seattle.bsky.social
We deserve better. Dehumanizing our neighbors by using photos of them on their worst days without their consent is unacceptable. We have a lot of work to do to address homelessness, but this only moves us further from that goal by othering real people in an attempt to score cheap political points.
October 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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angrywaterman.bsky.social
Seattle No Kings from the monorail
October 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)
For nine nights now, the steady thrum of Black Hawk helicopters has circled over Portland. The sound is constant, invasive; a low mechanical beating above our homes. It’s expensive. It’s intimidating. And it’s unnecessary. Our protests have been largely peaceful. There is no insurrection here. Yet this federalized military presence makes us feel like we are living in a war zone (the very kind of chaos this administration claims to be protecting us from). The irony is painful: it is only this occupation that makes Portland feel unsafe. Each hour of helicopter flight costs taxpayers between $2,000 and $4,000, depending on crew, fuel, and maintenance. Multiply that by multiple aircraft over multiple nights, and you’re looking at hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars burned into the sky. Meanwhile, the Woodstock Food Pantry at All Saints Episcopal Church — which feeds working families, elders, and people with disabilities — has seen its federal funding slashed by 75%. How can we justify pouring public money into intimidation while cutting aid to those who simply need to eat? This is waste, fraud, and abuse in plain sight: * Waste of public resources on military theatrics. * Fraud in the name of “public safety.” * Abuse of the communities that federal agencies claim to protect. Portland is a Sanctuary City. A sanctuary city is not a fortress. It’s a promise — a living vow that a community will protect the dignity and safety of everyone who calls it home. It means that local governments and ordinary people alike will refuse to criminalize survival. That schools, clinics, churches, and shelters will remain safe spaces no matter who you are or where you were born. But the term reaches far beyond policy. It’s an ethic of belonging; a refusal to criminalize need, difference, or desperation. Sanctuary isn’t weakness. It’s courage. It takes moral strength to meet suffering with care instead of punishment, to believe that our neighbors’ safety is bound up in our own, to insist that safety is not achieved through force but through community, inclusion, and trust. It is living Matthew 25:40 out loud and in deed. It is an act of moral imagination and moral defiance. To hold sanctuary is to say: you belong here. When we hold space for the most vulnerable — refugees, the unhoused, the undocumented, the disabled, the working poor, the displaced — we become something larger than a collection of individuals. We become a moral body. We do more than offer charity. We offer witness. We declare that the measure of a nation is found not in its towers or tanks, but in its tenderness. Sanctuary cities are not lawless; they are soulful. They represent the conscience of the nation, a place where the laws of empathy still apply. To make sanctuary is to affirm that the United States is not merely a geographic territory, but a moral experiment: a republic that must constantly choose between fear and compassion, between domination and democracy. A nation’s soul is measured not by the might of its military, but by the mercy of its people. When helicopters circle our skies in the name of order, while food pantries struggle to feed the hungry, we are forced to ask: What are we defending, and from whom? The soul of a nation survives only when we make sanctuary for one another. Not through walls or weapons, but through compassion and collective will. If we allow intimidation to replace compassion, we will have traded our conscience for control. Please know that despite the hum of war machines overhead, the conscience of our city — whimsical, creative, stubbornly kind — can still be heard. Portland is not the problem. Portland is the reminder. A reminder that a city can still choose to be sanctuary. That a people can still choose to be human.
October 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
October 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
chinrichsen.bsky.social
Thanks for the heads up, AI! We’ll all be watching at 1 a.m. Seattle time. 🙄 #mariners #ALDS #MLB
October 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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mattcameron.bsky.social
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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aawa.us
Imagine your life without driving. We are joining organizations across Washington State to celebrate the #WeekWithoutDriving! Will you be participating by #AmtrakCascades or #SounderRail ? Check out our guide to rail and transit connections at www.aawa.us/week-without... Post your stories!
Connect between rail and transit during the Week Without Driving Monday, September 29 – Sunday, October 5, 2025
www.aawa.us
September 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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daveweigel.bsky.social
ME ON A TRAIN: Oh no, I accidentally clicked a video with sound! Oh god, people heard a second of loud sound from my phone. I have torn the social contract.

EVERYBODY ELSE ON TRAIN: Shit yeah, train time, time to watch the loudest TikToks
September 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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tomscocca.bsky.social
How it's going / How it started
Screenshot of op-ed header: Opinion Bret Stephens Now the Left Cares About Free Speech Again Sept. 23, 2025 Screenshot of story header: I Called Bret Stephens a Bedbug. Then He Tried to Squelch My Freedom of Speech. What a Day. This, after embarrassing himself on Twitter and on national television. By David Karpf Published: Aug 27, 2019 6:51 PM EDT
September 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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kentremendous.bsky.social
The greatest minds of the right wing intellectual dark web think tank cannot -- or won't -- distinguish between "comic gets yelled at in comedy club for telling shitty joke about trans people" and "federal government forces corporation to pull comedian off the air for mocking President"
maris.bsky.social Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · Sep 24
I will not link to it. I just want to reiterate that thousands of books have been banned by the right. And American Dirt sold millions of copies.
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
chinrichsen.bsky.social
Historic. Everyone needs to be able to watch this! Even If they live in a “blackout city” like we do in Seattle, where the craven Sinclair is refusing to air it. #JimmyKimmel youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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September 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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meganburbank.bsky.social
Today, I was laid off from Cascade PBS along with my entire team and most of the newsroom. I'll have more to say, but I have loved my time as news editor alongside some of the best journalists I have ever worked with. Every time a newsroom closes, stories go with it. The silence that follows is loud
September 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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jcohenwrites.bsky.social
It's been a bad day! For now I'll just say I can't think of a worse time to have fewer reporters and editors on the job and that I'm very glad to have a union on our side.
September 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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juliareedwa.bsky.social
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Extremely disappointed in Cascade/PBS’ decision to slash their whole newsroom. I’ll note the CEO doesn’t say anything about his own salary or any other c-suite leader’s being considered for reduction, just 20 hardworking journalists and editors out of work.
Cascade PBS slashes Seattle newsroom, citing federal cuts
Formed in 2015 by the merger of KCTS 9 TV and Crosscut, Cascade PBS will continue making video programs but will stop making "long-form written journalism."
www.seattletimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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fusewashington.org
The end of @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social is a disaster for WA news. It's also a perfect encapsulation of the two threats to journalism:

1. MAGA Republicans & their tech allies defunding local news

2. CEOs & bosses union-busting their hard-working journalists while taking home huge pay packages.
juliareedwa.bsky.social Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · Sep 22
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Extremely disappointed in Cascade/PBS’ decision to slash their whole newsroom. I’ll note the CEO doesn’t say anything about his own salary or any other c-suite leader’s being considered for reduction, just 20 hardworking journalists and editors out of work.
Cascade PBS slashes Seattle newsroom, citing federal cuts
Formed in 2015 by the merger of KCTS 9 TV and Crosscut, Cascade PBS will continue making video programs but will stop making "long-form written journalism."
www.seattletimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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kromandavid.bsky.social
I heard the news this morning. I owe everything to Crosscut and this breaks my heart. Frankly, it always felt over managed by people who’d never worked in print journalism before. My heart goes out to everyone there
ericacbarnett.bsky.social Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · Sep 22
BREAKING: Cascade PBS, which operates the website Crosscut, is laying off 19 people, reportedly including its entire news staff. In an email to staff, CEO Rob Dunlop blamed federal cuts, saying the nonprofit is "winding down our longform, written journalism."
September 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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seattleindivisible.bsky.social
This is a loss of important local reporting in our community! @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social is informative on topics not covered elsewhere and we follow crosscut. #seattle
ericacbarnett.bsky.social Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · Sep 22
BREAKING: Cascade PBS, which operates the website Crosscut, is laying off 19 people, reportedly including its entire news staff. In an email to staff, CEO Rob Dunlop blamed federal cuts, saying the nonprofit is "winding down our longform, written journalism."
September 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM