@katekimball.bsky.social
Retired government/public interest lawyer who fled DC, eventually to life on a PacNW island. Yearn for less interesting times, but too cantankerous to sit back.
Hannah Arendt is still right, damn it.
Hannah Arendt is still right, damn it.
Excellent advice! Such a good book I bought a copy after getting it from the library. I keep thinking about it and wanted to go back and re-read sections.
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Excellent advice! Such a good book I bought a copy after getting it from the library. I keep thinking about it and wanted to go back and re-read sections.
Fine. But first bring back free hot meals with actual silverware and cloth napkins with enough room to eat without jabbing one another.
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Fine. But first bring back free hot meals with actual silverware and cloth napkins with enough room to eat without jabbing one another.
Any chance of an “electrotech” heat pump being available, say, next month to get the expiring tax credit?
Asking for a friend…with lousy timing.
Asking for a friend…with lousy timing.
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Any chance of an “electrotech” heat pump being available, say, next month to get the expiring tax credit?
Asking for a friend…with lousy timing.
Asking for a friend…with lousy timing.
Thanks for doing this, Senator.
I’m guessing they say “high risk pools” so people won’t know what it means or how it affects them. Appreciate you making it clear.
Those were awful days. Felt like a pre-existing condition was being human and coverage was incredibly expensive or denied altogether.
I’m guessing they say “high risk pools” so people won’t know what it means or how it affects them. Appreciate you making it clear.
Those were awful days. Felt like a pre-existing condition was being human and coverage was incredibly expensive or denied altogether.
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Thanks for doing this, Senator.
I’m guessing they say “high risk pools” so people won’t know what it means or how it affects them. Appreciate you making it clear.
Those were awful days. Felt like a pre-existing condition was being human and coverage was incredibly expensive or denied altogether.
I’m guessing they say “high risk pools” so people won’t know what it means or how it affects them. Appreciate you making it clear.
Those were awful days. Felt like a pre-existing condition was being human and coverage was incredibly expensive or denied altogether.
Can’t dispute that because I’ve been aiming for weaker tea lately. Can’t handle the caffeine in multiple cups of the strong stuff and I want multiple cups!
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Can’t dispute that because I’ve been aiming for weaker tea lately. Can’t handle the caffeine in multiple cups of the strong stuff and I want multiple cups!
Round tea bags could be Republic of Tea, but that comes in round tins.
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Strongest I know is Yorkshire Gold.
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www.republicoftea.com/british-brea...
Strongest I know is Yorkshire Gold.
www.englishteastore.com/products/yor...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Round tea bags could be Republic of Tea, but that comes in round tins.
www.republicoftea.com/british-brea...
Strongest I know is Yorkshire Gold.
www.englishteastore.com/products/yor...
www.republicoftea.com/british-brea...
Strongest I know is Yorkshire Gold.
www.englishteastore.com/products/yor...
Also really smart.
How many listeners are confident they know what “sui generis” means?
If they don’t understand Hayes’ description of NYC, the point is lost and the conversation wobbles thereafter.
Mamdani invited everyone into the discussion by pausing. Really walking the walk here.
How many listeners are confident they know what “sui generis” means?
If they don’t understand Hayes’ description of NYC, the point is lost and the conversation wobbles thereafter.
Mamdani invited everyone into the discussion by pausing. Really walking the walk here.
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Also really smart.
How many listeners are confident they know what “sui generis” means?
If they don’t understand Hayes’ description of NYC, the point is lost and the conversation wobbles thereafter.
Mamdani invited everyone into the discussion by pausing. Really walking the walk here.
How many listeners are confident they know what “sui generis” means?
If they don’t understand Hayes’ description of NYC, the point is lost and the conversation wobbles thereafter.
Mamdani invited everyone into the discussion by pausing. Really walking the walk here.
Exactly this. Nightmare stuff, especially as one gets older.
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Exactly this. Nightmare stuff, especially as one gets older.
Aw, shucks — deeply pleased by the compliment because I have such respect for your work.
Your reply alone has me more interested than what I watched last night.
In an era of squandered opportunities, this series rankles. Could have rebuilt a shared understanding of how/why we came to be, but no.
Your reply alone has me more interested than what I watched last night.
In an era of squandered opportunities, this series rankles. Could have rebuilt a shared understanding of how/why we came to be, but no.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Aw, shucks — deeply pleased by the compliment because I have such respect for your work.
Your reply alone has me more interested than what I watched last night.
In an era of squandered opportunities, this series rankles. Could have rebuilt a shared understanding of how/why we came to be, but no.
Your reply alone has me more interested than what I watched last night.
In an era of squandered opportunities, this series rankles. Could have rebuilt a shared understanding of how/why we came to be, but no.
Strong agree.
To me, the Am Rev is a riveting story about how a people redefined themselves and their relationship to political power. A good story teller can convey both the excitement and the enormity of that shift without B-roll re-enactments to hype battles.
To me, the Am Rev is a riveting story about how a people redefined themselves and their relationship to political power. A good story teller can convey both the excitement and the enormity of that shift without B-roll re-enactments to hype battles.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Strong agree.
To me, the Am Rev is a riveting story about how a people redefined themselves and their relationship to political power. A good story teller can convey both the excitement and the enormity of that shift without B-roll re-enactments to hype battles.
To me, the Am Rev is a riveting story about how a people redefined themselves and their relationship to political power. A good story teller can convey both the excitement and the enormity of that shift without B-roll re-enactments to hype battles.
Fascinating. Thanks for highlighting this well-written article. Got a laugh out of “crowdsourced lobotomy.”
November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Fascinating. Thanks for highlighting this well-written article. Got a laugh out of “crowdsourced lobotomy.”
And the amount of work it takes to change Settings preferences to nix AI.
Once is never enough and AI is offered up in so many settings that it feels like I schedule a weekly “AI Cleaning” day.
Once is never enough and AI is offered up in so many settings that it feels like I schedule a weekly “AI Cleaning” day.
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
And the amount of work it takes to change Settings preferences to nix AI.
Once is never enough and AI is offered up in so many settings that it feels like I schedule a weekly “AI Cleaning” day.
Once is never enough and AI is offered up in so many settings that it feels like I schedule a weekly “AI Cleaning” day.
Dems have been focused on health care a bit lately—or didn’t he notice?
As pps have said, being mayor a small town wasn’t what hit him attention. There was something else that did, something else embraced by Dems.
Makes me wonder who his friends are and whose advice he seeks.
As pps have said, being mayor a small town wasn’t what hit him attention. There was something else that did, something else embraced by Dems.
Makes me wonder who his friends are and whose advice he seeks.
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Dems have been focused on health care a bit lately—or didn’t he notice?
As pps have said, being mayor a small town wasn’t what hit him attention. There was something else that did, something else embraced by Dems.
Makes me wonder who his friends are and whose advice he seeks.
As pps have said, being mayor a small town wasn’t what hit him attention. There was something else that did, something else embraced by Dems.
Makes me wonder who his friends are and whose advice he seeks.
Whipping up hate is not a new ploy.
“The aliens and strangers eat the bread from the poor fatherless children and take the living from all the [craftsmen]” said preacher Thomas Bell, citing Psalm 115. An anti-immigrant riot followed.
London. 1517.
— From Joanne Paul’s great bio of Thomas More.
“The aliens and strangers eat the bread from the poor fatherless children and take the living from all the [craftsmen]” said preacher Thomas Bell, citing Psalm 115. An anti-immigrant riot followed.
London. 1517.
— From Joanne Paul’s great bio of Thomas More.
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Whipping up hate is not a new ploy.
“The aliens and strangers eat the bread from the poor fatherless children and take the living from all the [craftsmen]” said preacher Thomas Bell, citing Psalm 115. An anti-immigrant riot followed.
London. 1517.
— From Joanne Paul’s great bio of Thomas More.
“The aliens and strangers eat the bread from the poor fatherless children and take the living from all the [craftsmen]” said preacher Thomas Bell, citing Psalm 115. An anti-immigrant riot followed.
London. 1517.
— From Joanne Paul’s great bio of Thomas More.
If you’re curious, some background here: friends.org/land-use/lan...
What is land use? | 1000 Friends of Oregon
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November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If you’re curious, some background here: friends.org/land-use/lan...
Oregon has done this, helped by being the only one with statewide land use planning rules to concentrate development in urban read, especially along transportation corridors, and protect family farms and forests. (Over 98% of farms are family-owned.)
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Oregon has done this, helped by being the only one with statewide land use planning rules to concentrate development in urban read, especially along transportation corridors, and protect family farms and forests. (Over 98% of farms are family-owned.)
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Great idea!
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Great idea!
Please no! I am drowning in worthy journalists who write things I want to read. I do not want to have to curate my news all the time or money yo pay for them.
Good newspapers exist (Philly Inquirer among them), but too much “local” news and sports for me.
I’d love a national news hub or hubs.
Good newspapers exist (Philly Inquirer among them), but too much “local” news and sports for me.
I’d love a national news hub or hubs.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Please no! I am drowning in worthy journalists who write things I want to read. I do not want to have to curate my news all the time or money yo pay for them.
Good newspapers exist (Philly Inquirer among them), but too much “local” news and sports for me.
I’d love a national news hub or hubs.
Good newspapers exist (Philly Inquirer among them), but too much “local” news and sports for me.
I’d love a national news hub or hubs.
As a consumer, the sheer number of deserving journalists with Substacks (or better) is overwhelming.
I can’t pay for all of them and I can’t really keep up the emails of the ones I do follow.
I get the perils of centralization, but consortia of journalists would be a gift for this reader.
I can’t pay for all of them and I can’t really keep up the emails of the ones I do follow.
I get the perils of centralization, but consortia of journalists would be a gift for this reader.
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As a consumer, the sheer number of deserving journalists with Substacks (or better) is overwhelming.
I can’t pay for all of them and I can’t really keep up the emails of the ones I do follow.
I get the perils of centralization, but consortia of journalists would be a gift for this reader.
I can’t pay for all of them and I can’t really keep up the emails of the ones I do follow.
I get the perils of centralization, but consortia of journalists would be a gift for this reader.
I had no idea. Never even imagined this and wow! Thanks.
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I had no idea. Never even imagined this and wow! Thanks.
Bell’s book is fascinating. Widened my perspective in many ways, much needed, and I haven’t even finished it yet. He’s also a very good writer.
Highly recommend!
Highly recommend!
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Bell’s book is fascinating. Widened my perspective in many ways, much needed, and I haven’t even finished it yet. He’s also a very good writer.
Highly recommend!
Highly recommend!
Good for you for listening to others and then doing something snout their concerns.
I was once taught that true help isn’t giving what you want, but what the recipient needs.
I was once taught that true help isn’t giving what you want, but what the recipient needs.
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Good for you for listening to others and then doing something snout their concerns.
I was once taught that true help isn’t giving what you want, but what the recipient needs.
I was once taught that true help isn’t giving what you want, but what the recipient needs.
Which makes me wonder why any country shares intelligence with us and the sieve we have become.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Which makes me wonder why any country shares intelligence with us and the sieve we have become.