Katie Botkin
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Katie Botkin
@ktbotkin.bsky.social
Freelance writer, editor, fusion dancer, and mother of toddler.
“War is peace” was the first thing that sprang to mind
June 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
(Sometimes they’re even married)
June 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If they start rolling into rural northern Idaho… and yes there are actually immigrants here. And lots of suspicious trigger-happy fed-hating white dudes.
June 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
From a descriptive standpoint: you need a warrant and/or probable cause to make an arrest. You can detain someone for virtually anything, although you’d typically be expected to have a good reason.
June 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Update: a guy yelled at me for “taking the Bible out of context” so I quoted the preceding verse, and his wife screamed “I don’t give a shit!”

Which I knew, but it’s funny when MAGA Christians admit they don’t actually care what their religion says.
June 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Most students had never verbally explained a point of view they’d written down, and even that is an excellent exercise.
May 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
They’re all tied to places I’m unlikely to visit again. A salad in Exarchia in Athens. A piece of fresh raw salmon from the Tokyo fish market.
April 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Yes
April 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’ll have my three-year-old, but I’ll be around. Where will you be around noon? Feel free to DM me
April 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A lot of people in N Idaho don’t like Trump, even among the more conservative faction. I’m organizing for two bipartisan groups trying to do things on the local level, long-term, to combat federal policies he’s dismantling
April 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ok I checked it out and I gotta say, so far this track is my favorite: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QIm...
March 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Ok what’s your favorite jazz house because this seems like something I need to explore
March 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Like it could just be a legal strategy to avoid a massive class action suit
March 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Seems well within the realm of possibility. Also “see we’re very safety-conscious, actually”
March 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Precisely
March 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM