Luke Baumgarten
@lukebaumgarten.bsky.social
Writer & organizer. Building @rangemedia.co & Spokane Workers Cooperative. Support local news https://rangemedia.co
Who should we be honoring other than Bing Crosby?
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Who should we be honoring other than Bing Crosby?
Good for them. It's been a while since the Far Side Legion got to see some action. abcnews.go.com/US/texas-nat...
October 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Good for them. It's been a while since the Far Side Legion got to see some action. abcnews.go.com/US/texas-nat...
These people are sick and it seems like the horrors will never cease.
But you change one element and …
But you change one element and …
September 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
These people are sick and it seems like the horrors will never cease.
But you change one element and …
But you change one element and …
Anyone know if Natalie or Rachel are still kicking around Spokane?
I’d love to talk to them at length about KEZE Rock 106. I was partial to KZZU the Zoo, myself, but respect.
www.newyorker.com/teen-agers-i...
I’d love to talk to them at length about KEZE Rock 106. I was partial to KZZU the Zoo, myself, but respect.
www.newyorker.com/teen-agers-i...
July 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Anyone know if Natalie or Rachel are still kicking around Spokane?
I’d love to talk to them at length about KEZE Rock 106. I was partial to KZZU the Zoo, myself, but respect.
www.newyorker.com/teen-agers-i...
I’d love to talk to them at length about KEZE Rock 106. I was partial to KZZU the Zoo, myself, but respect.
www.newyorker.com/teen-agers-i...
I just saw a different survey that broke housing down by units built, and by that measure, cities like Boise are still way ahead of us, but they aren’t on this list.
That suggests we might be building smarter, not harder (that 12% drop is the 6th biggest rent decline in the US):
That suggests we might be building smarter, not harder (that 12% drop is the 6th biggest rent decline in the US):
July 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I just saw a different survey that broke housing down by units built, and by that measure, cities like Boise are still way ahead of us, but they aren’t on this list.
That suggests we might be building smarter, not harder (that 12% drop is the 6th biggest rent decline in the US):
That suggests we might be building smarter, not harder (that 12% drop is the 6th biggest rent decline in the US):
I’ve heard about this blog from a few people, but I hadn’t seen it until just now. Folks are calling it a hit piece, but I think they just made me sound really cool.
Probably cooler than I am.
The quote’s accurate, though, so you be the judge.
Probably cooler than I am.
The quote’s accurate, though, so you be the judge.
July 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I’ve heard about this blog from a few people, but I hadn’t seen it until just now. Folks are calling it a hit piece, but I think they just made me sound really cool.
Probably cooler than I am.
The quote’s accurate, though, so you be the judge.
Probably cooler than I am.
The quote’s accurate, though, so you be the judge.
Almost like it’s a system designed to only truly benefit the already wealthy plus the smallest few newcomers possible to keep the idea of American prosperity alive and freshen the ol’ gene pool.
And of course we needed immigrants for the human wave of settler colonialism, but that was a while ago.
And of course we needed immigrants for the human wave of settler colonialism, but that was a while ago.
June 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Almost like it’s a system designed to only truly benefit the already wealthy plus the smallest few newcomers possible to keep the idea of American prosperity alive and freshen the ol’ gene pool.
And of course we needed immigrants for the human wave of settler colonialism, but that was a while ago.
And of course we needed immigrants for the human wave of settler colonialism, but that was a while ago.
So the cuts would speed the precarity, but if “upper income seniors” are one shock away from poverty, then there’s gotta be something structurally wrong with the system, right?
June 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
So the cuts would speed the precarity, but if “upper income seniors” are one shock away from poverty, then there’s gotta be something structurally wrong with the system, right?
So we’re saying the post-war prosperity didn’t even last a full generation beyond the one that created it.
Do I have that right?
Do I have that right?
June 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
So we’re saying the post-war prosperity didn’t even last a full generation beyond the one that created it.
Do I have that right?
Do I have that right?
It was surreal as hell being at the staging area of Pride and getting the call that Justice Forral had been arrested again, this time as they tried to attend pride with their friends.
Here’s a picture of @merrywanderer.bsky.social and I reporting as we walked through the parade staging area.
Here’s a picture of @merrywanderer.bsky.social and I reporting as we walked through the parade staging area.
June 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It was surreal as hell being at the staging area of Pride and getting the call that Justice Forral had been arrested again, this time as they tried to attend pride with their friends.
Here’s a picture of @merrywanderer.bsky.social and I reporting as we walked through the parade staging area.
Here’s a picture of @merrywanderer.bsky.social and I reporting as we walked through the parade staging area.
Early word is that Justice Forral and Erin Lang, the other person given over a half-dozen felony charges, are both being released.
Seemingly on their own recognizance.
Seemingly on their own recognizance.
June 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Early word is that Justice Forral and Erin Lang, the other person given over a half-dozen felony charges, are both being released.
Seemingly on their own recognizance.
Seemingly on their own recognizance.
I'm just scanning for names I recognize and already seeing some big charging deviations. Let's play one of these arrests is not like the others:
June 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I'm just scanning for names I recognize and already seeing some big charging deviations. Let's play one of these arrests is not like the others:
Homeland not so secure
April 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Homeland not so secure
Finally some good news
April 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Finally some good news
This means so much, Brad. Blessed to be standing on the shoulder of a giant
March 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This means so much, Brad. Blessed to be standing on the shoulder of a giant
Me at the @rangemedia.co editorial meeting. Hair mussed. Tie loosened and askew. Three days of stubble. Bags under my eyes.
“What is it going to take,” I ask, voice trembling, “for us to get on THEIR LEVEL?” I slam the page down and leave the room, sobbing.
“What is it going to take,” I ask, voice trembling, “for us to get on THEIR LEVEL?” I slam the page down and leave the room, sobbing.
March 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Me at the @rangemedia.co editorial meeting. Hair mussed. Tie loosened and askew. Three days of stubble. Bags under my eyes.
“What is it going to take,” I ask, voice trembling, “for us to get on THEIR LEVEL?” I slam the page down and leave the room, sobbing.
“What is it going to take,” I ask, voice trembling, “for us to get on THEIR LEVEL?” I slam the page down and leave the room, sobbing.
Takes 14 swings at naming children, fanning wildly, whiffing harder with each attempt.
March 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Takes 14 swings at naming children, fanning wildly, whiffing harder with each attempt.
Really landed the plane on this one
February 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Really landed the plane on this one
Yearly reminder to @spokane-city.bsky.social that pedestrians are taxpayers too and deserve sidewalks being given attention during snow removal
February 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Yearly reminder to @spokane-city.bsky.social that pedestrians are taxpayers too and deserve sidewalks being given attention during snow removal
Additional help from our intern and a vigilante coder who wishes to remain anonymous.
February 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Additional help from our intern and a vigilante coder who wishes to remain anonymous.
CTRL Z CTRL Z CTRL Z
January 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
CTRL Z CTRL Z CTRL Z
Imagine having to carry around papers to prove you belong in a place your people lived thousands of years before the people demanding to see them got here.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/u...
January 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Imagine having to carry around papers to prove you belong in a place your people lived thousands of years before the people demanding to see them got here.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/u...
Silicon Valley has always been fueled by the grandiose ideas of precocious children, but shit's gotten a lot more sinister
January 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Silicon Valley has always been fueled by the grandiose ideas of precocious children, but shit's gotten a lot more sinister