Agen Schmitz

@agenschmitz

Techie ecom writer, tetchy progressive, music over-sharer, travel lover (Iceland, Japan, etc.), pro democracy. No thugs in our house.

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Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· 15d

Summer's here, and the time is right for dancing wherever you find yourself. Closing out July with a blast of uptempo euro grooves, smooth funk, and a couple of 80s throwbacks. #newmusic #musicsky #seattlestrong www.mixcloud.com/agenschmitz/...

Album cover for the Radio Free Eggsy mix for July 2026 — Fantastic Day (Summer Grooves) showing a shot looking up at the Space Needle from the Chihuly glass garden (and including some of the outdoor yellow, spiky glass installation there).

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jun 30

It's #NewMusic Tuesday (just like the ol' days before the industry shifted to Fridays for new releases)! New mix over on Mixcloud with some women-powered Spanish rock, a smooth grooving summer anthem, a great Daft Punk cover, French pop, flute, and more! #musicsky www.mixcloud.com/agenschmitz/...

Cover to the Radio Free Eggsy – Summer Cruising mix. Downtown Seattle with under a blue-sky twilight.

Tracklist:
1. Marlena Shaw – California Soul
2. Ginebras – Mi diario
3. Westside Cowboy – Kick Stones (The Boys)
4. Asha Puthli and Say She She – Pawa!
5. Cory Wong with Elysia Biro, ellis, and Alex Bone – Afterglow
6. Aiko el grupo – modo sigilo
7. Market East – Meditations on Mother Earth
8. Skinny Hightower – Summer Anthem
9. Geyster – Digital Love
10. Tiwayo – Sunshine Lady
11. Matild – Amoureuse
12. superGOODthings – Everybody Needs a Love Song
13. Donny Benét – Negroni Summer

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jun 27

Astra likes to make morning stretching time more of an obstacle course for me. #Caturday #CatsofBkuesky #CitrusCats #CitrusAstra

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jun 13

Most #Caturday postings show happy, content and cute feline pals… but sometimes things don’t go to plan. Here’s our unhappy grey floof Sim in the waiting room of the vet (taken for some annual shots) and a bit of my bloody arm as I was trying to get her into the carrier. #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats

Sim the grey floofy cat in her pink cat carrier in the vet waiting room with a sad Agen feeling terrible for all this

Agen’s bloody arm from two deep scratches

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jun 6

Last week, Astra got a couple of booster shots at the vet, and after she got home she brought her favorite toy to our bed and curled up to recover. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats #CitrusAstra

Astra, the grey-and-white cat, is curled up on our orange grove-themed duvet cover (with oranges on leafy branches), along with her favorite plushy — a blue franken plushy made from a variety of bits by one of the neighborhood kids.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· May 20

Scenes from the Resistance... our Tuesday overpass bannering in West Seattle (banner reads Fascists Hate Fair Elections) with @westseattleindivisible.com and Lady Liberty. (playing around with my old Canon fisheye lens with my Sony A6100.)

Setting up the overpass banner, which reads Fascists Hate Fair Elections

A cute protester who I might know with a t-shirt that reads Give Ice the Seattle Freeze

Bannering volunteer Donna waves at the traffic

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· May 16

Playing around with my new-to-me Sony A6100 DSLR and using the cats as my subjects. Here's a wunnerful snap of Astra looking regal in our bedroom. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #BlueskyCats #CitrusCats #CitrusAstra

Astra, the grey-and-white cat, is looking regal on the green-and-orange garden-themed duvet in the bedroom. In the background, various pillows and framed pictures on a green wall.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· May 2

Sim say, “You’re working too much.” I should probably listen to her and give her some skritches. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CutrusCats #CitrusSim

Sim, the great floof, looks pleadingly at me from my lap for some, any attention.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Apr 30

Captured at the Delridge Library last night – a small group of folks working on signs for the @westseattleindivisible.com May Day Eve pop-up protest in West Seattle (April 30, 4:30pm near the Whole Foods on Fauntleroy). Full details: www.westseattleindivisible.com/events-actio...

Small group making signs for the West Seattle Indivisible Pre-May Day Pop-Up protest taking place on April 30. Sign in foreground says to Flex Your Power, surrounded by dollar signs.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Apr 26

New tunes! An easy-going vibe to help shift into a spring mindset with loads of returning Radio Free Eggsy faves (Mamas Gun, Tahiti 80, Trails and Ways, @mylessanko.bsky.social, Moses Hightower, FLOTT, and more). #NewTunes #NowListening #musicsky www.mixcloud.com/agenschmitz/...

Bright red metal building at an angle against a blue sky with puffy clouds and electrical wires. Photo by Tina Schwien.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Apr 25

Took some pics of the @westseattleindivisible.com Signs of Fascism action last week, where over a dozen folks held signs lining Admiral Way in West Seattle to remind drivers what the warning signs of fascism look like. #ResistTrump #GetHimOut #PeacefulProtest

From the West Seattle Indivisible Signs of Fascism event, 4/23/26 -- woman holding the introductory sign reading Signs of Fascism

From the West Seattle Indivisible Signs of Fascism event, 4/23/26 -- woman holding sign reading Rewriting History

From the West Seattle Indivisible Signs of Fascism event, 4/23/26 -- man holding sign reading Replacing Science with Ideology

From the West Seattle Indivisible Signs of Fascism event, 4/23/26 -- woman holding the final sign reading Our Grandparents Fought Fascism. Will You?

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Apr 25

Astra in her blue phase, enjoying time on the boy's bed while he's off at college. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #BlueskyCats #CitrusCats #CitrusAstra

Astra the grey and white cat comfortably resting on a bed mixed with dark blue and light blue bedding and an Ikea Blahaj stuffed shark behind her.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Apr 18

Astra is one happy cat getting scritches (photo captured by my wife). #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusAsta #CitrusCats

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Apr 11

When Sim (The Floof) flops into the lap, it’s time for one-handed typing. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats #CitrusSim

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Mar 29

Some more fave photos from my time at #NoKings yesterday photographing the @westseattleindivisible.com group.

West Seattle Indivisible gathers to start the march with a We Are the People banner in front and lots of colorful signs behind it.

Marching with the West Seattle Indivisible group in the street with one marcher wearing an inflatable bald eagle costume.

One of the Vashon Island bikers leading the path for the West Seattle Indivisible group (which was followed by marchers from Vashon)

Me accidentally switching to selfie mode and taking the photo. Not as experienced with fast-trigger photo taking, but I'm ready to get more involved.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Mar 29

One of my fave signs from the Seattle No Kings 3 with @westseattleindivisible.com

Sign at No Kings 3 Protest with Tinkerbell character and text: I've put away chilidish things and become a raging valkyrie bitch for freedom and democracy

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Feb 28

trying to find some peace on this crazed, depressing weekend with my lap-napping yin-yang cat, #CitrusAstra. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats #StoptheWar

Astra, the grey-and-white cat, curled up in a circle on my lap, making her look like a yin-yang circle.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Feb 21

a rarity! all three cats in close proximity, warming themselves by the fire on a cold Seattle evening. from left, we’ve got #CitrusSim (The Grey Floof), #CitrusOni (The Darkness) and #CitrusAstra (Grumpy Princess). #caturday #catsofbluesky #CitrusCats

Three cats lounging on a green couch by a fireplace with an orange pillow in the background.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Feb 14

Astra sunning herself during Seattle’s false spring this week. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats #CitrusAstra

a sun-drenched Astra the grey and white cat sitting on the credenza in the Citrus Manor fireplace room; plants and ceramic gnomes behind her on credenza.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Feb 7

Sim’s been working for the weekend… and is now tuckered out. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats #CitrusSim #ICEout

Sim, the grey floof cat, looks tired on her perch.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Feb 4

Re-upping this mix of protest (and protest-adjacent) tunes I put together last weekend on @mixcloud.bsky.social. It's got anger, it's got sorrow, and it's got a bit of positivity, something we all need. #nowplaying #musicsky #minneapolis #resisttrump www.mixcloud.com/agenschmitz/...

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Feb 4

Representing @westseattleindivisible.com at the West Seattle Fauntleroy bridge during rush hour!

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Feb 3

I'm officially a Sinister Minnesotan (but really, I've always been that). thanks @kartoonistkelly.bsky.social #ICEout #ICEoutforGood #Resist #ResistTrump

Agen wearing his new Sinister Minnesotans t-shirt from Stan Kelly

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jan 31

Astra is keeping an eye out for mischief... and there's a lot out there. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #CitrusCats #CitrusAstra

Astra, the grey and white cat, has her eyes wide open and looking for anything suspicious while sitting on an office desk

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jan 28

Transcript image (with Alt text). #pretti

I saw a post by Alex Prattie's student that I wanted to read excerpts from into the record. This is all a direct quote.

I was Alex Prattie's final nursing student. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my cap stone preceptorship at Minneapolis VA hospital. Very trained me to care for the sickest of the sick as an ICU nurse. He taught me how to care for arterial and central lines, the intricacies of managing multiple IVs filled with life-saving solutions, and how to watch over every heartbeat every breath and every flicker of life ready to act the moment they wavered.

Alex carried patience, compassion, and calm as a steady light within him, even at the very end that light was there. I recognized his familiar stillness and signature calm composure, shining through during those unbearable final moments captured on camera. It does not surprise me that his final words were, "Are you okay?" Caring for people was at the core of who he was. He was is incapable of causing harm. He spoke out for justice and peace whenever he could, not only out of obligation, but out of a belief that we are more connected than divided, and that communication would bring us together.

Please honor my friend by standing up for peace. preferably with a cup of black coffee in hand and a couple of pieces of candy in your pocket. Just as he would, step outside with your dog, breathe in the world, hike or bike because he loved to do, and let yourself find peace in the quiet moments within nature. Stand up for justice with those whose views differ from your own. Hold your beliefs with strength, but always extend love outward, even in the face of adversity. Take one step, no matter how small, to help heal our world. Through these acts, carry his light forward. in his name. Let his legacy continue to heal.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jan 24

not sure why this scene from #Andor is on my mind today...

Scene from the Andor episode of the Ghorman massacre, showing the poorly prepared black-garbed security officers sent in to provoke the crowd.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jan 24

West Seattleites — join @westseattleindivisible.com in a march from Hiawatha Park to the Alaska Junction at 12:30 today (Saturday 11/24). #WestSeattle #Resist #IceOutForGood

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jan 19

First mix of 2026 — a melange of R&B / jazzy instrumental textures focusing on newer releases, but also bringing in a couple of left-field classics (a pre-Forget Me Nots Patrice Rush, Larry Carlton shredding on The White Shadow theme). #musicsky #nowplaying 🧵 1/4 www.mixcloud.com/agenschmitz/...

Two Washington State Ferries crossing paths on their voyage across the Puget Sound on a sunny January day in Seattle, photo captured on a bench on Alki Beach.

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jan 13

I've been taking a break from waving signs with @westseattleindivisible.com about saving democracy during the dark days of winter. But today we'll be testing out a new lighted sign on the Delridge overpass from 4:30-6...

Lighted sign says Resist, outlined with small LED light bulbs).

Agen Schmitz@agenschmitz· Jan 8

Seems like a good day to revisit this mix... made for the 2020 election, but still relevant... definitely spiky, with some intermingled hope. Tracklist in comments... www.mixcloud.com/agenschmitz/...