kate b.

@katebitz

senior organizer vs bigots @wstatescenter.bsky.social. lead author of forever prematurely antifascist. spokane is good actually. dm for signal contact. posts reflect your employer’s opinions, not mine.

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kate b.@katebitz· 7d

the united states when i repatriated

the six-fingered man from the princess bride: “ive just sucked one year of your life away”

kate b.@katebitz· 7d

it doesn’t make an incredible impression from a distance tbh, but the de young museum by herzog & de meuron is incredible in what it does with its perforated copper facade. this could be a whole architectural movement www.herzogdemeuron.com/projects/173...

close up of the perforated and textured copper facade on the de young museum, some ferns in foreground https://www.herzogdemeuron.com/projects/173-de-young-museum/

kate b.@katebitz· 9d

if someone’s town is like trying its hardest to not burn down and your first impulse is this type of quote post please go fuck yourself

some dipshit’s quote post of my post about fire in spokane, inexplicably it’s just a gif of a human skull in flames

kate b.@katebitz· 27d

great minds think alike (and 1 min apart) @ironicallyunironic.bsky.social @jslandau.cc

@ironicallyunironic.bsky.social replied to me at 4:14 PM: “The Peter and Valentine from Enders Game theory of politics”

@jslandau.cc replied at 4:13 pm: “Dead-Enders Game”

kate b.@katebitz· Jun 21

like this

A German streetscape. Left to right: roadway for cars, street parking, a strip of street trees interspersed with bike parking, bikeway, sidewalk, and patio seating in front of restaurants

kate b.@katebitz· Jun 15

there’s no way that you can hate us enough to make them love you, is the basic problem here.

Excerpt from a quotation of one of the delegates in the article:

“We believe in Adam and Eve,” he said. “We don’t believe in this, multiple gender. We don’t drink. We don’t gamble. We are against pornography.”

kate b.@katebitz· Apr 30

whole grand jury who doesn’t know how to use this as a speaker

a small metal hotel pan, which you can prop your phone in to play music loudly in the dish pit to prevent feeling like you have to go cry in the walk-in

kate b.@katebitz· Apr 28

like for real it is stunning to see someone allege IN COURT that it was the city’s fault that she had to pivot her campaign to… responding to her own major campaign misstep.

Screenshot from the link above reads:

In the claim, Woodward asserts that the city's actions "imposed a scarlet letter on [her], which took over the election cycle."

"The legislative action required [Woodward] to divert all available resources and time to defending and defusing character assassination."

kate b.@katebitz· Apr 16

this is more than i have heard for sure, but let’s be real. i am not going to optimize my whole life for muscle growth in the first place

“As a general rule of thumb, though, for those wondering how much protein you need to build muscle or if you're more active, Willingham recommends:

1.6 to 1.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day for people who do frequent strength training (weightlifting, resistance training, Pilates boot camp)

1.2 to 1.4 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day for people who do frequent cardio (runners, joggers, walkers)”

kate b.@katebitz· Apr 16

Anakin and Padme meme:

Panel 1: Anakin says “I’ve decided how we can better serve the community”
Panel 2: Padme replies, “oh great! It’s not means testing, right?
Panel 3: Anakin stares silently
Panel 4: Padme asks, “haha it’s not means testing, right?”

kate b.@katebitz· Mar 27

also:

a photograph of country-reggae musician jensen buck from his website, with text reading LET’S GET BUCKED UP superimposed on the picture

kate b.@katebitz· Mar 15

search your camera roll for hell

an excerpt from the socialist Montana News in 1909, about the spokane free speech war. “hell” is in the article because it is a reprint from the hellraiser’s journal and also quite rightly accuses local officials of having an attitude of, “to hell with the constitution.”

full article here: https://weneverforget.org/hellraisers-journal-from-the-socialist-montana-news-free-speech-war-rages-at-spokane-to-speak-until-all-are-arrested/#more-12521

kate b.@katebitz· Mar 9

me 7 and a half hours into working an 8-hour opening shift at starbucks:

As specialty coffee consumption has surged (84 percent since 2011), so has the loneliness epidemic. Just a correlation? Consider what your coffee order reveals.

The salted caramel mocha latte, the iced brown sugar soy milk shaken espresso, the white chocolate macadamia cream cold brew are the triumph of hyper-individualization over communal norms. When you order a dirty spiced chai with oat milk, you are not only wasting the time of other customers in line but also are signaling that your personal appetites demand an elaborate, customized response. You are asserting your primacy, unique in the complexity of your desires, and stand apart from your nation’s simple rituals. No wonder you’re alone.

kate b.@katebitz· Mar 6

lollll youraislopbores.me

me asking for a portrait of someone and their dream home and receiving an incredible piece of stick figure art

kate b.@katebitz· Jan 19

“grace for the converted” involves actually converting first, is the thing. has hanania bothered to recant like any of this? and if not, why are we so sure he’s not just lamenting how bad a politics inspired by genocidal shit like the turner diaries looks in the cold light of day?

“Richard Hanania, a visiting scholar at the University of Texas, used the pen name “Richard Hoste” in the early 2010s to write articles where he identified himself as a “race realist.” He expressed support for eugenics and the forced sterilization of “low IQ” people, who he argued were most often Black. He opposed “miscegenation” and “race-mixing.” And once, while arguing that Black people cannot govern themselves, he cited the neo-Nazi author of “The Turner Diaries,” the infamous novel that celebrates a future race war.”

Excerpt from this article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817

kate b.@katebitz· Jan 11

basically nobody pays off a 30-year mortgage anymore, let alone ahead of time, lol wtf did i just read

Bill Ackman
@BillAckman
X.com
President @realDonaldTrump and
@SecScottBessent, and @pulte, I have a simple idea on how to lower mortgage rates and spreads:
One of the unique features of U.S. conventional mortgages is that they are prepayable at any time without a penalty.
While this feature is attractive for homeowners, it comes at a significant cost as buyers of mortgage backed securities ('MBS') require a significant increase in spread to compensate them for giving the borrower the option to prepay at anytime.
Why don't Fannie and Freddie also offer non-prepayable mortgages where if the borrower wishes to prepay the loan, he would have to pay a prepayment penalty?
I asked one of my friends who is an expert and large investor in MBS what the estimated savings today would be on a 30-year Fannie/Freddie

kate b.@katebitz· Jan 9

in all seriousness it is next level bizarre to read this stuff and know it’s about a woman who was speaking out in my own community:

“Other acts of extreme violence were also suggested. When a specific female Spokane resident was nominated for surveillance in the chat group, Robertson suggested:”

Texts follow:

Jack Robinson:

“Fist full of hair, and face slam, to a Jersey barrier. Treat em like communist revolutionaries. Then shave her bald with a K-Bar USMC field knife.”

“Would make good attachment points for hoisting communists up flag poles. Especially the ones with nipple rings”

“But… if you cinch up zip ties enough, you don't even NEED nipple rings for hoisting.”

kate b.@katebitz· Jan 2

for municipal office id be so obnoxious

cover of the complete collection of international codes, like international building code, fire safety code, etc

kate b.@katebitz· Jan 1

let’s goooo

David Lynch with a megaphone behind the scenes on set: “okay, let’s try that again, but this time good”

kate b.@katebitz· Dec 7

even cowgirls get the blues

a hot pink straw cowboy hat, discarded by the curb in a puddle on the street

kate b.@katebitz· Dec 2

mtg that was going to be my final work commitment of the year just got cancelled

montage of pictures of nicole kidman walking down the sidewalk looking elated after her divorce from tom cruise

kate b.@katebitz· Oct 29

there’s a lot to unpack in this article but can we discuss how this is genuinely terrible, unactionable safety advice from her friend

I came up with a routine: before a date, I’d tell at least three people in advance where I was going and what time they should expect to hear from me by. I enlisted a friend who’s a former Navy SEAL to be my unofficial security consultant. (Some of his advice was less than practical. He told me that as a woman, I am five to eight times more likely to be physically attacked and should be prepared to use lethal force if necessary, which would require training in hand-to-hand tactics. “Stay as powerful and fit as humanly possible,” he added.)

kate b.@katebitz· Oct 26

Latinos En Spokane holds a free community market called El Mercadito that can always use donations as well as volunteers (you can also help if you’re a trained @pjals.bsky.social peacekeeper!) all links in alt text!

kate b.@katebitz· Oct 15

“this appears to be a reference to the AfD” is a highly optimistic interpretation of that sentence. which is reallllllly saying something.

The proposals also advise Mr. Trump to prioritize Europeans who have been “targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”

That appeared to be a reference to the European far-right political party Alternative for Germany, whose leaders have trivialized the Holocaust, revived Nazi slogans and denigrated foreigners. Vice President JD Vance has criticized Germany for trying to suppress the views of the group, which is known as the AfD.

kate b.@katebitz· Oct 3

Sarah Connor loading her gun in terminator 2

kate b.@katebitz· Sep 22

one good thing about this september heatwave

a large bowl full of several homegrown eggplant, italian and asian varieties

kate b.@katebitz· Sep 18

sorry your feelings got hurt when people said it wasn’t cool for our former mayor to appear on stage with you and accept your political endorsement in the midst of a wildfire emergency! but your rights weren’t violated my dude !

In September 2023, the Spokane City Council passed a resolution denouncing former Mayor Nadine Woodward for appearing at a rally with Mr. Feucht. The court on Thursday:

Found the resolution contained “no punitive or censorial aspect, or even a threat of potential punishment or censorship.”

Found the resolution did not burden Mr. Feucht’s religious practices or free speech, and Mr. Feucht could not show that he was harmed in any way by the resolution.

Rejected Mr. Feucht’s free speech claim, stating the constitution “does not prohibit a legislative body’s expression of its own views on matters of public concern, even if it includes criticism of certain ideas, individuals, or entities.”

Ruled that the City and Councilmembers were protected by legislative and qualified immunity, which also barred Mr. Feucht’s claims.

kate b.@katebitz· Sep 17

Werner Herzog with a speech bubble, as if uttering the words in the quoted post

kate b.@katebitz· Sep 5

I appreciate him bringing this up, because this kind of potential retaliation has become way too routine

quote from substack post in QT: When I came back to work at the dental clinic on Tuesday, one of the windows had been smashed out. Coincidence? Maybe. Intentional? Possible. Either way, it felt like a reminder: politics isn’t just noise online. Sometimes it spills into the real world.

link to full article: https://substack.com/@cyrusjavadi/p-172875508

kate b.@katebitz· Aug 31

post a random picture or else everything will go bad in september