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Caterina

@chinrichsen.bsky.social
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Communications professional who loves Seattle but not what’s happening in this country. Fan of good independent journalism & meaningful actions against treachery in high office. Plus some pop culture recommendations to help us get through this.

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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It wasn’t a guy who said it.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I was shocked. Totally uncalled for.
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No Hate in WA State @nohateinwastate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I-638 discriminates against girls and puts them at risk of harm. Over 100 WA pediatricians, family doctors and nurses say I-638’s new sex inspection requirements will force them to conduct medically unnecessary and potentially harmful tests on girls. Vote NO on I-638 when your ballot arrives.
A screenshot of a news article from KOMO News is on a pale orange background. The header image is a high school girls soccer team huddling on the field in sky blue uniforms. The article’s headline states: What’s at stake: voters to decide on girls’ sports issue this November. The excerpt from the article reads: "We're putting the burden on girls (who want to play sports) as a justification for this witch-hunt to find trans girls who want to play sports with their friends," she said. "It's really incredibly unfair." In fact, Hipp said she does not believe that this initiative is about girls' safety at all.“ A dark orange footer says “Vote No on I-638.”
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I feel like “cremation” and “free cheeseburger” shouldn’t be on the same flier.
A flier inviting me to a free dinner seminar about cremation, offering different menu items like “cheeseburger” and “beef taco salad” - usually 12.75 and 13.25, but free for this event.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wednesday! townhallseattle.org/event/anand-...
townhallseattle.org
Anand Giridharadas with Steve Scher | Town Hall Seattle
New York City in 2023 was no stranger to the strains currently impacting many of our urban landscapes – heated political divides, ailing infrastructure, and struggling aid systems. These factors are u...
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you for this thread and for consistently bringing your expertise to covering this topic; too bad many of our council members don’t seem interested in learning, or retaining what they hear.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
👍
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is *not something?
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Me watching the cold open ready to mute and do something else if it’s about That F’ing Guy: Oh, it’s Ramy doing Mamdani! Maybe I can actually watch it… (seconds later, grabbing the mute)
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Probably both! I didn’t even make it past the first sketch. I guess it’d be different if you’re a Knicks fan.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s on now
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Also, it’s hard to avoid spoilers when the finale aired months ago! I made the mistake of looking up a UK celebrity season contestant after episode 1 aired here, and the first story that came up was “How X pulled off a Traitors victory.”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tara makes perfect sense! Great choice.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A college student attends a conference
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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
When I read posts I feel confused and unsettled but when I read a book I feel calm enjoyment. Ah well, time to read several hundred posts
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I just can’t express how disgustingly wrong it was to use AI for this training.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I was wondering, what would be the most certain-to-be-happy election night party. I think you’re there.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Nice to see credit for Erica, Connor, @publicola.bsky.social and @soseaemerald.bsky.social in the Seattle Times story. Please support our community journalists, everyone!
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Email just went out internally at City Hall: Shon Barnes has (officially) resigned as police chief of Seattle.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Really good, enlightening column, thank you.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
ok reasonable
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This is really easy to use, helpful, and fascinating; thank you @electioncheatsheet.org.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
this is a problem. solidarity and mass movements often involve making common cause with all sorts of douchebags. but it's also the fact that these guys are just temporarily homeless republican operatives. giving them money and eyeballs is probably counterproductive
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It’s useful to be reminded periodically who The Bulwark is and the role their colleagues and contributors played in getting us here.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
@soseaemerald.bsky.social is consistently the most important voice for all of Seattle.
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I'm going to add this to my examples of why it's important to show up, speak up, and keep fighting even though it seems like you're not going to win.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thank you for this story, Guy.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Thank you for posting this!
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
In April, we reported on the MSG surveillance machine–an operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. You can now read it for free.
wired.com
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
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chris “bluesky” poster @chrisrd19.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.
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Roberto Baldwin @strngwys.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I grew up on Food Stamps, the stigma was fucking horrible. I have so much to say about this ghoulish piece of shit, Stitt and his desire to shame people. "making it so easy..." Fuck you dude. I'm vibrating with anger right now over this. Being poor is expensive, traumatizing, and anything but easy
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I can’t believe this completely unlikely thing is actually here and happening in my city right now.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/06/2026
ADA leaders were forcibly removed from their own meeting for sharing copies of an ADA OpEd critical of Jay Bhattacharya. Thanks to you it's now got >125,000 views. As CDC interim director, Jay also blocked publication of this paper because it showed that COVID vaccines work. You know what to do.
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Interim Estimated Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults
This case-control study estimates vaccine effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccines among adults with COVID-19–associated emergency department or urgent care encounters and COVID-19–associated hosp...
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Shawn @shawn1959.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“The Producer” is basically “The Suitcase” of Gilligan’s Island, so thanks for including it. And thanks to @sepinwall.bsky.social for singing the songs.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
What a ghoulish thing to say. Cops shouldn’t be shooting people over alleged shoplifting. That’s all.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A vendor was going car-to-car in my ferry line today for petition signatures to “repeal the income tax.” (WA does not have a conventional income tax, but a new law imposes a tax on 7-figure annual income.) I asked if I could sign one INCREASING millionaire taxes but he didn’t have one of those.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We were in the security line for the Knicks game tonight when my three year-old turned to me gravely and asked “Daddy will the nice orange man be there tonight?” And when I answered it “yes but he will probably fall asleep or shit on himself by halftime,” she started crying.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I do not understand why/how these crashes happen so often. How do you drive so badly/at such velocity that you severely damage a building, and sometimes, destroy a small business. Very sad
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Because that just makes people who wouldn’t even know about this editorial want to read it. So here it is, no paywall (at this moment). diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
diabetesjournals.org
Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!
The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Unbelievable. Scientists are not allowed to criticize this administration’s cuts to scientific research. At a scientific conference. A scientific conference hosted by the organization who published the scientists’ editorial in the organization’s own journal. Bad move @amdiabetesassn.bsky.social
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
How do we contact Scott Pelley to tell him what a badass hero he is.
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 30/05/2026
My video version of this - filmed, edited, and posted from the Ave!
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Robert Cruickshank on Instagram: "The Ave was supposed to be closed to cars today. But it’s not, because two businesses misled the others into opposing it. Here’s what going on - and why pedestrianizi...
150 likes, 4 comments - robert_in_seattle on May 30, 2026: "The Ave was supposed to be closed to cars today. But it’s not, because two businesses misled the others into opposing it. Here’s what going ...
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”
nytimes.com
Opinion | There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This
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Vivian McCall @vivmccall.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I wrote about Juniper Blessing, the 19-year-old trans University of Washington student killed in student housing in Seattle on Sunday. There's a community grief and healing event planned. The family is asking that the media not attend. We should not. www.thestranger.com/news/communi...
thestranger.com
Community Grief and Healing Event Planned After Stabbing of Juniper Blessing, a 19-Year-Old Trans UW Student - The Stranger
All week, I’ve been trying to find the words for what happened to a transgender University of Washington student in off-campus student housing Sunday night, and hoping it was not what it looked like. ...
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
And this is worth my @vulture.com/NY Mag subscription. Just brilliant.
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I will never understand digital advertising and why it bombards me with ads for things like jeans you apparently can’t wear a top with, but it fails to tell me about this thing I can’t get fast enough: mzs.press/PRE-ORDER-SI...
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PRE-ORDER SIGNED Documentary Now!: Fourth Edition (Revised and Expanded) Seth Meyers, Documentary Now!, with Matt Zoller Seitz (Intro)(Hardcover, NEW)
McSweeney's and Broadway Video present the official nearly-600-page comprehensive companion book to IFC's Documentary Now! , including new writing by Seth Meyers , a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-finalis...
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Caterina @chinrichsen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Was just listening to an episode of #HitParadePod about Donna Summer that also covered this - how influential she was but didn’t get the respect she deserved because of anti-disco bias. Also, “Bad Girls” is a perfect album. slate.com/podcasts/hit...?
slate.com
Donna Summer’s Three-Decade Chart Reign
The disco legend reinvented dance music—and then took over pop.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior. Here's why I still believe in an eye for an eye even though He explicitly rejects it.
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