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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This city is simply the best. The pedestrianized market is the best.

John Roderick and the Long Winters performing at Pike Place Market

Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Enjoyed the Mountain Goats (and the hold steady) at the zoo today, saw a penguin after, and walked home looking at the sunset over the mountains.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Huge crowd here in Ballard for CM AMR’s Jimothy Summer proclamation

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This is Ezra. He is 13 and he likes to put rubber bands in the bathtub in the middle of the night. I do not know why……..

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Nothing like a sign for new bus service!!!!

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Large industrial fire on the Ballard waterfront

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Saw this crumpled-up notice on the street this morning that my neighbors can't have a "STATE LAW - STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS WITHIN CROSSWALK" standee. I always love when one of those is about because pointing at one is just about the only way to get drivers to not run you over sometimes.

Seattle
Department of Transportation
IMPOUND NOTICE
POSTING DATE: 5/7/2026
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT gives notice that it impounded an unpermitted crosswalk sign located in the right-of-way.
PROPERTY IMPOUNDED: Pedestrian crossing sign that says "STATE LAW STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS WITHIN CROSSWALK"
LOCATION OF IMPOUNDED PROPERTY: The sign was located at the intersection of 15th Ave NW and NW 57th St
REASON FOR IMPOUNDMENT: The sign was placed in the right-of-way without a permit, or was deemed a nuisance, an obstruction to travel or transportation, or a safety hazard
AUTHORITY TO IMPOUND: Seattle Municipal Code 15.38.010.A authorizes the
SDOT Director or representative to immediately impound personal property in a right-of-way without a permit if the property is an obstruction to travel ora safety hazard.
NOTICE REQUIRED: When the owner of the property is unknown, SMC
15.38.020 C requires a notice of impoundment be published in the City's official, newspaper, the Daily Journal of Commerce.
RECOVERY OF PROPERTY: The owner may claim the sign within 60 days of the date of this notice being published. The owner shall be responsible for paying all fees associated with impounding, transporting, and storing the container. If the sign is unclaimed after the 60-day period, the City may dispose of the items) at its iscretion.
CONTACT INFORMATION: The owner may claim the item (s) by contacting 206-
284-ROAD (7623) or publicspace@seattle.gov.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Ballard's alleys are all the street you need

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

the fact that this is how a 7% *decrease* in home price is reported is a reminder that most of our policy environment is oriented towards enriching homeowners

Seattle Times: King County’s housing market is ‘looking pretty bad’

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Just had the chance to attend a great talk from @nondriver.bsky.social at UW about how cities can better serve nondrivers

Anna Zivarts speaking. A slide behind her reads, “how do we make visible and normalize nondriving?”

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Tons of folks out at the March to save Ballard light rail!

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

At the 98th annual Blessing of the Fleet

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I don’t like Pete or anything but it’s absolutely bizarre that you can write in your book that you discriminated against someone explicitly because of their sexuality alone in your book and not get run out of the Democratic Party.

umichvoter
@umichvoter
In her book, Harris wrote that Buttigieg "would have
been an ideal partner if I were a straight white man."
She noted "we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman
married to a Jewish man. Part of me wanted to say,
Screw it, let's just do it. But knowing what was at
stake, it was too big of a risk."
5:13 AM • Apr 10, 2026 • 104.1K Views

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Ominous Cloud of Smoke appointed to District 2 of the King County Council, promises "swift end to the age of solid formes"

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

If you were wondering about Seattle mayor results by district...

32nd (Broadview): Wilson margin: -12.3%
34th (West Seattle–Georgetown–Pioneer Square): Wilson margin: -8.2%
36th (Ballard–Magnolia–Fremont–Queen Anne): Wilson margin: -4.9%
37th (Beacon Hill–Rainier Valley–Madrona–ID): Wilson margin: 13.2%
43rd (Cap Hill–Wallingford–Belltown–Madison Park): Wilson margin: 9.9%
46th (Green Lake–Lake City–Northgate–Ravenna): Wilson margin: -3.4%

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

What the heck happened here? I can’t find any news articles about it.

Geoff Holden, a write-in candidate, wins Town of Skykomish Council Position No. 3 with 49 votes to Daniel J. Cassidy’s 22. There were 4 other write-ins and 13 undervotes.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Decision Desk HQ has now called the race for Wilson.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Monday drop. WILSON LEADS FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL ELECTION! It's neck and neck heading into the final count! She leads by 91 votes! Only about 10,000 ballots remain, per reporting from @kromandavid.bsky.social. Cured ballots from the weekend will be counted tomorrow.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

executive-elect zahilay i have one demand: link light rail MUST immediately adopt the CTA holiday train

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

BOOM. Wilson closes the gap, with many more ballots left. This is a tremendous result for her. She trails Harrell by just 1.9% and 4,300 votes. There are many more ballots remaining than at this point in the primary count.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Wilson lost ground on the Thursday drop in the primary, actually doing worse on that day's returns (51.1%) than today's (51.8%). May repeat here, but there's not much to go on with limited transparency on what kind/time of votes were counted today.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Thursday drop. Wilson trails Harrell by 9,908, 5.7%. The gap begins to close. We are apparently STILL not into a drop box sample yet, or only including some drop box data. There's a TON of votes expected to lean Wilson out there.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Well. That's not a shift to Wilson. She did lose ground on one day of the primary count, but needs something dramatic now. 90k to 100k votes left, Wilson trails by 11,183. She needs at least 55% of the remaining votes.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Katie Wilson gained 8.89% between Election Night and the final results in the primary. To feel good about her overcoming the general gap and having a similar performance, you'd want her to be about 4.5% behind or better after today's drop. (She actually LOST ground on the Thursday drop in August.)

Katie Wilson's lead by day in the 2025 Seattle mayoral election

Election Night: 1.48% in the primary, -7.18% in the general
Wednesday: 4.89% in the primary
Thursday: 4.30% in the primary
Friday: 9.20% in the primary
Final: 10.37% in the primary

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Here's a look at the raw numbers in the Seattle mayoral contest, with 2021 for scale. Harrell has lost a lot of ground from his 2021 win. Wilson gained 17,221 votes more than Harrell between the primary and general. That would be more than enough to eliminate the 8,319 vote gap here.

Vote totals: Primary election night, primary election final, general election night, general election final.

Katie Wilson 44,457 98,562 53,767
Bruce Harrell 43,160 80,043 62,086
Other 8,596 15,624 580
2021 Harrell 33,759 69,612 84,975 155,294
2021 González 25,209 65,750 46,046 109,132
2021 Other 29,344 69,402 465 777

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

You know I had to do it to ‘em on the traffic divider Rob Saka is spending $2,000,000 to remove.

The author standing on the traffic divider on Delridge Way

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

You know I had to do it to ‘em on the traffic divider Rob Saka is spending $2,000,000 to remove.

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Some more. All of these are on Nikon FE with a Nikkor f1.4 lens from the 70s. Either Fujicolor 400, Kodak Gold 200, or Portra 400

A figure kneels in front of a river, the left side of the frame is completely exposed

Double exposure of autumn leaves on the ground and a tree in the sky

A half-completed puzzle on the table of a Washington State Ferry

The front deck of a Washington State Ferry

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I should put some of my film photography on here

Bridge over deception pass, with a figure in the foreground

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

The Seattle Times endorsement appears to only matter in Broadmoor.

Map of votes on the Seattle transportation levy. Yellow is “yes,” blue is “no.” Blue only leads in Broadmoor, Laurelhurst, and a few other very rich precincts

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Katherine Mitchell @katherinemitchell.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Harris’s decline vs Biden was much more severe in counties with higher density. Democrats have to stop taking cities for granted in their increasing rhetorical & policy focus on sprawling suburbs. (Source x.com/OwenWntr/sta...)

Graph of urbanization vs change in Harris share of two-party vote vs 2020

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