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Kate Gace Walton
@kategacewalton.bsky.social
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Business owner, island dweller, font enthusiast. Writer behind the weekly column WHAT NOW (https://kategace.substack.com). Hobbies include looking for my keys.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · Jan 17
Good morning from Bainbridge Island! If we’ve ever talked #hoops, #succulents, #Kei trucks, #business ethics (still a thing no matter what you hear), #books, #movies, #words, #fonts, #politics, #trails, or #travel …and you find yourself on my ferry then by all means: let me know! Coffee’s on me. ☕️
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 13h
@stephenking.bsky.social as I drove home late last night, the stop and start rustling of these two nylon bags in the backseat of my car scared the bejeesus out of me. You and my husband—who put them there—are equal parts responsible, which is to say thank you for all your #books.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 1d
No sun today so thank goodness he’s still fully charged from yesterday. #dogs
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 1d
Yes! Thrilling stuff.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 2d
Time to make the doughnuts. (The doughnuts in this case are teeny-tiny peace plans. It never gets old.) #ADR #mediation
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 2d
Pretty sky tonight. #PNW
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 3d
I have a difficult project to tackle, so I’m doing the obvious thing and laminating the @warriorsofficial.bsky.social
schedule instead. #nba #DubNation
Home laminating machine partway through laminating a one-page game schedule for the Golden State Warriors.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 4d
Zoom link is in here: kategace.substack.com/p/fielding-y...
Fielding Your Questions
After last week’s post, the questions I got fell into three buckets.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 4d
Many of us are grappling with the ideas discussed here: how to build bridges/where to draw lines. My monthly 'What Now' Zoom (5:30pmPT today) will focus on the Klein-Coates divide--all are welcome to join. Get the link from my latest post (see comments) or DM me.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein Hash Out Their Charlie Kirk Disagreement
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 7d
My son and his BFF “yes and” each other’s loopy ideas in a way I find delightful—and more than a little reminiscent of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. #parenting
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 8d
This one's a little different: I field your questions, give a shoutout to a fantastic public servant @katienappi.bsky.social, and tee up Monday's Zoom--wherein @amygutman.bsky.social, @sarahbutten.bsky.social, and I will tangle over the Klein-Coates divide.

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Fielding Your Questions
After last week’s post, the questions I got fell into three buckets.
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Bob @definitelyjustbob.bsky.social · 10d
Guys, this is extremely important. Veterans should know that VA will not close because of the shutdown. We're funded on a two-year cycle specifically so that DC brinkmanship won't hurt our patients. Spread the word.
VA Contingency Planning
This site provides VA Contingency Planning information for employees impacted by government shutdowns and other unforeseen situations.
department.va.gov
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 10d
Narrowcasting for those at the center of the #PaperRepublic + #dogs Venn diagram.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 11d
Like so many in #Seattle, I am happy the #rain has returned. Pluviophiles unite. 💙
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 13d
Many of the #mediation clients we serve in Kitsap County are #military. This, our local memorial, seems like an apt place to collect my thoughts before day six of training.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 14d
This week I explain why I won't be running for office--and what I *will* be focusing on instead:
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#politics #organizing
The Latest
I moved to America just in time to catch Bicentennial fever.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 16d
I was driving so couldn't take a photo but ::slow clap:: for the entrepreneur whose sign offers "pumpkin spice roof repairs." #marcomm #marketing
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 16d
Dahlias are so good at math. #bloomscrolling
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 21d
People who agree on *how to interact* can co-create all sorts of solutions--no matter how far apart they are at the start. I suggest we break out of the old camps and re-organize around some key operating principles: kategace.substack.com/p/in-good-fa...

#politics #organizing #ADR
In Good Faith
In mediation, the work I’ve been doing for a while now, warring parties come together not to reconcile their competing worldviews but instead to find some narrow path forward—some practical way to co-...
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 23d
This kid can #vote as of today! (Can any of our #HongKong friends identify this iconic spot?)
Newborn swaddled in blue blanket propped on gold cushions in a banquet setting.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 26d
#bikepacking #pnw
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 27d
Where I landed this week after many, many drafts: kategace.substack.com/p/obey-the-s...
The headline "Obey the Spreadsheet" on orange.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · 28d
WHAT
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · Sep 10
At first I thought Superstore was missing...but it's there. PHEW. #TV www.cnn.com/interactive/...
25 exceptional workplace series
CNN and Rotten Tomatoes take a look at some celebrated TV series that put in the work to turn places of employment into the settings for compelling storytelling, ahead of the 77th Emmy Awards.
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · Sep 9
OH WOW this is cool! Thanks!
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Kate Gace Walton @kategacewalton.bsky.social · Sep 9
Should you ever need a new family, you'll fit right in w/ours @workingstiff.bsky.social ! Btw after we first left S. Africa, my dad used to bring back Marmite--then sold in small, grenade-sized jars--after visits to his dad in Port Elizabeth. U.S. customs routinely questioned whether it was food.
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