Kate Gace Walton
@kategacewalton.bsky.social
Business owner, island dweller, font enthusiast.
Writer behind the weekly column WHAT NOW (https://kategace.substack.com).
Hobbies include looking for my keys.
Writer behind the weekly column WHAT NOW (https://kategace.substack.com).
Hobbies include looking for my keys.
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
In today's installment of life with spacey teenagers: I just heard a great clattering in the mudroom. Lunch left in a thermos for too long had fermented to the point where the gases blew the lid off.
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
In today's installment of life with spacey teenagers: I just heard a great clattering in the mudroom. Lunch left in a thermos for too long had fermented to the point where the gases blew the lid off.
What I think doesn't matter--except perhaps as a glimpse into what many campaign volunteers most crave. Tl;dr: substance.
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Who Do I Like for 2028?
A computer desktop littered with files can become more pleasing to the eye with one click: Snap to Grid. The ideas in those files might be half-baked at best, but the files themselves are suddenly tid...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What I think doesn't matter--except perhaps as a glimpse into what many campaign volunteers most crave. Tl;dr: substance.
kategace.substack.com/p/who-do-i-l...
kategace.substack.com/p/who-do-i-l...
My son Peter is driving his friend Piper to school today which, dear neighbors, is why I yelled from the porch, "Have a great day! Pick a peck of pickled peppers!"
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My son Peter is driving his friend Piper to school today which, dear neighbors, is why I yelled from the porch, "Have a great day! Pick a peck of pickled peppers!"
I’ve always loved #pens and #paper but these days I cling to them. @junethomas.bsky.social if you do not already have one of these Blomus notepaper roll holders, do look into it. It is pure joy on tap, right at your elbow.
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I’ve always loved #pens and #paper but these days I cling to them. @junethomas.bsky.social if you do not already have one of these Blomus notepaper roll holders, do look into it. It is pure joy on tap, right at your elbow.
Just sitting here in #Seattle refreshing results for a special election in #Tennessee, as you do. My screen just switched to a single-digit margin.
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Just sitting here in #Seattle refreshing results for a special election in #Tennessee, as you do. My screen just switched to a single-digit margin.
Finally reading this, which means you're sleeping on the job, algorithm. If there were ever a novel that should have found me on day one, it's this: #space #women #astronomy #nerds #crisismanagement #books
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Finally reading this, which means you're sleeping on the job, algorithm. If there were ever a novel that should have found me on day one, it's this: #space #women #astronomy #nerds #crisismanagement #books
@romanmars.bsky.social on the strength of this alone, I'm going to consider you to be "in talks" AS WELL. #wwrmd
I never do this, but I really want to be involved. @elliottkalan.bsky.social should write on it. I'll laugh and unroll maps.
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deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
Matthew Rhys Is In Talks With Netflix Over Adaptation Of Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’
Matthew Rhys is in talks with the streamer over the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
deadline.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
@romanmars.bsky.social on the strength of this alone, I'm going to consider you to be "in talks" AS WELL. #wwrmd
For those seeking comfort or at least wisdom from #presidential #history, the @netflix.com series about Garfield and his assassin is excellent; it spotlights the role of special interests/personal rivalries/ego/delusion in #politics. Also Matthew Macfadyen = A+
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jop...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jop...
Death by Lightning | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For those seeking comfort or at least wisdom from #presidential #history, the @netflix.com series about Garfield and his assassin is excellent; it spotlights the role of special interests/personal rivalries/ego/delusion in #politics. Also Matthew Macfadyen = A+
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jop...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jop...
This story has everything: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Austrian nuns win reprieve in abandoned convent - if they stay off social media
The three nuns say they were taken out of the convent against their will and placed in a care home.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This story has everything: www.bbc.com/news/article...
I can't be the only person who ponders the marriage of #MatthewRhys and #KeriRussell an *unseemly* amount.
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I can't be the only person who ponders the marriage of #MatthewRhys and #KeriRussell an *unseemly* amount.
The one swap I'm making this season is a word change:
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The One Swap I'm Making This Season
My (then) 7 year old inspecting the phone in my old college dorm as though it had DROPPED FROM THE SKY.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The one swap I'm making this season is a word change:
kategace.substack.com/p/the-one-sw...
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Good #TV if you need some comic relief to go with your mental grappling about #AI (and, I would argue, #democracy):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6lz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6lz...
Pluribus — Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Good #TV if you need some comic relief to go with your mental grappling about #AI (and, I would argue, #democracy):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6lz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6lz...
Of course I check on them every night now. Den 2.
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Of course I check on them every night now. Den 2.
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
This afternoon in Fort Ward on Bainbridge island. I wonder if these old barracks will ever be repurposed. I hope so. #seattle #pugetsound
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This afternoon in Fort Ward on Bainbridge island. I wonder if these old barracks will ever be repurposed. I hope so. #seattle #pugetsound
The whole thing is fascinating but at 14:30 watch lifelong New Yorker DJF:
1. Learning what it costs for one swipe on a MetroCard;
2. Enjoying the mouthfeel of these strange new words "affordability" and "groceries."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzw...
1. Learning what it costs for one swipe on a MetroCard;
2. Enjoying the mouthfeel of these strange new words "affordability" and "groceries."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzw...
LIVE: Trump and Mamdani meeting at the White House (FULL)
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The whole thing is fascinating but at 14:30 watch lifelong New Yorker DJF:
1. Learning what it costs for one swipe on a MetroCard;
2. Enjoying the mouthfeel of these strange new words "affordability" and "groceries."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzw...
1. Learning what it costs for one swipe on a MetroCard;
2. Enjoying the mouthfeel of these strange new words "affordability" and "groceries."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzw...
Thank you for #cheetahcam @davidplotz.bsky.social! It is in fact all that and a bag of chips.
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thank you for #cheetahcam @davidplotz.bsky.social! It is in fact all that and a bag of chips.
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/chee...
Ollie has started his weekend.
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ollie has started his weekend.
Is @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social *this* close to deposing Woolf as my favorite Writer Named Virginia? Yes she is. ::resumes spontaneous head swivels because I KNOW: it *is* a crazy-high bar::
"The problem for billionaires is written on the tin: It’s their billions. Lately, once the money of the private-jet set enters a campaign, the stink of the oligarchy sticks to the campaign."
Me today @newrepublic.com :
newrepublic.com/article/2033... via @newrepublic.com
Me today @newrepublic.com :
newrepublic.com/article/2033... via @newrepublic.com
The Real Losers in Seattle’s Mayoral
Election? Oligarchs.
They poured mountains of dollars into trying to find ways to stop socialist Katie Wilson. But to younger voters, their money stinks.
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Is @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social *this* close to deposing Woolf as my favorite Writer Named Virginia? Yes she is. ::resumes spontaneous head swivels because I KNOW: it *is* a crazy-high bar::
Wherein I confess why I kept taking to the woods in 2024.
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Why I, An Amateur, Spend Time Parsing Politics
When I stepped back from running my company nearly two years ago, I had three good business reasons. I also made one huge mistake: I had no real plan for myself.
kategace.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Wherein I confess why I kept taking to the woods in 2024.
kategace.substack.com/p/why-i-an-a...
kategace.substack.com/p/why-i-an-a...
@karaswisher.bsky.social @profgalloway.com yes to moving toward #universalhealthcare asap but it was really weird to hear you say so cavalierly that young people don’t even need healthcare. Surely you know what it costs to have a baby uninsured?!
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It Doesn't Have To Be This Way
These kids look like twins, but they were born two years apart and have radically different ROIs.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
@karaswisher.bsky.social @profgalloway.com yes to moving toward #universalhealthcare asap but it was really weird to hear you say so cavalierly that young people don’t even need healthcare. Surely you know what it costs to have a baby uninsured?!
open.substack.com/pub/kategace...
open.substack.com/pub/kategace...
@harvard.edu are you seriously asking me for money while Larry Summers continues to teach???
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@harvard.edu are you seriously asking me for money while Larry Summers continues to teach???