Karin Gitchel
@kgitch.bsky.social
M.Ed. Writer of memories. Reader of mysteries. Quilter of rainbows. LGBTQ+ ally. Art as healing. Words as connectors. Cat wrangler. Obsessed w/ sparkling water. 🐈⬛🧵🎨📚
Winter Solstice: "May this solstice bless you with the courage to rest, the wisdom to trust what is quietly forming in the dark,
& the gentleness to know that nothing essential is ever hurried. May the returning light find you rooted, replenished,
& at home in your own becoming." ~ Camilla Sanderson
& the gentleness to know that nothing essential is ever hurried. May the returning light find you rooted, replenished,
& at home in your own becoming." ~ Camilla Sanderson
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Winter Solstice: "May this solstice bless you with the courage to rest, the wisdom to trust what is quietly forming in the dark,
& the gentleness to know that nothing essential is ever hurried. May the returning light find you rooted, replenished,
& at home in your own becoming." ~ Camilla Sanderson
& the gentleness to know that nothing essential is ever hurried. May the returning light find you rooted, replenished,
& at home in your own becoming." ~ Camilla Sanderson
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time.
Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Just in time for spring break, Bellinghamsters can book non-stop flights to Portland, OR, from Bellingham International Airport starting mid-March. The airline made the route expansion announcement today.
Alaska Airlines adding new daily flight between Bellingham, Portland | Cascadia Daily News
The flights will begin in March 2026
www.cascadiadaily.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just in time for spring break, Bellinghamsters can book non-stop flights to Portland, OR, from Bellingham International Airport starting mid-March. The airline made the route expansion announcement today.
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.
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Today I announced an agreement between Washington state, Oregon, and British Columbia to renew and strengthen our partnership.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Today I announced an agreement between Washington state, Oregon, and British Columbia to renew and strengthen our partnership.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
Quilts are math and project management with perseverance! This Jelly Roll Quilt in a Weekend took a lot of weekends - I took it apart three times before the lines matched up. Then, I hated the binding so I took that apart and redid it. Now, it drapes on my chair and I love it so much.
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Quilts are math and project management with perseverance! This Jelly Roll Quilt in a Weekend took a lot of weekends - I took it apart three times before the lines matched up. Then, I hated the binding so I took that apart and redid it. Now, it drapes on my chair and I love it so much.
A few weeks ago, I made this cute bag. 🐝 It is wonky, has flaws, but it was my first attempt at sewing different weights of felt. I need to practice creative stitches, buy better stabilizer, and keep trying!
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
A few weeks ago, I made this cute bag. 🐝 It is wonky, has flaws, but it was my first attempt at sewing different weights of felt. I need to practice creative stitches, buy better stabilizer, and keep trying!
This was a two year process to finish this Kaffetastic Rainbow Star quilt. This quilt is pure joy! So many errors, so may crooked lines - so much learning for a first quilt. 🌈🩷
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This was a two year process to finish this Kaffetastic Rainbow Star quilt. This quilt is pure joy! So many errors, so may crooked lines - so much learning for a first quilt. 🌈🩷
I’m obsessed with quilted bags and rainbows. A fun, small bag that I made in summer 2023. Pattern from @thelittlegreenbean (her reels and videos are helpful!)
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I’m obsessed with quilted bags and rainbows. A fun, small bag that I made in summer 2023. Pattern from @thelittlegreenbean (her reels and videos are helpful!)
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
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This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)
October 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)
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You're gonna need a bigger tent
What a Bigger-Tent Democratic Party Could Look Like
Elected officials and operatives are rethinking old litmus tests.
www.thebulwark.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
You're gonna need a bigger tent
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"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
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As always, there is so much danger for women in “ Christian” fundamentalist communities . Excellent 🧵 on the mix of Vance, Thiel, project 2025 authors and the oppression of women.
How do you feel about having to practice the religion? You’re told to practice ?
How do you feel about having to practice the religion? You’re told to practice ?
“Behind Trump and Vance Is [Yoram Hazony’s National Conservatism “NatCon”] Movement” By @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, 8/1/25 …. 1/
Opinion | Behind Trump and Vance Is This Man’s Movement
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
As always, there is so much danger for women in “ Christian” fundamentalist communities . Excellent 🧵 on the mix of Vance, Thiel, project 2025 authors and the oppression of women.
How do you feel about having to practice the religion? You’re told to practice ?
How do you feel about having to practice the religion? You’re told to practice ?
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👇 Jenny is a must follow - each and every thread contains links to who, how & why we are here: names, background, and research.
When Ryan Williams “took over at Claremont, he became ‘very interested in harnessing some of the energy that he saw among young people who were being drawn to the alt-right…,’ Matthew Continetti,…who was a Lincoln fellow at Claremont, said.” By Elizabeth Zerofsky, 8/3/22 1/
How the Claremont Institute Became a Nerve Center of the American Right (Published 2022)
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
👇 Jenny is a must follow - each and every thread contains links to who, how & why we are here: names, background, and research.
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No one is coming to help.
Not the Democratic Party, not a politician, not Black people, and no other country will come in and save us from this.
Not the Democratic Party, not a politician, not Black people, and no other country will come in and save us from this.
I feel like a lot, and I mean a lot of people keep having the attitude that someone else is going to do the heavy lifting for them. I’m hoping the message is getting more clear. No one is coming to help.
February 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
No one is coming to help.
Not the Democratic Party, not a politician, not Black people, and no other country will come in and save us from this.
Not the Democratic Party, not a politician, not Black people, and no other country will come in and save us from this.
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He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.