Kate Langsdorf
@klangs.bsky.social
she/they. Government communications enthusiast, administrator of arts, & your friendly neighborhood @newplayexchange.bsky.social presence. I think of you often & fondly.📍Western WA
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#OnThisDay in 1967, The Seattle Times ran the first of a series of articles documenting police corruption in Seattle. The 5-month investigation revealed that officers solicited money from tavern operators in the downtown area in exchange for being allowed to operate. www.historylink.org/File/3292
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
#OnThisDay in 1967, The Seattle Times ran the first of a series of articles documenting police corruption in Seattle. The 5-month investigation revealed that officers solicited money from tavern operators in the downtown area in exchange for being allowed to operate. www.historylink.org/File/3292
The people must know if the promising young white fella looked to a bright future before he did the hate crime. Thanks, CNN!
January 14, 2026 at 6:41 AM
The people must know if the promising young white fella looked to a bright future before he did the hate crime. Thanks, CNN!
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How do you stop the #flu? Get vaccinated! Remember to wash your hands, cover your cough, consider masking indoors and crowded areas, and stay home when you are sick. doh.wa.gov/flu
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
How do you stop the #flu? Get vaccinated! Remember to wash your hands, cover your cough, consider masking indoors and crowded areas, and stay home when you are sick. doh.wa.gov/flu
A moral compass, finely tuned to the true north that they deserve to grow up to be the local panty-inspector www.them.us/story/washin...
Washington State PAC Pushes for Trans Sports Ban With Genital Inspections
The initiative has reportedly received enough signatures to be considered for a state ballot.
www.them.us
January 7, 2026 at 6:05 AM
A moral compass, finely tuned to the true north that they deserve to grow up to be the local panty-inspector www.them.us/story/washin...
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I don’t think this gets enough emphasis:
They erected a gallows.
A gallows.
That’s not something you do on the spur of the moment. That takes planning.
They erected a gallows.
A gallows.
That’s not something you do on the spur of the moment. That takes planning.
January 7, 2026 at 4:18 AM
I don’t think this gets enough emphasis:
They erected a gallows.
A gallows.
That’s not something you do on the spur of the moment. That takes planning.
They erected a gallows.
A gallows.
That’s not something you do on the spur of the moment. That takes planning.
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Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
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If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
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#OnThisDay in 1918, the Lake Washington Reflector, Bellevue's first newspaper, began publication. historylink.org/File/4146
January 1, 2026 at 8:01 PM
#OnThisDay in 1918, the Lake Washington Reflector, Bellevue's first newspaper, began publication. historylink.org/File/4146
Had a stress dream last night that I misspelled it as “A Christmas Carrol” on an email to theater folks and my god I hope it was just a dream.
a poster that says your future is a horror story written by your crime on it
ALT: a poster that says your future is a horror story written by your crime on it
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Had a stress dream last night that I misspelled it as “A Christmas Carrol” on an email to theater folks and my god I hope it was just a dream.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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still my favorite christmas post
December 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
still my favorite christmas post
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Yeah, LinkedIn Year in Review, that's because everyone I know got laid off.
December 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Yeah, LinkedIn Year in Review, that's because everyone I know got laid off.
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I am all for setting aside reduced price tickets for people who can't otherwise see live theatre, but I push back on doing so across the board, because I have a thing about my *own entertainment being subsidized by people barely surviving.*
December 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I am all for setting aside reduced price tickets for people who can't otherwise see live theatre, but I push back on doing so across the board, because I have a thing about my *own entertainment being subsidized by people barely surviving.*
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MORE from Jack Smith:
"The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts."
"The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts."
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
MORE from Jack Smith:
"The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts."
"The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts."
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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So we have two immigrant heroes. One in Australia who helped disarm one of the shooters and one in the US who helped track down the Brown U shooter. When a man stabbed several people in the UK, it was also an immigrant who disarmed him.
Weird that the Far Right keeps vilifying immigrants.
Weird that the Far Right keeps vilifying immigrants.
December 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
So we have two immigrant heroes. One in Australia who helped disarm one of the shooters and one in the US who helped track down the Brown U shooter. When a man stabbed several people in the UK, it was also an immigrant who disarmed him.
Weird that the Far Right keeps vilifying immigrants.
Weird that the Far Right keeps vilifying immigrants.
How, in all this time, has only Johnny Marr been able to play guitar like Johnny Marr? Like a rock & roll ukulele. I need more.
a man is playing a red electric guitar on a stage in a dark room .
Alt: Johnny Marr plays a red electric guitar on a stage in a dark room. It looks like the 80s. At least I certainly hope this is Johnny Marr, or else I would feel quite foolish.
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
How, in all this time, has only Johnny Marr been able to play guitar like Johnny Marr? Like a rock & roll ukulele. I need more.
Remembering that time they sliced a baby out of me around 11am and by 4pm I was concerned that I hadn't done anything productive all day. Was it the morphine or the capatalism talking? We'll never know.
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Remembering that time they sliced a baby out of me around 11am and by 4pm I was concerned that I hadn't done anything productive all day. Was it the morphine or the capatalism talking? We'll never know.
I'm "my hips ache under the atmospheric river" years old. Not a euphamism; just middle-aged living in King County.
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm "my hips ache under the atmospheric river" years old. Not a euphamism; just middle-aged living in King County.
You've heard of Giving Tuesday now get ready for
December 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
You've heard of Giving Tuesday now get ready for
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This #GivingTuesday, join your colleagues & fellow new play champions across the country in giving to NNPN and New Play Exchange. Through the 12/31, your donations count double, thanks to a generous matching grant ♥️ nnpn.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This #GivingTuesday, join your colleagues & fellow new play champions across the country in giving to NNPN and New Play Exchange. Through the 12/31, your donations count double, thanks to a generous matching grant ♥️ nnpn.org/donate
I called my Rep, Kim Schrier WA-8, to state my concern that during a time that medicare, social security, public land, the NEA, & public health including the ACA are all under attack, she felt it was the right time to condemn socialism rather than fascism...
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I called my Rep, Kim Schrier WA-8, to state my concern that during a time that medicare, social security, public land, the NEA, & public health including the ACA are all under attack, she felt it was the right time to condemn socialism rather than fascism...
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Remembering Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray on her 115th birthday
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Remembering Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray on her 115th birthday
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Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.