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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️

@alterasound.com
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Audio engineer. YouTube content creator. Immersive audio enthusiast. By day I'm wrangling technology. By night I'm recording sound effects and making music. 📌 MSP linktr.ee/alterasound

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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 16m
Thinking about how I had literally half a dozen third-round in-person interviews while job hunting and was selected for none of them. Then my first virtual third-round I was instantly hired.
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Sable, Final Girl 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 20h
look, I get it: transitioning is scary so do it scared we all do it scared but you have to do it
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026
Here is an explanation of King County’s actions, livestream, and record-keeping. They tried to kick out ICE flights years ago. The federal government sued and won. Hence the cameras. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/exec...
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Flights - King County, Washington
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 27/09/2026
Why is the US government paying for pro-Trump ads???
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 25/09/2026
My neighborhood has the sauce
A t-shirt featuring a Nancy comic. Sluggo is seated on a curb saying "I'm bored -- I think I'll become a beatnik".
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 23/09/2026
Lmao
A text exchange:
"Data centers bring billions in economic investment to Kansas-including fully funded upgrades to our energy grid.
See why strong energy infrastructure is key to America's Al leadership:"

"Eat shit and die robot fuckers"
A text reply:
"You have successfully unsubscribed."
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Art of Persuasion Read more cartoons! —> #Policartoon Support the cartoons! —>patreon.com/barry
TRANSCRIPT
Panel 1:
A woman and a man sit on a low stone wall in a park. The woman is upset; the man listens.

WOMAN: And now the Democrat in the race is backing some anti-trans laws! I’m not sure I can vote for that.

MAN (thinking): Uh-oh. Democrats need every vote. How can I convince her to vote for the Democrat anyway?

Panel 2:
The woman and man walk through the park, the woman ahead of him.

WOMAN: Of course, the Republican is even worse. But if Democrats turn against trans people… I’m so frightened.

MAN (thinking): I’ve got to be empathetic and persuasive.

Panel 3:
Close-up of the man, looking thoughtful with his hand on his chin.

WOMAN (off-panel): Look at what happened to the UK — they’ve now got two anti-trans parties. If we let that happen here, trans rights are dead.

MAN (thinking): Okay, I think I know how to reassure her and get her vote.

Panel 4:
The man is suddenly furious, leaning toward the startled woman and pointing at her.

MAN: You’re a Trump supporting moron and you deserve to die!

CHICKEN FAT WATCH
PANEL 1:
A good dog with a halo peers out a window. A hand sticks out of a hole in a tree holding a sign that says SEND CANDY.

PANEL 2:
Groucho peeks from behind some bushes. A poster nailed to a tree reads "Background gag to come and it'll be so funny!" A bad rabbit (we know it's bad because it's smoking) sits beside a bad worm (also smoking). A bottle lying in the grass is labeled "BARRY BEER" and has a disturbed-looking drawing of Barry. A mouse holds a knife to a cat; the cat raises its front paws in surrender.

PANEL 4:
A giant mouse (?) in a shirt and tie sits on the wall reading a newspaper, called "Daily Blah Blah," whose headline says "Literate Rodent Escapes Lab."
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 21/09/2026
Imagine this girl in that car. For a modest five figure sum you can make that a reality.
Katie wearing a white button up shirt, turquoise earrings, and wool felt hat.
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 20/09/2026
AI has ruined gift stores. If I wanna buy tourist slop, I at least want to support a real artist.
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 20/09/2026
From lowpoint to high point
People taking pictures inside Jewel CaveKatie on Black Elk Peak, highest point in South Dakota
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 19/09/2026
Do people realize how insane this is? The DOJ can just stop a hospital from providing medical care just through threats? You know what's next after they're done with gender affirming care? "First they came for trans people and we did nothing oops lol"
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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 17/09/2026
i don't think hardly any of you cis motherfuckers realize how painful it is to see this beamed out to everyone around us nonstop for months. i *know* none of you telling us you know what's best for us know what it's like.
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 17/09/2026
Waitlisted 😭
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If these right-wing Dems win then they’re gonna use this as a reason to turn the ratchet on us as tight as it goes with bipartisan support and it will take us decades to regain that ground, if we ever do; if they lose, uh, everything stays really bad still. Not great man
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 17/09/2026
Waiting to hear back if I'm on the list to purchase a Steam Frame 🤞
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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"It's not a principle until it costs you" living rent free in my head these days for myriad reasons.
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Pumpactionmusket @pumpactionmusket.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Holy shit. All of the submission videos are just being uploaded immediately at the bottom of the webpage without any moderation whatsoever. Somebody is getting fired for this. openforlegends.guitarcenter.com/campaign/ope...
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John Sawa, MPSE 🔊 @sawasound.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just had my next series I was supposed to work on as a sfx editor disappear 😑 If anybody needs a sound designer, SFX editor, trailer sound+mix, cinematics support, or anything that needs evocative sound to tell the story this winter hit me up 🤙 #sounddesign #gameaudio #postproduction sawasound.com
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John Sawa, MPSE — Cinematic Sound Designer
Award-winning cinematic sound design for games, film & TV — MechWarrior 5, Dead Space, Call of Duty. North Vancouver, BC.
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 16/09/2026
If you want to, you should! Even with everything.
Katie circa 2019Modern-day Katie
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 15/09/2026
So now that I'm settled in Minnesota I'm contemplating renting a commercial space to rebuild my studio 👀
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 14/09/2026
"Nobody will help you if you speak to them like that" If that's your bar on fighting for the rights of strangers, you were never going to fucking help even if I licked your arse.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 13/09/2026
Whelp... not looking good for the Vikings season already.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
The gay marriage analogy fails b/c it would be as if it were already legal nationwide and Dems were campaigning to end it. This is how thoroughly the right has captured the narrative. Liberals can't even see the biggest rollback of civil rights for a minority group in modern history for what it is.
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 11/09/2026
Is the debunk of myth 1 even really true? Acoustic issues are always there. Just because a smaller monitor has less low-end doesn't magically make them go away any more than plugging your ears does.
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autogynephagia @cas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
if you're a cis person and you're dating a trans woman, you need to buy her flowers at least once. even if she probably wouldn't like flowers, she definitely wants you to assume that she likes flowers.
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David Nazario @oirazan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Over the weekend we got to attend the Member Preview and Founding Member Party for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. It was an amazing experience getting to see so many inspiring and iconic works of art all housed in a building that itself is a work of art.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/09/2026
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 07/09/2026
Just got back from Coyote v Acme... it was so good! Can't imagine what joyless, humorless exec decided to can it.
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Cirice Gray @In Her Image out now! @ciricegray.itch.io · 06/09/2026
New study on transgender women hiring discrimination paints an incredibly bleak picture. If you can't stealth and don't pass your callbacks plummet 32% This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel
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The Cost of Being Seen: Identity, Non-Passing Appearance, and Hiring Discrimination Against Transgender Women
This paper examines whether hiring discrimination against transgender women arises from gender identity, non-cisnormative appearance, or their interaction. In a
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M. Azevedo @azevedoaudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I am beyond pleased to share that next weekend I will be presenting "1000-Footer," a new work commissioned by Experimental Sound Studio for the 24 channel array at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago. The program will be presented on Saturday Sept 12, Sunday Sept 13, and Monday Sept 14, all are free.
A flyer for the 2026 Sonic Pavilion Festival, presented by Experimental Sound Studio

Sonic Pavilion Festival 2026 presents seven 24-channel sound compositions for the globally unique trellised speaker array at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in the heart of downtown Chicago. The result is a canopy of sound—a fluid sonic architecture that bridges the focus of a live performance and the majesty of the surrounding cityscape.

This year’s Sonic Pavilion is part of America250, a national series of arts programs on the occasion of the 250th birthday of the United States. Each work draws inspiration from different communities in the U.S.

Saturday, September 12, 1-4pm
Sunday, September 13, 1-4pm
Monday, September 14, 5-8pm
All works play twice each day. Detailed schedule with play times below.

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Millennium Park
201 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601

FREE and open to the public

Artists were selected in an international open call. The 2026 artists are:

Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh
Black Diamond (Hunter Diamond & Artie Black)
Courtney Werner & Many Hands (David Henderson)
Kikù Hibino & Traxman
Macie Stewart, Lia Kohl, Whitney Johnson
M. Azevedo
Sadie Woods
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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/09/2026
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Home Heeled Advantage theonion.com/home-heeled-advantage
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Home Heeled Advantage
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not only are foundations and donors pulling back from supporting trans rights, but major foundations are dropping organizations BECAUSE of their commitment to trans issues. This happened to @fightforthefuture.org and we have not recovered financially www.them.us/news/trans-r...
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Trans Leader Sounds Alarm About “Near Complete Exodus” of Philanthropy From Movement
​Shelby Chestnut, the executive director of the Transgender Law Center, says that the “dollars barely trickle in.”
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 01/09/2026
On today's episode of the Wedge LIVE podcast we're making deliveries with Al from the "Whittier Water Coolers" aka the Hydration Honeys. This group of neighbors regularly stock water bottles across their network of nine coolers (and counting) to make sure nobody goes thirsty.
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Katharina Bär ➡️ Gamescom @soundbear.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's official now, my time at ZA/UM is ending soon. I will take some time off after I leave, but I'm looking for new opportunities, preferably freelance for now. So if anyone is looking for tech sound design support or just sound design in general, let me know!
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 21/08/2026
"If trans people want a boycott of The New York Times, where's the call to do so?" Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.
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Boycott The New York Times
For years The New York Times has relentlessly pushed anti-trans propaganda, playing a significant role in the escalating genocide against us. It's far past time for a call to action: anyone who cares ...
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 25/08/2026
Guess who just shocked the shit out of herself because it turns out one of her outlets has the hot and neutral wired backwards 🙃
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Emily E. Meo @emilyemeo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
so it turns out my math here was a bit sloppy, but NOW i am roughly five months away from the end of my contract in late January! do YOU need a sound designer / game audio generalist on your team in late January? if so, let's chat!
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Soph @sophmakessound.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hey UK post production teams. 5 weeks today ill be available for freelance work as a Dialogue Editor and ADR Supervisor. Get in touch if you need one 😊
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 21/08/2026
For the love of goodness just marvel at the headline and do not read the article which describes in detail how this actually happened.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.
A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.
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s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I have a dire update on this story. I have reason to believe my source, Aurora Rush, was taken by the federal government as a political prisoner. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...
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Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police
An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.
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Katie the Sound Lass 🏳️‍⚧️ @alterasound.com · 18/08/2026
Having to renew some AV certifications and every training nowadays is using AI 😐
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mcc @dryad.technology · 18/08/2026
It's important that we've seen a shift where Nancy Mace can be chanting "tranny, tranny" in a proceeding of the US Congress, or this can happen, and not only is it accepted it's *treated as unexceptional* in mainstream press. If nothing else it shows us where the supposed moderates stand.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Bex @bexg93.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
🚨 The archived version of the suppressed Amnesty report into the anti-trans network operating to dismantle human rights in the UK has been "excluded" from the Wayback Machine. JKR is working very hard to scrub its existence from the eyes of the public. Thankfully, I kept screenshots.
A screenshot of the Wayback Machine page when trying to access the suppressed Amnesty report into anti-trans organisation and networks in the UK saying "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine".
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Samperson @samperson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
in essay form. have not finished but it's a good read so far mssv.net/2026/08/13/w...
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What’s behind the rise of teens spying for Russia?
Russian secret services are using gamification to recruit teen spies. How far could this go?
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KC Collins @sounddr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Not sure what questions to ask about sound in your product or service/experience? I made a handy walkthrough guide to accompany my Sonic UX book that will help you build a sonic UX research brief and questionnaires. #sonicux sounddr.ca/resources/so...
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The Sound Brief · Sonic UX Research Lab
What can sound do for your product, and what should you be asking about it? A canvas from Sonic UX (MIT Press) by Dr KC Collins.
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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
There's an evolution to sound design audio where for the first few years one often targets absolute realism. Then suddenly you understand the actual target is making the unreal *feel* real. It's not just dumping audio physics into an engine. Mastery of anything is knowing exactly how to break rules.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 12/08/2026
Minnesota made history on primary night. For the first time, all of the candidates for the top political offices in Minnesota are women.
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