Reposted by Kate EGChris Galdieri @cgaldieri.bsky.social · 34mFor years afterward, Ditka said not running was one of his great regrets because he thought he would have beaten Obama and averted his presidency. 011
Reposted by Kate EGLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15h“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 347283438512
Reposted by Kate EGJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 23hI remember a decade-long panic about undergraduates, activists, or Tumblr pages declaring new language rules and denouncing people for violating them. 561043187
Reposted by Kate EG👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/10/2026that's strange because i define it as "paying a fair amount of taxes so my neighbours don't go bankrupt paying for their cancer treatment". but what would i know, i only live in a country with socialised healthcare 822619
Reposted by Kate EGMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 23hThis is such a stupid time to be alive. 0587
Reposted by Kate EGBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23hThe American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek. 14358261100
Reposted by Kate EGWhit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is so fucked up. He’s an evil, doddering old fool.I know we all know that. Sometimes it’s just important to say out loud. 261
Reposted by Kate EGWhit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I am not saying I think Catholicism is the one true religion. I am not saying I think the pope is right on everything. I am not saying that I’m not agnostic anymore. I *AM* saying that I’m getting close to changing my position on whether god has more important things to worry about than sports 0101
Reposted by Kate EGWhit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’m rooting for White Sox vs Padres with a Sox win 021
Reposted by Kate EGRob Hanna @robhanna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"you follow this one person around, trying to convince them you're so smart that people should call you 'doctor,' and everyone makes believe there's a job at the end. If everything gost well, in several years you get to sit in a meeting w/ that person's friends, and they decide if you're smart." 081
Reposted by Kate EGRob Hanna @robhanna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I really wish there was more civic discourse about Drexel, and Penn, and Temple, being shitty community members. Drexel just trying to vaporize a civic insty-tution that should be there for future generations of Philly kids. 2326
Reposted by Kate EGBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports. 273128212110
Reposted by Kate EGKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Can we have a moratorium on philosophers from ivy league and ivy-adjacent schools publishing anything about pedagogy or higher education 2423
Reposted by Kate EGTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks. 331890304
Reposted by Kate EGPhil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 28/09/2026SpaceX just launched the 14th Starship test flight, and it's now successfully in orbit for the first time. This is an amazing achievement, and I absolutely detest how Musk has ruined this sort of thing both for me and for humanity. 34776100
Reposted by Kate EGRob Hanna @robhanna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A Sixer is a type of bird. Go birds. 021
Reposted by Kate EGRob Hanna @robhanna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yeah. I've known far, far, far too many women. Some men, too. I really hadn't understood the extent of the problem until I was already at college. 021
Reposted by Kate EGBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just make the pitchers hit again for fucks sake, I want to see weirdly proportioned guys hit dingers 3 times a year not ruin the majesty of creation 1058957
Reposted by Kate EG👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 27/09/2026I think this is a key part of why historians are mad, yeah. Because it’s a dunk, and it’s one that like. We all know that scientists and engineers think themselves better and smarter than humanities students. There’s always an assumption that they could do our job but we couldn’t do theirs. 2231840
Reposted by Kate EG"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This strikes me is a common misunderstanding of the argument for humanities education, which is not that it serves as some sort of individual inoculation, but rather than it produces a citizenry more capable of self-governance when distributed widely, especially for decision-makers of every kind. 15817141
Reposted by Kate EGLulu @luluvohn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Can we talk about the anxiety of going to a new casual cafe/food place and not knowing if it’s a bus your own table kind of place or not and nobody else is finishing, so you can’t tell, but you want to leave? 051
Reposted by Kate EGjack-00.bsky.social @jack-00.bsky.social · 26/09/2026theintercept.com/2026/09/24/h... I get it. It's kind of creepy having someone track your location and share it.theintercept.comFlock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken OfflineA new map shows Flock has more cameras in the U.S. than was previously known. The company wants the map taken down. 065
Reposted by Kate EGJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 25/09/2026LOUIE is on here??? Fuckin LOUIE????????? And it's in the TOP FIFTY?!?!?!?!? 3625020
Reposted by Kate EGisla @demomolos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I have never had a pony, not have I ever asked for a pony. That said, I was able to use the bathroom in every state two years ago. 2945103
Reposted by Kate EG🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 25/09/2026once again: you can forgive a child looking in the mirror for the first time and thinking the person inside is someone else and not his own reflection we should stop treating these men like children 112723
Reposted by Kate EG🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Happy Dolly Parton Day 🦋💖 Take 9-25 off to celebratestatic.klipy.comDolly Parton's Iconic WinkAlt: Dolly Parton's Iconic Wink 217532
Reposted by Kate EGLaura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Do not mess with Minnesota crafters' valued. They are skilled, they are political, & they will devastate you every time. 0142
Reposted by Kate EGOne for Sorrow @thetalkingmagpie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Christ almighty this is awful, very brave of him to come forward. #NUFCbbc.co.ukAndy Carroll: Former England striker reveals he was sexually assaulted in 2021Former England striker Andy Carroll reveals he was sexually assaulted in 2021, by a man who has subsequently been jailed for three years. 431060209
Reposted by Kate EGWhit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What I love most about Gritty is that for about 20 minutes Philadelphians were like what the fuck is this and then other people started making fun of Gritty and we were all like fuck you that’s OUR weird large furry orange son and you will show him the respect he deserves 1164
Reposted by Kate EGJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Taught the Fugitive Slave Act for the first time in a few years. Man, my head was spinning as I uttered my familiar refrain about how the FSA radicalized Northerners who maybe never thought much about slavery until they saw people being snatched off the street right in front of them...static.klipy.comEuphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About UsAlt: Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us 202162540
Reposted by Kate EGBuffaloResearch.com @buffaloresearch.com · 23/09/2026Here's a partial index of victims of the Fugitive Slave Act that I compiled in February: 🗃️ buffaloresearch.com/victims-of-t...buffaloresearch.comVictims of the Fugitive Slave Act: An Incomplete IndexExplore the dark legacy of the Fugitive Slave Act, signed by Millard Fillmore, and learn the names of some of the freedom seekers it impacted. 0279
Reposted by Kate EGSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy. 12748741145
Kate EG @eadska.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is honestly how you know someone is from Philly. Or autistic. Or both (positive, me also). 241
Reposted by Kate EGHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026hey just curious where did the “protect women athletes” crowd get off to 21277400
Reposted by Kate EGjsaquella @jsaquella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Phillies magic number is 2. Please clap 1548
Reposted by Kate EGWhit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We’ve got to stop framing it this way. Even if he came to the country illegally he shouldn’t have been shot. No one should be shot. What are we doing here? 0101
Reposted by Kate EGGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out 397209563489
Reposted by Kate EGErika is still using women's toilets 🖕(she/her) 🏳️⚧️ @erristarling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hey so fun fact, GPs aren't qualified to assess ADHD. This means nothing. The people who DO assess ADHD and those who study it say its underqualified. This is written to sound damning but when you give it 2 seconds of thought, you realise how worthless this is 1121159
Reposted by Kate EGJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Wes Streeting is a truly, truly awful person. The damage he's done to trans people, to neurodivergent people, to people with mental health issues... all because of his "reckons". 3379110
Reposted by Kate EGjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety 3570041626
Reposted by Kate EGJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026r/crafts has banned all Harry Potter-related crafts due to JK Rowling’s anti-trans bigotry, after a 53-41 votereddit.comFrom the crafts community on RedditExplore this post and more from the crafts community 3369321071
Reposted by Kate EGWhit EM @whittyrem.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’m truly not saying this as a dunk, but you can tell this is a guy because the list of technological advancements in what is usually thought of as women’s works that liberated people from drudgery is actually quite long 0111
Reposted by Kate EGPatrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 20/09/2026Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man 8375791752
Reposted by Kate EGCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation. 2742241002
Reposted by Kate EGDevin𓅃 @devin-eleven.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Come to the nation's capital, see the giant arch of death! Drones, snipers, and plenty of ammo! 021
Reposted by Kate EG🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026If you're on here telling trans people to shut up and vote, you should be angry that Republicans have manipulated you to such a degree. Why aren't you angry about it 242657391
Reposted by Kate EG🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886282302
Reposted by Kate EGAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Not only is illustration art, WSJ has artfully illustrated that no matter how rich you get, you’ll never be accepted in old money circles. They think they make culture. We all do, for better and worse. 281107320