Kate EG @eadska.bsky.social · 2hIn high school, I took French. I can kind of puzzle out stuff and I technically can, like, order coffee and pastries. My accent is apparently bad enough that French folks resort to pointing to confirm what I said, though. 110
Kate EG @eadska.bsky.social · 2hLol. I can translate very simple things on the floor at the palace of westminster but not that. 020
Reposted by Kate EGBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Six months ago:theonion.comDOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of EntertainmentWASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo... 18672311621
Reposted by Kate EG👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 09/10/2026Yeah, you know what, that’s actually a fair usage of the phrase ‘medieval’. It is medieval and it should have been left in the medieval era. 321817
Reposted by Kate EGChris Galdieri @cgaldieri.bsky.social · 09/10/2026For 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 · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4093471210468
Reposted by Kate EGJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I remember a decade-long panic about undergraduates, activists, or Tumblr pages declaring new language rules and denouncing people for violating them. 571082196
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 823120
Reposted by Kate EGMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is such a stupid time to be alive. 0587
Kate EG @eadska.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Socialism is defined as whatever buzzwords I think will make people vote for my party." 010
Reposted by Kate EGBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The 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. 14558891114
Kate EG @eadska.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"therapists are setting impossible standards for parenting" 110
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
Kate EG @eadska.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This photo is also from one of my favorite genres--photographer's shadow is in the picture. 010
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. 273128222109
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 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
Kate EG @eadska.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think you forget that this is mutually assured destruction. 110
Kate EG @eadska.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Oh I see. You think that will be the end rather than a whole other beginning lollllllllllllllllllllll 110
Kate EG @eadska.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm gonna need better seats next time you take me to a game to keep that one quiet. 120