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Katie Levin

@gate11.bsky.social

748 followers 426 following 247 posts

I like puns, writing centers, and justice. Vermonter in Minneapolis.

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

They remind me of the Vermicious Knids from Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator!

Wormlike Vermicious Knids contorting their bodies to spell out “SCRAM”

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I am OVER-THE-MOON proud of this collection, co-edited with my beloved friends and colleagues Rachel Azima, Meredith Steck, and Jasmine Tang! Pre-order now with 40%-off discount code ALST26 at upcolorado.com/utah.../the-...

Image description: Book cover for *The Reluctant Supervisor: Recognizing and Rethinking Power in Writing Center Supervisory Practices," edited by Rachel Azima, Katie Levin, Meredith Steck, and Jasmine Kar Tang, from Utah State University Press. Book cover is green with a smashed "World's Best Boss" mug precariously holding colored pencils.

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This cinder block is absolutely HOUSING the grass beneath it.

Cinder block that looks like a face, with grass poking up into its mouth.

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Plaintive cucumber has me questioning whether I really wanna put it in a salad…@pareidolia.bsky.social

Sliced cucumber that looks like a face—well, a mouthless face, with two eyes and tiny nostrils

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

“All right, Mr. DeMille; I’m ready for my close-up.” —Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

@pareidolia.bsky.social

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

@captequinox.bsky.social and I are back at our Scary National Figure pumpkin attempts. Can you guess who this is without reading the alt text? Does the second photo help? 😁

Jack-o-lantern rendering of RFK Jr, glowering. Well, it *kinda* looks like RFK Jr; it looks equally like any other scary white guy in charge of things.

Close-up of same RFK Jr pumpkin, now with a smiling worm popping out of his head to hammer home which scary white guy we were trying to depict.

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Very specialized lane on campus: yield to dancing pairs.

Stencil in pedestrian lane: in the foreground, YIELD sign; farther away, a worn-down pedestrian symbol facing left, with a fresh layer superimposed but facing right. They look like partner dancers.

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

A giant READ THE ROOM to the folks who, at the end of a day (week, month, year) of blows from leadership to everyone’s sense of safety and wellbeing, have the audacity to send me this.

Anonymized email with subject line, “New Self-Leadership Series and Programs to Enhance Your Resilience”

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A darling pair of carrots purchased at the Wedge. Are they in love? Are they twins? Are they trying to imitate a chromosome?

Two carrots that intertwined themselves when growing: they look like they are hugging, or dancing, or pretending to be a chromosome.

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Seen on the freebie shelf in the laundry room: probably one of the worst-aged Christmas gifts ever produced.

Colorful ceramic mug promising “ADVENTURE Awaits 2020”

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Seen in Wilson Library, an old-school Wikipedia.

Hardcover textbook-shaped volume from a series called “Great Events from History.” Title: “Modern Scandals.” Years at the bottom indicate 1904–2008.

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

One of these orbs is not like the others

Twilight on the University of Minnesota campus, looking east. On the right, the pedestrian bridge across the Mississippi, its lamppost-lined pathway lit with friendly yellowish glowing spheres; on the left, treetops, and the friendly yellowish glowing sphere of the full moon enveloped in wispy clouds.

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Wall of sound.

Display window at Encore Music, stacked top to bottom with black amplifiers. (And also a red LOVE sign.)

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Poorly frosted Carrot Cake of Coping.

Two-layer carrot cake with lemon zest sprinkled over bloppy cream cheese frosting.

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Variation on a classic tune: Turkey in the Spa.

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

Seen on my campus, a FAR SUPERIOR alternative to ChatGPT. I adore everything about it, and I run a writing center.

Flyer stapled to a bulletin board; all-caps writing centered on a white page.

DAMON “MOTHERFUCKER” SMITH

WRITER FOR HIRE
AND UNLICENSED LOBOTOMIST

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION - RESIGNATION NOTICES - SPEECHES & TOASTS - LOVE LETTERS, MARRIAGE PROPOSALS, & WEDDING VOWS.
BREAKUP TEXTS - SONGS, RAPS (DIS TRACKS A SPECIALTY), MOTHER’S DAY CARDS AND MORE - DIRTY LIMERICKS - FUNNY ANECDOTES YOU CAN PASS OFF AS YOUR OWN - POEMS ABOUT WALRUSES (NO OTHER SUBJECTS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME) - BEDTIME STORIES - EULOGIES - D&D CAMPAIGNS - DIRTY JOKES - SPELLS AND INCANTATIONS.

THERE’S NOTHING I CAN’T WRITE!

ASK ABOUT OUR SPECIAL “MOTHERFUCKER’S PACKAGE”

CASH AND BARTER ONLY.

“I’LL WRITE LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER…FOR YOU!”

612-XXX-XXXX

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

I can’t ever see that man’s lipless smirk without picturing John Tenniel’s Humpty Dumpty (who, tbh, is also fragile, obsessed with walls, and fast-and-loose with language).

Lipless Humpty Dumpty illustration by John Tenniel

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Katie Levin @gate11.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

Blue rooster, tiny pigeon.

In the Walker sculpture garden, a giant blue rooster sculpture on a white pedestal faces right; on the left side of the pedestal, facing the opposite way, perches a small gray pigeon.

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