Reposted by KateOlivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 22/09/2026Oh my god it’s funny because it’s true — take a gander at the video and then read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnes_...en.wikipedia.orgDunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia 10765362
Reposted by KateMaureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 19/09/2026Along with being one of the funniest comedians out there, PFT is a good human who's written a great thread. 1736
Reposted by KateTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask. 4639431078
Reposted by KateHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 16/09/2026abandoned malls and cubical farms are 21st century decrepit mansions and musty crypts, reminders that once upon a time, these things and the people who built them had fortunes, now spent; they signal the fragmenting of order, a new world replacing the old, and the fragility of power structures 328051
Reposted by KateBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Mamdani is a charismatic guy but I promise you anyone can replicate this. 1) Unapologetically use the government to help ordinary people; and 2) Tell them about it 332871436
Reposted by KateGoodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts. 895453543
Reposted by KateJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 02/09/2026(gazing into the abyss) ABYSS: anyway, copay is $20 2032327
Reposted by KatePatrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 01/09/2026i don't think i should be required to work hard and do a good job when everyone with power over my life barely works and does a bad job 3779201985
Reposted by KateChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Naught but a leap to the left And then a clockwyse tread; Put thyne handes on thyne hippes, And be thy knees yn-gatheréd: Lo! It ys the pelvique thruste That maketh mirthe down to rayne - Lat us doon the Tyme Warpe agayne! 151046288
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Post your getaway vehiclestatic.klipy.comStrange BrewALT: Strange Brew 000
Reposted by KateGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 28/08/202699% of the time I'm not really a leopards-eating-faces sort of person but the leopard breeder from leopard island who dedicated his life to bigger meaner leopards with more teeth made a string of incredibly odd choices 259682
Reposted by KateAmy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026You ever read one of the classics that's pretty well-regarded and just think "man, this guy really hated women" 621482187
Reposted by KateKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This gallery of ICE crop/seed art at this year's Minnesota State Fair is incredible, especially the one based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica by Jennifer Nelson, which features the last words of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Morse code: www.cropart.com/Resist.pdf 222207689
Reposted by KateDrew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com 156200218538
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Being a fandom wank follower was better training for a government communications job than anything I learned in college and I hate that for all of us. 030
Reposted by KateSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 21/08/2026sort of an iOS/Android question 1321117
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Love this pattern and hate how completley right you are about it here. 020
Reposted by KateTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026If you have questions or fears about this, we have the perfect opportunity for you: A scholar who is publishing a book on the Census and how it all works and shapes politics has agreed to an AMA with Bolts readers on the Census. Share any question here! boltsmag.org/how-the-cens... 4228103
Reposted by Katederek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/08/2026People tell me they like suits but don't have occasions to wear one. You can wear a suit to court, funerals, and religious services. Doesn't have to be your trial, friend's burial, or religion you believe in. Go to random trials, attend a stranger's burial, join multiple religions. Try it sometime. 2849594993
Reposted by KateJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 20/08/2026"spreadsheet people"—please. they're called cellcels. put some respect on their name 783213316
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026All of this! Crazy idea, but what if it was easier for everyone to get needed supports for the struggles in their life regardless of diagnosis and stopped acting like needless suffering was a good thing. 030
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We’d be lucky to have you. This isn’t how we usually trap people though. 000
Reposted by KateMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 19/08/2026every time i get an email written with chatgpt that doesn't make any sense, doesn't answer my question, or uses the same words over and over again ...in my head i am imagining it was written by Derek from the Good Placestatic.klipy.comJason Mendoza and Derek's Intimidation Stare-OffALT: Jason Mendoza and Derek's Intimidation Stare-Off 569474
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I felt the same way! My doctor kept encouraging it because my T2D wasn’t responding to any other interventions so I finally gave in and it just sort of magically fixed it? I have complicated feelings about the weight loss, but going from loads of things that didn’t work to one that did was amazing. 021
Reposted by KateMia [data-css=poetic] @miriam.codes · 18/08/2026My job as a designer is not always to make everything super simple and opinionated and correct, handed down on tablets from above – but to give people agency, and make complex choices approachable as part of an interface. 2312
Reposted by KateMia [data-css=poetic] @miriam.codes · 18/08/2026I haven't been following the light/dark toggle discussions, but my uninformed take is pretty simple: Stop Acting Like Design Decisions Have A Correct Answer (and then stop acting like the correct-answer machine is a real thing worth building) 1695
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Can’t all the unruly hill-folk just get along? It’s the flat-landers that are the real enemy! 000
Reposted by KateKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam" 183142502638
Reposted by KateMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 09/08/2026amplifying this and adding-- there are a lot of jobs that basically only exist in the federal government. You can come in with some relevant experience of course, but the exact work only happens in the government and experience/advancement only through on the job training and internal promotion 165899
Reposted by KateNPR @npr.org · 08/08/2026The Los Angeles Queens, the New York Heights, the Boston Hunters and the San Francisco Firebells take the field in Springfield, Ill., as the Women's Pro Baseball League kicks off its inaugural season. n.pr/4bAVbYCn.prThe Women's Professional Baseball League makes its historic debutThe Los Angeles Queens, the New York Heights, the Boston Hunters and the San Francisco Firebells take the field in Springfield, Ill., as the Women's Pro Baseball League kicks off its inaugural season. 8602125
Reposted by KateShepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I would rather have pronghorn antelope and bighorn sheep and elk and purple sage and four wing saltbrush than data centers and so far no one in tech has presented a compelling vision for how to have all of those things, they just seize more resources for the plagiarism engine. 3641155
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Now I’m just jealous of whatever sensible work culture you have going on. A lot of the issues I see are culture problems that AI just makes bigger, faster, and more expensive. Good practices would make a world of difference. 010
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026But is any of that actually happening? Not when planning, designing, and documenting slows down the constant churn. 110
Reposted by KateSorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Sagittarius: Pack a light suitcase and make sure your gas tank is full. Your chances of being run out of town by an angry mob this week are quite high. 318951
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Freeware, world building, dumpster dive, brewpub, cryptid 000
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Watching people from other places freak out as they learn the real depths of this horror is the only joy we get out of this hellish system. I hope she knows we appreciate her service. 070
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Considering buying an orbital sander. I hope @maureenjohnsonbooks.com knows how inspirational she is. 000
Reposted by KateCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 29/07/2026Hey Coloradans: one simple thing you can do today is call the director of the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment and ask them to issue a public health order for the Aurora GEO detention facility. To call: 303-692-2000 and press 8, then 7, to leave a message. 3222130
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Our biggest hitter for summer events so far has been mass mailed paper postcards. I didn’t expect to be increasing the amount of mailings we do at this point in my career, but here we are. 030
Reposted by KateGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 26/07/2026I would not give the DNC money if I was on fire and they had the only bucket of water, man. I need to believe they're gonna do something useful with it and right now I don't. I'll give to candidates & organizations who earned that trust. 920534
Reposted by KatePatrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Remembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S... 603040783
Reposted by KateJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work with the same urgency and ruthlessness to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter. 51077362
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Sorry, Littleton got all the rain tonight because we were holding a big outdoor event. The storms know. 020
Reposted by KateNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note. 65110893394
Reposted by KateGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/07/2026I know that most of our digital tools are controlled by awful billionaires and it's almost impossible for us to divest ourselves of all of them. But I think that X and Substack are so horribly toxic that everyone should avoid them as much as possible. 141427432
Kate @improbablekate.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Realize you aren’t looking for advice, but a Denver area specific tip: AllHealth pharmacy in Littleton (part of Arap County health, I think) specializes in behavioral health and has been incredibly helpful for me personally with this exact rx very recently. 000
Reposted by KateStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times. 2140924684
Reposted by KateCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Thought for the day: It never ceases to amaze me how today's techbros' vision of the future they want defaults to fully automated leopard-face-chomping neo-feudalism rather than fully automated luxury gay space communism. 29851186
