Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 14hI just emailed someone who lives in Nairobi and almost closed with "Happy fall!" but then Googled it and learned that Nairobi is (just barely) in the Southern Hemisphere. So then I considered "Happy spring!" but realized I don't know enough about the climate and seasons there. 120
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Molly is a cutie! Her chair is black with purple accents, like mine. She's level-headed, adaptable, and resilient when she encounters setbacks. Of course. I don't necessarily think she has the baking brilliance to go all the way in the competition. But, whatever happens, she'll be fine. 041
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I just saw the word "painstaking" misspelled as "pain staken" It's not quite an eggcorn, but it feels noteworthy 120
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's Monday, and yet my distractibility and procrastination are already approaching Friday levels. 000
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wheelchair 👩🦽 user 👩🦽 on 👩🦽 GBBO! I expect the show to be very chill about it, as they have been about past contestants' disabilities. But I am chuffed! 150
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Years ago, when I was struggling with depression, a psychiatrist expressed surprise that I rated my mood that day as a 4 out of 10. I asked what a typical answer would be, and she said, "Most people say 9 or 10." And I blurted out, "Is that why people value their lives so much?!" 270
Reposted by Katherine DukeAlys Rujasu @rujasu.net · 23/09/2026When I was a kid, I learned that the Philadelphia Phillies had a minor league team called the Reading Phillies. However, I didn't know the town was pronounced redding and not reeding, so I though they were a minor league baseball team that also went around to schools teaching kids to read 0191
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The neighbors are at it again, with many more family members yelling. Rude. 000
Reposted by Katherine DukeFattig @fattig.bsky.social · 20/09/2026He’ll be drafted by the Minnesota Vikings, as Lizzo foretold 121
Reposted by Katherine DukeDaniel MacEachern @danielmaceachern.bsky.social · 20/09/2026ME: I watched Reacher. I think you’d like it MY WIFE: OK, I’ll give it a shot *later, watching Reacher* MY WIFE: [every five minutes] Could you do that ME: This was a mistake 2235
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My mother just told me that our old family friends, visiting from Kansas, have a dog named ZZ Top. "I didn't know what that name was about," Mom said, "but apparently it's a band." 012
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My mother just told me that our old family friends, visiting from Kansas, have a dog named ZZ Top. "I didn't know what that name was about," Mom said, "but apparently it's a band." 012
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026He graduated from the college where I work. I once described him to my co-workers as "a total hey-it's-that-guy," and one of them looked him up and said, "Hey, it's that guy!" 011
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I used to pride myself on remembering friends' birthdays. I can still tell you the DOB of many grade-school classmates. Facebook eventually took over that job. I kind of outsourced that function of my brain. Now that I no longer use FB much, I've missed two friends' birthdays in Sept. 2026 alone. 100
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Let us all take a moment to imagine that guy petting the newly discovered species of cat. 111
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I just spent half an hour cleaning my wheelchair immediately *before* making pancakes, which is a very "brush my teeth and then drink orange juice" move. 011
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I just spent half an hour cleaning my wheelchair immediately *before* making pancakes, which is a very "brush my teeth and then drink orange juice" move. 011
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026All right, who leaked the premise of my upcoming horror film, MALICIOUS COMPLIANCE? 150
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026While everyone is still talking about Macklemore, I might as well re-share this video, which I discovered two years ago (to the day!) and kind of love. Idris Elba's part is really fun to memorize and recite. Just now I found that I still knew, like, 90% of it. 010
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026As I'm not directly watching the broadcast, I'll just choose to imagine that Katie Dippold showed up to the ceremony dressed as The Babadook. 050
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The NYT's live feed just keeps announcing Kate O'Flynn's win over and over again. They've posted it like eight times. Fine by me! 030
Reposted by Katherine DukeKathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 15/09/2026one person in dentists office: rhys rhys rhys everyone in dentists office: RHYS RHYS RHYS 19211
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026[guy who's just hurriedly skimming his timeline today but feels compelled to post something] RIP Bob Macklemore 051
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026[guy who's just hurriedly skimming his timeline today but feels compelled to post something] RIP Bob Macklemore 051
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I just read an article about the history of soy products in the U.S., and now I can't get the phrase "craved the bean" out of my head. 121
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026When I was in fourth grade, Jeremy Bobrzynski won the presidency with a poster that read, "Vote for me! I'm given [sic] out candy!" For me, it was a formative moment of disillusionment with politics. "It's as if no one is taking this elementary school student council election seriously!" I thought. 122
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Critics* are raving: It's a "beautifully constructed puzzle" and "really fun!" See for yourself what all the buzz is about! * "Critics" = the one (1) person who has solved it so far 001
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I just read an article about the history of soy products in the U.S., and now I can't get the phrase "craved the bean" out of my head. 121
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Critics* are raving: It's a "beautifully constructed puzzle" and "really fun!" See for yourself what all the buzz is about! * "Critics" = the one (1) person who has solved it so far 001
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Fellow nerds, help me out with a work thing by TESTING OUT A FUN PUZZLE! I'm designing a magazine contest in the style of a NYT Connections puzzle-- or, if you prefer, the Connecting Wall from the BBC show Only Connect. DM me if you'd like to try to solve it and tell me what you think of it. 111
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Fellow nerds, help me out with a work thing by TESTING OUT A FUN PUZZLE! I'm designing a magazine contest in the style of a NYT Connections puzzle-- or, if you prefer, the Connecting Wall from the BBC show Only Connect. DM me if you'd like to try to solve it and tell me what you think of it. 111
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026youtube.comWe Got Five Thousand Dollars! (Wayne's World)YouTube video by bloodsploosh 011
Reposted by Katherine DukeGenial Black Man @trecoolx.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The candy you have permission to fuck 091
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🎵 All [they] wanna do is eat [our] brains. [They're] not unreasonable; I mean, no one's gonna eat [our] eyes... 🎵youtube.comRe: Your BrainsYouTube video by Jonathan Coulton - Topic 010
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026From the makers of Jon Hamm's John Ham?youtube.comJon Hamm's John Ham - Saturday Night LiveYouTube video by Saturday Night Live 122
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Now I’m reading a whole book of children’s letters to Highlights. I hope Chase has been out there doing great. 023
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Tonight I've been writing a short story in which the characters drink chamomile tea. Now I am drinking chamomile tea. I like chamomile tea. 000
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The jerk store called. They appreciate your patronage! 161
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I’m a single writer/editor in Massachusetts, and I like the part in The Proclaimers’ “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” when one of the twins chimes in on only every other syllable of the chorus: “… the … who … a … -sand … an’ … doon …” 062
Reposted by Katherine DukeKatherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026there’s actually a long tradition, dating back before colonialism, of people having feet down below their knees 021
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I’m a single writer/editor in Massachusetts, and I like the part in The Proclaimers’ “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” when one of the twins chimes in on only every other syllable of the chorus: “… the … who … a … -sand … an’ … doon …” 062
Katherine Duke @katducduk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Ooh, this account doesn't often take such a turn... 👀 000