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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 6h

Watched the last two episodes of North of North season 2 tonight. They're so beautiful!! ❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 9h

Is there a reason the TTC has been operating at walking speed all week?

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 14h

AMAZING article. "When traditional knowledge systems are destroyed, the output of millennia of closed-loop cultural computation is lost. When they are replaced with open-loop information systems optimized for engagement, the result is... drift toward cognitive appeal, away from empirical accuracy."

deeptimelab.substack.com

The Gradient and What It Means (Pt. 2)

Why some traditions are stunningly accurate and others are no better than guessing - and what that reveals about how human knowledge actually works

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I had a lot of wins yesterday and I’m laying that off today. Which is fine. Balance in all things. But I felt tired and lousy and decided to drag my butt to bed early. So of course I’m lying in bed at midnight wide awake. 😂

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One day I will remember that MEC is on Queen St now, but today is not that day.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I seem to have lucked into a buy-two-get-one-free sale while doing the dreaded bra shopping. Win #2!

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I hit Metro Ref first to get errand number two out of the way. But lunch is next!

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This sounds remarkably like the contents of my pockets during theatre school when I used to empty them out at the end of the night. All that’s missing is a roll of electrical tape.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

First up is blood work. It’s a walk in lab. I meant to get here first thing to avoid losing the will to live in a waiting room before the day even started. It is now 11am and I only just arrived, but I miraculously stepped into a COMPLETELY EMPTY WAITING ROOM!

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For today, I have ambitiously scheduled four large errands which will gradually take me across the city. They are of varying levels of annoyance.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The most annoying part is that I’m also knocking off tasks that never even made it onto the list, so the list is not shrinking as quickly as I would like. I am also adding to the list as I go, which is less than ideal. But we soldier on!

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’ve been avoiding my to-do list for the last couple of months, but at the end of last week I hit the point where anxiety about it overwhelmed my need to procrastinate. So I’ve been hammering away at it since Thursday. (I took the weekend off. I am not a monster.)

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My "vacuum the radiators" day has turned into a "clean all the things" day, mainly because of same. 😂

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had assumed the bedroom would be the worst, but apparently it was the entryway that went the full bad-Halloween-store horror show of cobwebs. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need a shower and an antihistamine. And possibly some therapy. *shudder*

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy vacuum your vents and radiators day to all who celebrate!

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Lynne Kelly @lynne-kelly-42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Memory and Exams I had a lovely time talking with Emma Crowe, ABC NSW, about memory techniques for exams. Short and fun! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Does cramming the night before even work? - ABC listen

Were you a crammer in high school? Did you stay up all night the day before English Paper 1 was dude?

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

River Cartwright is consistently the least interesting part of Slow Horses.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was going to say, I thought we were done with those particular curséd oreos.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Nothing like calling to book an appointment and hearing you are #102 in line. Yes, that is in fact triple digits. Woo! Thankfully, they have a call-back service.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This night was fucking magical. Musicians using all their skill and humour and grace to pull an amazing show out of their butts in the face of a disastrous day. And the audience absolutely loving and embracing them for it. Unforgettable. AI could fucking never. #concerts #Maro

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Maro at the Mod Club

A concert that could have gone dramatically wrong turned into a magical night

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

HENSLOW: Mr. Fennyman, allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. FENNYMAN: So what do we do? H: Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well. F: How? H: I don’t know. It’s a mystery. #theatre

medium.com

It’s Not a Mystery, It’s the Stage Manager

Looking for an organizational force of nature? Hire a stage manager

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Saaaame. One or two mentions - I'm interested in knowing what's going on. But it was my ENTIRE feed for two days, and that just becomes psychic damage.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

medium.com

It’s Not a Mystery, It’s the Stage Manager

Looking for an organizational force of nature? Hire a stage manager

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have muted multiple tenses of the word, and both the singular and plural of the noun, and I still can’t get the story out of my timeline. It’s like fucking whack-a-mole.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m not going to read this idiotic article, but I would bet cash-y money they don’t A) ever define what they mean by “pain”, or B) mean physical pain, despite the phrasing. So this is all going to be “hurt feelings” bullshit. An LLM HAS NO FEELINGS. It is playing madlibs with you, you moron.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Whoever it was at Ikea that decided to make the backs of bookcases out of cardboard in order to save a couple of bucks should absolutely rot in hell. Or else come to my house twice a year to help me tape the fuckers back together and put the books back up when the shelves all collapse.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This month it turns out they’re tearing up College at Yonge! Woo! I have walked to St George and the guy driving the replacement bus on the Spadina short-turn assures me the streetcar is running from here. I am dubious…

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

it really needs to be more openly discussed that all the people advocating for “we should be fine with losing basic skills if we get more systems thinking” are men, meaning socialized to expect to be able to offload basic tasks of daily living onto a wife as part of their compensation for existing

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hush was such a great episode with so many great moments. But also: they GOT AWAY WITH SOME SHIT because it wasn't spoken aloud. I remember when this aired. WAS THAT A JERK-OFF JOKE? DID THEY JUST DO A JERK-OFF JOKE ON **BUFFY**? I would love to see what it looked like in the script!

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Apparently my reaction to massive anxiety today is going to be knocking things off my to-do list. At least it's productive...

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thankfully nothing too interesting! At this point I was just taking care of the exposed stuff. The rest of it in the walls is a nightmare for another day. 😭😱

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ha! Yes. Always good advice to live by.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yes, it's like both celebrities and fairies are this Other Thing, not entirely human, to which human rules do not apply. We tell all different kinds of stories about them, which tell us both how we feel about them and how we feel about us. I think?

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The customer service experience I hate most in the entire world is when there is no way to opt out of speaking back to the recorded voice. I will never, ever understand people who pay money to have this experience.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For me it was Imzadi and Oath of the Renunciates.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Are they... going to translate it into "Olde" English? Because Old English disappeared, like, 500 years before Shakespeare was born.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That one is a question for @gregjenner.bsky.social but I suspect the answer has to do with the fact that Robin Hood is a legend more than a person. He's a story we tell. If you check out the episode of Untitled History Podcast, it will have a ton more information and context for you.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I was about to ask, what is with those scare caps? You can practically hear the "dun dun DUN".

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I missed my usual Rosh Hashona cooking extravaganza because of adventures in asbestos remediation. The house wasn't fit to have family round. But the weather has turned somewhat and I'm craving chicken soup, and my giant stock pot was out for the jam-making anyway. So I'm making a batch just for me.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm a huge fan of both You're Dead to Me and Untitled History Podcast, so this episode was always going to be an absolute treat. And then @gregjenner.bsky.social said something that set my brain on fire. It collided with a couple of other thinky-thoughts I'd been having, and I had to write about it.

medium.com

Are Celebrities the New Fairy Folk?

Looking at the way humans tell stories to define the boundaries of our society

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.

From meteorologist Eric Snitil

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**

"Heads up birders, I would not be surprised if the biggest bird migration night of the year happens over the next 2 nights. Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. That is a lot, but the pattern could not be better for migratory birds. A massive area of high pressure will turn the low level winds from the northeast to the southwest across most of the US. The last time we had anything similar to this in the fall was early October last year when a record 1.25 billion birds were in flight. I doubt we get to that level, but I suspect the number will top 500 million especially Monday night which looks to be the bigger of the two nights. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights, and the next 2 nights is about as big as it gets."

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The "cozy" phenomenon feels like something really recent, but my absolute favourites from the genre date back to the 90s. If you haven't read these yet, I recommend them so, so highly. They have been my comfort reads for 30 years. #BookSky #scifi #bookrecs #cozy

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The Best Cozy SciFi You’ve Never Heard Of

If you’ve run out of cozy fantasy and you’re looking for something new to read, I have recommendations for you!

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Experiment #2 I tried a thinned cookie dough ball, but got essentially the same result. I don’t think it’s actually possible to get anything other than warm cookie dough, because as the centre warms through, the glob loses structural integrity, no matter how thin it is.

A more hotdog shaped glob of cookie dough wrapped around the end of the stick.

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Katherine Arcus @katherinearcus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We got a plate under it just before it lost all structural integrity. Is it, mostly as expected, warm and raw on the inside, with a crispy shell of baked cookie on the outside, lightly flavoured with woodsmoke.

The end of the stick rests on a tin plate. Part of the glob of cookie still clings to the stick but most is resting on the plate.

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