CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 05/05/2026We use rank choice voting in Portland for city/county elections, AND my husband and two sons (so 4 people with strong, varying opinions on any given topic) used it to decide which two kittens to adopt (out of the dozens and dozens available @thepixieproject). It worked great!! 240
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I do not now, nor will I — nor any other human on this or any other continent — EVER, need to know the intricacies of whaling to the 9th degree. 260
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 30/04/2026You guys, how can everyone be so wrong about their choices when the only answer is Moby Dick because EVEN AMERICAN “CLASSICS” NEED AN EDITOR 1140
Reposted by CatKMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The opposition party is currently being led by People Magazine’s headline writers. people.com/trump-ramble...people.comTrump Rambles About Biden and Autopens to Table of Children at White House Easter Egg RollPresident Donald Trump went on a rant about former President Joe Biden, accusing him again of using an autopen, to children during the White House Easter Egg Roll. 692494538
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Last night’s show was one of the absolute best. The Boss really is the boss. Portland friends, get ready for Friday night! So glad I’ll get to see this pointed, powerful, spectacular performance again in a couple of days. #springsteen #nokings 081
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 28/03/2026What if I experience this is email is scam fraud? Also, maybe humans should still have these jobs, #AARP 000
Reposted by CatKCEO of Beckett Mariner @kariizumi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Pope Leo is the first Pope to have ever experienced the US healthcare system, so there's that 61215035237
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I am seriously considering a secret mini freezer for pistachio ice cream just so I could literally even have one spoonful left for myself within 6 hours of purchase. 060
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 19/03/2026So deserving. You guys are so badass Bruce Springsteen is coming to you first…a JFK Profile in Courage is great and all, but first stop by the Boss is really how you know you’ve done good. Thank you, thank you, thank you all for being the best of what America is supposed to be about. 0250
Reposted by CatKRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Basically feminism for the past 250 years has been a struggle to establish that women are people endowed with certain inalienable rights, and among those rights are life, liberty, and bodily autonomy. 21391277
Reposted by CatKThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/03/2026So dark. Kushner raises billions for his fund while the family of a soldier killed in Truml’s war gets help on Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/major-alex... 448104435185
Reposted by CatKJonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 02/03/2026Seems like a thing more people should be mad about 521852509
Reposted by CatKJaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 27/02/2026What a great report by the Norwegian Consumer Council on how digital products and services are getting worse (enshittification)! Lots of good explanations and examples, but also very actionable with policy recommendations.forbrukerradet.noDigital products and services are getting worse – but the trend can be reversedA new report from the Norwegian Consumer Council shows how enshittification affects both consumers and society at large. Luckily, it‘s possible to turn the tide. 14127
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I love this ad (and the accompanying report) very, very much. 000
Reposted by CatKBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/02/2026A lot of obvious stuff in this poll (people want Dems to act with more conviction and stop tearing their ACLs trying to reach across the aisle), but the thing I learned is that Republicans are viewed as the elitist ones now! Run with that! Usain Bolt with that shit! 632374450
Reposted by CatKNational Health Law Program @nhelp.bsky.social · 27/02/2026"When the federal gov't withholds funding/freezes parts of [Medicaid], it creates instability that hurts people. Families miss appointments. Providers question whether they can continue services. Communities lose trusted sources of care” Sarah Somers @nhelp.bsky.social healthlaw.org/news/nhelp-c...healthlaw.orgNHeLP Condemns Administration’s Politicized Freeze of Medicare and Medicaid Funds - National Health Law ProgramWashington, DC — The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) strongly condemns the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ decision to cut off $259 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota and freeze en... 021
Reposted by CatKWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Read this. It was a system wide failure that led to Nurul Amin's death. Just infuriating. A blind Black man lost his way home, police called on him, and he was beaten, then caught in a system that eventually released him to die on the street. www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/24/b...investigativepost.orgBorder Patrol dumped a blind man at a Buffalo donut shopA nearly blind Burmese refugee has been missing since Thursday after Border Patrol dropped him off at a Buffalo Tim Hortons. 1619976
Reposted by CatKSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Greatest scandal in American history: bsky.app/profile/cnn.... 3400130
Reposted by CatKMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/02/2026"Is it asking too much of journalism to rise up and meet this moment? It surely shouldn’t be." margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/what-a-mis...margaretsullivan.substack.comWhat a mission-driven press must do in this time of crisisWe need the opposite of media capitulation. Here are some concrete ideas. 1172888869
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 23/02/2026I have never seen a show (or any piece of entertainment) address the issues in Medicaid that patients and providers face the way The Pitt does -- they get it and the do it truthfully, faithfully and beautifully. 1130
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Will it tell me who assaulted young girls and boys in Hawaii’s Pitt hospital? Or should I wait on real journalism? 110
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Hey Minneapolis - I was lucky enough to get a GA pit seat for myself at your @springsteen show. Gonna be in your beautiful city for 48 hours. What can I do to help/support/volunteer for while I’m there? I fly in the day before, fly out the day after, but I’m all yours while there. 000
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Don’t let them suck you in with their stupid awe and wonderment of the natural world. 000
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Happy to see this. I’m no longer a practicing Catholic, but grew up as one. Genuine care for people in need of help or born with less was a true value I was taught. It’s good to see church leadership go back to focusing on what I thought our faith was supposed to be about. 150
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 22/02/2026What if textile art is my favorite medium? Please send any and all my way. #quiltcon2026 just sealed the deal, but I gotta thank @womensartbluesky.bsky.social for the introduction 150
CatK @kaufmac.bsky.social · 21/02/2026There’s no better show than a @brucespringsteen.net show. Man, am I happy that I got tickets for 2 of his shows this tour! And Portland, I’ll see you in the pit!! 000
Reposted by CatKJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 21/02/2026RIP Ruben Ray Martinez www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...nytimes.comA Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing 722673