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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 2h

Baseball statistics were practically invented for some flavors of neurospiciness, though.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I've had as many as four at once fighting over my butterfly bush. They're amazing.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That's the rule for all Nobel laureates. They are claimed by the place where they were born, the place(s) they went to school, everywhere they lived or worked as a child or an adult, anywhere they visited on vacation more than once or for more than a week ...

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you're trying to flip a state, you try to suppress turnout in deep blue areas and trust the red areas to bring you home. That doesn't work for the House: even if you cut Ilhan Omar's district down to only +5, she still wins and it doesn't help you in the rest of the state.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I don't see intimidation working very well on the white liberal normies in purple districts.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Precious? No. Kid's a menace. When I saw a tiny boy I thought I'd found a hero, like Peach Boy. More of a chaos goblin. He pulls the cat's tail, he hides my pens, he ties my shoelaces together. But! When I was in a real tight spot once, he magicked up a heap of gold from somewhere. He can stay.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sadly, we got to this point in part because giving the President a lot of leeway protects the members of Congress from accountability for their actions.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Again, this is not a hypothetical. This is an ongoing, active political project at this very moment.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Alleyways. That's actually canon going back to the 1978 Christopher Reeve version.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Uh, this is exactly the argument that the reactionaries are making to justify reducing women's autonomy. So yes.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

But the person who made the sword and the person holding the sword are not the same. I can think of lots of reasons for the smith to want to constrain the owner of the sword.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

After not reading much fantasy at all for a while, I stumbled into Jade City by Fonda Lee and loved it. Among recent releases, I liked The Warm Hands of Ghosts, by Katherine Arden, and Thistlefoot, by GennaRose Nethercott.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ooo. My copy of the anthology just arrived a few days ago. To the top of the TBR pile it goes!

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Also, a PSA for writers: Anchor your bookshelves!

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There are a lot of those. I won't bore you with the details, but they want to bring on the End Times, their vision of which is very much not good for Jews.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What if -- hear me out -- you took those same measurements to the nice man at the hardware store? Maybe it could work?

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also, if Trump is in Alabama, he isn't in Ohio.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Loved it. Might also be a good fit for LinkedIn. LOL.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The availability of high level engines has made cheating a real issue in high level tournaments with big $$ prizes. The average amateur, though, was never in it for the money and couldn't care less.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I wrote my WIP in part *because* what happens to my bad guys would land me in jail IRL.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

More proof that performative masculinity is about impressing other men, not women. Sigh.

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Guido Eekhaut @eekhaut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Don't ignore a cat's warning...

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This. Also, normalize co-ed play, in both "typically female" and "typically male" games.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Indeed, hasn't that been tried? With disastrous results?

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also, she's young. She'd be the youngest president *and* the first woman. That will make strategists (and voters) gun shy, but it also means she's got plenty of time to watch and learn.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Nonnakase? Is that what it sounds like? Omakase, but presented by your Italian grandmother? If so, I'm in!

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

TL cleanse with Little Richard doing a fire cover of "Rubber Duckie." www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWCE...

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Sesame Street: Little Richard Sings Rubber Duckie

YouTube video by Sesame Street

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ah, the good old days, when an executive who was a walking HR violation actually suffered consequences -- minor, but consequences!

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There's also something to be said for being petty and catty in venues that don't save your words forever. Isn't that what wine night with the girlfriends is for?

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Even if obsidian is cheating, there are bone and antler-based tools that are just as old.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With the possible exception of sushi bars.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And then the snobs insult the readers for failing to acknowledge their genius.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Burke Museum at Univ. of Washington recently reimagined itself in a way that makes the underlying research work a lot more visible and accessible. It was eye opening for me, and I'm sure lots of other people, too. www.burkemuseum.org/about/our-work

burkemuseum.org

Our Work

Burke research and programs contextualize what is happening in our world and inspire action.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When we lost our last cat (having peaked at four), we decided that would be a good time to chill and do some maintenance tasks that would be easier without cats. That plan lasted about two days.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Deliciousness? If it were me, I might throw in some rosemary, but that's optional.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Duck was apparently tagged multiple times in today's thread and asked people to stop. But yes. It's a sub-genre of "Absurdity Happening Elsewhere," which includes the immortal Rice Thread.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Void kitty trying to absorb human unwellness.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Absurd travel disasters happening to other people" is truly one of the best thread genres.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Given what their cult leader is doing to the FDA? Halal and/or kosher certification sounds like something to look for to me.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"AI broke Google" and "AI broke Microsoft Office" are two things that make lots of people's work and internet lives more annoying, across the political spectrum. Thus, "they want to build giant data centers to do more of this annoying thing" becomes a personal affront.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Facts don't care about your feelings," and we all know how mad they get if their little fee fees are hurt.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

These conversations always forget that writers are readers, too. My local library has easily doubled my effective research budget, making my WIP a much better book as a result. (And leading to a ton of book sales, both to me directly and requested purchases by the library.)

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Has today's bunny seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion?

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The other night, there was a LORGE spider right above one of the cat towers. Juuuusssstttt out of reach. It was very exciting.

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Katherine Derbyshire @kderbyshire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Especially since the jury, composed of humans, gets to define “reasonable.”

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