Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The only reason I know such a song exists is because of this post. And no, I'm not interested in looking it up. I've never yielded to peer pressure in general, and I certainly won't yield to pop-culture peer pressure. 030
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The legalization of online gambling is one of the worst decisions we've taken as a nation. 060
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I had to get up early after a bad night's sleep through no fault of mine and people at this coffee shop are far too chipper even though they have the excuse of being caffeinated. 131
Reposted by KatKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually 11996981920
Reposted by KatGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10/06/2024From the new Cyndi Lauper documentary 🏳️🌈 5050511088
Reposted by KatEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026the most glorious week of the year. be sure to fill out your bearacket www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...npr.orgAlaska's salmon-feasting bears face off in biggest Fat Bear Week everThis year's single-elimination tournament will see 16 competitors face off, compared to 12 in past years. Officials report more cubs in Katmai National Park than they've seen in recent memory. 55219
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It hit me out of the blue that @suddenstorm0.bsky.social is gone. I always think of her as tending her garden, knitting, and cooking delicious meals. 440
Reposted by KatElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It doesn’t matter if you eat organic foods. It doesn’t matter if you exercise regularly. It doesn’t matter if you inject peptides. It doesn’t matter if you have “good genes”. None of these things will prevent you from contracting vaccine-preventable diseases. There is only one thing that will. 281455325
Reposted by KatEric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"Being kind in an unjust system is not enough." Sister Helen Prejean 042
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I did not mean to freak people out. I'm okay. Thank you for caring. The lovely @notanaltiswear.bsky.social spent an hour and a half on the phone with me while I ugly cried. It's been a hard couple of weeks, but I'll carry on. 390
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Today I learned I'm a multitasker. I can sob and drive at the same time. 470
Reposted by Kat📚🖤GothicPrincess🖤📚 @kstarlight21.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Hi, everyone. I really hate to ask, but my husband and I are in a really tough spot. We don't earn enough to cover our increasing expenses due to my health issues, increased commute costs and bills. I truly wouldn't ask unless I needed it, but I need assistance. paypal.me/KHanslo 11723
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I disagree. They deemed a domestic Gestapo combined with illegal wars (tariff and shooting) an acceptable price for OTHERS to pay for lower grocery prices for THEMSELVES. They hoped to be IMMUNE to what they were unleashing on others. 020
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 24/08/2026You'd have been one of the people that abused French women for aligning with the Germans during WW2, aren't you? Immigrant women are often forced to choose between the more palatable of two evils, and you've no right to sit in judgement of any of them. 110
Reposted by KatDrew 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 156200288536
Reposted by KatFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Hakeem Jeffries is being criticized for meeting with Jared Kushner, but as a potential future Speaker of the House he has to show the kind of leadership that ensures everything stays the same and nothing gets better, so cut him some slack. 661785229
Reposted by KatMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/08/2026Today, we remember an important turning point in history: the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. 103111432428
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 21/08/2026B**tch I've been an immigrant for longer than your "experience with the subject." If you think your political opponents families being incarcerated/deported is worth gloating over, you're no better than the Nazis. 020
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Complete the sentence I own a ridiculous amount of Candles Expired cosmetics Books Expired food Can you tell I have ADHD yet? 040
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Being a brown immigrant and getting called a Nazi by a self-professed vegan socialist with hammer and sickle imagery is par for the course these days. 150
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Democrats once again proving in my comments that they care nothing about ACTUAL democracy. If you think deportation of people of a certain race, color, or nationality is an erosion of democracy, so is the deportation of people of certain political beliefs. It's really as simple as that. 130
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The point is in no world should she be penalized for his actions. To say nothing of the fact that this impacts all disenfranchised immigrants. If this was any other example where a woman was held guilty by association, for the actions of a man, feminists would be up in arms. 140
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 18/08/2026People in the comments refusing to acknowledge that he didn't get the life he voted for, his wife did. Y'all really be like, "sucks that immigrants are collateral damage but look! we can dunk on the MAGA folks." You're not the heroes you think you are. You're just a different brand of callous. 11614
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 16/08/2026gif your mental healthstatic.klipy.comFluffy Cat's Messy MorningALT: Fluffy Cat's Messy Morning 140
Reposted by KatEric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 16/08/2026"There is no human being who, as a result of desiring to build a better life, should be named or declared illegal." Alejandro G. Inarritu 041
Reposted by KatSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 14/08/2026“If we ban sports betting, the people at those companies will lose their jobs” good 1805136622
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Thinking about how a similar situation would be framed if the immigrant were from a different part of the world. A whole article, and nowhere were the terms "immigrant," "illegal," "deportation," or "alien," were in sight. 020
Reposted by KatPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Two people have died from cyclosporiasis in Michigan, marking the first fatalities in the largest U.S. outbreak of the intestinal illnesshuffpost.comMichigan Reports Two Deaths In Ongoing Cyclosporiasis OutbreakCuts across federal health agencies have complicated the government’s ability to respond to foodborne disease outbreaks. 52739337
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 02/08/2026If you've watched the Odyssey, what was your favorite scene? I'll start. Clytemnestra killing Agamemnon. 020
Reposted by KatEric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 02/08/2026“As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.” Gore Vidal 032
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Flashback to the Doctoral Thesis adviser who rejected a student based on their using the word "delve" in their personal statement. They accused the student of using AI, because "no real person would use that word." The only thing the student was guilty of was being a non-native English speaker. 260
Reposted by KatChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Two additional points. One: This was at AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference, in Rio de Janeiro. And: "A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools." 1423095
Reposted by KatChloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 27/07/2026If you’re looking for state level estimates of the number of job losses due to ICE, @elizabethacox.bsky.social and I have a new report out on this with Immigration Research Initiative out today!! immresearch.org/reports/ice-...immresearch.orgICE Arrests Result in a Decline in Employment: State-Level Projections - Immigration Research InitiativeThe program of mass deportation being carried out by the Trump Administration is hurting American workers, both immigrants and those born in the United States. How much would employment drop in your s... 05939
Reposted by KatBolts @boltsmag.org · 27/07/2026In North Carolina, Ricky Wilson has been advocating for the release from prison of a man who shot him 30 years ago. “If I can forgive him, why can’t everybody else? I’m the one he shot,” he says. By @phillipvancesmith2.bsky.social:boltsmag.orgIn North Carolina, a Shooting Victim Pleads for His Shooter’s Release After 30 Years - BoltsRamulus Mason was sentenced to life without parole due to North Carolina’s three-strikes law. The man he shot insists that he shouldn’t still be in prison. 19427
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Women of all ages, cultures, and nationalities are saying "no thank you," to marriage, and the societal response has been to frame it as a "male loneliness epidemic." 1100
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 26/07/2026An adage in my mother tongue: A sword is useless for a problem which needs to be resolved by a needle. Bigger is not always better. 🤷♀️ 030
Reposted by KatAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 25/07/202625,000 evacuated near Madrid today. It could be your city tomorrow. Climate hazards know no boundaries, no visas, no wealth filters. We need: Early warning systems Forest management & controlled burns Radical emissions cuts Climate adaptation funding NOW 921099
Reposted by KatBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple. 24052131446
Reposted by KatAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Chemist & X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin's meticulous research was instrumental in uncovering DNA's molecular structure. Most famous for her role in the DNA double helix discovery, her work also revolutionized our understanding of viruses & coal. She was born #OTD in 1920. #WomenInSTEM 🧵 573287832
Reposted by KatPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Interesting: There’s now an anonymous, moderated list of companies that stop responding after you interviewed with themdidtheyghostyou.comGhosted After a Job Interview? Report the CompanyGhosted after a job interview? Submit an anonymous report and see which companies candidates say stopped responding after interviews. 6042781737
Kat @kt8812.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Jonathan Cecil. Davina Porter. Richard Armitage. Phenomenal voice actors off the top of my head. 020
Reposted by KatEric @astroeric12.bsky.social · 23/07/2026“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.” Stephen Jay Gould 031
