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Katie MacBride

@msmacb.bsky.social
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Journalist, librarian, dog spoiler, goat wrangler. Subscribe to my free newsletter about substance use & addiction recovery. askasoberlady.substack.com.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h
Man pointing at mirror meme
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 11h
Stray kitten wrestlemania (yes, we’re keeping them; we’ve got a vet appt to do all the things in a few weeks, hence their temporary sunporch quarantine)
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That dumbass reality show guy who ran for Mayor of LA is now saying that Mamdani is just being good at governing so that his socialist friends can get elected because people like what they’re doing at which point they’ll start doing bad stuff and that’s just great that’s a tremendous thing to argue
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That Apple News thought I of all people need this advice is very funny to me
“Why choosing to stay in can be the highest form of self care…”
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What the actual fuck
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m getting ads for adult diapers, so
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Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here’s Tony Kushner on why he’s at this Netanyahu protest:
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You can actually go to AA and not do the whole 12 steps thing; you just have to be ready to ignore a handful of supercilious busybodies askasoberlady.substack.com/p/i-havent-d...
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I haven’t done AA’s 12 steps and it makes meetings uncomfortable
Why does AA expect me to share my trauma with someone who isn’t a mental health professional?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026
Every AI booster: It can do all your most fun activities for you! Art work! Songwriting! Your fantasy draft! Talking to your kid! No AI boosters: It can do the dishes and your laundry.
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Doing some pop culture history research and my secondhand books arrived today…lol
Memoirs by Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and jessica Simpson; the cover images are nearly identical in that they’re black and white pictures of skinny white women with long blonde hair and smoky eye makeup against a black background
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I don’t usually meddle on the writing side of Jeopardy!, but tonight I called in a favor for our Bluesky viewers.
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why does no one make old school canvas covered binders anymore??Some of us are nostalgic and stunted!!!
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I wrote a little something for The Small Bow about a surreal night many years ago… www.thesmallbow.com/p/for-one-ni...
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For One-Night Only at This Church Basement: Robin Williams
“He was that kind of person — so creative, smart, and expressive that he made you want to be that way too.”
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
favorite quote from this interview: "Explaining to people that I’m happy and grateful is tougher for me than saying ‘I want to drown myself in a toilet.’” substack.com/@katiemacbri...
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A.J. Daulerio wants to sponsor you
Talking depression, AA, sponsorship, collateral damage, and comfort over hope.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/09/2026
i’m sorry but this entire worldview seems not just evil but deeply stupid? the far future is fake! it doesn’t exist! what matters are people here and now!
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
More like sassie amirite??
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 15/09/2026
Gonna tell my kids this is Ed Sheeran
Luke Akehurst
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No
Grammarly “tip” Consider using more inclusive language
older men
older adults
The term old men may be considered
disrespectful. Using terms that those you're writing about might prefer is key to inclusive communication.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 10/09/2026
From the guy who brought Democrats John Fetterman, may I present…
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Spywearables. 9to5mac.com/2026/09/09/t...
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The new Apple Watch will use microphone and other sensors to generate AI recaps of your day - 9to5Mac
Apple will announce the new Apple Watch lineup later today, and Mark Gurman at Bloomberg has the early scoop. He...
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So there are a couple of stray* kittens in our yard** and things have gotten very cute *yes that is a normal sized mason jar; I can’t overstate how tiny this kitten is **we’re planning on TNR, we just have to figure out the logistics
Two teeny tabby kittens sharing a plate of kibble
Tiny tabbyTiny tabby staring curiously into the camera
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
TrueValue Wolverine Ted Cruz was caught viewing + liking incest porn—on a plane—one 9/11 anniversaries, a few years back.
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✨[redacted]✨ @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“hello would you like to try the AI designed schizophrenia treatment i synthesized in my garage?”
Douglas Yao
• @DouglasYaoDY •8h
This vial contains a new drug called
PAC-3310. It was designed by ChatGPT, and I synthesized it in a chemistry lab I built in my garage.
PAC-3310 is a new selective M4 muscarinic receptor agonist for treating schizophrenia - similar to the recent breakthrough drug
Cobenfry, but improved.
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Interesting to posit this question in the lede when the answer a) is probably not and b) isn’t particularly relevant to the story

Whether or not a Florida company’s “male sexual enhancement dietary supplements” work or not, the seller recalled them because the FDA’s problem with them could have a deadly downside
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Edie Falco is so good and this line is amazing (looking at you, Santos) askasoberlady.substack.com/p/nurse-jack...
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Let’s start with *it’s 100% preventable*
Headline “what to know about the measles as outbreaks spread to three states”
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It should be illegal to switch audiobook narrators mid-series unless I personally approve it
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I found a dead dragonfly, which is sad, but I’ve never seen their wings close up IRL before and they’re v beautiful
Goldeny beige dragonfly wings with little cells that almost look like a monochrome, semi translucent mosaic Goldeny beige dragonfly wings with little cells that almost look like a monochrome, semi translucent mosaic
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Record numbers of American soldiers, sailors and airman request early separation from the military because they believe they are being ordered to violate international law and to murder innocent civilians. www.ms.now/news/conscie...
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Troops fighting against Iran and drug smugglers say they're being asked to violate international law
Organizations that help service members apply to leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats and targets...
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
very easy to point fingers “abroad” (and there’s good reason to), but to be clear, this also happens in the united states; it just usually happens in underground spaces that don’t have the veneer of legality as they do abroad www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/h...
nytimes.com
Americans Encounter Risks at Psychedelic Clinics Abroad
Participants, often in vulnerable states, have little recourse if mistreated or injured.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 26/08/2026
Jesus Christ. All green card interviews worldwide are paused indefinitely
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Been listening to the reacher books and I gotta say, the one difference between book reacher and tv reacher is that book reacher FUCKS
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Snow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If you're looking for a job and it feels impossible, just know that it's not you. It's not you at all. The entire employment market is broken, because the billionaires and PE goons and "major shareholders" broke it on purpose after workers made some modest gains in wages and freedom in 2020-2021.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
For the first time I’m excited about President Trump being 80.
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Zach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Taking Catherine O’Hara and Tim Curry in the same year…
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Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A person in pantyhose, holding a lit cigarette in their hand, which has a ring on their middle finger, and the caption “My idols are dead and my enemies are in power”
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Again
“Wrong 80 year old died!”
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lyndsay @magpie.tips · 26/08/2026
"what a week, huh?" / "lemon it's Wednesday" meme
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
ummm, a fucking word document just told me that a cover letter I wrote had two lines that were “likely AI generated??” A) what the fuck, word? B) the “AI generated” bits were: -the name of my college, graduate school, and respective degrees earned -the hours I’m available to work
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In a world of assholes, may we all strive to be a Dolly
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Legend
theguardian.com
Dolly Parton turned down presidential medal of freedom twice from Trump
Singer says she’s not sure she’ll accept it from Biden either because it might seem political to do so
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
no one should have to work today. We should have a national day of grieving.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/08/2026
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Deconstructing the wellness-industrial complex and how to defend against it erictopol.substack.com/p/deborah-co...
erictopol.substack.com
Deborah Cohen: The Wellness-Industrial Complex
The Sick Until Proven Healthy Trap
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Katie MacBride @msmacb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What an insane way to describe long-overdue upgrades to a 60-year-old public housing complex
“California set to spend $266.6M to renovate Tupac's childhood home”“Golden Gate Village in Marin City has long been plagued by complaints of crumbling conditions, rodents, mold and an outdated electrical system.
Now the 60-year-old public housing complex is getting a massive facelift, with the first phase of a three-part overhaul already underway.”

Excerpt From
“California set to spend $266.6M to renovate Tupac's childhood home”
Katie Jerkovich
The California Post
https://apple.news/AzdzUeA8oQPS7nZM12YpQgQ
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