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Kate Post

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Work: higher ed social, web, and marketing | Life: Karate, NWSL, and cats

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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Did the University of California system moving to test-blind admissions result in enrolled students being less prepared than previous cohorts, as some have claimed? A more comprehensive look at this problem indicates that it did NOT.
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A Researcher Adds What’s Been Missing From the UC Testing Debate: Nuance
A new brief by a prominent scholar argues that some criticisms of the University of California’s test-free policy are predicated on assertions that simply aren’t true.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 04/02/2026
you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
independent.co.uk
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I enjoyed this write up! I sent your newsletter version to my team this morning. It’s something we keep talking about but haven’t actually taken action (other priorities). Maybe 2026 is the year? We’ll see!
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
PayPal Park is Coke products at least!
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I know this league doesn’t have relegation but 4 teams trying to avoid last place is a pretty interesting race as well. Especially Angel City—could end up in playoffs, could end up last. I love NWSL!
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 30/07/2025
Sex testing is officially back in sports -- which is a huge bummer and also contradicts so much ethics, human rights law, and actual science. More on all that (and the history) on my podcast Tested: www.tested-podcast.com
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TESTED – A surprising history of women’s sports
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
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NPR @npr.org · 28/06/2025
The Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., includes a section of graves of LGBTQ Americans. We take a pride month tour.
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A D.C. cemetery's 'Gay Corner' is a final resting place for trailblazing LGBTQ+ icons
The Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., includes a section of graves of LGBTQ Americans. We take a pride month tour.
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Dorothy Snarker @dorothysnarker.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Trans kids and other queer people will die because of these decisions. But then that's always the point with this administration -- the cruelty.
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Jaime Hunt @higheredcmo.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Protesting is not illegal. Protesting is not illegal. Protesting is not illegal. Protesting is not illegal. Protesting is not illegal. Protesting is not illegal. Protesting is not illegal. Protesting is not illegal. Protesting is not illegal. Protesting is not illegal. Protesting is not illegal.
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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"You do belong here, we need you, you're enough, we love you." 🏳️‍🌈 The Queen of Pride and biggest ally herself Ali Riley with a message of love to everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community 💖
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Not the spa day cancellation! 😩 Hope you can enjoy some relaxing at home at least.
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Oh wow, same (except mine’s a bad cold). It’s making it really hard to finish the pre-vacation tasks 😩 Hope you feel better soon so you can enjoy your days off.
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
There’s a little skywalk over the concourse from the locker room to the field (hence the up and over). Fans line up to cheer them on as they go. (Coming in/out for warmup they just temporarily rope off the concourse so players go directly in/out without using the skywalk)
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
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Mikhail Zinshteyn @mzinshteyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
More than 17,000 high school seniors last fall got the sweetest news any anxious student can get: Congrats, because of your high school GPA, you’re automatically admitted to one of 10 California State University campuses — and they’re all relatively affordable. My piece on automatic admissions:
calmatters.org
Cal State is automatically admitting high school students with good grades
These students who meet requirements are guaranteed college admission to one of 10 Cal State campuses.
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 25/03/2025
If you want to learn more about the history of this and why it was abandoned in the first place (along with a lot of other really key stuff on this story) listen to my podcast! We also have transcripts online: www.tested-podcast.com
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TESTED – A surprising history of women’s sports
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 25/03/2025
There are zero studies showing that "DSD athletes" have an advantage over cis athletes. They do not exist. What people do instead (as I talk about at length on Tested!) is use studies on male athletes and simply say "well DSD athletes are male" which is not true, and not how science works.
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 25/03/2025
Welp, here it is. World Athletics is going back to mandatory sex testing for all women. This is something that was done for years, but abandoned in the 1990's because it was invasive, discriminatory, and also useless. news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
news.sky.com
World Athletics to introduce mandatory sex testing for female competitions
Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, says the governing body feels the mandatory tests for athletes are "a really important way of providing confidence".
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Any pub or show not running or reporting on this comment right here is absolutely caping for this administration. Everyone knows education is the most kitchen table ass talking point ever and specifically saying disabled kids shouldn't have access to it affects so many families
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
there are like two neat tricks to solving “male loneliness”: 1) don’t be a weird little creep 2) find your passions and pursue them
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
the male loneliness conversation is often disingenuous because pretty much everyone talking about it seriously never starts at ‘boys & young men keep mainlining content from weird little creeps who tell them they need to become weird little creeps too’
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I think ACFC focuses more on the streetwear potential of its jerseys than broadcast. This one’s gonna be cool to wear around town where people can see the detail. (Not saying it’s the correct strategy, but makes sense to me). I still think their first palm tree jersey was the best secondary!
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/03/2025
The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent. CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN. Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture. MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.
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Jaime Hunt @higheredcmo.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
No one should treat employees the way federal employees are being treated. Period. Full stop.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Here is an easy thing you can do today to support trans people and fight authoritarianism: 👇
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Can you tell us more about this one? What would be an example where this is used? Thanks for the recap!
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Thought that since some people like to talk endlessly about saving women's sports that I'd make a list of the most pressing issues that need addressing to improve the lives of female athletes. Would be awesome if these folks took a break from the one-note culture war to help address these.
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I tried like 5 different pairs/brands so the ear fit thing seems to be a Me Problem. If other ones have worked for you in the past, I’m sure they’d work great. They’re also good for taking calls, even on windy days
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I’m a big fan of Anker’s SoundCore series. They have excellent sound quality + noise canceling and a bit more budget-friendly. I started with the Space A40 buds style but ended up going with the Sport x20 for more secure fit (not an issue w design, just seems like all earbuds fall out of my ears 🤷)
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Jason Anderson @jasondcsoccer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
"Great job, Charlie. Don’t break your arm patting yourself on the back for what you described as 'clarity,' when it's really cowardice, sacrificing already-vulnerable kids so the president and his minions won’t put you on their enemies list." Nancy brought her sledgehammer out, and rightly so.
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Wait, my sleep was also interrupted by early morning cat shenanigans! Sleepy solidarity! (And photo of the offender who got to sleep all day while I went to work 🤨)
An orange cat curled up on his back with his head upside down like he has not a care in the world, seemingly oblivious to the stressful early morning ruckus he caused.
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
It all matters! If queer causes are important to you, I also support (and recommend) Lambda Legal and the Transgender Law Center, national orgs working (often with ACLU) on LGBTQ+ cases nationwide.
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Congratulations! (You’re literally at a volunteer board meeting today lol Your love of working amazes me!) Here’s to discovering hobbies in 2025 🦅🦆🦉🐧🐦‍⬛
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Here's the first of probably periodic warnings to remind yourself that the "firehose of falsehoods" disinformation tactic is about to go into full swing. You do not need to watch the news to bear witness. You do not need to watch hideous videos of violence. They will be circulated to keep you upset
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
it's been mentioned elsewhere but the overarching nightmare aspect about this bill is how it creates an open season for more Larry Nassars to emerge, knowing the havoc one can do
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
My congressman is an absolute moron (and so is everyone else promoting this lunacy). He’s never once voted to actually protect women. Anyway, if you want to understand the history and consequences of gender testing + sports, highly recommend Embedded S20: “Tested” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Tested: The Choice
Podcast Episode · Embedded · S20 E1 · 39m
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Jon-Stephen Stansel @jsstansel.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
It's really funny to me that after the US government bans TikTok due to fears of Chinese influence, American users are moving to an app called RedNote, whose Chinese name is Xiaohongshu or "Little Red Book." 😅
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
It’s basically zombie-fied 170M people here who get stuck in scrolling loops for HOURS. Not good! (And that’s not getting into the WHO and WHY your brains are being manipulated.) Withdrawal tip: pick a different app (game, learning app, etc) to reflexively open instead. I’m into OmniCrosswords
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
As an OG social media manager, I know the value of online communities. While that loss is real, TikTok is NOT a healthy platform. Its brain hacking features are designed to be dangerously addictive. Thinking TT is on the same level as IG is like thinking billionaires and millionaires are the same.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 13/01/2025
🚨 Breaking News | Major Error Skewed Freshmen Enrollment Data Freshmen enrollment did not decline this fall, as previously reported in the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s annual enrollment report in October. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky #BreakingNews bit.ly/4heePKl
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Death Bede: The Bede That Eats @bedejermyn.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
TFW you realise that your 3 week holiday is over and you’re back at work tomorrow 😭
media.tenor.com
a cartoon of homer simpson covering his nose
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson covering his nose
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
In times of disaster, it’s way more helpful to donate cash instead of things. Folks want to help and it comes from a good place, but $$ helps people get what they NEED without creating a logistical nightmare.
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I’ll add to this thread if I can think of more, but generally, be gentle with yourself and others while dealing with this stress. 💕 Recovery is a different and difficult road, but you are not the first to walk it. Unfortunately many Californians have been in your shoes and have wisdom to share.
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Best way to avoid smoke is to stay indoors. -Make sure you have a MERV-13 or higher filter in your HVAC and run it on recirc -air purifiers can be a big help. DIY version www.pscleanair.gov/525/DIY-Air-... -seal gaps around windows, doors, exterior vents like bath fan (tape plastic bags over them)
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
(It seemed like everyone in the area had “the Camp Fire Cough” for weeks/months after that fire in 2018 and I got walking pneumonia from the Carr Fire smoke. Seriously, mask up!)
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Air Quality Tips -PM2.5 pollution is what you’re looking to avoid. You may not see or smell it. -AirNow.gov or your weather app has latest AQI numbers -wear a mask! Dig out those N95s or surgical masks and put one on when you go out. You don’t want this crap in your lungs, trust me!!
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Kate Post @post-kate.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Cannot recommend WatchDuty enough for monitoring fire progress and timely updates. On the flip side- avoid doom scrolling! Knowledge can be power but it also can make you feel overwhelmed and powerless. Take breaks from the updates if you can- watch a show, read, talk to a friend etc.
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