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(as opposed to some OTHER Russian language?)

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Nope, you'll illustrating the point 😜

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Articles are for people with underdeveloped context inference skills. There, I said it. (This post is sponsored heavily by Russian language. Follow me for more linguistic takes.)

Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 18/09/2026

What kind of driver are you? Finish the sentence "curb is part of the" a) sidewalk b) road I strongly identify with b)

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I'm so fed up with people putting a sticker "crossed out Elon" or "here for zero emissions vehicle not Elon". Just buy a different damn car. If anyone makes stickers saying exactly that, I'll buy and commit to putting them on on any spotted parked Tesla.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 18/09/2026

How do you know parenthood became part of your identity? When you listen to "Steve's lava chicken" with no kids in the car.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 29/08/2026

I wonder if those three - Emily, Sue, Mabel - could represent the split of woman's path in 19th century - be quaint (yourself), be what society wants you to be, or play the "queen of the mountain" game.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 29/08/2026

Finished "Lives like loaded guns" - after visiting Emily Dickinson's museum in Amherst felt only appropriate - what a deep running drama. Kudos to Lyndall Gordon for such a delicate detective work. I know it's speculations but I bought it.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 14/08/2026

Sorry, we only eat ketchup 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 14/08/2026

Reporting from Spain with 3yo: A Coruña's playgrounds are the best, Bilbao's ok, Vigo's and Gijon's nonexistent. Follow me for more travel tips.

Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 14/08/2026

It's the beginning of the end for Chat got: they started tweaking UI instead of doing things ("think harder"). Next comes the Gmail style spacing (classic, compact, whatever), color schemes, and a line of pre-approved icons to use for everything.

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He was writing about San Francisco in sixties - but the quotes work very well for the experience of Google from the inside - the dynamic that Claire Stapleton navigated - from being a believer to being disillusioned.

"and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back"

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"that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting—on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . ."

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"You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . ."

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"was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run . . . but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant. . . ."

Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 05/08/2026

All reviews are pretty flat so far. I want someone to either mention en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_V... or quote Hunter S. Thompson's "wave speech".

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Did everyone else already finish Claire Stapleton’s book, too?

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 28/07/2026

Oof. Rachel Cusk is not for the faint of heart.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 27/07/2026

It's interesting how anticlimactic good things can be.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 26/07/2026

Me, to a 20yo: did you read about that new movie, Odyssey? 20yo: no Me: it's based on the Greek classic literature and they used those amazing cameras and.. 20yo: ah, the movie with Zendaya? Me: who?

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I did *not* expect rock tumbling to enter top 10 regretted decisions of my life.

Castaneda then proceeded to move the bug back to the middle of the path -- only to anger don Juan even more ("who are you to think you can correct your own actions?")

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It reminds me of the one of Carlos Castaneda's stories: he noticed a bug in the middle of the path and carried it over to the side -- only to anger don Juan ("who are you to meddle with life as it unfolds?")

Corollary, if someone is not capable of understanding they're wrong, you're wasting your breath telling them that. In summary: always mind your own business.

Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 22/07/2026

If someone is capable of understanding that they're wrong -- they're also capable of arriving at that conclusion themselves. So telling them directly would rob them of the experience they would gain in the process of the discovery.

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How about "what has most definitely happened is CDC made cyclospora FoodNet surveillance optional - under the pressure of being underfunded"?

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 22/07/2026

In today's rubric "Kate's talking to newspapers" How about "there are no other options available for two income families without any relatives living close by"?

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 19/07/2026

We're at that awkward phase of life when the only thing worse than 3yo resisting a nap - is 3yo finally giving in for a nap that's too long and too late. 🫠

Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 18/07/2026

Prompted by a barista's question - there should be an app called "What is a good name for you?" - upload a photo and get a suggestion. "You look like Clara today."

Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 11/07/2026

Ppl who bruise easily, brood easily.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 09/07/2026

As the late psychotherapist John Weakland famously said, “Before successful therapy, it’s the same damn thing over and over. After successful therapy, it’s one damn thing after another.” Maybe You Should Talk To Someone by Lori Gottlieb is a _really_ good book.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 04/07/2026

xkcd.com/303 but "AI-of-my-choice is thinking!" Some things never change.

xkcd.com

Compiling

Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 04/07/2026

TIL about Nimona 🤘🏼

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 28/06/2026

I'm afraid I'm a tad too old to pick up martial arts 😬

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 27/06/2026

I would go to yoga more often if teachers were doing less Teaching. Maybe I should switch to pilates. No one probably talks about "energy of the summer" there.

Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 25/06/2026

I am "lumbar support pillow" years old.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 25/06/2026

..who was trying to make an argument for Air Force in 1925 and ended up being court-martialed — and lost in front of “the long green table” (jury was found him guilty on all counts). Surely, there could be a better (more positive?) reference for “Be accountable for your actions” principle.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 25/06/2026

I read The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy) by William H. McRaven and I’m kinda confused he chose the name “Can You Stand Before the Long Green Table?” for one of the principles because it’s a story about Billy Mitchell..

Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 21/06/2026

Taking a nap with 3yo who resists the nap: ✅ All stuffies placed in the wastebasket ✅ Toys lost ✅ Furniture moved ✅ Dad napped ❌ 3yo napped

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 29/05/2026

Let's see.. x1.75 multiplayer for having three kids in six years, x2 for pandemic years, x1.5 for the political state of the world since.., well, always. Happy 30th anniversary, love!

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 27/05/2026

I would pay extra to disable all the gamification in Duolingo. I'd call it "Duolingo Min."

Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 10/05/2026

Live reporting from the Mother's day experience. Waiting for my second poached egg. "Kids don't get food" today apparently. They're eating my chocolate and drinking orange juice though. I'm open to anything.

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Dr. Kate @radkat.fitzpat.com · 28/04/2026

Do I know anyone who knows Mark Rober? 6yo is seriously into CrunchLabs and visiting the place would be the best birthday present ever.