Reposted by CaitTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh. 322236587
Reposted by CaitShana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good. 160185163409
Reposted by CaitJesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026if we’re still pretending that Mitch McConnell is alive then we should be able to criticize him for his silence on the anniversary of 9/11 11265761543
Reposted by CaitElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026When I was volunteering at the COVID19 vaccine POD in 2021, people would say over and over again that they were getting vaccinated for the people they love. Last year, only 17.5% of American adults got the COVID19 vaccine. Please get one for the people you love. 💕 752176717
Reposted by CaitClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026HOLY SHIT DUDES fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live hereamericamagazine.orgVatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new documentThe more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.” 981222361
Reposted by CaitCeleste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"Creating the third-largest university plant collection" may seem celebratory, but remember: this is happening because Duke administration decided to axe the herbarium as a cost-cutting measure. Natural history collections are a precious scientific resource, and too many are at risk of being lost. 5273104
Reposted by CaitTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Thank you for this ambitious thread. I lack all ambition. It’s very generous. 942970
Reposted by CaitHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22/08/2026NYT: "If the regulations are enacted, the Postal Service said that it would not deliver mail ballots in states that do not share voter data with the federal agency." Only these 16 states have complied with Trump's data demands: AL, AK, AR, FL, IN, IA, LA, MS, NE, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, WY 25314162
Cait @sparklecait.bsky.social · 22/08/2026give me a single image from a film that makes you hear the song from the soundtrack on your headstatic.klipy.comChiaki Kuriyama's Iconic 'Hi!' from Kill BillAlt: Chiaki Kuriyama's Iconic 'Hi!' from Kill Bill 020
Cait @sparklecait.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Oh that's like in Animal .. Farm? Collective? People? Me trying to remember the name for ANIMAL CROSSING a game I spent literal years playing. 110
Reposted by CaitChance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 4645461568
Reposted by CaitPhillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Fifteen years ago, in the classroom, wikipedia was annoying because it was hard to describe to kids who relied on it why it wasn't a good source to cite in a paper. Now, it's the final remaining example of citational responsibility any of them have ever seen. 283130740
Reposted by CaitPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026She ran a CrossFit gym, which is basically a swinger's club that produces orthopedic injuries 344157554
Cait @sparklecait.bsky.social · 16/08/2026you guyyyss, our fridge got stuck in "demo mode" and I half jokingly said we should try the konami code to fix it.... AND IT FIXED IT! 000
Reposted by CaitJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/08/2026In the Rockies, things will eat you. In the Appalachians, things will eat your soul. 4277659
Reposted by Caitsanneru.bsky.social @sanneru.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I am German and this is a sign, that some people still think, they can wait until he is gone. Germans thought this too in 1933 and lost everything. No one will be spared 33310
Reposted by CaitAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026normalize saying "hey buddy" to fireflies 814514
Reposted by CaitSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026In a college sociology class in the late 1980s I was assigned a Marxist analysis of education that argued that the US education system is designed primarily to produce efficient workers for the labor market. And now Trump’s Department of Education is just tweeting it out. 47854200
Cait @sparklecait.bsky.social · 02/08/2026In the span of a week I've been in the ER, my city has caught fire, and now, the littlest problem of all but still annoying, my dishwasher has broken 110
Reposted by CaitAlexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 02/08/2026More than 600 (likely homes) burned in and around Spokane County yesterday. The devastation is incomprehensible www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...spokesman.comWildfire in northwest Spokane destroys 640 structuresThe Old Trails wildfire in northwest Spokane destroyed 640 structures Saturday, according to Cody Rohrbach, Spokane County Fire District 3 fire chief. 9301181
Cait @sparklecait.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Got a capital B big bill looming in the distance, so naturally I'm being frugal and watching my pennies, ahahaha .. no. Instead I'm getting into bidding wars on auction sites, because those earrings will be MINE. 120
Reposted by CaitAnnette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 01/08/2026August as an academic 82073290
Reposted by CaitKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Approximately 1 out of 3 women will experience sexual and/or physical abuse in their lifetime and you still have men claiming that allegations must be false because there are too many of them. It’s actually the opposite. The vast majority allegations will never become public 6845101040
Reposted by CaitNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b 7778532571
Reposted by CaitRo Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Maybe it's my age or maybe it's the times I'm living in, but I feel completely devoid of shame these days. Why stress about a social flub when there are so many people openly committing genocide without shame? They need this shame more than I do, so I'm packing it up and sending it to them. 14511
Reposted by CaitAbigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Thriftbooks just sent me an email about "Granny Hobbies" It's so exhausting and gross to have predominantly women's skilled handiwork boiled down to ageist stereotypes. Again. For the umpteenth time. 2121
Reposted by CaitLiz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Gosh, the news out of Indiana is horrible. ICYMI, the Indiana Historical Society fired its entire Education and Engagement Team and its Exhibits staff. Apparently, the emergency all-hands meeting lasted 3 minutes & then they were all escorted from the building, having to return later for their stuff 54630
Cait @sparklecait.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Recently finished The Bear and rewatched While You Were Sleeping. I can't prove it, but the Berzattos and the Callaghans know each other. And probably have some decades long riff. 020
Reposted by Caityazikus @yazikus.bsky.social · 26/07/2026"It’s just frustrating,” Dr. Blumstein said, noting that he should be dedicating time to writing papers or working with students." 054
Reposted by CaitThe Onion @theonion.com · 20/07/2026U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week 4156451036
Reposted by Caitceej @ceej.online · 12/07/2026No statement from Mitch McConnell on the sudden passing of his senate colleague? So much for decorum 197177513111
Cait @sparklecait.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Today in the joys of home ownership in trying to fix a loose ballister, we've discovered the steps to the front door are rotting 110
Reposted by CaitWill Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 10/07/2026"The decision by the university’s AAUP chapter to retain outside lawyers is the latest example of faculty members and other groups choosing to fight settlements with Trump in ways that the colleges themselves often seem reluctant to." @aaup.org @yaleaaup.bsky.socialchronicle.comYale Professors Vow to Fight Trump if the University President Won’tThe opposition to a potential deal with the government reveals a strategy that Yale groups have spent a year honing. 0379104
Reposted by CaitDove (Nobo on Art Fight) @peacerisendove.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I just read all of Rigsby, WI in the past two days and it is fantastic. There really is no other word for it. It's raw and feels genuine and real in it's character, tone, story, everything. The art is amazing, and the characters and their lives undeniably resonate with you. 14715
Reposted by CaitRachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I'm been wondering if it would come to this and apparently it has. huge move from cloudflare, which hosts a fifth of all websites on earth.adweek.comPublishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google SearchThe nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators 7843671467
Reposted by CaitAnneA @annenc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026A dessert for your holiday menu: Reflecting Pool Jello. 🇺🇸 💚 512154548
Reposted by CaitAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 03/07/2026the kelce bros tearfully disassembling their bunk bed 425995684
Reposted by CaitStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times. 2140894683
Reposted by CaitCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 25/05/2026You can show me all the charts you want saying the economy is fine but if Serpentor is selling his throne because it won't fit into his new studio apartment, shit is not fine 4443131177
Cait @sparklecait.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Linguistics. Kickboxing. Russian Film. Anthropology. Too many to count, but those inconsistently remember. 020
Reposted by CaitDoctor Memory @blank.org · 03/05/2026TIL that there is a vaccine (Uromune) available in the EU that appears to cut the rate of UTIs in women by 50-70% and it's apparently been languishing in trials for years now in the US, with no obvious hurry to get it approved? Excuse me, I need to go have a small rage meltdonw. 38928
Cait @sparklecait.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Impulse bought asparagus plants at the seed store only to realize it takes 2 seasons until you can harvest them But 2 years from now, GAME ON 020
Reposted by CaitChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 30/04/2026We do not concede the south, the birthplace & continued lifeblood of the Black American experience, to people who hate us. We do not throw in the towel. Black people have every right to be southerners & very much are no matter who likes it. 122052564
Cait @sparklecait.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Based on a conversation about where I bought my prom dress, I am now deep in a rabbit hole of researching old department stores: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...en.wikipedia.orgList of defunct department stores of the United States - Wikipedia 110
