Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s a tiny marvel that we live on a planet where water just falls from the sky. 101
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Even when I’m expecting a rejection from a lit mag, it still hurts. But every rejection also gives me renewed determination. Hopefully that’s the right approach. 000
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Widows Bay is the perfect rx after a long day. So much laughter, so many details to get lost in 000
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So many fun, sneaky, bonus horrors that come with climate change! My current fave are the invasive mosquito species that bites during the day! 100
Reposted by Kate BlairJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026personally I think we should just take the ai doomers at their word and shut it down if they’re telling the truth, well, good thing we shut it down. If they’re exaggerating, well, they shouldn’t have done that 251908349
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Based on my experiences watching mad men I can only assume liberty bibberty came from research that points to “b” sounds lodging themselves in your brain more effectively than any other letter. Name recall above all else, pushed by complete nonsense 100
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Having grown up in western NY, I always oriented myself on a map using Lake Ontario. Having that piece of my history and the history of that region erased and its name changed so fascists can play power games is unmooring. 100
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Uneasy because this seems like an image AI shouldn’t know about 010
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A spider web strung with tiny globes of water has to be one of the most beautiful sights on earth. And it has looked basically the same for millions of years! I would include a photo of what I’m looking at if my phone was up for the task, but hopefully you all can imagine it instead. 110
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Always such a treat to chat with @jimlaczkowski.net! It was great fun to spend so much time with Holofcener’s films. 030
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Wasps have been been mysteriously appearing and subsequently dying in my bathroom. Not sure what this portends 000
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Categories of AI food I’ve observed, and ongoing list: -warts -holes -slimy -eldritch -labyrinthine 100
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026One of the crazier things about restaurant AI posters is how disgusting and unappetizing the food looks, like it’s made of little warts. And no, I won’t share the example that inspired this skeet to spare you the nausea. 100
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Camp Miasma is fantastic! An amazing new entry into the dyke/queer/trans canon 000
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026My anxieties often spiral out of control when I’m lying in bed, awake, but once I’m walking around, coffee in hand, things usually feel manageable. What’s behind this, I wonder 000
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026My St*ncil theory is that he is absolutely desperate for a platform and will embrace any ideology that will give him one. Would not be remotely surprised if he shifted to alt right politics. Has he already? I’ve tried to stop paying attention to him 131
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026My parents have asked me for a Chemex coffee demo. I’m thrilled and honored and they are about to get probably way more information than they wanted about this! 020
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026It would be pretty funny for Olive Garden to remove the ID requirement this weak argument is hinging on. They would be folk heroes, just saying 010
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Waiting for someone, I don’t even know who at this point, to tell me when it’s ok to eat lettuce again 000
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Amazed that people are walking around rawdogging this Chicago air!! It’s times like these I appreciate having a stockpile of kn95s. Please be safe out there. 001
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026This is a funny comparison because cars more or less are death machines that seem to grow more dangerous by the year, and are quickly approaching the size of tanks 110
Reposted by Kate Blairthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026My privilege to share some lovely stories from the science community about what Sam Neill's timeless performance as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park meant to them—and why it will continue to inspire kids to chase their own discoveries for years to come.wired.comSam Neill Inspired a Generation of ScientistsThe actor, who died at age 78 on Monday, embodied a passionate approach to research and positive masculinity in his role as paleontologist Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park. 232764798
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Anyone else vaguely concerned Mitch McConnell’s team is finishing up work on his AI hologram replacement 000
Reposted by Kate BlairPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Folks, no one has a RIGHT to higher office. OK? You aren't "canceling" anyone when you decide NOT TO SUPPORT THEIR QUEST FOR MORE POWER. Please let's be SERIOUS. This is not what is meant by "no one is disposable." I'm begging people to focus and use your brains. That man can still make a LIVING. 443951875
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Technology used to excite me as a young person. Now I react to almost every new tech development with dread, all the while mourning my addiction to this pocket device that’s so deeply integrated with my life and work I can’t get rid of it 000
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Perennial issue with HOtD being back - I just want my own dragon so bad. I really think I’d be a responsible dragon mom. Let me adopt! 020
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Gen AI exists because the companies stole indiscriminately from creatives. How is any creative worker ok with using it? it’s very existence is morally corrupt. Why do we even need additional tiers of argument against a plagiarism machine? That should be enough! 010
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I read the AI defense in Yale Review just to make sure the social headlines weren’t misrepresenting it. They’re not. It’s every bit as bad as it appears. 150
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Seeing sports teams share pride messaging: 😀 Reading the comments: ☹️ 010
Reposted by Kate Blairunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16/06/2026New: We've been tracking reports of ICE activity across Chicagoland for five weeks. In that time, rapid responders have seen an escalation as feds have abducted dozens, caused at least two car crashes, threatened community members with weapons and flouted state courthouse protections. Read more:unraveledpress.com“ICE never really left:” car crashes and courthouse arrests mark spring escalationVideos show federal agents pointing weapons at bystanders and trying to access state property as rapid response groups have reported at least 80 detainments across Chicagoland in the last five weeks. 121009608
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I was in nyc last week and brought some bagels home to Chicago and I don’t know to explain it but eating them is making me really emotional. I feel held by this sesame bagel 000
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026In following the story of Riley’s death I’ve encountered the really helpful term of “carbrain” to explain the callous response of drivers to this tragedy, and any accident involving a cyclist 010
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Walked by Riley O’Neil’s memorial last night. Such a loss for the neighborhood. I didn’t know him personally, but I know people who did. His death has touched all of us here, and Bridgeport continues to grieve. 030
Reposted by Kate BlairChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 10/06/2026A memorial bike ride and vigil was held for Riley O’Neil, a Chicago Department of Transportation worker who dedicated much of his career to bicycle safety and infrastructure in Chicago.chicagotribune.comRiley O’Neil, bicyclist killed in Bridgeport crash, remembered at vigil: ‘People loved him’ 0223
Reposted by Kate BlairPapa Rides a Bike @paparidesabike.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Another cyclist was just doored in front of Riley O'Neil's memorial on Halsted Street. This happened about one hour ago. The cyclist declined medical treatment from the ambulance and rode away. Unfucking real. You can see the broken car window on the driver's door. #bikeChi 1327084
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026A cyclist, Riley O'Neill, was killed in my neighborhood over the weekend. He was doored, then crushed under a truck in the adjacent lane. He should be alive. Yet, now that the news has reached the wider community, the victim-blaming has begun. These comments are predictable, consistent, and alarming 411015
Reposted by Kate Blair🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Repost the Leather Dachshund from Seattle Pride 1991 to be blessed this Pride Month! 257322842
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Wordle? No, thank you. I keep my mind sharp by memorizing 2FA tokens 010
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Haven’t posted one of my pots in a while. This is a little pinch pot with feet. I arranged them on there kind of haphazardly and it ended up ensouled 010
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I have straight men staying with me this weekend. Should I get these? I want to make sure they feel welcome 000
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I’m with Leah here… people underestimate kids as readers and thinkers, and I feel like I encountered that a lot as a child. I also find it really sinister to cut off these kids from discovering the analog world that predated the digital saturation we live in now. 1174
Kate Blair @swampyw1tch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026If home is where the wifi connects automatically, then Jackalope coffee is home 010