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Kate Jones

@tryn2bkind.bsky.social

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Cis, het, she/her. Atheist currently in Baltimore. Ally of all folx hated by RWNJs. 🚫 NO DMs except requests for freelance editing &/or proofreading services. I can't afford to give you any money, so there's no point in asking.

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · Nov 7

I think a lot of people don't realize how much strength it takes to pull yourself out of a dark mental place. If you've done that today, or any day, I'm proud of you and you should be proud of yourself.

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🇨🇦🍁Raia C Darsey-Malloy 🇨🇦🍁NO DM'S @raiastar.bsky.social · 3h

This is how judges and justice systems used to be conducted and in some states they still are.
#Reclaim_America
#Seek_SpeakTruth

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Mrs. H @kaydee816.bsky.social · 4h

I heard from two families during conferences that they are unable to get their child a Halloween costume.

Sounds like a great reason for a #CashAppPools #CashAppFriday

If at least 3 people contribute to this, we have a chance at $100

Every $1 helps us get closer 🥰🩷🫶🏻

cash.app/f/POOL?id=qu...

a ghost is standing next to a pumpkin with a face on it

ALT: a ghost is standing next to a pumpkin with a face on it

media.tenor.com

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diana52.bsky.social @diana52.bsky.social · 3h

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

What used to be a place of joy or simple routine check-ins has become a horror house of fear and separation under this federal government.

As someone who would be the first immigrant Mayor in generations, I refuse to stand for it.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h

Jordy created a simple website where visitors are invited fo contribute $35 to "provide an infiatable costumes forTrue American.

Pardon the inflation pun

"This whole thing has blown up a lot."

www.operationinflation.com

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 3h

It's well past time to endorse Mamdani.

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Amy Young @ayoung.bsky.social · 5d

How terrifying is the protest in Portland? So much that it was the site of a wedding last night. 💜 congratulations to the happy couple! They had a heck of a dance party!
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h

After yesterday's hearing, Roberts can rest assured that his reputation as the "most
destructive chief justice" in American history is safe.

Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it

"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."

www.motherjones.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 6h

Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.

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Billie @billieo2.bsky.social · 10h

Our government? Shut Down.

#RepublicanShutdown

Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 12h

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 4h

Loss of filters is a sign of dementia.

Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 4h

This from the same people who say "if you can't afford children, keep your legs closed" as the cut as much aid to families as they can.

Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 4h

a woman is holding a spoon in her mouth and the words `` may the lord open '' are behind her .

Alt: Offered from The Handmaid's Tale is eating soup. Text reads "may the lord open."

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 6h

Because it is illegal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Leavitt: "The president tapped into tariff revenue to keep WIC money going out the door. He found a creative solution to keep the troops paid. And rather than congratulate him for doing that, this unprecedented action to get our troops paid, Dems want to sue him for it. They're saying it's illegal."

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10h

Lol that the London No Kings event is called No Tyrants because…you know…

www.nokings.org#map

A box overlaid on a map showing southern England, with London prominently marked. The box features bold black text reading:

"NO TYRANTS
INDIVISIBLE
LONDON UK"

Below this heading, the event details are listed:

Date: Sat, Oct 18

Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Location: US EMBASSY LONDON (UK)

The time and date information is accompanied by red calendar and map pin icons. At the bottom of the flyer is a large red button labeled “RSVP” in white text.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 5h

Say Hi 👋 to these Resisters looking to meet you! Vet, F&R. Ty!💙
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Aug 12

holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

It is sick

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Kathleen de Plume 🏳️‍🌈 @kathleendeplume.bsky.social · 7h

And it's not just "perform likeability on top of competence" - to a LOT of men, a woman displaying her competence is doing the most unlikeable thing imaginable, so she's never going to be able to do both at the same time no matter how much she tries.

There is no winning, here.

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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · 7h

Exhausting

Got told I "didn't smile enough" in the Zoom interview

Just got feedback from a recruiter after a second- round interview for a senior backend engineer role.

Their exact words: "You came across a bit serious. Try to smile more next time."

I honestly don't even know what to say anymore. I spent an hour walking through system design tradeoffs, production incidents I have led, and mentoring junior engineers and somehow the takeaway was that I didn't smile enough? IG & Threads:

@ask_aubry

I even threw in a small joke about debugging at 2 a.m., but apparently that didn't hit the "warm and approachable" quota.

It's wild because I have been doing this for over a decade, and I can almost guarantee that no one is telling my male counterparts to "smile more." It's that subtle, constant pressure to perform likability on top of competence and it's just draining.

I'm at this point where I don't even know if it's worth pushing back or if I should just quietly cross them off my list. Because honestly... if this is their culture, I already know I'd be miserable there.

Has anyone else gotten this kind of feedback recently? I thought we were past this nonsense, but apparently not.

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 6h

Because she wanted to embarrass the bride and got thwarted.

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Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 6h

My mother catered several weddings at our church. She would have stuck flowers in the cut to disguise it and brought it out as if that were the design all along.

Kate Jones @tryn2bkind.bsky.social · 6h

She wasn't embarrassed. She wanted to embarrass the bride, who was smart enough to head that off by having a backup cake. MIL Dearest was just having a tantrum that her sabotage didn't work.

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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 7h

Putting someone in jail over a meme?

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