Kate
@dubchi5.bsky.social
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@dubchi5.bsky.social
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Finally getting the bug to work on my photography and design again. Honestly just so I can order notebooks with some of my own photography and art, but you know. www.redbubble.com/people/dotla...
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Anyone interested in history, politics, gender or theory should be aware that Pluto Books has 80% off for ebooks for 48h. I’m trying to decide which ones. Click here: www.plutobooks.com
Home Page - Pluto Press
An independent publisher of radical, left‐wing non‐fiction books. Established in 1969, we are one of the oldest radical publishing houses in the world.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Anyone interested in history, politics, gender or theory should be aware that Pluto Books has 80% off for ebooks for 48h. I’m trying to decide which ones. Click here: www.plutobooks.com
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November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Writer hack: Instead of telling your children bedtime stories, tell them the story you are working on and when you reach a "how" or a "why" that you haven't figured out yet, just ask them: What do you think should happen next?
They will probably come up with a solution you haven't thought of yet.
They will probably come up with a solution you haven't thought of yet.
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Writer hack: Instead of telling your children bedtime stories, tell them the story you are working on and when you reach a "how" or a "why" that you haven't figured out yet, just ask them: What do you think should happen next?
They will probably come up with a solution you haven't thought of yet.
They will probably come up with a solution you haven't thought of yet.
I love seeing this thread do the rounds every year.
Thread worth your time. I promise.
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I love seeing this thread do the rounds every year.
You know… sometimes less regulation isn’t the best thing. I know people here know that but oof.
every single day
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
You know… sometimes less regulation isn’t the best thing. I know people here know that but oof.
This is the yearly reminder that it’s ok to protect your peace and there is no obligation because someone’s family that you have to spend time with them. Boundaries are ok. Found family is family. We all have differences in opinion, but abuse, hateful beliefs, etc are not opinions that should be
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is the yearly reminder that it’s ok to protect your peace and there is no obligation because someone’s family that you have to spend time with them. Boundaries are ok. Found family is family. We all have differences in opinion, but abuse, hateful beliefs, etc are not opinions that should be
This… this explains so much.
I mean I have been enraged about this topic for a while, but I had also never actually figured out how they calculate the poverty line.
I am legitimately speechless.
I am legitimately speechless.
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This… this explains so much.
You might have to wait 11 years… but man really happy for this woman.
Absolute queen
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
You might have to wait 11 years… but man really happy for this woman.
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Absolute queen
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Absolute queen
This is so beautiful
I was hoping to do something with this but just couldn’t think straight maybe do something tomorrow with it!
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is so beautiful
A super small way you can also help libraries is donate your gently used books. Our library either puts them in the friends of the library sale, or I found out one librarian will take books where it’s less likely people will have access to books and leave them there like a book fairy.
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A super small way you can also help libraries is donate your gently used books. Our library either puts them in the friends of the library sale, or I found out one librarian will take books where it’s less likely people will have access to books and leave them there like a book fairy.
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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Hugely useful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hugely useful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you love Irish History, folklore, mythology, and strong characters, I highly recommend Daughter of the Otherworld by @shaunalawless.bsky.social ! Part of the Gael Song Era 2, I encourage you to pick up a copy.
ohwherewillwegoadventuresthroughbooks.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/d...
ohwherewillwegoadventuresthroughbooks.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/d...
Daughter of the Otherworld
I’ve been reading Shauna Lawless’s books since the very first book and was immediately hooked. Retellings of Irish history with magic, myth, and folklore interwoven into the stories? Co…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If you love Irish History, folklore, mythology, and strong characters, I highly recommend Daughter of the Otherworld by @shaunalawless.bsky.social ! Part of the Gael Song Era 2, I encourage you to pick up a copy.
ohwherewillwegoadventuresthroughbooks.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/d...
ohwherewillwegoadventuresthroughbooks.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/d...
I'm sure that everyone can understand life being hectic and throwing unexpected turns right now, so it's been a bit since I've had time to write reviews. Finally getting to a point where I can get back to my normal schedule. ohwherewillwegoadventuresthroughbooks.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
Ten Incarnations of Rebellion
Vaishnavi Patel has quickly become one of those authors that I immediately pre-order any time I hear an update that she has a new book being released. I found her first book as part of the Fantasti…
ohwherewillwegoadventuresthroughbooks.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm sure that everyone can understand life being hectic and throwing unexpected turns right now, so it's been a bit since I've had time to write reviews. Finally getting to a point where I can get back to my normal schedule. ohwherewillwegoadventuresthroughbooks.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t...
I don't keep a ton of art in my "shop" anymore since my photography is really just something I enjoy doing, but just in case someone's looking for some art for the holidays :)
www.redbubble.com/people/DotLa...
www.redbubble.com/people/DotLa...
DotLaGrangeArt Shop | Redbubble
DotLaGrangeArt is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.
www.redbubble.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I don't keep a ton of art in my "shop" anymore since my photography is really just something I enjoy doing, but just in case someone's looking for some art for the holidays :)
www.redbubble.com/people/DotLa...
www.redbubble.com/people/DotLa...
If I only had to stay at a job five years… I would have some decent pensions.
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If I only had to stay at a job five years… I would have some decent pensions.
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
We absolutely do not allow our child access to Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We absolutely do not allow our child access to Roblox.
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Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
I think I am going to be sick.
SEVENTEEN strikes.
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I think I am going to be sick.
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I do not use ChatGPT because I still remember when you had to go to your local at a specific time of day to listen to someone slurring conspiracy theories with utmost confidence and I will never allow Sam Altman to take that from me
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I do not use ChatGPT because I still remember when you had to go to your local at a specific time of day to listen to someone slurring conspiracy theories with utmost confidence and I will never allow Sam Altman to take that from me
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
It’s getting harder and harder to find anything on Google. It would be super cool if they returned search results based on quality not who can pay more.
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It’s getting harder and harder to find anything on Google. It would be super cool if they returned search results based on quality not who can pay more.