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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 16h

*Fun, not run

Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 16h

If you’re not doing it for hope, run, or civic duty, do it out of spite 😇

Parodied from Lord of the Rings. Frodo: “What are we holding onto, Sam?” Sam: “Sheer fucking spite, Mr. Frodo.”

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 19h

Told my husband I’m calling ChatGPT erotica “clanker smut” going forward

(Note: I am pro smut. Just not when LLMs do it)

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 1d

Not even noon and you’re calling us out like this 😭😭

a woman says that she is having a really hard time

Alt: Emily from Schitt’s Creek saying “I’m having a really hard time not taking that personally”

media.tenor.com

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 2d

As a fellow Italian-American against Columbus, it is also my sworn duty to post this reminder

Scene from “The Good Place.” Janet, speaking to Chidi, says “Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.” Michael looks ok in the back, making an “oooooff” expression

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 5d

If it’s worth banning, it’s worth owning.
#BannedBooksWeek

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 9d

As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 8d

"bUt yoU'lL lOok BuLkY LiKe a MaN" first of all - no ya won't, not unless you're exercising 5+ hours a day and roiding up.

Also, if I got big muscles, I'd welcome them with big, round, open arms. Gimme those muscle mommy gains 😁

(also nothing wrong with looking more masculine. do you, babes)

Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 8d

And for women, it's ESPECIALLY important to strength train after 30. I really didn't get this messaging until I was into my late 20s and it is LIFE CHANGING. And it's a lot easier to stay independent as you get older if you have good muscle mass, mobility, balance, etc.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9d

everyone says it for a reason: really important to lock in when it comes to fitness and health. just establishing good habits — regular exercise including strength training, eating a balanced diet — will pay huge dividends

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 12d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 9d

The state goons are powerless before the awesome might of someone in an inflatable frog costume, and you seriously expect me to believe the situation is hopeless?

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 10d

wizard frog is insane

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 9d

Calypso does not like the doppelgänger pillow, for she is (and always will be) the superior Halloween decoration in the house

A black cat sitting on an exercise bike seat. In the background, a gray couch and pillows with a black cat pillow, a clear doppelgänger of the real cat

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 10d

Reading Rainbow emphasis is encouraging kids to read. The focus is not on teaching them to read. The mission is reading should be fun!

We are all readers, worthy of literacy. LeVar Burton said “but you don’t have to take my word for it” because he wanted us to look to the books. That’s the beauty 💚

The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 10d

Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...

‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission

www.nytimes.com

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 11d

I wasn’t slut shaming, I was slut encouraging 😈

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 12d

Sending this to my mother - who is pushing 70 - on her birthday as a reminder that being awesome and antifascist keeps you young and pretty ✨💅(in case it wasn't obvious: this dusty man looks way more busted than my gorgeous mother)

George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 12d

Holy shit. Russ Vought is 49. I seriously thought this mutherfucker was in his late 60s. Further proof that being a monster will age you hard.

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 12d

Happy belated anniversary!!! Gwen is a cake magician 🥰

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 12d

Caliente means caliente, babe 🤣

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d

The fact that an agent literally said "fuck them kids" is just icing on the unconstitutional cake.

They enjoy being able to play badass while they terrorize neighborhoods.

Mister November @misternov3mber.bsky.social · 13d

From the local CBS news story:

Neighbors like Eboni Watson say they ducked for cover as they heard several flash bangs.

"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said,

'f*** them kids.""

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 14d

*note: alt text should read “splooting,” not splitting

Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 14d

FYI - this is the cat in charge

A black and white tuxedo kitty splitting on a gray couch, paws forward, looking equal parts regal and sassy

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 15d

That reminds me, I’ve been meaning to set up a recurring donation to PBS ❤️❤️❤️

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 16d

Ryan Lore ™️ never disappoints

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Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 25d

I think physical media is always a good idea - and I think vinyl is always cool!

Kat @kataschultz.bsky.social · 25d

No more streaming. I want my music on an iPod again. I miss my baby blue iPod mini 😭

erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 26d

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.

Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.

Just. Keep. Reading.

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