Kate
@katedvm.bsky.social
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Oh, my. *Fantastically* awful. I cannot recommend this playlist enough.
Cats, dogs, bagpipes, accordion, Beiber, Swift… you’ve got to listen (cautiously, in small bites).
Cats, dogs, bagpipes, accordion, Beiber, Swift… you’ve got to listen (cautiously, in small bites).
My gift to you: the worst Christmas playlist, to horrify your friends and relations. Apple Music & Spotify links at shitm.as
December 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oh, my. *Fantastically* awful. I cannot recommend this playlist enough.
Cats, dogs, bagpipes, accordion, Beiber, Swift… you’ve got to listen (cautiously, in small bites).
Cats, dogs, bagpipes, accordion, Beiber, Swift… you’ve got to listen (cautiously, in small bites).
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On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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What was your version of eeny, meeny, miney, moe (counting game for choosing or eliminating someone) when you were younger? The best one I've heard is from Czech, which has several different endings but this is my favourite (image on the left is the original Czech, on the right is rough translation)
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
What was your version of eeny, meeny, miney, moe (counting game for choosing or eliminating someone) when you were younger? The best one I've heard is from Czech, which has several different endings but this is my favourite (image on the left is the original Czech, on the right is rough translation)
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
😂😂😂
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
😂😂😂
Ditto
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Ditto
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
Saving so I can giggle
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Saving so I can giggle
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
🐻❄️ Animal #828 🦒
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 3 | Avg. Guesses: 11.7
metazooa.com
#metazooa
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 3 | Avg. Guesses: 11.7
metazooa.com
#metazooa
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
🐻❄️ Animal #828 🦒
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 3 | Avg. Guesses: 11.7
metazooa.com
#metazooa
I figured it out in 8 guesses!
🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 3 | Avg. Guesses: 11.7
metazooa.com
#metazooa
Fun!
stupid planet teeming with diverse forms of life, making me waste several guesses in the same clade
I figured it out in 11 guesses!
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I figured it out in 11 guesses!
🟧🟧🟩🟩🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Metazooa is a site with essentially a daily phylogeny game. Guess an animal from its' database, and it will draw a tree showing you the finest scale group that both your guess and the mystery animal are both in, and it'll update it from each additional guess.
metazooa.com
metazooa.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Fun!
TBR
“Why are traumatized people so MISERABLE?”
“Too much disappointment teaches the system that ‘wanting leads to pain,’ and so it stops responding to potential rewards. … Biologically, it’s an adaptive silencing of the very circuits that make us feel alive.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/an-i...
“Too much disappointment teaches the system that ‘wanting leads to pain,’ and so it stops responding to potential rewards. … Biologically, it’s an adaptive silencing of the very circuits that make us feel alive.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/an-i...
How Chronic Disappointment Rewires the Brain
Chronic disappointment can train the brain to expect pain instead of reward. Restoring hope means reawakening dopamine through small actions, enriched environments, and new desire.
www.psychologytoday.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
TBR
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When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦 😍😂
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When the ICE agent is Canadian… 🇨🇦 😍😂
My anger knows no bounds.
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My anger knows no bounds.
This is a very interesting article
The act has been invoked by 17/47 presidents, so not 50%. It has been invoked a total of 30 times--one president did NOT use it 28 times. The last time it was used over the objections of the governor was when LBJ invoked it in AL over Wallace in 1965. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Guide to Invocations of the Insurrection Act
In 230 years, the Act has been invoked in response to 30 crises.
www.brennancenter.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is a very interesting article
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one category of show prep material for TRMS staff is something we've always called "subway reading".
it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.
today's subway reading:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.
today's subway reading:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
one category of show prep material for TRMS staff is something we've always called "subway reading".
it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.
today's subway reading:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
it's something that's not exactly current events or new reporting... but nevertheless relevant food for thought given the news we're in.
today's subway reading:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Way to go Mason, Ohio! No kings!
October 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Way to go Mason, Ohio! No kings!
I am very hopeful for the church under Pope Leo. 💜💜💜
Okay! This is going to take a while so I had to finish some stuff first, but: Why Da Pope Fucking Up Opus Dei Is A Huge Fucking Deal: a thread
Gimme an hour or two and then I'll explain why this is a "holy fucking shit" moment!
October 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I am very hopeful for the church under Pope Leo. 💜💜💜
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Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
I enjoy a good dance party. Mason, Ohio. No kings. I ❤️ USA.
October 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I enjoy a good dance party. Mason, Ohio. No kings. I ❤️ USA.
This. This. This!
Should we ALL be Trad Wives?
youtu.be/6Mrfe20CexM
youtu.be/6Mrfe20CexM
My THOUGHTS on Taylor Swift
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This. This. This!
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