Kat Jack
@katmacapplejack.bsky.social
Artist. Educator. StL Metro East.
Mom to a kid and a cat. Slightly Woo.
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Mom to a kid and a cat. Slightly Woo.
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Kat Jack
@katmacapplejack.bsky.social
· Dec 1
I woke up to a bunch of new followers. For those who don't me-- I'm a 2nd year Middle School Art Teacher. I teach at a Title 1 school. This was a mid-life career choice after spending my 20s as a barista or working in gallery spaces. I have 3 bachelor's, all related to the visual arts.
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We are all in this together.
June 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
We are all in this together.
There is just something SO SATISFYING about that end of year Art Room Cleaning.
May 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
There is just something SO SATISFYING about that end of year Art Room Cleaning.
Why, yes, I am indeed celebrating closing my gradebook with sushi and catching up on Abbot Elementary.
May 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Why, yes, I am indeed celebrating closing my gradebook with sushi and catching up on Abbot Elementary.
I forgot how much truly deep healing comes with deep sleep..... after sleeping solid for nearly 16 hours today.
Let your body rest. It remembers the emotional trauma absorbed even a decade ago but processes them all the same.
Let your body rest. It remembers the emotional trauma absorbed even a decade ago but processes them all the same.
April 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I forgot how much truly deep healing comes with deep sleep..... after sleeping solid for nearly 16 hours today.
Let your body rest. It remembers the emotional trauma absorbed even a decade ago but processes them all the same.
Let your body rest. It remembers the emotional trauma absorbed even a decade ago but processes them all the same.
My April updates on my #nobuyyear.
I'll admit that with all this talk of tariffs going back and forth, I caved and panic-bought my favorite K-Beauty items. These were all staples in my vanity, though, and I was stocking up for the future. I'm a little scared for that tax bill, though.
I'll admit that with all this talk of tariffs going back and forth, I caved and panic-bought my favorite K-Beauty items. These were all staples in my vanity, though, and I was stocking up for the future. I'm a little scared for that tax bill, though.
April 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My April updates on my #nobuyyear.
I'll admit that with all this talk of tariffs going back and forth, I caved and panic-bought my favorite K-Beauty items. These were all staples in my vanity, though, and I was stocking up for the future. I'm a little scared for that tax bill, though.
I'll admit that with all this talk of tariffs going back and forth, I caved and panic-bought my favorite K-Beauty items. These were all staples in my vanity, though, and I was stocking up for the future. I'm a little scared for that tax bill, though.
It's a good day for a rewatch of The First Wives Club.
three women in white coats are dancing in a hallway .
ALT: three women in white coats are dancing in a hallway .
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April 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's a good day for a rewatch of The First Wives Club.
Favorite Things, A series.
The other day, I had the joy of witnessing two of my students earnestly high-five each other because it was ART Day for them.
It makes me happy when kids WANT to be in my class.
The other day, I had the joy of witnessing two of my students earnestly high-five each other because it was ART Day for them.
It makes me happy when kids WANT to be in my class.
April 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Favorite Things, A series.
The other day, I had the joy of witnessing two of my students earnestly high-five each other because it was ART Day for them.
It makes me happy when kids WANT to be in my class.
The other day, I had the joy of witnessing two of my students earnestly high-five each other because it was ART Day for them.
It makes me happy when kids WANT to be in my class.
Favorite Things, a series.
When my little gray cat uses my foot as a pillow for her weary head.
I could lounge with that tiny creature all day with enough herbal tea and nightstand books.
When my little gray cat uses my foot as a pillow for her weary head.
I could lounge with that tiny creature all day with enough herbal tea and nightstand books.
April 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Favorite Things, a series.
When my little gray cat uses my foot as a pillow for her weary head.
I could lounge with that tiny creature all day with enough herbal tea and nightstand books.
When my little gray cat uses my foot as a pillow for her weary head.
I could lounge with that tiny creature all day with enough herbal tea and nightstand books.
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Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki, Who Said AI Is ‘Insult to Life Itself,” Reduced to AI-Generated Meme by OpenAI
🔗 www.404media.co/hayao-miyaza...
🔗 www.404media.co/hayao-miyaza...
Hayao Miyazaki, Who Said AI Is ‘Insult to Life Itself,” Reduced to AI-Generated Meme by OpenAI
The internet is flooded with AI-generated images in the style of Studio Ghibli, whose founder said “I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.”
www.404media.co
March 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki, Who Said AI Is ‘Insult to Life Itself,” Reduced to AI-Generated Meme by OpenAI
🔗 www.404media.co/hayao-miyaza...
🔗 www.404media.co/hayao-miyaza...
That moment where you recognize you are not healed and that it is very much now time to heal. To deeply heal.
March 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
That moment where you recognize you are not healed and that it is very much now time to heal. To deeply heal.
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OpenAI is using Studio Ghibli-style memes as an ad hoc promotional campaign for its new image generator—despite Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki's famous hatred of AI. Sam Altman made his X avatar a 'Ghiblified' portrait.
Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to them tech has won.
Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to them tech has won.
OpenAI's Studio Ghibli meme factory is an insult to art itself
Sam Altman is promoting his new image generator by appropriating the work of one of the greatest living animators—who is "disgusted" by AI.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
OpenAI is using Studio Ghibli-style memes as an ad hoc promotional campaign for its new image generator—despite Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki's famous hatred of AI. Sam Altman made his X avatar a 'Ghiblified' portrait.
Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to them tech has won.
Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to them tech has won.
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The Supreme Court long ago conferred Constitutional protections to every person present in America
If the US arrests people who have NOT been charged with a crime
Changes their immigration status WITHOUT a court hearing
And refuses to let them speak with a lawyer
Then our democracy is truly lost
If the US arrests people who have NOT been charged with a crime
Changes their immigration status WITHOUT a court hearing
And refuses to let them speak with a lawyer
Then our democracy is truly lost
The disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil, a person with permanent legal status in the US, should be a red line that everyone should recognize.
They knocked on his door and vanished him into an authoritarian system without a trace.
Your door could be next.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/so-it-begi...
They knocked on his door and vanished him into an authoritarian system without a trace.
Your door could be next.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/so-it-begi...
So It Begins: The Disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil and Authoritarian Capture
The Trump Administration kidnapped a legal permanent resident and shuffled him through an authoritarian maze. We're witnessing the beginnings of something terrifying
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Supreme Court long ago conferred Constitutional protections to every person present in America
If the US arrests people who have NOT been charged with a crime
Changes their immigration status WITHOUT a court hearing
And refuses to let them speak with a lawyer
Then our democracy is truly lost
If the US arrests people who have NOT been charged with a crime
Changes their immigration status WITHOUT a court hearing
And refuses to let them speak with a lawyer
Then our democracy is truly lost
Some of you have never read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, and IT SHOWS.
March 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Some of you have never read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, and IT SHOWS.
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Stand With Ukraine! 💙💛
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Stand With Ukraine! 💙💛
Today, I finally had that Art Teacher Right-of-Passage of discovering that the reason my sink won't drain properly is because of lost paint brushes, lots and lots of tiny paint brushes (which I thought were just missing).
#artteacher
#arteducation
#artteacher
#arteducation
February 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Today, I finally had that Art Teacher Right-of-Passage of discovering that the reason my sink won't drain properly is because of lost paint brushes, lots and lots of tiny paint brushes (which I thought were just missing).
#artteacher
#arteducation
#artteacher
#arteducation
It is absolutely amazing what just a little bit of sunlight can do to lift one's spirits.
February 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It is absolutely amazing what just a little bit of sunlight can do to lift one's spirits.
In lieu of tomorrow's buyout blackout, I thought I'd remember and update on how my #projectpan2025 is going. Though I'm sure that there are or will be a great many of us doing this unintentionally soon.
Follow this thread for my product of empties, mostly bath and skincare....
Follow this thread for my product of empties, mostly bath and skincare....
February 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
In lieu of tomorrow's buyout blackout, I thought I'd remember and update on how my #projectpan2025 is going. Though I'm sure that there are or will be a great many of us doing this unintentionally soon.
Follow this thread for my product of empties, mostly bath and skincare....
Follow this thread for my product of empties, mostly bath and skincare....
I didn't sleep well last night.
And, I'm feeling it.
At least I'm done with all the grown up things for the day.
And, I'm feeling it.
At least I'm done with all the grown up things for the day.
February 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I didn't sleep well last night.
And, I'm feeling it.
At least I'm done with all the grown up things for the day.
And, I'm feeling it.
At least I'm done with all the grown up things for the day.
Just introduced my mom to "The Man in the High Castle" just in time for our own creepy history, now jump.
I also forgot how foreboding and disjointed the 1rst Ep. scene with the happy midwest cop was..... helping a guy with his tire, while Thursday's medical waste slowly comes down from the sky.
I also forgot how foreboding and disjointed the 1rst Ep. scene with the happy midwest cop was..... helping a guy with his tire, while Thursday's medical waste slowly comes down from the sky.
February 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Just introduced my mom to "The Man in the High Castle" just in time for our own creepy history, now jump.
I also forgot how foreboding and disjointed the 1rst Ep. scene with the happy midwest cop was..... helping a guy with his tire, while Thursday's medical waste slowly comes down from the sky.
I also forgot how foreboding and disjointed the 1rst Ep. scene with the happy midwest cop was..... helping a guy with his tire, while Thursday's medical waste slowly comes down from the sky.
This Cold and Flu season is one of the worst--and is love to say this household is over it.
Turns out I now have sinusitis---no surprise there, I'm prone to them.
So the NielMed Bottle comes back out, and my ears pop for the first time in nearly 2 weeks. I can hear again! Gross but effective.
Turns out I now have sinusitis---no surprise there, I'm prone to them.
So the NielMed Bottle comes back out, and my ears pop for the first time in nearly 2 weeks. I can hear again! Gross but effective.
February 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This Cold and Flu season is one of the worst--and is love to say this household is over it.
Turns out I now have sinusitis---no surprise there, I'm prone to them.
So the NielMed Bottle comes back out, and my ears pop for the first time in nearly 2 weeks. I can hear again! Gross but effective.
Turns out I now have sinusitis---no surprise there, I'm prone to them.
So the NielMed Bottle comes back out, and my ears pop for the first time in nearly 2 weeks. I can hear again! Gross but effective.
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it’s about that time
February 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
it’s about that time
Come on, Snow Day!
I'd like a day where I don't have to leave my house.
I'd like a day where I don't have to leave my house.
a picture of a man with the words winter is here below him
ALT: a picture of a man with the words winter is here below him
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Come on, Snow Day!
I'd like a day where I don't have to leave my house.
I'd like a day where I don't have to leave my house.
So, we are having a dress up Spirit Week where I teach.
Today was "Cliques Day."
Dress up like a high school cafeteria stereotype.
I leaned heavily into my inner Allison Reynolds to represent the goth subculture.
Played the music for my young Gen Z kids. Even made one a Depeche Mode fan. Win.
Today was "Cliques Day."
Dress up like a high school cafeteria stereotype.
I leaned heavily into my inner Allison Reynolds to represent the goth subculture.
Played the music for my young Gen Z kids. Even made one a Depeche Mode fan. Win.
February 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
So, we are having a dress up Spirit Week where I teach.
Today was "Cliques Day."
Dress up like a high school cafeteria stereotype.
I leaned heavily into my inner Allison Reynolds to represent the goth subculture.
Played the music for my young Gen Z kids. Even made one a Depeche Mode fan. Win.
Today was "Cliques Day."
Dress up like a high school cafeteria stereotype.
I leaned heavily into my inner Allison Reynolds to represent the goth subculture.
Played the music for my young Gen Z kids. Even made one a Depeche Mode fan. Win.