Kate Whittle
@kettlemt.bsky.social
western Montana writer, once and future journalist. Also into cats, knitting, bicycles. I’m super fun at parties!
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I am obviously going to be skeptical here, but I am sure the administration will use this to promote the falsehood that there is widespread SNAP fraud. Bear in mind that $7 million represents .27% of the annual Massachusetts SNAP budget.
Federal prosecutors hold briefing on alleged trafficking of $7 million of SNAP benefits in Mass. - The Boston Globe
Prosecutors announced charges related to the "trafficking of nearly $7 million worth of SNAP benefits."
www.bostonglobe.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I am obviously going to be skeptical here, but I am sure the administration will use this to promote the falsehood that there is widespread SNAP fraud. Bear in mind that $7 million represents .27% of the annual Massachusetts SNAP budget.
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he also kind of gets everyone's asses again in this follow up with the washington post
December 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
he also kind of gets everyone's asses again in this follow up with the washington post
as a relentless podcast listener... who is listening to these? i've heard of a handful of them
variety.com/2025/awards/...
variety.com/2025/awards/...
Alex Cooper, Amy Poehler, ‘SmartLess’ Among First Golden Globes Best Podcast Nominees
The Golden Globes announced its first-ever nominees for best podcast, with Alex Cooper, Amy Poehler and the trio behind "SmartLess" among those receiving nods in the category.
variety.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
as a relentless podcast listener... who is listening to these? i've heard of a handful of them
variety.com/2025/awards/...
variety.com/2025/awards/...
possibly the greatest yarn newsletter i've ever encountered @whimsicalwoodyarn.bsky.social #knitsky 🧶
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
possibly the greatest yarn newsletter i've ever encountered @whimsicalwoodyarn.bsky.social #knitsky 🧶
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Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
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MY LEGS MY BUSINESS - dashare.zone ADMIN
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
MY LEGS MY BUSINESS - dashare.zone ADMIN
Happy Krampusnacht
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Happy Krampusnacht
Pluribus feels very deliberately anti-second-screen to me (but i am also usually knitting)
Every time I hear about how tv and movies need to be made for people who are also on their phones it makes me want to do the total opposite and write something where the action and dialogue only make sense if you’re watching and listening to them at the same time and are otherwise confusing!!!!
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Pluribus feels very deliberately anti-second-screen to me (but i am also usually knitting)
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Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
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A rare bright spot for whales: Decades of conservation pay off for endangered population in Canada news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-ra... 🧪🦑🌎
A rare bright spot for whales: Decades of conservation pay off for endangered population in Canada
Populations of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus), playful animals that resemble large dolphins, stretch across the Atlantic Ocean, with each group of whales living year-round in a…
news.mongabay.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A rare bright spot for whales: Decades of conservation pay off for endangered population in Canada news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-ra... 🧪🦑🌎
at the stage of winter darkness where drinking coffee until midafternoon just might keep me awake until 10 pm
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
at the stage of winter darkness where drinking coffee until midafternoon just might keep me awake until 10 pm
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This is not true. This is argument that pro-gun people use to discount red flag and waiting period laws. Ease of access and lethality (let alone cheerful instruction in the best method!) is the #1 predictor of attempts leading actual completion. The more barriers, the more people live.
I think it's fine Chat GPT is telling people how to kill themselves. They'll figure it out one way or another if they're serious.
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is not true. This is argument that pro-gun people use to discount red flag and waiting period laws. Ease of access and lethality (let alone cheerful instruction in the best method!) is the #1 predictor of attempts leading actual completion. The more barriers, the more people live.
excuse me there's an org called Pork Storks www.kpax.com/news/montana...
Montana Ag Network: Boar stud facility in Cascade County aims to strengthen pork industry
The facility will house 412 mature boars, capable of producing genetic material for over 100,000 new litters each year.
www.kpax.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
excuse me there's an org called Pork Storks www.kpax.com/news/montana...
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For this management position, we are only seeking applicants with no nonprofit experience who have washed out of their corporate careers.
January 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For this management position, we are only seeking applicants with no nonprofit experience who have washed out of their corporate careers.
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The buildings across the street from me use gas-powered leaf blowers nearly every week and the noise pollution, not to mention the air pollution, is ridiculous. And this is in a dense neighborhood in Brooklyn where a broom and a rake would do the job just as well. Ban ‘em.
Great new @bloomberg.com piece by Jessica Stolzberg on ongoing struggle against stupidest and most harmful part of current 'Conspicuous Consumption' yard hygiene.
The diff this has made in DC is ... incredible.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The diff this has made in DC is ... incredible.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What It Takes to Defeat the Leaf Blowers
To end the use of gas-powered blowers, advocates in one New Jersey town focused on public health and made their case directly to local elected leaders.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The buildings across the street from me use gas-powered leaf blowers nearly every week and the noise pollution, not to mention the air pollution, is ridiculous. And this is in a dense neighborhood in Brooklyn where a broom and a rake would do the job just as well. Ban ‘em.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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PHOTOS: This Grindr fashion show served skimpy looks spun from the wool of gay sheep - buff.ly/1pz35cD
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
PHOTOS: This Grindr fashion show served skimpy looks spun from the wool of gay sheep - buff.ly/1pz35cD
nice to see salsa supporting women athletes!! i will never do these races but it's inspiring to read www.salsacycles.com/blogs/articl...
Five Tips For Surviving The Mountain Race Series
By Meaghan Hackinen Set against the backdrop of some of the world’s most breathtaking landscapes, the Mountain Races take riders on unforgettable adventures in unexpected places. Created by Nelson Tre...
www.salsacycles.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
nice to see salsa supporting women athletes!! i will never do these races but it's inspiring to read www.salsacycles.com/blogs/articl...
love this. you don't need an axe saw, you need a blanket - and a community www.backpacker.com/stories/essa...
The Toxic Masculinity of Tactical Survival Gear
In the wilderness, it isn't cheap, paracord-wrapped hatchets and trenching tools that we need to survive. It's each other.
www.backpacker.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
love this. you don't need an axe saw, you need a blanket - and a community www.backpacker.com/stories/essa...
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If you don't have a library card, you should get a library card. Once you have that library card, you should get the Libby app. Once you get the Libby app, go browse the newsstand. Good chance your library card gives you access to ALL THE MAGAZINES. I'm talking the real good shit. AND BACK ISSUES.
a woman in a red dress is reading a magazine titled bazaar
ALT: a woman in a red dress is reading a magazine titled bazaar
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If you don't have a library card, you should get a library card. Once you have that library card, you should get the Libby app. Once you get the Libby app, go browse the newsstand. Good chance your library card gives you access to ALL THE MAGAZINES. I'm talking the real good shit. AND BACK ISSUES.
Krampus is a folkloric goat demon with a switch and chains and carries away naughty children on the feast of St Nicholas. Very pleased to have finished my Krampus sweater! 🧶
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Krampus is a folkloric goat demon with a switch and chains and carries away naughty children on the feast of St Nicholas. Very pleased to have finished my Krampus sweater! 🧶
Ah man I miss real pickups. Truck #2 is what I grew up with going to rodeo with my dad
The bumper says 'rugged working man'.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’.
Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Ah man I miss real pickups. Truck #2 is what I grew up with going to rodeo with my dad
got so excited for a sec but this is in the UK www.driving.org/government-t...
Government to review headlight glare amid growing driver safety concerns
Explore the impact of headlight glare and driver safety as the government reviews modern lighting technology and road safety.
www.driving.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
got so excited for a sec but this is in the UK www.driving.org/government-t...
this whole thread... incredible
The “forcibly” issue hangs on whether any action — in this case, yes, the throwing of the possibly, possibly not, exploding sandwich — must have carried a risk of inflicting bodily harm.
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
this whole thread... incredible