Katie L. Thompson
@bigsamthompson.bsky.social
Virginia-based Unprofessional. Pop culture aficionado, cat person, life-long ska kid. Chaos over curation. (she/her)
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This is me, if you even care.
I'll be honest with you, I used to love getting up crazy early on Black Friday to go shopping in Lynchburg. Now, Black Friday no longer exists. It's been Black Friday for a month. Or all year. The sales are unrelenting. There is no reason to shop tomorrow. It's always Black Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I'll be honest with you, I used to love getting up crazy early on Black Friday to go shopping in Lynchburg. Now, Black Friday no longer exists. It's been Black Friday for a month. Or all year. The sales are unrelenting. There is no reason to shop tomorrow. It's always Black Friday.
A man I know in a professional capacity confided in me that he uses chatgpt "to be a better dad". He talks to it about his kids and asks it what activities to do with them. It occurred to me - and I told him - that men talking to other people about fatherhood is kind of taboo. And that's horrible.
A major use case for AI is to do things in private with a computer that you would be too embarrassed to ask other people to do with you
Graham Linehan is a normal and well man.
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A man I know in a professional capacity confided in me that he uses chatgpt "to be a better dad". He talks to it about his kids and asks it what activities to do with them. It occurred to me - and I told him - that men talking to other people about fatherhood is kind of taboo. And that's horrible.
This is always in the back of my mind; I don't like to get conspiratorial but I suspect things are much worse than we know.
I keep thinking about the cases and abuses we're not hearing about.
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is always in the back of my mind; I don't like to get conspiratorial but I suspect things are much worse than we know.
Thanks, Albert.
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Thanks, Albert.
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Unexpectedly crying this morning, on my favorite holiday, because I miss grandma and the farm. These days, my aunt rents an AirBnB in the same area and invites everyone but it's just not the same.
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Unexpectedly crying this morning, on my favorite holiday, because I miss grandma and the farm. These days, my aunt rents an AirBnB in the same area and invites everyone but it's just not the same.
Unexpectedly crying this morning, on my favorite holiday, because I miss grandma and the farm. These days, my aunt rents an AirBnB in the same area and invites everyone but it's just not the same.
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Unexpectedly crying this morning, on my favorite holiday, because I miss grandma and the farm. These days, my aunt rents an AirBnB in the same area and invites everyone but it's just not the same.
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Like seriously what is wrong with people with too much money
"Im going to the bottom of the ocean" "im going in a volcano" "im going into space" "im climbing a dangerous mountain"
Raise the taxes for their own safety my god
"Im going to the bottom of the ocean" "im going in a volcano" "im going into space" "im climbing a dangerous mountain"
Raise the taxes for their own safety my god
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Like seriously what is wrong with people with too much money
"Im going to the bottom of the ocean" "im going in a volcano" "im going into space" "im climbing a dangerous mountain"
Raise the taxes for their own safety my god
"Im going to the bottom of the ocean" "im going in a volcano" "im going into space" "im climbing a dangerous mountain"
Raise the taxes for their own safety my god
Fuck.
"The real poverty line—the threshold where a family can afford housing, healthcare, childcare, and transportation without relying on means-tested benefits—isn’t $31,200.
It’s ~$140,000."
It’s ~$140,000."
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Fuck.
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to be loved is to be changed
November 19, 2024 at 4:50 AM
to be loved is to be changed
I would die for Mr. Fishtopher.
how it started vs how its going! 3 years ago today, fish dad and i got the best black friday deal of all
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I would die for Mr. Fishtopher.
I expect more people to be into ws soon since it's getting colder now.....
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I expect more people to be into ws soon since it's getting colder now.....
Wouldn't it be cool if there was a Black Friday sale that was like, cheap housing...???
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Wouldn't it be cool if there was a Black Friday sale that was like, cheap housing...???
Fuck that scaryass moon but everything else here is cool; maybe buy some shit...?
hello friends, if you're looking for gifts for the holidays, I currently have a sale going until December 8th!
15% off all orders over $25!
Shop here!! -> feriowind.bigcartel.com/products
15% off all orders over $25!
Shop here!! -> feriowind.bigcartel.com/products
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Fuck that scaryass moon but everything else here is cool; maybe buy some shit...?
I love lentil soup but man, it really does a number on my tummy. I'm glad I live alone now because you do not want to be around me for up to a day later. 😳
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I love lentil soup but man, it really does a number on my tummy. I'm glad I live alone now because you do not want to be around me for up to a day later. 😳
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PLEASE, I love her.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
PLEASE, I love her.
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I kind of hate how internet fandom culture has fucked me up so much that as a ska fan, I ship Chris Murray (dad) and Vic Ruggiero (babygirl) with all my heart. Like, those are two actual people that I have met & talked with multiple times, but my brain says, no, those are just cartoons.
you think you can embarrass ME??? I’ve written BEATLES YAOI
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I kind of hate how internet fandom culture has fucked me up so much that as a ska fan, I ship Chris Murray (dad) and Vic Ruggiero (babygirl) with all my heart. Like, those are two actual people that I have met & talked with multiple times, but my brain says, no, those are just cartoons.
I kind of hate how internet fandom culture has fucked me up so much that as a ska fan, I ship Chris Murray (dad) and Vic Ruggiero (babygirl) with all my heart. Like, those are two actual people that I have met & talked with multiple times, but my brain says, no, those are just cartoons.
you think you can embarrass ME??? I’ve written BEATLES YAOI
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I kind of hate how internet fandom culture has fucked me up so much that as a ska fan, I ship Chris Murray (dad) and Vic Ruggiero (babygirl) with all my heart. Like, those are two actual people that I have met & talked with multiple times, but my brain says, no, those are just cartoons.
I think a have found the inner levels of ska but I may have gotten stuck in one of the gay pirates honeypots; there is not nearly enough izzy on my timeline these days.
Pretty soon, *every* community is going to need to start adopting a weird cultish "inner levels" kind of thing, honeypots within honeypots, in order to filter out the zombie horde of genAI fuckwits.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I think a have found the inner levels of ska but I may have gotten stuck in one of the gay pirates honeypots; there is not nearly enough izzy on my timeline these days.
This is exactly the the kind of shit I'd be dealing with if I still worked for a big company and this is why I don't ever want to work in the private sector ever again.
I don't use ChatGPT but my company mandates use of other AI programs. It's awful. They literally but out a document that says if you bring up ethical concerns about AI you will be put on a PIP
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This is exactly the the kind of shit I'd be dealing with if I still worked for a big company and this is why I don't ever want to work in the private sector ever again.
PLEASE, I love her.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
PLEASE, I love her.
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
It is cold and rainy outside and I am cozy in my little garage apartment but my mom called and told me the local bin store just got a truckload of new stuff and everything is a dollar instead of three dollars and I hate that I am considering going outside now.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It is cold and rainy outside and I am cozy in my little garage apartment but my mom called and told me the local bin store just got a truckload of new stuff and everything is a dollar instead of three dollars and I hate that I am considering going outside now.
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All pies are valid. We can debate preferences, but pie by itself is fundamentally good. It is superior to the alternative of No Pie.
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All pies are valid. We can debate preferences, but pie by itself is fundamentally good. It is superior to the alternative of No Pie.
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Could Leanor from @fiveironfrenzy.bsky.social be any cuter??? I love these two photos I took of her from last Saturday night in Millerville, PA. :)
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Could Leanor from @fiveironfrenzy.bsky.social be any cuter??? I love these two photos I took of her from last Saturday night in Millerville, PA. :)
As someone that watches a lot of docs on topics like the buried pollution in Love Canal & the radioactive fallout material in St. George Utah, I feel like big mainstream news outlets need to report on & act alarmed by this stuff. The sooner, the better.
Sigh. None of this new. People don't matter.
Sigh. None of this new. People don't matter.
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
As someone that watches a lot of docs on topics like the buried pollution in Love Canal & the radioactive fallout material in St. George Utah, I feel like big mainstream news outlets need to report on & act alarmed by this stuff. The sooner, the better.
Sigh. None of this new. People don't matter.
Sigh. None of this new. People don't matter.