Kate
@dubchi5.bsky.social
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Kate
@dubchi5.bsky.social
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Finally getting the bug to work on my photography and design again. Honestly just so I can order notebooks with some of my own photography and art, but you know. www.redbubble.com/people/dotla...
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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If you're one of those who's swallowed the lie that "plants and trees are having a party with all the increased CO2 in the atmosphere and flourishing, it's all good", please read this.
Natural ecosystems ARE vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, but that can only go so far.
Natural ecosystems ARE vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, but that can only go so far.
When global temperatures shot up by ~6°C about 56 million years ago, plants were unable to thrive
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
It could be a sign of what’s to come.
theconversation.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you're one of those who's swallowed the lie that "plants and trees are having a party with all the increased CO2 in the atmosphere and flourishing, it's all good", please read this.
Natural ecosystems ARE vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, but that can only go so far.
Natural ecosystems ARE vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, but that can only go so far.
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"The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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Return to Old Ireland! Tír Na n'Og by @erikamcgann.bsky.social & Conor Busuttil & The Stolen Child by W.B.Yeats, illustrated by Erin Brown; glorious gifts that evoke a timeless, magical past. Perfect! @theobrienpress.bsky.social #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
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October 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Return to Old Ireland! Tír Na n'Og by @erikamcgann.bsky.social & Conor Busuttil & The Stolen Child by W.B.Yeats, illustrated by Erin Brown; glorious gifts that evoke a timeless, magical past. Perfect! @theobrienpress.bsky.social #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
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fallenstarstories.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/r...
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"that new book is so bad here's our second review, 4th profile, and third podcast about it"
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"that new book is so bad here's our second review, 4th profile, and third podcast about it"
I really love that Jane Seymour is still acting, and that Acorn TV has a new episode of Harry Wild lol.
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I really love that Jane Seymour is still acting, and that Acorn TV has a new episode of Harry Wild lol.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
Every time I think about grabbing Starbucks... I remember this.
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Every time I think about grabbing Starbucks... I remember this.
I really wish that I had the time to devote to genealogy and figuring out family mysteries. I haven't done one, but my mother did a DNA test showing that we were a map of Spanish and British colonialism. Whereever the Brits and Spaniards were, those were our ancestors. But... there's nothing in the
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I really wish that I had the time to devote to genealogy and figuring out family mysteries. I haven't done one, but my mother did a DNA test showing that we were a map of Spanish and British colonialism. Whereever the Brits and Spaniards were, those were our ancestors. But... there's nothing in the
My job should give me more time off, I really am able to get so much more reading done when I'm not busy staring at a screen lol. New review! ohwherewillwegoadventuresthroughbooks.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/s...
Saltwater
Given the current state of the world, I wasn’t really sure that I wanted to read a book about rich people problems. That’s why it took me a bit to start reading Saltwater by Katy Hays. …
ohwherewillwegoadventuresthroughbooks.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My job should give me more time off, I really am able to get so much more reading done when I'm not busy staring at a screen lol. New review! ohwherewillwegoadventuresthroughbooks.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/s...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Oof. Finally was able to sit and finish the Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social and the one thing that kept running through my head is the stories we hear are never the worst of what’s happened, because they’re told by survivors. Idk that I even have the words to do the book justice. Every
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Oof. Finally was able to sit and finish the Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social and the one thing that kept running through my head is the stories we hear are never the worst of what’s happened, because they’re told by survivors. Idk that I even have the words to do the book justice. Every
It’s almost like they read books about Dickensian London and wanted that as a blueprint. No regulation, people dying of starvation, preventable disease, lack of affordable housing all while destroying the climate with fossil fuels.
“Lower prices would have bad consequences. For one I’d be less rich and for two the poors might start thinking they should get to eat fresh produce. I hate when the poors are happy.”
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It’s almost like they read books about Dickensian London and wanted that as a blueprint. No regulation, people dying of starvation, preventable disease, lack of affordable housing all while destroying the climate with fossil fuels.
Discovered the words scarier than hearing your kid being silent… “mom come look what I did!!”
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Discovered the words scarier than hearing your kid being silent… “mom come look what I did!!”
I wonder if Zillow is putting themselves at risk should people buy in areas that formerly had high risk ratings that lose their homes or have high property damage. Would be great if companies thought about people.
EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I wonder if Zillow is putting themselves at risk should people buy in areas that formerly had high risk ratings that lose their homes or have high property damage. Would be great if companies thought about people.
So how do I get involved to help @peggyflanagan.bsky.social’s campaign? Because I can’t think of a better Senator to replace Senator Tina Smith.
“Native women get stuff done.”
For the last day of Native American Heritage Month, I wanted to share another clip from my conversation with @peggyflanagan.bsky.social!
When she becomes the next Senator from Minnesota, she will be the first Native Woman in the US Senate!
For the last day of Native American Heritage Month, I wanted to share another clip from my conversation with @peggyflanagan.bsky.social!
When she becomes the next Senator from Minnesota, she will be the first Native Woman in the US Senate!
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
So how do I get involved to help @peggyflanagan.bsky.social’s campaign? Because I can’t think of a better Senator to replace Senator Tina Smith.
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“Native women get stuff done.”
For the last day of Native American Heritage Month, I wanted to share another clip from my conversation with @peggyflanagan.bsky.social!
When she becomes the next Senator from Minnesota, she will be the first Native Woman in the US Senate!
For the last day of Native American Heritage Month, I wanted to share another clip from my conversation with @peggyflanagan.bsky.social!
When she becomes the next Senator from Minnesota, she will be the first Native Woman in the US Senate!
November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Native women get stuff done.”
For the last day of Native American Heritage Month, I wanted to share another clip from my conversation with @peggyflanagan.bsky.social!
When she becomes the next Senator from Minnesota, she will be the first Native Woman in the US Senate!
For the last day of Native American Heritage Month, I wanted to share another clip from my conversation with @peggyflanagan.bsky.social!
When she becomes the next Senator from Minnesota, she will be the first Native Woman in the US Senate!
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Strong Floor, No Ceiling is considerably worse than No Rules, Just Right. Can’t believe we’re gonna lose the messaging war to Outback Steakhouse.
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Strong Floor, No Ceiling is considerably worse than No Rules, Just Right. Can’t believe we’re gonna lose the messaging war to Outback Steakhouse.
Huh. I wonder where literally any US college or university could cut to fund actual education.
just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Huh. I wonder where literally any US college or university could cut to fund actual education.
Feel this deeply.
look, if I completed any of the errands I'd planned for Thanksgiving break I wouldn't have anything to leave undone during winter break
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Feel this deeply.
It’s so weird (cough) how those that benefited the most from New Deal policies now slash and burn everything even remotely related.
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It’s so weird (cough) how those that benefited the most from New Deal policies now slash and burn everything even remotely related.
There are certain books that the more hype or ads pushed to me, I will refuse to read. Idk why, it may just be that I’m obstinate but many of the books I ended up finding shallow or just don’t align with what I believe. There’s one right now advertised everywhere that guarantees I will never read it
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There are certain books that the more hype or ads pushed to me, I will refuse to read. Idk why, it may just be that I’m obstinate but many of the books I ended up finding shallow or just don’t align with what I believe. There’s one right now advertised everywhere that guarantees I will never read it
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Tangential but the fact that Anjali had to add this explanation for her original post is a great case in point about why learning to *read* isn’t just about being being able to sound out words but also contextualize and the diminishment of this skill is part of the literacy crisis
A lot of people are pointing out that this guy is no prince among men and that JPMorgan Chase has done some stuff, and right—that’s what makes it so notable that this guy thinks there will be accountability for this stuff in the future. He believes this is the *strategic* choice. That’s revealing.
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Tangential but the fact that Anjali had to add this explanation for her original post is a great case in point about why learning to *read* isn’t just about being being able to sound out words but also contextualize and the diminishment of this skill is part of the literacy crisis
Footwear are little foot prisons. I will not be taking questions.
just came to a profound conclusion:
i only like exercise that allows me to be barefoot:
weight lifting in a familiar space, yoga, swimming, beach walks, water aerobics.
fuck shoes and socks!! i hate them.
i only like exercise that allows me to be barefoot:
weight lifting in a familiar space, yoga, swimming, beach walks, water aerobics.
fuck shoes and socks!! i hate them.
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Footwear are little foot prisons. I will not be taking questions.
This is part of why I belong to several different book clubs. I don’t always attend but I try to read the books and I always wind up with something I would not have chosen. Some are things I will never read again, some have turned into favs that introduced me to all new authors.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is part of why I belong to several different book clubs. I don’t always attend but I try to read the books and I always wind up with something I would not have chosen. Some are things I will never read again, some have turned into favs that introduced me to all new authors.