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ktbobaytee.bsky.social
Katie
@ktbobaytee.bsky.social
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Don't worry, I can be angry about lots of things at the same time.
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Engardio was an engaged and effective supe. I pass things every day that he got fixed, or improved, or added. This is who Lurie thought should replace him? He’s dead to me.

I found this bit from Joe Eskanazi’s story on it telling:
missionlocal.org/2025/11/the-...
"She was, in fact, the only supervisor appointee in at least the last 30 years to come with zero experience in either government or politics. Alcaraz’s first hire as an aide was not a deeply experienced wrangler of government to hoist her up a legislative mountain — someone like Mike Farrah, Bill Barnes, Sunny Angulo or Jen Low — but a city staffer who formerly produced videos for the mayor’s office. This is unfortunate. This indicates a belief on the part of the mayor and his appointee that the purpose of government is not to do things but just to sell them."
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Yes, what's missing in this conversation is nuance and respect for the methodical process needed to vet information and flesh out stories before rushing to print
Collage of NYTimes covers with the stories about Hillary Clinton's emails highlighted, several have more than one story on the same front page.
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Graphic of a pyramid like the food pyramid, the largest category is protein powder, the middle is roadkill, the smallest is raw milk.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Ahhh, I had a Corolla FX that I still miss all the time. I negotiated them down an absurd amount by refusing to budge from my principled stance that it seemed like a good car, but it was funny looking. It was, but it was indestructible and you gotta love a hatchback.
1987 Toyota Corolla FX. It's a hatchback, the front looks like a normal Corolla of the era, the back looks like someone got drunk and lopped part of it off at an angle. The tires are comically small.
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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A chubby tuxedo cat lying in a basket. She's on her back with one back leg stuck straight up in the air.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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One of the historic cars in San Francisco's street car fleet is an open air "boat tram" which is cool both because it's an open air boat tram, and because they don't allow standing passengers so they never get crowded. They only run them on the rare nice days and special occasions though.
A green and white street car with no roof, so the 20 or so passengers have a wonderful view of the city and they can enjoy the sun.
October 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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2024 presidential vote by county in UT. Trump got 75% or more of the vote in won 17 of 29 counties .
Map of UT showing that with the exception of Salt Lake, Grand, And Summit counties, all of UT voted very strongly for Trump. In almost half the counties he got more than 80% of the vote.
October 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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This is too perfect
Excerpt from the referenced NYTimes article: The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something,” according to a person familiar with the discussions.
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Oh no. Are Carly Fiorina's demon sheep back?
A creepy "demon sheep" from a Carly Fiorina ad when she was running for CA Senate.
September 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Sorry, I'm unable to reconcile the idea of Jeffries and a "forceful response."
"404 error: oops... page not found" with a picture of a robot holding tools and surrounded by springs and bolts, trying to repair itself
September 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Unlike the NYTimes, @sfchronicle.com calls it like they see it and doesn't fall back on weak "some people say" framing.
The Chronicle's post about Newsom's even where they say "Immigration agents reportedly made arrests outside the event, in an overt attempt to intimidate Democratic officials and citizens who'd gathered for the launch of the redistricting campaign."
August 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Skywatch has windyguy's number
screenshot showing that skywatch flags this as a Troll account
August 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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I interpreted this to mean they just going to lie about their purpose if it's immigration.
from the article, one of the DEA officers in one of the reviewed communications says "apparently someone who has access to his account may have been running plates and maybe have placed the search bar 'immigration'.. which maybe brought undue attention..." and from another communication, the officer who was sharing his password offering to search for plants asks "What's the plate? And confirming it is NOT for immigration purposes..."
August 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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They don't even fit!
A close up of the one of the gilted doodads Trump's had glued to the doors. It shows that it's several inches larger than the door's raised inset, so the edges extend awkwardly beyond the wood, attached to nothing.
August 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I think @moiradonegan.bsky.social is on to something
post from Moira Donegan with a link to a NYTimes story headlined "the Rose of Silicon Valley's Techno-Religion." She says "Maybe it’ll turn out that the social ostracism and mild arbitrary violence meted out to nerds in high schools was actually socially load-bearing, and that removing it and integrating nerds into positions of status and leadership is what led to civilizational collapse."
August 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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They don't even fit
A close up of the one of the gilted doodads Trump's had glued to the doors. It shows that it's several inches larger than the door's raised inset, so the edges extend awkwardly beyond the wood, attached to nothing.
August 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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As the actual label saying it's AI generated didn't tip him off, I'm not surprised the content failed to.
Screencap of the video Cuomo posted showing it's captioned at the top of the screen with "Clonos.io (parody 100% made with AI)"
August 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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I have some ideas.
"Taylor was sentenced to six years' probation under a deal to plead guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing an underage prostitute. The former New York Giants star linebacker was initially charged with third-degree rape, among other counts. Fierro was 16 when the crime occurred in May 2010. She made a statement outside his sentencing hearing in March saying he deserved jail time."
July 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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You led? Don't make me laugh.
Here you are grinning with your GOP pals while Bibi starves children.

We could have had Katie Porter.
Picture of the Senators meeting with Netanyahu two weeks ago with Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Adam Schiff (D-California), Jackie Rosen (D-Nevada), Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Chris Coons (D-Delaware), Steve Daines (R-Montana), Jon Husted (R-Ohio), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Dave McCormick (R-Pennsylvania), and Jim Risch (R-Idaho).
July 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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dril tweet: the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"
July 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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NYTimes webform asking for reader feedback. Question: If you could add more options to these categories, waht would you add? Response: I'd like the option of a public editor. A real one like Margaret Sullivan.
July 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Any time Bill Melguin pops up I'm compelled to mention he's the reporter who pushed the "cop 'assaulted' by tampon in his Frappuccino" story during the George Floyd protests which was obviously BS as 1) the barista had no way to know it was for a cop and 2) this is laughably not a tampon.
A picture of a soggy something, but certainly not a tampon as it's way too long, hanging from a green Starbucks straw.
July 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I'm not sure how long they're going to leave this form up, but I'm making the most of it while it's there.
NYTimes webform on Census and Racial Categories, this question asks "What do you think about the race and ethnicity categories you’re confronted with?" Reply: I think you need to stop thinking criticism means you're good. If I start cultivating a festering mound of dogshit in front of my place and my neighbors get angry about it, that anger does not mean I'm right. My neighbors are 100% right, I am 100% wrong.
July 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Hey, tell us more about what your secret source has to say about "I.Q. and race."

Also, were you part of the coordination with Rufo to push this story, or is just a happy coincidence for you?
included in a database of millions of student applicati ns to Columbia going back decades. The data was shared with The Times by an intermediary who goes by the name Crémieux on Substack and X. He provided the data under condition of anonymity, although his identity has been made public elsewhere. He is an academic who opposes affirmative action and writes often about I.Q. and race. The data included information on applicants' citizenship status, national included in a database of millions of student applicati ns to Columbia going back decades. The data was shared with The Times by an intermediary who goes by the name Crémieux on Substack and X. He provided the data under condition of anonymity, although his identity has been made public elsewhere. He is an academic who opposes affirmative action and writes often about I.Q. and race. The data included information on applicants' citizenship status, national
July 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Skywatch tagging undefeated
Tweet from Thomas Chatterton Williams tagged as "Troll"
June 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM