Cate Young
@ninjacate.blacksky.app
writer, film + culture critic, producer, full-time bisexual ✨
I used to write about movies. now I make podcasts and write about movies.
I used to write about movies. now I make podcasts and write about movies.
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sorry this is my first time logging in today and you mean to tell me Chuck Schumer just GAVE UP. fucking uselesssssssssssss.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
sorry this is my first time logging in today and you mean to tell me Chuck Schumer just GAVE UP. fucking uselesssssssssssss.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Jurassic Park + Frankenstein double feature
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Jurassic Park + Frankenstein double feature
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Remember: when cops strike, crime rates drop.
Abolition is the way!
Abolition is the way!
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Remember: when cops strike, crime rates drop.
Abolition is the way!
Abolition is the way!
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In 1962 Parliament debated Britain's responsibility for the development of its former colonies. The results were surprising. They suggest that even Conservatives might have understood @Caricom’s contemporary insistence on a reparative conversation. alanlester.co.uk/blog/britain...
Britain’s Responsibilities to Former Colonies: A Debate
Alan Lester In 1962 Britain was losing an empire and figuring out what place it might occupy on the new world stage. Decolonisation was clearly irreversible, but not all of Britain’s colonies were …
alanlester.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In 1962 Parliament debated Britain's responsibility for the development of its former colonies. The results were surprising. They suggest that even Conservatives might have understood @Caricom’s contemporary insistence on a reparative conversation. alanlester.co.uk/blog/britain...
got my new glasses after accidentally ordering the wrong prescription. I'm so blind my eyes are basically facetune.
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
got my new glasses after accidentally ordering the wrong prescription. I'm so blind my eyes are basically facetune.
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The government forcing employees to mouth its partisan messages always seemed like more of a constitutional violation rather than (just) a Hatch Act violation
Judge rules Education Department messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown unconstitutional www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Education Department's out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown are unconstitutional, judge rules
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed after the Trump administration altered employees’ email messages to add partisan language about the government shutdown without their consent.
www.nbcnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The government forcing employees to mouth its partisan messages always seemed like more of a constitutional violation rather than (just) a Hatch Act violation
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This resonates with what the disability rights community talks about a lot, which is that people prefer to believe they’ll never be disabled even though you are guaranteed it the longer you keep living
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This resonates with what the disability rights community talks about a lot, which is that people prefer to believe they’ll never be disabled even though you are guaranteed it the longer you keep living
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Put another way, I think people are more scared of drinking something that they think could kill anyone, versus experiencing a condition that they believe could never happen to them—even though it very well could
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Put another way, I think people are more scared of drinking something that they think could kill anyone, versus experiencing a condition that they believe could never happen to them—even though it very well could
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Part of the reason I think there isn’t as much pressure around stopping ChatGPT re: suicide/psychosis as compared to stuff like Panera Lemonade is because people are inclined to blame it on mental illness versus the tech, a kind of victim-blaming mentality that fits neatly into just world fallacy
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Part of the reason I think there isn’t as much pressure around stopping ChatGPT re: suicide/psychosis as compared to stuff like Panera Lemonade is because people are inclined to blame it on mental illness versus the tech, a kind of victim-blaming mentality that fits neatly into just world fallacy
who decides if a movie gets a custom studio vanity card?
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
who decides if a movie gets a custom studio vanity card?
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Admitting that you don’t know enough about a landscape of references to use them in your work is about one one-thousandth as humbling as doing this.
You do not have to be conversant in everything. You do have to understand the scope of your own knowledge and experience better than anyone.
You do not have to be conversant in everything. You do have to understand the scope of your own knowledge and experience better than anyone.
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Admitting that you don’t know enough about a landscape of references to use them in your work is about one one-thousandth as humbling as doing this.
You do not have to be conversant in everything. You do have to understand the scope of your own knowledge and experience better than anyone.
You do not have to be conversant in everything. You do have to understand the scope of your own knowledge and experience better than anyone.
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Must-read from Alexis Coe at Rolling Stone.
"They are flown out by helicopter while their constituents die waiting for treatment. Every republic leaves a record of what it chose to save first. Ours saved the politicians."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
"They are flown out by helicopter while their constituents die waiting for treatment. Every republic leaves a record of what it chose to save first. Ours saved the politicians."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Congress Enjoys Ultraluxe Health Care as It Fights to Gut Yours
Congress has ensured its members receive ultraluxe health care as Republican keep the government closed over stripping it from Americans.
www.rollingstone.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Must-read from Alexis Coe at Rolling Stone.
"They are flown out by helicopter while their constituents die waiting for treatment. Every republic leaves a record of what it chose to save first. Ours saved the politicians."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
"They are flown out by helicopter while their constituents die waiting for treatment. Every republic leaves a record of what it chose to save first. Ours saved the politicians."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Not Variety mangling Kendrick's lyrics while also misquoting Sally Field 😆
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Not Variety mangling Kendrick's lyrics while also misquoting Sally Field 😆
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Turkey has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and dozens of other Israeli officials on “genocide” charges.
Turkey issues ‘genocide’ arrest warrants against Netanyahu and other Israeli officials | CNN
Turkey on Friday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and dozens of other Israeli officials on “genocide” charges.
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Turkey has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and dozens of other Israeli officials on “genocide” charges.
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when u are mean to me this is who u are being mean to
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
when u are mean to me this is who u are being mean to
ex texted me to say I remind him of Alex from Modern Family because, "Smart, sees things differently, too tightly wound, big boobs 🤷🏾"
gave me a good chuckle ngl
gave me a good chuckle ngl
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
ex texted me to say I remind him of Alex from Modern Family because, "Smart, sees things differently, too tightly wound, big boobs 🤷🏾"
gave me a good chuckle ngl
gave me a good chuckle ngl
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New York's cops are so afraid of a serious progressive mayor that they want to retire and move to red states
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
New York's cops are so afraid of a serious progressive mayor that they want to retire and move to red states
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I genuinely don't understand the impulse to have lots of money, want everyone to know about, and then act like a public fool when you learn that even money can't buy you certain things.
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I genuinely don't understand the impulse to have lots of money, want everyone to know about, and then act like a public fool when you learn that even money can't buy you certain things.
I feel left out. I never watched any of these shows. I just want Disney to let Lizzie McGuire fuck.
How Millennials’ Y2K Nostalgia Is Fueling This New Round of TV Revivals — Including ‘Scrubs,’ ‘Buffy’ and ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ variety.com/2025/tv/news...
How Millennials’ Y2K Nostalgia Is Fueling This New Round of TV Revivals — Including ‘Scrubs,’ ‘Buffy’ and ‘Malcolm in the Middle’
Millennials' Y2K nostalgia is helping fuel this new round of TV reboots, including 'Scrubs,' 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Malcolm in the Middle.'
variety.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I feel left out. I never watched any of these shows. I just want Disney to let Lizzie McGuire fuck.
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that’s the bluesky difference ™
I love this website, where “this person died” is swiftly followed up by “shame he was a racist motherfucker”
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
that’s the bluesky difference ™
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well yeah, everybody else is watching Blade (2025)
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
well yeah, everybody else is watching Blade (2025)
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