Kate of Kate Hall
@plainkate.bsky.social
Gay married. Abolish ICE. Black lives matter. Trans rights=human rights. She/her.
I’m old enough that I remember the battle of the Carmens. And that was when you had to choose instrumental music out of copyright. Why have I watched Unchained Melody, Gladiator and Elenor Rigby so many times in the last week? What playlist are these skaters listening to?
February 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I’m old enough that I remember the battle of the Carmens. And that was when you had to choose instrumental music out of copyright. Why have I watched Unchained Melody, Gladiator and Elenor Rigby so many times in the last week? What playlist are these skaters listening to?
This is exactly the point. We don’t have to resign ourselves to the compromise candidate if we just find a better candidate. We have time!
If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
look if you want to freak out about people not voting newsom if he's the nominee a week before the 2028 general election, I kinda get it (but don't say you weren't warned). doing it now though is just a weird attempt to strong arm people into supporting him in the primary.
February 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM
This is exactly the point. We don’t have to resign ourselves to the compromise candidate if we just find a better candidate. We have time!
I am playing Olympic catch-up, between working with the dog trainer on deaf puppy manners, and birthday cooking for my forever Valentine. But the Brazilian skier? Oh my heart!
February 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I am playing Olympic catch-up, between working with the dog trainer on deaf puppy manners, and birthday cooking for my forever Valentine. But the Brazilian skier? Oh my heart!
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I don't know why Newsom's 2026 Ronald Reagan Day proclamation is suddenly going viral but for the record he has done this every year in office and I have the receipts for you. (I make this thread only to further point out that Gavin is a shitheel but also proclamations like this are widespread.)
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I don't know why Newsom's 2026 Ronald Reagan Day proclamation is suddenly going viral but for the record he has done this every year in office and I have the receipts for you. (I make this thread only to further point out that Gavin is a shitheel but also proclamations like this are widespread.)
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well it’s too bad I already declared today and every day Fuck Gavin Newsom Day
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
February 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
well it’s too bad I already declared today and every day Fuck Gavin Newsom Day
Please read this whole thread.
“We must not look away.”
“We must not look away.”
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 13, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Please read this whole thread.
“We must not look away.”
“We must not look away.”
I have a history of colorectal cancer in my family. I had to fight and argue to get a colonoscopy at the age of 45 (clear as was the result for my eighty something father the same week!). Argue. Advocate. Don’t take no for an answer. Early detection saves lives! (And get your mammogram!)
James Van Der Beek died of stage 3 colorectal cancer. It’s the same diagnosis my husband @danosaurusrex82.bsky.social had at just 42. His doctor used the word epidemic to describe cases among younger people with no family history.
Get your colonoscopy. Please.
Get your colonoscopy. Please.
February 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I have a history of colorectal cancer in my family. I had to fight and argue to get a colonoscopy at the age of 45 (clear as was the result for my eighty something father the same week!). Argue. Advocate. Don’t take no for an answer. Early detection saves lives! (And get your mammogram!)
This was in response to another thread, but seriously, we all deserve flowers!
I have to have tiny arrangements in small vases on a high shelf because my cats are punks. But every two weeks I grab carnations, alstroemeria, and (other)(sometimes spray roses, sometimes sweet peas, sometimes something that pops in the moment). We all deserve flowers.
February 11, 2026 at 2:47 AM
This was in response to another thread, but seriously, we all deserve flowers!
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Northwest DC is absolutely crawling with police right now, but the reason turns out to be surprisingly wholesome
A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., on foot, completing a 15-week trek for peace from Texas apnews.com/article/budd...
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Northwest DC is absolutely crawling with police right now, but the reason turns out to be surprisingly wholesome
Our favorite bartender is absolutely willing to add glitter to any drink. Up to and including water. That is the joyous energy we need right now!
February 9, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Our favorite bartender is absolutely willing to add glitter to any drink. Up to and including water. That is the joyous energy we need right now!
I am at a bar, in a not particularly blue county. And a couple asked to turn on the women’s hockey, and the whole bar is so invested, and everything sucks except that.
February 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I am at a bar, in a not particularly blue county. And a couple asked to turn on the women’s hockey, and the whole bar is so invested, and everything sucks except that.
All tales told, not a great day to wake up at 5 for women’s alpine skiing and stay up for the Super Bowl (no glory kept from Breezy Johnson, who is magnificent!)
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
All tales told, not a great day to wake up at 5 for women’s alpine skiing and stay up for the Super Bowl (no glory kept from Breezy Johnson, who is magnificent!)
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football is gay in spanish now. sorry i don't make the rules
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
football is gay in spanish now. sorry i don't make the rules
This is such an excellent history of the best ever halftime show ever! (said w 6 minutes to go in the second corner). A joy to read.
Many folks are reflecting on Prince’s extraordinary halftime performance, the best ever. What you may not know is that it was a profound, nuanced statement and a powerful reclaiming of a proud musical tradition. Some background: anildash.com/2021/02/05/h...
How Prince won the Super Bowl - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:40 AM
This is such an excellent history of the best ever halftime show ever! (said w 6 minutes to go in the second corner). A joy to read.
Love hearing American Idiot right now.
February 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Love hearing American Idiot right now.
This is all true!
Reupping this because a colonoscopy is no big deal and anyone over 40 should be talking to their doctor about getting one.
Take care of yourselves, people.
Take care of yourselves, people.
The prep isn't nearly as bad as it used to be, the surgery is the best nap you'll ever have, and the first meal after is a religious experience.
February 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
This is all true!
The bit where they have the athletes’ parents hooked up to heart monitors is only cute until someone’s dad has a heart attack on tv.
February 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The bit where they have the athletes’ parents hooked up to heart monitors is only cute until someone’s dad has a heart attack on tv.
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Reading up on people I hate just to see if anything bad is happening to them
February 8, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Reading up on people I hate just to see if anything bad is happening to them
Could these two be any cuter? Also, could they be any more over winter?
February 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Could these two be any cuter? Also, could they be any more over winter?
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this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth
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Melinda Gates pitching for justice for the girls (now women) who bravely came forward against the most powerful people on earth (including her ex) and to stop using the Epstein Files as some abstract concept of a political football is 🔥🔥🔥
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Melinda Gates pitching for justice for the girls (now women) who bravely came forward against the most powerful people on earth (including her ex) and to stop using the Epstein Files as some abstract concept of a political football is 🔥🔥🔥
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Elon Musk will have to appear on April 20.
For those of you, unlike Elon, who don't celebrate it, that's Hitler's birthday.
Never say the French don't have a sense of humor.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
For those of you, unlike Elon, who don't celebrate it, that's Hitler's birthday.
Never say the French don't have a sense of humor.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
Paris prosecutors summon Elon Musk after raid on X's French offices
The prosecutor's cybercrime unit said it carried out searches with Europol and French police.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Elon Musk will have to appear on April 20.
For those of you, unlike Elon, who don't celebrate it, that's Hitler's birthday.
Never say the French don't have a sense of humor.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
For those of you, unlike Elon, who don't celebrate it, that's Hitler's birthday.
Never say the French don't have a sense of humor.
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
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Also very Japanese American internment. So many family homes and farms seized for pennies on the dollar by white neighbors
January 31, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Also very Japanese American internment. So many family homes and farms seized for pennies on the dollar by white neighbors
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Cinema of the Black Atlantic
2. Flamenco Dance
3. Hamlet, MacBeth, King Lear
4. Spirituals and the Blues
5. Performance Art
1. Cinema of the Black Atlantic
2. Flamenco Dance
3. Hamlet, MacBeth, King Lear
4. Spirituals and the Blues
5. Performance Art
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. History of Science from Galileo to Newton
2. Kant's First Critique
3. Game Theory and Politics
4. Tolkien and Modern English Culture
5. Theological Hermeneutics
1. History of Science from Galileo to Newton
2. Kant's First Critique
3. Game Theory and Politics
4. Tolkien and Modern English Culture
5. Theological Hermeneutics
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
January 31, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Cinema of the Black Atlantic
2. Flamenco Dance
3. Hamlet, MacBeth, King Lear
4. Spirituals and the Blues
5. Performance Art
1. Cinema of the Black Atlantic
2. Flamenco Dance
3. Hamlet, MacBeth, King Lear
4. Spirituals and the Blues
5. Performance Art