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Katie Skeen, PhD
@skeen.bsky.social
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Cold-eyed warm-hearted editor researcher mother radical optimist.
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I was on Jeopardy! the week that Alex Trebek shaved off his mustache.
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also: Catherine was one of the saints who appeared to Joan of Arc.
painting of St. Catherine of Alexandria
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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She wore a
Raspberry beret
The kind you find in a second hand store
Raspberry beret
And if it was warm she wouldn't wear much more
Raspberry beret
I think I love her.
Pope Leo holding a microphone as if he is singing a Prince song
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Ron Gallo sang beautifully and movingly and angrily at today's WXPN Free at Noon concert (conveniently moved close enough for me to bike to).

Protect this human being!
Ron Gallo singing with guitar and accompanied by cello
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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just picked:

#bloomscrolling #diadelasmuertas
#marigolds
marigolds gold, red, and orange in a small bouquet
November 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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More of this, please: suburban Philadelphia Dems combining civic actions of voting and feeding your neighbors
flyer announcing Election Day food donation drive in Philadelphia suburbs of Lower Merion and Narberth
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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My saffron croci are popping up. Three red stigmas to harvest from each flower. #bloomscrolling #autumngarden #Philadelphia
a cluster of a dozen saffron croci, purple flowers against a green background
October 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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For all who celebrate
(20 years ago today):
#southside
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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In Philadelphia, #nokings goes back a long way.
sign says "I said no kings" in eighteenth-century typeface
October 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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another creative wording from @nytimes
Criminally using US military to kill people in international waters is described as alarming a range of legal specialists in laws governing the use of force.
October 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Not a Cubs fan (SOUTHSIDE 4EVA) but I do relate to old warhorse Justin Turner.
Justin Turner wearing a sleeveless tee that says, "EVERYTHING HURTS."
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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musing on Gaga for some reason #hardcore
actually hardcore individual, Lady Gaga, looking fierce lyrics from "Shallow": Tell me something, boy . . . Aren't you tired trying to fill that void? Or do you need more? Ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore?
October 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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A decorated military general who looks as though he would like to let out some curses
October 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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NYT-credited photo of stony-faced audience of generals and admirals listening to shrill fascist nonsense
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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sampling of Japanese manhole covers, each representing a different municipality or district
Japanese municipal manhole cover depicting house and tree Japanese municipal manhole cover depicting flowers and, in Roman alphabet, "Yokosuka" Japanese municipal manhole cover depicting long-stemmed flowers Japanese municipal manhole cover depicting a large sailing ship and, in Roman alphabet, "Yokohama"
September 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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How embarrassing, @nytimes.com. The headline writer forgot to put quote marks around "Government" and "Christianity."

And "Patriotic."
NYT headlines: At Kirk Service, an Extraordinary Fusion of Government and Christianity A Patriotic Dress Code for a Political Memorial
September 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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FFS could the @nytimes.com head and subhead fail the assignment any harder?
NYT: "Trump sends mixed messages with his newly rebranded Department of War; Trump's renaming of the Defense Department comes amid his overt campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize"
September 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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greetings from a coffee shop in Yokosuka, Kanagawa
rows of glass jars of coffee beans; ancient, serious coffee grinder; signs and labels in Japanese; porcelain kitty collection; timeless vibe
September 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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walking around "Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s" @philamuseum.bsky.social and realizing how many seminal postwar artists and designers (Isamu Noguchi, George Nakashima; not to mention Ruth Asawa) had been imprisoned in Japanese-American concentration camps
Model 9 lamp by Noguchi
August 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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This Guinness Van Leeuwens ice cream is A++++++, by the way.
Get it, as they say, while it lasts.
I am holding three pints of Van Leeuwen's Guinness ice cream, no regrets
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The Weeknd last night in Philadelphia
The Weeknd, performing in Philadelphia, looking at the camera The Weeknd, in his wizard robe era, singing in Philadelphia The Weeknd, in his wizard robe era, singing in Philadelphia The Weeknd, in his wizard robe era, singing in Philadelphia
August 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Came here to say this.
photo I took of The Weeknd in concert in Philadelphia on 7/30/25; he wears a wizard robe
August 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Hozier last night in Camden. Irish lyrics subtitled.
a sea of people's heads silhouetted at outdoor concert venue Hozier singing in Irish; translation on screen says, "Mixed up you and I; shapeshifted."
July 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Rashid Johnson at the Guggenheim #artsky #sculpture #blacksoap #PublicEnemy
rusted steel sculpture that resembles a gunsight plaque describing sculpture as "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos," a reference to Public Enemy painting of anxious faces by Rashid Johnson; black soap on white tile large painting of anxious face; black soap on white tile
July 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Let's go with a #sunset from Sunday.
glow of setting sun silhouetting apartment buildings on Manhattan's West Side
July 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Oops, gif didn't work. Here we go:
July 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM