Barb Kates
@bkates.bsky.social
Mom to one human, 1 kitty and 1 pup. Lover of books and gardening. Phillies and Eagles fan.
My country's leadership has betrayed my country.
My country's leadership has betrayed my country.
Chillin & grillin ..snow on the ground...chops on the grill
February 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Chillin & grillin ..snow on the ground...chops on the grill
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Happy New Year to all. Really hoping that peace will come to everywhere it's needed in 2026.
a blue background with birds and the words peace on earth in yellow
Alt: Peace on earth message
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December 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Happy New Year to all. Really hoping that peace will come to everywhere it's needed in 2026.
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Wanna lose 250 pounds of useless weight this New Year? Impeach the creep.
December 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wanna lose 250 pounds of useless weight this New Year? Impeach the creep.
Twas the night before Christmas eve..and the table is set for dinner tomorrow night featuring #Slated.ie products.
Happy Holidays Bluesky friends!
Happy Holidays Bluesky friends!
December 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Twas the night before Christmas eve..and the table is set for dinner tomorrow night featuring #Slated.ie products.
Happy Holidays Bluesky friends!
Happy Holidays Bluesky friends!
Chocolate pizzelle and Chai pizzelle. Baking done for the season.
December 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Chocolate pizzelle and Chai pizzelle. Baking done for the season.
Coconut pizzelle done!
December 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Coconut pizzelle done!
Snow in Philly suburbs
December 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Snow in Philly suburbs
Baking some orange cardamom pizzelles.
December 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Baking some orange cardamom pizzelles.
A perfect Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Birthday, Anniversary, Valentines, Mother's/Fathers, Easter, Insert your holiday here, gift. Handmade, sustainable, beautiful, one of a kind.
Luxury is in the details.
Carving their name into a SLATED personalised piece that speaks to their story, creating a Christmas present they’ll remember forever.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #IrishDesign #Irishbusiness #speirgorm
#smallbusiness ##personalisedgifts
Carving their name into a SLATED personalised piece that speaks to their story, creating a Christmas present they’ll remember forever.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #IrishDesign #Irishbusiness #speirgorm
#smallbusiness ##personalisedgifts
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A perfect Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Birthday, Anniversary, Valentines, Mother's/Fathers, Easter, Insert your holiday here, gift. Handmade, sustainable, beautiful, one of a kind.
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The SLATED Christmas video — soothing, calming, and blissfully short (unlike the Late Latee Toy Show marathon).
Sit down, have a glass of something, and browse slated.ie and support an Irish business while you’re at it.
🎄✨
#SLATED #LateLateToyShow #speirgorm #Irishbusiness
Reposts would be 😍
Sit down, have a glass of something, and browse slated.ie and support an Irish business while you’re at it.
🎄✨
#SLATED #LateLateToyShow #speirgorm #Irishbusiness
Reposts would be 😍
December 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The SLATED Christmas video — soothing, calming, and blissfully short (unlike the Late Latee Toy Show marathon).
Sit down, have a glass of something, and browse slated.ie and support an Irish business while you’re at it.
🎄✨
#SLATED #LateLateToyShow #speirgorm #Irishbusiness
Reposts would be 😍
Sit down, have a glass of something, and browse slated.ie and support an Irish business while you’re at it.
🎄✨
#SLATED #LateLateToyShow #speirgorm #Irishbusiness
Reposts would be 😍
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Good morning, my friends!! it’s starting to get pretty cold overnight here. I’ve added some warm products to my list for the homeless folks in my community. Please consider a donation and/or a RT. I would greatly appreciate it. 💕 Thank you and have a wonderful day! 💕
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Good morning, my friends!! it’s starting to get pretty cold overnight here. I’ve added some warm products to my list for the homeless folks in my community. Please consider a donation and/or a RT. I would greatly appreciate it. 💕 Thank you and have a wonderful day! 💕
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Good morning ✨🩵
Treated myself to this candle holder for Christmas from @slated.ie
Photo doesn’t do it justice. Have a good day everyone x
Treated myself to this candle holder for Christmas from @slated.ie
Photo doesn’t do it justice. Have a good day everyone x
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Good morning ✨🩵
Treated myself to this candle holder for Christmas from @slated.ie
Photo doesn’t do it justice. Have a good day everyone x
Treated myself to this candle holder for Christmas from @slated.ie
Photo doesn’t do it justice. Have a good day everyone x
Poolbeg is the first sight I recognize when approaching Dublin. This landmark brings a big smile!
Before Dublin wakes, Poolbeg rises first.
We hand-cut the slate. Then we carve the chimneys into stone, deep enough to stay forever.
Some skylines are views.
This one is belonging.
Home is where the chimneys rise.
Pride is where they stay. ✨
#Poolbeg #Dublin #SLATED #speirgorm #Irishdesign
We hand-cut the slate. Then we carve the chimneys into stone, deep enough to stay forever.
Some skylines are views.
This one is belonging.
Home is where the chimneys rise.
Pride is where they stay. ✨
#Poolbeg #Dublin #SLATED #speirgorm #Irishdesign
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Poolbeg is the first sight I recognize when approaching Dublin. This landmark brings a big smile!
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This, and this, and then this.
Little businesses are desperate for business this year.
#SLATED
slated.ie
Little businesses are desperate for business this year.
#SLATED
slated.ie
Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A great book for any occasion
🦊 Why not buy my book, Reynard the Fox, for Christmas – the perfect stocking filler! Marina Warner described it as "marvellously spirited and adroit storytelling.Reynar" To buy a signed and gift-wrapped book, order directly from me! DM to purchase or go to my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/1...
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A great book for any occasion
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🎁 Small gift. Big luxury.
The SLATED Alphabet Coaster — carved slate, artisan-made, timeless.
Perfect Kris Kindle swap. Perfect stocking moment.
A present that says: “Chosen, not convenient.”
SLATED Alphabet Coaster. The tiny upgrade everyone keeps. ✨
#SLATED #speirgorm #speirghorm
Slated.ie
The SLATED Alphabet Coaster — carved slate, artisan-made, timeless.
Perfect Kris Kindle swap. Perfect stocking moment.
A present that says: “Chosen, not convenient.”
SLATED Alphabet Coaster. The tiny upgrade everyone keeps. ✨
#SLATED #speirgorm #speirghorm
Slated.ie
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🎁 Small gift. Big luxury.
The SLATED Alphabet Coaster — carved slate, artisan-made, timeless.
Perfect Kris Kindle swap. Perfect stocking moment.
A present that says: “Chosen, not convenient.”
SLATED Alphabet Coaster. The tiny upgrade everyone keeps. ✨
#SLATED #speirgorm #speirghorm
Slated.ie
The SLATED Alphabet Coaster — carved slate, artisan-made, timeless.
Perfect Kris Kindle swap. Perfect stocking moment.
A present that says: “Chosen, not convenient.”
SLATED Alphabet Coaster. The tiny upgrade everyone keeps. ✨
#SLATED #speirgorm #speirghorm
Slated.ie
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Good morning, my friend! Our friend pictured below is just passing along a great tip for #WednesdayWisdom!
Here’s another: stretchy pants.
And one more:
If you’re the guest, bring your own Tupperware & zip top bags.
You know, just to be helpful…
Here’s another: stretchy pants.
And one more:
If you’re the guest, bring your own Tupperware & zip top bags.
You know, just to be helpful…
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Good morning, my friend! Our friend pictured below is just passing along a great tip for #WednesdayWisdom!
Here’s another: stretchy pants.
And one more:
If you’re the guest, bring your own Tupperware & zip top bags.
You know, just to be helpful…
Here’s another: stretchy pants.
And one more:
If you’re the guest, bring your own Tupperware & zip top bags.
You know, just to be helpful…
Very nice!
I took all of your advice.
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Very nice!
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If you need a break already from all the early Christmas shopping treat yourself to the gift of Her Husbands Mistake for only 99c/99p on Kindle in the US, Uk & Ireland! 🛍️ Sx
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
If you need a break already from all the early Christmas shopping treat yourself to the gift of Her Husbands Mistake for only 99c/99p on Kindle in the US, Uk & Ireland! 🛍️ Sx
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Old Kinsale Head and Hook Lighthouse have joined the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Two meticulously crafted icons with so much quiet luxury they practically whisper.
Consider this your gentle nudge to “accidentally” fall in love with both.
#SLATED
#IrishDesign
Slated.ie
Reposts would be 👌
Two meticulously crafted icons with so much quiet luxury they practically whisper.
Consider this your gentle nudge to “accidentally” fall in love with both.
#SLATED
#IrishDesign
Slated.ie
Reposts would be 👌
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Old Kinsale Head and Hook Lighthouse have joined the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Two meticulously crafted icons with so much quiet luxury they practically whisper.
Consider this your gentle nudge to “accidentally” fall in love with both.
#SLATED
#IrishDesign
Slated.ie
Reposts would be 👌
Two meticulously crafted icons with so much quiet luxury they practically whisper.
Consider this your gentle nudge to “accidentally” fall in love with both.
#SLATED
#IrishDesign
Slated.ie
Reposts would be 👌
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Yesterday’s food bags:
Tuna w/mayo pack
Banana
Breakfast bar
Water
Lemonade
Turkey, cheese sandwich w/mustard pack
Cookies
Ritz crackers
A donation and/or RT would be greatly appreciated!! 💕💕💕 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Tuna w/mayo pack
Banana
Breakfast bar
Water
Lemonade
Turkey, cheese sandwich w/mustard pack
Cookies
Ritz crackers
A donation and/or RT would be greatly appreciated!! 💕💕💕 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Yesterday’s food bags:
Tuna w/mayo pack
Banana
Breakfast bar
Water
Lemonade
Turkey, cheese sandwich w/mustard pack
Cookies
Ritz crackers
A donation and/or RT would be greatly appreciated!! 💕💕💕 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Tuna w/mayo pack
Banana
Breakfast bar
Water
Lemonade
Turkey, cheese sandwich w/mustard pack
Cookies
Ritz crackers
A donation and/or RT would be greatly appreciated!! 💕💕💕 www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...