Catherine, working on Great
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Researcher(liberal arts and social sciences), fiction writer, crazy cat lady. Escaped academic.
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I will die on the hill of: fictional characters can be essential sources of inspiration, support, & modeling for complex trauma survivors who grew up surrounded by toxic family, peers, & culture.
This is part of what makes libraries so magical. It’s where the other people, the safe ones, live. Bookstores and rooms with stacks and stacks of books work, too.
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I hate everyone who denied us this
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I hate everyone who denied us this
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Today I and everyday I am:
Grateful for Vaccines
Grateful for Science
Grateful for Public Health Workers
Grateful for Doctors
Grateful for Nurses
Grateful for Scientists
Grateful for everyone whose job has been a little harder to do especially this year, yet who keep showing up.
#Thanksgiving
Grateful for Vaccines
Grateful for Science
Grateful for Public Health Workers
Grateful for Doctors
Grateful for Nurses
Grateful for Scientists
Grateful for everyone whose job has been a little harder to do especially this year, yet who keep showing up.
#Thanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Today I and everyday I am:
Grateful for Vaccines
Grateful for Science
Grateful for Public Health Workers
Grateful for Doctors
Grateful for Nurses
Grateful for Scientists
Grateful for everyone whose job has been a little harder to do especially this year, yet who keep showing up.
#Thanksgiving
Grateful for Vaccines
Grateful for Science
Grateful for Public Health Workers
Grateful for Doctors
Grateful for Nurses
Grateful for Scientists
Grateful for everyone whose job has been a little harder to do especially this year, yet who keep showing up.
#Thanksgiving
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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This is how Enron did its accounting (seriously)
On one side of the ledger, we have half a trillion dollars in operating losses expected over the next 5 years.
On the other side of the ledger, we have all the money we'll hypothetically make when the hypothetical technology we imagine comes into existence mostly on its own.
So it's net positive.
On the other side of the ledger, we have all the money we'll hypothetically make when the hypothetical technology we imagine comes into existence mostly on its own.
So it's net positive.
HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is how Enron did its accounting (seriously)
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Here is an idea: This #Thanksgiving, let’s not give thanks to things that we “have.” Let’s give thanks to those things that we love.
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Here is an idea: This #Thanksgiving, let’s not give thanks to things that we “have.” Let’s give thanks to those things that we love.
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving
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There’s a reason Caesar was forbidden to cross the Rubicon and return to Rome with his army. It’s what separates a relatively free society from a fascist one.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There’s a reason Caesar was forbidden to cross the Rubicon and return to Rome with his army. It’s what separates a relatively free society from a fascist one.
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TBH I don't know how anyone can buy Boar's Head anything (and for quite a while) at this point.
Boar’s Head Cheese Recalled Nationwide in Class I Alert for Listeria Contamination
Ambriola Company, a supplier of Boar's Head cheese, has issued a Class I recall of two popular Boar's Head products due to risk of listeria contamination. Boar's Head Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese and...
www.foodandwine.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
TBH I don't know how anyone can buy Boar's Head anything (and for quite a while) at this point.
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One can only hope that several of the cold-steel wine moms run for state legislature and Congress next year. I'd love to see a posse that wants to prosecute every ICE agent, every CBP agent, and every member of Trump's cabinet.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
One can only hope that several of the cold-steel wine moms run for state legislature and Congress next year. I'd love to see a posse that wants to prosecute every ICE agent, every CBP agent, and every member of Trump's cabinet.
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The wine moms are drawing cold steel and swearing terrible oaths. Milquetoast Dems have no idea.
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The wine moms are drawing cold steel and swearing terrible oaths. Milquetoast Dems have no idea.
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star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
The thing about Star Trek is that the majority of it has the crew spending most of the episode trying to figure out, through arguing and investigating, what's the right thing to do in a complicated situation and I don't think any shows do that now? Like in a Very Special Episode but not all the time
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
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This is brilliant! Please share. So many people are afraid and need help. Libraries have the answers.
#library #libraries #askforhelp #answers #books #reading #read #booksky #answers #knowledge #knowledgeispower 📚
#library #libraries #askforhelp #answers #books #reading #read #booksky #answers #knowledge #knowledgeispower 📚
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is brilliant! Please share. So many people are afraid and need help. Libraries have the answers.
#library #libraries #askforhelp #answers #books #reading #read #booksky #answers #knowledge #knowledgeispower 📚
#library #libraries #askforhelp #answers #books #reading #read #booksky #answers #knowledge #knowledgeispower 📚
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AI is a very general term, you have to be more specific. Do you mean the AI that stole my copyright, the chatbot causing teen suicide and psychosis, the deepfake porn of women without their consent, the bots driving political division or the ones polluting communities and driving electric bills up?
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
AI is a very general term, you have to be more specific. Do you mean the AI that stole my copyright, the chatbot causing teen suicide and psychosis, the deepfake porn of women without their consent, the bots driving political division or the ones polluting communities and driving electric bills up?
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Knowing when not to fuck with it is a valuable skill.
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Knowing when not to fuck with it is a valuable skill.
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“I pirate books because I can’t afford them.”
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“I pirate books because I can’t afford them.”
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Libraries ARE RADICAL. Supporting them is revolutionary.
They are one of the best things we've ever created and maintained in society and we should all protect them fiercely.
They are one of the best things we've ever created and maintained in society and we should all protect them fiercely.
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Libraries ARE RADICAL. Supporting them is revolutionary.
They are one of the best things we've ever created and maintained in society and we should all protect them fiercely.
They are one of the best things we've ever created and maintained in society and we should all protect them fiercely.
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All the comments under anything Macaulay Culkin ever does will be Xennials being happy that he's doing okay now
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
All the comments under anything Macaulay Culkin ever does will be Xennials being happy that he's doing okay now
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Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
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1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
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Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
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November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.
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The solution to having too many projects is almost ALWAYS to take on a new—seemingly speedy, they always seem speedy—project that has a high likelihood of adding satisfaction to your life. (This is absolutely not sarcasm.)
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The solution to having too many projects is almost ALWAYS to take on a new—seemingly speedy, they always seem speedy—project that has a high likelihood of adding satisfaction to your life. (This is absolutely not sarcasm.)
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
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Good morning, @raykwong.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Good morning, @raykwong.bsky.social
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I also wonder how many kids are using ChatGPT because long Covid has prevented them from being able to actually read and write anymore
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I also wonder how many kids are using ChatGPT because long Covid has prevented them from being able to actually read and write anymore