Katherine Duke
@katducduk.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Comedy geek. Trivia nerd. Podcast junkie. Creator of the book Kissability: People with Disabilities Talk About Sex, Love, and Relationships (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24738917-kissability#CommunityReviews). (she/her)
Pinned
40% of Bluesky have been contestants on Jeopardy making us a very smart website but all of them came in third so its not like that impressive
:: falls to the ground with this skeet embedded like an arrow in the exact center of my chest ::
I watched Alexander Skarsgård on SNL last night and then had a dream that Alexander Skarsgård
1. lived in my hometown,
2. was my cousin, and
3. was a baby
1. lived in my hometown,
2. was my cousin, and
3. was a baby
February 1, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I watched Alexander Skarsgård on SNL last night and then had a dream that Alexander Skarsgård
1. lived in my hometown,
2. was my cousin, and
3. was a baby
1. lived in my hometown,
2. was my cousin, and
3. was a baby
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Weird fascists showing up to an event in Boise only to realize barely anybody agrees with them:
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Weird fascists showing up to an event in Boise only to realize barely anybody agrees with them:
My kitchen sink is draining sluggishly. The garbage disposal has stopped working. I'm currently in the "ignore this problem and hope it magically solves itself" stage.
Based on how I've handled past household plumbing/electrical issues, I expect this stage to last anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 years.
Based on how I've handled past household plumbing/electrical issues, I expect this stage to last anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 years.
February 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
My kitchen sink is draining sluggishly. The garbage disposal has stopped working. I'm currently in the "ignore this problem and hope it magically solves itself" stage.
Based on how I've handled past household plumbing/electrical issues, I expect this stage to last anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 years.
Based on how I've handled past household plumbing/electrical issues, I expect this stage to last anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 years.
I've started watching A Man on the Inside, and so far my favorite thing about it is seeing actors from The Good Place reunited onscreen.
I shouted out "Pillboi!" even though I'm fully aware of Eugene Cordero's real name.
(I'm also just now learning the spelling of "Pillboi," which is hilarious.)
I shouted out "Pillboi!" even though I'm fully aware of Eugene Cordero's real name.
(I'm also just now learning the spelling of "Pillboi," which is hilarious.)
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I've started watching A Man on the Inside, and so far my favorite thing about it is seeing actors from The Good Place reunited onscreen.
I shouted out "Pillboi!" even though I'm fully aware of Eugene Cordero's real name.
(I'm also just now learning the spelling of "Pillboi," which is hilarious.)
I shouted out "Pillboi!" even though I'm fully aware of Eugene Cordero's real name.
(I'm also just now learning the spelling of "Pillboi," which is hilarious.)
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This week's episode of the Science Vs. podcast is a striking example of how to use an ostensibly apolitical platform and objective scientific information to raise awareness about, and mount an implicit protest to, state-sponsored terror and human rights abuses.
What Do Tear Gas and ICE Raids Do to People? - Science Vs
www.iheart.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
This week's episode of the Science Vs. podcast is a striking example of how to use an ostensibly apolitical platform and objective scientific information to raise awareness about, and mount an implicit protest to, state-sponsored terror and human rights abuses.
The 95 Freebies!
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The 95 Freebies!
This week's episode of the Science Vs. podcast is a striking example of how to use an ostensibly apolitical platform and objective scientific information to raise awareness about, and mount an implicit protest to, state-sponsored terror and human rights abuses.
What Do Tear Gas and ICE Raids Do to People? - Science Vs
www.iheart.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
This week's episode of the Science Vs. podcast is a striking example of how to use an ostensibly apolitical platform and objective scientific information to raise awareness about, and mount an implicit protest to, state-sponsored terror and human rights abuses.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
"Writers and the Writing Life"
"Women in Judaism"
"Evolution of Human Nature"
"Choice, Chance and Conflict" (basically game theory)
"Psychology of Adolescence"
"Writers and the Writing Life"
"Women in Judaism"
"Evolution of Human Nature"
"Choice, Chance and Conflict" (basically game theory)
"Psychology of Adolescence"
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
- Metaphysics: half the class dropped after the 1st day, as they were think crystals, not Hegel
- Revolutions: taught by a Iranian student protestor
- Helen of Troy
- Spanish Lit, which almost broke me
- Neuroanatomy
- Metaphysics: half the class dropped after the 1st day, as they were think crystals, not Hegel
- Revolutions: taught by a Iranian student protestor
- Helen of Troy
- Spanish Lit, which almost broke me
- Neuroanatomy
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
- Historiography
- History of Modern China
- Bible As Story
- Arthurian Legend
- Forensic Anthropology
(Bonus: Oil Painting)
- Historiography
- History of Modern China
- Bible As Story
- Arthurian Legend
- Forensic Anthropology
(Bonus: Oil Painting)
January 31, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
"Writers and the Writing Life"
"Women in Judaism"
"Evolution of Human Nature"
"Choice, Chance and Conflict" (basically game theory)
"Psychology of Adolescence"
"Writers and the Writing Life"
"Women in Judaism"
"Evolution of Human Nature"
"Choice, Chance and Conflict" (basically game theory)
"Psychology of Adolescence"
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Take a thousand, naked pictures of yourself now. You may currently think, "Oh, I'm too spooky." Or, "Nobody wants to see these tiny boobies." But, believe me, one day you will look at those photos with much kinder eyes and say, "Dear God, I was a beautiful thing!
January 30, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Take a thousand, naked pictures of yourself now. You may currently think, "Oh, I'm too spooky." Or, "Nobody wants to see these tiny boobies." But, believe me, one day you will look at those photos with much kinder eyes and say, "Dear God, I was a beautiful thing!
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"Let us all line up in order of height, and RUN through the meadows behind the house!"
Nanny Greenwood: Governess - Saturday Night Live
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 7:16 PM
"Let us all line up in order of height, and RUN through the meadows behind the house!"
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I remembered the arrow-through-the-head part of her monologue but had forgotten the ~scary story~ until just now. It's well worth a watch.
Monologue: Catherine O'Hara Tells a Scary Story - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I remembered the arrow-through-the-head part of her monologue but had forgotten the ~scary story~ until just now. It's well worth a watch.
Catherine O'Hara is obviously associated with SCTV, but she's also one reason I became a lifelong fan of SNL. She hosted on Halloween when I was 9, and for some reason someone gave my parents a VHS recording of it, which I watched over and over. I can still hear her line deliveries in my head.
January 30, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Catherine O'Hara is obviously associated with SCTV, but she's also one reason I became a lifelong fan of SNL. She hosted on Halloween when I was 9, and for some reason someone gave my parents a VHS recording of it, which I watched over and over. I can still hear her line deliveries in my head.
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one thing the podcast can't entirely convey is that michael sent me a screenshot of cristin milioti, proudly said "that's sarah silverman!" and at the bottom of the screenshot there was a search bar that said "satah silceeman"
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
one thing the podcast can't entirely convey is that michael sent me a screenshot of cristin milioti, proudly said "that's sarah silverman!" and at the bottom of the screenshot there was a search bar that said "satah silceeman"
Linked on the DARVO Wikipedia page is a page on "Accusation in a mirror," which also seems frighteningly relevant.
![Opening paragraph of the Wikipedia article:
"Accusation in a mirror (AiM)[a] is a technique often used to incite hate speech, where someone falsely attributes their own motives or intentions onto their adversaries.[3][4][5] Along with dehumanization, accusation in a mirror is one of the indirect or cloaked forms of incitement to genocide, which has contributed to the commission of genocides such as the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the Armenian genocide. By invoking collective self-defense, accusation in a mirror is used to justify genocide, similar to using the right of self-defense to justify individual homicide.[5][6][7]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pe7bqsdfntglf4k4mqhndda3/bafkreifqmucuor3rkowxjqgww4spkxwblpbijykcxdw2zwfnzbci2o7qku@jpeg)
January 29, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Linked on the DARVO Wikipedia page is a page on "Accusation in a mirror," which also seems frighteningly relevant.
Me to my therapist, at the start of our appointment:
“Okay! So! How many of your other clients have been talking to you about Heated Rivalry? Because…”
“Okay! So! How many of your other clients have been talking to you about Heated Rivalry? Because…”
January 28, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Me to my therapist, at the start of our appointment:
“Okay! So! How many of your other clients have been talking to you about Heated Rivalry? Because…”
“Okay! So! How many of your other clients have been talking to you about Heated Rivalry? Because…”
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Heated Rivalry, but all the athletes are these guys
(At least in terms of immigration status, Anatoli Smorin is the Ilya Rozanov of this team and you cannot convince me otherwise.)
(At least in terms of immigration status, Anatoli Smorin is the Ilya Rozanov of this team and you cannot convince me otherwise.)
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Heated Rivalry, but all the athletes are these guys
(At least in terms of immigration status, Anatoli Smorin is the Ilya Rozanov of this team and you cannot convince me otherwise.)
(At least in terms of immigration status, Anatoli Smorin is the Ilya Rozanov of this team and you cannot convince me otherwise.)
The Twilight Zone
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 AM
The Twilight Zone
Heated Rivalry, but all the athletes are these guys
(At least in terms of immigration status, Anatoli Smorin is the Ilya Rozanov of this team and you cannot convince me otherwise.)
(At least in terms of immigration status, Anatoli Smorin is the Ilya Rozanov of this team and you cannot convince me otherwise.)
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Heated Rivalry, but all the athletes are these guys
(At least in terms of immigration status, Anatoli Smorin is the Ilya Rozanov of this team and you cannot convince me otherwise.)
(At least in terms of immigration status, Anatoli Smorin is the Ilya Rozanov of this team and you cannot convince me otherwise.)
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Whiskey Fridays with Bobson Dugnutt
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Whiskey Fridays with Bobson Dugnutt
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Honoring my Canadian roots* by eating maple-syrup-on-snow as I watch the finale of Heated Rivalry
* (My great-grandfather was from Quebec. Sadly and surprisingly, I have not yet visited Canada, despite my longstanding crush on it as a nation.)
* (My great-grandfather was from Quebec. Sadly and surprisingly, I have not yet visited Canada, despite my longstanding crush on it as a nation.)
January 26, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Honoring my Canadian roots* by eating maple-syrup-on-snow as I watch the finale of Heated Rivalry
* (My great-grandfather was from Quebec. Sadly and surprisingly, I have not yet visited Canada, despite my longstanding crush on it as a nation.)
* (My great-grandfather was from Quebec. Sadly and surprisingly, I have not yet visited Canada, despite my longstanding crush on it as a nation.)
yesterday afternoon vs. this afternoon
(and it’s still comin’ down!)
(and it’s still comin’ down!)
January 26, 2026 at 9:52 PM
yesterday afternoon vs. this afternoon
(and it’s still comin’ down!)
(and it’s still comin’ down!)
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"Oh dear! Is it soft?"
"So soft!"
"So soft!"
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
"Oh dear! Is it soft?"
"So soft!"
"So soft!"
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Dave Against The Machine 💪
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds playing CSNY’s “Ohio” with a little “Killing in the Name Of” thrown in.
January 25, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Dave Against The Machine 💪