Cathy Leamy
@metrokitty.bsky.social
I’m a medical cartoonist and a content designer/UX writer who works in healthcare IT! www.metrokitty.com
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Now available in my shop -- a PDF of Book I of my expansive new mythology of Christmas, encompassing the life, death, and rebirth of St Nicholas!
If you've heard me mention my "Silmarillion of Christmas," this is it (NB they are only similar in scope, not tone)
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If you've heard me mention my "Silmarillion of Christmas," this is it (NB they are only similar in scope, not tone)
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The New Yuletide Treasury Book I | Benito Cereno
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November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Now available in my shop -- a PDF of Book I of my expansive new mythology of Christmas, encompassing the life, death, and rebirth of St Nicholas!
If you've heard me mention my "Silmarillion of Christmas," this is it (NB they are only similar in scope, not tone)
www.patreon.com/posts/new-yu...
If you've heard me mention my "Silmarillion of Christmas," this is it (NB they are only similar in scope, not tone)
www.patreon.com/posts/new-yu...
Aw yeah, it’s St. Katherine of Alexandria’s day! ✊💖☸️
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Aw yeah, it’s St. Katherine of Alexandria’s day! ✊💖☸️
Feeling inspired by this talk from instructional designer Jim McGrath about use of AI in higher education ❤️
I posted the talk I gave at the annual POD Network conference last week: "Digital Processes, Not Products: Embracing Digital Ephemerality and Iteration." Topics include AI, digital pedagogy, hypertext, and more! jimmcgrath.us/teaching/dig...
Digital Processes, Not Products: Embracing Digital Ephemerality and Iteration
Hi! Below you’ll find the text of a “PODTalk” I gave at the 2025 POD Network Conference in San Diego. This was my first time attending and presenting at POD and I really enjoyed m…
jimmcgrath.us
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Feeling inspired by this talk from instructional designer Jim McGrath about use of AI in higher education ❤️
Trying to remember if I ever saw a Le Car in person 🤔https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_5#le_car
Renault 5 - Wikipedia
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Trying to remember if I ever saw a Le Car in person 🤔https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_5#le_car
Dealing with some health issues and it’s like, is my body pulling a thing like that guy in the second Necroscope book who would cosmically wind up sick at the exact right times to avoid danger and problems
was this morning’s huge clot trying to get me out of editing this medical coding content
was this morning’s huge clot trying to get me out of editing this medical coding content
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Dealing with some health issues and it’s like, is my body pulling a thing like that guy in the second Necroscope book who would cosmically wind up sick at the exact right times to avoid danger and problems
was this morning’s huge clot trying to get me out of editing this medical coding content
was this morning’s huge clot trying to get me out of editing this medical coding content
Yup, this resonates so hard. Especially as someone who feels overwhelmed pretty regularly - AI workflows that dump lots of explanation and accuracy percentages and stuff on the user set off my “Oh god yet one more damn thing” inner klaxons.
"What earns trust [in AI design] is the same thing that earns trust everywhere else: the system takes responsibility for correctness before anything reaches the user."
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fieldlines.substack.com/p/transparen...
Transparency is not trust: How AI UX keeps getting this wrong
One of the core mistakes that UX practice is doing in AI design is treating transparency as if it is trust.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yup, this resonates so hard. Especially as someone who feels overwhelmed pretty regularly - AI workflows that dump lots of explanation and accuracy percentages and stuff on the user set off my “Oh god yet one more damn thing” inner klaxons.
New videos from Super Eyepatch Wolf _and_ Defunctland? My content cup runneth over!
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
New videos from Super Eyepatch Wolf _and_ Defunctland? My content cup runneth over!
“[W]hen we make these statements, we’re opening up a kind of possibility space. ‘What _if_ the future looked like this?’ By making space to ask questions, we’re making the future feel less fixed, and far less daunting.“
Ethan hitting with the insight again, buds ✊💖
Ethan hitting with the insight again, buds ✊💖
🦊
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
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“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
The line and the stream. — ethanmarcotte.com
“Artificial intelligence is the future,” they tell me. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
“[W]hen we make these statements, we’re opening up a kind of possibility space. ‘What _if_ the future looked like this?’ By making space to ask questions, we’re making the future feel less fixed, and far less daunting.“
Ethan hitting with the insight again, buds ✊💖
Ethan hitting with the insight again, buds ✊💖
- Lemme get a computer science degree cuz every field’s gonna need computer stuff
- My current web developer job is kinda fizzling; lemme go apply for a new one at the hospital
- Oh holy shit turns out I absolutely love healthcare
- My current web developer job is kinda fizzling; lemme go apply for a new one at the hospital
- Oh holy shit turns out I absolutely love healthcare
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
- Lemme get a computer science degree cuz every field’s gonna need computer stuff
- My current web developer job is kinda fizzling; lemme go apply for a new one at the hospital
- Oh holy shit turns out I absolutely love healthcare
- My current web developer job is kinda fizzling; lemme go apply for a new one at the hospital
- Oh holy shit turns out I absolutely love healthcare
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I see your "Mayor of Boston plays with a prominent local classical musician"...
...and raise you with "Future Mayor of Providence has a pro wrestling match with a prominent local priest"
cc @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social
...and raise you with "Future Mayor of Providence has a pro wrestling match with a prominent local priest"
cc @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I see your "Mayor of Boston plays with a prominent local classical musician"...
...and raise you with "Future Mayor of Providence has a pro wrestling match with a prominent local priest"
cc @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social
...and raise you with "Future Mayor of Providence has a pro wrestling match with a prominent local priest"
cc @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social
/perks up/ Wait, now I actually want to know about the Martha’s Vineyard content in this book
I know that this queer adventure of the Gay-Header’s will be sure to seem incredible to some landsmen
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
/perks up/ Wait, now I actually want to know about the Martha’s Vineyard content in this book
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Join Countway Library and @massmice.bsky.social for an evening with Massachusetts Book Award winner @studiojjk.bsky.social!
Wednesday, December 3rd 5:30 pm (in-person)
Open to the public, but registration is required: libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/15798349
#GraphicMedicine #libcomix 📚
Wednesday, December 3rd 5:30 pm (in-person)
Open to the public, but registration is required: libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/15798349
#GraphicMedicine #libcomix 📚
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Join Countway Library and @massmice.bsky.social for an evening with Massachusetts Book Award winner @studiojjk.bsky.social!
Wednesday, December 3rd 5:30 pm (in-person)
Open to the public, but registration is required: libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/15798349
#GraphicMedicine #libcomix 📚
Wednesday, December 3rd 5:30 pm (in-person)
Open to the public, but registration is required: libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/15798349
#GraphicMedicine #libcomix 📚
MY NAME IS
SHAKE ZULA
THE MIC RULAH, THE OLD SCHOOLAH
YOU WANNA TRIP, I’LL BRING IT TO YA
SHAKE ZULA
THE MIC RULAH, THE OLD SCHOOLAH
YOU WANNA TRIP, I’LL BRING IT TO YA
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
MY NAME IS
SHAKE ZULA
THE MIC RULAH, THE OLD SCHOOLAH
YOU WANNA TRIP, I’LL BRING IT TO YA
SHAKE ZULA
THE MIC RULAH, THE OLD SCHOOLAH
YOU WANNA TRIP, I’LL BRING IT TO YA
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Blueberry hill, duh
Where do you seek thrills?
1. haunted theaters
2. mossy old forests
3. in bed with a book
4. modern chemistry
1. haunted theaters
2. mossy old forests
3. in bed with a book
4. modern chemistry
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Blueberry hill, duh
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Stephen Miller: "I told you to take the mayor's staff!"
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Stephen Miller: "I told you to take the mayor's staff!"
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if your “great ideas” aren’t good enough to dedicate more energy to than just typing in a prompt then maybe they aren’t that great in the first place
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
if your “great ideas” aren’t good enough to dedicate more energy to than just typing in a prompt then maybe they aren’t that great in the first place
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really looking forward to the meltdowns from everyone who thought Daddy Trump would dress down the big bad socialist instead of hyping up his new best friend the Cool Mayor
how do you not know how this guy works by now
how do you not know how this guy works by now
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
really looking forward to the meltdowns from everyone who thought Daddy Trump would dress down the big bad socialist instead of hyping up his new best friend the Cool Mayor
how do you not know how this guy works by now
how do you not know how this guy works by now
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I can’t help but wonder to what extent the recent decision to exclude nursing from federal funding for professional degrees was motivated by interference from mega-corporations peddling A.I. snake oil like the idea that you don’t really need a licensed RN if you’ve got a chatbot or A.I. agent
a cartoon of a girl holding a bag and pointing at a woman
Alt: An animation where a youth pulls a bottle out of their sack labeled “Snake oil” and a witchy looking character holding a snake staff smiles & responds “No one wants an unoiled snake!”
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November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I can’t help but wonder to what extent the recent decision to exclude nursing from federal funding for professional degrees was motivated by interference from mega-corporations peddling A.I. snake oil like the idea that you don’t really need a licensed RN if you’ve got a chatbot or A.I. agent
I went to grad school to study health communication, and to me the CDC was an information source I cherished and a dream career goal. The current situation is heartbreaking.
Massachusetts health officials are scrubbing links to federal health data from their web pages after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week promoted the debunked claim that vaccines cause autism.
Mass. officials rebuke ‘dangerous’ vaccine misinformation added to CDC website
Massachusetts health officials are scrubbing links to federal health data from their web pages after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week promoted the debunked claim that vaccines ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I went to grad school to study health communication, and to me the CDC was an information source I cherished and a dream career goal. The current situation is heartbreaking.
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"So Kate in HR can focus on people, not process" says this ad for ServiceNow AI
Ignoring that process matters is how we got into this mess isn't it
Ignoring that process matters is how we got into this mess isn't it
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"So Kate in HR can focus on people, not process" says this ad for ServiceNow AI
Ignoring that process matters is how we got into this mess isn't it
Ignoring that process matters is how we got into this mess isn't it
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November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I really think this kind of thing is a bad idea, because who wants to start a relationship *with a doctor’s office* by realizing the first thing that happened in that relationship is that they tried to trick you?
I went to make a doctor’s appointment today and got transferred to an AI “person” and I can’t overstate my revulsion when it fooled me for the first ten seconds, so that I was trying to be friendly and pleasant, and I realized it I was trying to be polite to a machine.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I really think this kind of thing is a bad idea, because who wants to start a relationship *with a doctor’s office* by realizing the first thing that happened in that relationship is that they tried to trick you?
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Rita Hester was a beautiful soul and a fixture of the Boston queer community who lived large and unapologetically. Her unsolved murder sparked Transgender Day of Remembrance, but her story is often forgotten.
Today, we celebrate her life and continue the work to end violence against trans women.
Today, we celebrate her life and continue the work to end violence against trans women.
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Rita Hester was a beautiful soul and a fixture of the Boston queer community who lived large and unapologetically. Her unsolved murder sparked Transgender Day of Remembrance, but her story is often forgotten.
Today, we celebrate her life and continue the work to end violence against trans women.
Today, we celebrate her life and continue the work to end violence against trans women.
Attention, guitar pals
Freakflag Guitar Technology: Way Huge’s Atreides Analog Weirding Module
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Freakflag Guitar Technology: Way Huge’s Atreides Analog Weirding Module
Written by RL Thornton of Freakflag Believe it or not, the Way Huge Atreides Analog Weirding Module is an actual electric guitar pedal, thanks to innovative electronics wizard Jeorge Tripps an…
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November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Attention, guitar pals