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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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.
Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
That’s what we have to change.
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
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You can’t just say AI tutors are going to teach disadvantaged kids. You might as well say inflatable dentists will solve the NHS backlog.
The casual anthropomorphising of AI has got to stop. They’re not ‘tutors’, it’s software. It’s not ‘one-to-one’, it’s a kid on a screen on their own.
The casual anthropomorphising of AI has got to stop. They’re not ‘tutors’, it’s software. It’s not ‘one-to-one’, it’s a kid on a screen on their own.
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
You can’t just say AI tutors are going to teach disadvantaged kids. You might as well say inflatable dentists will solve the NHS backlog.
The casual anthropomorphising of AI has got to stop. They’re not ‘tutors’, it’s software. It’s not ‘one-to-one’, it’s a kid on a screen on their own.
The casual anthropomorphising of AI has got to stop. They’re not ‘tutors’, it’s software. It’s not ‘one-to-one’, it’s a kid on a screen on their own.
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Alt-text is often hailed as an accessibility aid and it is that but also I want to point out other benefits:
- mute filters work! your followers who have a term muted won't have to see an image you've properly alt-texted.
- alt text shows up in search so you can SEARCH YOUR IMAGE POSTS (HUGE)
- mute filters work! your followers who have a term muted won't have to see an image you've properly alt-texted.
- alt text shows up in search so you can SEARCH YOUR IMAGE POSTS (HUGE)
Using alt text is a way to be kind that you can start doing right now.
It’s right there in your accessibility settings. Turn on require alt text before posting to help yourself remember (worth checking because this app sometimes flips it off for no reason).
It’s right there in your accessibility settings. Turn on require alt text before posting to help yourself remember (worth checking because this app sometimes flips it off for no reason).
January 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Alt-text is often hailed as an accessibility aid and it is that but also I want to point out other benefits:
- mute filters work! your followers who have a term muted won't have to see an image you've properly alt-texted.
- alt text shows up in search so you can SEARCH YOUR IMAGE POSTS (HUGE)
- mute filters work! your followers who have a term muted won't have to see an image you've properly alt-texted.
- alt text shows up in search so you can SEARCH YOUR IMAGE POSTS (HUGE)
Fascinating vintage stuff up on the Internet Archive, courtesy of @pradaldi.bsky.social
I've been uploading some more stuff on the Internet Archive the last days, after the animal etchings from "Éléments De Zoologie" and some black postcards backs.
archive.org/details/@pra...
archive.org/details/@pra...
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Fascinating vintage stuff up on the Internet Archive, courtesy of @pradaldi.bsky.social
work work work scan the horrors read The Pitt slashfic work work
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
work work work scan the horrors read The Pitt slashfic work work
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Twin Cities bumper sticker culture is back baybee
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Twin Cities bumper sticker culture is back baybee
*gasp* This rules!
Matthew Shifrin is on a mission to make Legos accessible for blind people through his nonprofit Bricks for the Blind.
Meet the Newton man adapting Lego for blind fans
Matthew Shifrin is on a mission to make Legos accessible for blind people through his nonprofit Bricks for the Blind.
www.wbur.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
*gasp* This rules!
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yes please I’m here for this Elfquest reboot
January 28, 2026 at 12:13 AM
yes please I’m here for this Elfquest reboot
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Lucy vs. the male loneliness epidemic
January 27, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Lucy vs. the male loneliness epidemic
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Still laughing that they spent so much of last year trying to tell us because he's Muslim he secretly hates gay people and wants to strip them of their rights and the man took the first snow day to hype up the library and say go get cozy with the gay hockey romance novel.
January 27, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Still laughing that they spent so much of last year trying to tell us because he's Muslim he secretly hates gay people and wants to strip them of their rights and the man took the first snow day to hype up the library and say go get cozy with the gay hockey romance novel.
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Judge Schlitz is not exactly a firebrand and in no way a liberal judge. This is remarkable.
👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders.
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Judge Schlitz is not exactly a firebrand and in no way a liberal judge. This is remarkable.
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"The number of downloads...surged by 529% after Mr. Mamdani’s news conference"
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
gifting this article because it made me laugh, which is hard to do in this context. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/n...
After Mamdani Nods to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Library E-Book Downloads Surge
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 AM
"The number of downloads...surged by 529% after Mr. Mamdani’s news conference"
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
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also really appreciate working at a place that acknowledges the various non-school obligations our students and staff have during snowstorms
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
also really appreciate working at a place that acknowledges the various non-school obligations our students and staff have during snowstorms
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
days when I am delighted by parts of this world
I talked to one of the r/MassiveCock posters who decided to bring anti-ICE conversations to the subreddit.
"... Nothing in life should feel ‘normal’ when these sorts of things are happening in our country. Even porn and sex," he said.
Gift link (obviously): tinyurl.com/mr3nua5k
"... Nothing in life should feel ‘normal’ when these sorts of things are happening in our country. Even porn and sex," he said.
Gift link (obviously): tinyurl.com/mr3nua5k
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
days when I am delighted by parts of this world
Hell yeah Maine ✊
At apparel manufacturer American Roots in Westbrook, Maine, staff and community volunteers are trying to protect immigrant workers by standing watch as they arrive and leave for the day.
In Maine, community members form a human wall to keep local workers safe from ICE
At apparel manufacturer American Roots in Westbrook, Maine, staff and community volunteers are trying to protect immigrant workers by standing watch as they arrive and leave for the day.
www.wbur.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Hell yeah Maine ✊
Oh man, booze and butt health, my interests 👀😬
Lifetime high alcohol intake (women >7/wk, men >14/wk) and colon cancer risk
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 26, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Oh man, booze and butt health, my interests 👀😬
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is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 AM
is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
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Right wing nut jobs: Mamdani is going to impose Sharia law on NYC.
Actual Mamdani: please stay warm by reading the free hockey smut available at your local public library.
Actual Mamdani: please stay warm by reading the free hockey smut available at your local public library.
I’m crying from laughing so much at this. Same as the guy with the yellow folder who is clearly trying to not crack up.
(I love our Mayor)
(I love our Mayor)
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
January 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Right wing nut jobs: Mamdani is going to impose Sharia law on NYC.
Actual Mamdani: please stay warm by reading the free hockey smut available at your local public library.
Actual Mamdani: please stay warm by reading the free hockey smut available at your local public library.
hi can a lady up in Massachusetts get an NYC library card please
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
January 25, 2026 at 7:19 PM
hi can a lady up in Massachusetts get an NYC library card please
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i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.
a face that says well, on we go
a face that says well, on we go
January 25, 2026 at 2:47 AM
i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.
a face that says well, on we go
a face that says well, on we go
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Our government's atrocities are bringing together Bears fans and Packers fans.
January 25, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Our government's atrocities are bringing together Bears fans and Packers fans.
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well, that's disappointing. all three of these are the wrong piece. they are supposed to have two studs on both sides, like your mom
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 PM
well, that's disappointing. all three of these are the wrong piece. they are supposed to have two studs on both sides, like your mom