Cate Eland
@romancingnope.bsky.social
Intrusive, intense, and annoying. she/her
The real job of a project manager is not putting together a project plan, then monitoring status against the plan.
It's figuring out how to get people to do the things they don't want to do when they need to be done, aka tricking other people into doing their jobs.
It's figuring out how to get people to do the things they don't want to do when they need to be done, aka tricking other people into doing their jobs.
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The real job of a project manager is not putting together a project plan, then monitoring status against the plan.
It's figuring out how to get people to do the things they don't want to do when they need to be done, aka tricking other people into doing their jobs.
It's figuring out how to get people to do the things they don't want to do when they need to be done, aka tricking other people into doing their jobs.
My oldest kid just walked in the door from hanging out with friends and asked if we could watch the John Adams miniseries together tonight.
I've reached a new tier of parenthood. This is incredible.
I've reached a new tier of parenthood. This is incredible.
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My oldest kid just walked in the door from hanging out with friends and asked if we could watch the John Adams miniseries together tonight.
I've reached a new tier of parenthood. This is incredible.
I've reached a new tier of parenthood. This is incredible.
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
We got the results back on our 9-year-old's ADOS-2 assessment. The overall result was not a surprise, but what did surprise me is that it's not even close. Like, he doesn't fall into the broader "autism spectrum" category, he's not even level 1, but it took *7 years* to get him assessed.
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We got the results back on our 9-year-old's ADOS-2 assessment. The overall result was not a surprise, but what did surprise me is that it's not even close. Like, he doesn't fall into the broader "autism spectrum" category, he's not even level 1, but it took *7 years* to get him assessed.
I started reintroducing dairy yesterday because Thanksgiving. We have non-dairy alternatives to everything just in case, but I'm hopeful I can do a small slice of custard pie by Thursday.
We've definitively concluded that gluten is also off the list of things I can eat, meaning fructans as a category are probably a lost cause. 😕
Debating whether to move on to fructose or galactans next. I think fructose will be an easy win, but I really, really miss beans.
Debating whether to move on to fructose or galactans next. I think fructose will be an easy win, but I really, really miss beans.
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I started reintroducing dairy yesterday because Thanksgiving. We have non-dairy alternatives to everything just in case, but I'm hopeful I can do a small slice of custard pie by Thursday.
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While ICE abductions, often in broad daylight, have provoked fear and outrage, the escalation is also unleashing a less visible form of economic treachery on Chicago’s immigrant working class: wage theft, lost income, work speedups, and economic slumps that spread through neighborhoods. My latest.
Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class
Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration
inthesetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
While ICE abductions, often in broad daylight, have provoked fear and outrage, the escalation is also unleashing a less visible form of economic treachery on Chicago’s immigrant working class: wage theft, lost income, work speedups, and economic slumps that spread through neighborhoods. My latest.
Friends, when you think the computer is a real person, that's called ✨️psychosis✨️.
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Friends, when you think the computer is a real person, that's called ✨️psychosis✨️.
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Since this guy came on board, Louisiana has had a record pertussis year, with 2 infant deaths in the state. Now RFK Jr gave him a promotion up to the CDC.
CDC’s new top deputy had ordered his state health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations amid a flu surge www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Since this guy came on board, Louisiana has had a record pertussis year, with 2 infant deaths in the state. Now RFK Jr gave him a promotion up to the CDC.
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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The major force pushing Biden out of the race wasn’t a change in polling, but a change in attitude from Democratic elites and donors. And those are the people most susceptible to, say, headlines in New York Magazine.
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The major force pushing Biden out of the race wasn’t a change in polling, but a change in attitude from Democratic elites and donors. And those are the people most susceptible to, say, headlines in New York Magazine.
I'm just going to continue to scream into the void from inside the tech industry: no one, not even Amazon, has advanced enough AI to replace 1800 engineers.
They're just firing workers and piling their work on other *human* workers without paying them more, as companies have ever done.
They're just firing workers and piling their work on other *human* workers without paying them more, as companies have ever done.
WARN filings expose 4.7k of Amazon's 14k cuts last month. 500 PMs were laid off while engineers (1,800 laid off) were hit hardest, mostly SDE IIs which refutes the "management bloat" narrative.
The trend is clear: Big Tech continues to purge junior roles due to "AI efficiency gains."
The trend is clear: Big Tech continues to purge junior roles due to "AI efficiency gains."
Amazon cut more than 1,800 engineers in record layoffs, despite saying it needs to innovate faster
Nearly 40% of the roughly 4,700 positions Amazon eliminated across Washington, New York, New Jersey and California were engineering jobs.
www.cnbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'm just going to continue to scream into the void from inside the tech industry: no one, not even Amazon, has advanced enough AI to replace 1800 engineers.
They're just firing workers and piling their work on other *human* workers without paying them more, as companies have ever done.
They're just firing workers and piling their work on other *human* workers without paying them more, as companies have ever done.
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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Children with ADHD who are on medications for ADHD are also much less likely to go on to start smoking! I'm not sure how much of that is specific to nicotine though, since they're also less likely to go on to drink heavily or use various other non-stimulant drugs.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Children with ADHD who are on medications for ADHD are also much less likely to go on to start smoking! I'm not sure how much of that is specific to nicotine though, since they're also less likely to go on to drink heavily or use various other non-stimulant drugs.
Can someone explain to AP while firing on people during a "CEASE. FIRE." means the ceasefire was violated, not tested? Especially when the same party has been firing on people regularly since they agreed to cease?
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Can someone explain to AP while firing on people during a "CEASE. FIRE." means the ceasefire was violated, not tested? Especially when the same party has been firing on people regularly since they agreed to cease?
Do I think that Trump forgot he was supposed to hate Mamdani and instead just got excited about meeting the handsome, charming young mayor of New York? Yes.
Do I also think Trump's positive response to meeting Mamdani is embarrassing for Dems who snubbed him b/c he's Muslim? Yes. Yes, I do.
Do I also think Trump's positive response to meeting Mamdani is embarrassing for Dems who snubbed him b/c he's Muslim? Yes. Yes, I do.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Do I think that Trump forgot he was supposed to hate Mamdani and instead just got excited about meeting the handsome, charming young mayor of New York? Yes.
Do I also think Trump's positive response to meeting Mamdani is embarrassing for Dems who snubbed him b/c he's Muslim? Yes. Yes, I do.
Do I also think Trump's positive response to meeting Mamdani is embarrassing for Dems who snubbed him b/c he's Muslim? Yes. Yes, I do.
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Doctor, Nurse No Longer Employed at Hospital That Discharged Pregnant Woman Who Gave Birth Minutes Later
Doctor, Nurse No Longer Employed at Hospital That Discharged Pregnant Woman Who Gave Birth Minutes Later
A pregnant Chicago woman was discharged from an Indiana hospital while in labor. Her contractions were just a minute apart, and she gave birth in a car eight minutes later.
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Doctor, Nurse No Longer Employed at Hospital That Discharged Pregnant Woman Who Gave Birth Minutes Later
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Weird how this works
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Weird how this works
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The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses.
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My quality of life is infinitely better with ADHD medication. I no longer have reoccuring severe, short depressive episodes.
If this administration bans it or makes it much harder to get, I will not be remotely okay.
Before my diagnosis, I chugged coffee & took antidepressants that did nothing.
If this administration bans it or makes it much harder to get, I will not be remotely okay.
Before my diagnosis, I chugged coffee & took antidepressants that did nothing.
I was diagnosed with bipolar (I'm not) anxiety (I wasn't) and depression (okay, fair) before anyone considered I might be ADHD. What this article fails to mention is how many severely ADHD people turn to other drugs if they are not medicated. I had severe insomnia and suicidal ideation at times
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
My quality of life is infinitely better with ADHD medication. I no longer have reoccuring severe, short depressive episodes.
If this administration bans it or makes it much harder to get, I will not be remotely okay.
Before my diagnosis, I chugged coffee & took antidepressants that did nothing.
If this administration bans it or makes it much harder to get, I will not be remotely okay.
Before my diagnosis, I chugged coffee & took antidepressants that did nothing.
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the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
Apparently Mozart's--a popular local Austin coffee shop on Lake Austin--is working with *Kevin Sorbo* this year to do a "Rock Christmas concert retelling the nativity" called He Rules the World running every night for a good chunk of their holiday light show???
a close up of a barbie doll with a surprised look on her face ..
Alt: slow close up of a barbie doll with a disgusted look on her face
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Apparently Mozart's--a popular local Austin coffee shop on Lake Austin--is working with *Kevin Sorbo* this year to do a "Rock Christmas concert retelling the nativity" called He Rules the World running every night for a good chunk of their holiday light show???
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If Congress overrides state and local AI regulations, Elon will be able to roll out his dangerous robotaxis anywhere he wants with no meaningful oversight from anyone but the Trump administration. Hell no. Call your reps now. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
They're at it again. Trump wants to reward his broligarch donors so he's telling Congress to sneak language into the military spending bill that would block any state or local laws regulating AI, including the laws that govern robotaxis. time to call Congress to say hell no. #teslatakedown
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If Congress overrides state and local AI regulations, Elon will be able to roll out his dangerous robotaxis anywhere he wants with no meaningful oversight from anyone but the Trump administration. Hell no. Call your reps now. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
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BREAKING: We’ve got Judge Ellis’s Preliminary Injunction in Chicago Headline Club v. Noem:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...
#281 in Chicago Headline Club v. Noem (N.D. Ill., 1:25-cv-12173) – CourtListener.com
OPINION AND ORDER. For the foregoing reasons and those set forth on the record on November 6, 2025, the Court grants Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction 82, 86 . The Court has set forth th...
www.courtlistener.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
BREAKING: We’ve got Judge Ellis’s Preliminary Injunction in Chicago Headline Club v. Noem:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...
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RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.