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Katie L. Thompson

@bigsamthompson.bsky.social

640 followers 940 following 4.6K posts

Virginia-based Unprofessional. Pop culture aficionado, cat person, life-long ska fan. Chaos over curation. (she/her)

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · Jan 19

This is me, if you even care.

Pinkgabbercat @pinkgabbercat.bsky.social · Nov 18

An orange cat talking on a blue corded phone with the text “certified yapper”

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 8h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 9h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 6h

Wait. You do? I missed that, I guess.

Smack them for me, please.

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Gregory Hays @aristofontes.bsky.social · 11h

"Staunton"

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 12h

anTEEFa

Hell-issa Johnson, PhD 🎃 @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 12h

Teef

Closeup of an orange and white cat sleeping. His tongue is sticking out and his teeth are visible.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 12h

anTEEFa

Hell-issa Johnson, PhD 🎃 @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 12h

Teef

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 12h

I've never had sex with a musician.....

✨️Angel Facts✨️ @angelic.style · 12h

musicians are better at sex. sorry

Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 12h

I could eat the whole thing.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure I am now legally obligated to go to this Baltimore area @megainfinity.band @jokersrepublic.bsky.social @pwrup.bsky.social Solarites show since the theme is Pokémon.

I am so freakin psyched, y'all have no idea. Who else is coming???

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 1d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 18h

I'm actually going there today to find a rug for my new place. I'll take photos of the signs for you. And Jack.

Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 18h

The store has nothing to do with crabs, lol. It's just cheap closeout stuff.

I also like this one.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 23h

Also, you should absolutely draw Jack as Ollie with his own crazy bargain bin store.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 23h

This goofyass guy that is in cringe cartoon ads all over the store.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

I hate that I can't be more specific because they're all people I know and am friends with irl. 😳

Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

What I really need is a hot dad or a hot ska femme; beam me one of those. Or both. That would fix me.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't been able to sleep tonight. My arm keeps aching and I've been tossing and turning and then when I finally fell asleep, I had to get up to pee. I have felt way too wired tonight

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Jack reminds me of Ollie from the Ollie's store.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

The CBS takeover by Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss is the most foreboding move in a while, and I’m not saying that lightly.

It will have an effect on the 2026 elections: CBS will now lie to people and normies will believe it.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

The little girl wouldn't share food at lunch because she thought everyone would hate her kimchi but Barney loved it.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

This is wild but I had never thought about that at all because there were 0 Asian kids in my school growing up but when I was flipping channels at the hotel I stayed at for Supernova, I saw a tiny bit of the new Barney literally talking about this exact topic.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

lol

Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

Oh snap. That was really good.

I'll bet Rin peed a little. Or a lot.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

What just happened??? I woke up to pee.

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Katie L. Thompson @bigsamthompson.bsky.social · 1d

I guess that's true and also why I'd suck at that job, lol.