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Emogene Cataldo
@emogene.bsky.social
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PhD, art history. Writing a novel. Works in messaging and content design. Tin House ‘25. She/her

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I didn’t see the Northern Lights on 11/11, but I did see the neon signs inside Lioni’s Italian Heros shop in South Brooklyn and I think that’s a pretty close second. Similar color palette.
The small interior of a sandwich shop, from which big neon signs hang on the ceiling, saying things like “WE DELIVER” and “DELICIOUS DESERTS” and “DINNER TO GO”
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Golden hour over Ocean Parkway
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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New York City sunset had a whole narrative arc this evening
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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"Never miss a new book by Augustine"
Screenshot of a web page to buy Confessions by St. Augustine, translated by Sarah Rudin. A pop-up on the bottom of the page says "Never miss a new book by Augustine" and offers an email sign-up.
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Did not have to think twice
Abby and Ilana from Broad City walking down a NYC sidewalk. Ilana makes a goofy expression while holding her head in her hands, wearing a mesh NYC crop top, while Abby looks on.
October 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Go off, queens
Screenshot of Reddit: A YELLING THREAD 94 upvotes • 82 comments Bea_virago • 1h I JUST WANT ALL THE KIDS IN THE WORLD TO HAVE SAFETY AND LOVE AND NOT WAR OR FASCISM. WHY ARE FINITE RESOURCES BEING HOARDED BY A TINY NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO TELL US TO BLAME OUR NEIGHBORS INSTEAD OF BUILDING A BETTER SYSTEM. WHY IS IT SO DAMN EXPENSIVE TO GET BASIC NECESSITIES. AND WHY DO ALL PANTS SUCK. am_riley • 1h WE NEED POCKETS ResilientWren • 33m AND IN OUR SKIRTS TOO!!! WHEN I WANT TO DRESS UP BUT STILL HAVE TO CARRY MY TODDLER'S HOT WHEELS OR DIRTY WIPES ETC ETC!!!!
July 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Uh oh
An image of a woman looking into an open refrigerator with the satirical headline “STUDY: Women get 90% of their nutrients from partially rotten vegetables they suddenly remember are in the fridge” (from Reductress)
July 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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The incandescent RAGE of this, my god
A copy of the book The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante open face down on a quilt
May 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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My little contribution to the Attached to the Living World anthology, for #smallpoemsunday
A question about procreation as the rivers dry have you ever gutted a cantaloupe of its seeds? or tossed a plump pit, thinking, maybe I should plant this, maybe I should make something grow but in what garden and what world what little bit of earth do you have on a fire escape in a country to make something begin (it turns out—
April 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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“I’VE, HAD, THE TIME OF MY LIFE”
George Santos yelling at a bunch of reporters
December 2, 2023 at 3:10 AM
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Morning, everyone. May your ears be soft and slack. May you noseplant in a blanket made by someone who loves you.
October 3, 2023 at 10:27 AM
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Today: naps, beverages, phone calls, and Kate Zambreno.
Holding a copy of The Light Room by Kate Zambreno while my tiny dog snoozes in the background, out of focus.
September 19, 2023 at 8:18 PM
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I am very pregnant. It is raining. Today is my first day of maternity leave. I’m spending it with the delicious sentences of @sarahroseetter.bsky.social. My tiny dog sleeps at my feet, under many blankies.
Holding a copy of The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter
September 18, 2023 at 7:58 PM