Kate
@kateclayy.bsky.social
BOS → YVR → ABE → MSP. Librarian & union rep, among other things. Opinions etc are nothing official and all my own. My apologies, it’s hockey szn. she/her #GroguVibes
About to go pick up my fourth and allegedly final type of eye drops 👁️
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
About to go pick up my fourth and allegedly final type of eye drops 👁️
Just noticed it was snowing, dropped something, and broke a nail within about fifteen seconds; TGIF baby
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just noticed it was snowing, dropped something, and broke a nail within about fifteen seconds; TGIF baby
Huge news for catalogers of craft books, the new LCSH approvals include Tunisian crochet as its own heading so maybe we'll have to do less correcting of records that insist on putting "Crochet $z Tunisia" 🙏
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Huge news for catalogers of craft books, the new LCSH approvals include Tunisian crochet as its own heading so maybe we'll have to do less correcting of records that insist on putting "Crochet $z Tunisia" 🙏
Omg I'm so rarely in hearing distance of first wednesday 1 pm!
a cartoon of snoopy standing in a field of grass
Alt: Snoopy howling
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Omg I'm so rarely in hearing distance of first wednesday 1 pm!
San Franciscans I spoke with seemed unanimous on Waymo's driving safer than humans (they were not united on whether this is positive or negative), but I am skeptical about their snow capabilities.
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
San Franciscans I spoke with seemed unanimous on Waymo's driving safer than humans (they were not united on whether this is positive or negative), but I am skeptical about their snow capabilities.
Hmm I see despite being promised no snow by the weather app it is indeed snowing on arrival in Saint Paul... or as our Lyft driver so succinctly put it, "that's Minnesota. It can change."
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Hmm I see despite being promised no snow by the weather app it is indeed snowing on arrival in Saint Paul... or as our Lyft driver so succinctly put it, "that's Minnesota. It can change."
Reposted by Kate
We should all get one (1) Bartleby-style "I'd prefer not to" day every two months.
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We should all get one (1) Bartleby-style "I'd prefer not to" day every two months.
Reposted by Kate
Again Chris Carrabba goes unnoticed
too many in our society did not grow up listening to the extensive catalog of dashboard confessional
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Again Chris Carrabba goes unnoticed
Love being in a car all day and listening to the news and still missing my government such as it is has offended the values of Franklin the Turtle.
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Love being in a car all day and listening to the news and still missing my government such as it is has offended the values of Franklin the Turtle.
Unfortunately I am a noted hockey romance enjoyer and so everyone I know is asking my thoughts on Heated Rivalry and thus I must better make myself a noted Heated Rivalry hater
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Unfortunately I am a noted hockey romance enjoyer and so everyone I know is asking my thoughts on Heated Rivalry and thus I must better make myself a noted Heated Rivalry hater
Trying to be extremely grateful that my mother-in-law's news listening obsession is with NPR because it could be SO much worse, but it does mean we're sitting silently in the car listening to NPR news together. Here is a photo of a giant aloe from Carmel-by-the-Sea!
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Trying to be extremely grateful that my mother-in-law's news listening obsession is with NPR because it could be SO much worse, but it does mean we're sitting silently in the car listening to NPR news together. Here is a photo of a giant aloe from Carmel-by-the-Sea!
Obsessssssed with this deep sea jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Obsessssssed with this deep sea jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Idk I'm pretty sure I've heard sharks are smooth 🧐
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Idk I'm pretty sure I've heard sharks are smooth 🧐
I am last on the "five animals you've seen in the wild" meme because I wanted to wait for the one I could add after today:
1. Black bear
2. Horseshoe crab
3. Horses
4. Moose
5. ELEPHANT SEAL!!!
1. Black bear
2. Horseshoe crab
3. Horses
4. Moose
5. ELEPHANT SEAL!!!
December 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I am last on the "five animals you've seen in the wild" meme because I wanted to wait for the one I could add after today:
1. Black bear
2. Horseshoe crab
3. Horses
4. Moose
5. ELEPHANT SEAL!!!
1. Black bear
2. Horseshoe crab
3. Horses
4. Moose
5. ELEPHANT SEAL!!!
We are staying in a fancy pants hotel arranged by @veridical.bsky.social's mom and the WiFi password came inside this letter like we were being given a taskmaster task
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We are staying in a fancy pants hotel arranged by @veridical.bsky.social's mom and the WiFi password came inside this letter like we were being given a taskmaster task
Getting the Minneapolis snow emergency texts while I'm like
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Getting the Minneapolis snow emergency texts while I'm like
While trying to find the correct light switch for the kitchen of the house we're staying in I instead found the switch that controls the retractable roof over the interior courtyard, nbd nbd 🤷♀️
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
While trying to find the correct light switch for the kitchen of the house we're staying in I instead found the switch that controls the retractable roof over the interior courtyard, nbd nbd 🤷♀️
Getting toured around a section of the city that used to be freeway by a longtime local who calls the removal TOTAL success, very inspirational
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Getting toured around a section of the city that used to be freeway by a longtime local who calls the removal TOTAL success, very inspirational
Thought of @jiggit.bsky.social today as we wandered the Art of Manga exhibition and saw some original What Did You Eat Yesterday art (also I got an actual three-sentence summary of what Inuyasha is about)
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Thought of @jiggit.bsky.social today as we wandered the Art of Manga exhibition and saw some original What Did You Eat Yesterday art (also I got an actual three-sentence summary of what Inuyasha is about)
Extremely disappointed to find the Academy of Sciences here has no condor-related merch!
November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Extremely disappointed to find the Academy of Sciences here has no condor-related merch!
Thankful for the opportunity to visit friends and see California for the first time
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Thankful for the opportunity to visit friends and see California for the first time
When a friend sends niche gossip about people you don't know, super choice 🧑🍳💋
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
When a friend sends niche gossip about people you don't know, super choice 🧑🍳💋
In San Francisco one day and I've already seen someone in Birkenstocks get into a car with a license plate reading NPRGEEK, it's all real
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 AM
In San Francisco one day and I've already seen someone in Birkenstocks get into a car with a license plate reading NPRGEEK, it's all real
A six year old told me I remind her of her favorite teacher today so I'll be riding high on that compliment for a bit 🥹
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A six year old told me I remind her of her favorite teacher today so I'll be riding high on that compliment for a bit 🥹