redkateo
@redkateo.bsky.social
Charlottesville. Redhead. Kate. Mom. Reader. Coder. Coach. Traveler.
the sky’s pretty cool right now
December 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
the sky’s pretty cool right now
“One in 11 Virginians receive SNAP”
“Just a 10% cut in SNAP could double the impact on food banks”
I do not understand how these changes are going to be anything other than an unmitigated disaster.
“Just a 10% cut in SNAP could double the impact on food banks”
I do not understand how these changes are going to be anything other than an unmitigated disaster.
Changes to SNAP benefits could impact thousands in Virginia
Changes to SNAP benefits could impact thousands in Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- SNAP benefits continue to shift under the current presidential administration, and local advocates say the latest updates could have significant consequences for millions of Americans,
www.cbs19news.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“One in 11 Virginians receive SNAP”
“Just a 10% cut in SNAP could double the impact on food banks”
I do not understand how these changes are going to be anything other than an unmitigated disaster.
“Just a 10% cut in SNAP could double the impact on food banks”
I do not understand how these changes are going to be anything other than an unmitigated disaster.
Why are there stickers that cost $5+?!
December 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Why are there stickers that cost $5+?!
This is missing the bigger, more crucial point:
CITIZENS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO CARRY PAPERS (or even have Real ID).
CITIZENS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO CARRY PAPERS (or even have Real ID).
A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is missing the bigger, more crucial point:
CITIZENS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO CARRY PAPERS (or even have Real ID).
CITIZENS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO CARRY PAPERS (or even have Real ID).
Literally one of the first things I remember learning about American “exceptionalism” is the fact we cannot be required to carry / provide “papers”.
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Literally one of the first things I remember learning about American “exceptionalism” is the fact we cannot be required to carry / provide “papers”.
Reposted by redkateo
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
Oh is it Santa Fun Run day?
SANTA JUST RODE THRU MY NEIGHBORHOOD ✨🎄🎅
December 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Oh is it Santa Fun Run day?
So no phone, no parking?
And I love them rolling this out immediately before Christmas.
Confidence!
And I love them rolling this out immediately before Christmas.
Confidence!
Beginning Tuesday, December 16, you'll need to create an online account for your car to park in the Market Street and Water Street garages on the Downtown Mall.
www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....
www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....
December 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
So no phone, no parking?
And I love them rolling this out immediately before Christmas.
Confidence!
And I love them rolling this out immediately before Christmas.
Confidence!
Curses to those who wear hidden earbuds in public.
December 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Curses to those who wear hidden earbuds in public.
Libraries are so amazing that I‘d half expect the only library chainsaw news to be the addition of a chainsaw library.
I’ve worked in public libraries for 20 years, today was the first time we’ve had to tell someone they couldn’t bring their chainsaw in the library.
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Libraries are so amazing that I‘d half expect the only library chainsaw news to be the addition of a chainsaw library.
The fact this conversation exists at all is, well, it’s something.
I'm far more comfortable with an artisanal targeted murderer than I am with a stochastic serial killer who does it by depraved indifference with a spreadsheet. I can avoid being targeted by the assassin.
December 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The fact this conversation exists at all is, well, it’s something.
My mind has been becoming more and more comfortably set on no incumbents no how, but I think I could get behind this. Please do let me know your thoughts.
& also I really hope this doesn't stop anyone from throwing their hats in the ring, because I am certainly open to better newer shinier options!
& also I really hope this doesn't stop anyone from throwing their hats in the ring, because I am certainly open to better newer shinier options!
I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s 5th District because families and workers deserve a fair shot. Costs keep rising while salaries aren’t - and MAGA Republicans are cutting food & health care to fund corporate tax breaks instead of defending Virginia’s families.
youtu.be/C2AQX9_HMK0?...
youtu.be/C2AQX9_HMK0?...
Tom Perriello For Congress Launch Video
YouTube video by Tom Perriello
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My mind has been becoming more and more comfortably set on no incumbents no how, but I think I could get behind this. Please do let me know your thoughts.
& also I really hope this doesn't stop anyone from throwing their hats in the ring, because I am certainly open to better newer shinier options!
& also I really hope this doesn't stop anyone from throwing their hats in the ring, because I am certainly open to better newer shinier options!
I’m wondering at what age it’ll become literally dangerous for my heart to watch. #hoosforever
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I’m wondering at what age it’ll become literally dangerous for my heart to watch. #hoosforever
As may likely become a familiar refrain from me as I repost most anyone challenging any incumbent: I know nothing about this candidate.
My friend @drannieandrews.com will be Lindsey Graham's opponent.
She is a pediatric surgeon who has performed spinal surgeries on children, running against a grownup with no spine. Dr. Andrews is poised to perform a full Lindsey-ectomy on the United States Senate.
She is a pediatric surgeon who has performed spinal surgeries on children, running against a grownup with no spine. Dr. Andrews is poised to perform a full Lindsey-ectomy on the United States Senate.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
As may likely become a familiar refrain from me as I repost most anyone challenging any incumbent: I know nothing about this candidate.
Related to absolutely nothing, I‘ll be adding to my reading favorites list: letters written from contemporaneous notes.
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Related to absolutely nothing, I‘ll be adding to my reading favorites list: letters written from contemporaneous notes.
Charlottesville: are you sitting at home bored / sad / scrolling? Well, a little haiku slam has just started up at Tea Bazaar downtown.
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Charlottesville: are you sitting at home bored / sad / scrolling? Well, a little haiku slam has just started up at Tea Bazaar downtown.
How to explain AI without explaining AI.
A humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence, believed to be one of the first in Russia, face-planted during its highly anticipated debut in Moscow on Tuesday after briefly staggering onstage. nyti.ms/49Ly3GI
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
How to explain AI without explaining AI.
This is the most accurate description of IAD's "people movers".
The first time I rode in one of these I thought we were in a room waiting for the bus. Turns out it WAS the bus.
A Trump nominee to the advisory board overseeing Dulles International Airport plans to push for an end to its signature “people movers,” saying the shuttles that drew headlines this week for a crash that hospitalized 18 people are outdated and dangerous.
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is the most accurate description of IAD's "people movers".
Perhaps he’s just one of those lucky men that simply doesn’t suffer from menstrual cramps? #fojdv
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Perhaps he’s just one of those lucky men that simply doesn’t suffer from menstrual cramps? #fojdv
Nope. Nope-ity nope.
After mounting pain, risks to Americans’ safety, and no clear end in sight, I voted to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Read why: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Tim Kaine: Why I Voted to End the Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Nope. Nope-ity nope.
Reposted by redkateo
Jay Jones repeats an old joke: CANDIDATE SENT VIOLENT TEXTS!!
Mamdani gives nuanced answer about protest slogan: ZOHRAN TERRORIST!!
Email confirms Trump spent hours at Epstein’s house with victim: “Documents suggest Mr. Trump may have been more aware of Mr. Epstein’s alleged activities than….”
Mamdani gives nuanced answer about protest slogan: ZOHRAN TERRORIST!!
Email confirms Trump spent hours at Epstein’s house with victim: “Documents suggest Mr. Trump may have been more aware of Mr. Epstein’s alleged activities than….”
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Jay Jones repeats an old joke: CANDIDATE SENT VIOLENT TEXTS!!
Mamdani gives nuanced answer about protest slogan: ZOHRAN TERRORIST!!
Email confirms Trump spent hours at Epstein’s house with victim: “Documents suggest Mr. Trump may have been more aware of Mr. Epstein’s alleged activities than….”
Mamdani gives nuanced answer about protest slogan: ZOHRAN TERRORIST!!
Email confirms Trump spent hours at Epstein’s house with victim: “Documents suggest Mr. Trump may have been more aware of Mr. Epstein’s alleged activities than….”
No one should ever have a 50 year mortgage. No one.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
No one should ever have a 50 year mortgage. No one.
@nytimes.com
Excuse me while I really enjoy the continued avoidance of simply calling the “bus-like vehicle” what they are actually called: “people movers”.
Also, I can confirm IAD does not in fact transport airports.
(Note for future stories: that other airport is simply “National”.)
Excuse me while I really enjoy the continued avoidance of simply calling the “bus-like vehicle” what they are actually called: “people movers”.
Also, I can confirm IAD does not in fact transport airports.
(Note for future stories: that other airport is simply “National”.)
OMG they’ve already rewritten the headline and subhead 🤣
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
@nytimes.com
Excuse me while I really enjoy the continued avoidance of simply calling the “bus-like vehicle” what they are actually called: “people movers”.
Also, I can confirm IAD does not in fact transport airports.
(Note for future stories: that other airport is simply “National”.)
Excuse me while I really enjoy the continued avoidance of simply calling the “bus-like vehicle” what they are actually called: “people movers”.
Also, I can confirm IAD does not in fact transport airports.
(Note for future stories: that other airport is simply “National”.)
Did @kaine.senate.gov really repeatedly use the phrase “moratorium on mischief”?
Does he even understand words?
This soft-pedaling gentlemanship needs to right go out of style, and further entrenches my current “disappointment”.
(Thank you for your patience as I publicly work through feelings.)
Does he even understand words?
This soft-pedaling gentlemanship needs to right go out of style, and further entrenches my current “disappointment”.
(Thank you for your patience as I publicly work through feelings.)
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Did @kaine.senate.gov really repeatedly use the phrase “moratorium on mischief”?
Does he even understand words?
This soft-pedaling gentlemanship needs to right go out of style, and further entrenches my current “disappointment”.
(Thank you for your patience as I publicly work through feelings.)
Does he even understand words?
This soft-pedaling gentlemanship needs to right go out of style, and further entrenches my current “disappointment”.
(Thank you for your patience as I publicly work through feelings.)