⚡ Kate 🌧️
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Trans kids are so goddamn brave and strong and we are letting them down as a society and we should be ashamed
December 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Trans kids are so goddamn brave and strong and we are letting them down as a society and we should be ashamed
I was so excited for an audiobook by an author I really love because he writes poetry and essays and usually reads them himself, but the audiobook for his new book is read by some random man and I had to dnf at 5 minutes. Feels like a betrayal 😂
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I was so excited for an audiobook by an author I really love because he writes poetry and essays and usually reads them himself, but the audiobook for his new book is read by some random man and I had to dnf at 5 minutes. Feels like a betrayal 😂
I had a lovely get-together with friends to celebrate my birthday and then the next day went to a Punk Rock Flea Market!
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I had a lovely get-together with friends to celebrate my birthday and then the next day went to a Punk Rock Flea Market!
I've found it fascinating, plus I get a kick out of it every time I hear you or Aubrey reading something
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I've found it fascinating, plus I get a kick out of it every time I hear you or Aubrey reading something
This is shocking to me, my family listens to it on the radio every year!
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is shocking to me, my family listens to it on the radio every year!
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"you grew up in seattle, why are you complaining about the winters here?"
because they suck!
because they suck!
November 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"you grew up in seattle, why are you complaining about the winters here?"
because they suck!
because they suck!
310! So excited to eventually read the whole thing!
October 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
310! So excited to eventually read the whole thing!
Such a blatant let-them-eat-cake move, I shouldn't be astonished and yet
October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Such a blatant let-them-eat-cake move, I shouldn't be astonished and yet
You see this all the time with all sorts of written historical records. I've got a great grandmother with a French surname but I don't know what it actually was because it's spelled differently on every historical document I have of hers. And that's a name with roman letters!
October 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You see this all the time with all sorts of written historical records. I've got a great grandmother with a French surname but I don't know what it actually was because it's spelled differently on every historical document I have of hers. And that's a name with roman letters!
3) Ellis Island saw thousands of people a day, they likely didn't stop to double check spelling
4) even if they had, it's entirely possible immigrants coming in weren't literate (or as you've pointed out, maybe couldn't read roman letters because why would they if that's not their language)
4) even if they had, it's entirely possible immigrants coming in weren't literate (or as you've pointed out, maybe couldn't read roman letters because why would they if that's not their language)
October 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
3) Ellis Island saw thousands of people a day, they likely didn't stop to double check spelling
4) even if they had, it's entirely possible immigrants coming in weren't literate (or as you've pointed out, maybe couldn't read roman letters because why would they if that's not their language)
4) even if they had, it's entirely possible immigrants coming in weren't literate (or as you've pointed out, maybe couldn't read roman letters because why would they if that's not their language)
Authority didn't have much to do with it considering
1) lots of immigrants felt pressure to anglicize their surnames to fit in and get work
2) people working at Ellis Island and recording names absolutely did not know how to understand & write all the languages spoken by the immigrants coming in
1) lots of immigrants felt pressure to anglicize their surnames to fit in and get work
2) people working at Ellis Island and recording names absolutely did not know how to understand & write all the languages spoken by the immigrants coming in
October 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Authority didn't have much to do with it considering
1) lots of immigrants felt pressure to anglicize their surnames to fit in and get work
2) people working at Ellis Island and recording names absolutely did not know how to understand & write all the languages spoken by the immigrants coming in
1) lots of immigrants felt pressure to anglicize their surnames to fit in and get work
2) people working at Ellis Island and recording names absolutely did not know how to understand & write all the languages spoken by the immigrants coming in
Abolish is a big word for Elmo
September 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Abolish is a big word for Elmo
Congratulations! Is the blown glass part detachable?
September 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Congratulations! Is the blown glass part detachable?
It's absolutely possible! We've done it before! It would just take a massive amount of funding to build and maintain the infrastructure required for consistent and reliable railway systems in North America. Of course, there are many companies here who don't want people to be able to travel by train.
September 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It's absolutely possible! We've done it before! It would just take a massive amount of funding to build and maintain the infrastructure required for consistent and reliable railway systems in North America. Of course, there are many companies here who don't want people to be able to travel by train.