Cates Holderness
@cates.bsky.social
managing editor @garbageday.email, prev at tumblr and buzzfeed. we both just lost The Game. 🌱 (she/her)
please i'm begging you!!! when ryan hired me he told me hitting 100k subscribers by the end of the year was his biggest goal and therefore my biggest goal as well!
I need 30 people to subscribe to @garbageday.email right now. Please. We're so freaking close to 100,000. Please 😭🙏🏻❤️
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Garbage Day
A newsletter about having fun online
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December 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
please i'm begging you!!! when ryan hired me he told me hitting 100k subscribers by the end of the year was his biggest goal and therefore my biggest goal as well!
nothing made me happier than getting the gang back together for this!! you're welcome/sorry!
From me, @cates.bsky.social, @joshfjelstad.bsky.social, @katienotopoulos.bsky.social, and I:
The 20 Worst Things On The Internet In 2025
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The 20 Worst Things On The Internet In 2025
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December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
nothing made me happier than getting the gang back together for this!! you're welcome/sorry!
Thinking about the time two decades ago when I worked at kennels and a couple who were fav clients dropped their basset hounds Rupert and Douglas off cause they were taking their 10yo kid to ATL to see Tom Waits live at the kid’s req and I lost my goddamn mind. They brought me back a shirt.
December 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Thinking about the time two decades ago when I worked at kennels and a couple who were fav clients dropped their basset hounds Rupert and Douglas off cause they were taking their 10yo kid to ATL to see Tom Waits live at the kid’s req and I lost my goddamn mind. They brought me back a shirt.
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All year I've been thinking about what discovery looks like in a post-search era. I love that we now often look to great human curators. So I'm starting a new series interviewing some of my favourites! First up @cates.bsky.social from @garbageday.email
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Curating the Curators: Cates Holderness
Throughout this year I’ve been thinking more and more about what discovery looks like in a post-search era. One of the most interesting things, for me, about...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
All year I've been thinking about what discovery looks like in a post-search era. I love that we now often look to great human curators. So I'm starting a new series interviewing some of my favourites! First up @cates.bsky.social from @garbageday.email
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/cura...
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/cura...
Fullly realize no one who follows me will probably care about this BUT @brandonsanderson.com announced a new Hoid book and I’m losing my mind!! Hoid is my poor little meow meow and he sucks and I love him so much!!!
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Fullly realize no one who follows me will probably care about this BUT @brandonsanderson.com announced a new Hoid book and I’m losing my mind!! Hoid is my poor little meow meow and he sucks and I love him so much!!!
At the end of the workday today a lateral colleague asked if I could look into something for him and I messaged him 3 hours later and was like “Im trying to have a better work life balance but im not there yet so here’s my recommendation” and his response was “omg”
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
At the end of the workday today a lateral colleague asked if I could look into something for him and I messaged him 3 hours later and was like “Im trying to have a better work life balance but im not there yet so here’s my recommendation” and his response was “omg”
I am so grateful l have a extended family that accommodates my veganism
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I am so grateful l have a extended family that accommodates my veganism
today felt like being in a newsroom again but like in a good way
4x Garbage Day byline today from me, @bumas.bsky.social, @ellievhall.bsky.social, and @jlfeder.bsky.social.
Here's everything the Epstein emails reveal about how he and Steve Bannon tried to unravel global democracy: Epstein helped build MAGA. Has he blown it?
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Here's everything the Epstein emails reveal about how he and Steve Bannon tried to unravel global democracy: Epstein helped build MAGA. Has he blown it?
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November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
today felt like being in a newsroom again but like in a good way
everything reminds me of him
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
everything reminds me of him
It would be nice to have a pet again but I’ve got my mom’s 30+ year old peace lily so like…
October 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It would be nice to have a pet again but I’ve got my mom’s 30+ year old peace lily so like…
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Today we're sharing a piece from @bumas.bsky.social we sent out to our paying readers yesterday. It's, as best we can tell, the most definitive list of who is running Trump's digital operation. Meet the far-right hype house flooding our of our feeds with shit.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Today we're sharing a piece from @bumas.bsky.social we sent out to our paying readers yesterday. It's, as best we can tell, the most definitive list of who is running Trump's digital operation. Meet the far-right hype house flooding our of our feeds with shit.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-who...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-who...
Asking for work: Hey anyone here fluent in Elvish (specifically Quenya) enough to double check a very short translation? If so, DM me!
October 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Asking for work: Hey anyone here fluent in Elvish (specifically Quenya) enough to double check a very short translation? If so, DM me!
Remember when Instagram was a platform where you and your friends shared pictures? I miss that a lot.
October 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Remember when Instagram was a platform where you and your friends shared pictures? I miss that a lot.
I moved today and I’m exhausted but at least pizza is on its way
October 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I moved today and I’m exhausted but at least pizza is on its way
A fun boundary I set for myself is if I’m night scrolling and RFK Jr appears I immediately put my phone down and go to sleep. Night night y’all!
October 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A fun boundary I set for myself is if I’m night scrolling and RFK Jr appears I immediately put my phone down and go to sleep. Night night y’all!
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Huge thanks to @bumas.bsky.social, @ellievhall.bsky.social, @cates.bsky.social, and @grantirving.bsky.social for helping me get this out today. The internet is more chaotic and intense than I've ever seen it. Impossible to keep up with it on my own.
Some thoughts on yesterday
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September 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Huge thanks to @bumas.bsky.social, @ellievhall.bsky.social, @cates.bsky.social, and @grantirving.bsky.social for helping me get this out today. The internet is more chaotic and intense than I've ever seen it. Impossible to keep up with it on my own.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
Scheduled to cancel my ISP over Verizon chat tonight and “Misty” was super helpful.
At the end after confirmation when she was like “any other questions?” I straight up said “sorry to ask this! But. Are you an actual human or an AI?” and her response was “lmao my name is Lakshmi ♥️”
At the end after confirmation when she was like “any other questions?” I straight up said “sorry to ask this! But. Are you an actual human or an AI?” and her response was “lmao my name is Lakshmi ♥️”
September 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Scheduled to cancel my ISP over Verizon chat tonight and “Misty” was super helpful.
At the end after confirmation when she was like “any other questions?” I straight up said “sorry to ask this! But. Are you an actual human or an AI?” and her response was “lmao my name is Lakshmi ♥️”
At the end after confirmation when she was like “any other questions?” I straight up said “sorry to ask this! But. Are you an actual human or an AI?” and her response was “lmao my name is Lakshmi ♥️”
Sex is fine and all but have you listened to Randy Described Eternity by Built To Spill while falling asleep? music.youtube.com/watch?v=cnU-...
Randy Described Eternity
YouTube video by Built To Spill - Topic
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September 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Sex is fine and all but have you listened to Randy Described Eternity by Built To Spill while falling asleep? music.youtube.com/watch?v=cnU-...
Was listing to All Things Considered this evening on @npr.org on my physical radio and heard my colleague @bumas.bsky.social in this story! Super rad!!! www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
'AI slop' videos may be annoying, but they're racking up views — and ad money
Critics say that "slop" videos made with generative AI are often repetitive or useless. But they get millions of views — and platforms are grappling with what to do about them.
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September 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Was listing to All Things Considered this evening on @npr.org on my physical radio and heard my colleague @bumas.bsky.social in this story! Super rad!!! www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
Today’s my bday and I was just out on a super dark deck just vibing and I saw:
1. The Milky Way (rad)
2. An owl!! I think a saw-whet or northern pigmy (super rad!!)
3. A BEAR (NO. FUCK THAT IT WAS SO CLOSE. I KNOW THIS IS ITS HOME AND HUMANS ARE THE INTRUDERS BUT BRUH IT WAS SO CLOSE.)
1. The Milky Way (rad)
2. An owl!! I think a saw-whet or northern pigmy (super rad!!)
3. A BEAR (NO. FUCK THAT IT WAS SO CLOSE. I KNOW THIS IS ITS HOME AND HUMANS ARE THE INTRUDERS BUT BRUH IT WAS SO CLOSE.)
August 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Today’s my bday and I was just out on a super dark deck just vibing and I saw:
1. The Milky Way (rad)
2. An owl!! I think a saw-whet or northern pigmy (super rad!!)
3. A BEAR (NO. FUCK THAT IT WAS SO CLOSE. I KNOW THIS IS ITS HOME AND HUMANS ARE THE INTRUDERS BUT BRUH IT WAS SO CLOSE.)
1. The Milky Way (rad)
2. An owl!! I think a saw-whet or northern pigmy (super rad!!)
3. A BEAR (NO. FUCK THAT IT WAS SO CLOSE. I KNOW THIS IS ITS HOME AND HUMANS ARE THE INTRUDERS BUT BRUH IT WAS SO CLOSE.)
I felt the full range of human emotions yesterday and right now I’m staring at a sky full of stars and the Milky Way and feeling them all over again.
August 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I felt the full range of human emotions yesterday and right now I’m staring at a sky full of stars and the Milky Way and feeling them all over again.
can’t wait to update my therapist on my latest quarterly trauma
August 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
can’t wait to update my therapist on my latest quarterly trauma
proud to have derailed a large @garbageday.email channel today with the simple question “but was gadget still hot”
July 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
proud to have derailed a large @garbageday.email channel today with the simple question “but was gadget still hot”