Katherine Duke
@katducduk.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Comedy geek. Trivia nerd. Podcast junkie. Creator of the book Kissability: People with Disabilities Talk About Sex, Love, and Relationships (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24738917-kissability#CommunityReviews). (she/her)
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Katherine Duke
@katducduk.bsky.social
· Jan 9
40% of Bluesky have been contestants on Jeopardy making us a very smart website but all of them came in third so its not like that impressive
:: falls to the ground with this skeet embedded like an arrow in the exact center of my chest ::
My brother and I took driver's ed together in high school, and we still laugh about how the weird old instructor told us, "It's not rocket scientry."
And once, in this car full of teenagers, the instructor used the word "masturbate" when he meant "exacerbate." I remain suspicious of him for that.
And once, in this car full of teenagers, the instructor used the word "masturbate" when he meant "exacerbate." I remain suspicious of him for that.
okay one of my best friends just told me her driver's ed teacher was named
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
February 18, 2026 at 2:03 AM
My brother and I took driver's ed together in high school, and we still laugh about how the weird old instructor told us, "It's not rocket scientry."
And once, in this car full of teenagers, the instructor used the word "masturbate" when he meant "exacerbate." I remain suspicious of him for that.
And once, in this car full of teenagers, the instructor used the word "masturbate" when he meant "exacerbate." I remain suspicious of him for that.
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Interviewer: "So, tell me about your new book."
Interviewee: "Yeah, definitely. The book is about..."
Interviewee: "Yeah, definitely. The book is about..."
February 17, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Interviewer: "So, tell me about your new book."
Interviewee: "Yeah, definitely. The book is about..."
Interviewee: "Yeah, definitely. The book is about..."
I've spent the day at work reading through some transcripts of recent interviews I've done-- both with younger adults --and the transcripts help confirm a linguistic trend I've been noticing for a few years now: people starting with an affirmative even when answering a non-yes-or-no question.
February 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I've spent the day at work reading through some transcripts of recent interviews I've done-- both with younger adults --and the transcripts help confirm a linguistic trend I've been noticing for a few years now: people starting with an affirmative even when answering a non-yes-or-no question.
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[U is 14.]
U: benvolio?
U: is he the guy who pulls his shirt over his head?
ME: what
ME: … oh
ME: jesus
U: benvolio?
U: is he the guy who pulls his shirt over his head?
ME: what
ME: … oh
ME: jesus
a cartoon character with a hoodie on his head is looking out a window
Alt: The Great Cornholio, announcing the requirements of his bunghole.
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
[U is 14.]
U: benvolio?
U: is he the guy who pulls his shirt over his head?
ME: what
ME: … oh
ME: jesus
U: benvolio?
U: is he the guy who pulls his shirt over his head?
ME: what
ME: … oh
ME: jesus
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My favo(u)rite thing about British culture is when a panelist on a trivia show makes a good joke and everyone else celebrates it by saying, in unison, "Eyyy!"
February 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM
My favo(u)rite thing about British culture is when a panelist on a trivia show makes a good joke and everyone else celebrates it by saying, in unison, "Eyyy!"
My favo(u)rite thing about British culture is when a panelist on a trivia show makes a good joke and everyone else celebrates it by saying, in unison, "Eyyy!"
February 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM
My favo(u)rite thing about British culture is when a panelist on a trivia show makes a good joke and everyone else celebrates it by saying, in unison, "Eyyy!"
They re-released this @thisamericanlife.org episode over the weekend. The whole episode is wonderful: "Kid Logic," all about childhood misconceptions that actually make a weird kind of sense.
I'll never forget the line on This American Life about someone who always thought "quesadilla" was Spanish for "What's the deal?"
February 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
They re-released this @thisamericanlife.org episode over the weekend. The whole episode is wonderful: "Kid Logic," all about childhood misconceptions that actually make a weird kind of sense.
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I keep struggling to remember Graham Platner's name and coming up with "Grant Pilsner," so I guess that's who he is to me now.
February 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I keep struggling to remember Graham Platner's name and coming up with "Grant Pilsner," so I guess that's who he is to me now.
I keep struggling to remember Graham Platner's name and coming up with "Grant Pilsner," so I guess that's who he is to me now.
February 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I keep struggling to remember Graham Platner's name and coming up with "Grant Pilsner," so I guess that's who he is to me now.
“Show me what those years of adapting to an inaccessible society have taught you, baby.”
Avoiding the term “disabled” stigmatizes disability as being gross or inappropriate. And for that reason we normally say, “Disabled is not a dirty word.” But tonight...
thesqueakywheel.org/disabled...
thesqueakywheel.org/disabled...
February 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
“Show me what those years of adapting to an inaccessible society have taught you, baby.”
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February 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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I dreamed this morning that I read in a magazine that Jason Mantzoukas died. 😧
But the blurb on the cover said something like, "Jason Mantzoukas dies at 46*, confirms he will appear in another season of Taskmaster starting April 10." 🤨
* (I know he's 53. Don't know why the dream got this wrong.)
But the blurb on the cover said something like, "Jason Mantzoukas dies at 46*, confirms he will appear in another season of Taskmaster starting April 10." 🤨
* (I know he's 53. Don't know why the dream got this wrong.)
February 13, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I dreamed this morning that I read in a magazine that Jason Mantzoukas died. 😧
But the blurb on the cover said something like, "Jason Mantzoukas dies at 46*, confirms he will appear in another season of Taskmaster starting April 10." 🤨
* (I know he's 53. Don't know why the dream got this wrong.)
But the blurb on the cover said something like, "Jason Mantzoukas dies at 46*, confirms he will appear in another season of Taskmaster starting April 10." 🤨
* (I know he's 53. Don't know why the dream got this wrong.)
I dreamed this morning that I read in a magazine that Jason Mantzoukas died. 😧
But the blurb on the cover said something like, "Jason Mantzoukas dies at 46*, confirms he will appear in another season of Taskmaster starting April 10." 🤨
* (I know he's 53. Don't know why the dream got this wrong.)
But the blurb on the cover said something like, "Jason Mantzoukas dies at 46*, confirms he will appear in another season of Taskmaster starting April 10." 🤨
* (I know he's 53. Don't know why the dream got this wrong.)
February 13, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I dreamed this morning that I read in a magazine that Jason Mantzoukas died. 😧
But the blurb on the cover said something like, "Jason Mantzoukas dies at 46*, confirms he will appear in another season of Taskmaster starting April 10." 🤨
* (I know he's 53. Don't know why the dream got this wrong.)
But the blurb on the cover said something like, "Jason Mantzoukas dies at 46*, confirms he will appear in another season of Taskmaster starting April 10." 🤨
* (I know he's 53. Don't know why the dream got this wrong.)
My mother sewed me a new Christmas stocking
February 13, 2026 at 12:13 AM
My mother sewed me a new Christmas stocking
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I didn't tell my therapist that a local music venue is having a Heated Rivalry-themed dance party on Valentine's Day. I'm like 15% curious to go, just to see what it consists of.
Everyone in hockey jerseys? Just those 2 versions of "All the Things She Said" alternating all night? Free tuna melts?
Everyone in hockey jerseys? Just those 2 versions of "All the Things She Said" alternating all night? Free tuna melts?
February 12, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I didn't tell my therapist that a local music venue is having a Heated Rivalry-themed dance party on Valentine's Day. I'm like 15% curious to go, just to see what it consists of.
Everyone in hockey jerseys? Just those 2 versions of "All the Things She Said" alternating all night? Free tuna melts?
Everyone in hockey jerseys? Just those 2 versions of "All the Things She Said" alternating all night? Free tuna melts?
Part 2 of my attempt to talk with my therapist about Heated Rivalry*:
* (btw, stg, lol, I’m typing this as I sit in a smoothie shop and a gay guy just came in and started chatting with the barista)
Anyway…
* (btw, stg, lol, I’m typing this as I sit in a smoothie shop and a gay guy just came in and started chatting with the barista)
Anyway…
Me to my therapist, at the start of our appointment:
“Okay! So! How many of your other clients have been talking to you about Heated Rivalry? Because…”
“Okay! So! How many of your other clients have been talking to you about Heated Rivalry? Because…”
February 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Part 2 of my attempt to talk with my therapist about Heated Rivalry*:
* (btw, stg, lol, I’m typing this as I sit in a smoothie shop and a gay guy just came in and started chatting with the barista)
Anyway…
* (btw, stg, lol, I’m typing this as I sit in a smoothie shop and a gay guy just came in and started chatting with the barista)
Anyway…
The first song that springs to mind is Blur's "Song 2"-- if only for the "WOO-hoo!"
what's the first song you're gonna blast when It Happens
February 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
The first song that springs to mind is Blur's "Song 2"-- if only for the "WOO-hoo!"
I've been curious about Eyes Wide Shut (1999) for years, and tonight I finally have a chance to watch it, and I've made it exactly 12 minutes in and have to stop because I find the dialogue excruciating. Oughta be Mouths Wide Shut.
February 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I've been curious about Eyes Wide Shut (1999) for years, and tonight I finally have a chance to watch it, and I've made it exactly 12 minutes in and have to stop because I find the dialogue excruciating. Oughta be Mouths Wide Shut.
Hooray! "Fionnghuala" is the song I always post when this prompt goes around. It's amazing.
Post a banger that’s not in English.
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Hooray! "Fionnghuala" is the song I always post when this prompt goes around. It's amazing.
February 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Please sign my petition to start an Autumn Olympics where all events empty into a pile of delightful leaves and whatnot.
February 7, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Please sign my petition to start an Autumn Olympics where all events empty into a pile of delightful leaves and whatnot.
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Christy Brown, Judith Scott...
They've disabled quotes but Beethoven, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Goya, Matisse, Cyprián Majerník, Dorothy Stanton Wise
February 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Christy Brown, Judith Scott...
We all know dril's "dont put in the newspaper that i got mad."
Well, here's a columnist describing in the newspaper how he himself tends to get mad. It's kind of a remarkable (admirable?) article, the point of which is, basically, "I'm a weird jerk about sports. I'm trying to be less so."
Well, here's a columnist describing in the newspaper how he himself tends to get mad. It's kind of a remarkable (admirable?) article, the point of which is, basically, "I'm a weird jerk about sports. I'm trying to be less so."
Outbursts and apologies are my trademark | Addison Independent
www.addisonindependent.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
We all know dril's "dont put in the newspaper that i got mad."
Well, here's a columnist describing in the newspaper how he himself tends to get mad. It's kind of a remarkable (admirable?) article, the point of which is, basically, "I'm a weird jerk about sports. I'm trying to be less so."
Well, here's a columnist describing in the newspaper how he himself tends to get mad. It's kind of a remarkable (admirable?) article, the point of which is, basically, "I'm a weird jerk about sports. I'm trying to be less so."