kate
@katewandering.bsky.social
Profile pic is my dog; views are my own. Minneapolis now; Midwesterner from birth but lived all over. Chaotic Good. She/her or they/them. Singin’ it with Martha and the Vandellas 🎶“It doesn’t matter what you wear // just as long as you are there.”🎶
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kate
@katewandering.bsky.social
· Nov 26
“When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.”
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. LeGuin
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. LeGuin
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my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
Providence Swedish to eliminate nearly 300 positions
The cuts will affect jobs at Providence Swedish’s First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard and Issaquah hospitals and nearby clinics.
www.seattletimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
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You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
Renovating a house to any degree and refusing to install a dishwasher is just choosing to live your life on hard mode for no reason
November 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Renovating a house to any degree and refusing to install a dishwasher is just choosing to live your life on hard mode for no reason
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Part 141 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
The Lady with the Hood or Venus of Brassempouy 23,000 BC.
Ivory figurine from the Upper Paleolithic was carved from a mammoth tusk. One of the oldest busts ever found and earliest known realistic representations of a face.
The Lady with the Hood or Venus of Brassempouy 23,000 BC.
Ivory figurine from the Upper Paleolithic was carved from a mammoth tusk. One of the oldest busts ever found and earliest known realistic representations of a face.
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Part 141 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
The Lady with the Hood or Venus of Brassempouy 23,000 BC.
Ivory figurine from the Upper Paleolithic was carved from a mammoth tusk. One of the oldest busts ever found and earliest known realistic representations of a face.
The Lady with the Hood or Venus of Brassempouy 23,000 BC.
Ivory figurine from the Upper Paleolithic was carved from a mammoth tusk. One of the oldest busts ever found and earliest known realistic representations of a face.
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I’m familiar, by the way, with the argument that we just aren’t appreciating the NYT’s subtlety here; that it’s actually a searing indictment of this group of elites, just in a “show me, don’t tell me” kind of way. That take relies on ignoring that it’s in the New York Times.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’m familiar, by the way, with the argument that we just aren’t appreciating the NYT’s subtlety here; that it’s actually a searing indictment of this group of elites, just in a “show me, don’t tell me” kind of way. That take relies on ignoring that it’s in the New York Times.
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Amazing, no notes, I do not desire to learn anything else about this story, for it would only detract from the perfection on this headline.
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Amazing, no notes, I do not desire to learn anything else about this story, for it would only detract from the perfection on this headline.
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Keep coming back to Summers’ annoyance that this female mentee he’s trying to sleep with “takes her presentation very seriously.” To men like this—to a lot of men—women’s intellectual or professional ambition is an irritating presumption that they condescend to tolerate.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Keep coming back to Summers’ annoyance that this female mentee he’s trying to sleep with “takes her presentation very seriously.” To men like this—to a lot of men—women’s intellectual or professional ambition is an irritating presumption that they condescend to tolerate.
Comfort food Sunday
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Comfort food Sunday
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Happy Caturday 🐈⬛🤍
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Happy Caturday 🐈⬛🤍
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My mom is pre-planning her own obituary and funeral, and one of the first details she specified was the story that when she was 9 years old her dad told the librarian that she was allowed to read any book she wanted to.
We might make a bibliography for my dad's funeral
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My mom is pre-planning her own obituary and funeral, and one of the first details she specified was the story that when she was 9 years old her dad told the librarian that she was allowed to read any book she wanted to.
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Blue and Green Line service is suspended from Target Field to US Bank Stadium until later today due to a collision in the area of Govt Plaza Station. Please use alternative bus service in the downtown Minneapolis area and board trains at US Bank Stadium Station. Sorry for the inconvenience.
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Blue and Green Line service is suspended from Target Field to US Bank Stadium until later today due to a collision in the area of Govt Plaza Station. Please use alternative bus service in the downtown Minneapolis area and board trains at US Bank Stadium Station. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
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ZOMG LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SHALE
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
ZOMG LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE SHALE
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
Okay, so the Burgess Shale is a fossil bed in British Columbia that contains a whole bunch of fossils of weirdass creatures from the Cambrian era, over 500 million years ago. But the great thing about the shale is that it has fossilized SOFT PARTS!
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<sigh> Whole lotta people out there who still seem to think they can rules-lawyer their way out of creepy.
I liked it better when we were talking about the Burgess Shale.
I liked it better when we were talking about the Burgess Shale.
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
<sigh> Whole lotta people out there who still seem to think they can rules-lawyer their way out of creepy.
I liked it better when we were talking about the Burgess Shale.
I liked it better when we were talking about the Burgess Shale.
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🚨Alert:
Lito’s is open (Lake & Bryant)! Go give them your money & enjoy delicious burritos.
Lito’s is open (Lake & Bryant)! Go give them your money & enjoy delicious burritos.
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
🚨Alert:
Lito’s is open (Lake & Bryant)! Go give them your money & enjoy delicious burritos.
Lito’s is open (Lake & Bryant)! Go give them your money & enjoy delicious burritos.
Currently sorting books by size to achieve maximum bookshelf density. Yes, I have issues.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Currently sorting books by size to achieve maximum bookshelf density. Yes, I have issues.
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No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
Not this dramatic not the naked eye but still
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Not this dramatic not the naked eye but still
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Currently obsessed with indigo dye stamp prints. How DIY is this—like, could I feasibly do some at home?
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Currently obsessed with indigo dye stamp prints. How DIY is this—like, could I feasibly do some at home?
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Every couple of weeks I get a post that's meant for Chuck Schumer, but I am not Chuck Schumer
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Every couple of weeks I get a post that's meant for Chuck Schumer, but I am not Chuck Schumer
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What the hell
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
What the hell