Katie
@katiek.bsky.social
NYC
she/her
CFP(r) working for a non profit
Proud member of a union ✊🏼
she/her
CFP(r) working for a non profit
Proud member of a union ✊🏼
I have no idea where Will is getting 11% from but I work as a financial counselor in NYC & see several hundred clients/yr and I would say that it’s 11% if and only if you’re taking home >85k (gross $150k). For most ppl I see food is the single largest expense outside of housing and is closer to 20%
Most people spend about 11% of their income on food - hardly the major part of their expenses. Half of food spending is away from home - restaurants and delivery. The idea that most people's economic existence requires carefully monitoring the price of milk and eggs is literally absurd.
4% of a monthly budget is a bit more than a day's worth of food. You did not think about what you were saying. People notice when they are missing more meals.
February 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I have no idea where Will is getting 11% from but I work as a financial counselor in NYC & see several hundred clients/yr and I would say that it’s 11% if and only if you’re taking home >85k (gross $150k). For most ppl I see food is the single largest expense outside of housing and is closer to 20%
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This is called a community college and if we funded them properly we wouldn't need private individuals to offer these kinds of services.
Schools across the country are offering courses and retreats for people 50+ who want to reinvent themselves and embrace lifelong learning and discovery.
Need a new path in midlife? There's a school for that and a quiz to kickstart it
Schools across the country are offering courses and retreats for people 50+ who want to reinvent themselves and embrace lifelong learning and discovery.
n.pr
February 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This is called a community college and if we funded them properly we wouldn't need private individuals to offer these kinds of services.
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The RFK number seems like a massive failure of the media to explain what RFK is doing to our public health system and how catastrophic it will be
Net favorability of how Americans view
Trump: -18
Hegseth: -15
Vance: -14
Rubio: -10
RFK Jr: -4
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Trump: -18
Hegseth: -15
Vance: -14
Rubio: -10
RFK Jr: -4
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
How Americans view key members of the Trump administration
A 58% majority say they have an unfavorable view of President Donald Trump, and 40% have a favorable view.
www.pewresearch.org
February 15, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The RFK number seems like a massive failure of the media to explain what RFK is doing to our public health system and how catastrophic it will be
Me watching women’s skeleton: do we talk enough about how the Winter Olympics feel like they’re life or death
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Me watching women’s skeleton: do we talk enough about how the Winter Olympics feel like they’re life or death
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I seriously have no idea why it’s legal for Trump to sue constituents as President
President Trump's lawyers have told a court he shouldn't have to respond to lawsuits because it would distract him from running the government.
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I seriously have no idea why it’s legal for Trump to sue constituents as President
Even less of an idea how it’s legal for him to sue the DOJ!
I seriously have no idea why it’s legal for Trump to sue constituents as President
President Trump's lawyers have told a court he shouldn't have to respond to lawsuits because it would distract him from running the government.
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 14, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Even less of an idea how it’s legal for him to sue the DOJ!
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Although he's been gone almost 28 years, brother Kwame Ture aka Stokely Carmichael is still teaching
you just gotta listen
you just gotta listen
February 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Although he's been gone almost 28 years, brother Kwame Ture aka Stokely Carmichael is still teaching
you just gotta listen
you just gotta listen
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America is in a really weird spot right now in that there is just an insane amount of gun violence but nowhere near enough people high school age and above are getting their asses beat or punched in the face
And no I generally do not support violence but this is where I am right now
And no I generally do not support violence but this is where I am right now
February 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
America is in a really weird spot right now in that there is just an insane amount of gun violence but nowhere near enough people high school age and above are getting their asses beat or punched in the face
And no I generally do not support violence but this is where I am right now
And no I generally do not support violence but this is where I am right now
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"Yeah I think I am gonna get this lifted 100k truck for no money down with a variable 25% rate"
and someone should just throw a haymaker at them
"I don't vote because both parties are the same"- and like a giant hand comes and slaps them silly
and someone should just throw a haymaker at them
"I don't vote because both parties are the same"- and like a giant hand comes and slaps them silly
February 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
"Yeah I think I am gonna get this lifted 100k truck for no money down with a variable 25% rate"
and someone should just throw a haymaker at them
"I don't vote because both parties are the same"- and like a giant hand comes and slaps them silly
and someone should just throw a haymaker at them
"I don't vote because both parties are the same"- and like a giant hand comes and slaps them silly
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Because it’s not really about trying to get troops to vote Republican-that would be bad enough. It’s about conditioning the military to obey a man and not their oath to the Constitution. It’s why Hegseth & Trump were so adamant about prosecuting the 6 Dems who spoke up about it.
February 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Because it’s not really about trying to get troops to vote Republican-that would be bad enough. It’s about conditioning the military to obey a man and not their oath to the Constitution. It’s why Hegseth & Trump were so adamant about prosecuting the 6 Dems who spoke up about it.
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Preorder link when
February 14, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Preorder link when
Ilia will be back but damn yay for that Mikhail from Kazakhstan!
February 14, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Ilia will be back but damn yay for that Mikhail from Kazakhstan!
Not thrilled with the fact it was actually 30 years ago but this album is fucking awesome and I’m gonna listen to it right now
The Fugees released their sophomore and final album, 'The Score,' 30 years ago today. 💿
The album sits on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
The album sits on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
February 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Not thrilled with the fact it was actually 30 years ago but this album is fucking awesome and I’m gonna listen to it right now
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
Talking about this administration makes you sound like a conspiracy theorist or something bec the cruelty is something out of an over the top cartoon. But this shit is real and I walk around every day with this incandescent rage and deep sadness.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Talking about this administration makes you sound like a conspiracy theorist or something bec the cruelty is something out of an over the top cartoon. But this shit is real and I walk around every day with this incandescent rage and deep sadness.
Johnny & Tara should do all the sports
I would like to hear Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski call a baseball game
February 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Johnny & Tara should do all the sports
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“‘When the choice is between your safety and even, like, life, the choice is not, Oh, I chose to retire. No, I was pushed out,’ Papadakis says.”
Olympic Ice Dancer Gabriella Papadakis on the Relationship That Ended Her Career
In her first English-language interview, Papadakis reflects on her relationship with her ice dancing partner.
www.vogue.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
“‘When the choice is between your safety and even, like, life, the choice is not, Oh, I chose to retire. No, I was pushed out,’ Papadakis says.”
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Even if you are not surprised, this is important reporting documenting the bigoted ideology (and often, falsehoods) that Musk is promoting to his zillion online followers. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Even if you are not surprised, this is important reporting documenting the bigoted ideology (and often, falsehoods) that Musk is promoting to his zillion online followers. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Feel like Chloe Kim has been snowboarding forever but she's 25 lol
February 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Feel like Chloe Kim has been snowboarding forever but she's 25 lol
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for better or worse, this will probably be the most successful and compelling argument by communities against ICE concentration camps being built:
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
for better or worse, this will probably be the most successful and compelling argument by communities against ICE concentration camps being built:
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)
I have 9 tattoos and I know what every single one means and anyone who tells you they don’t know is lying or incredibly stupid and we shouldn’t elect either one of those types of people (also he defended it! so idgaf about what some white person - and it’s always a white person - says about it)
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I have 9 tattoos and I know what every single one means and anyone who tells you they don’t know is lying or incredibly stupid and we shouldn’t elect either one of those types of people (also he defended it! so idgaf about what some white person - and it’s always a white person - says about it)
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We didn't get Mamdani in NYC by giving the fuck up. We got him because he demanded what people wanted and a bunch of different groups on the left learned from previous fuck ups and united behind him and millions of people said "Huh! We actually CAN do better?" And we fucken did.
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 AM
We didn't get Mamdani in NYC by giving the fuck up. We got him because he demanded what people wanted and a bunch of different groups on the left learned from previous fuck ups and united behind him and millions of people said "Huh! We actually CAN do better?" And we fucken did.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
My brother asked me if I wished the Olympics were every year and I’m like, fuck no, they’re exhausting! And he’s like but you love them and I’m like yeah but I love them bec they’re special and they come every four years. Anyway all of this to say, ten Olympics are my jam
February 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
My brother asked me if I wished the Olympics were every year and I’m like, fuck no, they’re exhausting! And he’s like but you love them and I’m like yeah but I love them bec they’re special and they come every four years. Anyway all of this to say, ten Olympics are my jam