Kathy Zurcher
@kazurcher.bsky.social
Systems Thinking, U of IL PhD, Husband Tom, Pups: Ella, Angel🌈 Kitty: Minne. 2 bonus daughters, 8 20-something granddaughters & grandsons, FoTS, BunsenBeaker&Bernoulli, #UglyDogs, @PabloTorre.bsky.social fan. Go Cubs! Love MN.
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I drew Bib 6 for the UP 200 and now I’m awaiting a report from the numerologist (my aunt).
a cartoon of a girl wearing a shirt that says emotions
ALT: a cartoon of a girl wearing a shirt that says emotions
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
I drew Bib 6 for the UP 200 and now I’m awaiting a report from the numerologist (my aunt).
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This is how we spend our days.
February 11, 2026 at 11:38 PM
This is how we spend our days.
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Greetings from UW - Madison, where the two biggest initiatives of our university in the last four years have been <checks notes> an initiative to hire 50 faculty “innovators” in AI & the creation of <checks notes> a College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence 🤔
Glad to see a Columbia administrator speaking the plain sense about AI so many college leaders refuse to contend with. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Greetings from UW - Madison, where the two biggest initiatives of our university in the last four years have been <checks notes> an initiative to hire 50 faculty “innovators” in AI & the creation of <checks notes> a College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence 🤔
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A love letter to @jeneye127.bsky.social from Waffles, Anxious Beagle
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
A love letter to @jeneye127.bsky.social from Waffles, Anxious Beagle
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Charlie does NOT like curling! OMG - danger danger danger.
She also didn't like luge.
All those things without visible legs that move straight towards the camera. 🤦🏼♀️
She also didn't like luge.
All those things without visible legs that move straight towards the camera. 🤦🏼♀️
February 13, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Charlie does NOT like curling! OMG - danger danger danger.
She also didn't like luge.
All those things without visible legs that move straight towards the camera. 🤦🏼♀️
She also didn't like luge.
All those things without visible legs that move straight towards the camera. 🤦🏼♀️
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I got curling lessons for my birthday one year. I waaaaay underestimated the coordination needed to sweep & move at the same time, much less in the right place & strength!!!
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I got curling lessons for my birthday one year. I waaaaay underestimated the coordination needed to sweep & move at the same time, much less in the right place & strength!!!
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BTW I am the boss at my office which is 4 people AND we already have accommodations for me as the hormonally terrorized due to cancer meds person, but I love this for everyone else who doesn't have such a great boss and workplace. Let's get this all the way to the Governor's desk.
February 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
BTW I am the boss at my office which is 4 people AND we already have accommodations for me as the hormonally terrorized due to cancer meds person, but I love this for everyone else who doesn't have such a great boss and workplace. Let's get this all the way to the Governor's desk.
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OMG YOU GUYS!!!!!
I just saw a bill get reported out of committee that would make Menopause a protected accomodation at workplaces with 5 or more employees.
Thank you @kathykltran.bsky.social I know you don't post over here much, but maybe someone can tell her I love her.
I just saw a bill get reported out of committee that would make Menopause a protected accomodation at workplaces with 5 or more employees.
Thank you @kathykltran.bsky.social I know you don't post over here much, but maybe someone can tell her I love her.
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
OMG YOU GUYS!!!!!
I just saw a bill get reported out of committee that would make Menopause a protected accomodation at workplaces with 5 or more employees.
Thank you @kathykltran.bsky.social I know you don't post over here much, but maybe someone can tell her I love her.
I just saw a bill get reported out of committee that would make Menopause a protected accomodation at workplaces with 5 or more employees.
Thank you @kathykltran.bsky.social I know you don't post over here much, but maybe someone can tell her I love her.
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Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and has predicted six more weeks of winter! ❄️ If we do get more winter weather, be #WinterSaltSmart with these facts and tips.
February 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and has predicted six more weeks of winter! ❄️ If we do get more winter weather, be #WinterSaltSmart with these facts and tips.
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former prosecutors-turned-defense lawyers with one *hell* of an axe to grind are absolutely going to be a thing in the coming years
The Star Tribune reports that former acting U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson, in one of his first acts since joining private practice, will be representing Don Lemon.
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 AM
former prosecutors-turned-defense lawyers with one *hell* of an axe to grind are absolutely going to be a thing in the coming years
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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To The MAGAs It May Concern,
February 11, 2026 at 4:50 AM
To The MAGAs It May Concern,
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The emails in my inbox emphasize: nothing, absolutely nothing, has changed. All eyes should still be on Minnesota.
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 AM
The emails in my inbox emphasize: nothing, absolutely nothing, has changed. All eyes should still be on Minnesota.
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BREAKING BLACK HISTORY TODAY, 2/10/26!
Laila Edwards, the first Black woman to play for USA's National Hockey Team, first Black Woman to score a goal in the Olympics.
(snatched from the other place)
Laila Edwards, the first Black woman to play for USA's National Hockey Team, first Black Woman to score a goal in the Olympics.
(snatched from the other place)
February 11, 2026 at 3:11 AM
BREAKING BLACK HISTORY TODAY, 2/10/26!
Laila Edwards, the first Black woman to play for USA's National Hockey Team, first Black Woman to score a goal in the Olympics.
(snatched from the other place)
Laila Edwards, the first Black woman to play for USA's National Hockey Team, first Black Woman to score a goal in the Olympics.
(snatched from the other place)
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“The alert described the suspect as a female in a dress with brown hair, according to the alert.”
Unusual, but not unheard of.
Just read that the toll represents 5% of the student population in this tiny community.
Our hearts go out to you, Canada. It’s a pain we know all too well.
Unusual, but not unheard of.
Just read that the toll represents 5% of the student population in this tiny community.
Our hearts go out to you, Canada. It’s a pain we know all too well.
Canada shooting: 10 dead including suspect in attack on Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and residence, police say
Canada shooting: 10 dead including suspect in attack on Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and residence, police say
More than 25 people are injured, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School
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Latest updates: ‘devastating’ shooting hits remote town of Tumbler Ridge
A shooting at a school and residence in British Columbia has left ten people dead including the suspect, Canadian authorities said on Tuesday.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said more than 25 people were injured, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 AM
“The alert described the suspect as a female in a dress with brown hair, according to the alert.”
Unusual, but not unheard of.
Just read that the toll represents 5% of the student population in this tiny community.
Our hearts go out to you, Canada. It’s a pain we know all too well.
Unusual, but not unheard of.
Just read that the toll represents 5% of the student population in this tiny community.
Our hearts go out to you, Canada. It’s a pain we know all too well.
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Pirro should be impeached just for attempting to get an indictment against members of Congress for speech.
Her incompetence is actually useful right now because it negates her malevolence.
Her incompetence is actually useful right now because it negates her malevolence.
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Pirro should be impeached just for attempting to get an indictment against members of Congress for speech.
Her incompetence is actually useful right now because it negates her malevolence.
Her incompetence is actually useful right now because it negates her malevolence.
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Social media users described the right-wing pundit's tirade about Bad Bunny as "unhinged" and "bizarre." One expert in American studies has thoughts.
'Crazy Spectacle': Megyn Kelly's Behavior In Her Super Bowl Rant Is Actually Disturbing People
Social media users described the right-wing pundit's tirade about Bad Bunny as "unhinged" and "bizarre." One expert in American studies has thoughts.
www.huffpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Social media users described the right-wing pundit's tirade about Bad Bunny as "unhinged" and "bizarre." One expert in American studies has thoughts.
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Some of these houses may well become museums.
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Some of these houses may well become museums.
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The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
Native activists set up prayer camp outside Minneapolis ICE detention center • Minnesota Reformer
Tribal members and descendents set up tipis and a fire at a Fort Snelling Park for four days of prayer for those detained by ICE
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
February 11, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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We have landed and the plane CHEERED when we touched down at MSP.
February 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
We have landed and the plane CHEERED when we touched down at MSP.
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BTW,
Sister Helen and Murder Kitten are arguing about which one of them is going to be renamed Breezy Johnson.
Sister Helen and Murder Kitten are arguing about which one of them is going to be renamed Breezy Johnson.
February 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM
BTW,
Sister Helen and Murder Kitten are arguing about which one of them is going to be renamed Breezy Johnson.
Sister Helen and Murder Kitten are arguing about which one of them is going to be renamed Breezy Johnson.
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Goldman to Lyons: "You said in your opening statement that references to ICE as 'the Gestapo' or 'secret police' encourages threats against ICE agents. The problem is you have it backwards. People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are un-American and outright fascist."
February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Goldman to Lyons: "You said in your opening statement that references to ICE as 'the Gestapo' or 'secret police' encourages threats against ICE agents. The problem is you have it backwards. People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are un-American and outright fascist."