Kate (she/her)
@kmctigue.bsky.social
Librarian at a mid-size public library in SoCal. MLS/JD. I've lived in seven different countries and have a dog named Scout who is super cute. Happiest hiking or gardening or reading or drinking tea... or, even better, combining any/all.
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When Tom Holland appears on my TL, I'm contractually obligated to share this joy
It's been 8 years since the iconic moment Tom Holland lip-synced "Umbrella" by Rihanna for Zendaya. 🎥
May 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
When Tom Holland appears on my TL, I'm contractually obligated to share this joy
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Thinking a lot about how the set-up of Deal with the Devil involved a bunch of librarians & archivists in the late 2030s going rogue & creating secret backups of as much of the library of congress as they could and hiding them with books that were being purged, anyway hahaha off by a decade I guess
February 3, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Thinking a lot about how the set-up of Deal with the Devil involved a bunch of librarians & archivists in the late 2030s going rogue & creating secret backups of as much of the library of congress as they could and hiding them with books that were being purged, anyway hahaha off by a decade I guess
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
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This country really, really hates kids.
December 19, 2024 at 2:25 PM
This country really, really hates kids.
Just a picture of Scout after his last grooming to inspire me to make an appointment- he looks so clean and fluffy, and I really need to get him back to the groomer soon! Right now he's definitely in need of a good wash. 🦋
November 21, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Just a picture of Scout after his last grooming to inspire me to make an appointment- he looks so clean and fluffy, and I really need to get him back to the groomer soon! Right now he's definitely in need of a good wash. 🦋
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I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)
November 14, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I’ve decided to leave Scientific American after an exciting 4.5 years as editor in chief. I’m going to take some time to think about what comes next (and go birdwatching), but for now I’d like to share a very small sample of the work I’ve been so proud to support (thread)
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til anyone ages 12-26 can get a library card online from the san diego library to get access to banned books and audiobooks
Books Unbanned
Can you believe that some of America's youth are denied the right to read? Yeah, we couldn’t either! So, guess what we are going to do about it? We believe in your right to read what you want, discove...
www.sandiego.gov
May 31, 2024 at 10:16 PM
til anyone ages 12-26 can get a library card online from the san diego library to get access to banned books and audiobooks
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Boosting this.
@joshuajfriedman.com Can I get your help getting out the word that it's time to "cure" ballots? We're already hearing about rejected votes. Go to www.voteamerica.org/ballot-curing/ to find out how to check your ballot.
Ballots are often rejected because of signature issues. You only have a few days!
Ballots are often rejected because of signature issues. You only have a few days!
Ballot curing rules - VoteAmerica
Ballot curing rules for all 50 states and DC. Ballot curing isn't hard, but you need to act quickly.
www.voteamerica.org
November 3, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Boosting this.
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Word on the street is that your posts here won't get buried if you put a link in them? SO HERE I GO.
Have you seen my newest video on YouTube about humpback whales? If you haven't, you should CLICK THIS LINK and check it out! --> youtu.be/uDd-jKYD6vQ?...
Have you seen my newest video on YouTube about humpback whales? If you haven't, you should CLICK THIS LINK and check it out! --> youtu.be/uDd-jKYD6vQ?...
October 18, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Word on the street is that your posts here won't get buried if you put a link in them? SO HERE I GO.
Have you seen my newest video on YouTube about humpback whales? If you haven't, you should CLICK THIS LINK and check it out! --> youtu.be/uDd-jKYD6vQ?...
Have you seen my newest video on YouTube about humpback whales? If you haven't, you should CLICK THIS LINK and check it out! --> youtu.be/uDd-jKYD6vQ?...
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This is what we mean when we say NYers are actually some of the friendliest people you can meet if you're in trouble. Her bag ripped. Folks are getting her a new bag. Other folks are picking up after her. Other folks are holding the train from leaving. This is a quintessential NY moment.
This is exactly what the NYC subway is like, and it's beautiful (trimmed video by Ian O'Connor via instagram.com/p/DAbHW7txiiv)
September 30, 2024 at 3:24 AM
This is what we mean when we say NYers are actually some of the friendliest people you can meet if you're in trouble. Her bag ripped. Folks are getting her a new bag. Other folks are picking up after her. Other folks are holding the train from leaving. This is a quintessential NY moment.
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Reporter: Teamsters unions in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Pennsylvania are all now endorsing Kamala Harris
September 20, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Reporter: Teamsters unions in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Pennsylvania are all now endorsing Kamala Harris
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more on the moral degeneracy of the recent turn in the trump campaign
Opinion | JD Vance’s Blood-and-Soil Nationalism Finds Its Target
The Ohio senator’s anti-Haitian lies are putting people in danger.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2024 at 3:40 PM
more on the moral degeneracy of the recent turn in the trump campaign
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Anyway, here’s VP Harris in the 2020 presidential debates. I particularly remember this moment because it was such a brave and vulnerable point that Harris made, and she did not get nearly enough credit for it.
Kamala Harris attacks Joe Biden's record on race in Democratic debate
YouTube video by Guardian News
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Anyway, here’s VP Harris in the 2020 presidential debates. I particularly remember this moment because it was such a brave and vulnerable point that Harris made, and she did not get nearly enough credit for it.
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Me, a person whose memory stretches longer than the racist story that people like Naomi Wolf tell themselves, remembers that she’s actually been good at this the entire time.
September 12, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Me, a person whose memory stretches longer than the racist story that people like Naomi Wolf tell themselves, remembers that she’s actually been good at this the entire time.
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this from jonathan last is extremely real
September 11, 2024 at 3:48 PM
this from jonathan last is extremely real
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saw a professional political commentator say that it wasn’t a given that harris would be intelligible and at this point the insistence that she’s dumb and unable to speak is just racism
September 11, 2024 at 1:39 PM
saw a professional political commentator say that it wasn’t a given that harris would be intelligible and at this point the insistence that she’s dumb and unable to speak is just racism
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There have been a ton of headlines over the last few days about JD Vance promising that Trump won’t support national abortion ban.
But what reporters haven’t picked up on is that Vance used the word ‘ban’ in a very particular way to lie in plain sight.
But what reporters haven’t picked up on is that Vance used the word ‘ban’ in a very particular way to lie in plain sight.
August 29, 2024 at 7:10 PM
There have been a ton of headlines over the last few days about JD Vance promising that Trump won’t support national abortion ban.
But what reporters haven’t picked up on is that Vance used the word ‘ban’ in a very particular way to lie in plain sight.
But what reporters haven’t picked up on is that Vance used the word ‘ban’ in a very particular way to lie in plain sight.
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I triple checked this bc I was so baffled that no one had covered it yet. jessica.substack.com/p/texas-gop-...
Texas GOP Platform Endorses Death Penalty for Abortion Patients
Republicans are telling us exactly who they are
jessica.substack.com
May 29, 2024 at 12:25 PM
I triple checked this bc I was so baffled that no one had covered it yet. jessica.substack.com/p/texas-gop-...
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Trump on union workers: “They get their little 5 percent, they get another 2 percent... All of a sudden they’re making more money than the people that own the company”
September 2, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Trump on union workers: “They get their little 5 percent, they get another 2 percent... All of a sudden they’re making more money than the people that own the company”
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Assuming Harris/Walz win, we need to have five conversations in America:
1) how the rich/celebrities/techbros are not deities
2) how the major media is beyond broken
3) how traumatized we are
4) how millions of Americans are cool with ushering in fascism
5) how MAGAns scare people into silence
1) how the rich/celebrities/techbros are not deities
2) how the major media is beyond broken
3) how traumatized we are
4) how millions of Americans are cool with ushering in fascism
5) how MAGAns scare people into silence
When Tim Walz's kids gave him bunny ears and I wanted to cry at how normal it was.
We are all so deeply traumatized
We are all so deeply traumatized
August 30, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Assuming Harris/Walz win, we need to have five conversations in America:
1) how the rich/celebrities/techbros are not deities
2) how the major media is beyond broken
3) how traumatized we are
4) how millions of Americans are cool with ushering in fascism
5) how MAGAns scare people into silence
1) how the rich/celebrities/techbros are not deities
2) how the major media is beyond broken
3) how traumatized we are
4) how millions of Americans are cool with ushering in fascism
5) how MAGAns scare people into silence
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Incandescently brilliant piece by Tina Brown on her autistic son and Gus Walz. We must BURY Trump and Vance at the ballot box and shovel dirt down the throat of the zombie corpse of the former Republican party. Please spread this gift link. #HarrisWalz2024 www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/o...
Opinion | My Son and Gus Walz Deserve a Champion Like Tim Walz
If the Harris-Walz ticket wins, will parents of people who struggle with being different at last find a powerful advocate in the White House?
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Incandescently brilliant piece by Tina Brown on her autistic son and Gus Walz. We must BURY Trump and Vance at the ballot box and shovel dirt down the throat of the zombie corpse of the former Republican party. Please spread this gift link. #HarrisWalz2024 www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/o...
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This photo by Todd Heisler @nytimes.com is iconic.
August 23, 2024 at 3:35 AM
This photo by Todd Heisler @nytimes.com is iconic.