Cathy Leamy
@metrokitty.bsky.social
I’m a medical cartoonist and a content designer/UX writer who works in healthcare IT! www.metrokitty.com
oh gosh charming thread
A nice anecdote to cap the night. Today was an especially long day. As I got out of the car, a group of young black kids maybe 6-8 yrs were out playing. I let Willow out of my car & heard the little girl say: “A dog! Dogs are scary!” The little boy said “They’re ok. Thats Willow & The Professor”
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February 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
oh gosh charming thread
time for steak tips and fanfiction
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
time for steak tips and fanfiction
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Chat, is this real? (But I'm asking a French cat and it pretends not to understand with Gallic insouciance.)
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Chat, is this real? (But I'm asking a French cat and it pretends not to understand with Gallic insouciance.)
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They’re just out there setting records at everything.
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
They’re just out there setting records at everything.
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<Thin Lizzy voice:>
GUESS WHO JUST WON BRONZE AGAIN
February 13, 2026 at 2:21 PM
<Thin Lizzy voice:>
Attention soup pals
Haley House is teaming up with Massachusetts College of Art and Design and local restaurants for their largest community fundraiser. The Souper Bowl, happening this Sunday, Feb. 15 at Hibernian Hall, features 400 ceramic bowls and local soups from award-winning chefs.
‘Souper Bowl’ in Roxbury swaps footballs for bowls of soup
Haley House is teaming up with Massachusetts College of Art and Design and local restaurants for their largest community fundraiser. The Souper Bowl, happening this Sunday, Feb. 15 at Hibernian Hall, ...
www.wbur.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Attention soup pals
did I screencap Flash Gordon telling me “You can make it if you try!” for future motivational reference? did I _ever_ ✊
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
did I screencap Flash Gordon telling me “You can make it if you try!” for future motivational reference? did I _ever_ ✊
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We asked @wil.to what it is he likes about JavaScript. Knowing Mat, it's no surprise to hear him talk with affection for all its rough edges. "A little dust on the lens is all part of the charm" as he puts it. We've got a lot of time for this perspective.
piccalilli.link/js4e-q-and-a-1
piccalilli.link/js4e-q-and-a-1
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
We asked @wil.to what it is he likes about JavaScript. Knowing Mat, it's no surprise to hear him talk with affection for all its rough edges. "A little dust on the lens is all part of the charm" as he puts it. We've got a lot of time for this perspective.
piccalilli.link/js4e-q-and-a-1
piccalilli.link/js4e-q-and-a-1
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Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
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Join us at the Woburn Public Library for a panel discussion featuring the best and brightest upcoming Black comics creators in the Boston area! Brittney Bourne, Ingrid Pierre, and Gabriel Joy Reid will talk about their work in a conversation moderated by Cagen Luse!
Registration link below!
Registration link below!
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Join us at the Woburn Public Library for a panel discussion featuring the best and brightest upcoming Black comics creators in the Boston area! Brittney Bourne, Ingrid Pierre, and Gabriel Joy Reid will talk about their work in a conversation moderated by Cagen Luse!
Registration link below!
Registration link below!
Holy shit, Larry Hama is signing comics in Somerville on Feb 21!
And don't forget that Larry Hama will be making a rare personal appearance here at Hub Comics on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21st!
hubcomics.com/2026/02/06/l...
hubcomics.com/2026/02/06/l...
Larry Hama signing - February 21st / 3-8p | Hub Comics
To celebrate the publication of his creator-owned super-hero miniseries, THE CENTER HOLDS (produced and edited by Hub Comics owner Tim Finn), plus the release of G.I. Joe #325, Larry Hama makes a retu...
hubcomics.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Holy shit, Larry Hama is signing comics in Somerville on Feb 21!
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Aided by genAI models like ChatGPT, “writers” hoping to get paid for fake stories have become an even bigger problem for publications big and small. One such writer almost pulled one over on COYOTE — until @soleilho.com, who is a nerd, spotted a key idiosyncrasy.
How COYOTE Almost Got Slopped by AI
The sordid tale of the freelancer who never was.
www.coyotemedia.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Aided by genAI models like ChatGPT, “writers” hoping to get paid for fake stories have become an even bigger problem for publications big and small. One such writer almost pulled one over on COYOTE — until @soleilho.com, who is a nerd, spotted a key idiosyncrasy.
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This Sunday 2/15 I’ll be tabling at #PiPFest2026 @prideinpanels.bsky.social in San Francisco! I’m exciting to be back tabling in the Bay Area after so many years away.
Free to attend! One day only! Easy access from Muni and BART!
Free to attend! One day only! Easy access from Muni and BART!
February 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
This Sunday 2/15 I’ll be tabling at #PiPFest2026 @prideinpanels.bsky.social in San Francisco! I’m exciting to be back tabling in the Bay Area after so many years away.
Free to attend! One day only! Easy access from Muni and BART!
Free to attend! One day only! Easy access from Muni and BART!
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I wrote up the talk I gave at CESTA a couple weeks ago, on how we're overdue on changing the narrative about what digital humanities prepares students for. It's not fallback jobs in tech, it's getting involved in your community in moments of crisis. And craft helps build those skills. #DHmakes
Craftivism in a Crisis: Making the Humanities Matter When It’s All ...
[/assets/images/header_craftivism.jpg] https://www.quinndombrowski.com/blog/2026/02/10/craftivism-crisis/ This is a write-up of a talk I gave at CESTA on January 29, 2026, with an epilogue covering...
quinndombrowski.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I wrote up the talk I gave at CESTA a couple weeks ago, on how we're overdue on changing the narrative about what digital humanities prepares students for. It's not fallback jobs in tech, it's getting involved in your community in moments of crisis. And craft helps build those skills. #DHmakes
current mood: pairing content design work with blasting Kirk Franklin, finding successful outcomes
February 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
current mood: pairing content design work with blasting Kirk Franklin, finding successful outcomes
Oh! Yes! This book rules and I recommend it constantly!
My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website.
accessibilityforeveryone.site
The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.
accessibilityforeveryone.site
The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.
Accessibility For Everyone by Laura Kalbag
Read the book online for free.
accessibilityforeveryone.site
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Oh! Yes! This book rules and I recommend it constantly!
Oh my god there was a combo pro wrestling and symphony performance event out in Winnipeg called Brawl at the Hall 🤩 youtu.be/EX7EtoxC_BA?...
'Brawl at the Hall' brings together pro wrestling and symphonic music
YouTube video by CBC News Manitoba
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Oh my god there was a combo pro wrestling and symphony performance event out in Winnipeg called Brawl at the Hall 🤩 youtu.be/EX7EtoxC_BA?...
🎵 dame más dopamina 🎵
February 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
🎵 dame más dopamina 🎵
From the top rope! ✊🔥
reposting this fucking epic flyer with alt text
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
From the top rope! ✊🔥
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have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
deffo going through a “being a procrasti-frozen fuck-up” patch at the moment :|
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
deffo going through a “being a procrasti-frozen fuck-up” patch at the moment :|
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Dropout/Muppet crossover or we riot
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
ABC and Disney don't seem to know what to do with The Muppets. They've often seem unconcerned with the legendary characters they own and unable to build upon the ambition and heart of the late great Jim Henson. Mercifully, the...
Read more...
www.pajiba.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Dropout/Muppet crossover or we riot
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If you stopped masking, you can always just start again! It's not a skill you have to work on. There are no gatekeepers who will kick you out of masking club for not having kept up with it. It protects you and others. There's literally no reason not to do it! #MaskUp
My colleague, out sick with her third cold of the school year: "Maybe I should go back to masking full time."
Me, wearing my mask, still COVID free, and having gotten only one cold in the last 6 years: "Um, yeah, no shit."
Me, wearing my mask, still COVID free, and having gotten only one cold in the last 6 years: "Um, yeah, no shit."
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
If you stopped masking, you can always just start again! It's not a skill you have to work on. There are no gatekeepers who will kick you out of masking club for not having kept up with it. It protects you and others. There's literally no reason not to do it! #MaskUp
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Re-upping an older piece to illustrate that Covid precautions - especially for athletes - are not “extreme”. It’s not just about performance on the day of competition; long Covid can literally cost athletes their careers
February 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Re-upping an older piece to illustrate that Covid precautions - especially for athletes - are not “extreme”. It’s not just about performance on the day of competition; long Covid can literally cost athletes their careers
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New comic! I reflect on the TBI I got ten years ago, and how it's changed my life since....
www.littlebraincomics.com/ten-years/
www.littlebraincomics.com/ten-years/
Ten Years
what happens when you hit your head on the ice in a parking lot
www.littlebraincomics.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
New comic! I reflect on the TBI I got ten years ago, and how it's changed my life since....
www.littlebraincomics.com/ten-years/
www.littlebraincomics.com/ten-years/