Michael Cattell
@mjcj0203.bsky.social
maps, trains, and baseball | he/him/his
Walking out of an exam feeling uncomfortably confident in my score
October 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Walking out of an exam feeling uncomfortably confident in my score
How does Google Maps transit view still look so terrible after all this time. Apple Maps is exponentially better at displaying transit stops, routes, and arrivals/departures, it’s really incredible
May 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
How does Google Maps transit view still look so terrible after all this time. Apple Maps is exponentially better at displaying transit stops, routes, and arrivals/departures, it’s really incredible
Clocking in at the Phillies factory
May 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Clocking in at the Phillies factory
the destination can’t be very final if they keep making movies about it
May 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
the destination can’t be very final if they keep making movies about it
data visualization job listed “basic fluency of generative AI tools” as a minimum qualification. extremely gross.
May 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
data visualization job listed “basic fluency of generative AI tools” as a minimum qualification. extremely gross.
Reposted by Michael Cattell
WE ALL HAVE A HIDDEN UNCONTROLLABLE URGE TO PUNT!! THAT’S RIGHT SNOOPY!!
May 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
WE ALL HAVE A HIDDEN UNCONTROLLABLE URGE TO PUNT!! THAT’S RIGHT SNOOPY!!
I wrote about corporal punishment in public schools for a project led by @efrankenberg.bsky.social
and @maithgopalan.bsky.social While we see a steep decline in corporal punishment use in schools, there are still states that allow the practice.
Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/cp-hi...
and @maithgopalan.bsky.social While we see a steep decline in corporal punishment use in schools, there are still states that allow the practice.
Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/cp-hi...
Corporal Punishment in Public Schools in the United States — AdvancED Equity
Corporal punishment has been present in public schools for decades. While certainly a diminished presence in 2025, it is still enshrined in state education statutes in at least 14 states as a legal wa...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I wrote about corporal punishment in public schools for a project led by @efrankenberg.bsky.social
and @maithgopalan.bsky.social While we see a steep decline in corporal punishment use in schools, there are still states that allow the practice.
Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/cp-hi...
and @maithgopalan.bsky.social While we see a steep decline in corporal punishment use in schools, there are still states that allow the practice.
Read more: www.advancedequity.org/briefs/cp-hi...
You should be able to leave a 🔥 emoji on an Outlook email
April 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
You should be able to leave a 🔥 emoji on an Outlook email
Reposted by Michael Cattell
Incredible comment from an eighth grader at Shepard Middle School here in support of his classmate.
"Empathy. What a word. What has been empathetic in the way that we have shoved this girl and the entire community into the spotlight of national scrutiny?"
"Empathy. What a word. What has been empathetic in the way that we have shoved this girl and the entire community into the spotlight of national scrutiny?"
April 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Incredible comment from an eighth grader at Shepard Middle School here in support of his classmate.
"Empathy. What a word. What has been empathetic in the way that we have shoved this girl and the entire community into the spotlight of national scrutiny?"
"Empathy. What a word. What has been empathetic in the way that we have shoved this girl and the entire community into the spotlight of national scrutiny?"
I can’t say I recommend getting sick at the busiest point in the semester, if I’m being honest
April 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I can’t say I recommend getting sick at the busiest point in the semester, if I’m being honest
Reposted by Michael Cattell
I do budget policy because I believe what I'm fighting for has real tangible effects on people and that the people I'm fighting against would do real harm to people I love and people I'll never know.
But this is the stuff that keeps me up at night.
But this is the stuff that keeps me up at night.
"The implication...is that not only noncitizens but also U.S. citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal. History is no stranger to such lawless regimes..."
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I do budget policy because I believe what I'm fighting for has real tangible effects on people and that the people I'm fighting against would do real harm to people I love and people I'll never know.
But this is the stuff that keeps me up at night.
But this is the stuff that keeps me up at night.
Idk maybe I haven’t taken “bad” medicine but like, usually if the medicine is taken correctly in the right circumstance you aren’t immediately then put on life support as a direct result of taking the medicine
April 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Idk maybe I haven’t taken “bad” medicine but like, usually if the medicine is taken correctly in the right circumstance you aren’t immediately then put on life support as a direct result of taking the medicine
30th Street station in Philly has a plaque commemorating a railroad executive, part of which reads “friend of labor”. Maybe it’s true but I’ve never heard of any old time railroad exec being anywhere near friendly to labor
March 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
30th Street station in Philly has a plaque commemorating a railroad executive, part of which reads “friend of labor”. Maybe it’s true but I’ve never heard of any old time railroad exec being anywhere near friendly to labor
Reposted by Michael Cattell
This article proves how incredibly consequential the choice to resist instead of rolling over can be. These brave people are helping everyone, far beyond their own agency’s reach. Let’s all learn this lesson
(Article also does a good job contextualizing Trump/Musk lies every time they’re relevant)
(Article also does a good job contextualizing Trump/Musk lies every time they’re relevant)
March 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This article proves how incredibly consequential the choice to resist instead of rolling over can be. These brave people are helping everyone, far beyond their own agency’s reach. Let’s all learn this lesson
(Article also does a good job contextualizing Trump/Musk lies every time they’re relevant)
(Article also does a good job contextualizing Trump/Musk lies every time they’re relevant)
Just remembered the New York mayor unironically said “all my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success” and smiled
March 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Just remembered the New York mayor unironically said “all my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success” and smiled
I did not get the difference in thinking between python and R before learning python and now, as an R Guy™️, I am losing my mind
February 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I did not get the difference in thinking between python and R before learning python and now, as an R Guy™️, I am losing my mind
This Sunday-only and late-night CATA bus route (State College, PA) is so unserious. It covers 4 different routes and only operates in one direction
February 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This Sunday-only and late-night CATA bus route (State College, PA) is so unserious. It covers 4 different routes and only operates in one direction
It appears I’ve made a mistake
January 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It appears I’ve made a mistake
Baseball is almost so back
January 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Baseball is almost so back
DID YOU KNOW: The state of Indiana is unable to be traversed using methods known to humans?
December 20, 2024 at 7:25 PM
DID YOU KNOW: The state of Indiana is unable to be traversed using methods known to humans?
I listen to a little bit of music
December 4, 2024 at 4:05 PM
I listen to a little bit of music
kicking and screaming while coding in python in Visual Basic
December 2, 2024 at 4:07 PM
kicking and screaming while coding in python in Visual Basic
they threw the history channel on in the dining hall and they’re drawing shapes and patterns and showing aerials of the Egyptian pyramids, so I’m sure whatever’s going on is pretty normal
December 2, 2024 at 12:38 PM
they threw the history channel on in the dining hall and they’re drawing shapes and patterns and showing aerials of the Egyptian pyramids, so I’m sure whatever’s going on is pretty normal
Watching Phillies baseball feels so long ago and yet it was only 2 months ago
December 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Watching Phillies baseball feels so long ago and yet it was only 2 months ago
I think my Spotify wrapped this year is going to be the most genre diverse one yet
November 25, 2024 at 9:32 PM
I think my Spotify wrapped this year is going to be the most genre diverse one yet