Katie 🌻
@um3b0shiii.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, criticism, and nonsense✨
Crafter, doodler, journaler🎨
Cambridge, MA resident🚲
日本語の学生👩🎓
Crafter, doodler, journaler🎨
Cambridge, MA resident🚲
日本語の学生👩🎓
The number of people losing their jobs and platforms over this clown — from high profile journalists to employees of fucking Madewell — is all the proof anyone should need that fascism is here.
genuinely crazy that this is happening on behalf of charlie kirk of all people
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The number of people losing their jobs and platforms over this clown — from high profile journalists to employees of fucking Madewell — is all the proof anyone should need that fascism is here.
Maybe ICE can hire some graphic designers to fix this absolute shitpile of a recruiting website!
September 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Maybe ICE can hire some graphic designers to fix this absolute shitpile of a recruiting website!
There is a man on Love is Blind UK whose job is “retired pub landlord.”
Retired pub landlord.
Man…have some self respect and just say you’re an entrepreneur or something…
Retired pub landlord.
Man…have some self respect and just say you’re an entrepreneur or something…
August 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
There is a man on Love is Blind UK whose job is “retired pub landlord.”
Retired pub landlord.
Man…have some self respect and just say you’re an entrepreneur or something…
Retired pub landlord.
Man…have some self respect and just say you’re an entrepreneur or something…
Committed to #1000wordsofsummer and just completed day 4. I'm so used to eking out time to write in little corners here and there, and it feels so damn good to have it be a real, full, dedicated part of my daily life.
Today's #1000wordsofsummer letter comes to us from National Book Award winner Susan Choi, who has a new novel called Flashlight out TODAY 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/day-4-1000...
Day 4 #1000wordsofsummer 2025
Because you are an observer.
1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Committed to #1000wordsofsummer and just completed day 4. I'm so used to eking out time to write in little corners here and there, and it feels so damn good to have it be a real, full, dedicated part of my daily life.
On episode 5 of Dept Q and I am thoroughly enjoying it so far — but I am so distracted by the therapist’s constant ethics violations!
June 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
On episode 5 of Dept Q and I am thoroughly enjoying it so far — but I am so distracted by the therapist’s constant ethics violations!
In case you ladies needed another reason to stay hydrated this summer: a full HydroFlask doubles as a great bludgeoning weapon! 💖
May 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In case you ladies needed another reason to stay hydrated this summer: a full HydroFlask doubles as a great bludgeoning weapon! 💖
I was at a museum the other day, and kept bumping into a guard who said patrons "needed to watch a video from our sponsors as Hello Fresh" before entering certain rooms.
May 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I was at a museum the other day, and kept bumping into a guard who said patrons "needed to watch a video from our sponsors as Hello Fresh" before entering certain rooms.
People act like learning object counters (枚、台、匹) is the final frontier of Japanese mastery, but I think I will only feel worthy once I read something like 平成16 and know when it is without thinking.
May 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
People act like learning object counters (枚、台、匹) is the final frontier of Japanese mastery, but I think I will only feel worthy once I read something like 平成16 and know when it is without thinking.
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
Big dreams, loves love, loves cheese.
Big dreams, loves love, loves cheese.
May 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
Big dreams, loves love, loves cheese.
Big dreams, loves love, loves cheese.
Reposted by Katie 🌻
It is weird when people are like “but that public figure who has wielded enormous power over the lives of hundreds of millions is just an every day person like you and me”
May 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It is weird when people are like “but that public figure who has wielded enormous power over the lives of hundreds of millions is just an every day person like you and me”
I somehow ended up watching American Idol for the first time in, oh, 15 years. Jesus has been mentioned no less than 87 times, and there was just a commercial for “tariff-free Ford F-150s.”
May 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I somehow ended up watching American Idol for the first time in, oh, 15 years. Jesus has been mentioned no less than 87 times, and there was just a commercial for “tariff-free Ford F-150s.”
Watching the Celtics game and my partner said that Tom Thibodeau (the Knicks coach) looks like a Soviet villain in an 80’s action movie 😂
May 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Watching the Celtics game and my partner said that Tom Thibodeau (the Knicks coach) looks like a Soviet villain in an 80’s action movie 😂
Getting my 駅弁 at South Station! So many flavors of Gatorade to choose from!
May 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Getting my 駅弁 at South Station! So many flavors of Gatorade to choose from!
Apothecary Diaries is so good. That’s all.
May 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Apothecary Diaries is so good. That’s all.
Spotted my first Josh Kraft sign @ West End Johnnie’s. I love when local businesses make it clear to everyone that they don’t pass the nimrod test. #boston
April 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Spotted my first Josh Kraft sign @ West End Johnnie’s. I love when local businesses make it clear to everyone that they don’t pass the nimrod test. #boston
Don’t let them fool you, goths who love the sun exist! 🌞
April 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Don’t let them fool you, goths who love the sun exist! 🌞
Just how uptight am I? Well, I sometimes tuck my pajama shirt into my pajama pants.
April 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just how uptight am I? Well, I sometimes tuck my pajama shirt into my pajama pants.
I can’t believe I doubted myself for spending $15 on peonies. LOOK AT THEM!
April 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I can’t believe I doubted myself for spending $15 on peonies. LOOK AT THEM!
Of all the things LinkedIn has recommended me, this may be the goofiest. I’d rather “join 42,367 attorneys starting their day with Zingle!” than this.
April 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Of all the things LinkedIn has recommended me, this may be the goofiest. I’d rather “join 42,367 attorneys starting their day with Zingle!” than this.
I am officially launching my campaign to have everyone stop calling Cape Cod “the Cape” and start calling it “the Cod.”
April 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I am officially launching my campaign to have everyone stop calling Cape Cod “the Cape” and start calling it “the Cod.”
Gorgeous weekend camping at Nickerson State Park on Cape Cod!
April 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Gorgeous weekend camping at Nickerson State Park on Cape Cod!
Once upon a time, I wrote for the Daily Mail. The only thing I was ever proud of covering was Grape-Kun the penguin 💖 www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic...
April 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Once upon a time, I wrote for the Daily Mail. The only thing I was ever proud of covering was Grape-Kun the penguin 💖 www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic...
Reposted by Katie 🌻
Portrait of a heterochromic cat. Postcard from my collection, mailed 1908.
April 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Portrait of a heterochromic cat. Postcard from my collection, mailed 1908.
Horrific doesn't even begin to cover it.
This is so fucked up. ICE agents in Massachusetts smashed the window of a car to grab a Guatemalan guy who was with his wife. They were waiting for their lawyer to arrive because he has a pending asylum case.
Story via @wcvb5.bsky.social: www.wcvb.com/article/ice-...
Story via @wcvb5.bsky.social: www.wcvb.com/article/ice-...
April 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Horrific doesn't even begin to cover it.