Sarah Cate
@urbancate.bsky.social
Loves music, can't dance.
Yells about the Oscars once a year.
Writer. (Thinking about writing ~totally counts~.)
Cat mom. Nerd.
Hengequeen.
Yells about the Oscars once a year.
Writer. (Thinking about writing ~totally counts~.)
Cat mom. Nerd.
Hengequeen.
Pinned
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Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
The way time, place, age & memory shape experience is so interesting. The Pfälzisch neighbors of my childhood were ever patient with people learning and trying German. And excursions to France were the opposite, belittling. So seeing people here talk about an inverse reality is...thought provoking
February 10, 2026 at 4:19 AM
The way time, place, age & memory shape experience is so interesting. The Pfälzisch neighbors of my childhood were ever patient with people learning and trying German. And excursions to France were the opposite, belittling. So seeing people here talk about an inverse reality is...thought provoking
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Actually my brother-in-law just noted something I think gets at a lot of it: Super Bowl ads used to feel like *ad companies* made them, like actual creative people with wild ideas
Now it’s like an in-house marketing team is like “give the Millennials some Backstreet Boys, they’ll clap like seals”
Now it’s like an in-house marketing team is like “give the Millennials some Backstreet Boys, they’ll clap like seals”
Was just saying this to the husband, like I know I was much easier to please in my youth and now I’m cynical and cranky, but istg the few years have been absolute ASS
maybe I was just younger and less mature but I swear Super Bowl commercials used to be funnier
February 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Actually my brother-in-law just noted something I think gets at a lot of it: Super Bowl ads used to feel like *ad companies* made them, like actual creative people with wild ideas
Now it’s like an in-house marketing team is like “give the Millennials some Backstreet Boys, they’ll clap like seals”
Now it’s like an in-house marketing team is like “give the Millennials some Backstreet Boys, they’ll clap like seals”
Olympics is the perfect time to obsess over this brilliant idea some more.
there was a post going around awhile ago re. what a women’s sports version of “Heated Rivalry” might look like which enforces oppressive norms of femininity the way the men in Rachel Reid’s books feel trapped by oppressive norms of masculinity, and I have been thinking about this nonstop ever since
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Olympics is the perfect time to obsess over this brilliant idea some more.
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*screams pitifully like Vader at the end of the prequels*
Fellow writers: I am deeply saddened to share that if we want the rewards of having written, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of writing
January 30, 2026 at 2:05 AM
*screams pitifully like Vader at the end of the prequels*
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Any form of the faith that loses the simple capacity for mercy is an anathema to Christ…
January 25, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Any form of the faith that loses the simple capacity for mercy is an anathema to Christ…
Incredible. The way I want a NY library card. I know people there, should I bug them?
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
January 25, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Incredible. The way I want a NY library card. I know people there, should I bug them?
Gods, the visceral memory of despairing in Nov 2016 and being dismissed as overreactive
its awesome how being right years ago brings absolutely no comfort
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Gods, the visceral memory of despairing in Nov 2016 and being dismissed as overreactive
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It is not gonna be unique to Minneapolis.
Local authorities are not the ones "engineering" this.
The people mad about this are like, extremely normal people who just think that the government should not shoot people for no fucking reason and also not kidnap five year olds and use them for bait.
Local authorities are not the ones "engineering" this.
The people mad about this are like, extremely normal people who just think that the government should not shoot people for no fucking reason and also not kidnap five year olds and use them for bait.
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 4:32 PM
It is not gonna be unique to Minneapolis.
Local authorities are not the ones "engineering" this.
The people mad about this are like, extremely normal people who just think that the government should not shoot people for no fucking reason and also not kidnap five year olds and use them for bait.
Local authorities are not the ones "engineering" this.
The people mad about this are like, extremely normal people who just think that the government should not shoot people for no fucking reason and also not kidnap five year olds and use them for bait.
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“Fuck ICE and prosper.”
January 24, 2026 at 5:23 AM
“Fuck ICE and prosper.”
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No way he wrote this. You're telling me that man knows the word "utahn"?? Preposterous.
President Donald Trump encourages people to sign the repeal petition in a post on TruthSocial.
January 24, 2026 at 1:52 AM
No way he wrote this. You're telling me that man knows the word "utahn"?? Preposterous.
Or staying up late at night to read every romance your mom checked out from the library when you were in middle school - Garwood, Deveraux, etc. And THEN discovering the horniest stuff in the paperback exchange section of the library. What a time!
It's much easier to encounter Romance in the traditional way. Stumbling upon paperbacks at your grandma's house when you are 12.
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Or staying up late at night to read every romance your mom checked out from the library when you were in middle school - Garwood, Deveraux, etc. And THEN discovering the horniest stuff in the paperback exchange section of the library. What a time!
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“So many people forget that the first country the Nazis invaded was their own.”
January 17, 2026 at 2:43 PM
“So many people forget that the first country the Nazis invaded was their own.”
Battlestar Galactica and Lost are my (apparently) controversial choices. I loved every metaphysical thing about both of those shows, esp the endings.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Battlestar Galactica and Lost are my (apparently) controversial choices. I loved every metaphysical thing about both of those shows, esp the endings.
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you know what, I'm also going to choose violence and say that I am unequivocally and wholeheartedly a "Lost" finale stan
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
you know what, I'm also going to choose violence and say that I am unequivocally and wholeheartedly a "Lost" finale stan
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Bush's crew were as corrupt, but less crazy, less stupid
iow there was as much misinfo, but also there were hearings, a public debate, getting Tony Blair onboard etc. even as millions marched in protest.
These cretins didn't even consult the Armed Services Committee
iow there was as much misinfo, but also there were hearings, a public debate, getting Tony Blair onboard etc. even as millions marched in protest.
These cretins didn't even consult the Armed Services Committee
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Bush's crew were as corrupt, but less crazy, less stupid
iow there was as much misinfo, but also there were hearings, a public debate, getting Tony Blair onboard etc. even as millions marched in protest.
These cretins didn't even consult the Armed Services Committee
iow there was as much misinfo, but also there were hearings, a public debate, getting Tony Blair onboard etc. even as millions marched in protest.
These cretins didn't even consult the Armed Services Committee
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What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
Three wars for oil in a single lifetime seems a bit much TBH. I'm not even that old.
January 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Three wars for oil in a single lifetime seems a bit much TBH. I'm not even that old.
No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet(s).
January 2, 2026 at 1:47 AM
No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet(s).
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The tl;dr for writers is — we are human, we write the books, and we are going to fucking win.
Here’s the inspiration I needed for the new year. Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social
Writer Resolution 2026: Wield The Weapon That Is You
It’s never precisely easy to be a writer — professional or otherwise. I mean, it’s easy in the sense of, hey, anybody can open a word processor and start (fiercely or methodically…
terribleminds.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The tl;dr for writers is — we are human, we write the books, and we are going to fucking win.
Classical station doing a Top 100 countdown is always so funny to me, but the list CHANGES every year! Well done, voting listeners of Classical Music ™️
December 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Classical station doing a Top 100 countdown is always so funny to me, but the list CHANGES every year! Well done, voting listeners of Classical Music ™️
Less than a minute into the first ep, one of the guys says "you remember Binge Mode?" (MY ALL TIME FAVE POD) and then does the Jason "DEEEEEEPPP" thing and I knew I was in for good stuff.
Anyway, I binged all of the Empty Netters Heated Rivalry eps yesterday. Fantastic.
Anyway, I binged all of the Empty Netters Heated Rivalry eps yesterday. Fantastic.
December 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Less than a minute into the first ep, one of the guys says "you remember Binge Mode?" (MY ALL TIME FAVE POD) and then does the Jason "DEEEEEEPPP" thing and I knew I was in for good stuff.
Anyway, I binged all of the Empty Netters Heated Rivalry eps yesterday. Fantastic.
Anyway, I binged all of the Empty Netters Heated Rivalry eps yesterday. Fantastic.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
December 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
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Not only does this intentionally violate the First Amendment to the US Constitution, it’s vile to watch mean-spirited, selfish ghouls who starve the poor and kidnap people for their skin color sanctimoniously pretending they follow any of the teachings of Jesus.
December 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not only does this intentionally violate the First Amendment to the US Constitution, it’s vile to watch mean-spirited, selfish ghouls who starve the poor and kidnap people for their skin color sanctimoniously pretending they follow any of the teachings of Jesus.