katie
@barrikate.bsky.social
she/her • wicked artistic • i like concerts • 🪩🌿♏️
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Much to the consternation of the dogs, I took my new-to-me waterproof film camera out into the ocean and swam with them this morning. I still have to practice with it, but swimtime has already taken on a whole new vibe 📸
September 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Much to the consternation of the dogs, I took my new-to-me waterproof film camera out into the ocean and swam with them this morning. I still have to practice with it, but swimtime has already taken on a whole new vibe 📸
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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thanksgiving is a vibe!
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
thanksgiving is a vibe!
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anyway i really loved the movie i thought it was beautiful meditation on life as a creator and what happens to people who can only really express themselves through art. yes self indulgent but i say go for it. LOVE IT when creators self indulge to say 'this story is important and i am important too'
November 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
anyway i really loved the movie i thought it was beautiful meditation on life as a creator and what happens to people who can only really express themselves through art. yes self indulgent but i say go for it. LOVE IT when creators self indulge to say 'this story is important and i am important too'
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kinda goes with what i always say about self reviews. YOU GET A VOICE TOO AND YOU CAN USE IT TO SAY YOU ARE AWESOME. GIVE YOURSELF FIVE STARS. you worked hard and you deserve it. just dont think artists should feel bad about thinking theyre amazing because they are. were all literally one of a kind
November 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
kinda goes with what i always say about self reviews. YOU GET A VOICE TOO AND YOU CAN USE IT TO SAY YOU ARE AWESOME. GIVE YOURSELF FIVE STARS. you worked hard and you deserve it. just dont think artists should feel bad about thinking theyre amazing because they are. were all literally one of a kind
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every week just gets weirder tbh
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
every week just gets weirder tbh
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This Veterans Day, I’m thinking of the millions of Americans who have served in uniform — and how our government is failing them right now.
Words aren’t enough, we need actions. Fund the VA. Fund mental healthcare. And end endless wars.
Words aren’t enough, we need actions. Fund the VA. Fund mental healthcare. And end endless wars.
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This Veterans Day, I’m thinking of the millions of Americans who have served in uniform — and how our government is failing them right now.
Words aren’t enough, we need actions. Fund the VA. Fund mental healthcare. And end endless wars.
Words aren’t enough, we need actions. Fund the VA. Fund mental healthcare. And end endless wars.
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LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.
Oh, this is wild.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.
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Also because I love them: bsky.app/profile/skwi...
Imagine looking at a bird this gorgeous and calling it a “rat with wings”
Couldn’t be me, I instead bring my camera to shopping centers for close-ups
Thread of Rock Pigeon portraits:
Couldn’t be me, I instead bring my camera to shopping centers for close-ups
Thread of Rock Pigeon portraits:
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Also because I love them: bsky.app/profile/skwi...
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Oh also - lawyers aren’t allowed to tell jurors this so i do:
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
Jury nullification imo
November 27, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Oh also - lawyers aren’t allowed to tell jurors this so i do:
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
“Jury nullification” is a fancy phrase that just means, “This jury decided not to convict and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.”
If we think a law is unjust or unjustly enforced, we can just not convict. We don’t need a reason.
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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if knowingly starving millions of americans while he builds a gilded ballroom isn't cause for revolution then i'm not sure what is
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
if knowingly starving millions of americans while he builds a gilded ballroom isn't cause for revolution then i'm not sure what is
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Treating the Declaration of Independence’s list of grievances like a to do list.
"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people."
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate …".
"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people."
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate …".
It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.
The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.
The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.
October 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Treating the Declaration of Independence’s list of grievances like a to do list.
"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people."
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate …".
"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people."
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate …".
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Nothing bad can happen it can only good happen
October 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Nothing bad can happen it can only good happen
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protesting genocide: we need to purge antisemitism from college campuses
praising hitler and gas chambers: boys will be boys, cancel culture is out of control
praising hitler and gas chambers: boys will be boys, cancel culture is out of control
Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."
He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones
Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.
www.mediaite.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
protesting genocide: we need to purge antisemitism from college campuses
praising hitler and gas chambers: boys will be boys, cancel culture is out of control
praising hitler and gas chambers: boys will be boys, cancel culture is out of control
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October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
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it was fascist to throw japenese-americans in internment camps? yeah right, i bet you think it's gay to get your dick sucked by a man
So I guess the US was also a fascist country when FDR was putting Japanese Americans in internment camps, right?
October 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
it was fascist to throw japenese-americans in internment camps? yeah right, i bet you think it's gay to get your dick sucked by a man