Cathy Crea
@cathycrea.bsky.social
Community College English and Reading instructor in White Bear Lake, MN. Chronic migraine. Knitter, bookbinder, metalsmith. She/they 🏳️🌈 Trans rights are human rights
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I felt compelled to make some flyers to welcome these Twin Cities tourists!
High res downloads of these posters (as well as others) are available for FREE on my Ko-Fi shop.
ko-fi.com/pailbn/shop/...
#art #digitalart #poster #flyer #minneapolis #stpaul
High res downloads of these posters (as well as others) are available for FREE on my Ko-Fi shop.
ko-fi.com/pailbn/shop/...
#art #digitalart #poster #flyer #minneapolis #stpaul
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I'm moving and I went to a UHaul shop to buy some boxes. I struck up a convo with the cashier who revealed that she has a PhD in applied econ, is a former prof, and is working there to help her parents. She lamented that she no longer has access to journals in her field. Here's what I told her: 1/4
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm moving and I went to a UHaul shop to buy some boxes. I struck up a convo with the cashier who revealed that she has a PhD in applied econ, is a former prof, and is working there to help her parents. She lamented that she no longer has access to journals in her field. Here's what I told her: 1/4
This year’s Year Compass is out. I like sitting down with my first year experience students and doing it with them.
YearCompass
YearCompass | The booklet that helps close your year and plan the next one.
yearcompass.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This year’s Year Compass is out. I like sitting down with my first year experience students and doing it with them.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
I made these pumpkin cake bars with King Arthur’s Measure for Measure gluten free flour for Thanksgiving since I’ll have a guest with celiac. They are light and airy. That little bit of maple syrup in the frosting makes it so good.
Pumpkin Cake Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
A moist, deep-gold pumpkin cake bars topped with rich frosting, perfect for autumn.
www.kingarthurbaking.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I made these pumpkin cake bars with King Arthur’s Measure for Measure gluten free flour for Thanksgiving since I’ll have a guest with celiac. They are light and airy. That little bit of maple syrup in the frosting makes it so good.
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Like, you could write an entire book length case study in "ways Roblox completely fails at Trust and Safety". I advise every parent I know to get their kids the fuck off Roblox, or at the very least, directly monitor who's contacting them and what they're playing *extremely* closely.
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Like, you could write an entire book length case study in "ways Roblox completely fails at Trust and Safety". I advise every parent I know to get their kids the fuck off Roblox, or at the very least, directly monitor who's contacting them and what they're playing *extremely* closely.
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I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
I love this—saving for class…
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I love this—saving for class…
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People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
Essay | How to Turn the Bureaucratic Grind of Life Into a Party
We all feel it: the growing stream of administrative tasks sapping our time, spirits and social lives. Admin Night represents a tiny, nerdy resistance.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
Student, in a first-year experience college class: See, this is what an empty email inbox looks like.
Me: I haven’t had an empty inbox since I started working here in 2006.
Student: I was born in 2006.
Another student: Me too.
Me: <Crumbles into dust. My inbox outlives me>
Me: I haven’t had an empty inbox since I started working here in 2006.
Student: I was born in 2006.
Another student: Me too.
Me: <Crumbles into dust. My inbox outlives me>
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Student, in a first-year experience college class: See, this is what an empty email inbox looks like.
Me: I haven’t had an empty inbox since I started working here in 2006.
Student: I was born in 2006.
Another student: Me too.
Me: <Crumbles into dust. My inbox outlives me>
Me: I haven’t had an empty inbox since I started working here in 2006.
Student: I was born in 2006.
Another student: Me too.
Me: <Crumbles into dust. My inbox outlives me>
This is out my bedroom window!
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is out my bedroom window!
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The many, many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The many, many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
If you’re in Minnesota, please show up to Democratic caucuses in Minnesota February 3. It’s a first step to getting the kind of representation you want on the ballot.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
If you’re in Minnesota, please show up to Democratic caucuses in Minnesota February 3. It’s a first step to getting the kind of representation you want on the ballot.
A student said in class today that he used ChatGPT to double-space his paper and I…
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A student said in class today that he used ChatGPT to double-space his paper and I…
It’s hard to get things done when <gestures broadly>, but today I managed to finish a tube of lip balm
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It’s hard to get things done when <gestures broadly>, but today I managed to finish a tube of lip balm
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'a collective delusion around artificial intelligence—where the breathless hype and imagined future of building a godlike superintelligence and curing cancer collides with the dull reality of Trump’s poop jet.' 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/now-is-the-t...
Now Is the Time of Monsters
"AI slop is winning," writes The Atlantic's Charlie Warzel.
By volume alone, slop may be the most visible and successful by-product of the generative-AI era to date. It is also a hallmark of what I’v...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
'a collective delusion around artificial intelligence—where the breathless hype and imagined future of building a godlike superintelligence and curing cancer collides with the dull reality of Trump’s poop jet.' 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/now-is-the-t...
I had no idea the chin cleft was so important
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I had no idea the chin cleft was so important
For dinner, I had excellent halal birria tacos from a suburban shop called “Popsicle World” and I think it’s worth trying to save this country
October 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
For dinner, I had excellent halal birria tacos from a suburban shop called “Popsicle World” and I think it’s worth trying to save this country
I made a fascinator for Halloween.
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I made a fascinator for Halloween.
I bought a sledgehammer this morning. Ask me anything
October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I bought a sledgehammer this morning. Ask me anything
I needed to hear this
Many things are being destroyed & the news of it is a psychological & political onslaught.
So it’s important that you create things.
It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.
It’ll do your brain & the world good.
So it’s important that you create things.
It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.
It’ll do your brain & the world good.
October 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I needed to hear this
My partner says, “I love a good French dip sandwich as much as the next person, but… “
October 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My partner says, “I love a good French dip sandwich as much as the next person, but… “
Three potentially unrelated facts:
1) I am at work
2) My underwear is falling down
3) I have a roll of packing tape
1) I am at work
2) My underwear is falling down
3) I have a roll of packing tape
October 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Three potentially unrelated facts:
1) I am at work
2) My underwear is falling down
3) I have a roll of packing tape
1) I am at work
2) My underwear is falling down
3) I have a roll of packing tape