kat, ghost of helenruthsghost
@chaoskat.bsky.social
I teach at a community college. I am a caretaker of elderly parents. Constantly and consistently failing at trying to find time to write.
Rooting for funniest possible baseball outcomes
Baseball. Chaos.
She/her
Rooting for funniest possible baseball outcomes
Baseball. Chaos.
She/her
Pinned
People listing their favorite teams again. /takes a deep breath/ ok here we go: I watch mlb but don’t have any favorite teams. I just watch whatever game seems good, has players I like, and I root for no one. I don’t care who wins it loses (seriously). I love chaos, and ✨might be good at jinxing✨
Hello to all the new people. 👋
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November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Hiking on a fall day, just after a rain, wearing shoes that were not quite hiking boots. We were going downhill, I slipped on some leaves. Bc of the steep grade of the slope I fell backward but the hill bounced me right back up like one of those bozo the clown punching bags and I just kept walking.
had an awful day. please reply with your favorite memory someone that totally ate shit in a physical way that isn’t a total bummer
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Hiking on a fall day, just after a rain, wearing shoes that were not quite hiking boots. We were going downhill, I slipped on some leaves. Bc of the steep grade of the slope I fell backward but the hill bounced me right back up like one of those bozo the clown punching bags and I just kept walking.
Same, little birb, same
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Same, little birb, same
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
Well this was depressing
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Well this was depressing
I am trying to fix my heart and enjoy the pretty pictures but I have to admit I'm a little mad it's not me
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I am trying to fix my heart and enjoy the pretty pictures but I have to admit I'm a little mad it's not me
Just books is a great gift.
A book and a bookish gift is good.
Just the bookish gift but no book is a red flag.
A book and a bookish gift is good.
Just the bookish gift but no book is a red flag.
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Just books is a great gift.
A book and a bookish gift is good.
Just the bookish gift but no book is a red flag.
A book and a bookish gift is good.
Just the bookish gift but no book is a red flag.
Important
These did not post in the order I set them up to post but you know what? Hell yeah.
Here's some more Imai hair content.
Here's some more Imai hair content.
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Important
I downloaded an app that would tell me if I can see the northern lights and deleted it bc every night was the same: nah, nope, no deal, sorry Kat but no.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I downloaded an app that would tell me if I can see the northern lights and deleted it bc every night was the same: nah, nope, no deal, sorry Kat but no.
I hate the offseason
Looks like the Justin Crawford era will indeed begin this spring as the Nick Castellanos era concludes. From Matt Gelb’s latest
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I hate the offseason
Remember when Joe Maddon shaved his hair into a rally haircut and the team didn't get to see it bc he got fired. I can't imagine opening my door to my boss and being like “like my new mohawk I got to rally the team” and my boss is like “looks great, you're fired”
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Remember when Joe Maddon shaved his hair into a rally haircut and the team didn't get to see it bc he got fired. I can't imagine opening my door to my boss and being like “like my new mohawk I got to rally the team” and my boss is like “looks great, you're fired”
I love this for all the life-long Joe Maddon haters (me)
"It permeates throughout the entire world right now."
Former MLB manager Joe Maddon shared why he was insulted by the Giants hiring Tony Vitello 🤔
Former MLB manager Joe Maddon shared why he was insulted by the Giants hiring Tony Vitello 🤔
Former MLB manager Joe Maddon explains why the Giants' historic Tony Vitello hire is 'insulting'
Longtime MLB manager Joe Maddon weighed in on the San Francisco Giants' historic Tony Vitello hire.
www.nbcsportsbayarea.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I love this for all the life-long Joe Maddon haters (me)
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Call me the Edmund Fitzgerald the way twenty-nine good men lost their lives going down on me.
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Call me the Edmund Fitzgerald the way twenty-nine good men lost their lives going down on me.
The privacy curtain is my favorite part
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The privacy curtain is my favorite part
Hey look who’s here
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hey look who’s here
New Aaron Rodgers Mystery Wife Theory just dropped
as a yinzer this is the only steelers lore I follow, and we can’t rule out that she may very well just be an actual rock with googly eyes glued on
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New Aaron Rodgers Mystery Wife Theory just dropped
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The rhetoric has been about training students for the economy of tomorrow. Yet when employers always, *always*, year after year, say they want their workers trained in the skills that Humanities and Social Sciences teach, somehow that never turns into more investment in those programs.
From today's Chronicle of Higher Ed briefing. I am *never* an advocate of cutting programs. But I am curious to see if there will be the same type of "students aren't majoring in this, so let's cut the program" discourse around computer science as there always is for the arts and humanities.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The rhetoric has been about training students for the economy of tomorrow. Yet when employers always, *always*, year after year, say they want their workers trained in the skills that Humanities and Social Sciences teach, somehow that never turns into more investment in those programs.
There are so many bugs. So many.
You can always tell when folks who didn't grow up in nature are getting into a mystical nature kick because they talk about forests like they're these serene, perfect, peaceful places. No friend, nature is scary and tense as fuck and you're looking at a place where things live and die BY THE MINUTE.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
There are so many bugs. So many.
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The real James is the Bonds we made along the way
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The real James is the Bonds we made along the way
It's fiction. You can do whatever you want.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It's fiction. You can do whatever you want.
What was I doing three months ago that I missed this story??? I don't even know where to start. Could be the drugs, could be CTE, or an AI bot, or some nice lady from Ohio who is just shy, but it's definitely an AI bot.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What was I doing three months ago that I missed this story??? I don't even know where to start. Could be the drugs, could be CTE, or an AI bot, or some nice lady from Ohio who is just shy, but it's definitely an AI bot.
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
Just overheard my dad explaining to the dog that there is only 20 minutes left in the game and then they can go to bed.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Just overheard my dad explaining to the dog that there is only 20 minutes left in the game and then they can go to bed.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!