Cate Fricke
@crfricke.bsky.social
Writer and book publicist based in State College, PA. Your friend who won't shut up about life in Nordic countries. Folklore, folk songs, fairy tales, polar exploration, snark. Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig.
Links and other nonsense at www.catefricke.com
Links and other nonsense at www.catefricke.com
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“How soon?” asked Toad.
“Quite soon,” said Frog.
“Quite soon,” said Frog.
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“How soon?” asked Toad.
“Quite soon,” said Frog.
“Quite soon,” said Frog.
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
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Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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Wishing MAGA "Christians" a very James 2:14-17 right about now
October 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wishing MAGA "Christians" a very James 2:14-17 right about now
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One of my niche ethical stances is that I think that people should use Wikipedia and donate to the Wikimedia Foundation and that ChatGPT and its siblings are trash and so are the people who use them.
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
One of my niche ethical stances is that I think that people should use Wikipedia and donate to the Wikimedia Foundation and that ChatGPT and its siblings are trash and so are the people who use them.
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This is amazing!!
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is amazing!!
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yeah thats the fuckin problem dumbass
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
yeah thats the fuckin problem dumbass
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It's a blatantly white supremacist bias if you're going to be like "We can't hold men to a higher standard (of not being a Nazi) or there will be no one left!"
Like, you do know that there are other kinds of men in the world? Aside from white men? Many of whom we wouldn't assume had a Nazi phase?
Like, you do know that there are other kinds of men in the world? Aside from white men? Many of whom we wouldn't assume had a Nazi phase?
October 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's a blatantly white supremacist bias if you're going to be like "We can't hold men to a higher standard (of not being a Nazi) or there will be no one left!"
Like, you do know that there are other kinds of men in the world? Aside from white men? Many of whom we wouldn't assume had a Nazi phase?
Like, you do know that there are other kinds of men in the world? Aside from white men? Many of whom we wouldn't assume had a Nazi phase?
A thousand times, yes
Question: Would you view a news organization as more trustworthy, with a more appealing brand, if it declared that AI would not be used in creation of its content? Also, would you be more inclined to pay for reporting and journalism that's specifically offered as human-created and human-curated?
October 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A thousand times, yes
You can have some hobby-specific good news, as a treat
Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.
craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...
craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...
Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance
The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.
craftindustryalliance.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
You can have some hobby-specific good news, as a treat
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I’m starting to think they might not have been serious about wanting to stop fentanyl smuggling and child sex trafficking
“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.
“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.
“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”
🎁
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.
“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”
🎁
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases
Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.
www.wsj.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I’m starting to think they might not have been serious about wanting to stop fentanyl smuggling and child sex trafficking
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Imagine if health care was just something everyone had, and not a zero sum competition between "good" people and "bad" people
Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Imagine if health care was just something everyone had, and not a zero sum competition between "good" people and "bad" people
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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The reason Trump, Vance and Miller want to make it un-American and maybe even illegal to mention "fascism" or make comparisons to Nazis is because they are aggressively doing fascism, with Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago
We are all outlaws. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are all outlaws. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
Why we can’t allow Trump to ban that other f-word | Will Bunch
The column the Trump regime wants to ban: America has to call out surging fascism in order to defeat it.
www.inquirer.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reason Trump, Vance and Miller want to make it un-American and maybe even illegal to mention "fascism" or make comparisons to Nazis is because they are aggressively doing fascism, with Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago
We are all outlaws. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are all outlaws. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
October 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
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"Universities would also be required to change their governance structures to prohibit anything that would 'punish, belittle and even spark violence against conservative ideas.'"
Breaking News: The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
Demands sent to nine top schools included pledging to freeze tuition for five years and to commit to strict definitions of gender.
nyti.ms
October 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Universities would also be required to change their governance structures to prohibit anything that would 'punish, belittle and even spark violence against conservative ideas.'"
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🚨Annooncement!🚨
Here yer #Scotstober 2025 wirds!
A'm sharin on aw platforms, but maistly follaein on BlueSky this year.
A'm luikin forret tae yer warks 😁
Wirds as text ablow
Here yer #Scotstober 2025 wirds!
A'm sharin on aw platforms, but maistly follaein on BlueSky this year.
A'm luikin forret tae yer warks 😁
Wirds as text ablow
September 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🚨Annooncement!🚨
Here yer #Scotstober 2025 wirds!
A'm sharin on aw platforms, but maistly follaein on BlueSky this year.
A'm luikin forret tae yer warks 😁
Wirds as text ablow
Here yer #Scotstober 2025 wirds!
A'm sharin on aw platforms, but maistly follaein on BlueSky this year.
A'm luikin forret tae yer warks 😁
Wirds as text ablow
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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Don't be chickenshit.
September 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Don't be chickenshit.