Kate
@dubchi5.bsky.social
Photographer, avid reader, book reviewer, many hats
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Kate
@dubchi5.bsky.social
· Apr 26
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DotLaGrangeArt is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.
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Finally getting the bug to work on my photography and design again. Honestly just so I can order notebooks with some of my own photography and art, but you know. www.redbubble.com/people/dotla...
If I only had to stay at a job five years… I would have some decent pensions.
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If I only had to stay at a job five years… I would have some decent pensions.
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
We absolutely do not allow our child access to Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We absolutely do not allow our child access to Roblox.
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Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
I think I am going to be sick.
SEVENTEEN strikes.
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated. Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I think I am going to be sick.
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I do not use ChatGPT because I still remember when you had to go to your local at a specific time of day to listen to someone slurring conspiracy theories with utmost confidence and I will never allow Sam Altman to take that from me
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I do not use ChatGPT because I still remember when you had to go to your local at a specific time of day to listen to someone slurring conspiracy theories with utmost confidence and I will never allow Sam Altman to take that from me
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
It’s getting harder and harder to find anything on Google. It would be super cool if they returned search results based on quality not who can pay more.
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It’s getting harder and harder to find anything on Google. It would be super cool if they returned search results based on quality not who can pay more.
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NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR INTENTIONS
YOUR IMPACT IS WHAT MATTERS
$%^&*(#@$%^&*()$%^&*()*&^%$%^&*()(*&^%$
YOUR IMPACT IS WHAT MATTERS
$%^&*(#@$%^&*()$%^&*()*&^%$%^&*()(*&^%$
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR INTENTIONS
YOUR IMPACT IS WHAT MATTERS
$%^&*(#@$%^&*()$%^&*()*&^%$%^&*()(*&^%$
YOUR IMPACT IS WHAT MATTERS
$%^&*(#@$%^&*()$%^&*()*&^%$%^&*()(*&^%$
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Have you noticed less beauty in your feeds the last 6+ weeks? Fewer gasps of awe? Fewer prompts to consider a universal perspective; to ask big questions? While much of US spending is on decreasing bad things, NASA is a perfect example of increasing the good ✨ Here's a new JWST image!
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Have you noticed less beauty in your feeds the last 6+ weeks? Fewer gasps of awe? Fewer prompts to consider a universal perspective; to ask big questions? While much of US spending is on decreasing bad things, NASA is a perfect example of increasing the good ✨ Here's a new JWST image!
M & M kudos were a fav. I really do find it funny how these things were advertised as health foods lol
I DEMOLISHED these things
Must have gone through a box a week at my house in middle school
Must have gone through a box a week at my house in middle school
Kudos Bars (1986-2017): A line of chocolate-covered chewy granola bars, marketed as a healthier snack for kids, despite ostensibly being candy bars. Available in flavors like chocolate chip, peanut butter, cookies n creme, and many more. then eventually actual candy variants like Snickers and M&Ms.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
M & M kudos were a fav. I really do find it funny how these things were advertised as health foods lol
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THREAD.
Hello new followers! This is my latest novel. It's about many things.
1 Old dusty objects (especially records)
2 The power of friendship, and landscape.
3 Quieter forms of magic
4 Folklore (the kind we know, and the kind still to come).
5 The differences between the 20th & 21st Century...
Hello new followers! This is my latest novel. It's about many things.
1 Old dusty objects (especially records)
2 The power of friendship, and landscape.
3 Quieter forms of magic
4 Folklore (the kind we know, and the kind still to come).
5 The differences between the 20th & 21st Century...
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
THREAD.
Hello new followers! This is my latest novel. It's about many things.
1 Old dusty objects (especially records)
2 The power of friendship, and landscape.
3 Quieter forms of magic
4 Folklore (the kind we know, and the kind still to come).
5 The differences between the 20th & 21st Century...
Hello new followers! This is my latest novel. It's about many things.
1 Old dusty objects (especially records)
2 The power of friendship, and landscape.
3 Quieter forms of magic
4 Folklore (the kind we know, and the kind still to come).
5 The differences between the 20th & 21st Century...
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The best time to want a specific book you own and find that it’s not where you thought it would be is 10:44 pm. Really the best time. And now I can not stop thinking about that specific book, even though I have 100 more I can read.
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The best time to want a specific book you own and find that it’s not where you thought it would be is 10:44 pm. Really the best time. And now I can not stop thinking about that specific book, even though I have 100 more I can read.
I really love seeing how Frankenstein is adapted and lives on.
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I really love seeing how Frankenstein is adapted and lives on.
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Here you go. More info on Sibyl Ludington, the female midnight rider. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-... #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Here you go. More info on Sibyl Ludington, the female midnight rider. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-... #HATM
I’ve seen so much coverage that makes the survivors seem abstract and downplays the scope of the horrors these women endured when they were still children. Listen to survivors. Amplify their stories if they are willing to share them. Don’t force them or expect them to, but listen to them if they are
THIS IS IT.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
THIS IS THE ONE.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE SURVIVORS ALWAYS.
Help make this go viral. Please.
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I’ve seen so much coverage that makes the survivors seem abstract and downplays the scope of the horrors these women endured when they were still children. Listen to survivors. Amplify their stories if they are willing to share them. Don’t force them or expect them to, but listen to them if they are
These are some absolutely stunning skeins
Week 2: Festive Fibers Collection:
Adoration’s Flame 🧶
In Albrecht Dürer’s 1505 Adoration of the Magi, 1 figure stands out w/ striking presence & dignity: the Black Magus, traditionally understood as Balthazar. By the early 16th century, European artists had begun to depict
#yarnsky #yarnmarket
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Adoration’s Flame 🧶
In Albrecht Dürer’s 1505 Adoration of the Magi, 1 figure stands out w/ striking presence & dignity: the Black Magus, traditionally understood as Balthazar. By the early 16th century, European artists had begun to depict
#yarnsky #yarnmarket
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November 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
These are some absolutely stunning skeins
I agree so much with this. People who are lucky enough to not have been abused don’t understand how traumatizing it is. And also… it’s really telling when the mainstream media is framing children as adults. If someone is under 18, they are a child. That’s it. They are children.
For the love of God & all Her works can ppl stop making jokes about child abuse & Trump/Epstein? Show some empathy with survivors you ghouls.
Also NYT, ‘young women’ is not a synonym for girls. Stop normalising child abuse.
At least 1 in 5 adults was abused as a child.
Also NYT, ‘young women’ is not a synonym for girls. Stop normalising child abuse.
At least 1 in 5 adults was abused as a child.
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I agree so much with this. People who are lucky enough to not have been abused don’t understand how traumatizing it is. And also… it’s really telling when the mainstream media is framing children as adults. If someone is under 18, they are a child. That’s it. They are children.
I tend to prefer Ireland/UK covers over US, but this is one I really like the US cover.
U.S. vs U.K./Ireland covers for Oyinkan Braithwaite's Cursed Daughters.
Thoroughly enjoyed this multi-generational novel of flawed women navigating family superstitions and secrets, a twist on nature vs nurture, men compounding and confounded by an inherited curse.
Thoroughly enjoyed this multi-generational novel of flawed women navigating family superstitions and secrets, a twist on nature vs nurture, men compounding and confounded by an inherited curse.
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I tend to prefer Ireland/UK covers over US, but this is one I really like the US cover.
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U.S. vs U.K./Ireland covers for Oyinkan Braithwaite's Cursed Daughters.
Thoroughly enjoyed this multi-generational novel of flawed women navigating family superstitions and secrets, a twist on nature vs nurture, men compounding and confounded by an inherited curse.
Thoroughly enjoyed this multi-generational novel of flawed women navigating family superstitions and secrets, a twist on nature vs nurture, men compounding and confounded by an inherited curse.
November 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
U.S. vs U.K./Ireland covers for Oyinkan Braithwaite's Cursed Daughters.
Thoroughly enjoyed this multi-generational novel of flawed women navigating family superstitions and secrets, a twist on nature vs nurture, men compounding and confounded by an inherited curse.
Thoroughly enjoyed this multi-generational novel of flawed women navigating family superstitions and secrets, a twist on nature vs nurture, men compounding and confounded by an inherited curse.
I lost someone to COVID and most people I know lost someone. I have never understood why people were so eager to have collective amnesia rather than acknowledge grief and trauma. That would also mean though that people would have to evaluate how they contributed to the mass death by their choices.
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I lost someone to COVID and most people I know lost someone. I have never understood why people were so eager to have collective amnesia rather than acknowledge grief and trauma. That would also mean though that people would have to evaluate how they contributed to the mass death by their choices.
This is the second time in less than 24 hours I’ve seen/heard Ulysses referenced. What portent is this.
I am reading Ulysses by James Joyce and as it turns out I don't know how to read
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This is the second time in less than 24 hours I’ve seen/heard Ulysses referenced. What portent is this.
This is just a continuation of previous atrocities committed against women in detention in the US, particularly women of color. This is not new. It’s awful, and cannot continue.
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is just a continuation of previous atrocities committed against women in detention in the US, particularly women of color. This is not new. It’s awful, and cannot continue.