Kate
@geekate.bsky.social
Software dev, gamer, musician, weather nerd, wife of Rik (@riksrandomretro.com) and mother of 3. Here for geek stuff, retro gaming, synth music, and local news/weather/community.
Trying to cope with the world by focusing on raising good humans.
📍Omaha
Trying to cope with the world by focusing on raising good humans.
📍Omaha
“Burrito supremo at El Zocalo in Lino” would make a catchy song title
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“Burrito supremo at El Zocalo in Lino” would make a catchy song title
My husband has seen way more Star Trek than me and therefore gets a lot more of the references, but we both got the same amount of enjoyment from Lower Decks. And I’m a lot more interested in Star Trek now specifically because of LD.
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
My husband has seen way more Star Trek than me and therefore gets a lot more of the references, but we both got the same amount of enjoyment from Lower Decks. And I’m a lot more interested in Star Trek now specifically because of LD.
I’m starting to think, since we can’t all agree on permanent DST or not, maybe we should meet in the middle and shift “standard” time forward 30 minutes and call it good?
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I’m starting to think, since we can’t all agree on permanent DST or not, maybe we should meet in the middle and shift “standard” time forward 30 minutes and call it good?
Makes me nuts on overseas flights when they make you close the windows. I want to look at Greenland! Honestly I even want to look at the ocean, it’s just so cool to see stuff you’d never see with your own eyes otherwise
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Makes me nuts on overseas flights when they make you close the windows. I want to look at Greenland! Honestly I even want to look at the ocean, it’s just so cool to see stuff you’d never see with your own eyes otherwise
In the interest of safety, I’ll have an Almond Joy drop-off station at my house so they can be properly disposed of. 😋
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In the interest of safety, I’ll have an Almond Joy drop-off station at my house so they can be properly disposed of. 😋
This is the forecast I’ve been waiting for since July!
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October 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is the forecast I’ve been waiting for since July!
Can’t blame her for trying, though I’m sure she knows snow on Halloween is impossible in Minnesota.
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Can’t blame her for trying, though I’m sure she knows snow on Halloween is impossible in Minnesota.
I know I’m the odd one out but I’m loving the clouds!
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I know I’m the odd one out but I’m loving the clouds!
Huh, I’d never heard that term before. But yeah that’s pretty much all we have around here. Grids of stroads, 1 mile apart, with single family homes inside (plus a school and/or playground) and zoning for gas stations/strip malls in small parts along the stroads.
October 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Huh, I’d never heard that term before. But yeah that’s pretty much all we have around here. Grids of stroads, 1 mile apart, with single family homes inside (plus a school and/or playground) and zoning for gas stations/strip malls in small parts along the stroads.
We did just get a McDonald’s that’s about a 30min walk away (if you’re willing to risk getting mowed down by inattentive drivers while crossing arterial streets with no lights where nobody expects a pedestrian), so that’s kinda neat
October 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We did just get a McDonald’s that’s about a 30min walk away (if you’re willing to risk getting mowed down by inattentive drivers while crossing arterial streets with no lights where nobody expects a pedestrian), so that’s kinda neat
They do have zoning for businesses but there has to be a ton of residential development in the area before they build - even then it will be like a Costco and a Starbucks. In this demographic nobody is going to go “sure I’ll take the bus to Costco and carry back my 40 bags of groceries.”
October 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
They do have zoning for businesses but there has to be a ton of residential development in the area before they build - even then it will be like a Costco and a Starbucks. In this demographic nobody is going to go “sure I’ll take the bus to Costco and carry back my 40 bags of groceries.”
Most people that live here don’t want to undo it. People like living in quiet residential-only neighborhoods and don’t mind having to drive everywhere because it’s the norm. It would take a massive mentality shift in addition to extreme infrastructure changes - both are very unlikely.
October 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Most people that live here don’t want to undo it. People like living in quiet residential-only neighborhoods and don’t mind having to drive everywhere because it’s the norm. It would take a massive mentality shift in addition to extreme infrastructure changes - both are very unlikely.
That’s pretty cool - sadly my home (again in a heavily populated single-family-home subdivision) is a 1hr 20min walk to the closest proposed transit stop. But as the poster said there would need to be major changes to make it viable for the suburban areas like the one I’m in.
October 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That’s pretty cool - sadly my home (again in a heavily populated single-family-home subdivision) is a 1hr 20min walk to the closest proposed transit stop. But as the poster said there would need to be major changes to make it viable for the suburban areas like the one I’m in.
I agree, the way these areas are set up was/is very short-sighted. And it’s far from unique, I’m sure most mid-sized cities outside of mountain/costal regions have the same issue, so millions of people in the same boat (or car?) Hindsight’s 20/20 but not sure there’s a great solution as of now.
October 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I agree, the way these areas are set up was/is very short-sighted. And it’s far from unique, I’m sure most mid-sized cities outside of mountain/costal regions have the same issue, so millions of people in the same boat (or car?) Hindsight’s 20/20 but not sure there’s a great solution as of now.
My area isn’t rural; it’s urban sprawl on the outskirts of Omaha. Thousands of people in unincorporated subdivisions that are almost 100% housing. And not just food, also kids activities all over the area at all kinds of hours, public transit wouldn’t make sense with how few people would use it.
October 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My area isn’t rural; it’s urban sprawl on the outskirts of Omaha. Thousands of people in unincorporated subdivisions that are almost 100% housing. And not just food, also kids activities all over the area at all kinds of hours, public transit wouldn’t make sense with how few people would use it.
There are huge populated areas where the only way to get to anything besides houses and corn is by car. My suburban neighborhood is a 3hr roundtrip walk from the nearest grocery store and there is no public transportation. Yes it’s a bad design but we can’t just undo all the urban sprawl.
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
There are huge populated areas where the only way to get to anything besides houses and corn is by car. My suburban neighborhood is a 3hr roundtrip walk from the nearest grocery store and there is no public transportation. Yes it’s a bad design but we can’t just undo all the urban sprawl.
Well, my personal pet peeve is subjective terms for weather (where sunny/hot = good, rainy/cold = bad, since I feel the opposite) but I understand why that’s a thing. Then also stuff like “historic,” “unprecedented,” “once-in-a-lifetime,” etc. since those events seem to happen *all the time*
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Well, my personal pet peeve is subjective terms for weather (where sunny/hot = good, rainy/cold = bad, since I feel the opposite) but I understand why that’s a thing. Then also stuff like “historic,” “unprecedented,” “once-in-a-lifetime,” etc. since those events seem to happen *all the time*
I… don’t hate the idea 🤔
October 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I… don’t hate the idea 🤔
That was so fun!! My kids didn’t know who he was so I had to educate them during intermission. 🎃 🕺
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
That was so fun!! My kids didn’t know who he was so I had to educate them during intermission. 🎃 🕺