Katherine Duke
@katducduk.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Comedy geek. Trivia nerd. Podcast junkie. Creator of the book Kissability: People with Disabilities Talk About Sex, Love, and Relationships (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24738917-kissability#CommunityReviews). (she/her)
As a wheelchair user myself, I can tell you that Wake Up Dead Man (2025) doesn’t get everything right with the wheelchair-using character, but I did appreciate the moment when she stands up, another character declares it a miracle, and she explains: “I can walk; it just hurts!”
YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
December 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
As a wheelchair user myself, I can tell you that Wake Up Dead Man (2025) doesn’t get everything right with the wheelchair-using character, but I did appreciate the moment when she stands up, another character declares it a miracle, and she explains: “I can walk; it just hurts!”
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It may be easy to dismiss Justin Olson's comments that people with disabilities shouldn't get married as right-wing claptrap. But the American government discourages it because if people with disabilities get married, they risk losing their SSI benefits.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump nominee admits he delivered sermon saying disabled people shouldn’t get married
The toughest line of questioning during the Senate hearing for nominee Justin R. Olson came from Trump’s own party
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It may be easy to dismiss Justin Olson's comments that people with disabilities shouldn't get married as right-wing claptrap. But the American government discourages it because if people with disabilities get married, they risk losing their SSI benefits.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.
New research finds trans teens have high satisfaction with gender care
The survey published in JAMA Pediatrics showed that trans teens taking puberty blockers or hormones had very low rates of regret.
www.npr.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.
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In the episode where Homer adopts a pet lobster it is called Mr Pinchy. In the European French version of The Simpsons, Mr Pinchy is instead called Homard Simpson (homard means lobster in French)
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In the episode where Homer adopts a pet lobster it is called Mr Pinchy. In the European French version of The Simpsons, Mr Pinchy is instead called Homard Simpson (homard means lobster in French)
I’ve never developed a taste for alcohol, so I just bought a bottle of sparkling cider with which to toast the New Year. And/or other things that might happen soon.
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I’ve never developed a taste for alcohol, so I just bought a bottle of sparkling cider with which to toast the New Year. And/or other things that might happen soon.
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"Post Cinna-Cluster Raisin Bran" sounds like the raisin bran that emerged in the aftermath of the tragically destructive cinna-cluster that we all remember from 1998.
December 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"Post Cinna-Cluster Raisin Bran" sounds like the raisin bran that emerged in the aftermath of the tragically destructive cinna-cluster that we all remember from 1998.
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“Did you ever find Dave Foley attractive when he played a French Canadian prostitute?”
February 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Did you ever find Dave Foley attractive when he played a French Canadian prostitute?”
Garrett from Community (Erik Charles Nielsen) is back on Jeopardy!
I like to joke about how Jeopardy contestants remind me of particular show biz people, but this guy looked and sounded *really specifically* familiar, and I'm tickled to find out why!
Erik on Jeopardy today sure looks a lot like Garrett from Community.
*Looks up the actors name*
Okay it is literally him! Go Erik Nielsen!
*Looks up the actors name*
Okay it is literally him! Go Erik Nielsen!
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Garrett from Community (Erik Charles Nielsen) is back on Jeopardy!
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You will be visited by three spirits…
December 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
You will be visited by three spirits…
I just checked Facebook, and the first thing I saw was a friend's post, from 15 hours ago, making a lighthearted allusion to The Princess Bride. 💔
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I just checked Facebook, and the first thing I saw was a friend's post, from 15 hours ago, making a lighthearted allusion to The Princess Bride. 💔
¿TRES leches? ¿En esta economía?
December 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
¿TRES leches? ¿En esta economía?
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“It’s confusing that I have to click START in order to shut something down," Dad will say.
Oh, is it, Alan? Would it help if, instead of a START icon, there were an icon that looked like a retired accountant with back problems bending over to unplug his computer from the wall?
Oh, is it, Alan? Would it help if, instead of a START icon, there were an icon that looked like a retired accountant with back problems bending over to unplug his computer from the wall?
I Swear to Fucking God, If I Come Home This Christmas and Find Out My Parents are Still Unplugging Their Computer From the Wall When They Want to Turn It Off, I Will Fucking Snap
Seriously, how fucking hard can it be? Click START, then click SHUT DOWN. That’s a TWO-step process that for the past ten years in a row I’ve had t...
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“It’s confusing that I have to click START in order to shut something down," Dad will say.
Oh, is it, Alan? Would it help if, instead of a START icon, there were an icon that looked like a retired accountant with back problems bending over to unplug his computer from the wall?
Oh, is it, Alan? Would it help if, instead of a START icon, there were an icon that looked like a retired accountant with back problems bending over to unplug his computer from the wall?
In my family, instead of either of these lines, we sing my parents' names and the names of a couple they are friends with:
🎵 "Don & Beth and Gary & Carol..." 🎵
🎵 "Don & Beth and Gary & Carol..." 🎵
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
In my family, instead of either of these lines, we sing my parents' names and the names of a couple they are friends with:
🎵 "Don & Beth and Gary & Carol..." 🎵
🎵 "Don & Beth and Gary & Carol..." 🎵
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I'm not good at Photoshop, but this gave me an idea:
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I'm not good at Photoshop, but this gave me an idea:
I'm not good at Photoshop, but this gave me an idea:
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I'm not good at Photoshop, but this gave me an idea:
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Once, during a staff meeting, my colleague Lawrence jotted down a reminder after a particular task was assigned to him. A few minutes later, he spoke up to make fun of himself when he realized that the only note on the page was his own name: "I just wrote 'Lawrence.' 🤷♂️"
Well I've got no fucking idea what this reminder was for
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Once, during a staff meeting, my colleague Lawrence jotted down a reminder after a particular task was assigned to him. A few minutes later, he spoke up to make fun of himself when he realized that the only note on the page was his own name: "I just wrote 'Lawrence.' 🤷♂️"
I aced Catfishing for the first time! Only 40 others out of 11,000 players have done so today.
catfishing.net
#536 - 10/10 🎉
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catfishing.net
#536 - 10/10 🎉
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catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game
Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day.
catfishing.net
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I aced Catfishing for the first time! Only 40 others out of 11,000 players have done so today.
catfishing.net
#536 - 10/10 🎉
🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈
🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈
catfishing.net
#536 - 10/10 🎉
🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈
🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈
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After seeing the film, I developed a theory-- well supported by several lines of lyrics but not by the song's release date --that "Lightning Crashes" by Live was about Powder.
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
After seeing the film, I developed a theory-- well supported by several lines of lyrics but not by the song's release date --that "Lightning Crashes" by Live was about Powder.
Once, during a staff meeting, my colleague Lawrence jotted down a reminder after a particular task was assigned to him. A few minutes later, he spoke up to make fun of himself when he realized that the only note on the page was his own name: "I just wrote 'Lawrence.' 🤷♂️"
Well I've got no fucking idea what this reminder was for
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Once, during a staff meeting, my colleague Lawrence jotted down a reminder after a particular task was assigned to him. A few minutes later, he spoke up to make fun of himself when he realized that the only note on the page was his own name: "I just wrote 'Lawrence.' 🤷♂️"
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Sometimes things like to have a try at being other things for some reason.. For example, dikdiks is when deer is bunnies, and hummingbirds is when birds is bugs
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Sometimes things like to have a try at being other things for some reason.. For example, dikdiks is when deer is bunnies, and hummingbirds is when birds is bugs
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Ugly Gerry, the font designed to raise awareness about gerrymandering
Free font Ugly Gerry — gerrymandering font — FontsArena
Free font created with real US congressional districts. The name comes from gerrymandering, the process that made possible letter-like shapes.
fontsarena.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ugly Gerry, the font designed to raise awareness about gerrymandering
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S1.E6: "Escape Clause"
LOL-- this is the first episode where Rod Serling is all, "Consider, if you will, a guy I made up who totally sucks shit. Seriously, just look at this absolute asshole. Good news, though: You can bet he's about to get his comeuppance... in... The Twilight Zone."
LOL-- this is the first episode where Rod Serling is all, "Consider, if you will, a guy I made up who totally sucks shit. Seriously, just look at this absolute asshole. Good news, though: You can bet he's about to get his comeuppance... in... The Twilight Zone."
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
S1.E6: "Escape Clause"
LOL-- this is the first episode where Rod Serling is all, "Consider, if you will, a guy I made up who totally sucks shit. Seriously, just look at this absolute asshole. Good news, though: You can bet he's about to get his comeuppance... in... The Twilight Zone."
LOL-- this is the first episode where Rod Serling is all, "Consider, if you will, a guy I made up who totally sucks shit. Seriously, just look at this absolute asshole. Good news, though: You can bet he's about to get his comeuppance... in... The Twilight Zone."
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Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
I don't know exactly what I, as a wheelchair user, might someday need this image for, but I'm QTing it here for easy access in the future.
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I don't know exactly what I, as a wheelchair user, might someday need this image for, but I'm QTing it here for easy access in the future.
I went to bed at a Reasonable Hour™️ last night (2-3 hours earlier than usual) and have felt well-rested and alert all day. The implications here are troubling...
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I went to bed at a Reasonable Hour™️ last night (2-3 hours earlier than usual) and have felt well-rested and alert all day. The implications here are troubling...