Kathy Foley
@kathyfoley.bsky.social
I do stuff with words. One-time journalist. Current agency owner. Future twinkly, wrinkly poet gardener. Always Mama.
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Sure you’re fancy, but are you ‘making your chicken noodle soup with Eiffel Tower pasta’ fancy?
April 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Sure you’re fancy, but are you ‘making your chicken noodle soup with Eiffel Tower pasta’ fancy?
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"to democratize art is not every person having a cute drawing made in seconds, to democratize art is every person having time and health to learn and make art if they chose to, and mainly to have the means to think and relate introspectively with art."
Pq democratizar a arte não é toda pessoa ter um desenho bonitinho feito em segundos, democratizar arte é toda pessoa ter tempo e saúde pra aprender e produzir arte se quiser mas principalmente ter condição pra pensar e se relacionar com arte com introspecção.
March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"to democratize art is not every person having a cute drawing made in seconds, to democratize art is every person having time and health to learn and make art if they chose to, and mainly to have the means to think and relate introspectively with art."
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I want to make it mandatory for anyone who designs cycle paths to have to use them.
March 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I want to make it mandatory for anyone who designs cycle paths to have to use them.
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"move fast, break things"
-a toddler's internal monologue
-a toddler's internal monologue
March 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"move fast, break things"
-a toddler's internal monologue
-a toddler's internal monologue
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a lot of postwar fascism’s energy has been spent on finding points of entry, wandering around outside the liberal house and trying every window and door
So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.
March 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
a lot of postwar fascism’s energy has been spent on finding points of entry, wandering around outside the liberal house and trying every window and door
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yes - it's the emphasis on the public realm, a century of public broadcasting models, public health, public education, public funding for arts, culture, built environment - the idea that we are communities in society not solely individuals
March 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
yes - it's the emphasis on the public realm, a century of public broadcasting models, public health, public education, public funding for arts, culture, built environment - the idea that we are communities in society not solely individuals
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I went on a reporting trip to Hungary in late 2010, Orbán's Fidesz had recently returned to power with a big majority. People we met, incl journalists and NGOs, were scared to talk openly about the political situation, and that was only a few months in.
Six weeks into the second Trump administration, a chill is spreading over Washington and beyond as people on both sides stay silent out of fear of retribution. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I went on a reporting trip to Hungary in late 2010, Orbán's Fidesz had recently returned to power with a big majority. People we met, incl journalists and NGOs, were scared to talk openly about the political situation, and that was only a few months in.
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🇵🇸 Boycott AirBnB & Booking. com if you’re not cool with ethnic cleansing, land theft & genocide.
They support it & profit from it.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
They support it & profit from it.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Seized, settled, let: how Airbnb and Booking.com help Israelis make money from stolen Palestinian land
As Israel deploys tanks in the West Bank for the first time in 20 years, we reveal how two of the world’s biggest travel companies are helping settlers commercialise stolen land
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🇵🇸 Boycott AirBnB & Booking. com if you’re not cool with ethnic cleansing, land theft & genocide.
They support it & profit from it.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
They support it & profit from it.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Your outie lives in a stable, progressive, equitable liberal democracy
February 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Your outie lives in a stable, progressive, equitable liberal democracy
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A remarkable statement: Jeff Bezos decrees that henceforth, the Washington Post opinion pages will serve the rightwing political project.
Probably self-evident to many people, but I think it’s worth unpacking why that is explicitly and unequivocally what this statement means:
Probably self-evident to many people, but I think it’s worth unpacking why that is explicitly and unequivocally what this statement means:
Holy shit. Jeff Bezos is turning the Washington Post editorial page into.... the Wall Street Journal editorial page.
February 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A remarkable statement: Jeff Bezos decrees that henceforth, the Washington Post opinion pages will serve the rightwing political project.
Probably self-evident to many people, but I think it’s worth unpacking why that is explicitly and unequivocally what this statement means:
Probably self-evident to many people, but I think it’s worth unpacking why that is explicitly and unequivocally what this statement means:
Fantastic opportunity for a reporter to wear out some shoe leather, work with a lovely team and do the city some service. 📰
We’re hiring two reporters. If you’re interested, please apply by Wednesday 19 February. dublininquirer.com/2...
We’re hiring two reporters - Dublin Inquirer
If you’re interested, please apply by Wednesday 19 February.
dublininquirer.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Fantastic opportunity for a reporter to wear out some shoe leather, work with a lovely team and do the city some service. 📰
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This is the “war on women’s sports”.
See also: fewer than ten trans college athletes in a cohort of, what was it? Half a million?
See also: fewer than ten trans college athletes in a cohort of, what was it? Half a million?
Since the IOC has created a rule for trans athletes to compete in 2003, over 81,000 people have become Olympians. Out of those 81,000, a total of 2 have been trans women & one came dead last the other came 37th & neither were from the 🇺🇸, 🇬🇧 or 🇦🇺
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17 January 2025
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February 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This is the “war on women’s sports”.
See also: fewer than ten trans college athletes in a cohort of, what was it? Half a million?
See also: fewer than ten trans college athletes in a cohort of, what was it? Half a million?
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January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Always fascinated to read about languages I’ve never heard of… one group in this article pulled out all the stops to grow the number of people who could speak their language from 10 to 100+ ❤️
‘I can still hear their words’: the fight to save the Híɫzaqv language. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘I can still hear their words’: the fight to save the Híɫzaqv language. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘I can still hear their words’: the fight to save the Híɫzaqv language
In what is now western Canada, younger generations of the Indigenous Heiltsuk Nation are using social media to revive this ‘deeply relational’ language
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Always fascinated to read about languages I’ve never heard of… one group in this article pulled out all the stops to grow the number of people who could speak their language from 10 to 100+ ❤️
‘I can still hear their words’: the fight to save the Híɫzaqv language. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘I can still hear their words’: the fight to save the Híɫzaqv language. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Enchanting Roman wall fresco of a lush garden, rich in plant and bird life. From a reception room at the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii. 1st century BC - 1st century AD 📷 by me
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
January 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Enchanting Roman wall fresco of a lush garden, rich in plant and bird life. From a reception room at the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii. 1st century BC - 1st century AD 📷 by me
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
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Feeling pretty aggrieved that we seem to have gone from the plague years straight to the Rise of Fascism years without having much of the decadent Weimar republic years in between
January 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Feeling pretty aggrieved that we seem to have gone from the plague years straight to the Rise of Fascism years without having much of the decadent Weimar republic years in between
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In 1518 the Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg found himself and his fleet unexpectedly in Ireland, thanks to stormy weather. While there, one of his aides, a young man named Laurent Vital (age 16) wrote an account of their time there. It is extraordinary for many reasons >
January 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In 1518 the Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg found himself and his fleet unexpectedly in Ireland, thanks to stormy weather. While there, one of his aides, a young man named Laurent Vital (age 16) wrote an account of their time there. It is extraordinary for many reasons >
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The remarkably well-preserved York Helmet is one of only six surviving helmets from Anglo-Saxon Britain. A Latin inscription bears the name of its owner ‘Oshere’. Discovered by a digger operator in Coppergate, York, in 1982. Iron and copper alloy, dated AD 770-775 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
January 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The remarkably well-preserved York Helmet is one of only six surviving helmets from Anglo-Saxon Britain. A Latin inscription bears the name of its owner ‘Oshere’. Discovered by a digger operator in Coppergate, York, in 1982. Iron and copper alloy, dated AD 770-775 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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I heard the term
"The Nerd Reich"
used to describe these companies and I think its quite apt.
"The Nerd Reich"
used to describe these companies and I think its quite apt.
internally at Meta:
-trans and nonbinary themes stripped from Messenger
-enforcement policy now allows for the denial of trans people's existence
-tampons removed from men's restrooms
-DEI programs shuttered
-Kaplan briefed top conservative influencers the night before policy changes were announced
-trans and nonbinary themes stripped from Messenger
-enforcement policy now allows for the denial of trans people's existence
-tampons removed from men's restrooms
-DEI programs shuttered
-Kaplan briefed top conservative influencers the night before policy changes were announced
January 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I heard the term
"The Nerd Reich"
used to describe these companies and I think its quite apt.
"The Nerd Reich"
used to describe these companies and I think its quite apt.
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#MosaicMonday - Sometimes you've got to embrace the brilliance of a delightfully dapper cephalopod. This little fella is one of a few surviving fragments of a huge mosaic from Villaquejida: ca. Early 3rd Century AD. #Octopus #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Madrid (3615)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Madrid (3615)
December 23, 2024 at 12:38 PM
#MosaicMonday - Sometimes you've got to embrace the brilliance of a delightfully dapper cephalopod. This little fella is one of a few surviving fragments of a huge mosaic from Villaquejida: ca. Early 3rd Century AD. #Octopus #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Madrid (3615)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Madrid (3615)
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Saw this and had to repost. <3 Credit to Marpal Embroidery for the work!
November 29, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Saw this and had to repost. <3 Credit to Marpal Embroidery for the work!