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katiebean.bsky.social
It's very funny to me that you can tell when I got laid off by just by my streaming numbers lol
From Tidal Music's yearly wrapup, a list of months is overlaid by a green block of text that shows the number of music streams for those months. From January to March each month shows around 1.5k streams but drops dramatically in April to a mere 574 streams (I was laid off in early April.)
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
katiebean.bsky.social
Bread day!!
A photo of a loaf of crusty sourdough bread cooling on a rack. It is a batard with a score down the middle and a small wheat pattern scored along the right side. The crust is a deep brown covered lightly with rice flour.
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
katiebean.bsky.social
Fellow Californians, please remember to vote today! I dropped off my ballot off this morning and it couldn't have been easier 💪
A picture of an "I Voted" sticker attached to a piece of a mail-in ballot.
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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lifewinning.com
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
The next X years are going to be so tedious and dumb and painful.
September 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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heatherhogan.bsky.social
Got my COVID and flu vax no problem in NYC this morning.
September 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
katiebean.bsky.social
I think I've officially peaked as a baker. I'll never love anything as much as I love this Tiny Loaf.
An overhead photo of a small artisan style bread boule on a small scrap of parchment paper inside an equally small ramekin that looks like a tiny le creuset dutch oven. The appearance is exactly like a normal sized bread boule in color and scoring but is overall about the size of a golf ball. A hand holds the small bread boule and parchment paper, the bread is small enough to fit inside the palm of the hand. A regular-sized artisan style crusty bread loaf is sitting on a cooling rack next to the small boule. The tiny bread boule is sitting in front of the regular loaf and has been cut in half and is stacked to display the crumb of the small loaf which stands about 1 inch tall. The small loaf is absolutely dwarfed by the regular loaf behind it.
August 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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heatherhogan.bsky.social
Mask up, friends! And foes! I also want my foes to mask up! Everyone mask up! 😷
thesicktimes.org The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · Aug 12
COVID-19 rates continue to take off across the U.S. as our summer surge hits every region. All metrics report substantial increases in SARS-CoV-2 spread in recent weeks — and the latest data are from early August, meaning levels may be much higher now than our reported numbers. bit.ly/4mgGDAP
An orange background and a meter indicating moderate wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2. The text reads: COVID-19 rates continue to take off across the U.S. as our summer surge hits every region. All metrics report substantial increases in SARS-CoV-2 spread in recent weeks — and the latest data are from early August, meaning levels may be much higher now than our reported numbers. Wastewater data from the CDC and WastewaterSCAN show continued increases in coronavirus levels. Coronavirus levels in wastewater remain highest in the South and West Coast: most states in these two regions report “very high,” “high,” or “moderate” wastewater viral activity levels, according to the CDC. And “high” levels in the CDC’s reporting system correspond to what other health experts might call “incredibly high.” Test positivity and emergency department visits for COVID-19 also continue to increase across the U.S. Similar to last week, the CDC reported increased test positivity for every health region, and the agency's forecasting center reported that cases are “growing or likely growing in 45 states” as of August 5." Line chart showing COVID-19 test positivity from the network of PCR labs reporting to the CDC. Title: "COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) Percent Positivity, by Week, in Region 6, Reported to CDC." A note below the chart clarifies that Region 6 covers Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Y axis represents weekly % test positivity and the X axis represents time, going from August 2023 to August 2025. In that time, this region experienced waves in summer 2023, winter 2023-24, and summer 2024, and a smaller uptick in winter 2024-25. Most recently, test positivity jumped significantly in late July/early August 2025. An orange background and a meter indicating moderate wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2. The text reads: COVID-19 rates continue to take off across the U.S. as our summer surge hits every region. All metrics report substantial increases in SARS-CoV-2 spread in recent weeks — and the latest data are from early August, meaning levels may be much higher now than our reported numbers. Wastewater data from the CDC and WastewaterSCAN show continued increases in coronavirus levels. Coronavirus levels in wastewater remain highest in the South and West Coast: most states in these two regions report “very high,” “high,” or “moderate” wastewater viral activity levels, according to the CDC. And “high” levels in the CDC’s reporting system correspond to what other health experts might call “incredibly high.” Test positivity and emergency department visits for COVID-19 also continue to increase across the U.S. Similar to last week, the CDC reported increased test positivity for every health region, and the agency's forecasting center reported that cases are “growing or likely growing in 45 states” as of August 5." Line chart showing COVID-19 test positivity from the network of PCR labs reporting to the CDC. Title: "COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) Percent Positivity, by Week, in Region 6, Reported to CDC." A note below the chart clarifies that Region 6 covers Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Y axis represents weekly % test positivity and the X axis represents time, going from August 2023 to August 2025. In that time, this region experienced waves in summer 2023, winter 2023-24, and summer 2024, and a smaller uptick in winter 2024-25. Most recently, test positivity jumped significantly in late July/early August 2025.
August 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
katiebean.bsky.social
I made TWO important grown up phone calls that I've been putting off for weeks and let me tell you the relief I feel is incredible 😭
May 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
katiebean.bsky.social
Did you guys know that if you want to make yourself a little hobbit cloak you can just make one? Did y'all know they just let you do this??
Katie is facing the camera holding a peace sign while wearing a dark green hooded cloak held together at the neck with a leaf brooch in the style of those seen in Lord of the Rings.
May 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
katiebean.bsky.social
The true horror of this escape room place was the bathroom. (also new haircut hello)
A mirror selfie in a bathroom bathed in a horror-esque red light. In the background is a high shelf with several haunted looking dolls and to the left and right are somewhat disturbing photos of an eye and a face with an eye in the forehead. Also Katie's haircut is looking fresh AF.
May 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
katiebean.bsky.social
Being unemployed has really just been me planning my day thinking "maybe I'll go to the big business Costco as a treat!"
April 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
katiebean.bsky.social
Getting laid off in a couple weeks and planning to be unemployed for a minute is reminding me of the time I started applying for jobs after COVID unemployment ended, and having an interviewer look me dead in the face and ask why I had a gap in my resume after March 2020. Like, my dude...
March 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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dumbfun.bsky.social
worth reading and sharing, esp since most people don't seem to care about covid much any more
March 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
katiebean.bsky.social
I got a little photo printer to print out all my favorite little photos I've taken and I'm having an absolute blast!!
A small table is covered in 4x6 printed photos of various images.
March 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
katiebean.bsky.social
Challenge: give myself a haircut the day before my birthday and not mess it up. Wish me luck 😬
March 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
katiebean.bsky.social
I got a Kobo color ereader as an early birthday gift for myself and I'm really enjoying it! The downside is I've rediscovered staying up into the wee hours at the expense of my sleep like I'm a teenager again.
An e-reader is laying on a bed showing the color cover of the manga "She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat vol.5" a cat with Siamese coloring sniffs the corner disinterestedly
March 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
katiebean.bsky.social
Me jamming to this for the rest of the day
shura.gg 𝔰𝔥𝔲𝔯𝔞 @shura.gg · Feb 26
richardson ft. cassandra jenkins is out now ⚔️

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fans of me will know how much i adore cj’s music so i am so thrilled to share our song with the rest of the universe finally 🍃🧡🥹
February 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
katiebean.bsky.social
I splurged last minute and got a front row seat to see Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga and the brilliant cast of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends and let me tell you it was worth EVERY PENNY.
A playbill for the musical Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends is held in the foreground, behind which is the stage for the musical with a marquee saying "Old Friends" suspended above the stage.
February 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
katiebean.bsky.social
I just finished The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty and I enjoyed every minute of the audiobook!! A retired pirate captain gets her crew back together for "one last job" in order to accrue a fortune and save her family, and everything definitely goes exactly to plan...
A cover of the novel The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty. It is an illustration of a ship on a turbulent sea in the clutches of a giant octopus-like Leviathan.
February 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
katiebean.bsky.social
Just bought myself a Kobo and found this out in the process.
andylevy.net andy™ @andylevy.net · Feb 16
hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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queergirl.bsky.social
Hey if you live in or near LA and you haven’t yet, it’s time to replace the cabin air filter in your car
February 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
katiebean.bsky.social
A girl said she loved my outfit today so you know maybe everything is going to be ok actually.
February 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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shura.gg
was not expecting signed vinyl to sell out in 10 mins. restocked it and it sold out again lol. just added a few more in case you missed it 🫠🍃⚔️🧡🥹

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January 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
katiebean.bsky.social
With all the beautiful news about Thailand passing marriage equality, perhaps it's a good time to inform my queer friends that Thailand's been releasing a TON of sapphic little shows over the past few years.
January 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM