Katie
@katieborders.bsky.social
Books, games, Weird Al… general nerdery… with bonus feminism! She/her
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Also, you know: Fuck "toughening up." It's just code for "let the worst people dictate the terms of the discourse," and why the fuck would I do that? They're terrible people. I don't want to have to wallow in the fucking sewer because the worst people like to play in their own shit.
February 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Also, you know: Fuck "toughening up." It's just code for "let the worst people dictate the terms of the discourse," and why the fuck would I do that? They're terrible people. I don't want to have to wallow in the fucking sewer because the worst people like to play in their own shit.
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Me: how do I do my taxes
Public School: shut the fuck up and square dance
Public School: shut the fuck up and square dance
January 31, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Me: how do I do my taxes
Public School: shut the fuck up and square dance
Public School: shut the fuck up and square dance
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Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.
February 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.
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I need to stop doing dishes while my meal cooks, because then when I’m done eating there are just more fucking dishes.
January 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I need to stop doing dishes while my meal cooks, because then when I’m done eating there are just more fucking dishes.
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I just wish #yall would signal boost the Black people who are telling you this is Jim Crow more than you signal boost the non-black people who are saying it's Nazi Germany.
I know why you won't though. . .
I know why you won't though. . .
January 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I just wish #yall would signal boost the Black people who are telling you this is Jim Crow more than you signal boost the non-black people who are saying it's Nazi Germany.
I know why you won't though. . .
I know why you won't though. . .
I’m so excited because I just discovered that @scarytoilet.bsky.social is here now!! One of my fave Twitter accounts!
January 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’m so excited because I just discovered that @scarytoilet.bsky.social is here now!! One of my fave Twitter accounts!
Ugh, 13 year old had a dentist appointment at 7am. I’m trying not to fall asleep in this waiting room.
January 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ugh, 13 year old had a dentist appointment at 7am. I’m trying not to fall asleep in this waiting room.
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A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.
January 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.
Same
I am resigned to the fact that the D&D alignment that best describes me is Lawful Good, nevertheless from time to time I will indulge in some Chaotic Good, as a treat
January 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Same
D&D is the best!
I just came back from one of the most amazing D&D sessions I've ever run in my life.
For context, in the last year I've been working as a professional DM, and one of my gigs is running games for kids in a camp setting here in LA.
My table has been known as the most chaotic of the bunch.
For context, in the last year I've been working as a professional DM, and one of my gigs is running games for kids in a camp setting here in LA.
My table has been known as the most chaotic of the bunch.
January 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
D&D is the best!
Biden’s got real big Michael Scott “I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY” energy here. Obviously one of his top priorities 🙄
On the Friday before he leaves office, Biden says in his opinion the ERA is now effective as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, while his staff tells reporters that the White House won’t direct the National Archivist to change its years-old decision that it is not. www.npr.org/2025/01/17/n...
Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear
To come into effect, the constitutional amendment would need to be formally published or certified by the National Archivist who has declined to do so in the past. What happens now is unclear.
www.npr.org
January 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Biden’s got real big Michael Scott “I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY” energy here. Obviously one of his top priorities 🙄
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People took all the wrong lessons from Tolkien (fantasy race determinism, long-prophesied return of the king, lore coming out your ears)
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
People complain a lot about the influence of #Tolkien on fantasy, but I do think it’s fascinating a series about PTSD is so influential, and that ineffable sadness of a world long gone is such an interesting starting place for the modern genre
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
January 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
People took all the wrong lessons from Tolkien (fantasy race determinism, long-prophesied return of the king, lore coming out your ears)
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).
I have the actual fucking flu. Here’s what my boss texted (verbatim) when I mentioned working reduced hours from home this week, “Please don’t think twice about it and take the time you need to get well. We should prolly just plan to see you sometime next week.”
January 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I have the actual fucking flu. Here’s what my boss texted (verbatim) when I mentioned working reduced hours from home this week, “Please don’t think twice about it and take the time you need to get well. We should prolly just plan to see you sometime next week.”
One year ago today I told my ex I wanted to end our 19 year marriage (27 year relationship). It was the most scared I’ve ever been in my life, but I did it. It’s been a shitty wonderful year. The hardest and most serendipitous one of my life.
January 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One year ago today I told my ex I wanted to end our 19 year marriage (27 year relationship). It was the most scared I’ve ever been in my life, but I did it. It’s been a shitty wonderful year. The hardest and most serendipitous one of my life.
We’re at that point in winter where 30 degrees F feels warm.
January 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We’re at that point in winter where 30 degrees F feels warm.
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She’ll be like “I know a place” then take you to the center of a forest grove and transform you into a sprawling oak tree using ancient magic
November 26, 2024 at 1:46 PM
She’ll be like “I know a place” then take you to the center of a forest grove and transform you into a sprawling oak tree using ancient magic
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Blergh, just looked at Facebook for a while. I need to stop that, I always regret it! I just want to see my friends, not a bunch of accounts I don’t follow! Why is everything slowly getting worse and worse?!
January 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Blergh, just looked at Facebook for a while. I need to stop that, I always regret it! I just want to see my friends, not a bunch of accounts I don’t follow! Why is everything slowly getting worse and worse?!
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If you ever share / repost anything, please let it be this
December 30, 2024 at 4:26 PM
If you ever share / repost anything, please let it be this
Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025…
(This is the dedication from The Last Emperox by @scalzi.com)
(This is the dedication from The Last Emperox by @scalzi.com)
December 31, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025…
(This is the dedication from The Last Emperox by @scalzi.com)
(This is the dedication from The Last Emperox by @scalzi.com)
If you’re wondering what kind of mom I am…
A number of Oscar-worthy movies were released this year, but only ONE features Amy Adams singing “Dare to Be Stupid”! Nightbitch is now streaming on Hulu.
December 30, 2024 at 2:09 PM
If you’re wondering what kind of mom I am…
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Did it bring back two humpback whales y/n?
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has called home, sending a signal confirming that it survived a historically close encounter with the sun, when it traveled to within 3.8 million miles of the flaring surface of the star.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close encounter with sun
The probe accelerated to 430,000 mph, faster than any spacecraft has ever flown, traveling to within 3.8 million miles of the star’s surface.
wapo.st
December 27, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Did it bring back two humpback whales y/n?
I can neither confirm nor deny the rumors that I’ve played this. (There’s a time and a place for everything, and it’s called College)
rules for strip settlers of catan
December 27, 2024 at 2:34 PM
I can neither confirm nor deny the rumors that I’ve played this. (There’s a time and a place for everything, and it’s called College)
You will be visited by three spirits…
December 25, 2024 at 8:52 PM
You will be visited by three spirits…