Kat
@longwayback.bsky.social
the middle of the venn diagram that is national security issues + geek culture. hellsite veteran. chaotic disaster bisexual. she/her.
(header image by a softer world)
(header image by a softer world)
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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You know who wouldn't have any problems at all coming up with a way to resurrect Bond? Yaoi enthusiasts. Fan fic writers. That doesn't even ping on the radar for difficulty
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
You know who wouldn't have any problems at all coming up with a way to resurrect Bond? Yaoi enthusiasts. Fan fic writers. That doesn't even ping on the radar for difficulty
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"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"And James Bond, who did NOT die"
do you want to see a movie with great action, character development, and creature violence where the real enemy is toxic masculinity and corporations? go see Predator: Badlands
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
do you want to see a movie with great action, character development, and creature violence where the real enemy is toxic masculinity and corporations? go see Predator: Badlands
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Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
I know spooky season is over but y'all wanna read a horror story?
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I know spooky season is over but y'all wanna read a horror story?
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"Both of these hands are yours"
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
"Both of these hands are yours"
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Also I know exactly who needs to hear this but when Paul Zaloom was not playing Beakman he was making radical queer art in which he opposed the George W. Bush administration and Iraq War with puppets
I don't know who needs to hear this, but all four seasons of Beakman's World are on Tubi.
One of the best science shows for kids ever produced and one that definitely should be mentioned alongside Mr. Wizard, 3-2-1 Contact, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.
tubitv.com/series/30000...
One of the best science shows for kids ever produced and one that definitely should be mentioned alongside Mr. Wizard, 3-2-1 Contact, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.
tubitv.com/series/30000...
Beakman's World
A slightly nutty, always inquisitive scientist leads a journey of discovery while performing experiments that demonstrate how the world works.
tubitv.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Also I know exactly who needs to hear this but when Paul Zaloom was not playing Beakman he was making radical queer art in which he opposed the George W. Bush administration and Iraq War with puppets
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
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I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
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Not even cosplay because cosplay is about both hard work AND outcomes
this is just a good old fashioned sham
this is just a good old fashioned sham
If the outcomes aren't the most important thing, it's not even politics. Politics is literally about the outcomes. What he's describing here is cosplaying.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Not even cosplay because cosplay is about both hard work AND outcomes
this is just a good old fashioned sham
this is just a good old fashioned sham
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
me: this time I will *definitely* just write the feel bad smut and no plot
me, halfway through the draft: what if you were beloved of a god and it was terrible. what if you could stay his hand and temper his choices, except the last one who tried that was a goddess and he killed her anyway. what if
me, halfway through the draft: what if you were beloved of a god and it was terrible. what if you could stay his hand and temper his choices, except the last one who tried that was a goddess and he killed her anyway. what if
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
me: this time I will *definitely* just write the feel bad smut and no plot
me, halfway through the draft: what if you were beloved of a god and it was terrible. what if you could stay his hand and temper his choices, except the last one who tried that was a goddess and he killed her anyway. what if
me, halfway through the draft: what if you were beloved of a god and it was terrible. what if you could stay his hand and temper his choices, except the last one who tried that was a goddess and he killed her anyway. what if
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oh that's weird, Betraybo, my cursed blade that glows before witnessing a huge betrayal, is glowing
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
oh that's weird, Betraybo, my cursed blade that glows before witnessing a huge betrayal, is glowing
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I feel like I should put a line at the top of my resume for every job that i apply for that says “Look, we’re all really stressed out right now, so if something looks weird please just ask me about it.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I feel like I should put a line at the top of my resume for every job that i apply for that says “Look, we’re all really stressed out right now, so if something looks weird please just ask me about it.”
the only thing worse than seeing a cybertruck is seeing a cybertruck with paper tags
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
the only thing worse than seeing a cybertruck is seeing a cybertruck with paper tags
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congrats to the grooms on their 125th anniversary. so glad they found each other
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
congrats to the grooms on their 125th anniversary. so glad they found each other
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Left a rather testy email on Schumer's DC voicemail.
His vm box is open. Go yell at him. 202-224-6542
His vm box is open. Go yell at him. 202-224-6542
You stupid fucking idiots.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Left a rather testy email on Schumer's DC voicemail.
His vm box is open. Go yell at him. 202-224-6542
His vm box is open. Go yell at him. 202-224-6542
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[P] And they're listening to "Old Town Road" and doing the Macarena and the Frug and smoking jazz cigarettes and re-buckling their knickerbockers *below* the knee
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
[P] And they're listening to "Old Town Road" and doing the Macarena and the Frug and smoking jazz cigarettes and re-buckling their knickerbockers *below* the knee
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We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
UPDATE: Senate votes to advance a tentative deal to end the government shutdown, clearing a key hurdle.
Senators reach tentative deal to end the government shutdown
The deal, negotiated by a group of Democrats and GOP leaders, funds the government through Jan. 30. If it passes, it will still need to clear the House, which will likely take days.
nbcnews.to
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
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it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
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If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...
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Hey, have some *good* political news this morning: SCOTUS has declined to hear a case that was viewed as a possible vehicle to overturn Obergefell and gay marriage:
apnews.com/article/supr...
apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hey, have some *good* political news this morning: SCOTUS has declined to hear a case that was viewed as a possible vehicle to overturn Obergefell and gay marriage:
apnews.com/article/supr...
apnews.com/article/supr...