Katie Skeen, PhD
@skeen.bsky.social
Cold-eyed warm-hearted editor researcher mother radical optimist.
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I was on Jeopardy! the week that Alex Trebek shaved off his mustache.
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I was on Jeopardy! the week that Alex Trebek shaved off his mustache.
November 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
More of this, please: suburban Philadelphia Dems combining civic actions of voting and feeding your neighbors
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
More of this, please: suburban Philadelphia Dems combining civic actions of voting and feeding your neighbors
My saffron croci are popping up. Three red stigmas to harvest from each flower. #bloomscrolling #autumngarden #Philadelphia
October 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
My saffron croci are popping up. Three red stigmas to harvest from each flower. #bloomscrolling #autumngarden #Philadelphia
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
another creative wording from @nytimes
October 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
another creative wording from @nytimes
Not a Cubs fan (SOUTHSIDE 4EVA) but I do relate to old warhorse Justin Turner.
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Not a Cubs fan (SOUTHSIDE 4EVA) but I do relate to old warhorse Justin Turner.
sampling of Japanese manhole covers, each representing a different municipality or district
September 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
sampling of Japanese manhole covers, each representing a different municipality or district
How embarrassing, @nytimes.com. The headline writer forgot to put quote marks around "Government" and "Christianity."
And "Patriotic."
And "Patriotic."
September 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
How embarrassing, @nytimes.com. The headline writer forgot to put quote marks around "Government" and "Christianity."
And "Patriotic."
And "Patriotic."
FFS could the @nytimes.com head and subhead fail the assignment any harder?
September 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
FFS could the @nytimes.com head and subhead fail the assignment any harder?
greetings from a coffee shop in Yokosuka, Kanagawa
September 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
greetings from a coffee shop in Yokosuka, Kanagawa
walking around "Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s" @philamuseum.bsky.social and realizing how many seminal postwar artists and designers (Isamu Noguchi, George Nakashima; not to mention Ruth Asawa) had been imprisoned in Japanese-American concentration camps
August 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
walking around "Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s" @philamuseum.bsky.social and realizing how many seminal postwar artists and designers (Isamu Noguchi, George Nakashima; not to mention Ruth Asawa) had been imprisoned in Japanese-American concentration camps
This Guinness Van Leeuwens ice cream is A++++++, by the way.
Get it, as they say, while it lasts.
Get it, as they say, while it lasts.
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This Guinness Van Leeuwens ice cream is A++++++, by the way.
Get it, as they say, while it lasts.
Get it, as they say, while it lasts.
The Weeknd last night in Philadelphia
August 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The Weeknd last night in Philadelphia
Came here to say this.
August 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Came here to say this.
Hozier last night in Camden. Irish lyrics subtitled.
July 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hozier last night in Camden. Irish lyrics subtitled.
July 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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July 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Remembering Bobby Jenks and an incredible series #southside
July 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Remembering Bobby Jenks and an incredible series #southside
Does anyone else think it's odd that Kneecap (2024) (despite being shortlisted for Oscar noms) is not findable in the NY Times database of 21st c. movies? @kneecapceol.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Does anyone else think it's odd that Kneecap (2024) (despite being shortlisted for Oscar noms) is not findable in the NY Times database of 21st c. movies? @kneecapceol.bsky.social
I was at Bryant Elementary in West Philly yesterday to help set up a new volunteer-run library and saw the school is covered with murals by David McShane, local legend in the news last week. share.inquirer.com/nAVni4
June 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I was at Bryant Elementary in West Philly yesterday to help set up a new volunteer-run library and saw the school is covered with murals by David McShane, local legend in the news last week. share.inquirer.com/nAVni4