Kate Branden

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Writer. Photographer. Wandergirl. VCFA WCYA grad. Fan of cats and wool. Repped by @marchsoloway.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social.
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My reply to every news story about Vance.

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JD Vance is particularly odious to me because we’re roughly the same age and from the same part of Ohio and I grew up with a hundred pasty, squishy faced white dudes like him & they’re all convinced they’re marginalized because you can’t smoke at Waffle House or say the n-word anymore

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Woody Guthrie, BOTD in 1912

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📸 Always hunting

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reskeet with a tweet you still think about

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I literally warned y'all about exactly this kind of harmful outcome from GPT integrations, & even told you *why/how* it'd happen. And if it's showing in résumé sorting, then bet it's about break as having been happening in patient portals & police reports & lending application sorters & on & on & on

“UW researchers found that ChatGPT consistently ranked resumes with disability-related honors and credentials — such as the ‘Tom Wilson Disability Leadership Award’ — lower than the same resumes without those honors and credentials.”

ChatGPT is biased against resumes with credentials that imply a disability — but it can improvewww.washington.edu UW researchers found that ChatGPT consistently ranked resumes with disability-related honors and credentials — such as the “Tom Wilson Disability Leadership Award” — lower than the same...

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Behold the field in which my fucks are grown. Lay thine eyes upon it and see that it is barren.

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I love when cats just do this cat thing

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I know being a grammar and spelling pedant is classist and shitty but I still want to beg the denizens of Facebook gardening groups (and possibly autocorrect in all its forms) to understand that “perennial” and “perineal” are two very different words.

I’m going to finish this draft today. I’m going to finish this draft today. I’m going to finish this draft today. If you say it three times it comes true, right? #kidlit #amwriting

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It's ok if you haven't finished your novel yet. It's ok if you haven't made the bed. It's ok if you haven't broken free of your chrysalis, unfurled your great black wings, and spread moss & gloom across the wildlands. There's still time.

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Using the computer to make art: 1. Email an artist 2. Offer them a fair wage 3. Voila

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A group of Minneapolis-area Uber & Lyft drivers who pressed the companies for minimum-pay requirements announced a campaign to start a driver-owned rideshare co-op Lyft and Uber said they would stop offering services there after new minimum wage law

Minneapolis Uber and Lyft drivers say they’ll start their own rideshare co-opstartribune.com Based on a Co-op Ride in New York, the driver-owned rideshare campaign announced Friday is among a parade of ideas to fill the void if Uber and Lyft leave Minneapolis.

Happy Caturday!

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The destruction of Boeing's safety culture by executives should be a warning for our government: experience matters, leaders who hate the career experts don't have the capacity to manage the risk they create when they outsource core tasks prospect.org/infrastructu...

Suicide Missionprospect.org What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane

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It appears Americans don't fully understand our use of Piss so I have compiled this handy guide, you're welcome

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Oh, lord, this. That notes section in your password app? That’s where you put your security questions and the exact answer you made up. From an ID theft survivor, whose thieves were my parents: Never use your wallet birthday, any real name, real address, real car, real school or real pet.

i am here to tell you that there is no reason you have to answer security questions honestly, you only need to answer them memorably!

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don’t forget to set your clock ahead an hour this morning. then another hour. and another. keep going. don’t stop. unyoke yourself from the time stream. when the sky runs red with blood, set your clock ahead one hour more. and then, you run.

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AEW fired an announcer for being a Qanon weirdo so if you’re keeping track of “industries that have higher standards for ethical conduct and truth telling than the American Presidency” you now have to add “Professional Wrestling”

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Yep. Question authority early and often. Teach your kids to do it -- the best thing my parents allowed me to get away with.

If you want to be one of the ones who resist tyranny, then pay attention to how people fold to it, and ask yourself what you would do under the circumstances. People who fold to petty bullshit often haven’t thought about it and we are socialized to go along with what authority figures say.

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🪶 Peaceful moment with a Northern Saw-whet Owl

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The State of Alabama executed Kenneth Eugene Smith less than a month ago

I wanted to point out how openly, jarringly theocratic the Alabama Chief Justice’s concurrence is.

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Here’s the deal: We stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential.

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And FYI for those on H2 blockers: You can (and probably should) take supplemental stomach acid! Stomach acid is important for many things: - absorbing nutrients - absorbing certain medications - managing your gut flora

In all my reading and learning from MCAS people and groups, why has no one except @kateviolette.com mentioned that H2 blockers also block stomach acid production and can cause issues down the road? Pharmacists and my doctor have been Concerned when I talk about taking H2 blockers long-term.

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Don’t forget when picking out Valentine flowers: every part of the lily plant is DEADLY to cats. Even a few grains of pollen can be fatal. Do not mess around thinking you’ll put them in a “safe” spot - keep them out of your house. 🌸 www.fda.gov/animal-veter....

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I guess now is a good time to remind people that TRANSRACIAL is a term adoptees of color who were adopted by white people use. it does not mean someone who has “changed” races bc that is not a thing

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damn it Roses are red Violets are blue the CDC def needs to hear from you

Hey y’all! The CDC is meeting Feb 22 to discuss the availability of Covid vaccines. We are ALL at risk of long term harm from Covid. Please tell them we ALL need access to six month updates. More info/link/template here: open.substack.com/pub/peoplesc...

Submit public comment to the CDC: All people need access to updated COVID vaccines at least twice a yearopen.substack.com The CDC is accepting public comment for their next vaccine committee meeting through February 22. Let them know that all of us need access to COVID vaccines at least twice a year.

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CDC announces changing guidance on texting exes, says probably fine after four drinks.

CDC announces that it's fine to read the comments section now.