Katie Tiedrich
@katietiedrich.bsky.social
can pick up a boulder with relative ease, makes crushin’ rocks look like a breeze
http://www.awkwardzombie.com
http://www.awkwardzombie.com
finally reading through Persepolis and had a little sigh this morning
October 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
finally reading through Persepolis and had a little sigh this morning
am I crazy or did quaker instant oatmeal packets used to actually hold water
October 27, 2026 at 3:13 PM
am I crazy or did quaker instant oatmeal packets used to actually hold water
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I do think that a winning platform for Democrats needs to include cracking down on the relentless scammery of living in modern America. Give us right to repair, take on the dangerous “alternative” healthcare and supplements lobby, do something about the scam calls and rampant identity theft
Lina Khan on Mamdani: "One thing we saw the mayor be very attentive to is all sorts of daily nickel and diming -- taking on junk fees, subscription traps. Those can seem very micro and targeted, but in the aggregate I see those as really designed to take on unfair methods of competition."
October 27, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I do think that a winning platform for Democrats needs to include cracking down on the relentless scammery of living in modern America. Give us right to repair, take on the dangerous “alternative” healthcare and supplements lobby, do something about the scam calls and rampant identity theft
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Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.
It's very, very telling, I think, that the markets are so concerned about the pro-democracy incumbent winning
Lula faces a fiscal reckoning after Brazil’s market rout
Concerns about management of economy trigger worst day for currency in more than 25 years
www.ft.com
October 27, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.
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#awkwardzombie #1003: Supply and the Sand (Pokemon Pokopia) www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/supply...
October 26, 2026 at 6:57 PM
#awkwardzombie #1003: Supply and the Sand (Pokemon Pokopia) www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/supply...
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October 26, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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[flustered costanza voice] george is walkin' away from omelas!!!
October 24, 2026 at 6:42 PM
[flustered costanza voice] george is walkin' away from omelas!!!
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okay well now I have a NEW thing to complain about because we have these banked and textured WASD keys (shut up) but nobody makes these for the OKL; keys!!
October 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM
okay well now I have a NEW thing to complain about because we have these banked and textured WASD keys (shut up) but nobody makes these for the OKL; keys!!
I don’t know why it took me this long but after a lifetime of complaining about the WASD convention as a lefty I finally tried changing my keyboard bindings to OKL; as an experiment and it is GREAT. having my thumb on the spacebar is so luxurious
October 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I don’t know why it took me this long but after a lifetime of complaining about the WASD convention as a lefty I finally tried changing my keyboard bindings to OKL; as an experiment and it is GREAT. having my thumb on the spacebar is so luxurious
crow and blåhaj are best friends
October 23, 2026 at 9:27 PM
crow and blåhaj are best friends
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We literally have the emails from Jeff Epstein advising, over years, with *all* these guys on the explicit strategy of targeting trans children in order to make all their intended victims more vulnerable and easier to access.
Jeff Epstein told them, literally, to use transphobia as a sledgehammer.
Jeff Epstein told them, literally, to use transphobia as a sledgehammer.
Doctors and nurses are voicing their objections. I-638 would require EVERY girl who wants to participate in sports to go through biological sex verification. That means expensive, invasive, and utterly gross examinations.
Protect our kids and let them play.
Vote NO on I-638
Protect our kids and let them play.
Vote NO on I-638
Measure to require "biological sex" verification for all WA girls’ sports athletes on November ballot
If passed, the hedgefund-millionaire-backed ballot measure would enact one of the nation’s strictest examination requirements for girls’ athletics.
www.rangemedia.co
October 22, 2026 at 11:37 AM
We literally have the emails from Jeff Epstein advising, over years, with *all* these guys on the explicit strategy of targeting trans children in order to make all their intended victims more vulnerable and easier to access.
Jeff Epstein told them, literally, to use transphobia as a sledgehammer.
Jeff Epstein told them, literally, to use transphobia as a sledgehammer.
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It is not in fact our generation’s job to be the last group of physicists who know how to do things, you fucking dodos.
We don’t just hire students to make our research go. We hire them to pass on knowledge and secure humanity’s ancestral inheritance.
We don’t just hire students to make our research go. We hire them to pass on knowledge and secure humanity’s ancestral inheritance.
More broadly I’ve heard a variety of comments from physicists (not the blogger) that are along the lines of: “we don’t even need students anymore” and “what’s the point of hiring students anymore” and it’s really hard not to reply “it’s our job to train the next generation you stupid, selfish fuck”
October 20, 2026 at 11:29 PM
It is not in fact our generation’s job to be the last group of physicists who know how to do things, you fucking dodos.
We don’t just hire students to make our research go. We hire them to pass on knowledge and secure humanity’s ancestral inheritance.
We don’t just hire students to make our research go. We hire them to pass on knowledge and secure humanity’s ancestral inheritance.
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now look at them yo yos
that's the way you do it
use number 4 as your private key
that aint workin
thats the way you do it
kill all computers via PHP
that's the way you do it
use number 4 as your private key
that aint workin
thats the way you do it
kill all computers via PHP
October 21, 2026 at 5:01 AM
now look at them yo yos
that's the way you do it
use number 4 as your private key
that aint workin
thats the way you do it
kill all computers via PHP
that's the way you do it
use number 4 as your private key
that aint workin
thats the way you do it
kill all computers via PHP
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in case you were wondering: he still does this
October 21, 2026 at 3:37 AM
in case you were wondering: he still does this
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October 19, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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I'm not kidding, the guy simply has to be at the very least deported at the end of this. If we're doing "he's not from here" shit, he is the most not from here guy alive. He needs jail or deportation the second it's viable to do it.
BREAKING WSJ:
Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relied on.
Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relied on.
Exclusive | Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine
The SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied ordering the restrictions.
www.wsj.com
October 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I'm not kidding, the guy simply has to be at the very least deported at the end of this. If we're doing "he's not from here" shit, he is the most not from here guy alive. He needs jail or deportation the second it's viable to do it.
I get nausea-inducing migraines and I have found that the defcon system is very useful for quickly communicating the severity of the situation as it unfolds
October 20, 2026 at 2:08 PM
I get nausea-inducing migraines and I have found that the defcon system is very useful for quickly communicating the severity of the situation as it unfolds
utterly betraying my fire emblem friends by playing Fortune’s Weave for 45 minutes and then turning around and starting Control 2
October 20, 2026 at 3:17 AM
utterly betraying my fire emblem friends by playing Fortune’s Weave for 45 minutes and then turning around and starting Control 2
currently enjoying a very wet sandwich
October 19, 2026 at 6:31 PM
currently enjoying a very wet sandwich
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What this piece says—and then derangedly refuses to hear itself saying!!—is that seniors spend less money because the American work force got its stable, guaranteed pensions taken away and replaced with personal investment savings. And then it wonders why they're risk-averse with the money!
The third piece I’ve read in as many days “concerned” that Americans are ”sitting on capital” that needs to be “freed up”.
www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/economy/2026...
Americans Aren’t Spending Their Retirement Savings
Bucket lists everywhere are suffering.
www.theatlantic.com
October 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM
What this piece says—and then derangedly refuses to hear itself saying!!—is that seniors spend less money because the American work force got its stable, guaranteed pensions taken away and replaced with personal investment savings. And then it wonders why they're risk-averse with the money!
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Those who make peaceful change impossible etc etc
France's government under pressure after weekend of widespread violence
France's government under pressure after weekend of widespread violence
Political tension grips France after rioting marred protests over the cost of living and struggling public services, Katya Adler writes.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Those who make peaceful change impossible etc etc
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Now is the time to care about everyone, not “once we win”
The time to care about everyone is always always always now
The time to care about everyone is always always always now
October 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Now is the time to care about everyone, not “once we win”
The time to care about everyone is always always always now
The time to care about everyone is always always always now
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again and again, i think less of the way people defend and excuse dems is team sports or even fandom shit, and much more "it'd make me, personally, feel bad to support and defend a bigot, and to make myself feel good and morally clean, they too must also be morally clean"
October 18, 2026 at 8:06 PM
again and again, i think less of the way people defend and excuse dems is team sports or even fandom shit, and much more "it'd make me, personally, feel bad to support and defend a bigot, and to make myself feel good and morally clean, they too must also be morally clean"
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