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Kathy Kastner

@kathykastner.bsky.social

Endlessly curious. I am wont to find humour (note Canadian spelling) everywhere. Author, Death Kills and other things I've learned on the internet. TED talk: Exit Laughing. Oh so glad to be here where the sky is blue and the tone is true.

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Did you know Google tracks your price history... not search history, price history. Burried deep in the tabs, i was able to clear this data of over 5 years. Then, using ai against itself, I was able to get a steal of a deal on a rental car for half the price.

23.11.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 190    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Beautiful Belgium.

23.11.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1566    ๐Ÿ” 88    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Last of the Light

Alone on the canal as the last of the light fades away and the world slips out of focus.

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#Twizel, #NewZealand.
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Evening #Canal #Peaceful #Sunset #Stunday #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #Travel

23.11.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 952    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

The vicious cycle of monopolization:

1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.

24.11.2025 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3149    ๐Ÿ” 1031    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

Our @3wishesprogram.bsky.social just got a request for final family gathering and dinner for a patient on hospice. This Thanksgiving, don't forget to be grateful for the ones you love.

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What Pam Bondi and Lindsey Halligan did was not incompetence. It was intentional misconduct. They both must be disbarred.

24.11.2025 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6151    ๐Ÿ” 1522    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 139    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56

One last thing: If AOC runs against Schumer, she will win.

Democrats need to make a hard left turn.

Mamdani has proven it is time.

The people of the United States are ready for politicians who will not just say they'lll fight for them, but will actually do so once elected.

23.11.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2632    ๐Ÿ” 393    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 143    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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THe more things change

23.11.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2077    ๐Ÿ” 462    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

EVIDENCE - Soooooo much evidence 
"THEY GOT NOTHING ON ME" - the felon

EVIDENCE - Soooooo much evidence "THEY GOT NOTHING ON ME" - the felon

#EPSTEIN

22.11.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9107    ๐Ÿ” 2411    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117    ๐Ÿ“Œ 63
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Marc Elias' Boutique Sees Rising Demand, Head Count, as Political Litigation Ramps Up| Law.com The boutique has grown to 62 total attorneys since its founding in 2021, an increase Elias credited largely to redistricting fights at the state level.

Democratic lawyer Marc Elias said his election litigation boutique, Elias Law Firm, has been growing quickly in head count and demand since he launched it four years ago, partly thanks to a surge in litigation over voting rights and redistricting over the last year. www.law.com/newyorklawjo...

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99% of authors I know have a day job and/or a side hustle.

Next.

24.11.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 168    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Not only the AG Pam Bondi... but remember, the right-wing extremist U.S. Supreme Court Justices also lied to congress, committing perjury, an impeachable offense.

24.11.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I still canโ€™t figure out why the taxpayers of this country have to pay for FBI security details for the girlfriend of the Director.

24.11.2025 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13603    ๐Ÿ” 3279    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 632    ๐Ÿ“Œ 139
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Berlin Wall at Oberbaumbruecke, 24 December 1964. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing). #Berlin

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Jimmy Cliff performing "Many Rivers To Cross" on KCRW
YouTube video by KCRW Jimmy Cliff performing "Many Rivers To Cross" on KCRW

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TegL...

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George visits care homes several times a month to help lift the resident's spirits: #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/HumansBein...

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โ€œWe see the risks, and weโ€™re calling out this gaslighting for what it is โ€” an attempt to weaken public oversight and hand critical services to private interests.โ€

My latest for PressProgress is on Ontario's Bill 60 and why some are concerned that it is paving the way towards water privatization.

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โ€œPeace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.โ€
Baruch Spinoza, born on this day in 1632

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A conference slide reading โ€œNo, thatโ€™s kleptomania /jโ€

A conference slide reading โ€œNo, thatโ€™s kleptomania /jโ€

โ€œOne of the misconceptions about autistic people is we take things literallyโ€ #KiwiPyCon

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I donโ€™t think Maurice Ravel was going mad when he wrote Bolero, he was just having a genius moment. Itโ€™s an incredible and groundbreaking piece of music.

24.11.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have another Beer Kegsbreath
๐Ÿ‘‡

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Massive blow to GOP as federal judges strike down Gerrymandered Texas maps Texasโ€™ plan to gerrymander its congressional map in favor of Republicans hit a massive snag on Tuesday as a federal panel of judges struck down the new district map on the grounds that they discrimina...

Massive blow to GOP as federal judges strike down gerrymandered Texas maps www.alternet.org/texas-maps-g...

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This is the cover art of a delightful book.

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I spent the weekend at a wedding which was 50% Dutch and 50% Belgian and honestly, the Belgians sat on chairs and watched the dancing all night, while the Dutch were holding a breakdancing contest to the Grease soundtrack at 3am

24.11.2025 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As America continues its backward spiral, Finland is showing us what our tomorrows are missing out on.

The future will get here without America it seems

23.11.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1186    ๐Ÿ” 331    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 137    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44

Another reason not to buy ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ก

24.11.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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