Cait
@caitesq.bsky.social
Public defender. Professional troublemaker. Burrito and word game enthusiast.
I have a lot of thoughts about kids' sun protection--if there's anything specific you're looking for, let me know because I probably have ideas
This is not exactly a rash guard, but I love the bamboo sun shirts from Free Fly. They work fine in the water, they dry quickly, and they're soft and lightweight on hikes and stuff.
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freeflyapparel.comSome ethnicities can pull off this kind of thing--Irish is one--and some cannot. Germans really cannot.
So I gather the problem is Steel knowing, rather than the ex parte meeting with the witness?
I don't know how you manage this; Georgia is bonkers
My vague understanding is that people make blocklists and then use them for purposes other than blocking? I don't know how it works, but I've seen lists that look complimentary rather than block-worthy (e.g. "favorite posters")
#114 has a simplicity to it that I really like
Possession, by A.S. Byatt. Maybe my favorite novel, beautifully written and perfectly plotted.
This is why I suspect that SNAP cuts are part of what's driving this. If your job never covered your food costs, and your SNAP benefits plummeted in 2023, a lot of previously affordable food is out of reach now.
I think cuts to SNAP benefits could be a contributor here. There's a chunk of the population whose food budget went down significantly after Covid benefits went away in early 2023.
A mile-long line for free food offers a warning as covid benefits end
Surging demand for food donations in Kentucky foreshadows what may be in store for millions as a pandemic-triggered increase in monthly food stamp benefits ends.
www.washingtonpost.comI think cuts to SNAP benefits could be a contributor here. There's a chunk of the population whose food budget went down significantly after Covid benefits went away in early 2023.
A mile-long line for free food offers a warning as covid benefits end
Surging demand for food donations in Kentucky foreshadows what may be in store for millions as a pandemic-triggered increase in monthly food stamp benefits ends.
www.washingtonpost.comIt was both very moving and really fun. Lots of fans in rainbow clothes and assorted pride paraphernalia. And baseball! With fireworks afterwards!
This is lovely.
Opinion | A Promise to Grads With ‘No Promise’
No matter what seemingly hopeless mess you have made, everything can still work out.
www.nytimes.comThis would be a huge deal.
Biden Administration Considers Protection for Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens
The steps under consideration include protecting them from deportation and providing access to work permits, according to three officials with knowledge of the discussions.
www.nytimes.comNormie liberal patriotism combined with fun stuff seems to have pretty broad appeal, honestly
I went to my baseball team's Pride Night recently. It opened with a color guard of gay veterans carrying the US flag, the state flag, and the progress pride flag. A gay men's chorus sang the national anthem. It was great.
I went to my baseball team's Pride Night recently. It opened with a color guard of gay veterans carrying the US flag, the state flag, and the progress pride flag. A gay men's chorus sang the national anthem. It was great.
I had a dream recently that I took my kids to Disneyland and we somehow never made it to Cars Land. This might be the strangest anxiety dream I've ever had.
I really, really dislike her to a degree that feels disproportionate to anything she's actually written. But I also don't like the things she writes.
I was weirdly obsessed with the song "Another Night" by Real McCoy, and I never knew what it was actually called or who recorded it. Many, many years later, I realized that the internet existed and I could google the lyrics.
It was so great. I'd go to my mailbox to check for those little red envelopes. I'm happy just thinking about it.
It was so great. I'd go to my mailbox to check for those little red envelopes. I'm happy just thinking about it.
Reskeet with how old you are, using a vague proxy:
It was a big deal with the New York Times started printing in color.
Reskeet with how old you are, using a vague proxy:
I sat in the smoking section of a restaurant.
This was on Nickelodeon CONSTANTLY in the 90s. This and the product that was Legos, but curved.
372U S335
What would your most nerdy knuckle tats say?
Mine might be: MORE SALT.
My one grandfather was “the conservative one” because he voted for Eisenhower one time
As you can see from the other replies, Smitten Kitchen is a great resource for zucchini recipes
This is my family’s favorite, and it uses a ton of zucchini
zucchini butter spaghetti
This is a favorite simple summer pasta, just a heap of zucchini cooked until it has melted into a puddle of butter and garlic, laced with a little heat, then tossed with basil, parmesan, and spaghe…
smittenkitchen.comI never beat this game and it still bugs me.
I’m using the nectarine cornmeal upside-down cake recipe from Yossi Arefi’s Snacking Cakes, which I cannot recommend enough—so many of the recipes are favorites around here.
I like this connection! For me, they felt very different—cozy and northern vs apocalyptic and Mediterranean. But you’re right.
This is a really interesting distinction, but I do want to flag that US courts don't necessarily make this distinction; I've seen the terms CSAM, CSEM, SECM (really), and CP used interchangeably.
It’s super weird. Not a MO practitioner but in my limited experience with pardons, one reason to seek a pardon is to get your gun rights back.
Radio station starts playing “Toxic” by Britney.
Partner: “Any objections?”
Me: “Several.”
Partner, gleefully: “OVERRULED!”