kaitlin hatton

after a week of not turning on my laptop decided to embarrass me by booting right up once i brought it in for repair 🥲

we all have our critiques of corporate pride but the noticeable lack of it has really changed the mood of this pride year

i need the other people at the airport to know that im using my phone to read big brain newsletters instead of however theyre using theirs in what is probably an inferior way

using my flight delay time at the airport as god intended - catching up on all of the unread newsletters in my inbox

if we get uptown funk back on the charts we’ll heal as a nation

here's that Starter Pack of Polygon people you were looking for bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Polygon sold to GameRant owner Valnet The sale includes layoffs.

working with the polygon team was truly one of the highlights of my career and my heart breaks for their staff

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I sat down with Marina Anderson, the CEO behind the RAW Ring, a conceptual wearable with an eerie twist to “putting a ring on it.” Some would call it emotional surveillance.

She says it’s meant to strengthen trust. But people often don’t use gadgets the way they’re intended.

just got hit with a captcha where it showed me a number and then i had to sort thru 5 images to find the one that had 5 separate numbers that when added together matched the original number i was shown

i closed the app instead

Everyone’s just addicted to their phones, constantly checking them instead of enjoying the world around them. Probably because phones awesome. Love you, phone.

my combat boots were halfway unzipped on the train and i observed a man quietly staring at them. i zipped them up. he nodded approvingly and went about his business

theres nothing in the rules that says a dog cant be the pope

youtube’s unregulated algorithm is frankly dangerous. three hours on there will have you convinced you could get into camping

i believe media literacy is dead if only because they named the dire wolf pup khaleesi and not arya or sansa

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I love how you can functionally ignore the greater story in any given Assassin’s Creed game, running around and climbing stuff and enjoying the view, until eventually there’s like a hologram woman saying “We must recover the Egg of Archimedes or The Benighted One will engage the Unhistory Protocol”

How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.

We've just updated the @wired.com guide for how to better protect your privacy when you cross the US border: www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...

Americans Forgot How to Party — Well, Except the Gays Partying is down 35 percent nationwide, but queer people never stopped partying — and social gatherings are used to resist oppression.

When did we forget how to have fun? Whether it's the economy, sobriety, pandemic isolation, or postelection blues, we can all agree: vibes are off. But throughout dark periods in history, queer culture never stopped the party and the quest for joy.

"Granny Hobbies" Are Finally Having Their Moment Younger people are leaning into "granny hobbies" like sewing, knitting, crocheting, and more — here's why.

okay but is chainmailing classified as a granny hobby??? asking for a friend (me, i'm the friend)

Is Social Media Giving Us All "Popcorn Brain"? Is the internet turning your brain into . . . popcorn? 🍿

Have you ever caught yourself scrolling Instagram while watching TV and texting the group chat — all at the same time? That scattered, hyperactive mental state is known as "popcorn brain"

Five ways to send a message to your representatives Let politicians know what you want.

important!

i know the indomitable human spirit exists because i keep insisting on doing things in the winter despite having to traverse miserably thru snow and wind

should i be concerned over how many people in my life have just assumed i have adhd

The $78,916 Cost of Attending the Super Bowl Attending one of the biggest sporting events of the year comes at a steep price. Here's the cost breakdown of one Eagles fan's trip to Super Bowl LIX.

A die-hard Eagles fan shares a glimpse into his big weekend down in the Big Easy — and reflects on whether or not the cost would have been worth it had the Eagles not brought home the Vince Lombardi Trophy

For Undocumented Restaurant Workers, Everything Is in Question President Trump’s threats against undocumented immigrants put America’s entire food chain at risk.

Here, I spoke to undocumented immigrants in the restaurant industry, and some orgs who support them, about what everyone is facing right now www.eater.com/24359357/und...

for months people have been recommending show after show, movie after movie, series after series, but i wasn’t really watching much so i let the recs pile up

today i am happy to tell them that i have sat down, turned on my tv, & am about to ignore all of their recs to re-watch the vampire diaries

It's 2025, Why Are We Still Fighting For DEI in Beauty? Companies like E.l.f. are standing firm in their DEI initiatives, while others pull out, raising the question: why is diversity in beauty still a fight?

As diverse as the beauty industry seems, marginalized entrepreneurs and employees have always had to fight for a seat at the table. This reality is becoming even more apparent during the first weeks of the new presidential administration

as a social media professional it's time for me to gripe about facebook support emails. they look like spam emails and i am tired of it

creating a playlist called ‘a hit of dopamine’ and it’s just uncle kracker’s follow me