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katestepleton.bsky.social
Child and family well-being researcher with MEF Associates. Opinions my own.
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It is a universal truth that whenever the child care program sends a picture of the whole class, it will invariably be your child who is picking their nose.

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I am every day more convinced that being a billionaire is evidence of moral vacancy.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Good news! We don't need feminism anymore because Katy Perry went to space for 11 minutes! We did it, girlbosses!

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Gratitude for the chips getting me through this week: chocolate and tortilla

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Babe, wake up, new Welfare Queen just dropped

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Things are...you know. But on the bright side, I've learned how to make a really fantastic egg and cheese sandwich.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

"Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for." – Seamus Heaney

submitted 41 days ago • 23 comments

The sun came out, so I did the Seattle thing and dropped everything I was doing to move all of my houseplants into the sunbeams.

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Boosting this!!

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

I wrote a short blog post about the tragedy currently unfolding in the evaluation industry. Trump is destroying vital research capacity and decades of instructional knowledge for pocket change. 1/x rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-irr...

submitted 60 days ago • 9 comments

A lot of the inefficiencies in government come from efforts to make it *leaner*: micromanaging workers in the name of eliminating waste, withholding the perks and salaries that they could expect at an equivalent private sector job, etc

submitted 69 days ago • 14 comments

New baking achievement unlocked. French #macaron with chocolate ganache.

submitted 70 days ago • 3 comments

With the very public and chaotic gutting of our federal workforce, I'm fairly certain our country has never looked weaker to our adversaries.

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

submitted 74 days ago • 284 comments

I dunno...I'm beginning to think I was misled about how long it takes to turn a battleship.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

"We're doing science. Because we're moms." - my 3.5-year-old daughter, describing the game she's playing with her sister. Yes.

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Everything that's undone can be built up but much more radically and expansively.

submitted 102 days ago • 46 comments

Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

submitted 104 days ago • 530 comments

Social work friends and followers: I'll be at #SSWR later this week - let me know if you will too!

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Serious question: Does DOGE exist? It's not a government agency. Has it been established as a nonprofit? An LLC? A lobbying firm? An entity of any kind at all?

submitted 120 days ago • 1 comment

every tech company in 2025

submitted 123 days ago • 75 comments

Could not be more excited to start the new year by baking and icing these beauties tomorrow morning #breadsky

submitted 124 days ago • 1 comment

Jail. Straight to jail.

submitted 131 days ago • 1 comment

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan theonion.com/cat-clinging...

submitted 132 days ago • 218 comments

Another great affirmation from my 3YO chaos muppet: "My dancings are beautiful!"

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This weekend's project? Stollen for Christmas breakfast with the in-laws. The recipe made two loaves, so I was able to cut into one for quality control. #breadsky

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