Cathy K

"Still looking for that pocket universe." UC Berkeley, Health Promotion.

[Brett Siegel @BrettSiegelNBA]

I'm told Kevon Looney chose the Lakers over other teams interested in signing him on a minimum deal due to the immediate opportunity to contribute off the bench behind Walker Kessler and be a veteran leader for a younger team led by Luka Doncic.

[Sarah Salviander @sarahsalviander]

It's not a mystery, y'all.

Like a lot of people, I have old shows like Star Trek, The Office, Frasier, and Big Bang Theory on perpetual rotation - because they're fun and relatable. When Netflix runs these shows, they do well, even with young people.

Why?

Because, ultimately, it's about the characters. We don't care about expensive sets and CGI. People want to watch people. We develop parasocial relationships with characters if we like them and see them often enough, and that's what keeps us coming back.

We used to get 23 self-contained episodes spaced out once a week. We had lots of time and unique situations each week to get to know the characters. They became fixtures in our lives to the point that a few months off in the summer only built anticipation for the new season, like getting to see all your old pals at the start of the school year.

Now we binge 6 or 8 episodes of what's essentially a very long movie. Not enough time, not enough world-building, not enough exposure to feel like the characters are part of our lives. No one says, "This is my favorite episode!" with these shows because it's all part of one big arc. Like, as much as I enjoyed season 3 of Picard, I can't remember any particular episode. But I can recall, in detail, dozens of episodes of TNG.

I just don't have the energy to get invested in new shows anymore. It's like being offered a huge meal that I know I'll forget about the next day. I want to get to know characters over time and feel like I inhabit their world and they're part of mine. I want to see them in a variety of situations instead of in one big arc.

So, how can they fix this? Sometimes what's old is new again. Can we just go back to some version of what worked?

[Tim Kawakami @timkawakami]

You nailed it. Tom Hanks and I are trying to ruin the world. Merton Hanks is in it, too.

[Books Behind Borders @MHTruthUltra]

I remember when I was young they had these people called “investigative journalists” who could find out stuff like if a senator was dead or not

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Composition, No. V (rotated, detail), by Hans Hofmann, 1952, 📸 by @Dan_Mullan

[mishi @hunterch4fer]

I'm sorry parrot in a raincoat I must continue scrolling but just know you've changed my life for the better

[Angry Bosnian Fan @AngryBosnianFan]

You might find this crazy, but the rest of us don't immedietly stop watching the World Cup because our team is eliminated. We actually like this sport.

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

"A teenager turns down Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA and Michigan to take graduate-level coursework as a college freshman at Berkeley, and the response from the people paying him millions isn’t excitement. It’s suspicion. That was never a scouting report. That was a diagnosis. And the disease was intelligence."
https://t.co/PToZcTIglv | @theGrio

[Rae Bops @raebops]

I had some conversations today about what used to be Sunday mornings being coffee or tea, great breakfasts and talking and debating about every part of the SF Chronicle. A lot of great memories were built off this Pink Section. Everyone else just read the news or the comics.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

As part of ESPN’s Women’s Sports Sundays, I’ll be bringing you a post each Sunday night for the next few weeks. hit the link in the bio for the detailed schedule, and enjoy as they roll through

[Cal Bears History @CalBearsHistory]

In 1948, Rube Goldberg received the Pulitzer Prize for his editorial cartoon "Peace Today," a warning against atomic weapons. He was the first president of the National Cartoonists Society, which has named its annual award to to cartoonists, "The Reuben Award."

[Cal Bears History @CalBearsHistory]

Rube Goldberg, Class of 1904, was born July 4, 1883. Goldberg combined his Cal degree as a mining engineer with artistic talent to draw bizarrely complex machines for performing simple tasks. "Rube Goldberg" became a common term for any wildly over-complicated device or scheme.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Thousands of Trump supporters on the National Mall ordered to evacuate from the thunderstorm have sought shelter inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion saves lives.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all Americans on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This anniversary stands as an invitation not only to celebrate the nation’s remarkable journey, but also to reflect upon the responsibilities that the sons and daughters of this country bear to one another, and to the generations who will inherit the nation that is being shaped today. https://t.co/jIio4BBg9v

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

Nope! I always say there is no such thing as self-made. It’s a myth.

It took millions of people - from my parents to mentors to friends to competitors to fans and voters - to write my success story. I did not write it alone.

That’s the American Dream - not a lie about going it alone - but the truth that none of us do, and there is always someone with their hand out to lift us up.

[George Wallace @MrGeorgeWallace]

250, y'all. Thinkin' about the melting pot today. Folks who came here outta hope or by force. Folks who were already here, minding their own damn business. All of us in this sometimes rocky boat, trying to make it work. I love y'all. Let's keep meltin' and whatnot.

[Noah Riffe @NoahRiffe]

The amazing thing about soccer at a national level is you can disagree or even hate the way your country is run and still back your team.

The USMNT is full of immigrant stories, fights to get out of poverty, and is antithetical to white supremacist narratives our leaders push.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

@taylorswift13 Thanks for the invite, sorry I couldn't make it but my housemate is moving out and I promised I'd help in pack this weekend

[Elai @elaifresh]

How the hell do you make this mental connection

[emo veneco @420birthdaybOyz]

Whatever kind of autism this dude has must be studied and preserved for centuries