Kat Furtado

PhD candidate (Ancient Greek phil & friendship, translation theory, games w/ Aristotle & 🦗, Homer). Horn, dinos, magpie art.

ALL the pronouns, whatever.

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

@yegtransit I can use the exact same card to manually reload, so seriously, what's up?

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

Hey @yegtransit I just had to pay 5 dollars for a bus because ARC won't accept my updated credit card info (which I've added twice) for auto reload, and I didn't have change.

Can we try to fix this please?

[Lauren Hunter @HunterAtHome]

HAPPY #HALLOWEEN!!!

This costume might ruffle a few feathers, but this year... I'm a MAGPIE!!!

With this year’s CAW-stume we're really... WINGING IT!!! 😉

@cityofedmonton #halloween2024 #halloweencostume #yeg #2024HalloweenCostume

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

@DrFlaviaAmaral Thanks! I am gonna do a Garland one for you, I just need to read it, haha.

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

#ClassicsTober Day 12: Homer.

Whether the stories of the blind bard point to a real historical figure or a legend, the poems credited to Homer were derived from an oral tradition from multiple, uh, loquacious sources.

#ClassicsTober24

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

#ClassicsTober Day 7: Harmodius and Aristogeiton

#ClassicsTober24

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

#ClassicsTober Day 5: Pliny the Elder, who writes in his Natural History (10.59) about how a certain type of magpie is more articulate than parrots, but speaks fewer words, falling in love with them and practicing them diligently.

#ClassicsTober24

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

#ClassicsTober Day 3: Thucydides! Here, on how back in the day piracy wasn't shameful, and was even kinda cool.

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

Alberta Avenue achievement unlocked: someone just tried to sell me an iPhone in a parking lot.

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

Busy this week painting this nasturtium thief on @KatyMackay 's garage.

[Katy Mackay 🏳️‍🌈🌻☮️ @KatyMackay]

We are so excited by our amazing garage door (sentence I never thought I would say) painted by @furtadosaurus. 🥰@yegpied on Insta.

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

Okay, 🇨🇦v🇺🇾 was a great game to watch. And it's incredible how far the team has come in such a short time.

[shireenahmed.bsky.social @_shireenahmed_]

This was in the family group chat before the post-match show was done.

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

Thank you, Netherlands and England, for a football game where everyone is keeping their feet. Really needed to see this after the frustration of watching Copa.

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

Included in 'things I did not want or ask for' is in-line text prediction everywhere I type.

Even if it guesses right, you bet I'm gonna type the whole line out manually out of spite.

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

I really miss the water bottle filling stations, especially in airports, when traveling overseas. Canadian water tastes like home.

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

I find the problem is actually when I understand without thinking. If I have to process more, I get into the Italian lane early.

(This doesn't mean I'm not working on it.)

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

Me, understanding directions in Italian perfectly because Latin.

Also me, going through so many languages to say 'thank you' before landing on 'grazie' that the person feels compelled to repeat themselves in English.

(It went 'merci, uh, danke, eh, ευχα-, argh, grazie.)

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

@DrFlaviaAmaral These are amazing!

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

Some days, you just need to do a deep dive on mushrooms and oregano in ancient Greece.

[Kat Furtado @furtadosaurus]

Microsoft Word has the option to 'paste and match formatting', but the 'match formatting' part is just aesthetic.