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❤️⬆️ https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f%e2%ac%86%ef%b8%8f/…
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“At least lie to me, like any professional.” ~@cy_sha
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Nitro tea https://photo.cate.blog/2020/02/nitro-tea/…
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Camera ready for this morning’s webinar on remote work with @nmsanchez
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Ooooh!
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Yes!!
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Hector 🙈🖤🥰
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Ilu 💋
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Me too 😍🥰
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My usual pre-anything panic, and @elibud
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love me https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/love-me/…
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💡🌈 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%92%a1%f0%9f%8c%88/…
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Super excited about this Crash Course in Remote Management @nmsanchez
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glass ladder https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/glass-ladder/…
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Oh great :)
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 7 Mood +3 🙂
Right. I also think that organizations that try and get rid of "bad politics" have just created new political systems that are harder for people coming in from the outside to understand.
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Lmao 😆
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 7 Mood +6 🙂
Anyway I got back from the US with a sore throat which is almost certainly just a throat infection (I get them when exhausted / stressed) but now I guess I am supposed to self-quarantine and call my GP tomorrow :/
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 7 Mood -7 🙁
Finished book on organizational politics, the final chapter said politics were bad for organizations but that all organizations had them, & that as organizations don’t care about you anyway you may as well play to win. I was a bit 🤯 & I guess I’ll think about this for a while.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 8 Mood +3 🙂
Great pics!!
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Thanks!!
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Thank you 🖤
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Thank you!!
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🖤 Geek of the Week: With laser focus, @bugKrusha
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This reminds me of something @Jo_Miller
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Fascinating - Who Would Tavi Gevinson Be Without Instagram? https://thecut.com/2019/09/who-would-tavi-gevinson-be-without-instagram.html#_ga=2.45159652.1957999684.1583656596-1363804314.1582933127… /via @dianaberlin
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💧 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%92%a7-2/…
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Yeah I definitely took other things from it but took me a while to get to the last chapter and that was what I took from that chapter specifically.
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Obviously, purple.
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I don’t think so.
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Water Lillies 🌺 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/water-lillies-%f0%9f%8c%ba/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 8 Mood +2 🙂
Trying to find information on the state of coronavirus in Ireland and aside from some information panels on the floor of the airport all I’ve found is xenophobia.
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Had so much fun recording this with @nmsanchez
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Haha I mean physical books just don’t ever get read. I have my kindle on me constantly.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 11 Mood +3 🙂
Interesting!
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Oh cool I’ll have to see what I can acquire. Also, Meri! Obviously America 😆
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Took this selfie as I dashed out this evening and it is on brand. I am late, focused, and moving at speed.
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Yeah I tried to hit that point in 2 but it’s worth expanding on :)
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Past Cate: I have a plan; I can delegate this. Present Cate: well that was a really expensive and elaborate way to procrastinate.
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Yeah agree! One day we will have data :)
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Oh those are good questions.
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This is so Irish. Sensible or hysterical. There is no in between 😆 Coronavirus: Irish people moving from ‘sensible to hysterical’. I deeply enjoyed the annoyed tone of some of the quotes! https://irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/cianan-brennan/coronavirus-irish-people-moving-from-sensible-to-hysterical-987123.html…
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Hahaha 🥰
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🤞
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Yes!
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Yeah so stressful :(
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 12 Mood +1 🙂
Great! Glad you are reaching out to them!
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Product itself or product delivery?
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Thanks for sharing!
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Oh wow I hadn’t thought of these things! But so true!
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Some nice tips and tricks here, thanks for including mine! What you need to know about transitioning to remote work - https://donut.com/blog/how-to-transition-to-remote-work/… by @donut_ai
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Omg!
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🖤🖤🖤
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Super thorough post from my work soulmate @beaulebens
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Super thorough post from my work soulmate @beaulebens
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This is amazing 😆
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🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 for when you wake up: someone at work mentioned you yesterday and we were talking about how great you are 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 12 Mood +3 🙂
Yeah the situation is also inherently pretty stressful. I’m also struggling emotionally with it. One thing that helps me at times is setting a goal for the day and focusing on that rather than time. When the goal is done, so am I.
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🌃 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%8c%83-7/…
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I’m just out here stating the obvious, thanks @MoniFierce for including this snippet in particular 😆 If You Suddenly Work Remotely, Communication Matters More Than Anything Else (features some highlights from the webinar @nmsanchez
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Yeah honestly I was always pretty good at this so I don’t know if I’m the best person to ask. Routines and separation help. Define the start and end of your day, going outside is helpful. Set up a space to work every day if you can.
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Yeah will investigate!!
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No no I am stuck in my perfect beautiful house in Ireland with tons of Creme eggs and sheet masks.
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We can’t get liquids shipped to Ireland :/
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Yes please
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Today is a great day to learn that my health insurance does not cover therapy 🙃🙄🤔
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Awww yeah, I actually advanced planned and booked a luxury vacay at the end of May and I‘ll be devastated if we don’t get to go. I’m sorry!! Hopefully you can rebook 🖤
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 13 Mood +3 🙂
My friends and I have replaced normal socializing with roaming around cork at night a safe six feet away from random drunken strangers and you know what? I’m here for it. Anything is good with the right company 🖤
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“I don’t fuck about with stationery.” The pilot has hidden depths.
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Reminder to people who aren’t Americans that it’s worth reading your local news. America dominates the information you find on twitter, but they have an incompetent govt & significant human rights issues. In situations like this, everything compounds.
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Everyone fails on day one 🖤
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I feel for them, but doesn’t help to live in that reality when it’s not mine. I was super anxious & then I read the news in 🇮🇪. It’s not super, but we are a small & relatively organized, relatively wealthy island. Things shut down earlier, there’s better testing. It’s reassuring.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 13 Mood +6 🙂
Honestly a lot of us who typically work from home may have had a shit week feeling trapped and anxious. I know I did. Next week we can all try again :) capitalism will survive, it has the resiliency of a cockroach.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 13 Mood -7 🙁
If last week was your first (surprise!) work from home week, it was probably shit. My suggestion: On Monday, stop worrying about “being productive” and ask “what’s the most important thing for me to do today?” Write it down on a postit, and try and get that done.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 13 Mood -6 🙁
#rfrw? #rfrw! http://youtube.com/watch?v=GGj7EVakwTU#action=share… https://cate.blog/2020/03/11/rfrw-rfrw/…
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Omg that’s epic 😍
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Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 14 Mood 0
Thank you for sharing it! Super appreciate that!
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Hi this is a reminder that it’s the weekend and most of you don’t need to work on the weekend. Chill out. Make your space nice. Go for a walk. Read a book. Send someone you love a card or a little gift.
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I went last year knowing it wasn’t likely to cover much :/ but nothing! Sigh.
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This TED talk is _amazing_, such a clear articulation of something that I bet you'll realize you on some level knew but couldn't express - Are you a giver or a taker? https://buff.ly/39OOkZL
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SAME 💔 I was supposed to see my parents in 2 weeks :(
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🇮🇪 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%aa-7/…
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🐑!!!
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You can still send it me again!!!! I never want to stop watching it!!! It combines two of my favorite things!!!
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One of my favourite instagram raccoons died and now they are posting pictures of HIDEOUS DOGS and this is just pouring salt into an open wound 😭💔🦝
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Haven’t heard of it :) I have a kettle bell and two exercise balls... I may take up running again 😭 even tho I hate it.
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So glad it was useful!
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Dani why are you in a car?! Who is driving it?!?
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Great point!
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😎
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I know I am devastated. Those awful dogs were always ruining her photos and I bet it was some kind of terrible dog related thing that killed precious beautiful pumpkin 😭😭😭😭😭
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Yeah amazon says “usually available in 1-2 months” :/
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That’s not a dog! It’s a meerkat! A good animal, they are a matriarchy.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 15 Mood +3 🙂
Cork 🇮🇪 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/cork-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%aa-4/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 15 Mood 0
Oh! They are also asking people to pay contactless where possible. These kind of measures aren’t limited to that gym. The airfield where the pilot trains, they take everyone’s temperature on entry, and they have been flying in surgical gloves.
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Oh, cool!
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Honestly the two things that pushed me out of it are: - it does NOT match my decor and would ruin my ground floor layout - I genuinely like going to the gym and I know I won’t use it when this is over - 💸
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🖤 it’s okay 🖤 you can get things done next week.
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I feel you 🖤
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No.
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Seriously contemplated buying a peloton today so I guess I am totally fine over here no need to be concerned 🙈
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 15 Mood +1 🙂
A fascinating thing about remote work is that it makes problems of work explicit (then we address them). This COVID situation for co-located companies means: now they figure out remote. Remote (distributed) companies still have things to deal with. A non-exhaustive list:
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Oh that’s cool.
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*hellscape
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That’s terrifying I’m sorry 🖤
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“We need people to show a bit of cop-on and a bit of common sense.” I love how practical and pragmatic this country is.
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Yeah they have really been On It here. It’s good, but my anxiety is still through the roof :/
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This is why I need to buy a peloton before I get desperate 😅
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Now the pubs are shut: https://independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-ireland-all-pubs-asked-to-close-as-40-new-cases-of-covid-19-confirmed-39045775.html…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 15 Mood 0
Yeah the thing is I also work from home and have you seen my house? It’s beautiful and in a very different style 😆 so the gym as a place to go and reason to leave the house is a big part of my life and habits etc. also I don’t allow ugly things in my habitat.
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That’s good :) I’ll think about it more.
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It’s great, right? So reassuring.
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Aww 🖤🖤🖤 i hope you find something great soon and get your peloton!
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This is so helpful. If you’re a manager overwhelmed and wondering what your plan is tomorrow, this is it. https://x.com/nmsanchez/stat/nmsanchez/status/1239300145402875904…
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Ireland has responded p well so I’m optimistic. Freaked out about my parents in the uk hell scale tho.
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❤️ https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f/…
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This is huge because it’s the one thing that is not a necessity (food, pharmacy) that I don’t think I can give up without losing my mind.
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Oh cool, I use them with my trainer sometimes. I don’t think I have anywhere to put them tho :/
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Oh no :(
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My gym is Not Fucking Around. I went a couple of days ago and they had extra cleaning supplies and were cleaning more. Now they have shut every other machine for personal space, and if you are caught not cleaning a machine after using it they will kick you out.
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Yeah it’s SO EXPENSIVE omg
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🔪 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%94%aa/…
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Ohh :/ I haven’t checked the games store here, and it’s a public holiday today anyway. We are still allowed to leave the house, so I’m going to go meet a friend for a walk.
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Lmao it’s not an open plane :)
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It’s not super but really as far as these things go the Irish govt has been super on it & I’m glad I live here. Over a week ago at the airport there were clear signs and instructions, & a health station. People returning from affected areas were already encouraged to quarantine.
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Omg a guy just TOUCHED HIS FACE without first using hand sanitizer what madness is this?! A snapshot of a whole other time 🤯
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Hilariously I have some extended afk planned which I was going to spend in the gym and writing code... I guess at least one of those still possible 🤔
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:( at least you have the ring fit!
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That’s exciting!! They are so lucky to work with you! 🖤
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My hairdresser is also shut now but who needs nice hair to self isolate anyway. Also, the gvt has already set up a coronavirus benefit and is asking businesses / banks to pay people a certain amount (which they can reclaim) to make sure that people still have 💶
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They are out. You also can’t get pelotons in Ireland :/
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I can’t remember what those are like 💔😭
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Oh I haven’t heard of that.
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Movies have become so unrelatable. They keep touching surfaces, shaking hands, hanging out with strangers, being in crowds, kissing, leaving the house...
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Oh I haven’t seen those!
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Yes.
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Yes!!! Such bizarre vintage behaviours.
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No get a raccoon!
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They wash things. Very needed right now.
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My friend @juliaferraioli
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Hi 👋. I’m the CEO of @Wikimedia Foundation. We operate @Wikipedia and work to keep it available for the world, especially in times of crisis. What happens in the world happens on Wikipedia. That means we've been tracking the COVID-19 pandemic, and taking steps to respond. (1/13)
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@AHollandSmith
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hahaha hector 🖤
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The physio is now shut. The pilot is still flying, but this week they will have to wear protective goggles. I guess... it's good? To err on the side of caution? Even completely batshit caution?
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☘️ https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%e2%98%98%ef%b8%8f/…
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I’m torn between trying to give myself some kind of structure and just giving up on achieving anything and hibernating until all this is over. Wdyt? (Poll)
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Oh yikes that’s brutal. I’m so sorry 🖤
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Haha awesome! Let me know how you get on!
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Thinking of you 🖤🖤🖤
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Yeah totally. If I was quarantined with children I would die.
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My @glowforge
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Super excited to be part of this workshop from @QuartzAtWork
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This is a nice idea. I have some thoughts on how that may work.
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😆 I didn’t realize the full extent of your plant dork nature!! It was @apeatling
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I was tired of all the “yay work remote” so I wrote about the ways in which remote work sometimes sucks... and some ideas on how to improve them - https://qz.com/work/1821563/working-from-home-how-to-fix-5-common-pain-points/…
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I’m usually all about the cut flowers but can’t bring myself to buy them right now for some reason :/
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A lovely man named Leon at the garden centre has constructed this for outside my front door. He says when I kill it I can come back and he will sort things out for me.
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This is super cute: https://irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/coronavirus-all-irish-households-to-get-two-postcards-to-send-for-free-1.4208288… I also have a stack of postcards from shanghai that I bought... ~10 years ago and I ordered some stamps online. DM me an address and I’ll send you a little quarantine note 💌
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I expected more concern than excitement but I can always rely on you to support me 🖤
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Cork 🇮🇪 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/cork-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%aa-5/…
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✨ https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%e2%9c%a8-3/…
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Ah eating I should have known.
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I don’t know where this ends but I’m two weeks into self isolating and I already bought seeds, and tomorrow a friend and I are going to the garden centre 🌱😆 I have this weird urge to by a small tree but I guess as coping strategies go it’s far from the worst I’ve employed.
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Lmao okay maybe I can replace my art gallery threads with plant threads
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♥️ https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%e2%99%a5%ef%b8%8f/…
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The good news is the cleaners are going to come twice a week so I don’t descend into a completely feral plant lady state. (They are taking intense precautions and really trying to keep their business going when a lot of their clients have cancelled or shut 🖤)
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So glad I live in Ireland: https://dublinlive.ie/news/health/coronavirus-ireland-up-15000-people-17950113…
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“You are not a wildly fucked up person. You’re just a person who wants to live in full color. That life takes a lot of work at first. It’s time to start working hard at feeling and stop working so hard at seeming.” https://buff.ly/3dg3Yzg /by @hhavrilesky
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In trying times I retain some semblance of normality by having separate daytime and nighttime pjs 😆
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Plant shopping 🌱🚗 the guy did not think we could get everything in but he underestimated pinkness!
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Rootstock?!
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Also I was at the long reads event in nyc and I love love loved your reading. Amazing!!
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“So we could have zoom meetings, you, me, and dad?” My mom may be getting too into some self isolating strategies...
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I thought I was excessive because i bought FOUR house plants and one outside arrangement 😆 thank you for making my plant buying behavior seem proportional or even minimalist 😘🖤
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“I don’t know why it’s so funny that I want to go on zoom when you just bought a load of plants.” 🔥
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Her and my dad have been talking on zoom, one upstairs and one downstairs. I guess we all need hobbies in this trying time.
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🌱 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%8c%b1-5/…
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Yes that is plants cubed 😆
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This is super cute: https://irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/coronavirus-all-irish-households-to-get-two-postcards-to-send-for-free-1.4208288… I also have a stack of postcards from shanghai that I bought... ~10 years ago and I ordered some stamps online. DM me an address and I’ll send you a little quarantine note 💌
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 21 Mood +7 🙂
Having a weird urge to bake thankfully my oven is broken this will save me from myself 🙈
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Send me your address 🖤
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14?!?
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We went to hanleys! It was open! Ask for Leon!
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Do it!!! It was quiet and leon was wonderful. Please mention you saw his handiwork on Twitter 😆
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Plants in situ 🌱
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood +3 🙂
Super helpful - The Subtle Art of Managing Up https://buff.ly/2uE6oWX /by @s_m_i
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💯 “It feels that in order to succeed as an underrepresented person in this industry, you have to be exceptional” - great interview with @kthomas901 https://buff.ly/3dgDpdl
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood +6 🙂
Yeah it’s like a deep blue purple, the same as the feature wall in the living room.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood +3 🙂
I actually have not been on Pinterest 😆
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Not recently...
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😆🖤😘
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Omg Niki I’m worried about you 😆
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood -1 🙁
Raccoon fitspo: yoga https://t.co/JQZlUt2rom
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood 0
Sunshine ☀️ https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/sunshine-%e2%98%80%ef%b8%8f/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood +2 🙂
Omg the internet is full of enablers. This madness ended with the purchase of the plants. There will be no puzzles and there will be no baking!!! There may be crying though. Probably there will be crying.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood -9 🙁
Omg just realized I could make friendship bracelets.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood +2 🙂
Haha playing a LEGO game it’s going well
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood +3 🙂
😆
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Noooioooo
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WHY DID I NEVER CONSIDER THAT I MIGHT NEED SOLO INDOOR HOBBIES 😭
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood -1 🙁
Omg dat catte 🖤
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood 0
Okay I only have 3/10 so seems safe for now 🙈
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood +3 🙂
Why did I have my parents sell my trumpet 🎺
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood +3 🙂
Now that I have plants I have a weird urge to buy a puzzle. I am NOT going to give into this.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 22 Mood -2 🙁
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Well he’s pretty late to that game, can only be marginally less of an idiot day by day.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 23 Mood -2 🙁
I think a lot about how we make better decisions when we go towards something rather than away from - Got a problem to fix? Don’t even try – it’s better to think afresh https://buff.ly/3baRPtJ /by @oliverburkeman
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 23 Mood +2 🙂
💐 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%92%90-8/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood +3 🙂
Drone update: I have not unboxed the drone because it seems like a bad decision that I am not quite ready to commit to, but I did go for a walk with a friend and we identified places where the drone could take an amazing picture.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood +5 🙂
Amazing how effective following WHO guidance is... if only it was available to everyone. Oh, wait... 🙄
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood +6 🙂
Omg a beautiful raccoon!!
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood +3 🙂
Bit stressed out this morning, but deeply grateful to live in 🇮🇪 - Private hospitals will be made public for duration of coronavirus pandemic, the existing measures are having impact but they are making them more stringent. https://independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-ireland-gatherings-restricted-non-essential-shops-to-shut-among-new-measures-in-place-until-april-19-39072136.html… https://thejournal.ie/private-hospitals-ireland-coronavirus-5056334-Mar2020/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood +1 🙂
Reply to my angsty texts as a distraction 😝
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood 0
Yeah I believe it. Thank you!
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood +3 🙂
Dani
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Ahh... I’m not sure I can cope with that kind of read right now 🙈😭
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood +2 🙂
🖤🖤🖤 fwiw I’m excited for whatever you are excited about!
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood +6 🙂
Argh this is so relatable 😭
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood -1 🙁
Ahh that’s great!
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 24 Mood +3 🙂
Working on a little (programming) project this week and I’m taking a deep breath and reminding myself that the bit where you figure out what you don’t know is super important and shouldn’t be skipped. But admittedly at times dull and/or infuriating.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +1 🙂
Oh I haven’t read that!
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood 0
Awesome!
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +4 🙂
The coaching habit is helpful: https://cate.blog/2017/07/25/book-the-coaching-habit/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +2 🙂
🌳🇮🇪 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%8c%b3%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%aa/…
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💯
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Omg these people need better hobbies.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +2 🙂
Working on a little (programming) project this week and I’m taking a deep breath and reminding myself that the bit where you figure out what you don’t know is super important and shouldn’t be skipped. But admittedly at times dull and/or infuriating.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +1 🙂
Lmao 😆
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +6 🙂
A fun effect of this new level of baseline anxiety is my mouth guard - designed to stop me from clenching my jaw - has caused me to vomit, twice. The dentist is shut but I guess I don’t need to speak to a human to know that this is not a normal or expected reaction 😆
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood 0
😆 so true tho
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +4 🙂
I love every episode of @shouldwepodcast
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +3 🙂
Deeply concerned but also now following you on insta.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood -2 🙁
Omg 2!! Already!! 🌱🌱 Since I took the first picture an hour ago!!!
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Amongst the (questionable) reasons for keeping the drone has been: the cost of the drone includes €100 of tax for the Irish government, which is good, they’re doing a good job and I want to pay tax right now.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +4 🙂
I don’t plan an exact time but it happens very consistently 🙈 if I’m driving, the radio is usually the cause.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +2 🙂
💚 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%92%9a/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +3 🙂
Yeah they are handling it really well here.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +1 🙂
Part of my new routine is to cry every morning about nothing. Or perhaps everything. I’m not sure.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood -1 🙁
@beaulebens
Permalink On twitter.com Mention 2020 Mar 25 Mood 0
Three signs of a poor hiring process—and four ways to fix it https://cate.blog/2020/03/17/three-signs-of-a-poor-hiring-process-and-four-ways-to-fix-it/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood -2 🙁
After 2.5 weeks of social distancing perhaps I shouldn’t be allowed outside. I went to pick up a WiFi booster for a friend and... now I seem to be impulse buying a (small) drone?!
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +1 🙂
The wild thing is in Ireland they have been and continue to be very on it, so I am often crying as a result of heartwarming community and signs of hope.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +3 🙂
Yesterday it was a guy running a care home for the elderly talking about the precautions they have been taking. Today I think it was an panel on supporting mental health during this time.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +3 🙂
Yay so glad you liked it :)
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 25 Mood +5 🙂
Ooh I was still sleeping! But thank you!
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 26 Mood +2 🙂
The mavic mini, I checked which one you had.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 26 Mood 0
😭 it was my privilege to help you, and seeing you pay it forward is all the thanks I need 🖤
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 26 Mood +2 🙂
Writing today’s quarantine postcards. Do you want one? DM me an address and I’ll send you one in the next batch 💌
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 26 Mood +3 🙂
It’s growing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🌱
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 26 Mood +4 🙂
My dreams about human interaction are getting increasingly intense (and worrying) 🙈😆
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 26 Mood -1 🙁
🖤🖤🖤
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Ireland has 24% growth vs predicted 30%, 93% of (extensive) testing comes back negative. Two things the gvt did here: - follow WHO guidelines (and ask all businesses who remain open to), starting _weeks_ ago - very quickly & clearly provided income support to those affected
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 26 Mood +2 🙂
Routines are key during this trying time. One of my new morning routines: - forget to take my inhaler - cough repeatedly - worry that I’m dying - remember inhaler - judge myself for irrational anxiety
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 26 Mood -10 🙁
Thank you 🖤
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 26 Mood +2 🙂
Yeah I’m not sure how to count things... for me personally it’s pretty much week 3, but for Ireland it’s week 2 :/
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 26 Mood +2 🙂
Hahaha thank you! I look forward to going back to Paris when y’all are receiving guests again 🇫🇷🖤
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 27 Mood +5 🙂
Oh shit.
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🙈🖤
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You should be!!
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Stay tuned for real time plant updates 😆
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 27 Mood +2 🙂
🌅 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%8c%85-8/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 27 Mood +1 🙂
I heard on the radio yesterday that it’s the second week of isolation that is hardest and... yeah, relatable.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 27 Mood +1 🙂
It’s not rocket science, and if your government decided to roll their own bizarre pandemic strategy you should be hella pissed.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 27 Mood -6 🙁
🌱 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%8c%b1-6/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 27 Mood +3 🙂
Thanks 🖤
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 27 Mood +2 🙂
"there are no exemptions for diva-ishness" my mother is quite unsympathetic at times 😭
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😆
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🖤🖤🖤
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 28 Mood 0
A geranium
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 28 Mood 0
🖤 thank you
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 28 Mood +2 🙂
This was really helpful - That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief https://buff.ly/3bsozPe
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 28 Mood -1 🙁
Seems reasonable!
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 28 Mood 0
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A day later... now there are four 🌱 This is what passes for excitement in my life right now.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 29 Mood +6 🙂
I read or heard once that to make something people love you have to make something people hate. Okay for everyone is bland and mediocre. You know you can make something people love! You did it before! That not everyone will love it is the cost of being brilliant. You got this 🖤
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 29 Mood +10 🙂
Although now I want a croissant 😆
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 29 Mood +3 🙂
An update on #coronavirus. Keep well everyone https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1vOGwogrlQVGB…
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⛲️ https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%e2%9b%b2%ef%b8%8f-4/…
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That is adorbz 😍
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 29 Mood +3 🙂
In this trying time I aim to get the daily crying out of the way by ~1030 which gives me the rest of the day to focus on distracting myself from... everything I am crying about.
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 29 Mood -4 🙁
🌱 https://photo.cate.blog/2020/03/%f0%9f%8c%b1-7/…
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 29 Mood +3 🙂
I planted a chilli pepper today
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 29 Mood 0
These are beautiful! Thank you!
Permalink On twitter.com 2020 Mar 29 Mood +5 🙂
🥐🖤 thank you
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Thank you 🖤
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That’s soil!!
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