Cates Holderness

@cates.bsky.social

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managing editor @garbageday.email, prev at tumblr and buzzfeed. we both just lost The Game. 🌱 (she/her)

A photo of a green tee shirt with a 40s era van labeled WNYC with a loudspeaker saying “FACTS, COMMUNITY, RESILIENCE TRUTH” and a cityscape in the background
a screenshot of the garbage day newsletter that reads "The pre-Vine animated GIF boom has mostly been memory-holed. [Ed. note: Unless you’re still on Tumblr, where GIFs and GIF-sets still constitute a large percentage of posts.] In the early 2010s, message board users were moving from smaller websites to larger platforms — and getting jobs at digital media companies. And they ended up bringing a lot of shared culture with them. What we used to call “Weird Twitter,” for"
A rectangular amateur painting of an ocean scene. The lower quarter is the ocean with shades of blue and green. The upper 3/4 is a light blue sky with layers of blue clouds with white and light purple highlights on the bottom of the clouds
A baby carrot that is distinctly penis-shaped, complete with balls
A photo of the baptistery, the front of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the bell tower, and the Duomo in Florence Italy
A photo of a sunset with soft hues of pastel pink, orange, purple, and yellows. A brick building is below the sunset and a bare tree is to the left of the image.
A blue Jeopardy clue reading “Cates Holderness posted to thus pop media company’s site asking for the color of a dress & the rest was (briefly) history”
A photo of palm trees with a teal ocean and slightly clouded blue sky in the background
An image of “the WHAT” meme of a white woman smiling on the left with “the” overlayed and a zoomed in image of her eyes and face with “WHAT” on the right
A dozen red roses in a vase with baby’s breath and other greenery interspersed
A glass jar filled will rising sourdough starter. A rubber band Mark’s the fill line and the starter is double the size of the line
A picture of a ripe peach with leaves attached held in a hand in front of a wooden floor
A salad made of white navy beans, sliced red onions, and fresh yellow orange heirloom tomatoes
A clear blueish-green lake framed by green pine trees on the right. A ridge of Sierra Nevada mountains half covered in trees and shrubs is on the other side of the lake.
A small purple and yellow flower growing out of a grey brick wall
A screenshot of a tumblr post with an image that says “July 1. Too tired.” The caption below reads: “July 1, 1914. The Diaries Of Franz Kafka, 1914-1923”
A close up picture of a light pink rose
A vase of fresh cut peonies in full bloom, ranging in color from deep maroon to bright pink, pale pink, and white