Cates Holderness

Cates Holderness

@cates.bsky.social

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

1.8K followers319 following641 posts

I love NYC so much. A woman got on the subway carrying a plant and when I complimented it she said “Thanks! Do you want it?” So now I have a healthy and beautiful new plant!!?!

Completely agree. It’s incredible. Like, jesus christ what a film.

Chuck Tingle@chucktingle.bsky.social

YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING is one of the most astonishing movies i have ever seen. just checked and no documentaries have ever been nominated for best picture but it absolutely should be. maybe even win. what a trot

wow so no one told me the main character of Lanterns: A) is vegan B) has a pet bird I’ve mostly been a marvel girl since like 1990 but I’m hooked, yes king protect your birb

I’ve been moderating online communities for 30 years (oh god oh fuck) and this is one of my favorites. I’ve banned less than 10 people in the last year and a half and for a community of that size, that’s amazing.

Me, publicly giving shit to an active member: I will fucking ban you because you drive me insane Me, DMing him: hey if you need help with your subscription just lmk! <3

Me meal prepping a giant quinoa salad for lunches on Sunday: This is great! I can eat this all week and won’t have to worry! Me 3 days later: I am so fucking sick of this bullshit thing I cannot believe I have like 3 more days of this for goddamn lunch

Ah shit thank you, forgot to add alt text because I was so horrified lmao

Haplo@haplo.bsky.social

alt text: open pizza box containing a pizza with most of its toppings & cheese slid off into a corner, revealing saucy crust.

If you know Tozzi, you know this is indeed a splashy hire and I am THRILLED!

Lisa Tozzi@lisatozzi.bsky.social

Super excited to work with @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social @cates.bsky.social and the rest of the @garbageday.email team! Thanks @status.news for calling me a splashy hire! www.status.news/p/new-york-t...

I did bar trivia with people from my building earlier this week (we came in 2nd!) and they kinda spent the entire 2 hours slowly drilling into who I am and what my job is after I said I work online for a small digital media journalism company

this piece contains a truly incredible chart (i love charts)

Danielle Kurtzleben@titonka.bsky.social

Do you ever think about how Trump's posting was this wild new thing in 2015 and now it's just background noise in politics? I think about this a lot. So I read all his posts this year and analyzed them because THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING A LOT OF STUFF YOU AREN'T READING. www.npr.org/2026/05/08/n...

To the robin singing his ass off in prospect park and keeping me awake cause it’s nice enough to have my windows open: buddy wyd it’s like 2am she’s not gonna fuck you