Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

@kebrightbill.bsky.social

3.9K followers 1.8K following 15K posts

Sometimes writer, focusing on the religious right & homeschool movement history | UF Law & Covenant College alum | Manatee Dems #GatorNation #GoBolts #GoBucs #RaysUp #FLwx they/them Opinions mine https://ko-fi.com/KEBrightbill

ko-fi.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · Jan 24

Because of the price of eggs, I give you the classic Great Depression-era recipe for Crazy Cake, both in the original chocolate and vanilla versions. No eggs, no milk, all deliciousness.

Crazy Cake

Mix:

2 c. Sugar
3 c. Flour
6 Tbs. Cocoa
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Baking Powder
2 tsp. Baking Soda

Make 3 holes and add:

2 tsp. Vanilla
2 tsp. Vinegar
6 Tbs. Oil

Stir in 2 cups cold water and mix until free of lumps.

Bake at 350f for 30-35 minutes. For cupcakes, bake at 375f for 15-18 minutes.

Vanilla Crazy Cake

Mix:

2 c. Sugar
3 c. + 6tbs Flour
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Baking Powder
2 tsp. Baking Soda

Make 3 holes and add:

2 tsp. Vanilla
2 tsp. Vinegar
6 Tbs. Oil

Stir in 2 cups cold water and mix until free of lumps.

Bake at 350f for 30-35 minutes. For cupcakes, bake at 375f for 15-18 minutes.

43 240 680

Reposted by Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 10h

A Democrat shares a video by one of America’s most notorious antisemites. He misses the very obvious antisemitic trope in the video. He then defends the share after people point this out to him.

Incredible stuff.

Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna • 7h
I don't take a dime from any PAC or lobbyist, including AIPAC.
I am proud to be one of the handful of Democrats standing up against Big Money.
@TrackAIPAC
O:AL NATE
551
t7 1.1K
6.5K
Ill 497K
贝
企
Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna • 5h
This was a documentary made by Tommy G who interviewed me. I did not speak to or meet lan Carrol. I stand by my words and should be judged by them.

14 80 340

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 7h

That would have required them to see complexity that they refuse to consider

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 7h

Right, and from a purely practical standpoint, there's no such thing as a dictator whose ideas are going to perfectly align and be the exact same kind of communist as you, so at some point people need to ask how they're going to achieve dictatorial goals without totalitarian force.

1 2

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 7h

I don't know what the best play is, but if your analysis of this situation isn't also looking ahead to 2026, you're ignoring the bigger picture.

Make a case for how you think Dems should play it in light of the midterms, and why you think that'll work, don't just underpants gnome it.

1 2

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, and when it comes right down to it, they're asking for a dictator who agrees with them, not a democratic system

1 2

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 7h

There's also strategic consideration for how to play it, because this may be a test run for Republicans refusing to relinquish control of Congress if they lose the midterms, so Dems need to figure out what their play is that puts them in the best position going into a potential constitutional crisis

1 1 4

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, and it's a fundamentally anti-democratic way of viewing society, combined with an especially toxic version of the Great Man theory of history, not that any of them would acknowledge either fact if challenged on it

1 2

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, and it's all a form of American exceptionalism

1 2

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, fixing that needs to be on the list of changes when Dems regain power

1 1

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 7h

If you're arguing that the laws governing swearing in by the Speaker of the House are unconstitutional and that it's an issue that Adelita Grijalva should sue over, she's said she's exploring her legal options, but claiming that anybody can swear her in and Dems are just not doing it is false.

1 1 6

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 8h

Aside from litigation where a judge forces Johnson to do his job, there's not some, "find any random judge or notary to swear in a House member," clause that exists and Democrats are conspiring to ignore because reasons.

Everything is a conspiracy when you don't understand how the world works.

4 1 9

Reposted by Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 10h

also, these photos are very much in the continued theme of "british political figures can't be photographed normally" x.com/rhcm123/stat...

Post
Conversation
Sky Marchini
@rhcm123
·
Jan 14, 2022
The weirdest part about British politics is the official cabinet photos have this incredibly strange aesthetic
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
Sky Marchini
@rhcm123
·
Jan 14, 2022
Like they’re against this weird grey background with really stark lighting that’s kinda unflattering
Image
Image
Image
Image
Sky Marchini
@rhcm123
And, like, they’ve gotten better recently, they actually used to be a lot worse
Quote
Sky Marchini
@rhcm123
·
Jun 9, 2019
The official portraits of UK cabinet members are wild
Image
Image
Image
Image
7:03 PM · Jan 14, 2022

3 2 40

Reposted by Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 10h

I really don't want to punch down, particularly at [in some cases] literal teenagers, but THESE are the images the tory paper chose to represent "young tories"?? this is who they wanted to represent the party?

we got inspector sexpest, the riddler's corporate cousin, and tesco Stephen Miller

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

22 15 170

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 8h

Saw a post getting traction claiming that any judge can swear in Adelita Grijalva and therefore it's the Democrats' fault she isn't seated, and I am once again asking this site to do two seconds of research on how the House works before kneejerk blaming Dems for Republican obstruction.

2 6 22

Reposted by Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

JK @miniver.bsky.social · 2d

I just realized that the Portland Antifascist Frog has singlehandedly reclaimed amphibians from the “alt right”. Yet another way he is a Great American.

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

7 120 570

Reposted by Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 16h

Signs of the times in Chicago today: My daughter's school went on soft lockdown because of reports of ICE. Volunteers showed up at the nearby H.S. to escort people who didn't feel safe. Walking around, I saw lots of orange whistles around people's necks.

21 210 730

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 8h

It was like everyone was salivating over the ratings possibilities of evacuees being trapped in a baseball stadium as the roof blew off, more than they cared about getting the facts right.

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 8h

It got so bad that the Rays themselves had to issue a statement that the Trop was only being used to stage for first responders, and that no, it wasn't a shelter, and even then, when the roof blew off, cable news and Twitter was convinced that the Tampa Bay area just got Katrina 2.0.

2 1

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 8h

That after the day before Milton hit, when everybody in the Tampa Bay area on Twitter were desperately trying to fact check and get cable news and Jim Cantore to stop spreading misinfo that the Trop was a shelter, lest people refuse to get on evacuation buses thinking they're going to be taken there

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 8h

One of the most annoying things about this time last year with Hurricane Milton was that while I was on social media trying to get pictures of my area, I ended up spending way too much time trying to fact check people who were convinced The Trop was Superdome 2.0 because cable spread misinformation.

See drone photos of Tropicana Field’s roof destroyed by Hurricane Milton

The downtown St. Petersburg stadium was supposed to be an emergency response hub in the wake of Hurricane Milton.

www.tampabay.com

1 1 4

Reposted by Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 14h

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

260 1.9K 10K

Reposted by Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 8h

I know us dying is a sacrifice you're willing to make, but I'm not going to play the model minority and nod sagely and shut up as you advocate that we've got to burn for the good of the country.

1 3 32

Reposted by Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 8h

Attention! Weird fucker who is going to screenshot me- I am Native, most Natives live in rural areas and are at the very, *very* front of the line in terms of agony from federal shutdowns and from anything that fucks up rural communities, I am tired of being your fucking altar sacrifice.

1 5 38

Reposted by Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 9h

gossip goes around on bsky and when i google "what the fuck is this" i get one hit and it's kiwifarms. lmao

2 1 47

Reposted by Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻

SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 9h

at this point i believe kf and similar platforms are run primarily on the salt and self-loathing of the B-teams of the social spaces they document.

i would fucking kill for dossiers that detailed on the people i dislike, but those don't exist because B-team AI people don't usually gossip on alts

2 2 58