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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 17h

You know what they say: All politics is physics

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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 1d

Not to mention the newsletter is beaaautiful <3

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 1d

You heard the woman--make her editor happy!

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 3d

SCOTUS returns tomorrow—here’s what stalwart courtwatcher @hegemommy.bsky.social will be tracking for @rewirenewsgroup.com

First up: Arguments on constitutionality of banning conversion therapy, as 23 states plus DC and PR do.

Supreme Court Could Gut Abortion, LGBTQ Protections With These 3 Cases—Analysis

SCOTUS will hear three cases on anti-abortion centers and LGBTQ+ rights—all from the Alliance Defending Freedom.

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 3d

Am I reading into it too much or are WNYC’s music picks this morning pointed?

So far I’ve caught:
-“RESPECT”
-“Shake it Off”

Notice a throughline?

Last week, WNYC began broadcasting without any federal funding for the first time in its 100-year history.

Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 4d

This isn’t law enforcement—this is an attack on civilians by armed agents of the state.

That’s what we’d call this in any other country. That’s what it is here.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 6d

Another reason to love libraries (as if we needed one)

'We Play Period Bingo': Librarians Get Creative To Offer Sex Ed, Period Products, And More

Local librarians are stepping up to offer reproductive health resources in the wake of abortion bans.

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 10d

Obvi

Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 13d

Black sites are back on U.S. soil

KatherineHawkins @krhawkins.bsky.social · 13d

It gets worse...jail where ICE locator lists him says he's not there. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/26/d...

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 13d

Cool job alert! If you are a freelancer looking for 8-10 steady, adrenaline-fueled hours a week, apply to be our new PT newsletter editor at @rewirenewsgroup.com. This is just a short-term gig *for now*, grant-funded through end of year.

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P/T Newsletter Editor

Job Title: [Contract/PT] Newsletter EditorDepartment: News/ Editorial & ReportingReports To: Editorial Director Description Rewire News Group is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media organization and the o...

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 14d

That anyone is even asking this question represents a profound cultural and political change in the United States.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

This season, “South Park” is taking on the Trump administration the only way it knows how: with stop-motion, expletives and jokes about the size of the president’s penis. But how is the show getting away with it? nyti.ms/46VHSjp

In an animated still from “South Park,” Eric Cartman mopes and wears a shirt that reads “Woke is dead.” A quote under it from Wesley Morris on the "Cannonball" podcast: “In comedy right now, doing the job can cost you your job.  With one notable exception.  The jesters over at ‘South Park.’”

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 14d

For those unfamiliar with Petro–a former M-19 guerrilla and Bogota mayor–the man isn’t one to hold his tongue to avoid a fight.

Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 15d

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW (GIFT LINK) Colombian President Gustavo Petro tells The Post’s @schmidtsam.bsky.social that the Trump administration’s lethal boat strikes won't stop narcotrafficking, are “only for television” and amount to “murder”

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Colombian president: Trump’s boat strikes won’t stop narco traffickers

In an interview with The Washington Post, Colombia’s Gustavo Petro argued the Trump administration’s boat strikes are “only for television” and amount to “murder.”

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 15d

I recently alienated a casual acquaintance with my aggressive anti-okra stance but I grew up in the South in the 80s. Even fried was slimy! I’ll never get over it.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 15d

The slime is a horrific experience.

melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 15d

Okra should be fried, dried, or grilled. Boiling it’s going all in on the slime

Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 15d

She’s got a new newsletter too, folks! That’s more @angryblacklady.bsky.social, straight in your inbox—plus a peak behind the curtain of her new column.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 15d

The relaunch of my column Angry Black Lady Chronicles is today! It's super gay.

Trump’s Second Term Hits Different Now That I'm Out—Opinion

LGBTQ+ people are a Project 2025 target. Coming out didn’t make Trump’s second term more dangerous—it made it impossible to intellectualize away.

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 16d

The president is a real estate developer and reality TV star. Here’s what doctors, scientists, and autism experts say about Tylenol and vaccines.

When disinformation muddies the waters, @rewirenewsgroup.com floods the zone with truth.

Trump Promotes Dubious Link Between Autism and Tylenol Use During Pregnancy. Evidence Says Otherwise.

Research shows Tylenol is safe and can be life-saving for pregnant people.

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 17d

VA Sen. Tim Kaine on pressuring the state’s federal prosecutors to go after Trump’s political opponents: “You have my pledge that I will do everything I can to uphold the rule of law in Virginia and act to check anyone’s efforts, even the President of the United States, who tries to tear it down.”

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 20d

If you’re not the type to tune into vaccine panel mtgs, you missed personal attacks, dropped calls, awkward silences, overall chaos—& some news that may change when and how you & your family can get vaccinated. @cameronoakes.bsky.social was following the debate live, and she breaks it all down here

COVID, MMRV Vaccine Guidelines Have Changed (Updated)

The CDC panel’s vote could restrict vaccine access for scores of people.

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 23d

For real tho this happened

Wired and Business Insider remove articles by AI-generated ‘freelancer’

At least six publications have taken down articles under the name Margaux Blanchard that were AI-generated

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 23d

The website that had to retract an AI-authored story it unwittingly assigned and published decides actually robot writers are fine

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23d

Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...

Business Insider and the Bots

The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.

www.status.news

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 23d

Holy crap

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 24d

“It would be a lot of lowering. The flag would never be up.”

America in a nutshell.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24d

Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?

TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?

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Natasha Roy @natasharoy.bsky.social · 24d

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 28d

May I present to you: the rule of law

Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 29d

If the U.S. were a foreign country we read about in the press, many Americans would see it as too dangerous to visit.

Instead, we live here.

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Catesby Holmes @catesby.bsky.social · 29d

If your college kid is trans or nonbinary, they may have gotten an unwelcome new dorm assignment this year. Several schools have reversed or restricted gender-inclusive housing policies in hopes of keeping their federal funding, inc Univ Kansas & UNC Asheville, @rewirenewsgroup.com reporting finds.

Colleges End Trans-Friendly Housing Policies Amid Federal Anti-DEI Push

LGBTQ-friendly dorms and resource centers are disappearing as President Donald Trump imposes his anti-DEI agenda.

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