Celeste Headlee
@celesteheadlee.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, speaker. She/her. Black, Jewish, Portuguese. Detroit stan forever. Living on Piscataway land. Latest book: https://rb.gy/4ovkd
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This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
God Bless us every one, said Tiny Tim, the last of all.
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
God Bless us every one, said Tiny Tim, the last of all.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
This will eventually be the subtitle of a history of the Trump era, possibly by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social -- The Trump Years: A Lowdown, Dirty, No-Good, Filthy Presidency
Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This will eventually be the subtitle of a history of the Trump era, possibly by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social -- The Trump Years: A Lowdown, Dirty, No-Good, Filthy Presidency
You can read the thread or just go read the essay. It's amazing (and not too long to interrupt your doomscrolling).
James Baldwin to Angela Davis in 1970, discussing white Americans:
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You can read the thread or just go read the essay. It's amazing (and not too long to interrupt your doomscrolling).
"This sentence wasn't a baseless accusation. It was a defensible and plausible statement. It's well known that Trump & his family are personally profiting from the presidency to a degree we haven't seen before."
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"This sentence wasn't a baseless accusation. It was a defensible and plausible statement. It's well known that Trump & his family are personally profiting from the presidency to a degree we haven't seen before."
Dear Pete Hegseth, a Navy captain outranks an Army major, as the former is one step below Rear Admiral. Mark Kelly was 5 ranks from the top of the Navy, you were 7 ranks from the top of the Natl Guard.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Dear Pete Hegseth, a Navy captain outranks an Army major, as the former is one step below Rear Admiral. Mark Kelly was 5 ranks from the top of the Navy, you were 7 ranks from the top of the Natl Guard.
Kudos to the folks who call their representatives with words of support instead of hate. @houlahan.house.gov posted audio of some of the calls she's received and it's heartwarming.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRcXnVr...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRcXnVr...
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan on Instagram: "Fear is contagious, but so is courage. I remain steadfast in my oath to the Constitution and am grateful to those across the nation who stand with us. Don’t give u...
15K likes, 322 comments - repchrissyhoulahan on November 24, 2025: "Fear is contagious, but so is courage. I remain steadfast in my oath to the Constitution and am grateful to those across the nation ...
www.instagram.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Kudos to the folks who call their representatives with words of support instead of hate. @houlahan.house.gov posted audio of some of the calls she's received and it's heartwarming.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRcXnVr...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRcXnVr...
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I have eaten
the plums
that were on
the patio
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
the plums
that were on
the patio
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I have eaten
the plums
that were on
the patio
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
the plums
that were on
the patio
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
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Yesterday we raised over $35,000. Today, we are excited to announce a donor who has generously offered to match the second $35,000. If you help us reach $35,000 today he will match you dollar for dollar. Please help us get there! gofund.me/638697766
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yesterday we raised over $35,000. Today, we are excited to announce a donor who has generously offered to match the second $35,000. If you help us reach $35,000 today he will match you dollar for dollar. Please help us get there! gofund.me/638697766
Congress requires the DOD to support the Scouts & the Secretary of Defense can only refuse if the support would be "detrimental to national security." Hegseth claims national security is threatened because the Scouts are no longer cultivating "masculine values."
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Congress requires the DOD to support the Scouts & the Secretary of Defense can only refuse if the support would be "detrimental to national security." Hegseth claims national security is threatened because the Scouts are no longer cultivating "masculine values."
John Pfaff: "“There’s clearly no adult in the room to say ‘wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran [for office] after his wife was a victim of political violence.’”
Of course @hcrichardson.bsky.social has the clearest recap: Trump is losing bigly in court & trying to rig the military for vengeance. And you know it’s not him thinking this shit up even if Roy Cohn taught him well. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 24, 2025
U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
John Pfaff: "“There’s clearly no adult in the room to say ‘wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran [for office] after his wife was a victim of political violence.’”
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I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
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I hope MAGA DOJ appeals, just so discovery into its misconduct can continue pending appeal.
Judge tosses Comey, James cases after finding prosecutor unlawfully appointed
The judge's decision on the appointment of Lindsey Halligan marks a significant setback to efforts to go after the president's perceived political enemies.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I hope MAGA DOJ appeals, just so discovery into its misconduct can continue pending appeal.
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The American Revolution on PBS is amazing. It’s inspiring and enraging, messy, just like our fragile democracy. And, also, very timely as we face our current tyrant. It’s surprisingly emotional, and I’m struck by Thomas Paine’s words, and how they helped inspire the rebellion.
"These are the times that try men's souls...Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
-- Thomas Paine
ushistory.org/paine/crisis...
-- Thomas Paine
ushistory.org/paine/crisis...
Thomas Paine: American Crisis
Full text of Thomas Paine's --American Crisis--
ushistory.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The American Revolution on PBS is amazing. It’s inspiring and enraging, messy, just like our fragile democracy. And, also, very timely as we face our current tyrant. It’s surprisingly emotional, and I’m struck by Thomas Paine’s words, and how they helped inspire the rebellion.
Thanks, I hate it.
Mike Flanagan's THE EXORCIST has found its star, with Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson set to lead the "radical new take" on the classic possession pic.
Scarlett Johansson Will Lead Mike Flanagan’s THE EXORCIST Movie
Mike Flanagan's THE EXORCIST has found its star, with Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson set to lead the "radical new take" on the classic possession pic.
dlvr.it
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Thanks, I hate it.
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Extremely funny shot:chaser day on Bluesky.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Extremely funny shot:chaser day on Bluesky.
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you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
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“Plenary Authority” is what Heritage Foundation and GOP are lining up use to completely take over the country. This was what Miller said in a TV interview and stopped dead in his tracks when he realized he had let the cat out of the bag. Ain’t no glitch it was Miller revealing the Heritage Plan.
Wrote about why it *really* feels like Stephen Miller's nuclear-level on-air gaffe should be getting more attention.
badfaithtimes.com/the-stephen-...
badfaithtimes.com/the-stephen-...
The Stephen Miller Gaffe Every Judge Needs To Bookmark
Maybe Miller realizes the 2024 election did not mark the end of history.
badfaithtimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Plenary Authority” is what Heritage Foundation and GOP are lining up use to completely take over the country. This was what Miller said in a TV interview and stopped dead in his tracks when he realized he had let the cat out of the bag. Ain’t no glitch it was Miller revealing the Heritage Plan.
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
![An article with the headline "[US people] are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347/bafkreigunh6t53vvgp2sewo2fsy4xttrwgy3zrdwplje7j2qjop5jdeyxy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
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"These are the times that try men's souls...Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
-- Thomas Paine
ushistory.org/paine/crisis...
-- Thomas Paine
ushistory.org/paine/crisis...
Thomas Paine: American Crisis
Full text of Thomas Paine's --American Crisis--
ushistory.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"These are the times that try men's souls...Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
-- Thomas Paine
ushistory.org/paine/crisis...
-- Thomas Paine
ushistory.org/paine/crisis...
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To threaten a man whose wife was shot in the head because of political rhetoric is a new level of villainy. What kind of person would threaten Mark Kelly, of all f**king people, with political violence?
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
To threaten a man whose wife was shot in the head because of political rhetoric is a new level of villainy. What kind of person would threaten Mark Kelly, of all f**king people, with political violence?