Dr. Katherine Haenschen
@drkath.bsky.social
Asst Prof at Northeastern. Digital media & politics. Proud NJ native. Fan of #UCONN, enabling multi-family housing near transit, meatballs, field experiments.
Oof, this Olympics commercial for Figs, a brand of scrubs, about all the people who got Lindsey Vonn back on the slopes for 2026 just, uhh, hits different given everything that happened since it was filmed. Uhh, yikes?
February 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Oof, this Olympics commercial for Figs, a brand of scrubs, about all the people who got Lindsey Vonn back on the slopes for 2026 just, uhh, hits different given everything that happened since it was filmed. Uhh, yikes?
Why are liberal publications still platforming this vocally anti-abortion lady?
I was so impressed with this story about measles in the Atlantic -- the depth of reporting it would take to weave in all these details so fluidly.
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay
"We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."
www.niemanlab.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Why are liberal publications still platforming this vocally anti-abortion lady?
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
Interesting read. IMO, there isn’t a very clear/coherent Progressive-Democratic foreign policy ideology. (Feel free to correct me!)
Chris Murphy is a likely VP contender in 2028 due to his foreign policy experience (plus steadfast work on gun violence).
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Chris Murphy is a likely VP contender in 2028 due to his foreign policy experience (plus steadfast work on gun violence).
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Ocasio-Cortez Offers a Working-Class Vision in Munich, With a Few Stumbles
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Interesting read. IMO, there isn’t a very clear/coherent Progressive-Democratic foreign policy ideology. (Feel free to correct me!)
Chris Murphy is a likely VP contender in 2028 due to his foreign policy experience (plus steadfast work on gun violence).
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Chris Murphy is a likely VP contender in 2028 due to his foreign policy experience (plus steadfast work on gun violence).
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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Roses are red,
These times are quite trying
These times are quite trying
February 14, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Roses are red,
These times are quite trying
These times are quite trying
10/10, no notes
In this Ohio diner, it was a tradition: bacon and eggs, big styrofoam cup of Folgers, then over to the head to snort some cocaine off the toilet seat. But now the woke mob wants to take all of that away.
February 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
10/10, no notes
a HUGE number of star Women Athletes are rep’ed by Wasserman’s agency. will be interesting to see what happens…
Email exchanges between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell were released as part of the Epstein files, which sparked an exodus at Wasserman’s talent agency.
Casey Wasserman Will Remain LA Olympics Committee Chair Amid Epstein Files Fallout
Email exchanges between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell were released as part of the Epstein files, which sparked an exodus at Wasserman’s talent agency.
www.forbes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
a HUGE number of star Women Athletes are rep’ed by Wasserman’s agency. will be interesting to see what happens…
Watching Home Alone and there are so many points where the plot could have taken a TURN:
* if he got caught shoplifting the toothbrush (parental neglect!)
* if the Wet Bandits hit him with the van (☠️)
* if Mom got an earlier flight (she thwarts robbers?)
RIP Catherine O’Hara, you a real one.
* if he got caught shoplifting the toothbrush (parental neglect!)
* if the Wet Bandits hit him with the van (☠️)
* if Mom got an earlier flight (she thwarts robbers?)
RIP Catherine O’Hara, you a real one.
February 13, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Watching Home Alone and there are so many points where the plot could have taken a TURN:
* if he got caught shoplifting the toothbrush (parental neglect!)
* if the Wet Bandits hit him with the van (☠️)
* if Mom got an earlier flight (she thwarts robbers?)
RIP Catherine O’Hara, you a real one.
* if he got caught shoplifting the toothbrush (parental neglect!)
* if the Wet Bandits hit him with the van (☠️)
* if Mom got an earlier flight (she thwarts robbers?)
RIP Catherine O’Hara, you a real one.
Hi yeah I am gonna need to read an ENTIRE Pol Comm dissertation on Mamdani's graphic design, please go ahead and put me on your committee, k thx #polcomm
New York City: The time has arrived. Finally, a chance to tell the city EXACTLY what your landlord’s been getting away with. NYC’s first Rental Ripoff Hearings are happening in all five boroughs, and we want to hear from you. Real New Yorkers. Real stories. Real policy changes.
February 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Hi yeah I am gonna need to read an ENTIRE Pol Comm dissertation on Mamdani's graphic design, please go ahead and put me on your committee, k thx #polcomm
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easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
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Everyone here has had to decide what they will and won’t do. Will you take someone in your house? Will you bring them groceries? Will you patrol streets with a whistle? Will you do some other kind of work, of which there are many. And how many of these types.
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Everyone here has had to decide what they will and won’t do. Will you take someone in your house? Will you bring them groceries? Will you patrol streets with a whistle? Will you do some other kind of work, of which there are many. And how many of these types.
The sequel to The Big Short is gonna be lit
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The sequel to The Big Short is gonna be lit
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
My research w/ @albertsonb2.bsky.social shows that raising alarm about election procedures WITHOUT offering solutions is harmful to confidence in elections.
Voters: If you are worried about the U.S. Midterm elections, make sure to vote early in the voting window, either in person or in the mail.
Voters: If you are worried about the U.S. Midterm elections, make sure to vote early in the voting window, either in person or in the mail.
Over the past three weeks, the "nightmare scenario" for November's midterms has grown more plausible www.vox.com/politics/478...
February 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
My research w/ @albertsonb2.bsky.social shows that raising alarm about election procedures WITHOUT offering solutions is harmful to confidence in elections.
Voters: If you are worried about the U.S. Midterm elections, make sure to vote early in the voting window, either in person or in the mail.
Voters: If you are worried about the U.S. Midterm elections, make sure to vote early in the voting window, either in person or in the mail.
Working 40hrs/wk at the $7.25/hr fed. min. wage for all 52 weeks of the year would generate an annual income of $15,080.
It's embarrassing to our country, and cruel to our neighbors.
It's embarrassing to our country, and cruel to our neighbors.
Reminder: the nat'l minimum wage today is *HALF* what it was in the 1960s.
A number of states have kept up, but most Republican-led states and most purple states haven't.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum...
A number of states have kept up, but most Republican-led states and most purple states haven't.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum...
Minimum wage in the United States - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Working 40hrs/wk at the $7.25/hr fed. min. wage for all 52 weeks of the year would generate an annual income of $15,080.
It's embarrassing to our country, and cruel to our neighbors.
It's embarrassing to our country, and cruel to our neighbors.
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Immigration —> more healthcare workers —> more seniors aging at home & living longer
Major news outlets: Please consider prominently reporting what this all-star team of researchers has found.
www.nber.org/papers/w34791
www.nber.org/papers/w34791
February 9, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Immigration —> more healthcare workers —> more seniors aging at home & living longer
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bad bunny 500 electoral votes
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
bad bunny 500 electoral votes
Someone’s gonna make her one with Ocasio ‘28 on it, right?
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Someone’s gonna make her one with Ocasio ‘28 on it, right?
The surprise appearance by Lady Gaga gives new meaning to their kind and affectionate interactions at The Grammys. 🥺
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
The surprise appearance by Lady Gaga gives new meaning to their kind and affectionate interactions at The Grammys. 🥺
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I’m going to have to re-watch since my smaller child was so excited she hit me in the face with the business end of a pom-pom but a) that was a statement and b) I hope the racists die mad about it.
February 9, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I’m going to have to re-watch since my smaller child was so excited she hit me in the face with the business end of a pom-pom but a) that was a statement and b) I hope the racists die mad about it.
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show will be interpreted by Celimar Rivera Cosme into Puerto Rican Sign Language, a unique dialect used on the island that academic researchers and other experts consider endangered.
Bad Bunny’s Sign Language Interpreter Will Make Super Bowl History, Too
Puerto Rican Sign Language is not the same as American Sign Language. Celimar Rivera Cosme will uniquely capture the rapper’s slang for the game’s deaf viewers.
trib.al
February 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show will be interpreted by Celimar Rivera Cosme into Puerto Rican Sign Language, a unique dialect used on the island that academic researchers and other experts consider endangered.
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
So, uh, why did federal prosecutors draft a memo about Epstein’s death dated the day *before* he was found dead in his cell?
www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-file...
www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-file...
Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death
The file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker’s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
So, uh, why did federal prosecutors draft a memo about Epstein’s death dated the day *before* he was found dead in his cell?
www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-file...
www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-file...