Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started
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Defiance posting. Vibes: Enraged 🔴
Not a Democrat anymore.
Columnist @ Dame Magazine, bylines @ The Cut, Harper’s Bazaar and more. Black, millennial, feminist, tired. Going to keep fighting anyway. Pay me for ideas: patreon.com/gothamgirlblue
Not a Democrat anymore.
Columnist @ Dame Magazine, bylines @ The Cut, Harper’s Bazaar and more. Black, millennial, feminist, tired. Going to keep fighting anyway. Pay me for ideas: patreon.com/gothamgirlblue
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I keep getting better at adding alt-text and making it part of the rhythm of my online conversations by having this button on. Writing alt-text as my default means that I never forget it and it becomes my normal. Make alt-text your normal!
That hotel is going to be booked out for a decade now
Hilton said it is breaking from a franchise that was accused of canceling ICE agents' reservations at its Minneapolis-area location
Hilton To Break From Franchise Hotel Accused Of Canceling ICE Agents' Bookings
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January 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
That hotel is going to be booked out for a decade now
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I don't think you can truly grapple with where we are, and how we come back from it, without recognizing this is not a constitutionally legitimate government and he is not the lawful president of the United States.
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I don't think you can truly grapple with where we are, and how we come back from it, without recognizing this is not a constitutionally legitimate government and he is not the lawful president of the United States.
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THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST FOR RABBIT PICTURES.
HERE IS A BRIEF TIMELINE CLEANSE.
HERE IS A BRIEF TIMELINE CLEANSE.
January 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM
THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST FOR RABBIT PICTURES.
HERE IS A BRIEF TIMELINE CLEANSE.
HERE IS A BRIEF TIMELINE CLEANSE.
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Boosting this for folks who aren't from here, but want to help
Mpls Parents are raising funds for families at South HS impacted by ICE raids. Money will go towards food, necessary supplies, and rental assistance. We appreciate your love and solidarity during these difficult times. ❤️ Please share widely with friends and family! gofund.me/e32d501a3
Donate to Support South High School Families, organized by Rachael Staab
South High School parents are holding a special fundraiser specifically to s… Rachael Staab needs your support for Support South High School Families
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January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Boosting this for folks who aren't from here, but want to help
One of the things that has been lost in the history of the Boston Massacre is that the citizens had assembled in protest of the murder of an 11 year old child who threw a brick through the window of a post house in protest of the Stamp Act and was killed by a British officer in retaliation
Paul Revere's 1770 engraving of the Boston Massacre is historically inaccurate, but helped inflame sentiments against the British. Revere omits Crispus Attucks, a formerly enslaved man of African & Native American descent— the first casualty.
Bob Tomolillo's Boston Massacre Reboot Project added him
Bob Tomolillo's Boston Massacre Reboot Project added him
January 7, 2026 at 9:36 PM
One of the things that has been lost in the history of the Boston Massacre is that the citizens had assembled in protest of the murder of an 11 year old child who threw a brick through the window of a post house in protest of the Stamp Act and was killed by a British officer in retaliation
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Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
Today is very bad and we should all be very angry but I am here to remind us that the birthday we are celebrating this year is not for the Constitution but for our rebellion against monarchy. The sincerest form of flattery is imitation.
January 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Today is very bad and we should all be very angry but I am here to remind us that the birthday we are celebrating this year is not for the Constitution but for our rebellion against monarchy. The sincerest form of flattery is imitation.
All Republicans are terrible all the time there is simply no reason to act like they can be negotiated with or redeemed. This is the anniversary of Republicans accommodating a coup to maintain political power, and all we get from Democrats are promises to work with them.
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 AM
All Republicans are terrible all the time there is simply no reason to act like they can be negotiated with or redeemed. This is the anniversary of Republicans accommodating a coup to maintain political power, and all we get from Democrats are promises to work with them.
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Danish guy gets it
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Danish guy gets it
“Well actually he was duly elected so the coup didn’t succeed” is my least favorite rejoinder to this because
1) there’s a whole rule in the Constitution about keeping people who tried to destroy the government from running it
2) the attack wasn’t about a day or procedure but the system itself
1) there’s a whole rule in the Constitution about keeping people who tried to destroy the government from running it
2) the attack wasn’t about a day or procedure but the system itself
No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
We must speak plainly: January 6th was an attempted coup. It was an effort to nullify millions of lawful votes and subvert the will of the American people.
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 PM
“Well actually he was duly elected so the coup didn’t succeed” is my least favorite rejoinder to this because
1) there’s a whole rule in the Constitution about keeping people who tried to destroy the government from running it
2) the attack wasn’t about a day or procedure but the system itself
1) there’s a whole rule in the Constitution about keeping people who tried to destroy the government from running it
2) the attack wasn’t about a day or procedure but the system itself
This is the reminder that there is an entire section of the Constitution that imposes consequences for trying to overthrow the government because it has happened before!
“What were they supposed to do?”
Use the goddamn tools labeled “for traitors” instead of asking voters to do it
“What were they supposed to do?”
Use the goddamn tools labeled “for traitors” instead of asking voters to do it
January 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
This is the reminder that there is an entire section of the Constitution that imposes consequences for trying to overthrow the government because it has happened before!
“What were they supposed to do?”
Use the goddamn tools labeled “for traitors” instead of asking voters to do it
“What were they supposed to do?”
Use the goddamn tools labeled “for traitors” instead of asking voters to do it
No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
We must speak plainly: January 6th was an attempted coup. It was an effort to nullify millions of lawful votes and subvert the will of the American people.
January 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
Thank god my husband isn’t an online person because he’d see this, print it out and tape it to my forehead
January 6, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Thank god my husband isn’t an online person because he’d see this, print it out and tape it to my forehead
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Dr Janell Green Smith, CNM a respected midwife, scholar, and advocate has died from complications related to childbirth. She leaves a husband and newborn that need the support of her village.
If you are able, please consider joing me in donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
If you are able, please consider joing me in donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
Donate to Honoring Dr. Janell Green Smith, CNM, organized by Nichole Wardlaw
Dr Janell Green Smith, CNM a respected midwife, scholar, and advocate has died fr… Nichole Wardlaw needs your support for Honoring Dr. Janell Green Smith, CNM
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January 5, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Dr Janell Green Smith, CNM a respected midwife, scholar, and advocate has died from complications related to childbirth. She leaves a husband and newborn that need the support of her village.
If you are able, please consider joing me in donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
If you are able, please consider joing me in donating.
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
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If you can help, please do.
After talking things out with the family, we've made some changes. Our new target is to fill in the gap for Jan-March. This should give us time to find more stable ways to fill the gap and a solid target to reach.
Any donation, repost, and/or help is welcomed.
gofund.me/cfccd2a40
Any donation, repost, and/or help is welcomed.
gofund.me/cfccd2a40
Donate to Keep a Roof Over a Family in Need, organized by Christabel Byrd
Update: This evening after a lot of thinking and talking over the budget with the fa… Christabel Byrd needs your support for Keep a Roof Over a Family in Need
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January 3, 2026 at 3:43 AM
If you can help, please do.
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Two simple things will destroy the inevitability of “AI” and it’s:
- Having to pay for training data if it falls under copyright
- Making every company liable for anything the machine spits out just like a person would be
That doesn’t sound like a product we need to accept or else!
- Having to pay for training data if it falls under copyright
- Making every company liable for anything the machine spits out just like a person would be
That doesn’t sound like a product we need to accept or else!
I think any technology that dies as soon as accountability and copyright are involved is far from inevitable. In fact, I’d argue that people who find use out of so-called “AI” technology have the burden of trying to salvage anything from the wreckage.
Ex: Blockchain circa 2014-2020
Ex: Blockchain circa 2014-2020
June 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Two simple things will destroy the inevitability of “AI” and it’s:
- Having to pay for training data if it falls under copyright
- Making every company liable for anything the machine spits out just like a person would be
That doesn’t sound like a product we need to accept or else!
- Having to pay for training data if it falls under copyright
- Making every company liable for anything the machine spits out just like a person would be
That doesn’t sound like a product we need to accept or else!
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A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
NEW—In late Feb, Chris Rufo published leaked chats between queer/trans employees at US intel agencies. Then Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she’d fire all involved.
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
Queer intel officers targeted by top secret chat leak get their chance to speak
Chris Rufo published the chats. Staffers say a new "lavender scare" is upon us.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
“While some sell themselves as the good ones to justify repression, and others sell themselves as the good ones to justify aggression, the result is always the same: more suffering, more rage, more generations learning that force replaces justice.”
January 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“While some sell themselves as the good ones to justify repression, and others sell themselves as the good ones to justify aggression, the result is always the same: more suffering, more rage, more generations learning that force replaces justice.”
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
Term limits allow lobbyists to run the show even more than they do now. My answer is to end the influence of lobbying by ending the private funding of campaigns. Just go all the way. These are public offices. They should not and cannot continue to be privately owned.
We need term limits for US Senators, Congressional representatives, and SCOTUS.
Also, we need leaders who actually enforce the US Constitution.
Also, we need leaders who actually enforce the US Constitution.
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Term limits allow lobbyists to run the show even more than they do now. My answer is to end the influence of lobbying by ending the private funding of campaigns. Just go all the way. These are public offices. They should not and cannot continue to be privately owned.
Nobody is gonna like this, but Biden’s administration was a Buchanan-level failure
January 4, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Nobody is gonna like this, but Biden’s administration was a Buchanan-level failure
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White Americans were fine with government—loved it wholeheartedly—until they were told they would have to share it equally. That’s when they decided it should be destroyed.
Every advocate for small government is an advocate for resegregation.
Every advocate for small government is an advocate for resegregation.
And just to be totally clear this push began after Black people had to be legally considered a part of the public and not denied access through legal segregation.
Because the worst option of all is public purposely mismanaged and deprived of funds, which is what we see most times here. When we see public properly funded it's great, like our national parks were. But so few real examples of that and even NPS is getting deprived.
January 3, 2024 at 4:37 PM
White Americans were fine with government—loved it wholeheartedly—until they were told they would have to share it equally. That’s when they decided it should be destroyed.
Every advocate for small government is an advocate for resegregation.
Every advocate for small government is an advocate for resegregation.
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We went from billions in pledges and the largest mass protest in defense of racial justice to the resegregation of major public and private institutions met with silence and distraction from our “allies” (who want to give more money to cops)
I want to be clear that for Black people, four years ago offered us more hope and progress on racial equality than we’d had in years, and we are quite literally worse off now on that specific score
The UNC Board of Trustess just voted to move all funding for diversity, equity and inclusion to the police.
It's the kind of thing you'd think was satire, but it's not.
It's the kind of thing you'd think was satire, but it's not.
May 13, 2024 at 5:53 PM
We went from billions in pledges and the largest mass protest in defense of racial justice to the resegregation of major public and private institutions met with silence and distraction from our “allies” (who want to give more money to cops)
January 6th was the prelude to all of this. It was the promise that Trump, in power, would seize the government to his own ends. Instead of having this laid bare—by systems, by campaigns, by our news—we were told that we had a choice in how our government would be run.
January 4, 2026 at 3:42 AM
January 6th was the prelude to all of this. It was the promise that Trump, in power, would seize the government to his own ends. Instead of having this laid bare—by systems, by campaigns, by our news—we were told that we had a choice in how our government would be run.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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