Kate Tuttle
@katekilla.bsky.social
Gen X, middle child, Leo. I edit the Books section @ the Boston Globe.
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Kate Tuttle
@katekilla.bsky.social
· Aug 28
A Trump Supporter Sat Next To My 12-Year-Old Black Son On A Plane. I Couldn’t Believe What She Told Him.
"My son is growing up to face dangers made worse by the president this woman voted for."
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I haven't written this kind of personal essay in years, so it was interesting to revisit this one, originally published in 2018, that @noahmichelson.bsky.social asked me to update.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Somebody just liked me on a dating app and then asked me to review his book. I am aghast.
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Somebody just liked me on a dating app and then asked me to review his book. I am aghast.
I've been wondering why Google Maps has gotten worse at its main job. I don't need a "guide" but when I want a map I do need a map.
Google Maps Evolves: Exploration Meets AI Guidance by @carlostorresit.bsky.social atlaxion.com/google-maps-... #GoogleMaps #AI #Atlaxion
Google Maps Exploration Hub: Gemini AI as Your Guide
Discover how Google Maps is transforming into an exploration hub with Gemini AI as your smart guide, reshaping how we discover places, navigate, and connect.
atlaxion.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I've been wondering why Google Maps has gotten worse at its main job. I don't need a "guide" but when I want a map I do need a map.
Had this exact thought while driving straight into a Midwestern sunset the other day. Nature is the best artist, humans next, machines never.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Had this exact thought while driving straight into a Midwestern sunset the other day. Nature is the best artist, humans next, machines never.
Shout out to anybody else who came home for the holiday just in time for a family member to get sick. With my dad at the same hospital where I was once a candy striper. His prognosis is good but at 88 even moderate pneumonia is scary.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Shout out to anybody else who came home for the holiday just in time for a family member to get sick. With my dad at the same hospital where I was once a candy striper. His prognosis is good but at 88 even moderate pneumonia is scary.
Loved Julia M. Klein's review of THE AWARD, Daniel Pearl's new novel about the petty rivalries and infighting in literary Cambridge (MA). Not that I'd know anything about that! In this Sunday's print @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
Literary Cambridge, behaving badly - The Boston Globe
Matthew Pearl’s cleverly plotted literary satire "The Award" begins with an intriguing author’s note: “Some of this happened.” We may never know just what.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Loved Julia M. Klein's review of THE AWARD, Daniel Pearl's new novel about the petty rivalries and infighting in literary Cambridge (MA). Not that I'd know anything about that! In this Sunday's print @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
Also in this Sunday's print edition of the @bostonglobe.com is @hamiltoncain.bsky.social's review of Sven Beckert's massive new book, CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY. Really loved it when Hamilton emailed asking me to add an exclamation point after Karl Marx! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
Is everything you ever learned about capitalism wrong? - The Boston Globe
While scholars have illuminated bits and pieces of this immense narrative, Beckert’s massive volume brings it together with impeccable authority and perspicacity.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Also in this Sunday's print edition of the @bostonglobe.com is @hamiltoncain.bsky.social's review of Sven Beckert's massive new book, CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY. Really loved it when Hamilton emailed asking me to add an exclamation point after Karl Marx! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
I loved talking with Carla Kaplan about her new book, TROUBLEMAKER: THE FIERCE, UNRULY LIFE OF JESSICA MITFORD. Thankful there is now a wonderful biography of the best Mitford sister. In print this Sunday in the @bostonglobe.com but here now www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/a...
Crossing borders and making (good) trouble, Jessica Mitford was a model for our times - The Boston Globe
One of the first things that struck Carla Kaplan about Jessica Mitford was her voice — not in speaking but on the page.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I loved talking with Carla Kaplan about her new book, TROUBLEMAKER: THE FIERCE, UNRULY LIFE OF JESSICA MITFORD. Thankful there is now a wonderful biography of the best Mitford sister. In print this Sunday in the @bostonglobe.com but here now www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/a...
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oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
oh this is absolutely what i think. i think they feed him fake polls and outright AI slop
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This is about the best breakdown on the restrictions of foreign reporters into Gaza, and how outlets like NPR report the conflict: with the excellent, tireless work of our Palestinian reporter, Anas Baba.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Barred from Gaza for 2 years, international journalists are still fighting for access
Israel's Supreme Court has again pressed the government to explain why, more than two years into the war, it still bars independent journalists from entering Gaza.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is about the best breakdown on the restrictions of foreign reporters into Gaza, and how outlets like NPR report the conflict: with the excellent, tireless work of our Palestinian reporter, Anas Baba.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
I’ve been off social media for the past few days on a Midwestern Eat, Pray, Love tour — ie, driving to my folks’ house in Kansas for Thanksgiving, stopping to visit old friends along the way. Highly, HIGHLY recommend.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I’ve been off social media for the past few days on a Midwestern Eat, Pray, Love tour — ie, driving to my folks’ house in Kansas for Thanksgiving, stopping to visit old friends along the way. Highly, HIGHLY recommend.
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Just a heads up: He prosecuted two KKK members who committed the 16th Baptist Church (Birmingham) bombing
Former Senator Doug Jones is running for Alabama governor, setting up a possible rematch with Senator Tommy Tuberville. nyti.ms/3XLPfVh
Former Senator Doug Jones Enters Alabama Governor’s Race
The move sets up a possible rematch between Mr. Jones, the last Democrat to win statewide office in Alabama, and Tommy Tuberville, the Republican who ousted him from the Senate in 2020.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Just a heads up: He prosecuted two KKK members who committed the 16th Baptist Church (Birmingham) bombing
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Ms. Fletcher, Tulsa, and America always deserved so much more
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Ms. Fletcher, Tulsa, and America always deserved so much more
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I think the House does not have the capacity to do all the investigations that will be needed.
We need more; we need to think bigger. We need a Truth and Reconciliation commission, and we need serious punishments. We could also use the Hague for some of the criminals.
We need more; we need to think bigger. We need a Truth and Reconciliation commission, and we need serious punishments. We could also use the Hague for some of the criminals.
this is one of the dozens of congressional investigations dems should undertake if they regain the house. other: trump sons, donors to the epstein ball room, pardons sold, bribes paid in crypto just to start, $10million from egyptians.
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I think the House does not have the capacity to do all the investigations that will be needed.
We need more; we need to think bigger. We need a Truth and Reconciliation commission, and we need serious punishments. We could also use the Hague for some of the criminals.
We need more; we need to think bigger. We need a Truth and Reconciliation commission, and we need serious punishments. We could also use the Hague for some of the criminals.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
The DAR ads for the Ken Burns show continue to confuse me. Are they truly open to Black members and new ideas?
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The DAR ads for the Ken Burns show continue to confuse me. Are they truly open to Black members and new ideas?
In my epistolary relationship with an old friend, I just learned for the fist time about the Johari Window. So wild. I've done a similar thing via HR at one of my many workplaces, but to do it asking friends and associates to provide feedback is fascinating.
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
In my epistolary relationship with an old friend, I just learned for the fist time about the Johari Window. So wild. I've done a similar thing via HR at one of my many workplaces, but to do it asking friends and associates to provide feedback is fascinating.
This racist monster isn't even pretending to talk about citizenship here any longer - he's celebrating foreign-born people losing work REGARDLESS of citizenship.
The Republican Party under Trump is a blatantly white supremacist institution and no Republican deserves your vote.
The Republican Party under Trump is a blatantly white supremacist institution and no Republican deserves your vote.
Wow. Stephen Miller and the White House political operation are now openly, explicitly celebrating the fact that *legally* present immigrants have lost their jobs:
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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When Jamal Khashoggi was killed , all the TV networks were chasing me down to have me on to talk about Trump, Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia and the murder.
Now that MBS is back in town and being wined and dined by Trump, Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires?
I have not had one TV invite.
Now that MBS is back in town and being wined and dined by Trump, Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires?
I have not had one TV invite.
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
When Jamal Khashoggi was killed , all the TV networks were chasing me down to have me on to talk about Trump, Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia and the murder.
Now that MBS is back in town and being wined and dined by Trump, Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires?
I have not had one TV invite.
Now that MBS is back in town and being wined and dined by Trump, Musk, Bezos and other tech billionaires?
I have not had one TV invite.
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NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
As ICE descends on Charlotte, faith leaders draw on other cities' actions to aid immigrants
(RNS) — As many as 500 people, a mix of clergy and other volunteers, have appeared at the training sessions on how to counter ICE.
religionnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
Seems bad
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In t...
www.wbur.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Seems bad
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If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
(KRON) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday that it has settled claims of hazardous waste violations at an Apple microchip factory in Santa Clara. In August 2023 and January 2024, federal regulators inspected Apple’s facility at 3250 Scott Boulevard after receiving a tip from the public. The inspections, according to the EPA, [...]
www.kron4.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.
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Seems problematic
🚨 Trump calls for the death of Democratic senators and representatives who produced a video advising members of the military and intelligence communities not to follow illegal orders:
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Seems problematic
This is a LOT of fun
Only eight remain in our What Was Literary Twitter? bracket. What will the final four look like? Vote here to find out!
What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 4*
It’s day four, and only 8 out of original 64 are left after yesterday’s voting! The polls today will determine who wins their quadrant (or is it “region”? Or “zone”? We’re not sports people) …
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is a LOT of fun
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This rare burn generator is getting used so much I added an admin panel 🤣
Now you can suggest new insults! A bunch still need to be edited out or improved, but - COME! Defeat your online enemies with snark!
Now you can suggest new insults! A bunch still need to be edited out or improved, but - COME! Defeat your online enemies with snark!
Rare Insults 🔥
For your enemies online
dr.eamer.dev
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This rare burn generator is getting used so much I added an admin panel 🤣
Now you can suggest new insults! A bunch still need to be edited out or improved, but - COME! Defeat your online enemies with snark!
Now you can suggest new insults! A bunch still need to be edited out or improved, but - COME! Defeat your online enemies with snark!