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."
www.huffpost.com
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-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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!
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Can a reporter bring a printout of this to Mike Johnson's next press conference, and when you ask him about it and he claims that he hasn't seen it, you just hand him the printout?
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Can a reporter bring a printout of this to Mike Johnson's next press conference, and when you ask him about it and he claims that he hasn't seen it, you just hand him the printout?
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As the U.S. starves its public media, Denmark wants to figure out a better way to subsidize private news publishers www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/as-t...
As the U.S. starves its public media, Denmark wants to figure out a better way to subsidize private news publishers
"A foundation can pick winners on the basis of its own values and priorities and support them from private sources. But if the state does the same with public funds, we risk the appearance (or even…
www.niemanlab.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
As the U.S. starves its public media, Denmark wants to figure out a better way to subsidize private news publishers www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/as-t...
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Just wanna re-up in simple terms that when Biden talked to platforms, Jim Jordan launched years of investigations into everybody involved, said it was tyranny, censorship, etc.
And now they just straight up acknowledge that they talk to platforms too.
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3...
And now they just straight up acknowledge that they talk to platforms too.
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3...
DHS playing 'whack-a-mole' shooting down made-up ICE stories
The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up efforts to combat fake news, viral AI videos, and misinformation on ICE and Border Patrol.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Just wanna re-up in simple terms that when Biden talked to platforms, Jim Jordan launched years of investigations into everybody involved, said it was tyranny, censorship, etc.
And now they just straight up acknowledge that they talk to platforms too.
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3...
And now they just straight up acknowledge that they talk to platforms too.
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3...
Is there an email subject line that so gracefully walks the line between corporate jargon and new age book title than “Your Cloud Needs Attention”?
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Is there an email subject line that so gracefully walks the line between corporate jargon and new age book title than “Your Cloud Needs Attention”?
A great gig for sassy actors: doing the voices for British generals in the new Ken Burns American Revolution series.
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A great gig for sassy actors: doing the voices for British generals in the new Ken Burns American Revolution series.
Read this. A bold and brave editorial.
These students put every editorial page in the nation to shame! I'm glad to hear Harvard listened to them. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Professor and the Pedophile | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Summers should choose the most straightforward path and resign. Should he refuse to, though, the University must cut ties with its former president to the greatest extent possible.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Read this. A bold and brave editorial.
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"The president also hosted a dinner for the crown prince last night. Guests included Elon Musk, who is back in Trump’s good graces, as well as soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, Apple chief executive Tim Cook, Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, and billionaire investor Bill Ackerman."
embarrassing.
embarrassing.
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"The president also hosted a dinner for the crown prince last night. Guests included Elon Musk, who is back in Trump’s good graces, as well as soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, Apple chief executive Tim Cook, Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, and billionaire investor Bill Ackerman."
embarrassing.
embarrassing.
Most devastating child’s birthday cake delivery since Raymond Carver. (Watching that Sarah Snook show.)
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Most devastating child’s birthday cake delivery since Raymond Carver. (Watching that Sarah Snook show.)
Roses are red,
I need many vacations,
I need many vacations,
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Roses are red,
I need many vacations,
I need many vacations,
a heartstopping detail
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
a heartstopping detail