Katelyn Burns
@katelynburns.com
Freelance journalist. @ms.now and Xtra Magazine columnist. Co-founder: The Flytrap. Cancel Me, Daddy podcast co-host. Formerly: Vox
For story leads, my signal is kab.80
For story leads, my signal is kab.80
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The Pivot to... A Lot of Work
In the war between written words and video, I worry about writing as a profession
This is by far not the most important thing happening in the world right now (look to the recent passage of the NDAA ...
www.burnsnotice.com
For my newsletter today, I discussed my "pivot to video", what it has meant for my workload, why I think it was worth it, and if I think other writers and podcasters should dabble with video
It also explains why I haven't been posting newsletter articles recently www.burnsnotice.com/the-pivot-to...
It also explains why I haven't been posting newsletter articles recently www.burnsnotice.com/the-pivot-to...
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
I'm not going back to a place that suppresses all my links, allows my misgendering, and stole my blue check for profit.
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I'm not going back to a place that suppresses all my links, allows my misgendering, and stole my blue check for profit.
And nobody watched
It's kind of unbelievable how hard Bari Weiss and CBS News have been pushing their interview with Erika Kirk. Just total propaganda.
December 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And nobody watched
Lol bruh
Insanely pathetic numbers for something so highly touted
December 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Lol bruh
It's true if you eat the rich
December 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It's true if you eat the rich
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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The hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery.
He had no experience with weapons of any kind.
i am agog that Newsom actually said out loud that he never really thought about affordability until he talked to a streamer who wouldn't let it go.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
i am agog that Newsom actually said out loud that he never really thought about affordability until he talked to a streamer who wouldn't let it go.
Ok where do i watch the gay hockey show
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Ok where do i watch the gay hockey show
This episode is officially the second most listened to/watched CMD episode of the year. Thanks y'all! youtu.be/ALbBUTHrAQE
The Olivia Nuzzi Scandal Exposed Who the Real Villain Is (ft. Marisa Kabas)
YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This episode is officially the second most listened to/watched CMD episode of the year. Thanks y'all! youtu.be/ALbBUTHrAQE
Because she's a grifting content creator, not a journalist
I’m sorry but why is the head of cbs news on tv herself
December 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Because she's a grifting content creator, not a journalist
This is part of why I left the DC journalism scene. The feigned jadedness is fucking obnoxious.
For a long time, that was THEE affect that signaled you were a Real Journalist: being savvy and smart enough to know that people with principles were quaint, pitiable little curiosities. And if those people happen to be women, well then they're also just downright childish.
i’ll add that what substantively seems to annoy silver is the existence of people with principles
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is part of why I left the DC journalism scene. The feigned jadedness is fucking obnoxious.
Ok but I would love to be on one of HCR's conversations.
December 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Ok but I would love to be on one of HCR's conversations.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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Hi all!
I'm casting my paid mockumentary about YouTube drama culture ($500 CAD, about 3-4 minutes of dialogue, self-tape from home). Looking for a trans woman to play JENNA, an indie TTRPG creator whose Kickstarter blows up and then falls apart. Details + sides:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I'm casting my paid mockumentary about YouTube drama culture ($500 CAD, about 3-4 minutes of dialogue, self-tape from home). Looking for a trans woman to play JENNA, an indie TTRPG creator whose Kickstarter blows up and then falls apart. Details + sides:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
JENNA EVERLY - Full Role Information
JENNA EVERLY - Full Role Information Project: A ~45 minute mockumentary about YouTube drama culture. Everything is fictional, meaning fake creators played by actors, fake Kickstarter, and fake screens...
docs.google.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hi all!
I'm casting my paid mockumentary about YouTube drama culture ($500 CAD, about 3-4 minutes of dialogue, self-tape from home). Looking for a trans woman to play JENNA, an indie TTRPG creator whose Kickstarter blows up and then falls apart. Details + sides:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I'm casting my paid mockumentary about YouTube drama culture ($500 CAD, about 3-4 minutes of dialogue, self-tape from home). Looking for a trans woman to play JENNA, an indie TTRPG creator whose Kickstarter blows up and then falls apart. Details + sides:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Nate Silver finding mold on a loaf of bread:
"You know what's wrong with America? Moldy Breadism..."
"You know what's wrong with America? Moldy Breadism..."
December 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Nate Silver finding mold on a loaf of bread:
"You know what's wrong with America? Moldy Breadism..."
"You know what's wrong with America? Moldy Breadism..."
When I saw Wake Up Dead Man in the theater with my friends and they got to the joke about the whole saga appearing on a podcast someday, all of my friends turned and looked at me.
December 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
When I saw Wake Up Dead Man in the theater with my friends and they got to the joke about the whole saga appearing on a podcast someday, all of my friends turned and looked at me.
Gonna start putting cancel me daddy shit on a betting site and cashing in.
"Will Katelyn sneeze in minute 37?"
"Will Christine have a New Jersey Italian moment again?"
"Will Katelyn sneeze in minute 37?"
"Will Christine have a New Jersey Italian moment again?"
online gambling is essentially legal and open money fixing and laundering at this point
December 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Gonna start putting cancel me daddy shit on a betting site and cashing in.
"Will Katelyn sneeze in minute 37?"
"Will Christine have a New Jersey Italian moment again?"
"Will Katelyn sneeze in minute 37?"
"Will Christine have a New Jersey Italian moment again?"
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cant help but notice there's no room for a future presidential portrait in the line
December 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
cant help but notice there's no room for a future presidential portrait in the line
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i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
April 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
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#BradLander: The fight in the Democratic party is between... Fighters and Folders.
I've been going through our Cancel Me Daddy interview with Brad Lander from this summer and pulling out interesting bits.
Here he explains that the fight in the Dem party is not between Progressives and Moderates but Fighters and Folders.
youtube.com/shorts/-BUXt...
Here he explains that the fight in the Dem party is not between Progressives and Moderates but Fighters and Folders.
youtube.com/shorts/-BUXt...
Brad Lander Nails the Problem with Democrats
YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy
youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#BradLander: The fight in the Democratic party is between... Fighters and Folders.
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Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
trains trains Trains Trains TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS
help i'm logging on to overwatch at 6:45 this morning
December 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
help i'm logging on to overwatch at 6:45 this morning
RICO, christ
13 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- FL files RICO lawsuit against WPATH, Endocrine Society & Amer Academy of Pediatrics for practicing medicine, using Cass Review to accuse them of promoting "discredited clinical guidelines...to sell memberships."
Florida sues leading medical groups for supporting gender-affirming care
Florida has accused WPATH, the Endocrine Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics of somehow violating the RICO Act.
www.advocate.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
RICO, christ