Katherine Catmull
@katherinecatmull.com
austin writer & actor, triumphing over this bullshit game
this a lovely peaceful thread full of the goofy sweetness and variety of human beings
This is an unapologetically sappy feel-good subject (at least, I guess, for people in a happy relationship”). So, to prepare for Valentine’s Day, what did you and your partner do for a first date?
My wife and I went to tea at Huntington Gardens and walked around.
My wife and I went to tea at Huntington Gardens and walked around.
On our first date, my spouse and I spent like an hour talking about footnotes.
February 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
this a lovely peaceful thread full of the goofy sweetness and variety of human beings
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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Just going to note again, because somehow we've all completely retconned this and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, that pound-for-pound Biden had one of the most draconian border security regimes of any U.S. president ever, second only to Trump, *many of whose policies he inherited and kept*
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Just going to note again, because somehow we've all completely retconned this and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, that pound-for-pound Biden had one of the most draconian border security regimes of any U.S. president ever, second only to Trump, *many of whose policies he inherited and kept*
my HS’s most famous alum is lyle lovett, who was actually a year ahead of me. Vaguely recall him in the halls in his blue corduroy future farmers of america jacket (i was a drama nerd , so separate spheres). #2 would be former Houston mayor & congressman sylvester turner
Edward Norton. According to my 11th grade math teacher who also taught him, he was an unassuming dork who was really into student government.
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
my HS’s most famous alum is lyle lovett, who was actually a year ahead of me. Vaguely recall him in the halls in his blue corduroy future farmers of america jacket (i was a drama nerd , so separate spheres). #2 would be former Houston mayor & congressman sylvester turner
absolutely horrifying and the goddamn Democrats are voting to give more money to DHS/CPB? to build more of these?
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
absolutely horrifying and the goddamn Democrats are voting to give more money to DHS/CPB? to build more of these?
post a banger that is not in english ( this one is an all time favorite song of mine) youtu.be/J43T8rEOg-I?...
February 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
post a banger that is not in english ( this one is an all time favorite song of mine) youtu.be/J43T8rEOg-I?...
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Today, February 7, 2026, is officially the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week and the 50th anniversary of Black History Month.
Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday
Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday
February 7, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Today, February 7, 2026, is officially the 100th anniversary of Negro History Week and the 50th anniversary of Black History Month.
Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday
Carter G Woodson purposely started Negro History Week on February 7th so that it would end on February 14th, which is Frederick Douglass's birthday
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Refugees International has a devastating report on what Trump's gutting of USAID has done.
www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-brie...
www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-brie...
A Generational Collapse: Tracking the Toll of Trump’s Humanitarian Aid Cuts - Refugees International
The consequences of these cuts have been deadly and devastating and are now coming into focus. Will humanitarian funding ever rebound?
www.refugeesinternational.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Refugees International has a devastating report on what Trump's gutting of USAID has done.
www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-brie...
www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-brie...
I don't know why sometimes it's these relatively small things that hit me so hard.
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I don't know why sometimes it's these relatively small things that hit me so hard.
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this particular line is maybe the best statement of purpose i have seen for those of us who want a more militant opposition to this administration
“Let us be clear: we want the power of the state. We wish to hold the criminals of the regime accountable. We wish to seize back the public funds looted by Trump and his cronies. We wish to undo the damage he has done to the government. More than any of that we wish to rebuild.”
From Powerlessness to Power
We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM
this particular line is maybe the best statement of purpose i have seen for those of us who want a more militant opposition to this administration
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JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
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The "Irrefutable Vibe" of race science. There is simply no amount of scholarship or common sense you can use to get people off the position. Examples of Black excellence are "outliers," scientific consensus is "political correctness," and the unshakeable defense always boils down to "but, come on."
January 31, 2026 at 3:50 AM
The "Irrefutable Vibe" of race science. There is simply no amount of scholarship or common sense you can use to get people off the position. Examples of Black excellence are "outliers," scientific consensus is "political correctness," and the unshakeable defense always boils down to "but, come on."
NOOOOOOOoooo this is horribe news. But a comforting thread.
January 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
NOOOOOOOoooo this is horribe news. But a comforting thread.
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
ohhhhh my god
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
ohhhhh my god
startlingly good piece, anyway it startled me this morning how my whole self rose to meet it
America is a battered woman. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...
The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:08 PM
startlingly good piece, anyway it startled me this morning how my whole self rose to meet it
radicalized by that dwight garner review into getting the new george saunders book, if it’s remotely like jonathan livingston goddamn seagull i will send him a $10 bill
January 28, 2026 at 4:04 PM
radicalized by that dwight garner review into getting the new george saunders book, if it’s remotely like jonathan livingston goddamn seagull i will send him a $10 bill
okay bring back olivia nuzzi
January 28, 2026 at 6:06 AM
okay bring back olivia nuzzi
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The guy genuinely gave a shit.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The guy genuinely gave a shit.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
And the empathy vampires murdered him for it.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
damn thomas payne could WRITE. what a great poster he would have been
“I turn with the warm ardor of a friend to those who have nobly stood, and are yet determined to stand the matter out:
I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state: up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel;”
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I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state: up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel;”
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January 26, 2026 at 1:41 AM
damn thomas payne could WRITE. what a great poster he would have been
"You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance."
January 25, 2026 at 1:42 AM
"You weren't afraid of tyranny. You were afraid of losing dominance."
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
god damn
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
god damn