Katherine Locke
@katherinelocke.bsky.social
Author, writer, reader, cat owner, horse owner. Mostly made of rage and salt. Red Sea pedestrian. They/them.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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This means in Llano, books will wrongly remain off the shelf. But as Americans, we still believe in the values of the First Amendment and that future court rulings in many other circuit courts will assert that belief.
For more background on what is at stake for library users’ first amendment rights, @texaspublicradio.bsky.social had a good piece. The activist ruling from the Fifth Circuit will now stand in Tx, LA and MS and potentially influence other courts. www.tpr.org/education/20...
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This means in Llano, books will wrongly remain off the shelf. But as Americans, we still believe in the values of the First Amendment and that future court rulings in many other circuit courts will assert that belief.
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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“Among those in the crowd was William McKernan, a 17-year-old high school student who lives in Astoria and attended P.S. 166.
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,’ he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country.’”
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,’ he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country.’”
Taking children from their families is not normal.
Six-year-olds know it. Even if POTUS doesn’t.
Thanks to @indivisible.org Western Queens, PS 166 families, and his teacher Rachel, whose beautiful description of Yuanxin Zheng reduced us all to tears.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
Six-year-olds know it. Even if POTUS doesn’t.
Thanks to @indivisible.org Western Queens, PS 166 families, and his teacher Rachel, whose beautiful description of Yuanxin Zheng reduced us all to tears.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/n...
Hundreds Rally for Boy, 6, Who Was Separated From His Father by ICE
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“Among those in the crowd was William McKernan, a 17-year-old high school student who lives in Astoria and attended P.S. 166.
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,’ he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country.’”
'Kids shouldn’t be kidnapped,’ he said. 'I used to go to 166 and want to show up because I hate seeing this happen in my neighborhood, in my school and in my country.’”
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THE LIBRARIANS named to The Guardian’s list of the year’s best films @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
The 50 best films of 2025 in the UK
Brilliant biopics, daring documentaries and a host of chillers and thrillers – our critics pick the best from another sensational year of cinema
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
THE LIBRARIANS named to The Guardian’s list of the year’s best films @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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MyTaxReceipt shows you a breakdown of how your U.S. federal taxes get spent — enter your Zip code and the amount you paid in Federal taxes (or you can use the default average for your Zip code). It generates a receipt-style summary showing what portion goes to defense, healthcare, interest on debt..
MyTaxReceipt.org
See exactly where your federal income taxes go — and message Congress about it in one click.
my-tax-reciept.vercel.app
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
MyTaxReceipt shows you a breakdown of how your U.S. federal taxes get spent — enter your Zip code and the amount you paid in Federal taxes (or you can use the default average for your Zip code). It generates a receipt-style summary showing what portion goes to defense, healthcare, interest on debt..
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In the era of slavery, free black people had to carry their "free papers" with them so they could prove to the authorities that they were free, or else they would be thrown in jail and sold.
BASH: If ICE says it doesn't arrest US citizens, why do we keep seeing incidents of them aggressively pursuing citizens?
HOMAN: I can't tell you how many times an illegal alien claims to be a US citizen. It happens all the time.
HOMAN: I can't tell you how many times an illegal alien claims to be a US citizen. It happens all the time.
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In the era of slavery, free black people had to carry their "free papers" with them so they could prove to the authorities that they were free, or else they would be thrown in jail and sold.
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OOOooOOOooOO yes! Thanks to @colleenaf.bsky.social we have merch for @authorsabb.bsky.social that financially benefits Authors Against Book Bans, now!
a lovely gift for yourself or the book creator in your life!
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
a lovely gift for yourself or the book creator in your life!
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
Authors Against Book Bans
Official AABB Merch. Perfect to wear while fighting book bans. Great for school board meetings, conferences, marching for our rights, and annoying THAT neighbor. You know the one. Show off your love o...
www.customink.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
OOOooOOOooOO yes! Thanks to @colleenaf.bsky.social we have merch for @authorsabb.bsky.social that financially benefits Authors Against Book Bans, now!
a lovely gift for yourself or the book creator in your life!
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
a lovely gift for yourself or the book creator in your life!
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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lmao wait is Olivia Nuzzi the TRUE author of "My Immortal"
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
lmao wait is Olivia Nuzzi the TRUE author of "My Immortal"
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Crying laughing at this
(RACHEL walks past children playing. Her biological clock ticks. She’s thirty, almost dead.)
LITTLE GIRL: Are you excited for the County Hanukkah Fair?
RACHEL: Not really. I’m not super into Hanukkah.
LITTLE GIRL: Are you excited for the County Hanukkah Fair?
RACHEL: Not really. I’m not super into Hanukkah.
Scenes from a Hallmark Hanukkah Movie Written by Someone Who Has Definitely Met a Jew
EXT. SMALL TOWN BUS STOP – DAY (A beautiful woman with slightly wavy brown hair steps off a bus. She’s RACHEL, a corporate lawyer from The Big Cit...
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Crying laughing at this
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Also if you have writing editing experience please come help
We’re always on the lookout for researchers, writers, and editors to pitch in and help us make and maintain these pages. Here’s how to join us: unbreaking.org/how-to-help/
How to help — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Also if you have writing editing experience please come help
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Important advice thread for ICE in Minnesota.
Hey, I want to offer some helpful tips for coping with the cold for ICE folks who might have come from warmer places.
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
Good morning to fuckers in our neighborhood kidnapping our neighbors! Can you see the city skyline? No? You’re wondering if Minneapolis burned down again overnight? Oh no, sweetie. That’s ice crystals in the air . It looks like it will get to around -8F without windchill! Please enjoy your stay!
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Important advice thread for ICE in Minnesota.
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It has never been more urgent than this, US folks. Call your reps NOW and lay it all down. We cannot let them take this all away from us.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It has never been more urgent than this, US folks. Call your reps NOW and lay it all down. We cannot let them take this all away from us.
Philly, I got this lil guy out of the pouring rain last night! If you're interested in adopting a very very friendly sweet kitten lmk!
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Philly, I got this lil guy out of the pouring rain last night! If you're interested in adopting a very very friendly sweet kitten lmk!
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I am begging someone to re-share this or help. I don’t know how to say this any more, but I’m scared and I need to get through this weekend. That includes the tram trip. When I move on and when I get to work, I will make sure everyone sees every single good thing. I’m fighting for everyone here.
If you have $5 or $10 to spare, send it Jules’ way. She needs food and medication while she’s battling cancer and applying for jobs. AI has completely decimated the industry she’s worked in, and has made getting a job, and job in any industry, a nightmare in Australia.
PayPal link below ⬇️
PayPal link below ⬇️
Donate to Help me get through a rough patch, organized by J H
2024 broke me. 2025 hasn’t been much better.
I spent the year in medical hell, only to… J H needs your support for Help me get through a rough patch
www.gofundme.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I am begging someone to re-share this or help. I don’t know how to say this any more, but I’m scared and I need to get through this weekend. That includes the tram trip. When I move on and when I get to work, I will make sure everyone sees every single good thing. I’m fighting for everyone here.
This job listing is a recession indicator. This is a bonkers responsibility list to end the description with it being an unpaid internship. It says internship at the top (screenshot cut off) but not UNPAID. And that application question? I can't. Be so fr rn.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This job listing is a recession indicator. This is a bonkers responsibility list to end the description with it being an unpaid internship. It says internship at the top (screenshot cut off) but not UNPAID. And that application question? I can't. Be so fr rn.
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i'm saying!!!!
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
i'm saying!!!!
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THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS, Book 2 of THE MOON HERESIES TRILOGY, has a cover!
And it is perfect. No notes. Coming June 2026
Design by Stephanie Hess
Illustration by
@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
And it is perfect. No notes. Coming June 2026
Design by Stephanie Hess
Illustration by
@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS, Book 2 of THE MOON HERESIES TRILOGY, has a cover!
And it is perfect. No notes. Coming June 2026
Design by Stephanie Hess
Illustration by
@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
And it is perfect. No notes. Coming June 2026
Design by Stephanie Hess
Illustration by
@eleonorpiteira.bsky.social
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On Saturday, @authorsabb.bsky.social won the ALAN Award at @ncte.org, and I was honored to accept it on our behalf.
This is the speech I gave.
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/11...
This is the speech I gave.
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/11...
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
On Saturday, @authorsabb.bsky.social won the ALAN Award at @ncte.org, and I was honored to accept it on our behalf.
This is the speech I gave.
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/11...
This is the speech I gave.
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/11...
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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One of the changes that OpenAI has made to make ChatGPT safer is a "take a break" nudge. There's something quite interesting about the design here. Which thing does it make you want to click?
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
One of the changes that OpenAI has made to make ChatGPT safer is a "take a break" nudge. There's something quite interesting about the design here. Which thing does it make you want to click?
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Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Post a movie where you are from
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Post a movie where you are from