Kathryne
@kathrynesings.bsky.social
Here’s to the girls who just watch.
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Kathryne
@kathrynesings.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I am now a person who has to check her pockets for guitar picks before I put trousers in the wash, and I love this for me.
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My humanities dept was relevant. Majors were up. Courses were 100% enrolled. Revenue positive, GE serving, etc etc. We were still eliminated.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
'For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it. Indeed, the most useful lesson the humanities have to offer today is a profoundly countercultural one: Difficulty is good, an end in its own right.' 2/2
December 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My humanities dept was relevant. Majors were up. Courses were 100% enrolled. Revenue positive, GE serving, etc etc. We were still eliminated.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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I also feel like his body of work really disproves the persistent claim that joyful, hopeful, funny, romantic or lighthearted stories are inherently intellectually lesser and can't be Real Art
Taking a break from the sickening tragedy to focus on the beauty for a moment. Rob Reiner achieved something so rare and coveted that artists and entertainers dream of and rarely achieve: cultural permanence. How many times have you made a reference to something going to 11? Shouted "Inconceivable"?
December 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I also feel like his body of work really disproves the persistent claim that joyful, hopeful, funny, romantic or lighthearted stories are inherently intellectually lesser and can't be Real Art
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Rob Reiner gave us a lingua franca that connected us to fellow travelers for DECADES.
He made American culture classic, memorable, accessible, poignant and unpretentious in a way few have. Devastating.
He made American culture classic, memorable, accessible, poignant and unpretentious in a way few have. Devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Rob Reiner gave us a lingua franca that connected us to fellow travelers for DECADES.
He made American culture classic, memorable, accessible, poignant and unpretentious in a way few have. Devastating.
He made American culture classic, memorable, accessible, poignant and unpretentious in a way few have. Devastating.
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
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notice how this happens at almost every high profile school shooting now.
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
notice how this happens at almost every high profile school shooting now.
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There is possibly no clearer evidence of how American society has been bent to conservatives' whims than regarding gun violence. Our country's gun laws are flatly insane, and there has been no meaningful momentum for serious reform in years.
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
There is possibly no clearer evidence of how American society has been bent to conservatives' whims than regarding gun violence. Our country's gun laws are flatly insane, and there has been no meaningful momentum for serious reform in years.
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Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
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All my admiration to the great @robinince.bsky.social, watching this guy quote James Baldwin and Audrey Lorde as he resigns from the BBC in solidarity with trans people makes me want to stand up and cheer
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
All my admiration to the great @robinince.bsky.social, watching this guy quote James Baldwin and Audrey Lorde as he resigns from the BBC in solidarity with trans people makes me want to stand up and cheer
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A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
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Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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It's clear from the article that ICE is *miserable* here. They're freezing their asses off and being harassed everywhere they go. Property managers aren't allowing them access to rental properties and people know their rights and aren't letting them in.
KEEP IT UP.
KEEP IT UP.
December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It's clear from the article that ICE is *miserable* here. They're freezing their asses off and being harassed everywhere they go. Property managers aren't allowing them access to rental properties and people know their rights and aren't letting them in.
KEEP IT UP.
KEEP IT UP.
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"AI" suffusing academia w/ a pervasive miasmatic atmosphere of mistrust by supplying an arms race btwn students (via systems which, yes, increasingly, I've been doing this for 20 fucking years, encourage them to not give a shit & just get a degree) & teachers (via surveillant copshit) sure does suck
December 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"AI" suffusing academia w/ a pervasive miasmatic atmosphere of mistrust by supplying an arms race btwn students (via systems which, yes, increasingly, I've been doing this for 20 fucking years, encourage them to not give a shit & just get a degree) & teachers (via surveillant copshit) sure does suck
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
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I am deadly serious when I say that any liberal Project 2028 people should be taking names of the civil servants who go way past their authority to do stuff like this.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That should be a career ending act of corruption
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I am deadly serious when I say that any liberal Project 2028 people should be taking names of the civil servants who go way past their authority to do stuff like this.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
That is very much not me saying that normal employees following bad orders should be fired. But there’s a line. This crosses it.
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note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
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Gabe understands this stuff very well.
But more generally, politics is ALL ABOUT pushing people into uncomfortable situations and making them face consequences. Of course they want to keep fucking around in the shadows. It’s our job to put the spotlight on them so we know which ones to get rid of.
But more generally, politics is ALL ABOUT pushing people into uncomfortable situations and making them face consequences. Of course they want to keep fucking around in the shadows. It’s our job to put the spotlight on them so we know which ones to get rid of.
The GOP has lost control of the chamber, I am extremely skeptical they have the votes to stop impeachment votes all together.
That means there is a void. It should be filled with calls to throw Trump out of office and into prison.
That means there is a void. It should be filled with calls to throw Trump out of office and into prison.
December 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Gabe understands this stuff very well.
But more generally, politics is ALL ABOUT pushing people into uncomfortable situations and making them face consequences. Of course they want to keep fucking around in the shadows. It’s our job to put the spotlight on them so we know which ones to get rid of.
But more generally, politics is ALL ABOUT pushing people into uncomfortable situations and making them face consequences. Of course they want to keep fucking around in the shadows. It’s our job to put the spotlight on them so we know which ones to get rid of.
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"Male socialization" is kind of meaningless, then, insofar as we *all* are taught that Boys Are Better Than Girls.
It *does* affect the respective behavior of boys and girls, who learn exactly what they're allowed to get away with, and how much, but people forgot how this affects queer kids.
It *does* affect the respective behavior of boys and girls, who learn exactly what they're allowed to get away with, and how much, but people forgot how this affects queer kids.
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
"Male socialization" is kind of meaningless, then, insofar as we *all* are taught that Boys Are Better Than Girls.
It *does* affect the respective behavior of boys and girls, who learn exactly what they're allowed to get away with, and how much, but people forgot how this affects queer kids.
It *does* affect the respective behavior of boys and girls, who learn exactly what they're allowed to get away with, and how much, but people forgot how this affects queer kids.
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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I just don't understand why D leadership is dead set against impeachment. he's shredding the constitution! his approval is in the toilet! impeachment investigations generally cause presidential approval to fall even more. like, what are they afraid of?
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I just don't understand why D leadership is dead set against impeachment. he's shredding the constitution! his approval is in the toilet! impeachment investigations generally cause presidential approval to fall even more. like, what are they afraid of?
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A bigot may remain a bigot in his heart, but it’s still very much a strategic win if he becomes too intimidated to be horrible to others in public. When bigots are afraid, it becomes a lot *harder* for them to recruit others and to brutalize innocent people.
December 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A bigot may remain a bigot in his heart, but it’s still very much a strategic win if he becomes too intimidated to be horrible to others in public. When bigots are afraid, it becomes a lot *harder* for them to recruit others and to brutalize innocent people.
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cannot stress enough how the leading quality i want in 2028 dem primary fronteunnwr is “vengeful”
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
From the US Embassy in London today.
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
cannot stress enough how the leading quality i want in 2028 dem primary fronteunnwr is “vengeful”
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Impeachment is a tool for political accountability, not a “sacred” constitutional ritual. If it were truly about evidence, the Senate would’ve convicted Trump unanimously after his coup attempt—the same way every jury has unanimously found him liable or guilty when the facts actually matter.
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Impeachment is a tool for political accountability, not a “sacred” constitutional ritual. If it were truly about evidence, the Senate would’ve convicted Trump unanimously after his coup attempt—the same way every jury has unanimously found him liable or guilty when the facts actually matter.