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Kathryn Kirkpatrick

@kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social

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poet, professor, ecofeminist https://www.kathrynkirkpatrick.org/

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Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Jan 18

"These are poems rooted in landscape
and memory, about mothers and daughters, love and mourning, and the harrowing context in which we now find ourselves."

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Creature

Kathryn Kirkpatrick "What does it mean to be a person in relation to others, both human andanimal? Rife with observations of the natural and manmade worlds,Creature by Kathryn Kirkpatrick is a garden ...

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Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Boone” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Boone · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Grijalva: The frustration for me is that it seems as if Speaker Johnson is not willing to swear me in because our politics are a little different, or because I’m going to be the 218th signer—he can just continue to drag this along with no end in sight.

That is not a foundation of our democracy.

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Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 8d

“We have a window of time to change this planet’s course, but it’s rapidly closing,” she said.

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

www.theguardian.com

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 15d

Remember that new study?

Yeah we been knowing. 96% of BLM protests were peaceful; same for 99% of the pro-Palestine protests…

And while I saw lots of reports on the study, I can’t say the same for the bigger news:

That Trump scraped the study from all government websites — like it never existed!

US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence

Report finding rightwing extremists have killed more Americans than other domestic terrorist groups vanished from DoJ website

www.theguardian.com

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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 15d

In the DC area, ABC did
NOT air Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Here are the commercials that aired on ABC in Kimmel's time slot.
I won't be spending a single dollar on any of these products/services:
Wendy's
Sketchers
Kia
Jeep
Cirque du Soliel
Safestep Walk In Tubs
AMP Sales &
Marketing Solutions

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DebJordan Kauble @debjordan-kauble.bsky.social · 16d

Evil bastard Gestapo

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#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 16d

Sounds like what the Nazis did to the Jews. 6 million Jews "dropped off the grid" after being taken into custody.

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Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 16d

Thug at the UN
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

Thug at the UN

Trump gives an embarrassing, self-aggrandizing speech at the United Nations

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Barbara Rybolt @barbararybolt.bsky.social · 18d

#ProudBlue #Resist

Let’s call this the palate cleanser!

Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 18d

Mary Trump on Charlie Kirk:
Charlie Kirk on “free speech”: apparently it only applies when people agree with him. Mary Trump’s take? Imagine someone defending freedom by trying to silence everyone else.

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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Charlie Kirk Aftermath Part II

YouTube video by Mary Trump Media

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Snacks @snacks59.bsky.social · 19d

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Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 19d

“We will not shop at your stores. We will not tune into your TV and radio stations. We will not send our kids and our money to your universities, or use your services if you are going to enable our slide to authoritarianism.”

September 19, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

September 19, 2025

Today U.S.

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 20d

We need to fight for our first Amendment rights and thankfully Rep Crockett is on it!! Let’s see how the GOP responds. This should be a no brainer yet…

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Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 20d

Yes it’s a scary time, but the momentum is shifting. If people like Karl Rove, Tucker Carlson, and John Yoo are defending free speech or criticizing his extreme powers, then we do have momentum and the power to fight back. Americans keep going and use your voice!

Momentum Is Shifting

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 23d

the government and the people who control AI are erasing history and research in real time to distort reality www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

www.404media.co

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Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 24d

The US is in the grip of an irrational frenzy, reminiscent of the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s. The US could have resolved this visa issue diplomatically by giving Korea advance notice as an ally.

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 24d

Hankyoreh now has an official English translation of this editorial: english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 25d

This story feels like it’s going to have huge repercussions

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 25d

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27d

Everyone should be held to the same standards.

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Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · 27d

The Spring 2025 print issue of Cold Mountain Review is now available at UNC Press.

Including stunning new work by Molly Peacock, Dorriane Laux, and Ron Smith, this issue of Cold Mountain Review also marks the passing of one of the journal’s founders, R.T. Smith.

uncpress.org/978146969580...

Cold Mountain Review

Including stunning new work by Molly Peacock, Dorriane Laux, and Ron Smith, among many others, this issue of Cold Mountain Review also marks the passing of o...

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Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Sep 7

Looking forward to reading poems with Catherine Carter in Greensboro tomorrow at Scuppernong Books!

Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Sep 6

At 68 years old, I've been told by my local pharmacy that NC is among 16 states where everyone has to get a prescription for the Covid vaccine. Notwithstanding the pandemic of 2020, this is where we are now.

Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Sep 6

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds

Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · Sep 4

And this is a big fat reason to join the AAUP. Faculty, postdocs, graduate students, join - and support academic freedom everywhere! www.aaup.org/join

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Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Sep 4

Proud of North Carolina Democrats!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Democrats foil justice department lawsuit by negotiating to keep 98,000 North Carolina voters

Proposed consent order and agreement to allow voters to provide information while voting with provisional ballot

www.theguardian.com

Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Aug 30

“The danger here is that diseases that have been virtually wiped out because of safe and effective vaccines will resurface and cause enormous harm,” Sanders said.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bernie Sanders demands that RFK Jr step down as health secretary

Vermont senator says Kennedy is endangering the health of the American people as head of the US health department