Katie
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"Every journalist and politician paying for a blue check mark on X is funding the sexual abuse of children and non-consensual porn of adult women.... Every photo of a woman or child posted on the site is at risk of becoming pornography."
For my newsletter this morning, I called for a ban on Grok after X, the child porn app formerly known as Twitter, started removing the clothes of women and girls in photos posted on the site. www.burnsnotice.com/grok-the-chi...
Grok, the Child Porn Generator, Should Be Illegal
X, the child porn company formerly known as Twitter, is now removing the clothes of women and children with photos on the site on behalf of its users.
I first joined Twitter in December 2015. Deeply ...
www.burnsnotice.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"Every journalist and politician paying for a blue check mark on X is funding the sexual abuse of children and non-consensual porn of adult women.... Every photo of a woman or child posted on the site is at risk of becoming pornography."
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I continue to be enraged by everything the secretary of health and human services is doing www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Be Declared Honorary Virus
The ceremony will feature roadkill hors d’oeuvres, goblets of beef tallow, and a sewage plunge.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I continue to be enraged by everything the secretary of health and human services is doing www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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If you’re still processing the news about a new childhood vaccine schedule and what it might mean for you and your family — like whether you can still access vaccines that aren’t broadly recommended anymore by the federal government — here’s what we know: 19thnews.org/2026/01/cdc-...
What does the new childhood vaccine schedule actually mean for your family?
Officials say not much will change. Experts aren't so sure.
19thnews.org
January 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
If you’re still processing the news about a new childhood vaccine schedule and what it might mean for you and your family — like whether you can still access vaccines that aren’t broadly recommended anymore by the federal government — here’s what we know: 19thnews.org/2026/01/cdc-...
I have this! It's called "making my husband fight Bowser for me."
Sony has patented an AI gaming ghost that will play PlayStation games for you when you get stuck www.eurogamer.net/sony-has-pat...
January 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I have this! It's called "making my husband fight Bowser for me."
My absolute favorite work of art--I think about this picture all the time. Where is she going? What is she planning?
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
My absolute favorite work of art--I think about this picture all the time. Where is she going? What is she planning?
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For the People Leftist Library enters its 4th year by reflecting on our goals and looking ahead. If you care about public library organizing, this January newsletter is for you: open.substack.com/pub/librarie... - I am really proud of the work we've all done so far.
For The People Newsletter Vol. XXXV
For everyone working to strengthen and expand public libraries
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
For the People Leftist Library enters its 4th year by reflecting on our goals and looking ahead. If you care about public library organizing, this January newsletter is for you: open.substack.com/pub/librarie... - I am really proud of the work we've all done so far.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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Things got so bad that I even started applying for jobs over the summer. But I kept the faith and kept doing the work.
And here I am on New Year's Eve, seeing a future in journalism that I wasn't sure 12 months ago was possible.
And it's all thanks to you.
And here I am on New Year's Eve, seeing a future in journalism that I wasn't sure 12 months ago was possible.
And it's all thanks to you.
December 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Things got so bad that I even started applying for jobs over the summer. But I kept the faith and kept doing the work.
And here I am on New Year's Eve, seeing a future in journalism that I wasn't sure 12 months ago was possible.
And it's all thanks to you.
And here I am on New Year's Eve, seeing a future in journalism that I wasn't sure 12 months ago was possible.
And it's all thanks to you.
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DC Statehood needs to be a Day 1 priority, the one place the Guard aren't being withdrawn is where there is no federalism to protect citizens from presidential overreach. This can never happen again.
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
DC Statehood needs to be a Day 1 priority, the one place the Guard aren't being withdrawn is where there is no federalism to protect citizens from presidential overreach. This can never happen again.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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So there's two days left in the year and I'm only 69 paid subscribers from my annual goal. That's a lot, I'm not sure we can get there? I'd appreciate a shoutout. bsky.app/profile/kate...
It's almost the end of the year and it looks like I won't hit my subscriber goal for the year, but from now until the ball drop, you can get 40% off your first month/year off a monthly or annual membership to my Patreon by using code WB2026 at checkout.
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Katelyn Burns | Patreon
creating LGBTQ journalism
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December 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
So there's two days left in the year and I'm only 69 paid subscribers from my annual goal. That's a lot, I'm not sure we can get there? I'd appreciate a shoutout. bsky.app/profile/kate...
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We're only 16 (!!!) people away from reaching 1000 new subscribers. Unlock this goal and get independent local news for D.C. in your inbox weekly: 51st.news/signup
If only 6% of our Bluesky followers subscribed to our newsletter (it's free!), we'd reach our end of year goal. Have you subscribed yet?
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December 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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ICE must be abolished and every one of these monsters held accountable
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
ICE must be abolished and every one of these monsters held accountable
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My daughter is having a bad asthma day and I would be angry if I weren't so worried and tired www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My daughter could have died. I blame US insurance companies | Melody Schreiber
I asked my doctor for a shot to protect my premature daughter against RSV. Then we realized we didn’t qualify for insurance
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My daughter is having a bad asthma day and I would be angry if I weren't so worried and tired www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bending your institution to meet the prejudices of your dumbest, meanest students is a surefire way to destroy a university.
Now any student can just scrawl “the Bible says this is wrong” on any test and skate to an A at the Oklahoma Football Outlet and Diploma Factory.
Now any student can just scrawl “the Bible says this is wrong” on any test and skate to an A at the Oklahoma Football Outlet and Diploma Factory.
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Bending your institution to meet the prejudices of your dumbest, meanest students is a surefire way to destroy a university.
Now any student can just scrawl “the Bible says this is wrong” on any test and skate to an A at the Oklahoma Football Outlet and Diploma Factory.
Now any student can just scrawl “the Bible says this is wrong” on any test and skate to an A at the Oklahoma Football Outlet and Diploma Factory.
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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this was part of a plan the organized far right made to begin their attack on taking out trans people out of academia, what a disgrace of a university to give in to this
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
this was part of a plan the organized far right made to begin their attack on taking out trans people out of academia, what a disgrace of a university to give in to this
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
The Neglected Front in RFK Jr.’s War on Science — Assigned
As trans healthcare is decimated no one is standing up for the integrity of the scientific process for these patients.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise.
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?
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Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
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Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t
We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today, ProPublica launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and what the factories that made them are like.
Here’s how to use it.
Here’s how to use it.
How I feel when the database I use for my job stops working:
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
How I feel when the database I use for my job stops working:
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hi, cis folks!
today, congress votes on 2 bills —HR498 & HR3492—one bans medicaid funds for providers of trans youth care; the other criminalizes that care, imposing penalties including jail.
either one passing destroys lives. we need you to call & tell your rep to vote no.
tap into the 🧵for more
today, congress votes on 2 bills —HR498 & HR3492—one bans medicaid funds for providers of trans youth care; the other criminalizes that care, imposing penalties including jail.
either one passing destroys lives. we need you to call & tell your rep to vote no.
tap into the 🧵for more
December 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
hi, cis folks!
today, congress votes on 2 bills —HR498 & HR3492—one bans medicaid funds for providers of trans youth care; the other criminalizes that care, imposing penalties including jail.
either one passing destroys lives. we need you to call & tell your rep to vote no.
tap into the 🧵for more
today, congress votes on 2 bills —HR498 & HR3492—one bans medicaid funds for providers of trans youth care; the other criminalizes that care, imposing penalties including jail.
either one passing destroys lives. we need you to call & tell your rep to vote no.
tap into the 🧵for more
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Excuse me, I forgot that “working class” means “white and male” and that “class politics” means “affirming racism and sexism.”
December 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Excuse me, I forgot that “working class” means “white and male” and that “class politics” means “affirming racism and sexism.”