Katie Risseeuw
@katierizz.bsky.social
Will die on niche hills, windows always open.
Libraries, archives, preservation, art, turtles, Chicago, bricks, the desert.
Libraries, archives, preservation, art, turtles, Chicago, bricks, the desert.
"Tarantino is married? I thought he just liked feet" - my sister, splicing in an aside during an otherwise serious convo
January 21, 2026 at 8:23 PM
"Tarantino is married? I thought he just liked feet" - my sister, splicing in an aside during an otherwise serious convo
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Calling them “protests” is lazy, inaccurate and plays into the false narrative that’s being used to justify further escalation by the federal government. 3/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Calling them “protests” is lazy, inaccurate and plays into the false narrative that’s being used to justify further escalation by the federal government. 3/3
HEYO
I suppose to CNN's credit, if you want an expert on a jackbooted thug shooting someone and a government trying to sweep it under the rug, Rahm Emanuel is your guy:
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 AM
HEYO
Getting more real
👀 I feel like we check these boxes?
(From a 1936 publication)
(From a 1936 publication)
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Getting more real
Is today when he finally became presidential?
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Is today when he finally became presidential?
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Given the continued escalation by the federal forces occupying Minneapolis-St. Paul, we’re going to continue diverting all GFM donations to help people on the ground. $2,549 raised and counting.
I’m also collecting material donations through tomorrow!
gofund.me/0b3af2ca7
I’m also collecting material donations through tomorrow!
gofund.me/0b3af2ca7
January 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Given the continued escalation by the federal forces occupying Minneapolis-St. Paul, we’re going to continue diverting all GFM donations to help people on the ground. $2,549 raised and counting.
I’m also collecting material donations through tomorrow!
gofund.me/0b3af2ca7
I’m also collecting material donations through tomorrow!
gofund.me/0b3af2ca7
One unintended consequence of this admin's refocus of the military is there's no 2026 cat and dog calendar from the Portland US Army Corps of Engineers. It's honestly devastating.
www.nwp.usace.army.mil
www.nwp.usace.army.mil
January 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
One unintended consequence of this admin's refocus of the military is there's no 2026 cat and dog calendar from the Portland US Army Corps of Engineers. It's honestly devastating.
www.nwp.usace.army.mil
www.nwp.usace.army.mil
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Police killed at least 1,292 people in the United States in 2025. There were only six days with zero police killings last year. Source: mappingpoliceviolence.org.
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Police killed at least 1,292 people in the United States in 2025. There were only six days with zero police killings last year. Source: mappingpoliceviolence.org.
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Throwback to the city commissioning art to promote vaccines in 2021. 7-color print, all metal & wood type. More info & process here: www.starshaped.com/postersprint...
January 6, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Throwback to the city commissioning art to promote vaccines in 2021. 7-color print, all metal & wood type. More info & process here: www.starshaped.com/postersprint...
I just heard someone say we're only a week into the new year. I've canceled them for spouting offensive lies.
January 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I just heard someone say we're only a week into the new year. I've canceled them for spouting offensive lies.
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blogged it defector.com/how-hard-is-...
January 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
blogged it defector.com/how-hard-is-...
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Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota:
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota:
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Me reading a professional listserv: whoa liquor as a conservation issue tell me more!
Probably everyone else reading it: an artist's signature is important provenance tell me more!
Probably everyone else reading it: an artist's signature is important provenance tell me more!
January 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Me reading a professional listserv: whoa liquor as a conservation issue tell me more!
Probably everyone else reading it: an artist's signature is important provenance tell me more!
Probably everyone else reading it: an artist's signature is important provenance tell me more!
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Applications now open for Web Archiving School fellows, instructors, and teaching assistants. Apply here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/apply/
Apply – ATBW
www.archivingtheblackweb.org
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Applications now open for Web Archiving School fellows, instructors, and teaching assistants. Apply here: www.archivingtheblackweb.org/apply/
Poor Mamdani. Still basking in a glow thinking about free buses and then trump's like "we stole another country's president and are dropping him in Brooklyn."
January 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Poor Mamdani. Still basking in a glow thinking about free buses and then trump's like "we stole another country's president and are dropping him in Brooklyn."
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Democrat leaders on this platform want you to believe they are the party of resistance while supporting genocide, rubber stamping Trump's nominees, folding on trans rights, using far-right rhetoric about migrants, working with mass surveillance companies, getting mad they weren't in on a coup.
January 3, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Democrat leaders on this platform want you to believe they are the party of resistance while supporting genocide, rubber stamping Trump's nominees, folding on trans rights, using far-right rhetoric about migrants, working with mass surveillance companies, getting mad they weren't in on a coup.
1. THIS IS NOT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, it's sensors that have been around for decades.
2. Good job, Phoenix airport.
2. Good job, Phoenix airport.
December 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
1. THIS IS NOT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, it's sensors that have been around for decades.
2. Good job, Phoenix airport.
2. Good job, Phoenix airport.
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"List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending":
1. Action Against Hunger
2. ActionAid
3. Alianza por la Solidaridad
4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine
5. CARE
6. DanChurchAid
7. Danish Refugee Council
8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion
(cont)
1. Action Against Hunger
2. ActionAid
3. Alianza por la Solidaridad
4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine
5. CARE
6. DanChurchAid
7. Danish Refugee Council
8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion
(cont)
December 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending":
1. Action Against Hunger
2. ActionAid
3. Alianza por la Solidaridad
4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine
5. CARE
6. DanChurchAid
7. Danish Refugee Council
8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion
(cont)
1. Action Against Hunger
2. ActionAid
3. Alianza por la Solidaridad
4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine
5. CARE
6. DanChurchAid
7. Danish Refugee Council
8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion
(cont)
This has very different meaning depending if you print or hunt.
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This has very different meaning depending if you print or hunt.
😍🤩😍
my sister sent me maybe the best ornament i've ever seen in my life
December 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
😍🤩😍
"Let's see if anyone died." - my mom reading the newspaper, gleefully turning to the obits
December 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Let's see if anyone died." - my mom reading the newspaper, gleefully turning to the obits
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Northwestern claimed its deal with the Trump administration placed “no restrictions” on its trans community. But students worry it’s set to exclude trans students across multiple programs and facilities, possibly violating state law.
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Reported by @ryaninevanston.bsky.social
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Reported by @ryaninevanston.bsky.social
Northwestern students worry federal deal will hurt trans community
Following Northwestern’s Nov. 28 agreement with the Trump administration to restore at least $790 million in federal funding, NU claimed that “no restrictions” had been placed on its transgender commu...
dailynorthwestern.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Northwestern claimed its deal with the Trump administration placed “no restrictions” on its trans community. But students worry it’s set to exclude trans students across multiple programs and facilities, possibly violating state law.
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Reported by @ryaninevanston.bsky.social
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Reported by @ryaninevanston.bsky.social
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Rogers Park resistance to ICE (along with LA, NYC, Maryland) in international news again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Whistles, Signal and school patrols: how ordinary Americans are fighting back against ICE
As Trump carries out his mass deportation operation, residents are banding together to block raids and distribute groceries
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Rogers Park resistance to ICE (along with LA, NYC, Maryland) in international news again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
You know you've had successful library preservation workshop when people want to look closer at your saved pest traps before heading to lunch.
December 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You know you've had successful library preservation workshop when people want to look closer at your saved pest traps before heading to lunch.