Kathryn Gehred
@katyghistory.bsky.social
Women's historian of early America and slavery. Liberty, Liberty for ever Mother, while I exist
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"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
he's honoring the sanctity of human life by choosing to kill hundreds of thousands
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
he's honoring the sanctity of human life by choosing to kill hundreds of thousands
The one time I let everyone down on this at my office I brought in a pie as penance
The academic version of the "marshmallow test" might well be the "don't reply all to the listserv email" test
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The one time I let everyone down on this at my office I brought in a pie as penance
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Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
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this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
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I am a citizen and so are majority of Somalis in America. Good luck celebrating a policy change that really doesn’t have much impact on the Somalis you love to hate. We are here to stay 💁🏽♀️
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I am a citizen and so are majority of Somalis in America. Good luck celebrating a policy change that really doesn’t have much impact on the Somalis you love to hate. We are here to stay 💁🏽♀️
It is not "orthodoxy" that vaccines save lives, it is a proven, provable, testable FACT.
FACTS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS, RFK JR.
FACTS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS, RFK JR.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It is not "orthodoxy" that vaccines save lives, it is a proven, provable, testable FACT.
FACTS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS, RFK JR.
FACTS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS, RFK JR.
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This is totally true. There is a weird concern that elite higher education is over representing women. So men get judged at a lower standard for everything (like in the rest of life!) yet women keep succeeding at a higher rate.
Biggest shocker at my talk today, which is consistent with my other talks and media stuff, is that the acceptance rate for men and women are different at highly selective institutions. Men have a much higher acceptance rate because most colleges are scared to go beyond a 60/40 ratio.
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is totally true. There is a weird concern that elite higher education is over representing women. So men get judged at a lower standard for everything (like in the rest of life!) yet women keep succeeding at a higher rate.
BUY EMILY'S BOOK!!
If a certain new book about the Declaration of Independence is 80 pages and $20, then my book is a STEAL at almost 200 pages longer and $29, right? 🤔
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BUY EMILY'S BOOK!!
Bilbo when asked how he's gonna get the dwarves out of Mirkwood
How’re you going to get all that product across the water?
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Bilbo when asked how he's gonna get the dwarves out of Mirkwood
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"Forgive, don't demand accountability" is a perfect way to maintain the existing power structures and ensure that nothing changes.
This is unfortunately a common response to even very serious issues such as sexual abuse. Never expose them, never press charges, never demand accountability even from positions of leadership. It's horrifying.
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Forgive, don't demand accountability" is a perfect way to maintain the existing power structures and ensure that nothing changes.
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If you too would like the burden of understanding this hed/subbed combo, can’t recommend Wild Faith by @swordsjew.bsky.social enough!
Mike Pence wrote an opinion piece for Fox News. Reading the headline, I was like, "Okay, seems like a normal take."
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If you too would like the burden of understanding this hed/subbed combo, can’t recommend Wild Faith by @swordsjew.bsky.social enough!
I made an Instagram solely to follow local businesses, but Instagram's busted algorithm just keeps showing me content from restaurants nowhere near where I live. It's like, oh, you like restaurants? How about some ice cream from a place you can't go to? TECHNOLOGY IS FAKE. GIVE ME A LOCAL NEWSPAPER
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I made an Instagram solely to follow local businesses, but Instagram's busted algorithm just keeps showing me content from restaurants nowhere near where I live. It's like, oh, you like restaurants? How about some ice cream from a place you can't go to? TECHNOLOGY IS FAKE. GIVE ME A LOCAL NEWSPAPER
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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I really enjoyed this one, even if I'd be slightly annoyed to find it googled underneath *my* will.
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I really enjoyed this one, even if I'd be slightly annoyed to find it googled underneath *my* will.
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Is Trump's National Garden of American Heroes actually happening? The deadline for selecting artists has passed — who did they choose? How do you even sculpt/cast statues in 8 months? Millions in NEH and NEA grants died for this, but I haven't seen updates recently.
www.neh.gov/program/nati...
www.neh.gov/program/nati...
‘Completely Unworkable’: Sculpture Experts Say Trump’s $34 Million Statue Garden Has Major Problems
Actual sculptors who’ve seen the specs for Trump’s signature project say it’s in deep trouble.
www.politico.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Is Trump's National Garden of American Heroes actually happening? The deadline for selecting artists has passed — who did they choose? How do you even sculpt/cast statues in 8 months? Millions in NEH and NEA grants died for this, but I haven't seen updates recently.
www.neh.gov/program/nati...
www.neh.gov/program/nati...
Thanks, Jim! Riley's research is turning up some great stuff.
For a great example of how Black soldiers and their families fought for what was promised them long after the war, check out this conversation between @katyghistory.bsky.social and Riley Sutherland about Phillis Hinkley Saunders Tatton
podcasts.rrchnm.org/show/your-mo...
#HATM
podcasts.rrchnm.org/show/your-mo...
#HATM
Episode 49: Deposition of Phillis Tatton
Deposition of Phillis Tatton, 3rd November 1837 In which Phillis Hinkley Saunders Tatton appeared before the County of Probate in the state of Connecticut in an att…
podcasts.rrchnm.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thanks, Jim! Riley's research is turning up some great stuff.
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Cav Daily continues its coverage of UVa Governance issues
State Sen. Creigh Deeds received his FOIA requests from U.Va. — here’s what we learned
After submitting a six-section Freedom of Information Act Request to the University Sept. 18, State Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville, received 284 pages of records Oct. 29, pertaining to former Un...
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Cav Daily continues its coverage of UVa Governance issues
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Its no surprise in a country where black and non white women have a much higher maternal mortality that a lot of the stories of women dying post-roe are black
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Its no surprise in a country where black and non white women have a much higher maternal mortality that a lot of the stories of women dying post-roe are black
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honestly, hiring erin was worth every cent and more. it's such a relief to know everything i put on paper was true (and she caught lots of the inevitable mistakes that pile up over tens of thousands of words)!
Anyway most books you read ARE NOT FACT CHECKED. Publishers will not pay for fact checkers. An author must take it upon themselves and pay out of pocket.
Which is why folks like @annaleen.bsky.social and @swordsjew.bsky.social who have hired me to fact check their books should be celebrated.
Which is why folks like @annaleen.bsky.social and @swordsjew.bsky.social who have hired me to fact check their books should be celebrated.
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
honestly, hiring erin was worth every cent and more. it's such a relief to know everything i put on paper was true (and she caught lots of the inevitable mistakes that pile up over tens of thousands of words)!
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Noem is mad about the whistles. Good job everyone.
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Noem is mad about the whistles. Good job everyone.
the real heroes!!!
Pretty sure a librarian comes to my rescue about once a week but today three librarians collectively saved my life and I am very grateful. Good luck figuring out what the page numbers of things 100 years old and only held in special collections are while on a copyediting deadline without them.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
the real heroes!!!
If they have to trick and strong arm you into using it, then it doesn't feel all that inevitable to me
To me, the biggest tell that AI is massively overvalued is that Big Tech has to keep shoving it in our faces. I just noticed Chrome has a 'Gemini' button at the top of the browser, and I'm getting prompts all over the place, including Zoom, to 'try AI.'
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
If they have to trick and strong arm you into using it, then it doesn't feel all that inevitable to me
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Looks like a Seb to me
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Looks like a Seb to me