Kayla
@kaylabitches.bsky.social
writing teacher, writer, cautiously back online, will beat you at scrabble.
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Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"
What a fucking idiot
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
What a fucking idiot
Splurging on chicken
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Splurging on chicken
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Leon Botstein absolutely has to leave Bard College
February 10, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Leon Botstein absolutely has to leave Bard College
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That’s what’s up.
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
That’s what’s up.
Update: we good
Where's the emotional support for those of us who have to be emotional support to partners whose identity and wellbeing are firmly contingent on this super bowl outcome
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Update: we good
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it's like our entire sense of morality has been filtered through the act of consumption, and the highest good we can imagine is feeling good and clean and pure as individuals, unpolluted by the obvious evil are around us
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
it's like our entire sense of morality has been filtered through the act of consumption, and the highest good we can imagine is feeling good and clean and pure as individuals, unpolluted by the obvious evil are around us
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
meanwhile, real change requires the kind of work you need a drink after
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I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
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theres a video of jon hamm dancing on the sidelines and people are calling him tío jamón
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
theres a video of jon hamm dancing on the sidelines and people are calling him tío jamón
I don't even have a doorbell! Folks just have to straight up rap tap at my door. I hear it; I open the door.
i'm baffled by all the people in the replies to posts about the spy doorbells asking for alternatives. like... the alternative is a regualr fucking doorbell with no camera in it. or a door knocker. get you a weird gargoyle guy! you dont need a camera!
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I don't even have a doorbell! Folks just have to straight up rap tap at my door. I hear it; I open the door.
This was terrifying
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This was terrifying
I think so
Did that couple actually get married? I think they did??
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I think so
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Using Mr. Rogers in a Super Bowl commercial for mortgages should result in prison time
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Using Mr. Rogers in a Super Bowl commercial for mortgages should result in prison time
Where's the emotional support for those of us who have to be emotional support to partners whose identity and wellbeing are firmly contingent on this super bowl outcome
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Where's the emotional support for those of us who have to be emotional support to partners whose identity and wellbeing are firmly contingent on this super bowl outcome
That tiny podium
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
That tiny podium
My religious belief that wisdom/intelligence and goodness are mutually constitutive and that wealth/power and evil are mutually constitutive is confirmed once again
This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM
My religious belief that wisdom/intelligence and goodness are mutually constitutive and that wealth/power and evil are mutually constitutive is confirmed once again
your unreverent knees, make them your feet
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
your unreverent knees, make them your feet
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Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
NOT JUST PARTY INVITES for the LLM syntax fuckshit win
February 1, 2026 at 10:53 PM
NOT JUST PARTY INVITES for the LLM syntax fuckshit win
I am lucky to have a boy who loves to read, to whom phonics & reading came naturally, who started reading overnight as a toddler, but please for the love of god can we chuck all these ed tech apps into the fiery pits of hell
Setting aside elementary curriculum & instruction for the moment, we've known for decades much of what it takes to encourage reading in and out of school by secondary students regardless of gender, and instead of doing this, we've plied them with edtech, apps, test prep, and devices they carry 24/7.
Why Boys Are Behind in Reading at Every Age
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I am lucky to have a boy who loves to read, to whom phonics & reading came naturally, who started reading overnight as a toddler, but please for the love of god can we chuck all these ed tech apps into the fiery pits of hell
I too fell in love scrabbling on a veranda. I recommend it. (Very serious)
The moment I knew: as we sat on the veranda playing Scrabble, it hit me – I was in love
The moment I knew: as we sat on the veranda playing Scrabble, it hit me – I was in love
When Dion Padan met Ben Graetz and his drag queen persona, there was an undeniable energy. A weekend away deepened their connection
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I too fell in love scrabbling on a veranda. I recommend it. (Very serious)
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So what I’m gathering is a pedophilic billionaire successfully worked to destigmatize race science among the academic, political, and business elite partly by sex trafficking girls. Is that the shape of it so far?
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 PM
So what I’m gathering is a pedophilic billionaire successfully worked to destigmatize race science among the academic, political, and business elite partly by sex trafficking girls. Is that the shape of it so far?
"triggers tension" is a nice one
An ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into a wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital.
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
bit.ly
January 31, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"triggers tension" is a nice one