K Lynn Patterson
@klpatauthor.bsky.social
Lawyer, Writer, Transplanted Texan. Queer. She/Her
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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block fed posters like this on sight
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 PM
block fed posters like this on sight
I’ve been pretty committed to seeing the atrocities, but I’m gonna tap out of this one, at least for now. Turning off auto play for videos now.
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I’ve been pretty committed to seeing the atrocities, but I’m gonna tap out of this one, at least for now. Turning off auto play for videos now.
He was great in my so called life, and he was fine in Requiem for a Dream, but that shoulda been it for his film career.
Why the fuck does anyone keep hiring Jared Leto? He has the acting range of a traffic cone. The most convincing I've ever seen him is when he yacked out of his mind in Lord of War and I'm pretty sure that wasn't acting. That and maybe when he was a murder pervert in Blade Runner 2049.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 PM
He was great in my so called life, and he was fine in Requiem for a Dream, but that shoulda been it for his film career.
I learned about him in a history class in college (1999) & it was one of those small shifts towards understanding the pervasiveness of racism and repression in this country
I was a huge film nerd, and I’d never even heard of him. He was such a massive star, but they’ve done their best to erase him
I was a huge film nerd, and I’d never even heard of him. He was such a massive star, but they’ve done their best to erase him
Paul Robeson died 50 years ago today.
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I learned about him in a history class in college (1999) & it was one of those small shifts towards understanding the pervasiveness of racism and repression in this country
I was a huge film nerd, and I’d never even heard of him. He was such a massive star, but they’ve done their best to erase him
I was a huge film nerd, and I’d never even heard of him. He was such a massive star, but they’ve done their best to erase him
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Paul Robeson died 50 years ago today.
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
January 23, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Paul Robeson died 50 years ago today.
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
Can you imagine being the most famous Black person in the world at one point, only to die in near obscurity?
The American government made sure no one would remember one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
He was 77
Tell me your pet's name with a gif
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Tell me your pet's name with a gif
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I think it's important to boost news of the general strike in Minneapolis today and it's possible to do it without the hyperbole that nobody in the media is covering it
It may not be getting the attention it deserves! Posting links to reported stories is one way to combat that!
It may not be getting the attention it deserves! Posting links to reported stories is one way to combat that!
Economic strike in Minnesota to protest against ICE: ‘No work, no school, no shopping’
Organizers demand ICE leave state and agency be investigated for constitutional violations
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I think it's important to boost news of the general strike in Minneapolis today and it's possible to do it without the hyperbole that nobody in the media is covering it
It may not be getting the attention it deserves! Posting links to reported stories is one way to combat that!
It may not be getting the attention it deserves! Posting links to reported stories is one way to combat that!
::goose honking at person:: and then what did you do? AND THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?
McLaughlin: "This little boy was abandoned by his own father. Our law enforcement in these frigid temperatures stayed w/ the child, tried to bring him into custody w/ the mother, who actually would not take him. Our law enforcement officers were taking care of the child, brought him to McDonald's"
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM
::goose honking at person:: and then what did you do? AND THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?
Now this is a front page.
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Now this is a front page.
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For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 PM
For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
"It is federal courts that are limited. Not state courts. State courts have plenary power.”
New from me on states' rights in the zeitgeist (gift link): www.theverge.com/policy/86588...
The state AGs are as mad as you are
“We have to fight.”
www.theverge.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM
"It is federal courts that are limited. Not state courts. State courts have plenary power.”
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Class break. Mom reminded me our family's enslaver's descendant found our elders (my great-grandmother's people) as a young man decades ago because *he went looking for them.*
How many people think that way? "Let me go find those my family harmed and find out what I can do."
It's all about repair.
How many people think that way? "Let me go find those my family harmed and find out what I can do."
It's all about repair.
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Class break. Mom reminded me our family's enslaver's descendant found our elders (my great-grandmother's people) as a young man decades ago because *he went looking for them.*
How many people think that way? "Let me go find those my family harmed and find out what I can do."
It's all about repair.
How many people think that way? "Let me go find those my family harmed and find out what I can do."
It's all about repair.
See, in my family, they had the good sense to try to reframe my worst (known to me) ancestor. When I was a kid, the lore was that he had fought in the Texas war for independence. It had the utility of reframing our family as more connected to Texas than we actually were, AND distancing themselves
Shit, I have a presidential assassin in my family tree, I don't need to be told some of my ancestors are dodgy as fuck, I've known it since I was eight. Nobody has to carry the karmic debt of their ancestors, but if the wrongs they helped create still exist today, you can work to correct them.
If you go back 4 or 5 generations, everyone has at least some evil in their family tree. It’s ok to be proud of our good/moral ancestors and also to recognize that having immoral ancestors doesn’t impact your worth.
And this is why I hate people lionizing the Confederacy bc it’s their history
And this is why I hate people lionizing the Confederacy bc it’s their history
January 22, 2026 at 6:48 PM
See, in my family, they had the good sense to try to reframe my worst (known to me) ancestor. When I was a kid, the lore was that he had fought in the Texas war for independence. It had the utility of reframing our family as more connected to Texas than we actually were, AND distancing themselves
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Everybody shut the fuck up and pay attention to the most important thing happening at this moment.
January 22, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Everybody shut the fuck up and pay attention to the most important thing happening at this moment.
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One of the most important protests in the AIDS era: when protesters went inside the St Patricks cathedrals in NYC to protest homophobia & the silence over the mountain of deaths.
www.nytimes.com/1989/12/11/n...
www.nytimes.com/1989/12/11/n...
January 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
One of the most important protests in the AIDS era: when protesters went inside the St Patricks cathedrals in NYC to protest homophobia & the silence over the mountain of deaths.
www.nytimes.com/1989/12/11/n...
www.nytimes.com/1989/12/11/n...
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Oscars ain’t as dumb as Hollywood been acting the past couple weeks
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Oscars ain’t as dumb as Hollywood been acting the past couple weeks
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If you are newly following me because of whistle hijinks, did you know that those are a new hijink and my pre-existing hijink is that every two years we raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for grassroots voting rights orgs?
Follow @romancingthevote.com for the most unhinged auction around!
Follow @romancingthevote.com for the most unhinged auction around!
It's time to start making your plans!
Romancing the Vote returns July 1st - July 5th, 2026!
* authors, start annotating those books
* artists, start making that art
* experts, start plotting your consultations
Stay updated: updates.romancingthevote.com
Romancing the Vote returns July 1st - July 5th, 2026!
* authors, start annotating those books
* artists, start making that art
* experts, start plotting your consultations
Stay updated: updates.romancingthevote.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:49 AM
If you are newly following me because of whistle hijinks, did you know that those are a new hijink and my pre-existing hijink is that every two years we raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for grassroots voting rights orgs?
Follow @romancingthevote.com for the most unhinged auction around!
Follow @romancingthevote.com for the most unhinged auction around!
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Look, things are fucked all over, but I do have to say that last week I met up with a child who wouldn't poop in the potty. I took him from bathroom to bathroom & together we did a spell to banish bathroom terrors. It involved shouts, stomps, & flushing. Today, he's potty trained. It ain't nothing.
January 22, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Look, things are fucked all over, but I do have to say that last week I met up with a child who wouldn't poop in the potty. I took him from bathroom to bathroom & together we did a spell to banish bathroom terrors. It involved shouts, stomps, & flushing. Today, he's potty trained. It ain't nothing.
Kids are asleep and I could go to bed, but I’m gonna fire up hades II just as a little treat so I can keep checking back in for news.
January 21, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Kids are asleep and I could go to bed, but I’m gonna fire up hades II just as a little treat so I can keep checking back in for news.
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Hey that's me
January 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Hey that's me
I’m still mad I can’t just google a song and get pages and pages giving me deep and soulful interpretations of the lyrics, instead of just… the lyrics.
I still have this expectation that I can do this, and am low key disappointed on a regular basis.
I still have this expectation that I can do this, and am low key disappointed on a regular basis.
If we still had the internet we had in 2008 i would be able to read recaps of Heated Rivalry written by @jacobclifton.com and each recap would be fifty pages long and I would learn fifteen new things about art, culture, and philosophy for every episode and I am mad that this has been taken from us
January 20, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I’m still mad I can’t just google a song and get pages and pages giving me deep and soulful interpretations of the lyrics, instead of just… the lyrics.
I still have this expectation that I can do this, and am low key disappointed on a regular basis.
I still have this expectation that I can do this, and am low key disappointed on a regular basis.
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"You deplore the demonstrations that are presently taking place in Birmingham. But I am sorry that your statement did not express
a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being."
a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being."
Letter from a Birmingham Jail - Martin Luther King Jr.
YouTube video by Justin Ashurst
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"You deplore the demonstrations that are presently taking place in Birmingham. But I am sorry that your statement did not express
a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being."
a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being."
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this is because Dolly Parton is the equal or better of most strung- instrument players you can name, a fact often obscured by the vocabulary of iconography sometimes used to discuss her work. thanks for coming to my presentation this’ll take about half a hour
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 PM
this is because Dolly Parton is the equal or better of most strung- instrument players you can name, a fact often obscured by the vocabulary of iconography sometimes used to discuss her work. thanks for coming to my presentation this’ll take about half a hour
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 AM