Kathryn Shrader
@kmshrader.bsky.social
On a journey to learn how all my teenage faves were problematic, develop healthier relationships with a load of new faves, share what I’ve learned with skeptical teenagers and keep my cats fed and happy.
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“With this decision, Governor Stitt has made Oklahoma less attractive to highly qualified educators & has weakened the institutions that provide the most accessible & affordable education to its residents—at real cost to students, communities, & the democratic & economic future of the state.”
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
“With this decision, Governor Stitt has made Oklahoma less attractive to highly qualified educators & has weakened the institutions that provide the most accessible & affordable education to its residents—at real cost to students, communities, & the democratic & economic future of the state.”
Reading this while home with a URI. Would like some political will, please.
Important paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social
Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...
February 6, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Reading this while home with a URI. Would like some political will, please.
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university:
1. Cyborgs & Images of Artificial Life in American Lit
2. Geography of the Middle East and Southwest Asia
3. Human Heredity
4. Advanced German Diction & Phonetics
5. Philosophy, Genocide & the Holocaust
1. Cyborgs & Images of Artificial Life in American Lit
2. Geography of the Middle East and Southwest Asia
3. Human Heredity
4. Advanced German Diction & Phonetics
5. Philosophy, Genocide & the Holocaust
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Creative Writing
2. English Lit class on banned books
3. History/Religion combo course on Witchcraft
4. English Lit class with "monster" theme
5. Psychology 101
1. Creative Writing
2. English Lit class on banned books
3. History/Religion combo course on Witchcraft
4. English Lit class with "monster" theme
5. Psychology 101
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Cultural Geography of The Balkans
2. Severe Weather
3. Telecommunications Law
4. Curriculum Development for Non-Traditional Learners
5. Survey Methodology Analysis and Ethics
(Sadly, I had to look these course names up)
1. Cultural Geography of The Balkans
2. Severe Weather
3. Telecommunications Law
4. Curriculum Development for Non-Traditional Learners
5. Survey Methodology Analysis and Ethics
(Sadly, I had to look these course names up)
January 31, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university:
1. Cyborgs & Images of Artificial Life in American Lit
2. Geography of the Middle East and Southwest Asia
3. Human Heredity
4. Advanced German Diction & Phonetics
5. Philosophy, Genocide & the Holocaust
1. Cyborgs & Images of Artificial Life in American Lit
2. Geography of the Middle East and Southwest Asia
3. Human Heredity
4. Advanced German Diction & Phonetics
5. Philosophy, Genocide & the Holocaust
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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
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it is impossible to miss the difference between the names you see in newspaper headlines and the names you don't see in newspaper headlines
Four months of shootings and deaths. This doesn't even count the neglect and death in their concentration camps. Fuck. This. Shit.
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 AM
it is impossible to miss the difference between the names you see in newspaper headlines and the names you don't see in newspaper headlines
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From a FB post about Alex Pretti:
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
From a FB post about Alex Pretti:
"[I]t can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line."
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 AM
"[I]t can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line."
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People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
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Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)
January 25, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)
Been listening to short stories by Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle this holiday. Why are Christie’s writing about women so much more repellent than Doyle completely ignoring half the population? (Also, I do NOT recommend Grant Allen. An author best left forgotten, in my view.)
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Been listening to short stories by Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle this holiday. Why are Christie’s writing about women so much more repellent than Doyle completely ignoring half the population? (Also, I do NOT recommend Grant Allen. An author best left forgotten, in my view.)
Saw two shows on the West End today.
The Importance of Being Earnest ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Clarkston ⭐️🚩
The Importance of Being Earnest ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Clarkston ⭐️🚩
October 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Saw two shows on the West End today.
The Importance of Being Earnest ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Clarkston ⭐️🚩
The Importance of Being Earnest ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Clarkston ⭐️🚩
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And from image events, we get POLYSEMIC images that carry multiple forms of ideology into the present. Here, we have the convergence of Shepard Fairey's iconic HOPE poster for the Obama campaign with the frog icon from #NoKings. The is how you visually dismantle fascist iconography.
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
And from image events, we get POLYSEMIC images that carry multiple forms of ideology into the present. Here, we have the convergence of Shepard Fairey's iconic HOPE poster for the Obama campaign with the frog icon from #NoKings. The is how you visually dismantle fascist iconography.
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(bravely) children shouldn’t be deprived of food or medicine
July 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
(bravely) children shouldn’t be deprived of food or medicine
I’ve always said that I couldn’t work in sales, but I am incredibly good at selling things that I believe in. Have you heard about the concept of human rights, or literature?
When you truly believe in something or someone, the easiest thing in the world is to be the loudest ally
July 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’ve always said that I couldn’t work in sales, but I am incredibly good at selling things that I believe in. Have you heard about the concept of human rights, or literature?
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This isn’t even an AI post as much as it is another anecdote in how social relations in America have been put through a blender of extreme market extraction at the same time that govt/charitable support for 3rd spaces, extracurriculars, social clubs, etc have fallen to their lowest point in decades.
July 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This isn’t even an AI post as much as it is another anecdote in how social relations in America have been put through a blender of extreme market extraction at the same time that govt/charitable support for 3rd spaces, extracurriculars, social clubs, etc have fallen to their lowest point in decades.
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THE REPORTING HERE IS IMPORTANT:
“Over 90 days in January and February, nearly 1,000 arrests in Queens, New York, targeted immigrant sex workers and street vendors.”
truthout.org/articles/sex...
“Over 90 days in January and February, nearly 1,000 arrests in Queens, New York, targeted immigrant sex workers and street vendors.”
truthout.org/articles/sex...
Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability Politics
Sex workers targeted by ICE need the migrant justice movement’s full solidarity.
truthout.org
July 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
THE REPORTING HERE IS IMPORTANT:
“Over 90 days in January and February, nearly 1,000 arrests in Queens, New York, targeted immigrant sex workers and street vendors.”
truthout.org/articles/sex...
“Over 90 days in January and February, nearly 1,000 arrests in Queens, New York, targeted immigrant sex workers and street vendors.”
truthout.org/articles/sex...
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The word 'god' underwent a gender change.
It comes from the neuter Proto-Germanic noun *gudan.
This is shown by Old English, Old Norse and Gothic, where its descendants still had a grammatically neuter form.
Their masculine gender was introduced by Christianity.
Click my graphic for more:
It comes from the neuter Proto-Germanic noun *gudan.
This is shown by Old English, Old Norse and Gothic, where its descendants still had a grammatically neuter form.
Their masculine gender was introduced by Christianity.
Click my graphic for more:
May 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The word 'god' underwent a gender change.
It comes from the neuter Proto-Germanic noun *gudan.
This is shown by Old English, Old Norse and Gothic, where its descendants still had a grammatically neuter form.
Their masculine gender was introduced by Christianity.
Click my graphic for more:
It comes from the neuter Proto-Germanic noun *gudan.
This is shown by Old English, Old Norse and Gothic, where its descendants still had a grammatically neuter form.
Their masculine gender was introduced by Christianity.
Click my graphic for more:
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A student is absent for whatever reason, say sports, or illness and they need to make up some work.
They take awhile to make it up, and then complete the work. Their parents want their grade immediately updated and they do too.
You have 180 students, so that's not possible. What happens?
They take awhile to make it up, and then complete the work. Their parents want their grade immediately updated and they do too.
You have 180 students, so that's not possible. What happens?
May 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A student is absent for whatever reason, say sports, or illness and they need to make up some work.
They take awhile to make it up, and then complete the work. Their parents want their grade immediately updated and they do too.
You have 180 students, so that's not possible. What happens?
They take awhile to make it up, and then complete the work. Their parents want their grade immediately updated and they do too.
You have 180 students, so that's not possible. What happens?
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i think this tumblr post is incredibly important for baby gays (all queer people really) to read at least once before they try to fit themselves in a neat heteronormative little box, cause fascists WILL put a pink triangle on your box and send you and all of us other 'degenerates' to a death camp.
May 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
i think this tumblr post is incredibly important for baby gays (all queer people really) to read at least once before they try to fit themselves in a neat heteronormative little box, cause fascists WILL put a pink triangle on your box and send you and all of us other 'degenerates' to a death camp.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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☕ Happy World Book Day! 📚✨
April 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
☕ Happy World Book Day! 📚✨
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What a beautiful May Day to launch the fight for the rights of our labor - #NEH staff and grantees alike - and for the #humanities.
Our work to preserve and make accessible #history and #culture for all people is NOT expendable. @paulakrebs.bsky.social @acls1919.bsky.social
Our work to preserve and make accessible #history and #culture for all people is NOT expendable. @paulakrebs.bsky.social @acls1919.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What a beautiful May Day to launch the fight for the rights of our labor - #NEH staff and grantees alike - and for the #humanities.
Our work to preserve and make accessible #history and #culture for all people is NOT expendable. @paulakrebs.bsky.social @acls1919.bsky.social
Our work to preserve and make accessible #history and #culture for all people is NOT expendable. @paulakrebs.bsky.social @acls1919.bsky.social
Spent an hour this morning trying to research cat food and having my time utterly wasted by AI slop. These are the thousand cuts that make me want to throw the whole field off a cliff.
April 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Spent an hour this morning trying to research cat food and having my time utterly wasted by AI slop. These are the thousand cuts that make me want to throw the whole field off a cliff.