Catesby Holmes
@catesby.bsky.social
Editorial director @ Rewire News Group |Writer. Flaneuse. Brooklynite. Virginian |This account goes polyglot
I read this story well before I ever met @angryblacklady.blacksky.app and had the privilege of becoming her editor. It stuck with me.
Every hardworking columnist deserves a week off, so we’re pulling it out of the archives and running it again today. I trust it will stick with you, too.
Every hardworking columnist deserves a week off, so we’re pulling it out of the archives and running it again today. I trust it will stick with you, too.
Back in 2021, @angryblacklady.blacksky.app wrote about the painful process of discovering her origin story was not what she thought it was. Read more:
I'm Not a 'Crack Baby'—but I Thought I Was
The more I thought about this offensive origin story I had created for myself, the angrier I got. So I started to do something about it.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I read this story well before I ever met @angryblacklady.blacksky.app and had the privilege of becoming her editor. It stuck with me.
Every hardworking columnist deserves a week off, so we’re pulling it out of the archives and running it again today. I trust it will stick with you, too.
Every hardworking columnist deserves a week off, so we’re pulling it out of the archives and running it again today. I trust it will stick with you, too.
The thing about toddler parenting is you know the tantrum will end but you don’t know when or how and it’s an extremely humbling way to be “in the moment”
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The thing about toddler parenting is you know the tantrum will end but you don’t know when or how and it’s an extremely humbling way to be “in the moment”
Reyes’ deep humanity and conviction is on full display here. Thoroughly enjoyed
Calling all Scrubs fans!
Judy Reyes breaks down exactly why Carla + Turk worked: real chemistry, real friendship, and one extremely chaotic first on-screen kiss.
Full episode of B*tch, Listen is live now. ✨
Judy Reyes breaks down exactly why Carla + Turk worked: real chemistry, real friendship, and one extremely chaotic first on-screen kiss.
Full episode of B*tch, Listen is live now. ✨
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reyes’ deep humanity and conviction is on full display here. Thoroughly enjoyed
Tomorrow Florida will stop requiring kids to get vaccinated for chickenpox, hep B & other viruses. Kids (and I say this w/love) are adorable disease vectors. Classrooms are petri dishes. This first-in-the-nation policy is about to make things way worse--esp for certain families, says Erica Halbert.
As Florida Schools Admit Unvaccinated Students, Working Families May Feel the Worst Consequences: Analysis
On Dec. 3, the Sunshine State will end many vaccine mandates required to attend public schools. The effects will be felt beyond the classroom.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Tomorrow Florida will stop requiring kids to get vaccinated for chickenpox, hep B & other viruses. Kids (and I say this w/love) are adorable disease vectors. Classrooms are petri dishes. This first-in-the-nation policy is about to make things way worse--esp for certain families, says Erica Halbert.
I studied diplomacy. Why didn’t they teach us the metal approach? Would get me to yes!
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I studied diplomacy. Why didn’t they teach us the metal approach? Would get me to yes!
Pardon the powerful, bomb the fishermen
Breaking News: President Trump said he would pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras who was convicted in a sweeping drug case last year.
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
President Trump said he would pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, who prosecutors said partnered with cocaine traffickers as Honduras’s president and is serving a 45-year sentence.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Pardon the powerful, bomb the fishermen
Thanksgiving mood boost: Across the US, lesbian bars, queer collectives and butch clubs are feeding hungry community members.
“When I walked into that space...every single butch or masc in there was ready to work and just wanted to know what they could do,” an organizer told @rewirenewsgroup.com.
“When I walked into that space...every single butch or masc in there was ready to work and just wanted to know what they could do,” an organizer told @rewirenewsgroup.com.
This holiday season, between the recent upending of SNAP benefits and increasing economic uncertainty, people are hungry. Queer groups are stepping in to make sure their communities get fed.
Really proud of this piece from Priyanka Bansal. I hope you'll give it a read.
Really proud of this piece from Priyanka Bansal. I hope you'll give it a read.
How Queer Organizers Feed Their People, from New York to Atlanta
About 42 million Americans depend on monthly SNAP benefits. Halting those electronic payments hurt childhood nutrition and distressed family budgets
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Thanksgiving mood boost: Across the US, lesbian bars, queer collectives and butch clubs are feeding hungry community members.
“When I walked into that space...every single butch or masc in there was ready to work and just wanted to know what they could do,” an organizer told @rewirenewsgroup.com.
“When I walked into that space...every single butch or masc in there was ready to work and just wanted to know what they could do,” an organizer told @rewirenewsgroup.com.
Bondi, predictably, has said she'll appeal. But this is still a win for the rule of law.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Bondi, predictably, has said she'll appeal. But this is still a win for the rule of law.
Before Thanksgiving comes for Blackout Wednesday, when singles mingle at their hometown bars. @cuteflesh.bsky.social's latest sex column for @rewirenewsgroup.com. includes describes life IRL as the "meaty fleshspace"& features some Carrie Bradshaw-esque anthropological dating observations. Enjoy!
Gen Z Wants To Ditch Tinder. But Can They Find Love IRL?
Young singles have dating app burnout, but still rely on them to meet lovers. What comes next for the iPad generation?
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Before Thanksgiving comes for Blackout Wednesday, when singles mingle at their hometown bars. @cuteflesh.bsky.social's latest sex column for @rewirenewsgroup.com. includes describes life IRL as the "meaty fleshspace"& features some Carrie Bradshaw-esque anthropological dating observations. Enjoy!
It’s the small bathrooms with the inward-opening doors for me
We love a good trip. But do we love, specifically, the airport portion of that trip?
The answer is usually no. We’ve asked frequent travelers and colleagues what they hate about the pre- and postflight experience.
The answer is usually no. We’ve asked frequent travelers and colleagues what they hate about the pre- and postflight experience.
Our biggest airport pet peeves
Rude crowds, inedible food and endless steps: What travelers hate about the airport.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It’s the small bathrooms with the inward-opening doors for me
A Kennedy (of the Schlossberg branch) writes about childbirth and dying while her cousins RFK Jr. assaults the health system she and so many millions of others rely on—and discredits the scientific research that is her only hope at survival
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A Kennedy (of the Schlossberg branch) writes about childbirth and dying while her cousins RFK Jr. assaults the health system she and so many millions of others rely on—and discredits the scientific research that is her only hope at survival
Christmas tree already?
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Christmas tree already?
We had just beaten back a scam attempting to pass off fake, AI-written story as a hard-hitting investigation when @hallielieberman.bsky.social pitched me this. I was pretty sour on AI at the time! Glad I set aside my annoyance to allow that AI might have a positive use: helping women escape abuse.
You’ve heard of women with AI “boyfriends,” but what about women with AI marriage counselors?
Women in unhappy or abusive relationships, both cis and trans, are divorcing their partners on advice from AI, reports @hallielieberman.bsky.social
Women in unhappy or abusive relationships, both cis and trans, are divorcing their partners on advice from AI, reports @hallielieberman.bsky.social
Artificial Intelligence Told These Women To Divorce Their Abusive Husbands
Can we trust ChatGPT to help people experiencing domestic violence?
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We had just beaten back a scam attempting to pass off fake, AI-written story as a hard-hitting investigation when @hallielieberman.bsky.social pitched me this. I was pretty sour on AI at the time! Glad I set aside my annoyance to allow that AI might have a positive use: helping women escape abuse.
People use chatbots as their life coaches and boyfriends, so why not as marriage counselors, too? @hallielieberman.bsky.social reports on the rise of the AI-inspired divorce for @rewirenewsgroup.com
Artificial Intelligence Told These Women To Divorce Their Abusive Husbands
Can we trust ChatGPT to help people experiencing domestic violence?
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
People use chatbots as their life coaches and boyfriends, so why not as marriage counselors, too? @hallielieberman.bsky.social reports on the rise of the AI-inspired divorce for @rewirenewsgroup.com
Cool cool cloudflare is down, and with it our website. Just what we all needed this morning
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Cool cool cloudflare is down, and with it our website. Just what we all needed this morning
We accept tribute in the form of baked goods, online paeans, and direct cash transfer.
Oh who am I kidding the only thing an editor really wants is some nice, clean copy.
Oh who am I kidding the only thing an editor really wants is some nice, clean copy.
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We accept tribute in the form of baked goods, online paeans, and direct cash transfer.
Oh who am I kidding the only thing an editor really wants is some nice, clean copy.
Oh who am I kidding the only thing an editor really wants is some nice, clean copy.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of good taste must be in want of a Jane Austen novel. Alas, there are far too few to go around.
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of good taste must be in want of a Jane Austen novel. Alas, there are far too few to go around.
This makes me mad on so many levels
Immigrant Women More Exposed to Breast Cancer Risks At Work
Jobs disproportionately held by immigrant women came with significant exposures to cancer-linked chemicals, a new study finds.
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This makes me mad on so many levels
As someone who's lived abroad, I frequently compare the experience of getting health care in those places w/that of the US. So when @rewirenewsgroup.com was pitched a story contrasting the pain & cost of IUD insertion in 3 countries, I jumped to assign it. Wild guess: How do you think the US fares?
I Got Birth Control in Three Different Countries—Here’s How the U.S. Stacks Up
Analysis: Intrauterine devices, or IUDs, are an increasingly popular, long-acting contraception. But pain management and cost inhibit many patients in the U.S. and abroad.
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As someone who's lived abroad, I frequently compare the experience of getting health care in those places w/that of the US. So when @rewirenewsgroup.com was pitched a story contrasting the pain & cost of IUD insertion in 3 countries, I jumped to assign it. Wild guess: How do you think the US fares?
Boarding a flight that is scheduled to land just before midnight. Here’s to hoping it lands in the United States, ideally New York! ✈️
United starting to post its Trump Flight Cancelations for Friday and the #CursedRoute is taking a 50% hit.
“Your flight is canceled due to FAA-mandated airspace restrictions during the government shutdown.“
“Your flight is canceled due to FAA-mandated airspace restrictions during the government shutdown.“
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Boarding a flight that is scheduled to land just before midnight. Here’s to hoping it lands in the United States, ideally New York! ✈️
In addition to being a YesAllWomen moment, this makes me concerned about the attentiveness of her security detail
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
In addition to being a YesAllWomen moment, this makes me concerned about the attentiveness of her security detail
Reposted by Catesby Holmes
Sic Semper Tyrannis, y’all 🫡
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Sic Semper Tyrannis, y’all 🫡
This is a massive swing left for BA legislature. This previously longtime Republican body has been basically almost split even for about a decade, with a sometimes small D majority of a seat or two. +12 is radical departure
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This is a massive swing left for BA legislature. This previously longtime Republican body has been basically almost split even for about a decade, with a sometimes small D majority of a seat or two. +12 is radical departure
This but oat milk
The country has spoken. Get ready to drink some soy milk and hire minorities.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This but oat milk
“Black pain isn’t enough to stir the nation’s conscience.”
@angryblacklady.blacksky.app parses the racial politics of how to harness public anger against this man-made SNAP crisis
@angryblacklady.blacksky.app parses the racial politics of how to harness public anger against this man-made SNAP crisis
Let White People Be the Face of Trump’s Hunger Crisis—Opinion
Black suffering has never moved this country to act. Maybe seeing white families skip meals will finally make us admit that food insecurity isn’t fate—it’s a choice politicians keep making.
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“Black pain isn’t enough to stir the nation’s conscience.”
@angryblacklady.blacksky.app parses the racial politics of how to harness public anger against this man-made SNAP crisis
@angryblacklady.blacksky.app parses the racial politics of how to harness public anger against this man-made SNAP crisis