Cat Rosch
@catherinerosch.bsky.social
PhD candidate and knitter in the greater Boston area. Historian of reproductive health, social movements, and college women. Union maid, never afraid with SEIU 509. She/they.
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Not sure if any single part of academia felt more like a weird cheat code than Interlibrary Loan. Like, I just say a book I want, basically any book, and this crack team of experts just *get it*????
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Not sure if any single part of academia felt more like a weird cheat code than Interlibrary Loan. Like, I just say a book I want, basically any book, and this crack team of experts just *get it*????
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
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pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
pretty remarkable that Costco has more of a spine in fighting for the rule of law than many major universities and fancy law firms
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Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended
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Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
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Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Lincoln was re-elected on a party platform saying "That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the oppressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy."
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Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
I thought the mashed potatoes were cauliflower
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I thought the mashed potatoes were cauliflower
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This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
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This is so far into virulent racism, there can be no normalization of this. For a long time, people have said we're on the road to a new Nazi regime. Well, here we are. If you were ever planning to fight violent fascism, the time is now.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is so far into virulent racism, there can be no normalization of this. For a long time, people have said we're on the road to a new Nazi regime. Well, here we are. If you were ever planning to fight violent fascism, the time is now.
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I’m not sure how Bolsonaro will be bitten by an emu in prison, but I trust his ability to do it
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’m not sure how Bolsonaro will be bitten by an emu in prison, but I trust his ability to do it
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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when they come for boston i hope keytar bear leads our costumed warriors
October 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
when they come for boston i hope keytar bear leads our costumed warriors
🧶 #sweaterweatherkal2025
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I own a truly unacceptable number of cabled sweaters, but the time and energy it takes to knit one can be daunting. The Sweater Weather Boot Cuffs give you all the fisherman sweater vibes that you could want without the fuss of a whole sweater.
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I own a truly unacceptable number of cabled sweaters, but the time and energy it takes to knit one can be daunting. The Sweater Weather Boot Cuffs give you all the fisherman sweater vibes that you could want without the fuss of a whole sweater.
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🧶 #sweaterweatherkal2025
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I own a truly unacceptable number of cabled sweaters, but the time and energy it takes to knit one can be daunting. The Sweater Weather Boot Cuffs give you all the fisherman sweater vibes that you could want without the fuss of a whole sweater.
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I own a truly unacceptable number of cabled sweaters, but the time and energy it takes to knit one can be daunting. The Sweater Weather Boot Cuffs give you all the fisherman sweater vibes that you could want without the fuss of a whole sweater.
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I literally think Mamdani went “you know, there was actually a President so popular that people kept electing him more than two terms” and Trump was like no way tell me how he did it
Trump posts:
“It was a Great Honor meeting Zohran Mamdani, the new Mayor of New York City!”
He included multiple photos of Mamdani in front of the portrait of FDR that Mamdani spoke with Trump about during his visit.
“It was a Great Honor meeting Zohran Mamdani, the new Mayor of New York City!”
He included multiple photos of Mamdani in front of the portrait of FDR that Mamdani spoke with Trump about during his visit.
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I literally think Mamdani went “you know, there was actually a President so popular that people kept electing him more than two terms” and Trump was like no way tell me how he did it
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Just to review, in the last week the President of the United States:
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just to review, in the last week the President of the United States:
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
Girl not this
Breaking News: Tom Steyer, the San Francisco billionaire, announced that he was entering the crowded race to become the next governor of California.
Tom Steyer Will Run for California Governor in 2026 Race
Tom Steyer, who ran for president in 2020 and funded an effort to impeach President Trump, will join the crowded field trying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Girl not this
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This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
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Very disappointing to see @bostonglobe.com running a piece from Richard Hanania today.
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Very disappointing to see @bostonglobe.com running a piece from Richard Hanania today.
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For my money, no image captures the moral upsidedown of the Trump era quite like this one:
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
For my money, no image captures the moral upsidedown of the Trump era quite like this one:
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Breaking: Leader Schumer says he will immediately move — TODAY — to pass the Epstein resolution in the Senate by unanimous content after it passes in the House.
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Breaking: Leader Schumer says he will immediately move — TODAY — to pass the Epstein resolution in the Senate by unanimous content after it passes in the House.
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Breaking: Harvard FMO custodians are on a ULP strike after management refused to offer any wage counterproposal. Workers are holding the line for a fair contract and an end to unfair labor practices. ✊🏾
#UnionStrong #UnionsForAll
#UnionStrong #UnionsForAll
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Breaking: Harvard FMO custodians are on a ULP strike after management refused to offer any wage counterproposal. Workers are holding the line for a fair contract and an end to unfair labor practices. ✊🏾
#UnionStrong #UnionsForAll
#UnionStrong #UnionsForAll