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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · 1d

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Part of the transition from conservatism to authoritarianism is the shift from lies with some veneer of plausibility (wink wink) to lies that are demonstrably, obviously lies, such that accepting them involves an almost total subjugation of individual discernment or judgment.

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · 8d

Lots of steps but not hard. This one’s good: altonbrown.com/recipes/over...

Overnight Cinnamon Rolls Recipe | Alton Brown

Topped with cream cheese icing, Alton Brown's fluffy and moist overnight cinnamon rolls make a sweet treat for breakfast or brunch.

altonbrown.com

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · 25d

Ok ok I’ll watch “Adolescence.”Sheesh.

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · 29d

So dumb. “It thought for a split second”—No. It didn’t.

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Sep 6

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Even after shootings, experts warn against cellphones in schools

In the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas, should kids be allowed to bring smartphones into the classroom for safety?

www.washingtonpost.com

Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Sep 6

@peterbeinart.bsky.social thank you for this sobering, compassionate, inspiring little book

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Sep 4

You're bitter, you see, because deep down you wish YOU'D started a cynical media empire just like Bari did . . . as if that's the ambition of every opinion writer.

Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you toss it into a dependent clause AS IF it’s established fact then that’s the same thing right?

Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you. I never want to see another headline or article about motive. I don’t care why — I only care how. Guns are how

Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Minneapolis mass shooting, explained: newrepublic.com/article/1666...

Too Many Guns = Too Many Deaths

It’s not a mystery why the United States has a unique problem with mass shootings.

newrepublic.com

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Aug 22

He just pure makes shit up

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Aug 21

"What a guy like James Dobson does, and what James Dobson did for his whole adult life, is offer people—white men primarily, but not exclusively—a rhetorical framework for doing evil and feeling good about it." defector.com/james-dobson...

James Dobson Is Dead, Was A Monster | Defector

James Dobson was a nasty dude. He liked to beat children and dogs with a belt and to rain misery and punishment on the vulnerable; we know all of this about him because he said as much in public, repe...

defector.com

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you. Needed that.

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Aug 12

What I now believe is: other than MAYBE how much their groceries cost and whether they can see a doctor, voters "care" about what they're told to care about. Trump&Co have proven that. Democrats need to lead with a strong moral compass and actual facts — and convince voters what's really important.

Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · Aug 11

...Voters really, really care about controlling immigration and crime. They just do. And if voters don’t think Democrats will take those issues seriously, they elect a garbage human like Trump who will seize the opportunity to expand his own power.

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Aug 12

Run Lola Run

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Aug 2

The number of unsubstantiated assertions and unacknowledged assumptions in a random David Brooks paragraph never fails to astound me. We salute you, sir, whoever "we" might be.

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Jul 31

Oh no! That sucks. I think my empty-nest syndrome manifests itself in an unhealthy interest in my grown kids' daily problems. Like — what was that? you need a frosting recipe? I gotcha kid — as if they couldn't manage themselves. Maybe this is the real reason people crave grandkids . . .

Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Jul 31

Being a parent is the easiest way to answer the question: what should I do today? (Oh you want life purpose? Here, take care of this helpless creature . . . ) I actually really admire the people who choose not to reproduce, because they have to answer that question from scratch.

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Jul 30

I also think there's a tendency to imply that when people react online to the underlying messages in a piece of culture, they AREN'T also doing more active engaged work as citizens. But is that really true? Can't people do both, and the Sweeney-skewering TikToks are just the fun end of it?

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Jul 24

Yeah, this was a definite bonus to leaving the WaPo opinion page . . .

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Jul 4

Elite journalists wriggle & wriggle & try & try but they can not escape the fundamental dilemma: journalism is, by its nature, supposed to be on the side of accuracy, against lies & liars, but the GOP is lies & liars top to bottom. And for reasons of power & access, journalism can not say so.

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Jul 3

So progressives are more willing to compromise, more aware of the devastation that Trump would bring, or better people?

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Jul 3

OK, who's writing the Declaration for tomorrow?

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Jul 1

As illuminating as it is upsetting. Thank you

Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Jul 1

I've got this weird hangup where someone asks "aren't you proud?" of such-and-such thing a child of mine got or did and I just fumble my response because what I believe is: They. Are. Lucky. This terrific piece by @volts.wtf breaks it down.

www.vox.com/science-and-...

The radical moral implications of luck in human life

Acknowledging the role of luck is the secular equivalent of religious awakening.

www.vox.com

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Kate Cohen @katecohen.bsky.social · Jul 1

Oh I think the culture has borne out your thesis extremely well, as it is now laughably clear how unrelated "winning" and "deserving" truly are.

Fantastic piece.

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