Kathleen Burgler
@kathleenburgler.bsky.social
Writer (Forge Your Path, a workbook for end of marriage), divorce coach, occasional painter, makes-stuff-with-my-hands middle-aged woman fed up with bullshit, intent on living the second half of my life with purpose, intent & humor. www.kathleenburgler.com
Middle aged white lady over here crying over her coffee...
SHE GOT GAME
Down Bad Bawling on the gym floor
Up Good Ballin on the Court Floor
Down Bad Bawling on the gym floor
Up Good Ballin on the Court Floor
February 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Middle aged white lady over here crying over her coffee...
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This is a fantastic read!
This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.
Spread this one far and wide.
Spread this one far and wide.
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This is a fantastic read!
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From an X account:
February 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
From an X account:
This is a beautiful tribute
AMAZING! 🚴♀️ Jan 31st, aprox 100k cyclists from some 200 cities road a Memorial Bike Ride to honor Alex Pretti. 🤍
This had my tear ducts gushing for a full 5 minutes. 🥹
Cyclists of the World Unite! 🚲✌🏻
Here's a montage of my fav clips - Part 2 👇🏼🧵
This had my tear ducts gushing for a full 5 minutes. 🥹
Cyclists of the World Unite! 🚲✌🏻
Here's a montage of my fav clips - Part 2 👇🏼🧵
February 2, 2026 at 5:41 AM
This is a beautiful tribute
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I truly believe discourse about voters (especially those who may have voted for Trump) would go better on this app if everyone was using the spectrum of allies as a framework
commonslibrary.org/spectrum-of-...
commonslibrary.org/spectrum-of-...
Spectrum of Allies
The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.
commonslibrary.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I truly believe discourse about voters (especially those who may have voted for Trump) would go better on this app if everyone was using the spectrum of allies as a framework
commonslibrary.org/spectrum-of-...
commonslibrary.org/spectrum-of-...
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Hey @jd-vance-1.bsky.social , is this you?
You should see the horrible things coming out in the files now JD. Maybe you should discuss this with your daddy, I mean Trump.
You should see the horrible things coming out in the files now JD. Maybe you should discuss this with your daddy, I mean Trump.
February 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Hey @jd-vance-1.bsky.social , is this you?
You should see the horrible things coming out in the files now JD. Maybe you should discuss this with your daddy, I mean Trump.
You should see the horrible things coming out in the files now JD. Maybe you should discuss this with your daddy, I mean Trump.
This part
it’s not necessarily that all these people in the epstein files participated in the raping of girls it’s that none of them cared and if he hadn’t been arrested and died they’d still be out there trying to be his friend
January 31, 2026 at 7:25 PM
This part
JFC
A thread of ICE and CBP sex offenders and credibly accused sex pasts. Content-warning descriptions of abuse
Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.
Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
JFC
Every week or two I re-install @skylight.social and try again. And every week or so it says my log in isn't right and I uninstall it.
(I have changed my Bluesky log in a few times and always get the same message from skylight). Anyone know any good alternatives?
(I have changed my Bluesky log in a few times and always get the same message from skylight). Anyone know any good alternatives?
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Every week or two I re-install @skylight.social and try again. And every week or so it says my log in isn't right and I uninstall it.
(I have changed my Bluesky log in a few times and always get the same message from skylight). Anyone know any good alternatives?
(I have changed my Bluesky log in a few times and always get the same message from skylight). Anyone know any good alternatives?
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Well, that went about as well as could be expected.
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Well, that went about as well as could be expected.
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Truly insane
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Truly insane
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
100% agree!
My operating assumption is that he tried to do a hasty coup in 2020 that failed, and so everything he does in his second term should be understood as laying the groundwork for a second coup to succeed.
This needs to happen at the very least
January 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
100% agree!
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“An American financial crisis”
@peterschiff.bsky.social with a wake-up call about the world shifting away from 🇺🇸— and a coming collapse
@peterschiff.bsky.social with a wake-up call about the world shifting away from 🇺🇸— and a coming collapse
January 28, 2026 at 2:22 PM
“An American financial crisis”
@peterschiff.bsky.social with a wake-up call about the world shifting away from 🇺🇸— and a coming collapse
@peterschiff.bsky.social with a wake-up call about the world shifting away from 🇺🇸— and a coming collapse
Right on cue
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Right on cue
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*taps the sign*
January 28, 2026 at 4:18 AM
*taps the sign*
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One reason this administration is unraveling over Alex Pretti isn’t just the lie. It’s that ICE killed a legal gun owner after years of saying “the left wants your guns.” Someone who looks like their base. Watching ICE do it shatters the script. Propaganda doesn’t survive reality. #Pinks #Momsky
a woman in a pink dress is sitting on a couch holding a necklace and a ring .
ALT: a woman in a pink dress is sitting on a couch holding a necklace and a ring .
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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As someone who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it), let me tell you something:
The lies Trump, Vance and Miller say are not meant to be believed by their followers.
They are meant to be REPEATED.
The repetition of the lie is the test of loyalty to the cult.
The lies Trump, Vance and Miller say are not meant to be believed by their followers.
They are meant to be REPEATED.
The repetition of the lie is the test of loyalty to the cult.
January 27, 2026 at 12:16 AM
As someone who has studied cults (wrote a bestseller about it), let me tell you something:
The lies Trump, Vance and Miller say are not meant to be believed by their followers.
They are meant to be REPEATED.
The repetition of the lie is the test of loyalty to the cult.
The lies Trump, Vance and Miller say are not meant to be believed by their followers.
They are meant to be REPEATED.
The repetition of the lie is the test of loyalty to the cult.
Good!
“Morale is in the dumpster.”
Good! Resistance works.
Speaking out works. The quotas must be grueling.
3000 individuals/day is a lot.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Good! Resistance works.
Speaking out works. The quotas must be grueling.
3000 individuals/day is a lot.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
While immigration officers support the Trump administration’s goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership’s tactics, according to reports
www.the-independent.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Good!
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The United Nations High Commissioner, Volker Türk, has condemned the “routine abuse” of migrants in the U.S. The UN is accepting submissions regarding human rights violations via the Special Procedures mechanism.
Submit Evidence Here: spsubmission.ohchr.org
Submit Evidence Here: spsubmission.ohchr.org
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Submission of information to Special Procedures
spsubmission.ohchr.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:17 PM
The United Nations High Commissioner, Volker Türk, has condemned the “routine abuse” of migrants in the U.S. The UN is accepting submissions regarding human rights violations via the Special Procedures mechanism.
Submit Evidence Here: spsubmission.ohchr.org
Submit Evidence Here: spsubmission.ohchr.org
Wow!
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Wow!
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Just kinda seems like refusing to tell us which ICE agents murdered Alex Pretti undercuts the idea that they’re wearing masks to protect themselves — rather than to be able to kill people with impunity.
January 26, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Just kinda seems like refusing to tell us which ICE agents murdered Alex Pretti undercuts the idea that they’re wearing masks to protect themselves — rather than to be able to kill people with impunity.
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This is absurd to put all of those CBP agents involved in the murder of Alex Pretti back onto the streets already.
They pose a very real, proven danger to the community.
They pose a very real, proven danger to the community.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 10:08 PM
This is absurd to put all of those CBP agents involved in the murder of Alex Pretti back onto the streets already.
They pose a very real, proven danger to the community.
They pose a very real, proven danger to the community.
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I never again want to hear "left-wing radicals" to label perfectly lucid people who see danger, call out danger, and try to prevent more danger.
And I never want to hear "moderate" about anyone who votes to put others in danger when they sit on their asses on talk shows and the House/Senate.
And I never want to hear "moderate" about anyone who votes to put others in danger when they sit on their asses on talk shows and the House/Senate.
January 25, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I never again want to hear "left-wing radicals" to label perfectly lucid people who see danger, call out danger, and try to prevent more danger.
And I never want to hear "moderate" about anyone who votes to put others in danger when they sit on their asses on talk shows and the House/Senate.
And I never want to hear "moderate" about anyone who votes to put others in danger when they sit on their asses on talk shows and the House/Senate.