Kristin
@kehf.bsky.social
she/her, LGBTQI+ on the USA west coast, with wonderful spouse, amazing housemate, & clever daughter. Play Minecraft & Valhiem. Knitter, crafter, DIYer, Tribal Episcopalian. @[email protected]
100% This! I can't bring myself to watch the Brannagh movies, because Poiort in the books is fundamentally kind, has no ego when it comes to solving crimes (he takes help where he can get it & adjusts his approach based on the person he's talking to), ...
I said before that Rian Johnson does Agatha Christie better than Kenneth Branagh does and one of the things Branagh doesn't get is Poirot's kindness. He's not just a pompous eccentric guy solving puzzles, he often soothes young people in trouble by saying "Papa Poirot" will help them
Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the new Knives Out movie but I wrote about how the series only works because Blanc doesn’t treat the mysteries like a game but is always protecting the most vulnerable individual in the case
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December 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
100% This! I can't bring myself to watch the Brannagh movies, because Poiort in the books is fundamentally kind, has no ego when it comes to solving crimes (he takes help where he can get it & adjusts his approach based on the person he's talking to), ...
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I said before that Rian Johnson does Agatha Christie better than Kenneth Branagh does and one of the things Branagh doesn't get is Poirot's kindness. He's not just a pompous eccentric guy solving puzzles, he often soothes young people in trouble by saying "Papa Poirot" will help them
Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the new Knives Out movie but I wrote about how the series only works because Blanc doesn’t treat the mysteries like a game but is always protecting the most vulnerable individual in the case
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Benoit Blanc’s road to Damascus
There’s several tensions at work in the new Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man — religious belief vs nonbelief / atheism, innocence vs guilt, love vs hate, what a community looks like, what is the tru...
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December 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I said before that Rian Johnson does Agatha Christie better than Kenneth Branagh does and one of the things Branagh doesn't get is Poirot's kindness. He's not just a pompous eccentric guy solving puzzles, he often soothes young people in trouble by saying "Papa Poirot" will help them
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14 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Armed troops outside TX Texas capitol's building women's rooms now checking ID under new bathroom ban (the ban has no ID requirement). 6W Project tested & found 2 trans women with female ID still allowed in, & no consistent enforcement mechanism.
Enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges
In its first week, one group’s test of the new restrictions was met with ID checks at women’s restrooms at the Capitol while the Austin City Council moved to circumvent the law's intent.
www.texastribune.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
14 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Armed troops outside TX Texas capitol's building women's rooms now checking ID under new bathroom ban (the ban has no ID requirement). 6W Project tested & found 2 trans women with female ID still allowed in, & no consistent enforcement mechanism.
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14 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Christian-based Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)--N. Ireland's 2nd largest--accused of stalling addition of trans people as "protected group" to hate crimes protections; Sinn Féin & Ulster Unionist Party both tell minister they support the move.
DUP accused of stalling trans hate crime protections
Justice Minister Naomi Long says she wants to "provide equality" as part of a bill aimed at changing sentencing laws.
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
14 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Christian-based Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)--N. Ireland's 2nd largest--accused of stalling addition of trans people as "protected group" to hate crimes protections; Sinn Féin & Ulster Unionist Party both tell minister they support the move.
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14 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- 100s current and ex members, leaders, & parents turn out protest at Girlguiding HQ in England over its new ban of trans girls. The group had previously announced itself “proudly trans inclusive.”
Hundreds gather outside Girlguiding HQ to demand trans ban is reversed: 'Adults debate, children bleed'
Hundreds of current and ex members, leaders, parents and allies turned out in joyful force to oppose Girlguiding's ban on trans girls.
www.thepinknews.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
14 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- 100s current and ex members, leaders, & parents turn out protest at Girlguiding HQ in England over its new ban of trans girls. The group had previously announced itself “proudly trans inclusive.”
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Guardian of the Land reframes Bigfoot as a relative, a teacher, and a caretaker of the land. Grounded in oral histories, lived experience, and climate reality, the film asks us to reflect on our relationship to the earth and to ourselves.
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#redpopnews #bigfoot
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#redpopnews #bigfoot
Searching for Bigfoot, Finding Ourselves: The Deeper Message of Guardian of the Land
"Guardian of the Land" brings viewers into a world where Bigfoot is not a monster or mystery to solve, but a relative that teaches responsibility, restraint, and respect. In this short film produced b...
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December 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Guardian of the Land reframes Bigfoot as a relative, a teacher, and a caretaker of the land. Grounded in oral histories, lived experience, and climate reality, the film asks us to reflect on our relationship to the earth and to ourselves.
redpopnews.com/searching-fo...
#redpopnews #bigfoot
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#redpopnews #bigfoot
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thank you! but the point of the correction is that the Mamdani account used to do full alt text on all images posted by default and has since stopped due presumably to a change in the leadership of the social media team after the election, and folks are frustrated that practice has stopped
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
thank you! but the point of the correction is that the Mamdani account used to do full alt text on all images posted by default and has since stopped due presumably to a change in the leadership of the social media team after the election, and folks are frustrated that practice has stopped
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This CANNOT be the only (or only useable) footage…on a university campus…an Ivy League university at that.
BREAKING: Footage released of Brown University shooting suspect. He's still at large. If you know who he is, call 911
December 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This CANNOT be the only (or only useable) footage…on a university campus…an Ivy League university at that.
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except crows. crows can dunk on all of us
Don’t dunk on people, the only way we catch all these from here on out is if we work at it together.
December 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
except crows. crows can dunk on all of us
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Yup.
And the "rich people will be rich again, because they understand financial literacy!" is just not true. We've seen it many times.
First, because as I've said before, there is no such thing as financial literacy. It's a lie. There's no one set of info for making money at all levels. Seriously.
And the "rich people will be rich again, because they understand financial literacy!" is just not true. We've seen it many times.
First, because as I've said before, there is no such thing as financial literacy. It's a lie. There's no one set of info for making money at all levels. Seriously.
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Yup.
And the "rich people will be rich again, because they understand financial literacy!" is just not true. We've seen it many times.
First, because as I've said before, there is no such thing as financial literacy. It's a lie. There's no one set of info for making money at all levels. Seriously.
And the "rich people will be rich again, because they understand financial literacy!" is just not true. We've seen it many times.
First, because as I've said before, there is no such thing as financial literacy. It's a lie. There's no one set of info for making money at all levels. Seriously.
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There are many disturbing things in this article, but the biggest one is that the editors at @nypost.com don’t know the difference between a language and one of the major religions of the world
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
There are many disturbing things in this article, but the biggest one is that the editors at @nypost.com don’t know the difference between a language and one of the major religions of the world
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As somebody who saw these guys in TRUE WEST (which I thought was terrific), I figured he’d probably pipe up at some point. And I’m not at all surprised this is what he went with.
Ethan Hawke says there’s a ‘great lesson’ hidden in the noise surrounding Quentin Tarantino’s comments about Paul Dano: “I don’t think Paul Dano ever knew that so many people loved him.’
Ethan Hawke Finds a ‘Great Lesson’ in Quentin Tarantino’s Paul Dano Negativity
Ethan Hawke says there’s a ‘great lesson’ hidden in the noise surrounding Quentin Tarantino’s comments about Paul Dano: “I don’t think Paul Dano ever knew that so many people loved him.’
www.vulture.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
As somebody who saw these guys in TRUE WEST (which I thought was terrific), I figured he’d probably pipe up at some point. And I’m not at all surprised this is what he went with.
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i am fascinated by how nate silver turns everything he doesn’t like into a bespoke ideology. it’s not that he is annoyed by HCR, it is that she is a dreaded “ism” responsible for everything he doesn’t like about the democratic party. same with bluesky.
December 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
i am fascinated by how nate silver turns everything he doesn’t like into a bespoke ideology. it’s not that he is annoyed by HCR, it is that she is a dreaded “ism” responsible for everything he doesn’t like about the democratic party. same with bluesky.
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the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver
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someone in the replies looking up this property and realizing the price is so low because it was a meth lab is such an amazing commentary on right-wing delusion
simply perfect. chefs kiss. 10/10. no notes
simply perfect. chefs kiss. 10/10. no notes
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
someone in the replies looking up this property and realizing the price is so low because it was a meth lab is such an amazing commentary on right-wing delusion
simply perfect. chefs kiss. 10/10. no notes
simply perfect. chefs kiss. 10/10. no notes
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Exactly. Edtech is not the solution to lack of resources and criminally low pay for teachers. No matter how much billionaires PR teams claim it is.
They are remaking public education in their own image before our very eyes.
They are remaking public education in their own image before our very eyes.
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Exactly. Edtech is not the solution to lack of resources and criminally low pay for teachers. No matter how much billionaires PR teams claim it is.
They are remaking public education in their own image before our very eyes.
They are remaking public education in their own image before our very eyes.
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On the one hand it's positive and sympathetic coverage of a trans person which is more than you can expect from a mainstream media outlet. On the other hand if you were wondering how they reckon with their past contributions to attacking govt programs and the ACA it's never brought up
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On the one hand it's positive and sympathetic coverage of a trans person which is more than you can expect from a mainstream media outlet. On the other hand if you were wondering how they reckon with their past contributions to attacking govt programs and the ACA it's never brought up
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Oh wow. This is in reply to the menswear guy's screenshot of the conservative guy fantasizing about the small town house where you can eat at Stinky's. Which I guess was more aptly named than he realized
I was right. It was a meth lab. Its on the dea's clandestine lab registry. Incident august 4th, 2004. Has probably been abandoned for the last 20 years.
www.dea.gov/clan-lab
www.dea.gov/clan-lab
www.dea.gov
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Oh wow. This is in reply to the menswear guy's screenshot of the conservative guy fantasizing about the small town house where you can eat at Stinky's. Which I guess was more aptly named than he realized
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It's bloody hard to inherit billions from your daddy's emerald mines if you're parachuted into a poor country with just five dollars too. I'd give Musk a day tops and he'd die from exposure.
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It's bloody hard to inherit billions from your daddy's emerald mines if you're parachuted into a poor country with just five dollars too. I'd give Musk a day tops and he'd die from exposure.
Can 100% affirm it’s worth the time to pop over to TikTok & watch the whole thing (seriously watch to the end). The man’s voice at the end when he says his experience with ICE has just made him more committed to action can’t be conveyed in words.
Can confirm as others have noted that this is maximum Minnesotan rage.
This one isn’t downloadable but if you have TikTok go watch it. Well worth your time www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4gRL7v/
December 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Can 100% affirm it’s worth the time to pop over to TikTok & watch the whole thing (seriously watch to the end). The man’s voice at the end when he says his experience with ICE has just made him more committed to action can’t be conveyed in words.
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Labour strikes aren’t new!
The first recorded strike in history took place in Egypt some 3,200 years ago!
The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of King Ramesses III downed tools over pay and conditions circa 1157 BC!
Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
The first recorded strike in history took place in Egypt some 3,200 years ago!
The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of King Ramesses III downed tools over pay and conditions circa 1157 BC!
Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Labour strikes aren’t new!
The first recorded strike in history took place in Egypt some 3,200 years ago!
The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of King Ramesses III downed tools over pay and conditions circa 1157 BC!
Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
The first recorded strike in history took place in Egypt some 3,200 years ago!
The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of King Ramesses III downed tools over pay and conditions circa 1157 BC!
Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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I still see people just claim this all the time as some obvious fact, that having people use their real names would reduce online vitriol and threats. Even if people have criticisms of this study of a specific German petition site, I mean the even more blatant proof is Facebook
It's an extremely common misconception that people who have verified identities or are using their "real" names are less abusive online, but it's not true. Pseudonymous and anonymous people behave less abusively than people using their "real" names: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Digital Social Norm Enforcement: Online Firestorms in Social Media
Actors of public interest today have to fear the adverse impact that stems from social media platforms. Any controversial behavior may promptly trigger temporal, but potentially devastating storms of ...
journals.plos.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I still see people just claim this all the time as some obvious fact, that having people use their real names would reduce online vitriol and threats. Even if people have criticisms of this study of a specific German petition site, I mean the even more blatant proof is Facebook
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So their answer to their failures, to Black ppl calling them out for their backstabbing…is to rebrand themselves w a name/concept started or popularized by Black ppl
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The chain unveiled its first-ever concept store in SoHo this week, adorned with stylish apparel, designer collaborations, and beauty products — all key areas that its incoming CEO hopes will revive its former "Tar-zhay" glory.
https://cnn.it/48W8CAk
https://cnn.it/48W8CAk
December 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
So their answer to their failures, to Black ppl calling them out for their backstabbing…is to rebrand themselves w a name/concept started or popularized by Black ppl
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This is outrageous.
NOT Fun Fact: This is nothing new in this country.
Enslaved Black ppl had to carry documents when away from the planter. Freed Black ppl had to carry manumission (freedom) papers at all times.
Reconstruction, Black ppl had to carry proof of employment or residency.
Not new
NOT Fun Fact: This is nothing new in this country.
Enslaved Black ppl had to carry documents when away from the planter. Freed Black ppl had to carry manumission (freedom) papers at all times.
Reconstruction, Black ppl had to carry proof of employment or residency.
Not new
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is outrageous.
NOT Fun Fact: This is nothing new in this country.
Enslaved Black ppl had to carry documents when away from the planter. Freed Black ppl had to carry manumission (freedom) papers at all times.
Reconstruction, Black ppl had to carry proof of employment or residency.
Not new
NOT Fun Fact: This is nothing new in this country.
Enslaved Black ppl had to carry documents when away from the planter. Freed Black ppl had to carry manumission (freedom) papers at all times.
Reconstruction, Black ppl had to carry proof of employment or residency.
Not new