Kate Powers
@plain-kate.bsky.social
Stage director, prison theatremaker, college professor, Shakespeare nerd, trauma-informed / consent-based maker of good trouble, striving to be anti-racist, hates Nazis and patriarchal nonsense. Redhead. #SlawaUkrainii #GoBills 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🚫👑
We knew he was vile. He just keeps reminding us.
I quote the late Rob Reiner, who said, that this "mentally unfit" man is "the single-most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States."
I quote the late Rob Reiner, who said, that this "mentally unfit" man is "the single-most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States."
Trump sustains political attack on Rob Reiner in inflammatory post after his killing
President Donald Trump is blaming Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director’s killing, delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on dec...
apnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We knew he was vile. He just keeps reminding us.
I quote the late Rob Reiner, who said, that this "mentally unfit" man is "the single-most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States."
I quote the late Rob Reiner, who said, that this "mentally unfit" man is "the single-most unqualified human being to ever assume the presidency of the United States."
As I am slowly climbing the steep mountain of final projects I am grading, this note arrived:
"Your course was honestly life changing. You are a legend and it has been so enlightening to begin to get to know you. I'm very much looking forward to my second class with you in the spring."
Huzzah.
"Your course was honestly life changing. You are a legend and it has been so enlightening to begin to get to know you. I'm very much looking forward to my second class with you in the spring."
Huzzah.
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
As I am slowly climbing the steep mountain of final projects I am grading, this note arrived:
"Your course was honestly life changing. You are a legend and it has been so enlightening to begin to get to know you. I'm very much looking forward to my second class with you in the spring."
Huzzah.
"Your course was honestly life changing. You are a legend and it has been so enlightening to begin to get to know you. I'm very much looking forward to my second class with you in the spring."
Huzzah.
Exhausted Bills fans malfunction all over Western New York.
An exhausted Bills fan on the verge of malfunctioning in Orchard Park?
We've all been there. #GoBills #BillsMafia bsky.app/profile/rach...
We've all been there. #GoBills #BillsMafia bsky.app/profile/rach...
Per @jfuzzy.bsky.social this happened because an exhaust fan malfunctioned.
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Exhausted Bills fans malfunction all over Western New York.
For your Sunday blocking pleasure.
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THE WHITE HOUSE HAS JOINED BLUESKY.
CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR A LIST OF THIER ACCOUNTS SO YOU CAN BLOCK THEM.
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THE WHITE HOUSE HAS JOINED BLUESKY.
CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR A LIST OF THIER ACCOUNTS SO YOU CAN BLOCK THEM.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For your Sunday blocking pleasure.
So my Ted made this site with some found data. See what kind of good trouble you might make.
fnuk.net
fnuk.net
FNUK THINGS UP! - Strategic Operations for Weakening Authoritarian Cohesion
fnuk.net
December 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
So my Ted made this site with some found data. See what kind of good trouble you might make.
fnuk.net
fnuk.net
Reposted by Kate Powers
⚡️ JUDGE ORDERS KILMAR RELEASED IMMEDIATELY…
“A Maryland judge on Thursday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national mistakenly deported to his home country earlier this year, from immigration custody.” www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-...
“A Maryland judge on Thursday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national mistakenly deported to his home country earlier this year, from immigration custody.” www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-...
December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
⚡️ JUDGE ORDERS KILMAR RELEASED IMMEDIATELY…
“A Maryland judge on Thursday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national mistakenly deported to his home country earlier this year, from immigration custody.” www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-...
“A Maryland judge on Thursday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national mistakenly deported to his home country earlier this year, from immigration custody.” www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-...
@mjmckean.bsky.social Thinking of you and Annette. Thrilled to see all the good things you are doing.
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@mjmckean.bsky.social Thinking of you and Annette. Thrilled to see all the good things you are doing.
First failed search letter from this academic cycle. Curious that it arrived just two days after I read an article about how this partic university is in several kinds of disarray.
December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
First failed search letter from this academic cycle. Curious that it arrived just two days after I read an article about how this partic university is in several kinds of disarray.
Reposted by Kate Powers
"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"The group rallied amid frigid conditions at the Target store on East Lake Street, alleging it allowed agents to stage raids in the parking lot.
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
'You cannot celebrate our communities on your commercials while letting ICE stalk them in your parking lot'...”
www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...
"Many of you are miserable, horrible people. But you are persistent, you never give up. Sometimes I wish you’d give up, but you don’t." —Dear Leader at an ostensible celebration of the arts
Damn straight, you old grifter. We never give up.
Damn straight, you old grifter. We never give up.
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"Many of you are miserable, horrible people. But you are persistent, you never give up. Sometimes I wish you’d give up, but you don’t." —Dear Leader at an ostensible celebration of the arts
Damn straight, you old grifter. We never give up.
Damn straight, you old grifter. We never give up.
Thread. Important context.
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thread. Important context.
Reposted by Kate Powers
(1/4) ICE detention has become a black box. Oversight has been gutted. Families are being separated. Pregnant and postpartum women report starving in custody, freezing cells, invasive procedures, miscarriages, and their pleas for help going unanswered.
Miscarriages, infections, neglect: The pregnant women detained by ICE
Until last year, Congress required reports on the pregnant, postpartum or nursing women in ICE custody, including ‘detailed justification’ for their detention. This requirement no longer exists, Kelly...
www.independent.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
(1/4) ICE detention has become a black box. Oversight has been gutted. Families are being separated. Pregnant and postpartum women report starving in custody, freezing cells, invasive procedures, miscarriages, and their pleas for help going unanswered.
His sentence has been vacated. He has spent 27 years on death row. He was convicted w/junk science. Louisiana, what is the matter with you? You owe the man restitution, not further persecution.
NEW: Jimmie Duncan spent 27 years on death row, convicted in part based on evidence experts now consider to be junk science.
But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social, w/ @veritenews.org
But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social, w/ @veritenews.org
A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.
Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
His sentence has been vacated. He has spent 27 years on death row. He was convicted w/junk science. Louisiana, what is the matter with you? You owe the man restitution, not further persecution.
Spotify has been running I.C.E. recruitment ads and has refused to remove them. You can just cancel your subscription and let them know you won't be back as long as they are helping to recruit storm troopers. #SpotifyUnwrapped
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Spotify has been running I.C.E. recruitment ads and has refused to remove them. You can just cancel your subscription and let them know you won't be back as long as they are helping to recruit storm troopers. #SpotifyUnwrapped
Reposted by Kate Powers
I do in fact stay awake at night sometimes thinking about how the MAGA ghouls are destroying actually-essential counterterrorism efforts in favor of directing resources towards brutalizing elderly taco truck workers
NEW: Oregon could lose nearly $18 million worth of terrorism prevention and emergency funding.
In the past, the money has paid for bomb detectors, law enforcement training and barriers that prevent cars from plowing into crowds.
In the past, the money has paid for bomb detectors, law enforcement training and barriers that prevent cars from plowing into crowds.
Oregon Struggles to Land Federal Counterterrorism Money as Trump Orders Troops to Stop “Terrorists” Hindering ICE
A quiet battle has played out in court over money that “sanctuary” states say is needed to fight true extremist threats from both ends of the political spectrum.
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I do in fact stay awake at night sometimes thinking about how the MAGA ghouls are destroying actually-essential counterterrorism efforts in favor of directing resources towards brutalizing elderly taco truck workers
In the next round of Vlad's Cards Against Humanity ...
Steve Witkoff, a special envoy for President Trump, and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, are expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Moscow on Tuesday, as the White House pushes for an end to the war in Ukraine. Follow live.
Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. Envoy to Meet With Putin in Moscow
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December 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In the next round of Vlad's Cards Against Humanity ...
Take Hegseth's reckless, murderous self to court, @kidscanpress.bsky.social .
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Take Hegseth's reckless, murderous self to court, @kidscanpress.bsky.social .
"Life's bounty is in its flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung? The dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future, too." — Tom Stoppard, COAST OF UTOPIA
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Life's bounty is in its flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung? The dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future, too." — Tom Stoppard, COAST OF UTOPIA
"You taught me language. And my profit on’t
Is, I know how to curse."
Let's ride, @profanity.accountant
Is, I know how to curse."
Let's ride, @profanity.accountant
November 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"You taught me language. And my profit on’t
Is, I know how to curse."
Let's ride, @profanity.accountant
Is, I know how to curse."
Let's ride, @profanity.accountant
"You do not suppose, my lady, that if all of Archimedes had been hiding in the great library of Alexandria, we would be at a loss for a corkscrew?"
Vale, Sir Tom.
Vale, Sir Tom.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"You do not suppose, my lady, that if all of Archimedes had been hiding in the great library of Alexandria, we would be at a loss for a corkscrew?"
Vale, Sir Tom.
Vale, Sir Tom.
This is the way.
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is the way.
@davidleveaux.bsky.social My condolences, David. I am remembering you introducing me to Sir Tom in the lobby of the Donmar, lo, these many years ago. And watching you both get feted at Tavern on the Green once upon an opening night.
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@davidleveaux.bsky.social My condolences, David. I am remembering you introducing me to Sir Tom in the lobby of the Donmar, lo, these many years ago. And watching you both get feted at Tavern on the Green once upon an opening night.
I got to meet Sir Tom three delightful times in this world: in the lobby at the Donmar, where I was starstruck; at a Broadway opening, when I was a bit better prepared; and then over a meal and very good conversation at Tavern on the Green. The very best bounced Czech. (1/x)
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I got to meet Sir Tom three delightful times in this world: in the lobby at the Donmar, where I was starstruck; at a Broadway opening, when I was a bit better prepared; and then over a meal and very good conversation at Tavern on the Green. The very best bounced Czech. (1/x)
Reposted by Kate Powers
Northwestern’s leaders will likely try to justify their choice to appease fascist extortion with some BS about needing to help researchers get federal funds that were illegally withheld, so it’s important to note that virtually all of the researchers said not to.
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Northwestern’s leaders will likely try to justify their choice to appease fascist extortion with some BS about needing to help researchers get federal funds that were illegally withheld, so it’s important to note that virtually all of the researchers said not to.