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@caithow.bsky.social
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just a girl, standing in front of a dumpster fire, begging it to entertain me | once described as a “pert little anticapitalist” by an angry man in an email | extremely reluctant academic

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 11h
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been following the attempts to smear the Jane Doe in the Cornell University gang rape case and redirect blame from the seven fraternity men onto her. As usual, this campaign is built on a mountain of lies and misogyny. spitfirenews.com/p/cornell-ja...
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Debunking the smear campaign against the Cornell Jane Doe
Authorities, media outlets, and pundits are lying about this woman. But only her credibility is getting judged.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 8h
Indigenous leaders from the Amazon and Canada joined Manitoba NDP Leah Gazan in Ottawa to call for urgent action to address climate emergencies and Canada’s violation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Indigenous leaders from the Amazon and Canada call for urgent climate action - APTN News
Indigenous leaders from the Amazon and Canada joined Manitoba NDP Leah Gazan in Ottawa to...
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Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 12h
MIT professors bedazzle cameras to protest expanding surveillance network Tenured faculty are using rhinestones and googly eyes to demonstrate against 500-plus new cameras and plans to potentially implement AI capabilities....
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MIT professors bedazzle cameras to protest expanding surveillance network
Tenured faculty are using rhinestones and googly eyes to demonstrate against 500-plus new cameras and plans to potentially implement AI capabilities.
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 13h
• More than 38,000 women (22,000) and girls (16,000) have been killed, including since the so-called ceasefire. These figures likely understate the true toll, as many bodies remain trapped under rubble.
The cost of the war in Gaza on women & girls
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Truthout @truthout.org · 13h
Thousands of Cornell University students protested on campus on Monday, demanding accountability for the mishandling of the 2024 rape case that has come under national spotlight. According to a 2025 survey, 35% of undergraduate women at Cornell reported experiencing sexual assault at the university.
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Thousands of Cornell Students Protest for Accountability in Rape Case
In a 2025 survey, 35 percent of undergraduate women reported experiencing sexual assault during their time at Cornell.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14h
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 12h
The 87-year-old evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies
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The 87-year-old evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies
Maricarmen Abascal had been hospitalized with exhaustion after her eviction, which triggered national demonstrations over Spain's chronic housing crisis.
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 19h
Me turning 40
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19h
In Wisconsin alone, there were 39 private schools where every student used tuition vouchers during the most recent school year. Together, these schools educated 7,923 children and took in roughly $87 million from the voucher program. (Published August)
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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.
Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 19h
Ahh this is so amazing.
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 19h
Cornell’s president coming out…. Pro-rape culture!
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 19h
One of the most ignorant, baffling takes a university president could have, I assume. This is a BIG win for rape culture.
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Death @insatiableone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I don’t know what to do My mother is suffering before my eyes Her retinal disease is worsening and she is in severe pain without her medication Sanad is also sick and needs medicine Im crying while watching them suffer Im broken Please save my mother and little brother chuffed.org/project/help...
Beautiful child weeping in pain with cloth on forehead Amir and his mother with an eye bandage
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Spartan 0323 The Phoenix Shall Rise In Silver & Black @thejaklife.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today,Oct 7marks 3 years of starvation and brutal slaughter of our children.My little survived the famine,but hunger stole the light from his eyes.One is gone and darkness is swallowing the other.I'm watching my son go blind.Please,help me save his sight before darkness🕊️🕊️ chuffed.org/project/196611
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 20h
Its my 40th bday. As an Oct 7th baby, I say this with every cell in my body: fuck the Israeli & US govts for their THREE year long genocide. There are 10s of 1000s of kids who will never see 40 bc of them & for the rest of my life my bday wish will be for all those involved to suffer 🥳
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wild wild wildddd framing here
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You're gonna need a bigger chart
Chart showing the daily sea surface temperature for the Nino region of the Pacific, with a red line for 2026 shooting off above every other year in record-setting territory, with the latest spot right at the top of the chart
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... Cornell University faculty introduced a resolution declaring a no-confidence vote in the university administration’s handling of the alleged 2024 sexual assault at a fraternity house.
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Cornell faculty senate introduces no-confidence resolution over handling of alleged 2024 sexual assault
The resolution was submitted to the University Faculty Committee on Monday evening, according to a copy obtained by NBC News.
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Starting today, I’m denouncing denouncements
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rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The American eugenics movement transformed immigration law, and the experiences of detained women show that eugenics remains an integral part of the system." Read more from Edith Romero in @prismreports.org:
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Pregnant women in ICE detention face policies shaped by eugenics
The experiences of detained women show that the American eugenics movement remains an integral part of the system
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Some millennial somewhere is the perfect person to deconstruct Natalie Harp’s aesthetics in relation to MAGA and I am putting out the bat signal….
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Cornbread Countess @breadbae.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
I know everybody is outraged about the Cornell case, but this rape at LSU isn’t getting the same attention it deserves. And the school did find the student guilty of forcible rape. youtu.be/SI35s6GKbL0?...
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EXCLUSIVE: LSU student says university failed her after Title IX finding in alleged sexual assaul...
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 06/10/2026
It's FLYTRAP TUESDAY and we can't wait for y'all to read this brilliant piece by adrie rose on the "loose woman," who "captivates because she straddles the lines of respectable femininity." rose asks: "Is it possible her sexuality is worth taking seriously on its own?"
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Loose Women Deserve Their Flowers
When a woman has too much desirability, too much beauty, too much pleasure in being seen—she is too much woman.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/10/2026
"She was subjected to a bewildering array of abuse, including multiple rapes by 3 separate men and beatings by numerous relatives. “'If they execute Christa Pike, it will confirm that the death penalty is reserved not for the worst of the worst, but for the most damaged and vulnerable among us.'”
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Tennessee says child rapists deserve to die. Now it prepares to execute one of their victims
At 18, Christa Pike was sentenced to death for murder. What if the jury knew she had suffered years of sexual abuse as a child?
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 05/10/2026
From the archive: When Wells College closed, Aurora, N.Y., lost more than a campus. The fire department lost a quarter of its volunteers, the village scrambled to keep its water plant running, and residents wondered what would come next. chroni.cl/4yn4Ydz
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Can a College Town Survive the Closure of Its College?
For communities surrounding small institutions, the losses are more than economic.
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andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More death by ICE today, @radleybalko.bsky.social. 'Julian Curo-Churata, a 47-year-old... from Peru, passed away in ICE custody Sept. 29, 2026, at Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana' www.ice.gov/news/release...
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Illegal alien from Peru passes away in ICE custody in Louisiana
ICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments.
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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The NY Times framing every fascist as tough strong & brilliant, and not a dumb racist liar, is one of many ways the NY Times tells Democrats that they are Not On Our Side, and Dems mostly choose not to listen
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Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News
A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#thingsmakingmecrazyonamonday
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And to be clear, this is a critique from the left. And to that end, I will thank blue state liberals for the education they have heaped on me that has only propelled me further into a “radical” leftist desire for a truly just world.
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I have never seen such incredible organizing as I’ve seen here. The number of people who are risking far more than most people in a blue state to bring about substantive, material change is awe-inspiring. And they do it while being told that they must be stupid & ignorant because of where they live.
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Like, it’s a huge red flag if you use the term “fly over states”, only made worse when this is accompanied w a claim that “those people” are responsible for all evil. Also I will die on this hill: that term is genocidal. Tell me you don’t think anyone exists on this land without telling me…
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I grew up in one of the most hippie liberal towns in the country in an always-blue state, but have lived in Indiana for 14 years. One of the most important lessons has been understanding the depth of liberal’s hateful, ignorant, & vindictive attitude towards places they’re too afraid to even visit.
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🦋MOM🦋 @momcjl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
….and the frat boys decided, hell, the party must go on
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Cornell Chi Phi Fraternity Had Ketamine Overdose, Drug Arrest Night Before Alleged Gang Rape
Less than 24 hours before a woman was allegedly drugged with ketamine and gang raped at Cornell's Chi Phi frat house -- someone overdosed on the drug inside the same fraternity.
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I loveeee when states do this
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s a relief to know all pedophiles die
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
a play in four acts
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/10/2026
Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana Mahmood
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Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped, says Shabana Mahmood
Home secretary warns people traffickers will exploit asylum seekers because they decide who comes to the UK Nearly all women who try to reach the UK in small boats from northern France have been raped on their journey, Shabana Mahmood has claimed. In an interview with The Rest Is Politics podcast, the home secretary said far-right, balaclava-wearing activists would “kill” or “kick me out of my own country” if they took power. Continue reading...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 04/10/2026
Heatwaves killed over 8,000 people in France this year. Here are some of their stories
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Heatwaves killed over 8,000 people in France this year. Here are some of their stories
The French health authorities reported that 8,124 deaths were related to the extreme heatwaves between late May and late August in France. Le Monde spoke to the friends and families of 11 of the victims to find out about the lives behind those numbers.
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Happy game day to everyone looking to cheer on abusive men!
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Polymarket: 0% chance Cornell does anything to address sexual violence on their campus. Place your bets now, men!
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hundreds gathered on Saturday in Springfield to mourn and remember the life of Pierre Damas Bel. “The service was somber, at times passionate, and included calls to action and encouragement to come together.” “Members of the Bel family could at times be heard wailing in anguish.”
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Hundreds gather in Springfield to remember Haitian student Pierre Damas Bel at funeral service
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is a...
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 04/10/2026
Update: 9 Palestinians killed in past 24 hours, including four women and a child, as Israeli stacks continue.
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
10000% chance nothing changes.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
According to the most rigorous studies, 10.8% of college men perpetrate at least one rape before graduation. This statistic always comes to mind when I see men in power reacting with disgust to the idea that one of their peers could face even a shred of accountability.
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lauren benet @laurenbenet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Something I learned just this week: "only 4% of the world’s women and girls live in the U.S., but the U.S. confines ONE-QUARTER of the world’s incarcerated women and girls." www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women...
a chart from Prison Policy comparing states' incarceration rates of women to the other countries' rates.
it shows about 20 states who incarcerate women at a higher rate than even the most incarceration-friendly countries (el salvador, dem. rep. of congo, thailand). three states - south dakota, montana and idaho - incarcerate women at a higher rate than the country of El Salvador.
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This seems right up Gavin Newsom’s alley tbh
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caithow @caithow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This could be live from Texas
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
this reveals SO MUCH about legacy media
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Do yourself a favor. Read these 7 pages by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social right now. It is the most concise explanation of the current situation in U.S. politics I've seen and it captures why calls to reduce "polarization" can ultimately worsen the problem 🧵 www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...
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Polarization Is Not the Problem | Journal of Democracy
Americans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress.
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