Reposted by Cathy MessierJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A helpful run-down on the 9 statewide ballot questions! #mapoli 33920
Reposted by Cathy MessierDarryl Mott @gamerstavernshow.com · 12/09/2026Her team is responding solely because @lillywachowski.bsky.social is American and not subject to the draconian UK libel/slander laws. So they have to straight up lie about her £1 billion legal fund that exists solely to strip transgender people of their civil rights and silence Rowling's critics. 4823276
Reposted by Cathy MessierJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10/09/2026Oh: Catholic bishops' president urges Trump to end of mass deportations of Haitians. “Mr. President … I respectfully ask: What good is the immense wealth, prosperity, and influence with which we have been blessed as a nation if not used in service of our humanity?” religionnews.com/2026/09/09/a...religionnews.comIn direct appeal to Trump, Catholic bishops' president urges end of mass deportations of Haitians(RNS) — The letter marks a shift toward a more direct and pointed tone in challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration policy. 1022284
Reposted by Cathy MessierAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Awful. Just awful. A promising young man, a high school honors grad who joined JROTC and dreamed of becoming a doctor, killed himself because of the Trump admin’s obsession with hurting Haitians and the humiliating shame of an ICE ankle monitor. His blood is on their hands. 542657989
Cathy Messier @cathiusca.bsky.social · 21/08/2026First time seeing Vertigo! Shout out to the Brattle Theatre. 010
Reposted by Cathy MessierKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam" 183142592640
Reposted by Cathy Messierm @keptsimple.bsky.social · 05/08/2026If AIPAC's commitment to arming a rogue state isn't enough for you, I cannot emphasize enough that this organization is just a slush fund for GOP donors to influence Dem races. Their donor base is mostly conservatives who want Republicans to win. 71686397
Reposted by Cathy MessierJay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Finally, papal recognition that the opening track on Horses is a banger even if it contradicts church doctrine. 2587
Reposted by Cathy MessierAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Given the history of similar audits, and the fact that DHS’s systems are riddled with errors, we should expect that these numbers are very likely false and have not been properly verified yet. Multiple previous state audits produced splashy numbers that evaporated on further investigation. 41466137
Reposted by Cathy MessierRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 09/07/2026They’re trying to deport the men who witnessed the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. newrepublic.com/article/2129...newrepublic.comTexas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-DeportThere were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport. 13448362496
Reposted by Cathy MessierWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026ICE desperately wants you not to care about this story But we must. The killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national striving for his American Dream, is a moral outrage, and a warning. ICE hopes you won't notice that mass deportation is back My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...inquirer.comICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. | Will BunchSalgado came from Mexico, built the American Dream, sent his sons to college, and was senselessly killed by ICE. 5040381964
Reposted by Cathy MessierBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 05/07/2026There's a perverse symbolism in the legacy of White racism sheltering under the bowers of all African Americans have done for this country while patiently waiting for the chance to go back to insisting we are a drain upon their society and that they never needed us at all. 4261941616
Reposted by Cathy MessierBlue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Real haters don't leap. They wait and watch. They know the true reasons for hating will be Revealed 9165401439
Cathy Messier @cathiusca.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Pretty eventful week for me, as I’d never seen The Exorcist nor the original Stepford Wives! 020
Reposted by Cathy MessierMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/06/2026To every New Yorker with family in Venezuela: we are holding you close. The devastating earthquakes this week have claimed hundreds of lives and left thousands more searching for loved ones. If you're able, here's how you can support relief efforts:apnews.comHow to help those impacted by the Venezuela earthquakesTwo powerful earthquakes have rocked Venezuela, killing at least 188 people and trapping at least 200 in buildings. 4752341381
Reposted by Cathy MessierJosie Duffy Rice @jduffyrice.bsky.social · 23/06/2026this is perhaps the scariest thing i've seen come out of this administration. top five, at least. 30 - 70 years for protesting. apnews.com/article/prai...apnews.com8 convicted of terrorism charges in Texas immigration center shooting sentenced to decades in prisonA demonstrator who shot and wounded a police officer during a protest outside a Texas immigration center July 4 has been sentenced to 100 years in federal prison. 114562
Reposted by Cathy MessierChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 22/06/2026“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed. “As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV 224173374834
Cathy Messier @cathiusca.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This is basically what the push for “neutrality” in libraries has always meant. 071
Reposted by Cathy MessierDaniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon |share.googleIsraeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in LebanonMona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country 4308123
Reposted by Cathy MessierOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccineA new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008. 302123773247
Reposted by Cathy MessierGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/06/2026There's a certain kind of teen girl, usually dismissed as "insolent," who knows from jump that the way her world is treating her is more the world's problem than hers. I'll always appreciate Marjane Satrapi for giving that girl a strong voice. www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie...lemonde.frMarjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56The French-Iranian artist and film director 'died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,' people close to her said. 81201283
Reposted by Cathy MessierElijah Davidson @elijahdavidson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026PERSEPOLIS is one of cinema's great gems. I cover it in Come & See hoping readers would be prompted to watch it. I'm sharing that entry today for free in hopes of the same. The film is more essential than ever, sadly, and thank God we have it. RIP Marjane Satrapi. elijahdavidson.com/persepolis/elijahdavidson.comPersepolis - Elijah DavidsonMarjane Satrapi has died. Persepolis, the film she directed (with Vincent Paronnaud) which is based on her graphic novel memoir of the same name, is one of cinema’s finest gems. It’s one of the lesser... 032
Reposted by Cathy MessierStone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026RIP Marjane Satrapi 273251935
Reposted by Cathy MessierEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Full statement of Scott Pelley after he's fired from CBS 60 Minutes, detailing the sort of corruption of journalism Bari Weiss has brought to CBS News: 6748241709
Reposted by Cathy MessierCaitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents. 9235461778
Reposted by Cathy MessierVictor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Being part of the fiction jury for the Pulitzer Prize means you read A LOT of books. Inevitably, there’s more excellent work than you can count. Since the prize has been announced, I’m recommending five other books that I read and loved during the process. Read ‘em all! 17873175
Reposted by Cathy MessierKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/04/2026Oh: A 2022 study found that children in households that used voice commands with tools like Siri and Alexa became curt when speaking with humans, often calling out “Hey, do X” and expecting obedience, especially from anyone whose voice resembled the default-female electronic voices.theguardian.comAI learns language from skewed sources. That could change how we humans speak – and think | Bruce SchneierLarge language models aren’t trained on real-life conversations. As we encounter their language, it could affect our own 692178829
Reposted by Cathy MessierThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/04/2026The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis—and then called her a “fucking bitch” moments before she died in her car—was only placed on three days of administrative leave and continues to work for the agency in another state. trib.al/C3bEEAMtrib.alICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good in Minneapolis Gets Cushy New JobJonathan Ross is still avoiding accountability months after he shot and killed Renee Good. 15026551740
Cathy Messier @cathiusca.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Won’t someone PLEASE think of the “journalist” bootlickers ☹️ 060
Reposted by Cathy MessierNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Israel performed a literal quadruple tap attack in Lebanon to massacre three separate sets of medics. Truly pushing the bounds of human depravity. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 171290747
Reposted by Cathy MessierIMEU Policy Project @imeupolicy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026In 2003, US citizen Rachel Corrie was killed by Israeli soldiers using a US-provided bulldozer. Her parents are calling on senators to vote yes today to block $295 million worth of these bulldozers to Israel. Join them by calling your senators TODAY:thenation.comLet’s Finally Do Something About the Bulldozer That Killed My DaughterBernie Sanders is trying to end the shipment of US bulldozers to Israel—like the one that crushed my daughter, Rachel Corrie, to death 23 years ago. 41056441
Reposted by Cathy MessierAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The data we are getting out of ICE now conclusively destroys their "worst of the worst" narrative. Since the Los Angeles raids began in June last year, there has been a massive expansion of ICE arrests against people with no criminal record, while arrests of others remained flat. 401546692
Reposted by Cathy MessierTaulby Edmondson @taulby.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Ta-Nehisi Coates was raked over the coals for comparing Israeli apartheid to Jim Crow and to be frank you have to put effort into not seeing it. This in some important ways goes farther than US segregationists did. 2379123
Reposted by Cathy MessierIMEU Policy Project @imeupolicy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Gavin Newsom said last week he “regrets” using the term apartheid when describing Israel. This week, Israel’s parliament passed a death penalty law its authors say will only apply to Palestinians. One state, two legal systems. That’s apartheid. 124661
Reposted by Cathy MessierAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I mean, this is just straight from the Bible: "And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood." -Isaiah 1:15 59926
Reposted by Cathy MessierThe Verge @theverge.com · 29/03/2026There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesbuff.lyThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 176124904765
Reposted by Cathy MessierMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Doing a 92Y book event in 2021 was a thrill for me, as it would be for just about any author. But there's no way I'd go back, as a speaker or an audience member, given the behavior of its current leadership. 727134
Reposted by Cathy MessierAugust J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 23/03/2026If you're wondering why Thune is desperate to get Trump to cut a funding deal it's because thanks to Trump's genius political intellect captive audiences of thousands of angry swing state voters are now watching ICE get paid to to this literally in front of the TSA agents who aren't getting paid 461131373
Reposted by Cathy MessierMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026If you spot ICE agents at an airport in the coming days, I want to hear from you. Reach me via Signal at marisakabas.04 7844681794
Reposted by Cathy MessierSam @samd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026here’s a crazy fact: under congestion pricing, NYC subway ridership grew by more than the *total* number of riders on BART last year 7577107
Reposted by Cathy MessierAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2026Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt." 1106280037449
Reposted by Cathy MessierSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 21/02/2026“As Karen got to know the guards at the Northwest ICE Processing Center where she was held, she kept hearing the same thing from them: that ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. “Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that.”” 11535291
Reposted by Cathy MessierMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/02/2026“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.aljazeera.comIsrael used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporateUS-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds. 374126636888
Reposted by Cathy MessierBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 06/02/2026They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam. 1068732287