Reposted by Katytpwrtrdmn @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 8hAnine is one of the people who worked to expose the research misconduct against trans people at Oslo University Hospital. Yesterday, she was told she is no longer on their waitlist to receive gender-affirming care. This is so obviously retaliatory, it's hard to put into words! 7980319
Reposted by KatyKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 3hOne of the reasons public opinion on trans health care is where it is is because a lot of cis people will never ever believe just how corrupt the professional medical class running our health care really is. 6797209
Reposted by Katykristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 3hMASSIVE TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual assault She heard him mumble something like, "-ic bitch, not a very good fuck," which her mind filled in as "Democratic bitch," she recalled. Men have no idea how angry we are. I hope she’s elected in a landslide. 👇 33516
Reposted by KatyMychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 9h"No one is too small to make a difference." - Greta Thunberg. Children's educators are activists. Activists are those who take strong, direct action to support or oppose change. Children's educators support, believe in children. Children make a difference, they are capable of significant change. 152097302
Reposted by KatyBitten Beads Jewelry @bittenbeadsjewelry.myatproto.social · 5hI finally got to talk to my kooky old dad today & he was remembering an elderly neighbor. It reminded me that she's the main reason why CPS didn't send me & my sisters to foster care. *That* reminded me that a single person taking action can change lives. It's a good reason to keep on keeping on. 0184
Reposted by KatyErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 22hThe mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence 4149561536
Reposted by KatyBenjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 5hNot only did I anticipate from Israeli wars past that the IDF would deploy indiscriminate violence; i could already anticipate by the media coverage the hollowing out of my personal grief, it’s inevitable transformation into a weapon of the Zionist state 2/2 516925
Reposted by KatyBenjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 5hDespite personally knowing someone killed on Oct 7th I went to a Palestine solidarity rally the next day. Not bc I wasn’t grieving but bc I knew from past Israeli wars how the IDF wld respond: to add to the 100 yr death toll countless, uncounted, uncountable Palestinian lives 1/2 1331373
Reposted by KatyK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 4hLeBron James has entered his evil billionaire phase. Or, like, entered it more. TAKE THE TRAIN YOU COWARD! 051
Reposted by KatyAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4hThere were so many people in history who were right on all counts and did everything right but they could not change the circumstances of their time. It took future generations picking up the baton and building off their work. It's hard to accept that things might not change at all in your lifetime 115416
Reposted by KatyK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 5hevery prime day is like this now, i was tempted to buy diapers and then realized they were cheaper in store even when not "on sale". 062
Reposted by KatyHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9hThey are becoming more and more explicit that creating dossiers on you and graphing your relationships is the whole point. “Agents” indeed. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/07/m... 19368142
Reposted by KatyAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 8hNot gonna RS the thread that made me think about this (you've likely already seen it, or a similar one) BUT Every person I know who has cut off or gone low contact with a parent took YEARS of agonizing and trying to make things work because damn that's their PARENTS. 13828117
Reposted by Katylifeofjenius @jeniusj.blacksky.app · 9hMy cousin's response when I asked him why he was still listening to R. Kelly... "Well if we can't listen to him, we can't listen to anybody!" 1. I didn't say that 2. If that's how you choose to interpret it, then okay 2143
Reposted by KatyDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Democrats aren't abandoning trans people! Maybe just one or two..." Here's every Democrat who's either voted to strip human rights away from trans people and/or has campaigned on anti-trans propaganda in the last year. 491098461
Reposted by KatyIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 10hIt’s not better for the generations after us, who are watching every one of their career ambitions disappear in real time before they even get to start them There are students right now on their third or fourth change of major, as the funding keeps getting cut and the rugs keep getting pulled 20731150
Reposted by Katylorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Conservatives: "Divorce should be more difficult, like it was in the 50's!" Their parents in the 50's: 47117
Reposted by Katylorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 8hA lot of people who would have been dead husbands in the 50's have misplaced nostalgia for the days before no-fault divorce. 623039
Reposted by Katygeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026there is a deep moral and social rot in rural and red state america and people pointing it out are not the cause of it 151585216
Reposted by Katygeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"joking," loosely, because the president would very much decide how the federal government responds to a possible, imminent, or actual nuclear strike on a county of some 10 million people. for the record i have never made a joke like that about some nowhere town no one's ever heard of 4104053
Reposted by Katygeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026very tired of being told it is the responsibility of urban democratic voters never to risk possibly maybe by chance seeming less than respectful of rural red state life and then watching thousands in nebraska cheer on the president joking about a nuclear strike on me and millions of my neighbors 724030797
Reposted by KatyTina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 06/10/2026The LAPD union is spending millions to defeat a half cent sales tax that would fund firefighters www.latimes.com/california/s... 641096352
Reposted by KatyErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 22hThe French police are so militarized they blew up a 15-yr-old’s hand and took the eye of another one. Why are grenades being used to quell student protestors who are unarmed? Now the labour unions are stepping in to protect the students 6228051021
Reposted by KatyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12hwww.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comFrance halts use of stun grenades after boy's hand blown off in student protestsThe step comes after several groups complained of police using disproportionate force towards teenagers. 315258
Reposted by KatyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12hEverything we've been warning about for years re: policing is playing out globally. 335869
Reposted by KatyNPR @npr.org · 12hResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALan.prOver 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwideResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. 601673985
Reposted by KatyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11hShouldn't the Democrats have something like an Elon Donations Tracker posted on all of their websites and social media? Make this SALIENT? Might it make sense to point out repeatedly that he is a white supremacist and ask the public why he would be backing the GOP? 201061338
Reposted by KatyPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11hif the parties were reversed this would become a weeks long story. As it stands, people will move on by today. 721244
Reposted by KatyMovies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 8hAnd hobby space web hosting was EXPENSIVE back then but we’re not talking about that much money comparatively. I feel like we lost a lot of fun “just for the heck of it” online activities to the whole “make it a revenue stream” attitude 220724
Reposted by Katy𝒮𝒽ℯ-ℛ𝒶 @riptodeesse.blacksky.app · 10hEvery time you touched a woman’s back or butt to get by her. Every time she told you no and you talked her into it anyway. Every time you ignored your boy on some fucked up shit he talking about or did. Every. Time. You allowed rape culture to fester. You should feel guilty. Now learn something 08863
Reposted by KatyAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11h"To fight back, Americans need to learn the counterspy techniques of C.I.A. officers: using multiple sources to check information; testing those sources regularly for reliability; never getting complacent and trusting one source without thinking." 1119760
Reposted by KatyCraig Garrett @betatronic.bsky.social · 9hHaving recently attended a 4-hour "AI Essentials for Parents" session at AFT's National Academy for AI Instruction, I can confirm! It began with "how to make informed choices" and ended with a 1-hr tutorial for your child to use ChatGPT/Copilot/Claude as a "study buddy and thought partner". 🤨 416941
Reposted by KatyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 9hAI has completely changed the game on calendar invite spam. I wake up every day to fake legal notices and meetings from hacked strangers that take up my entire calendar which I then must manually delete. Nothing has ever made me more #efficient than the beautiful future created by #AI. 491799170
Reposted by Katyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026anyway remember that tim carney is one of the “reasonable” conservatives 23187580
Reposted by Katyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic” 19268611073
Reposted by KatyEli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The fascist monopolization of US media, intent on ending what's left of democracy on behalf of billionaire mobsters, was finalized by a Democratic-appointed SCOTUS justice. 281384438
Reposted by KatyKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026Every day I have a new reason to hate AI, but today’s is that they faked the work of one of my longtime collaborators. 51065332
Reposted by KatyEli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 23h"And 👏 we 👏 did 👏 nothing 👏 to 👏 stop 👏 it 👏." 271778321
Reposted by KatyMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 23hthe tech industry is about to invent books 558207494044
Reposted by Katytoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 187110653015
Reposted by Katyleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026this is about me and i'm not sorry! i don't have time to read about foreplay and where the g spot is or whatever. i'm sure spending hours and hours fucking your wife is a good ROI if you're unemployed but some of us have jobs also claude has a huge hog so that's another point in the AI column 679787
Reposted by KatyNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I was told Zohran Mamdani would instantly turn New York into a crime-ridden hellscape. Yet murders are down almost 20%, year over year. 203 people have been slain, about 22.5 per month. In 1990, that average was *251 per month.* NYC has never been this safe. 25910169
Reposted by KatyK.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026*SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION* My book STAY WOKE isn't on bookshop.org YET, but if you would like to help me make the physical release a reality I would appreciate you following and eventually backing the project below! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/k...bookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 022
Reposted by KatyJason Scott @textfiles.com · 06/10/2026Quick shout-out to the guy who was talking to one of our patron services chatbots and calling it "shitbot" and constantly insulting it even after it asked not to, even though, in actual point, we don't use patron service chatbots and the stream of abuse was aimed at an actual person. 525229
Reposted by KatyMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Not the biggest deal in the world obviously, just another small example of how robots are flooding the internet with convincing-sounding lies 539012
Reposted by KatyLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There was a book I used to have (which I wish I hadn’t gotten rid of after Obergefell) called Why You Should Give a Damn About Gay Marriage. It laid out all the ways that federal marriage recognition helps you, and taxes is THE big one. 814529
Reposted by KatyLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Don’t let anyone tell you that you can cobble together a facsimile of a marriage from powers of attorney, etc, and it’s just as good. If it was just as good the straight people would be doing that. 512015
Reposted by KatyMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base 2456308891