Reposted by Kat Herinecait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"indoor cats are miserable and they long for the outdoors and you are depriving them of their true nature by trapping them inside" okay here's my cat when he was outdoors vs now that's he's indoors 1236853703
Reposted by Kat HerineJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We must be prepared for that traitor in the White House to do ANYTHING to fuck with the midterm elections this year. Anything. And when he does, we must be prepared to do anything to defend our elections. 523106722985
Reposted by Kat HerineElizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When a president tries to silence critical journalism AND replace it with government propaganda, that's a direct attack on our democracy. Trump's media bans are unconstitutional and un-American. 621042305
Reposted by Kat HerineJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Some Dartmouth context for our provost alleged to have used AI extensively in his academic & public writing. Also worth noting that our administration has invested heavily in AI, without faculty consultation. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...chronicle.comOpinion | My Students Hate AI. But They Can’t Stop Using It.Big Tech has gotten them addicted to cheating, and they’ve internalized the blame. 638162
Reposted by Kat HerineIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 22/09/2026VERY IMPORTANT NEWS: It’s Fat Bear Week! I do love a fat bear 🐻 explore.org/fat-bear-weekexplore.orgFat Bear Week 2026 - Explore.orgExplore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity... 824577
Kat Herine @h2o2kat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Never did I ever...imagine this situation happening in the US. 010
Kat Herine @h2o2kat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Almost #caturday: Derby is worried his bad boy image is now ruined after he was caught cuddling his new friend. Derby, "Not cuddling, just happened to be sitting real close together" 140
Reposted by Kat HerinePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by private equity Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its listtheankler.comPrivate Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The AnklerLike music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP 20368214
Reposted by Kat HerineWashington State Standard @washingtonstatestandard.com · 18/09/2026Professors, staff and lawmakers shared a dire outlook on the state of the University of Washington. They’re calling for more staff and faculty involvement in decision-making. In case you missed this one:washingtonstatestandard.comProfs and staff give UW a failing grade for budget and bureaucracy troubles • Washington State StandardProfessors, staff and lawmakers on the panel shared a dire outlook on the state of the University of Washington. 0101
Kat Herine @h2o2kat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Struggling w/these tasks, but I did not say to anyone at work "I cannot spin your shit into gold" 010
Kat Herine @h2o2kat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I will go to lay my beat-ass body in front of the bulldozers. 000
Reposted by Kat HerineMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026New Yorkers should know whether the apartment they’re looking at is real. That’s why we’re working to require apartment listings to clearly disclose when images and videos have been generated by AI. Finding a home in New York is hard enough without artificially generating more problems.nytimes.comIs That Fireplace Real or A.I.?Listing sites are littered with homes with fake fireplaces, improved views and virtual landscaping, raising false advertising concerns. 8459891016
Reposted by Kat HerinePunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🎶 Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb 🍒 Released 50 years ago today 🍒Cherry Bomb, the debut Single by the Runaways 🍒 #50years #therunaways #cherrybomb #punkrockhistory 121552
Reposted by Kat HerineDano Loves Music @danolovesmusic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026#AlbumADay (564) Ramones “Leave Home” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My 6th favorite album of 1977 0251
Reposted by Kat HerinePunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 16/09/202649 years ago today In memory of Marc Bolan, singer, guitarist and songwriter, great friend and supporter of punk rock movement, who died too young on this day in 1977 as a result of a car accident #punk #punkrock #glamrock #marcbolan #trex #punkrockhistory #history #otd 415524
Reposted by Kat HerinePunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Happy Birthday to Gary Miller aka Dr. Know, guitarist of hardcore punk band Bad Brains, born September 15, 1958, Washington DC 📸 Edward Colver #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #badbrains #drknow #history #punkrockhistory #otd 021336
Reposted by Kat HerinePunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 14/09/202637 years ago today Quickness is the fourth full-length studio album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains, released on this day in 1989. #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #quickness #badbrains #history #punkrockhistory 212019
Reposted by Kat HerineThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2026In Opinion If A.I. “could destroy human life on earth, why continue to build it? Often the answer is that since its development is inevitable, responsible actors need to get there first,” Michelle Goldberg writes. But that explanation “doesn’t account for tech leaders’ messianic dreams.”nyti.msOpinion | Why Tech Oligarchs Are Willing to Risk ApocalypseSilicon Valley’s strange new theology. 3018054
Reposted by Kat HerineIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/09/2026Pretending the days after Sept. 11, 2001 were some kind of gauzy Hallmark special when we came together as a country is nauseating and ahistorical. The country went completely insane and has not recovered 13877991480
Reposted by Kat HerineThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/20269/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them." 442225376056
Reposted by Kat HerineChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026I absolutely LOVE this. Christian Bale spent roughly 17 years fighting to make this happen. This week, his foster-care village opened in Palmdale, California: 12 homes built specifically to help keep siblings together when they enter foster care. 724267116330
Reposted by Kat HerineOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Download Hundreds of Issues of Jugend, Germany’s Pioneering Art Nouveau Magazine (1896–1940)openculture.comDownload Hundreds of Issues of Jugend, Germany’s Pioneering Art Nouveau Magazine (1896–1940)It’s an ungainly word for English speakers, which is maybe why we do not hear it often: Gleichschaltung. Yet the concept remains central for a clear view of what happened to Germany in the 1930s. 16434
Kat Herine @h2o2kat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026May say I'm Doomer | But I'm not the only one www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u... 100
Reposted by Kat HerineBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me 375225744
Reposted by Kat HerineMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now. 12168191636
Reposted by Kat HerineThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026JON STEWART: “They began covering their ass 3 weeks after 9/11… There was poison in the air, on the ground, on your pets/clothes… THE CITY KNEW. Rather than limit the damage, they covered it up… After 9/11, business will never be usual again.” (From @mamdanibulletin.bsky.social ) 383162175390
Reposted by Kat HerineAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026They really are just openly trying to buy votes now. Trump says every adult American will get a $5,000 “Trump dividend”, but only if Republicans win both the House and Senate in November. 2622060517
Reposted by Kat HerinePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 10/09/2026They are coming for Mifepristone and have been for a while. I can't tell you how much worse things are going to be if they criminalize it. If you are in NYC, come to our teach in about abortion on October 3: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/a... - do not be passive.interruptingcriminalization.comAbortion: A Community Teach-In — Interrupting CriminalizationAre you curious about how the rightwing successfully overturned Roe v Wade? Are you wondering how organizers and advocates are thinking about what comes next? Join Interrupting Criminalization for a t... 1420222
Reposted by Kat HerineMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/09/2026"Yeah, we know, we’re seen as boring and old and out of touch. But we’re hungry for progress. As long as it feels scripted and familiar. We’re ready to usher in profound change, abstracted into a focus-group-tested campaign slogan." buff.ly/tt1slzKmcsweeneys.netThese Exciting Progressive Candidates Who Might Lose Must Be Replaced by Boring Moderates Who Will Definitely Lose“Yeah, we know, we’re seen as boring and old and out of touch. But we’re hungry for progress. As long as it feels scripted and familiar. We’re ready to usher... 621971
Reposted by Kat HerineRadio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is legally ludicrous and morally wrong. The Preamble to the Constitution anticipates this sort of public trust and welfare issue. The judges also insist: “there was no constitutional right to “truthful information from officials during a public health crisis.” The judges are wrong. #RFAusatoday.comNo constitutional right to clean water, federal court findsThe 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit from Mississippi residents related to lead-contaminated water. 109140
Reposted by Kat HerineThe Onion @theonion.com · 08/09/2026Americans Celebrate 10 Millionth ‘Bring Yourself To Work Day theonion.com/americans-celebrate-10… 81427159
Reposted by Kat HerineOpen Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 07/09/2026John Cleese on How “Stupid People Have No Idea How Stupid They Are” (Otherwise Known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect)openculture.comJohn Cleese on How “Stupid People Have No Idea How Stupid They Are” (Otherwise Known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect)Monty Python icon John Cleese had this to say about Marjorie Taylor Greene yesterday: 'She is the perfect example of someone who is not intelligent enough to realise that she's not very intelligent. H... 2319
Reposted by Kat HerineMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It is journalistic malpractice that major news outlets are not producing 5-alarm-fire reports to warn the public that the president of the United States is out of his mind. 902219628
Reposted by Kat HerineThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026"There are times to listen and treasure what the voters are telling you. Then there are times to understand that what the voters are telling you shouldn't necessarily guide how you think about your offense." @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social argues Democrats should talk about Trump's corruption: 30600143
Reposted by Kat HerineThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/09/2026Breaking News: Robin Morgan, a prolific feminist writer, radical activist and former Ms. magazine editor, has died. She was 85.nyti.msRobin Morgan, Voice of Radical Feminism, Dies at 85She edited the landmark 1970 anthology “Sisterhood Is Powerful,” led Ms. magazine and helped build the institutions of the modern feminist movement. 1714646
Kat Herine @h2o2kat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Happy #Caturday from the most cartoon cat in many a land. 161
Reposted by Kat HerineAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026So the Trump administration has brought polygraphs back to multiple departments because information keeps getting out. Just a reminder: take precautions, protect your identity, and never assume your communications are completely private. 601962513
Reposted by Kat HerineLA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The Mirror US: Iran's not the only country to ignore Trump's threats. We've seen Canada do it, China, Europe, of course Iran. Trump is getting ignored around the world, because he has no credibility and he is very weak. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed 16395186
Reposted by Kat HerineSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March 252249176954
Reposted by Kat HerineGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social 440122905642
Reposted by Kat HerineDan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Lost an old friend yesterday and sometimes it just bums me out how atomizing and separated life is past a certain age. All I want to do is be with our people and everybody's spread to the damn winds and buried under shit to do. You wedge your grief into the time between errands. Time's an asshole. 91938
Reposted by Kat HerineMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A group of major medical organizations released recommendations this morning for Covid, flu and RSV vaccination, including guidance for the general population as well as specifics for children, people over 65, pregnant people and immunocompromised people. Here's a guide.nytimes.comYour Guide to Covid, Flu and R.S.V. Vaccines This Fall (Gift Article)Major medical groups released new recommendations on who should get the shots, citing a lack of strong guidance from the federal government. 12317189