Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 3hMy Crimean Peninsula-born grandfather, who emigrated here to escape violence and persecution I can’t even imagine, would be so disappointed in our abdication of our Responsibility to Protect. It’s so shameful what we are doing. Vote. 001
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 3hIt’s great to see. And it also breaks my heart when I think of the damage done in the time it took a consequential number of people to see the obvious. 010
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 4hReally good episode of The Daily with @stevenstrogatz.com about AI and the mathematics profession that left me verklempt thinking about my nephrologist father and how enthralled he’d be by the possibilities (and dire warnings) concerning AI. Highly recommend tissues. pca.st/episode/7b8f...pca.stWhen A.I. Comes for Your Purpose in LifeArtificial intelligence has gone from struggling with basic arithmetic to helping solve some of mathematics’ most famous open problems — and the field is reckoning with what that means.Steven… 000
Reposted by Kai Kronfieldf the new york times @fnyt.bsky.social · 7hAmsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum Says It Reached Funding Deal and Won’t Have to Close (Gift Article) (yesterday) f the nytnytimes.comAmsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum Says It Reached Funding Deal and Won’t Have to Close (Gift Article)In a yearslong dispute, the Amsterdam institution pressed the Dutch government for an increased annual subsidy to pay for what the museum said were vital renovations. 001
Reposted by Kai KronfieldAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 14hi see somebody has a pet issue 5504
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 12hTrying to get people acclimated to gruesome public death to make the proposed execution more palatable? Down the road, it makes putting people on the wall easier when they’ve become numb to it 010
Reposted by Kai KronfieldChris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 14hThat's known as a Leobectomy 151
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 14hI respect how he waited till the White Sox off-season to have his surgery, like a good team captain would. Godspeed, Leo. #FuckCancer 000
Reposted by Kai KronfieldJessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 16htheintercept.com/2026/10/13/a...theintercept.comDon’t Stop at ICE, Says Progressive Dem: Abolish the Department of Homeland SecurityThe bill to eliminate the Department of Homeland Security comes a day after the HSI raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home. 18332
Reposted by Kai KronfieldJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This is quite literally what happened to one of my grandparents in 1933. You know, in case we still have folks in the “it’s not fascism if it doesn’t meet these very specific, arbitrary characteristics based on my own refusal to accept responsibility to oppose it” crowd. 2611155
Reposted by Kai KronfieldAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Detailed study of the dissemination of the spinach decimal point error, which was repeated thousands of times, convincing millions that spinach was a great source of iron compared to other veggies, all faked but caused by citing citations of citations without checking. 1418079
Reposted by Kai KronfieldEric Wahl @ericwahl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026So sad to learn of the passing of RJ Mitte, a staunch disability rights advocate & excellent actor. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...theguardian.comRJ Mitte, actor best known for Breaking Bad role, dies aged 34Mitte, who played Walter White Jr on acclaimed show, had cerebral palsy and advocated for disability representation 1242
Reposted by Kai KronfieldPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/10/2026why would you believe electeds who were pro-defunding policing and have now renounced that position (as "woke 1), when they say they will "abolish ICE?" 1734977
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This is a big deal. as far as I understand it, this is a test case for trump's intentions to destroy and privatize many National Parks. If he can get his way here, it sets precedent for further destruction/sales of our public lands. 031
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I'd been using the phrase The Great Diminishment to describe this era of American decline. Superpower suicide is so much more apt because it implies intentionality. 010
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This can't be what the vaunted "Founders" intended. John Roberts has thoroughly corrupted campaign finance with Citizens United. 000
Reposted by Kai Kronfieldkate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Is this supposed to discourage me from seeing the movie? 1274047629
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Any federal employee using disappearing messages should be immediately fired and prosecuted. There are already laws about this, no? 081
Reposted by Kai KronfieldKameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 12/10/2026Downloading some fresh ebooks from Libby and thinking again about how the library is so magical. 61539
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 12/10/2026He went from “boyfriend” to “friend” in the space of one post. Friend-zoned for eternity. 0110
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 12/10/2026That SO many fail. “First, they came for the [trans people] And I did not speak out Because I was not [trans]” Who goes under the bus next? 130
Reposted by Kai KronfieldWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Don’t throw trans people under the bus. It’s not hard. It’s also such a clear litmus test. 929462
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Did that for Obama in both TX for the primary and CO for the general, and being a white guy from SF, I was NOT prepared for the level of open racism and bigotry coming out of peoples’ mouths 😳 0140
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I hate that we live in a world where these are needed things. Men have to do better. 030
Reposted by Kai KronfieldKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I'll take any excuse to post this evisceration of America's dullest centrist pundit. If you've never read it before, enjoy.phillymag.comDavid Brooks: Boo-Boos in ParadiseThe classic 2004 examination of David Brooks’s “Bobos in Paradise” by Philadelphia magazine’s Sasha Issenberg. 3655070
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Me: Couldn't be worse than the Oregon Ducks' Monster Energy Drink ones yesterday, for which they deserved that loss. Turns on tv: Oy vey. 110
Reposted by Kai Kronfielddepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better 58151742916
Reposted by Kai KronfieldBaseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 11/10/202651 Years Ago Today: Comedy legend George Carlin brilliantly describes the differences between football and baseball on the first episode of Saturday Night Live! (October 11, 1975) #SNL #1970s #History #MLB #NFL 214228
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Come on SF! Let's try it again, but with feeling this time.sfgate.comGeorge W. Bush Sewage Plant plan is on ballotThe Department of Elections on Thursday informed those supporters, the self-proclaimed... 000
Reposted by Kai Kronfields. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 11/10/2026Repeat after me: Yes on 40, no on 41 and 42, which are designed to cancel out 40! 728431758
Reposted by Kai KronfieldTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 11/10/20263/3 One nice benefit is the lack of trolls pumping out crap this morning. This unconfirmed graphic says bots from Yandex have died, or at least rendered unconscious. Let's hope it stays that way. As some are pointing out, this is a blow to Trump/Republicans ahead of the Midterms. 719946
Reposted by Kai Kronfieldmeterfeldweg.bsky.social @meterfeldweg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026O.k., let's try again. You want to educate yourself. (Good!) You've heard it's complicated. (Not really.) You fear history might be boring. (Not at all!) You just don't know where to start. Well, start here.✍️ Short Course on Palestine (Rashid Khalidi) Part 1 of 5 www.youtube.com/live/H6rjDom...youtube.comShort Course on Palestine Class 1: The Origins of The Hundred Years WarYouTube video by The People's Forum NYC 176
Reposted by Kai KronfieldKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 11/10/2026(waggling my eyebrows sexily at Washington State and California) 332547353
Reposted by Kai Kronfieldhammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yall wanna see a puppy with hiccups getting mad 6140391033
Reposted by Kai KronfieldJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026In my Gender and Jim Crow class, we have a whole session on lynching images. I don’t show the victims, I show the crowds. We zero in on the faces in the crowds, their expressions, the children, the mothers, the picnics, the jubilation…all of it. 6466123
Reposted by Kai KronfieldOmair Ahmad @omairahmad.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Tens of thousands of protestors are facing off against tens of thousands of police in the capital of India, as they demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner who has illegally deleted millions of people from India's electoral rolls. Biggest democracy story on the planet, not in BSky. 3279116
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Behavioral scientists are going to need to look at how and when the shame reflex left these people, because somehow they just keep on proliferating 020
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 10/10/2026No more wavesstatic.klipy.comSpicoli's 'Stupid Dumb' Moment in Fast TimesALT: Spicoli's 'Stupid Dumb' Moment in Fast Times 010
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Not the American Con-Man obituary I wanted to read today, but I’ll take it. 000
Reposted by Kai KronfieldLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4083524110609
Reposted by Kai KronfieldJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Jon Ossoff is going for 2 up 60 30109962
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 10/10/2026perfectly said (and I'm kinda embarrassed that my team (UO) just rubbed their opponents' noses in it like this a few weeks ago, 84-0) 100
Kai Kronfield @kaikronfield.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Let the pearl-clutching from the pedohilia-protecting “conservatives” begin 100
Reposted by Kai KronfieldDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 09/10/2026Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells 642359843