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Katherine Speller

@kathriller.bsky.social
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Author: “The Beasts in Your Brain” | Journalist, tired guy | Formerly: SheKnows, Parents, HuffPost | Substack: Drunk Bathroom Girls t.co/I7Zb86b4pw

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The premise of The Muppet Show should be that it's a pseudo-real time hospital drama depicting one busy shift at a Pittsburgh hospital over the course of 15 hour-long episodes.
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
THE PREMISE IS THAT THE MUPPETS ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW CALLED THE MUPPET SHOW
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
this summer’s hottest arm candy is a plague of boils. that’s how you sound rn
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
i wonder if maybe tech guys should’ve maybe had a better pitch for AI than ‘fuck you you have no choice’
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
can we sometimes be asking "what qualifies this guy to speak on this subject?" or has that ship sailed
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa
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HK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Been trying to articulate this on the show for years and he just comes out and says it
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ah hell RIP Glen Hansard www.youtube.com/watch?v=cavb...
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Glen Hansard - "Hold On Magnolia" (Live)
YouTube video by Stereogum
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
a mood board week in review
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/07/2026
Justin Pearson on data centers: We are being asked to sacrifice our drinking water to cool computers whose main use case is to take our jobs.
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Katie Miller said something weird and incorrect about both therapy and the Roman Empire -- so we ran it by a therapist and a historian for a quick fact check. www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-...
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Katie Miller Just Slammed Therapy In A Bizarre Roman Empire-Related Post
“This is how countries weaken and fall apart.”
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Monica Torres @monicatorrr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Asked paid-leave researchers about the consequences of JD Vance not taking parental leave: “When dad doesn’t take leave, the message is sent that caregiving is the responsibility of the mother, and for the dad when and if he has time,” one researcher told me. www.huffpost.com/entry/jd-van...
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JD Vance’s Paternity Leave Decision Reveals A Bigger Issue Facing American Fathers
Experts warn this common choice among new dads could also put marriages under strain. Here’s what you need to know.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Every fucking day of my life I see an article in a centrist outlet titled What The Democrats Need to Do Now by John H. Republican and the entire argument is “Be more Republican.”
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
if you're going at the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl in such a way that it gets you carded, please get in touch
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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 21/07/2026
Hey, that's a nice [THING YOU DO FOR PERSONAL PLEASURE], be a real shame if somebody were to [CONVINCE YOU TO MONETIZE IT, TRANSFORMING YOUR RELATIONSHIP INTO AN OBLIGATION AND ROBBING YOU OF JOY]
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Loved playing around with this story on getting back with an ex -- because this is often considered a tragic, harmful or shitty path to take in a culture that flattens relationships in black-and-white ways in a misguided attempt at self protection. www.huffpost.com/entry/gettin...
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What Relationship Experts REALLY Want You To Know About Getting Back With An Ex
Therapists say these types of love stories aren’t always disastrous — as long as you ask yourself this one major question.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The inimitable, sublime Louise Glück:
TELEMACHUS DETACHMENT
When I was a child looking at my parents' lives, you know what I thought? I thought heartbreaking. Now I think heartbreaking, but also insane. Also very funny.
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Earlier this week took a stab at covering the weird "alpha" obsession of MAGA via this Ingraham segment. It gave an interesting glimpse of the modern masculinity crisis and the unrecognized grief behind the "alpha male" myth. www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-...
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Laura Ingraham's Comments About What 'Normal Men' Want Got A Little... Weird
“Alpha male Trump has driven Democrats absolutely bonkers,” the anchor said on a Fox News segment.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"There's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth." Probably not a good sign when federal officials sound exactly like abusive husbands
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
1. Fire all employees on week 1 of a Democratic administration. Everyone. No exceptions. 2. Start now to pull together state-based ICE People's Assemblies. Collect testimonies about impacts on your communities. Release reports by December 2028. 3. REPARATIONS for all ICE victims - $$ & citizenship
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Marielle Hellraiser 💀 @mags.colvett.online · 16/07/2026
Raffi you’re so right
Threads post from raffi_music:
stay creative. after Baby Beluga, I didn't worry about how can I top that.. just kept growing as a person and musically. 14 years later, Bananaphone!
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 15/07/2026
The Defense Secretary said the push to provide this care was not about artificial enhancements. “It’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities.”
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Pete Hegseth's Latest Comments Highlight One Of MAGA's Weirdest 'Health' Obsessions
The Defense Secretary said the push to provide this care was not about artificial enhancements. “It’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities.”
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The masculinity theater of it all. www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
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Huh?! Pete Hegseth Announces Bizarre New Health Screening For Service Members
The Defense Secretary said the push to provide this care was not about artificial enhancements. “It’s about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities.”
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
agree. to add: it would be cool in general for online culture to self consciously cultivate a couple middle gears between totally writing off the value of a person and nihilist total impunity
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 08/07/2026
Hell yes.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 08/07/2026
Fights? Between parents and teenagers? Groundbreaking.
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3 Painfully Common Fights Parents Have With Teens (And How To Actually Resolve Them)
Fights? Between parents and teenagers? Groundbreaking.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/07/2026
Just thinking this morning about how many women are forced to serve up the most intimate and horrible moments of their pasts because people blast through a veritable thicket of red flags in support of a political candidate, and in retaliation, they are smeared and harassed.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 06/07/2026
there are very few jobs in the world where you can disappear for weeks without providing an explanation, and "member of congress" should not be one of them, imo
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
it’s so weird that we’re not all on the same page about minding our business and being normal about sex and gender. it’s so easy to just fucking chill out. just not my business, babe. no problem!!!!
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 30/06/2026
“OMG they yassified her."
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MAGA Just Gave Abigail Adams One Of The Weirdest AI Glow-Ups You’ll Ever See — And The Reason Is Telling
“OMG they yassified her."
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 26/06/2026
“If you had a choice, it wasn’t oppressive,” one poster wrote. “Why is that hard to understand?”
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Katie Miller Made A Bizarre Post On Motherhood 'Propaganda.' The Internet Had Thoughts.
“If you had a choice, it wasn’t oppressive,” one poster wrote. “Why is that hard to understand?”
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Katie Miller schlafly'd hard with a post about propaganda and motherhood www.huffpost.com/entry/katie-...
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The Internet Spotted 1 Problem With Katie Miller's 'Bizarre' Newborn 'Propaganda' Post
“If you had a choice, it wasn’t oppressive,” one poster wrote. “Why is that hard to understand?”
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Spoke with experts about Trump's decade-spanning approach to Barack Obama's name — and they say the "dog whistling" has become full-out "howling." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Keeps Using Obama’s Middle Name In A Weird Way. Experts Say It’s Telling.
This is sending a specific — and not particularly subtle — message to his base.
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The reactions to the "Supernanny" star's "uncomfortable" video were telling.
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'Supernanny' Jo Frost Says Parents Are 'Slowly Disabling' Their Kids With This Modern Parenting Trend
"Life skills aren’t optional extras, they are essential building blocks for adulthood.”
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 16/06/2026
You're scrolling Reels and see a beautiful woman revealing the true ingredients in processed food. Into a beaker she pours: corn. The beaker fills, then overflows. She pours on. The corn covers the table, spills onto the floor. She can't control the corn now. An avalanche of corn floods the studio
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 16/06/2026
I think every media person who has spent the last 3-4 years warning everyone that AI is a scam should, when the bubble bursts, get one billion dollars each to run our normal businesses for the next 1000 years. seems fair.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 16/06/2026
The impact of this experience is greater than people realize, and experts agree it’s incredibly beneficial.
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‘Collective Effervescence’ Is Good For You. Here’s What You Can Do To Experience It.
The impact of this experience is greater than people realize, and experts agree it’s incredibly beneficial.
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Brittany Wong @brittanywong.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Once relegated "murky, reactionary corners on the internet," transvestigations are racist, transphobic and misogynistic all at once. The fact that Black women are disproportionately targeted is predicable; transvestigators tend to draw on racist, debunked phrenological tropes to make their case.
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A UFC Fighter Called Michelle Obama A Man At The White House — It's Part Of An Alarming Trend
These conspiracy theories, once relegated to "murky, reactionary corners on the internet," are racist, transphobic and misogynistic.
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Insults often tell you a lot more about the person hurling them than the target.
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Trump Slung A Nasty Insult At A Group He's Obsessed With — And Experts Say This Word Cuts Deep
"I watch all these ingrates, they’re always complaining ... they didn’t build anything," Trump said. "They couldn’t build anything."
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Wrote about the "masculinity theater" of MAGA via Hegseth's workout videos.
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Experts Spot The 'Masculinity Theater' Behind Pete Hegseth's Latest Workout Video
"These men represent the government. They represent the nation. They represent Trump’s ideal in particular, the right-wing ideals of manhood and masculinity."
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Monica Torres @monicatorrr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A new survey found that almost half of Christians would trust AI for spiritual advice and I talked to experts and Christians about why. “It was kind of taking the role of a pastor,” one Christian told me. “I needed someone to talk to that wouldn’t judge me." www.huffpost.com/entry/using-...
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AI Gospel Is Growing — Spiritual Experts Share What Worries Them Most About It
"It starts to feel like there’s a person behind it until you remind yourself, 'No, this is a machine,'" one user said.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 05/06/2026
If you're wondering whether they'll eat your flesh, keep reading.
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The Flesh-Eating Screwworm Is Here — But Its Name Is Misleading People
If you're wondering whether they'll eat your flesh, keep reading.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
‘dear rax, my middle class parents are ashamed that i clean houses for a living’ www.patreon.com/posts/160262...
You have nothing to be ashamed of, though. You're doing good, necessary work, and it's not your fault the work has been so thoroughly devalued as to make you an object of other people's shame. That shame isn't about you, by the way. It's not about wishing you were an architect or an oral surgeon, though that's the externalized shape it may take. Your parents are ashamed because their kid cleans houses, which
forces them to recognize that there's no difference between them and the people who clean houses. A house cleaner is no longer an unfortunate to be pitied, an uneducated bum whose crappy life plays out across a thank-God-unbridgeable divide. They share their
DNA with one. No difference at all.
In a just civilization that understood its humanity a little better, parents would be ashamed to admit their kids were tech CEOs or finance titans. If that sounds polemical, then I guess a rational evaluation of evidence must be polemical. What did a house cleaner ever do to any of us, except try to make our environments a little sweeter? Versus what do the tech CEOs do? The finance bros? Some people are made important by their work while others are made untouchable by theirs, and boy do most of us get it backwards on which is which.
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dangerwillrobinson @dangerwrites.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
don’t talk to me or my hideous son ever again
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This advice notoriously has the opposite effect for people who are freaked out.
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Trump's 1 A.M. Advice Perfectly Demonstrates How NOT To Talk To People Who Are Freaked Out
Anyone feeling relaxed yet?
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I was over/undering on whether it as going to be a 2am crashout about this -- but early bird special won out.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
i woke up this morning like anyone would: to the sound of the montenegrin teenager whose family lives across the street BLASTING hinder’s lips of an angel from his parents’ minivan
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Katherine Speller @kathriller.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
It sure does feel like he's slapping his face (and his mugshot) on public property. Nonverbal communication experts say that's intentional. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Keeps Putting This 1 Photo Everywhere — And It's More Intentional Than You'd Think
"The visual message is not 'trust me' but 'take me seriously,''' one expert explained.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 21/05/2026
Is this even legal?
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People Just Found Out Meta 'Deployed Momfluencers' For A Sketchy Reason — And Lawyers Have Thoughts
Is this even legal?
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