Reposted by Kathryn CotoGabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 7hThat's one way to think of it but I also think of parents and grandparents generation who still desired children in the midst of the horrors of Jim Crow apartheid and racial tyranny. The world has always been a terrible place. 1222
Reposted by Kathryn CotoMeg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 7hPlease remember that for every VE Schwab and Stephen King, there are a lot of banned Black, queer, and POC writers you've never heard of, to whom it is maybe not a badge of honor but a denial of their voice. Being banned is not a marketing opportunity, unless one is already rich. 11023435
Reposted by Kathryn CotoMatthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 04/10/2026I've been going through publicly available information relative to the possible Y. pestis (pneumonic plague) incident in Russia. Reports are conflicting—we do not have a clear picture of what's happening. And even under the best of circumstances the Russian government isn't exactly transparent 🧵 415535
Reposted by Kathryn CotoSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I increasingly think Ai is has a purpose and it’s to empower a handful of very weird, possibly psychotic, men to have total control over the masses. 18874168
Reposted by Kathryn Cotogamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026CNN making this sound more mysterious than it is. It was Yersinia pestis, the plague, the researcher died because she inhaled it into her lungs and developed pneumonic plague, there is no danger but to those directly exposed in the lab. Fear-mongering in the time of global terror is a sick choice. 311178340
Reposted by Kathryn CotoAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wait, what?! Holy shit! 412058
Reposted by Kathryn CotoCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026there are vanishingly few principles that Donald Trump holds to, but by far the most important one is a universal admiration and fellowship with sex criminals 181167296
Reposted by Kathryn Cotothe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dismantling ICE means dismantling the surveillance regime that powers it. 528570
Kathryn Coto @kathryncoto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I had to wait to finish five iron infusions (😭), but I'm getting both soon! 000
Reposted by Kathryn CotoMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants. 303168935010
Reposted by Kathryn CotoReactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The best middle grade fiction can be loved by everyone! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends curses, human-shark hybrids, quest fatigue for your fall reading list!reactormag.comMiddle Grade SFF for Young Readers — And the Young at Heart - ReactorStories featuring mysterious spellbooks, dysfunctional robots, and so much more... 13316
Reposted by Kathryn CotoArden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole. 2667992569
Reposted by Kathryn CotoChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026meanwhile people have been telling us since 2025 that we have to vote for him in 2028 131500251
Reposted by Kathryn CotoBoze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years. 252097777
Reposted by Kathryn CotoRep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s the Billionaires versus the rest of us. Photo from @thetnholler.bsky.social 10318117
Kathryn Coto @kathryncoto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula. 010
Reposted by Kathryn CotoErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Everyone’s gonna memory hole this like they do her racism and antisemitism but this is your regular reminder that Joyce Carol Oates fucking sucks and just because she sometimes makes a funny tweet doesn’t erase how much she fucking sucks. 331485339
Kathryn Coto @kathryncoto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As one of London's critique partners, I promise this book has wit, lush prose, messy queers, 1920s Spanish history (that is sadly relevant to right now), gods and (human) monsters, magic and adventure! 010
Kathryn Coto @kathryncoto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As one of London's critique partners, I promise this book is witty and heartrending and gorgeously written. 😍😍😍 010
Reposted by Kathryn CotoLondon Sharps @londonc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026MEXICAN GOTHIC × 10K DOORS OF JANUARY 💃Merche craves fame but her leg was crushed. The goddess will heal her but demands her body for a war with the god of war and the fascists bringing him back. Merche must outsmart the secret police & gods or lose her body, mind & humanity #DVPit #A #F #Hist #Q 201
Reposted by Kathryn CotoSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 30/09/2026Tonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice. 291909389
Reposted by Kathryn CotoSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling. 781557638
Reposted by Kathryn CotoWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Expand the Supreme Court www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...huffpost.comSupreme Court Lets Trump Continue Third-Country Deportations For NowThe decision allows the administration to continue removing immigrants to countries they’re not from and have never been to. 59684207
Reposted by Kathryn CotoSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We really are in hell. 523523
Reposted by Kathryn CotoGrace 🏳️⚧️ @gemofamara.com · 28/09/2026framing this as being *caused by ai* is just not accurate. streaming not being as profitable as hoped while theatrical and cable revenues decline is basically the whole story. 1608
Reposted by Kathryn CotoPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"But now Billy was dead, and the state of Connecticut said he owed $232,733 for room and board during his earlier prison stay. Selling the house where DeSenti now lived alone would help satisfy that debt." ctmirror.org/2026/09/27/t...ctmirror.orgThey served their time in prison. Then the bills arrived.Hundreds of CT residents have had money seized through a law that allows the state to charge a fee for every day a person spends in prison. 22496294
Reposted by Kathryn CotoLouisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I would literally rather see you scribble a stick figure on a postit note than whatever you’re considering doing with AI 417128
Reposted by Kathryn CotoRevolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Hakeem Jeffries' House commission on AI is stacked with lawmakers who've received huge campaign contributions from Big Tech and AI companies.levernews.comBig AI’s Favorite Democrats Are Writing The Party’s AI PlanHakeem Jeffries’ five-member AI commission is stacked with lawmakers backed by industry super PACs seeking to shape federal policy. 1516582
Reposted by Kathryn CotoErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Nor’Easter is heading towards the east coast so reminder that if you have any other option DO NOT put your body in flood water. It has raw sewage, gasoline, chemicals, medical waste, radiological waste and more — anything the water touches. People die from infections after contact with it. 11558227
Reposted by Kathryn CotoSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 25/09/2026All these elected officials do is go on cable news to blab about problems we know really well because they dedicated decades of their lives to not solving them. 15321111
Reposted by Kathryn CotoJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 25/09/2026it's quite remarkable how a failed war in iran has pushed: -american mortgage rates up -bond rates up -consumer price index up -gas prices up -stress levels up -the president's net worth up. 321953
Reposted by Kathryn CotoAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Funny that the end of the statement from guys like this is never "and that's why I am no longer funding AI companies and am instead using my wealth to help communities fight data centers and lobbying to get AI out of schools." 17921
Reposted by Kathryn CotoAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 25/09/2026first attempt at water, I think the errant dog hairs stuck to the pastel are a nice touch 1032508122
Reposted by Kathryn Coto🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026History will not forgive us . We do not deserve it 012043
Reposted by Kathryn CotoMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 684249165520
Reposted by Kathryn CotoCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026The best way to console ourselves about the international shit sandwich buffet that we will have to consume in the coming years is to build out a massive train network, provide health care to all, and take out our aggressions on the billionaires. 636556
Reposted by Kathryn CotoSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy. 12748751145
Reposted by Kathryn CotoPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New Gallup poll has US approval of socialism at highest level ever. Women, people of color, Democrats, and people aged 18-34 all view socialism more positively than capitalism. Among people aged 35-54 and those who make less than $99K, socialism & capitalism are neck and neck. 1124269
Reposted by Kathryn CotoSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026That’s America’s mayor. 134324
Reposted by Kathryn CotoErin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is human trafficking on a massive scale. 332304782
Reposted by Kathryn Cotodamniel spookradski @self.agency · 23/09/2026it's not enough that they stole all the web's content, they're also stealing all the web's traffic so that they can serve ads on what they stole and profit from it 228390
Reposted by Kathryn CotoAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill 25053871292
Reposted by Kathryn CotoDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Texas is currently the only U.S. state with “very high” COVID-19 levels in wastewater. California, Florida and Washington aren’t far behind, with all three reporting “high” levels. Source: www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... Archive: archive.li/8M6lt 48740
Reposted by Kathryn CotoFascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Just also want to note that trans people and advocates for the unhoused have told people for years that Gavin Newsom is trash. If this is what makes people realize how awful he is, great, but I really hope this is also a wake-up call to listen the first time someone tells you who they really are. 61418563
Reposted by Kathryn CotoWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Here you go! The Ellison Billionaire Empire. 55284157