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Kathryn Tomasek

@kathryntomasek.bsky.social
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Digital scholarly editing, TEI/XML. Histories of women & gender. Opinions my own. My grandparents were children of immigrants—birthright citizens. Against erasure. For human rights, kindness, joy. Protect immigrants. Due process.

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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 18h
Read banned books. If anyone tells you not to read something, that’s your first clue. Find it. Read it. Tell your friends. The Bluest Eye, Beloved, To Kill a Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451, 1984.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sir Ian McKellen orates 'The Stranger's Case' from 'Sir Thomas More' by Shakespeare about the Evil May Day xenophobic riot of 1517 in London. This passage was written 400 years ago, but times never change. Humanity refuses to change its unwarranted bias against 'others'.
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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 03/10/2026
The SE Michigan Public Historical Museum Authority, which includes the Wright Museum, Detroit Historical Museum, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, and other public historical museums in Wayne and Oakland counties, is seeking funding to sustain its institutions. www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/09/27/n...
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New museum authority asking for dedicated funding for variety of locations
Funding is shared between the two institutions and pays for free admission for every Oakland and Wayne county resident and the care of nearly 300,000 publicly-owned artifacts.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
It’s not just the 7. Or the 57. It’s the whole system.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good news: Wilber Garces Perez finally had surgery to remove the bullet that was in his back for 11 days. It took far too long, and it's more proof of ICE cruelty. But we kept up the pressure, and Wilber got the care he needed. Speaking up for our neighbors works.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Billionaires are pouring millions of dollars into our state to buy this senate seat. Big Money is powerful, but it’s nothing compared to People Power. Sign up to knock doors during our Weekend of Action: www.mobilize.us/texasdemocra...
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
October is #breastcancerawareness month. Did you know: Mary Claire King discovered the BRCA1 gene. In the 70s, she told people that one gene might be responsible for inherited breast cancer. No one believed her. In 1990, she found proof. It created a paradigm shift. It saved millions of lives.🧪
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ICE arrested the mom of a 9-year-old at a school bus stop in Austin, leaving him alone and crying. The video has profanity and is heartbreaking to watch, but it shows the fear/pain of what happened. This is evil. This is wrong. And it has to stop.
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
TW lynching. Important thread.
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Interesting thread on a Texas past of which I can be proud. Getting harder and harder to recall the progressive pasts of the state of my birth. High hopes for Gina Hinajosa and James Talarico.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Protect your daughters.” NO. Raise sons who intervene. Raise sons who understand consent. Raise sons who DO NOT protect their friends when their friends harm women.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
neofascism rooted in deep distrust, bordering on hate, of people who seem weak or feminine — people who were born as, or have become, women. robertreich.substack.com/p/cornell-ra...
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Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump
Friends,
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This right here. This is how you respond to their bullshit.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seems like this is a terrific post at Penn State for American political historians: careers.historians.org/jobs/2257321...
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Maida ☠️ @emmaidama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
She is not a name in a case file. She is a human being. She deserves justice, dignity, and to be heard. 🩵 #Pinks 🌸 #IAmJaneDoe #Cornell7
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
REMINDER: Project 2025 calls for the total elimination of the Dept of Education, including ALL Title IX processes. Again, this disgusting Cornell University fiasco took place under the ✨current✨ Title IX landscape. The current higher edu system fails women. The P2025’s regime exacerbates it all.
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Peter Hotez is a good guy. Would make a great Secretary of Health
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Lpeterp @lpeterp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NOTE: these positions are now CENTER in the US...
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
Doctors shouldn’t be punished for providing their patients with legal abortion care—and extremists in Louisiana have no business dictating what doctors in Seattle can and can't do. This was never about states' rights—it was ALWAYS about banning abortion nationwide.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
CEO compensation has increased 1,316% since 1978. And worker compensation? Just 28%. The system is rigged. We need to start taxing the rich so they pay their fair share.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When white nationalist are a part of your voting base
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And born in Rowena, Texas.
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🧵 about what women lose in broader context because of r*pe culture. Constantly taking care of ourselves and everyone else.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just despicable by MS NOW, which has accepted stolen taxpayers dollars for 38 illegal ads. Give me a break with this bullshit statement too. So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross.
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@bsky.app What’s going on with the “discover” feed?
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICE Burns Billions on Detention Camps - Inside, Doctors, Hygiene and Even Basic Safety Are Missing Click on the blue link and the article will open in English kaizen-blog.org/en/ice-verbr...
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ICE verbrennt Milliarden für Haftlager - drinnen fehlen Ärzte, Hygiene und selbst grundlegende Sicherheit
Das Haftsystem der Vereinigten Staaten ist schneller gewachsen, als irgendjemand es geplant hat. Seit Januar 2025 hat die Einwanderungsbehörde ICE ihre Kapazität in einem Tempo hochgetrieben, dem die ...
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🧵 Kinda think that seeing all this kick in might have an effect on midterms.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As we talk about what happened at Cornell, please take a moment to learn about how a young LSU student is fighting for help against that school’s storied football program
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pentagon Wide Open Like a Barn Door - More Than 3 Million Personnel Records Accessible for Months Click on the blue link and the article will open in English kaizen-blog.org/en/pentagon-...
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Pentagon offen wie ein Scheunentor - mehr als 3 Millionen Personaldaten monatelang erreichbar
Im Pentagon liegen die Lebensläufe eines Landes. Namen und Sozialversicherungsnummern. Dazu Angaben darüber, welche Aufgaben Menschen innerhalb des militärischen Apparats übernommen haben. Genau dort ...
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TW The Cornell incident demonstrates persistence of r*pe culture in E ******n Files era. Thank you, Dr Dan and Mrs Dr Dan. We need more people like you.
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026
Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.
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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ
Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Love Fat Bear Week. Backpack definitely deserves the win.
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thread. One response mentions lists as cognition. Tools for thinking. And another shouts “amen!” Anyway, worthwhile little thread. 🧵
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Artemesia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1620 #UnlockingWomensArt
Painting of a dramic scene reflecting two women in the process of beheading a prone man
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Valerie Bertinelli @wolfiesmom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We could’ve had a woman who prosecuted rapists as a president. Instead, we got a rapist as a president. 
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Find out where you can watch the film here.
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MUSK | Only In Select Theaters October 9, Nationwide October 16
An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#MedicareForAllNOW
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#tdih 1962, "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson published, exposed impact of pesticides on environment. Carson was vilified: called a Communist, disloyal, unscientific, and hysterical. Sound familiar? Attacks on truth tellers, with media complicity. See⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/si...
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Sept. 27, 1962: Silent Spring Published
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.
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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Abbott is not only contributing to the deaths of pregnant women, he’s hiding maternal death data. Texans who think women should live will vote for a new governor. #GinaForTexas #AbbottFailsTexas
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
⏰️ Three days left to submit your session and round table proposals for #IMC2027! ⏰️ Information on submitting proposals can be found on our website: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2027/pro... Any questions, email the team at imc@leeds.ac.uk. #medievalsky #skystorians
A seminar room of delegates looking at a presenter pointing at maps on a screen
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cool. Now do Russ Vogt.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
We call this a concentration camp, your honor.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Kathryn Tomasek @kathryntomasek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Apple just raised my subscription price by $2. I’m sure they think it’s too little to notice. They. Are. Wrong. Cancel them all.
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