Reposted by KathyFBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It might seem that the existence of a Fetterman is an indictment of the senatorial system’s design but in fairness the Founders would have expected somebody who behaved like this to get killed in a duel by an irate constituent. 231356172
Reposted by KathyFBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026either your relative thinks you're a gullible idiot or they are themselves a gullible idiot, as like fifteen minutes walking the streets of Beijing and seeing the homeless people would make clear. 1891585
Reposted by KathyFBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Unprecedented corruption www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 692576880
Reposted by KathyFInnocent🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Here’s what’s up over here in England. There are people who save other people at sea. They train in their spare time. They brave rough seas in freezing weather. They save many lives every year. They die sometimes. They aren’t paid. A right-wing “patriotic army” is physically confronting them. 33911
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026So, are data centers the latest iteration of "GMOs Bad!!"? 000
Reposted by KathyFWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Sure, and "Anti-GMO hysteria is really just a proxy for people being upset about the ag industry" is a position someone could have argued for a couple years, but no, it turned out that people just caught brain worms, yet again. 619719
Reposted by KathyFWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 02/09/2026basically it would be really nice if "you have a god-given right to treat anything sufficiently viral as true" wasn't the organizing principle of knowledge online 219917
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Bye Minneapolis. See you next time. Gotta get back to my pups. 000
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026So, no toilet paper, no advanced missile interceptors? That’s what we’ve been reduced to in less than two years? 000
Reposted by KathyF𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/08/2026Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath. 630160843715
Reposted by KathyFBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Every time I update this graph it still makes my jaw drop 1670690
Reposted by KathyFjesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026It's very bad that we've developed a new dominant breed of debate pervert who spends their entire lifecycle insisting nobody will let them say the things they've said a thousand times and insisting everyone has to have the same debate with them every single time 383743628
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026My airplane meal yesterday had blueberries so I guess that’s it for me for a while, while I’m in the Land of Pestilence. 🤷♀️ 010
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I landed in Minneapolis y’day, slept from 7-12 and my body is convinced I’m in British Summer Time still. This will be a fun week. 😭 000
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Bye London, I’ll be in Minneapolis tonight. Can’t wait to try those horrible bathrooms! 000
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is just not true. All the media here talked about was Jimmy Savile for months on end. 200
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Probably the best governor out there and he’s right about this. 000
Reposted by KathyFSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Sky is basically right here in that Russian science has uhhhh genuinely gone all in on anti-aging www.wsj.com/world/russia...wsj.comInside Putin’s $26 Billion Quest for LongevityFrom mini-pigs and organ printing to cryotherapy and genetics, Russia’s president has turned antiaging research into a Kremlin priority. 17314
Reposted by KathyFAdam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Some brief thoughts: 1. Discourse got polarised fast, not helped by some scientists (often not directly involved in response) speculating on how they'd run country 2. Media played role here – I gave up on interviews for some outlets, because would always start "is govt is getting everything wrong?" 35512
Reposted by KathyFAdam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Two fictional (presumably AI) stories in recent X posts, now repeated as a Google summary. No need to tell tall tales about your achievements when the AI ecosystem will now do it for you… 65119
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Are we scared yet? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comTrump’s Irrationality Is DangerousThe president’s recent rant is a sign of serious dysfunction in the Oval Office. 010
Reposted by KathyFEmily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 05/08/2026How can anyone conclude other than the US is a now rogue nation runs by murderers, thugs, and crooks? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...nytimes.comJudge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath KeepersThe judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.” 851170457
Reposted by KathyFThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/08/2026The Comey prosecution is dead. But the assault on the rule of law it represents is alive and well.lnk.thebulwark.comThe Comey Prosecution Is DeadBut it’s no time to rejoice. 018039
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Apropos of this, that early scene in All The Light We Cannot See is one of my favourite scenes in fiction, where the boy takes apart the radio and figures it out. 000
Reposted by KathyFmrsomerton @mrsomerton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026in the 1970's, the life expectancy for kids with cystic fibrosis was 15-20 years. today it's 65. in the 1970's, kids with acute myeloid leukemia had a 14% chance of making it 5 years. today it's 64% in 1960 the average life expectancy for kids born with Down Syndrome was 10 years. today it's 60. 416416
Reposted by KathyFLondonDiscuss @londondiscuss.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The droughts will continue until morale improves. 021
Reposted by KathyFInnocent🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · 03/08/2026When British people rejoice over rainfall, you know the climate has changed 3263
Reposted by KathyF AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 14/02/2025More of that world beating BBC *balance* 😔 7291102
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The water in the pond in my town is as low as I've ever seen it, in over 20 summers here. We desperately need rain. None in forecast. 010
Reposted by KathyFEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026But mostly, a journey that should take half an hour ends up taking 10 years. Traffic. 13167080
Reposted by KathyFoliver @eikopf.com · 20/07/2026very tired of pretending that dismissing modern economics is somehow more reasonable than dismissing vaccines. if you’re not an expert, you don’t get to pick and choose parts of a field to believe! you have no way to tell between legitimate and illegitimate results in that field! 26237228
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Also Robert Pattinson stole the film. Really really good. Has a face made for villainy. 000
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I didn’t realize they had cast Whistlejacket as the horse. Great choice. 001
Reposted by KathyFWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I think this is the main effect of social media on society: a strong and growing conviction that we are entitled to believe whatever feels right to us. efforts to make people adhere to actual empirical truth are experienced primarily as scolding. why are you spoiling the fun, you bloodless quant 618524
Reposted by KathyFDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 20/07/202619-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales died defending this country. Think about that while politicians demonize immigrants and terrorize Latino communities. Americans with names like Gonzales have always fought, bled, and died for this nation. RIP to her and Lt. Tyler Feehan. 🇺🇸 1550198096660
Reposted by KathyFWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The problem is, our whole system revolves around the assumption Trump MUST be a sophisticated, rational thinker, because he is president. “He’s a dimwitted narcissist, sensitive to ego injury, with an insatiable need to self-praise” just isn’t an available option for the Political Discussion Class. 1116921
Reposted by KathyFWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Trump firmly establishes that the hole in the psyche of an NPD sufferer truly can never be filled. There is no status, title, or amount of attention that will ever repair them or satisfy them. 3916
Reposted by KathyFfloating in lotus position @gallantdimwit.bsky.social · 16/07/2026In some ways Iran and other explicit enemies of the US are best positioned to outmaneuver Trump. They don’t try to understand one random freak as the embodiment of some noble but flawed American collective will, they go “stupid American dogs elected an idiot” and act accordingly 211013
Reposted by KathyFSteve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Authorities say ICE shot and killed a person this morning in Maine. www.wmtw.com/article/signific...wmtw.comPerson killed in shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, official saysPolice closed part of busy Pool Street in Biddeford on Monday morning and there was a significant police presence. 15833631662
Reposted by KathyFNaught Followers @naughtfollowers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026This guys is a fucking dictator, the kind he supposedly abhors, like for example the leaders of Cuba 011
Reposted by KathyFAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Roses are red Some plots have big holes 6547
Reposted by KathyFMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/07/2026He fell asleep in a meeting with Turkish President Erdogan, referred to Iran as the "Islamic Republic of Japan", TikTok as "Tic Tac", President Zelensky as "President Putin" & once again demanded the U.S. be given control of Greenland. He's much less dangerous while sleeping than when he's awake. 💤 1351307668439
Reposted by KathyFAmy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 07/07/2026This Was Only Going to End One Way #mepolitics open.substack.com/pub/jfassler...open.substack.comThis Was Only Going to End One WayI didn't need to know specifically that a sexual assault allegation would be why Graham Platner never sets foot in the U.S. Senate. Something was always going to derail him. 66519
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026For the Americans wondering how we're doing this week: Not good. Air conditioning discourse will soon be relevant again. 010
KathyF @kathyf.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Happy longest day of the year, everybody! Still a bit light out there after 10 pm. 000
