iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

The primary objective of journalism is supposed to be telling the truth. It is a DECISION on the part of USA Today to know that new details have emerged about this case and to refuse to update an old story that is still circulating and still shaming Jane Doe.

11729184

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

I'm not linking the piece because I'd like for as few people to read it as possible. I'm writing about it here because: - I want to be clear about what happened to anyone who saw that article and felt betrayed to see me associated with it. - These are bad decisions that deserve public shame.

32045134

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Once I found out about it, I contacted the reporter and asked him to retract the piece--or at minimum add an editor's note acknowledging the NYT reporting about how Jane Doe did NOT tell police that she consented to her rape. Thus far, the publication has refused to do so.

41806204

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Ironically, my original interview with the journalist I spoke with was primarily about how "inconsistencies" can come from gender bias in investigatory processes and then be blamed on survivors. It was the inspiration for this thread--but none of these points made it into any USA Today article:

22058262

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

I'm the token expert voice saying that inconsistencies in victim's narratives are common in an otherwise brutally bad piece of journalism full of tropes about how not to report on sexual assault.

11859111

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

And that led to my words appearing in a victim-blaming article written by a journalist I have never met about how Jane Doe's story was "inconsistent."

61932161

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Tom McKay @catturd2.bsky.social · 9h

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

443257986

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

I'm going to give you... one hundred dollars

1421834

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Micah @rincewind.run · 12h

my dude you flew a stop the steal flag outside your house

342170387

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 11h

"I should get to sit down when I work but you shouldn't" is a great high level summary of labor disputes

492371379

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 10h

Just the dumbest possible move here bsky.app/profile/popc...

51428

Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 10h

Welp, Hillsborough is asking for more mosquito control help from neighboring counties, which is kind of making me reevaluate whether they could have been handling it better, and if they should have asked for help from more than just Pasco a month ago.

tampabay28.com

Hillsborough County Expands Dengue Response Under State of Emergency

Hillsborough County's dengue fever outbreak has reached a point where local officials say they need help from outside agencies, additional aircraft and expanded treatment efforts across a much larger ...

072

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 13h

But Liz Cheney laying her sword at Harris' feet was somehow a bridge too far.

48213

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14h

yeah, I think calling 'terror attack' early was pretty justified on this one

1229329

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 15h

Are Ezra Klein and Annie Lowrey saying this to their own kids?

1213412

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 15h

I think I will believe beltway media writing about how You Should Consider Becoming A Bricklayer when more of them take their own advice.

2335

Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 15h

How do you hire the guy you'd most suspect to do terrorism to fly planes? This seems like a basic thing.

0130

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Jonathon M. Floyd @jfloyd314.bsky.social · 15h

Man, how on earth does this happen? This is, like, Job #1 of an airline's HR team, and FlyDubai operates flights into some of the most politically salient and volatile places on earth where commercial flights operate!

06215

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 15h

Okay… if true, this would now seem to be the airline’s responsibility. Commercial pilot is one of those jobs for which you don’t give candidates the benefit of the doubt.

0142

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Defence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 16h

It’s pretty remarkable how terrorism and espionage are basically always carried out by the most obvious people you can imagine.

1354

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Of Mice and Microneedles (郊狼) 🇹🇼🇵🇸🇺🇦 @coyotestail.bsky.social · 15h

in addition presumption of innocence, "probable cause" being squirelly as a standard, and the myriad of (good, we should keep these) civil rights protections means most edgelords who even do the basic work of hiding their power level slightly often CANT be targeted. this is necessary for liberty

161

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Of Mice and Microneedles (郊狼) 🇹🇼🇵🇸🇺🇦 @coyotestail.bsky.social · 15h

the FBI cant go after every edgelord white supremacist incel or every teenage boy islamist or every weirdo rancher committing eco-crimes, so they target the most obvious obvious Obvious cases or bait edgelords who wouldnt have done anything into stings. which means most cases do not get resolved.

141

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Of Mice and Microneedles (郊狼) 🇹🇼🇵🇸🇺🇦 @coyotestail.bsky.social · 15h

its because the difference between "all bark no bite edgelord" and "terrorist" is thin but real, and 3/4 edgelords do not slide over it or only slide slightly, but 1/4 actually do literal fucking felonies

3111

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 19h

Feel like it’s important to note that Marcus’s parents had been segregated from various Dallas institutions for being Jewish and that in part informed his views forward.com/life/445966/...

forward.com

The not-so-secret Jewish history of Neiman Marcus

Neiman Marcus, one of America's most iconic department stores, was founded by a Jewish family in 20th-century Texas.

112522

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

The manager was right — some longtime shoppers closed their accounts in protest — but Marcus stuck with his decision. At the time of the flagship's closure, the Main Street store had been open for 112 years.

151969144

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

These victories were achieved through the efforts of Civil Rights activists, along with support from Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, who was an early advocate for desegregation. The Neiman Marcus Dallas store manager purportedly warned Marcus that he would destroy his business this way.

A Black man protesting in front of a department store in San Diego, California. He's wearing a suit and holding a sign that says "We March Protesting the Indignity and Humility of Jim Crow." There are some people behind him.

Stanley Marcus smoking a pipe. He's wearing a striped suit.

51984196

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

The downtown Neiman Marcus flagship was one of the first major Dallas businesses that broke with these practices. In 1961, the company desegregated its Zodiac Room, a swanky lunch spot frequented by Dallas elites. Later, they welcomed Black shoppers to come and buy clothes without restrictions.

The Zodiac Room restaurant on the sixth floor of Neiman Marcus in Dallas. The photo shows a bunch of tables covered in white tablecloth and leather covered seats.

71773195

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

For instance, they had to try on clothes over their clothes, put on protective covers when trying on hats, or weren't allowed to make returns once they brought the clothes home. These policies stemmed from racist fears that white customers would refuse merchandise previously worn by Black shoppers.

Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956

By Gordon Parks

Promised gift of The Gordon Parks FoundationJoanne Wilson, one of the Thorntons’ daughters, is shown standing with her niece in front of a department store in downtown Mobile. The pair is impeccably dressed in light, summery frocks. The jarring neon of the “Colored Entrance” sign looming above them clashes with the two young women’s elegant appearance, transforming a casual afternoon outing into an example of overt discrimination. Notice the fallen strap of Wilson’s slip. Though this detail might appear discordant with the rest of the picture, its inclusion may have been strategic: it allowed Parks to emphasize the humanity of his subjects.

81458180

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 15h

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

9955121539

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Ed @ed3d.net · 15h

I don't raise my agents to be cowards

2744

Maybe this will convince the Diocese of Venice, FL to stop posting weird creepy AI images of what gestational stage the Baby Jesus would have been at each week leading up to Christmas

2120

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 20h

At a really fundamental level Leo XIV is just a person with sound, well-reasoned, moral stances on the world and how life should be lived who isn't afraid to say those things in public. That kind of person simply does not make sense to business leaders and politicians for whom speech is convenience.

321380251

Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 16h

The people who think sterile mosquito research is spreading disease are the dumbest failed-middle-school-biology people on the planet. I just saw some guy insisting that it could spread diseases because viruses can be transmitted to mosquito eggs, because what even does "sterile" mean?

2171

Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 16h

Richard Hanania calling the victim a "hick" for having a southern accent is an excellent example of how the caliper brigade has a long list of types of white people they consider inferior too, because they see themselves as philosopher kings born to rule over the unwashed masses.

082

Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 16h

Michael Tracey is making himself sound really guilty of something

1141

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

Michael Tracey claims he took his post down out of principle, and that it wasn't a "retraction." But it should be. He ran with information from a junk website without looking into it. If he worked at a publication with any sort of standards, this unforced error would be a fireable offense.

121357112

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

I don't know why this site listed a name that didn't appear in actual New York court records, but the name has been floating around far-right circles on X. Given the curation of other purported court records on the site (Lindsay Clancy, Clavicular, etc), the site operator may run in those circles.

A list of the other purported court records on "ecourtrecords.org" (taken from an archived copy of the website)

291746

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

What Tracey found was on a sketchy site called "ecourtrecords.org" -- not NY's court system, as he claimed. A disclaimer on the site reads: "Not a court, law firm, or certified record service." Its domain was registered just a few weeks ago. And as of this post, the site he cited is offline.

Domain registration info for "ecourtrecords.org" shows the domain was created on Sept. 17, 2026.

9120995

Reposted by Kathryn Brightbill ✒️