Reposted by KestradKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 01/10/2026I keep seeing this Semafor graph that seems to show the Trump administration’s effect on international visits is comparable to the pandemic. My first thought was “that can’t be true” and indeed it is not. This is monthly data. We only have to Jun/Aug 2026. The lines are over-fitted to the months. 12460133
Reposted by KestradGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113324113
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The fact that the dip comes close to *2020* is kinda incredible! Especially considering there was a World Cup in the US this year! 100
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Every reply on this post is wack. Y'all expecting restaurant quality and salty that it's not "quick and easy" as a result when you can just lightly chop whatever's in your fridge and bung it all into a pan with some sauce and as long as it's edible that's good enough. I'm Asian so I can certify it 020
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 23/05/2026@irisfofs.bsky.social this seems relevant to your interests! 001
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 12/05/2026We get our orders and my half Asian friend and I are dying as each bite slowly sets our mouths more and more on fire. Our white friend is confused and can't taste any spice. To this day we're still not sure if the server didn't believe us or the non-spicy was just still too much for us... 000
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 12/05/2026I'm Asian, and I once wandered into a biryani restaurant with a half Asian friend and a white friend. White friend can eat the "Thai spicy" at our local Thai place, other friend and I are wimps. The person at the counter was so confused that the white guy wanted spicy and the two Asians didn't. 120
Reposted by KestradKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11/04/2026An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death 311101764495
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I have one copy someone gifted me for a birthday at my parents' house somewhere! Issue #10 I believe. If I can find what box it's in I'll report back, though I am certain it does not have the poster. 010
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I live right outside DC, so of course I'm dissociating. Nothing I personally do will change anything, so I'll appreciate the redbuds and kanzan cherries in full bloom and the house finches at my feeder singing up a storm while I can. If it might be my last day alive, I want it to be one of joy. 030
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Man, when I secretly wished we could return to the 90s just a little, I did not anticipate the monkey's paw curling to point to "having to live your life with the vague fear of nuclear annihilation in the background at all times" 010
Reposted by KestradEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Oh, wow. So many other worlds visible in the background of the Artemis II view from eclipse, peeking out of the haze of the solar corona. Thanks @tunctezel.bsky.social for labeling! 7708227
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 01/04/2026It's good to know that lots of people procrastinate almost as much as me, haha. Thanks for hosting this open call! It was very fun coming up with and writing a story for it. 100
Reposted by Kestradririarts (comms closed) @ririsfilthyart.bsky.social · 16/01/2026This. Fuck, this so often 4389723500
Reposted by KestradRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/01/2025On the 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, here's your reminder that there's nothing "pro-life" about abortion bans.youtube.comWhy Abortion Bans Aren’t Pro-Life | Robert ReichYouTube video by Robert Reich 7850731113
Reposted by KestradThe Onion @theonion.com · 23/01/2026“When an individual enters their residence, conceals themselves behind a closed door, and attempts to go about their everyday life, they are willfully impeding the important work of law enforcement officers and engaging in domestic terrorism,” said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin theonion.comICE Deems Being In Privacy Of Own Home Obstruction Of JusticeWASHINGTON—Warning that any attempt to spend time inside a personal residence constituted hostile interference with federal operations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Thursday... 1043910904
Reposted by KestradMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 24/01/2026an off the cuff and very incomplete explainer on why it's so hard for the National Symphony Orchestra to part ways with the Kennedy Center 233156
Reposted by Kestradmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll empty a whole goddamn magazine into you while you’re lying on the ground if you don’t cheer them on while they’re fucking doing it. 82639976
Reposted by KestradAltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social · 25/01/2026AltNPS posted about Alex Pretti's murder 25 times since this morning. During that time, they spread misinformation about the shooting, lied about knowing the shooter's name, and generally flooded the zone with shit. They're trying to milk this story for all it's worth. 361956532
Reposted by KestradJamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 16/04/2025This is where your Harry Potter money goes 7122206227
Reposted by Kestrademily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 02/04/2025anyways. hi, cis folks! the comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit is open til april 11. context & guidance in the thread below. it’s not hard; you can do it while you’re still angry about other things. 9 days left, as of this post! 12529557
Reposted by Kestrad😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain. 500143234493
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 23/01/2025People have definitely left due to the space being too small! More people are sat down/standing up behind me. There's clearly a large and diverse audience for this topic! It kinda undercuts this panel's message that women's games are things anyone can like to stuff it into the corner like this! 000
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Really not a great look for #magfest to have shunted this presentation into a small out of the way room reserved for "equity" topics! Feels a bit weird to have women in games/trans topics/etc. all be crammed into a tiny out of the way corner deep in tcg tables territory! 100
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 23/01/2025At #magfest attempting to watch the panel "The importance of girls' games and media" and man it was not a good idea for the con to not give this presentation an actual panel room, attendees are spilling out into the hall 110
Kestrad @kestrad.bsky.social · 03/01/2025I really thought that second bathroom was it, and then it took a moment for me to realize the third bathroom was, in fact, a bathroom. It took the picture of the toilet before I realized.... 010