Reposted by Kim ZootLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Cool cool cool cool cool in the first-grade classroom of the future "Everyone Is Welcome Here" is not allowed but "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Wife" is mandatory 834998 0
Kim Zoot @kimholmes.bsky.social · 02/07/2025This is SUCH a great way to phrase this. In my town the rich people put their kids in private schools which allows them to dehumanize “public schools” which they will insult loudly, not realizing who they’re actually insulting (or harming with their votes.) 000 0
Kim Zoot @kimholmes.bsky.social · 28/06/2025I (temporarily?) deactivated my Facebook and IG accounts 2 wks ago after MANY failed attempts over MANY years to control my use of them. @hankgreen.bsky.social & @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social convo about social media this week helped how I will think about this struggle going forward.youtu.beYou’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for InformationYouTube video by vlogbrothers 110 0
Reposted by Kim ZootMarkus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Yes, this is yet another obvious violation of international law by the US Government. However despicable the regime in Iran, you cannot just attack another country. Bombing civilian nuclear facilities is also illegal under several nuclear treaties to which US is Party. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...bbc.co.ukIran-Israel latest: Iran warns of ‘everlasting consequences’ after US bombs nuclear sites - follow liveUS President Donald Trump hails the operation as a 291256322 0
Reposted by Kim ZootAmber Hansford @amberh.bsky.social · 10/02/2025My debut novel, The Hand of Mashyana (Book 1 of the Emari Chronicles) is available for pre-order! amzn.to/3Q8QL02 #booksky #debutnovelamzn.toThe Hand of Mashyana (The Emari Chronicles Book 1)Amazon.com: The Hand of Mashyana (The Emari Chronicles Book 1) eBook : Hansford, Amber: Kindle Store 041 0
Reposted by Kim ZootDave McMahon @daveemcee.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Only a small set of movies of the era defy the trope of white savior but sister act does this while also actively combating class and generational stereotypes, advocating for community building while giving you banger after banger as performed by NUNS in SF, in this essay I will… 131240 0
Reposted by Kim ZootNPR @npr.org · 06/02/2025Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.npr.orgNSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproarFollowing a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized. 58399663458 0
Reposted by Kim ZootBuckleup36 @buckleup36.bsky.social · 07/02/2025All the numbers Musk claims he is "finding" in his various agency database "audits" have actually been on a public website all along - for the last 20 years. You can search for any spending in any department. Try it for yourself: usaspending.gov Musk is a fraud.usaspending.govUSAspending.gov 11311 0
Reposted by Kim ZootKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 06/02/2025My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation.The GOP leaders attacking inclusion programs want to go back to an era when White men ran everything 21597633248 0
Kim Zoot @kimholmes.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Everyone says that the whole point of pushing all the bad shit at once is to keep us overwhelmed, and therefore inactive. The problem is…it’s working and I am so overwhelmed that I don’t even know what I should be focusing on in terms of action. What’s everyone’s top priority? ITS ALL TOO MUCH. 000 0
Reposted by Kim ZootRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 05/02/2025“We think it is a bad idea for an organization that is not a church, to say it’s a church in order to avoid transparency and disclosure issues."rollingstone.comThe Ministry Spending Millions on Those Jesus Super Bowl AdsThe nonprofit behind the “He Gets Us” Super Bowl ad campaign is tied to the billionaire Hobby Lobby family — and registered as a church. 1118536 0
Reposted by Kim ZootScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 05/02/2025Absolutely. Grind it to a halt. 1018370355695 0
Reposted by Kim ZootAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work 193221425235 0
Kim Zoot @kimholmes.bsky.social · 06/02/2025My dog has figured out the loophole to sitting in the recliner… which we don’t normally let him do. He gets into the recliner first by curling up on my lap, which I find adorable. And then he stays there when I get up. 010 0
Reposted by Kim ZootMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 04/02/2025NSF has unfrozen funds but is continuing to scour research grants for violations of Trump’s orders Nature spoke to six NSF staff members, who shared documents detailing plans to search 10,000 flagged grants for DEI language. For @nature.com w/ @dangaristo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s ordersThe US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil. 48863 0
Reposted by Kim ZootAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Collins: Is there a tangible concession in your view? Davidson: Yeah, absolutely. It’s a commitment from Trudeau to help with fentanyl Collins: He announced that plan six weeks ago. Davidson: Well, at least he's reiterated it 45476711447 0
Reposted by Kim ZootJohn Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 03/02/2025USAID matters. I've often disagreed with their strategy and choices, but their work saves more lives than any philanthropy can. It's a rounding error in the federal budget, and one of the best things we do as a country. To see it destroyed overnight by one unelected man is an unmitigated horror. 405586796 0
Reposted by Kim ZootJohn Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 03/02/2025We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines. The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds. It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening. 477221275829 0
Kim Zoot @kimholmes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I really found the Klein "Don't Believe Him" episode reassuring when I listened to it this weekend. But I am starting to feel like it didn't consider Elon and his gamer team working *as* the government when doubting that Trump could do the things he was trying to do. 010 0
Reposted by Kim ZootHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like it’s more important to say, “What is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.” 444246432393 0
Reposted by Kim ZootKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/02/2025I still remember way back before Musk was illegally destroying US foreign aid that time when he claimed he’d give $6B to the UK WFP if they could tell him how it would solve world hunger & then he ignored the response & gave $5.7B to his own charity & no one ever found out where it went from there 8258161069 0
Reposted by Kim ZootJohn Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 02/02/2025We have reached new levels of madness when an unelected, non senate-confirmed private citizen is overseeing an effort to overhaul or possibly end a congresionally mandated arm of our government. This is real trouble for the separation of powers, and with it, our basic democratic institutions. 382905449 0
Kim Zoot @kimholmes.bsky.social · 18/01/2025My first kid’s guided paint-on-canvas class at the library! 050 0
Kim Zoot @kimholmes.bsky.social · 18/01/2025I don’t know yet how I want to set the vibes on my blue sky account. My Instagram is private, which gives me a little bit more freedom for political takes and family photos. Without the privacy barrier here, I’m not sure how to proceed. 020 0
Reposted by Kim ZootSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20/09/2023Vogue Magazine lists VIBE CHECK as one of the best podcasts of the 2023 (so far.) 💖 www.vogue.com/article/best... 1112214 0
Reposted by Kim ZootJohn Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · 20/09/2023We wouldn't kill a dog like Alabama wants to kill its people. Literally. www.al.com/news/2023/09...al.comArchibald: Alabama’s ghoulish run of botched executions can’t be an accidentIt is a result of practice, and attitude, and process. It is willful disregard for inflicting conscienceless and unconstitutional cruelty on prisoners in its charge. 004 0
Reposted by Kim ZootMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 18/09/2023Always read Sam but especially read Sam on reactionary centrists lareviewofbooks.org/article/crit...lareviewofbooks.orgCritically Cringe: On Susan Neiman’s “Left Is Not Woke”Samuel C. Huneke takes Susan Neiman’s “Left Is Not Woke” to task.... 1328562 0
Reposted by Kim ZootJohn Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · 15/09/2023It still blows my mind how close all this is. In time and space and politics.al.comArchibald: What school books won’t teach about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombingIt was a world both recent and foreign. As newspapers hemmed and hawed. As politicians urged defiance of the courts. As preachers twisted words in the Bible to justify discrimination. 154 0
Reposted by Kim ZootEmily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 14/09/2023As "titles that tell you exactly what to expect" go, Kindergarten Cop is up there. 6643 0
Reposted by Kim ZootAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 13/09/2023When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is: Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem-- which did we fail? 5432641293 0
Reposted by Kim ZootRead the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 13/09/2023Some people will tell you it's "too radical" or "too extreme" to say capitalism relies on hurting workers. But what about when a millionaire CEO says it? That's exactly what Tim Gurner said when he advocated for more unemployment and more economic pain. www.jphilll.com/p/when-the-r...jphilll.comWhen The Rich Tell You Who They Are, Believe ThemThe capitalist who just told the world that capitalism requires hurting workers 16503163 0
Kim Zoot @kimholmes.bsky.social · 13/09/2023I have a very strange audio quirk. I cannot listen to an audiobook on anything slower than 1.5 speed. Sometimes I even listen to it as fast as 2.0 But I can’t ever speed up the podcasts I listen to. Never. Only audiobooks. 000 0
Kim Zoot @kimholmes.bsky.social · 13/09/2023New to Bluesky here…is everyone’s starter Discover feed full of cat accounts or just mine? This is not a complaint obvs. 100 0
Kim Zoot @kimholmes.bsky.social · 13/09/2023A kid at my library yesterday asked me if I knew the Lord. This is not unusual convo at a small library in Alabama so I said, “Yes.” To which they informed me, “The Lord does not like tattoos.” (I have visible tattoos.) 251 0
