Reposted by Kathleen ChildsLisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 23hIls étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière 5688682653
Kathleen Childs @octatonic.bsky.social · 17hthe only time my grandfather ever actually looked like i had disappointed him was when i confessed that i had learned to eat his most hated vegetable, asparagus in adulthood. 030
Kathleen Childs @octatonic.bsky.social · 17hi think the real reason you can tell that kid from the omen is evil is that whole riding his trike indoors thing. demonic. 000
Reposted by Kathleen Childstalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 21hNYPD keeps insisting it’s not working with ICE in the narrowest scope of not literally participating in kidnappings but then goes silent when people present evidence of ICE using their precincts/parking lots, of NYPD doing crowd control. Big difference in technical and de facto assistance. 5449107
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsDaniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is just to say: "For sale: Two vast and trunkless trolleys stand in the desert. On the pedestal these words appear: 'Two tracks diverged in a wood, and one trolley took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.'" 4355
Reposted by Kathleen Childsjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026holy shit!! artists!!! you guys!! pinlite.app someone made a pinterest facade site that just strips away all the dumb bullshit and gives you only the images this is AMAAZINNNGGGG. Not to mention the web 1.0 grey and blue link vibe lol 3357122035
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 09/10/2026update: per a hearing today Oscar Belgal was detained overnight in Elizabeth NJ and is now being held in Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as his attorneys push for his release. he is still in pain and apparently has a bullet still in his body. 4217116
Kathleen Childs @octatonic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026today in user interfaces: no, you don't type your birthday in. no you don't select the year from a calendar. scroll through that shit month by month, bitch. 010
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 130130215547
Kathleen Childs @octatonic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i think when you touch the lamp to turn it on in the morning you should stroke it gently to coax it awake, like your beloved child. not tap it like it's done something wrong by being asleep, like your resented child. 010
Reposted by Kathleen Childstalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Martín Soto, a primary organizer of people detained at Delaney Hall who went on hunger strike to demand their release and to improve conditions, has been released. Soto was detained for more than 9 months, 4 of which were spent in solitary confinement. Via: www.instagram.com/reel/DeLIuSe... 5585192
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 07/10/2026At a press conference outside 26 Federal Plaza, immigrant advocates and family members of those detained gathered to raise awareness about the arrests. They urged immigrant New Yorkers who have received a “call-in letter” from DHS to get legal help before their appointment.buff.ly'But I'm Not From Ghana': ICE Targets Longtime New Yorkers for Third-Country DeportationImmigrants with protected status who've lived in the city for decades are finding themselves swept up, shackled and threatened with expulsion. 516179
Kathleen Childs @octatonic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026showing videos of pianists to one of my students to hopefully inspire them, and god damn did horrowitz's playing look effortless. still blows me away. 000
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsEvil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One week from today we launch Rangers of a Broken World! We've lined up a cool selection of exclusive rewards: 📙 Special Edition alt cover with ribbon bookmarks 🎴 78-card deck to inspire and challenge your table 🗺️ Cloth map of the lands of Amylte 👇Follow it now: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e... 05425
Reposted by Kathleen Childsmcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of 6163402431
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsIf you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In light of Chris Rufo’s newest attempt tp stir up pogroms against us, here’s a report on what our community is facing, co-authored by a dear and trusted friend and colleague. www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...csohate.orgThe Rising Tide of Anti-South Asian Hate in the United StatesThis report examines the scale, nature, and tactics of online hate targeting South Asians across X, 4chan, 8chan, and Gab. 063
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsMike Funnell @mikefunnell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Having managed a decent photo of the female yesterday, I thought I'd look to getting a photo of a male Scarlet Myzomela today. I think this one came out OK.. 1605
Kathleen Childs @octatonic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026the magic of the internet is that you can take a mildly funny picture and it's enjoyed by dozens of baddies with largely decent politics ❤️ bsky.app/profile/octa... 010
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsStephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The “ceasefire” will be one year old next week. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed more than 1400 Gazans 71230556
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsRev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 03/10/2026what the Trump Admin means by "the Strait is Open" is that we're using Filipinos and Indians as human shields, sailing ships dark through drone infested waters, and 1 in 20 get hit and they die. the plan is literally see if we can run out of FIlipino sailors www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comNo Lights, No Radio: Getting Oil Through Hormuz Is a Risky JobA tanker captain’s first-hand account shows why flows from the Middle East are rising, despite the dangers of Iranian drones and missiles. 38551
Kathleen Childs @octatonic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026got al pastor from a place playing some absolute trash looking shōnen on its screen and im normal now. 140
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 02/10/2026‘Some memoirs of the Leningrad siege tell stories of heroism on the part of the embattled population, but not Olga Freidenberg’s. It was a Hobbesian world of every man for himself, in which nobody could be trusted.’ Sheila Fitzpatrick on the Russian literary scholar. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukSheila Fitzpatrick · Double Barbarism: Stalin under the Blanket‘Siege’ became a key metaphor in Olga Freidenberg’s analysis of her own life and that of Soviet society; and she... 2299
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have wondered how this inevitable progression of white nationalism toward hostility and exclusion of Asians would play among the population of monied, male revanchists in Silicon Valley. 927758
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsEsther @dungeonminister.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is your periodic reminder that Riverside is an Israeli company headquartered in occupied Palestine and that there are alternatives to their product on the market. 0112
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsZohran’s Mommy Dommey @loridiletto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh look, a chart about me 0131
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsZaphod Official @droseragonist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026snake vocabulary: hello please!! it could be for me~ it could be delicious~~~ let me outttttttt there is... electricity... hello yes I am BORED NO NO NO what is...??? I WILL EAT (*snore*) 072
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsMedia in my Downloads folder :steamhappy: @furry-hater.bsky.social · 30/09/2026submitted by discord user 4553162
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsChica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Translation: the United States lost yet another war which killed millions and cost billions. 1257
Reposted by Kathleen Childsanimal from the international network @animalonline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this is a huge part of why campus protests died after the Biden admin actively worked with college admins. Kids lost tens of thousands of dollars worth of credits, their full 4 year runs getting stripped from them, no refunds. A crime against the most basic principles of higher education 211567
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost. 31878638
Reposted by Kathleen Childsconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From Josh Helfgott: ICE detained a Los Angeles car washer and father of four for six months. His kids ended up in therapy, his family lost its income, and he is still fighting to stay in the country. José Padilla, 41, was detained by ICE on January 27 while he 532121913
Kathleen Childs @octatonic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026English people should not use the word "Savage" 110
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsKPM @kpmcgrath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Every mayor in America should be asked what they are going to do to ensure civilian control of our police forces, and what they will do to officers or departments that break the law. 4459123
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsSophie Lagacé @evilanemone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s so pretty, and the magic system is so much fun. 1134
Kathleen Childs @octatonic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Instagram truly is evil, in that it really does work on everyone. It's successfully learned that it can sell me concert tickets, which is a little better than like, the scams that most other Instagram ads promote, but otoh, folks, have you heard about service fees? 030
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsLeon "Used to Be Cat" Richardson @catlinggun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A little over two weeks until The Party begins!! 073
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsErynCerise 🇵🇸🍉 @eryncerise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today is a special one-shot playthrough of Commandment, a game by my good friend @catlinggun.bsky.social! We're in the slammer! For what? Blasphemy, apparently. It's up to us to find out how this vast prison complex works, and more importantly, how to escape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHyl...youtube.comDismantling the Carceral State for Fun & Profit | Commandment (FULL GAME)YouTube video by Eryn's Turn 144
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsLumin 🔜 Eclipse [1st Cour] @screwy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know people are gonna make the funny PlayStation jokes, and they're right to do so, but this is actually insanely alarming considering Sony has still kept up with really high-quality AV equipment among other things. Skipping CES really feels like a hell-froze-over moment in this scenario. 36121
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 28/09/2026Our members at Edinburgh University commence a 5 week strike today over crippling job cuts. Please show them solidarity as they head onto picket lines this morning. 37145
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsImogen @imogenib.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Spain has erupted in protests after an 87 year old woman was evicted from her home. The building sold and rents went through the roof. The #HousingCrosis sees Spain with a 550,000 shortage of homes. Vulture capital is harmful to society and people. #auspol #Renters www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auThousands rally against Spain's housing crisis after 87yo's evictionTens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Madrid to ask for protective measures for tenants, anti-fraud rules, and a ban on evictions without alternative housing. 0137
Reposted by Kathleen Childsscreaming until the void tells me to shut up @mutedscreaming.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'll never forget the student journalists at Columbia who continued to cover the university bringing in an army of cops to dismantle the Pro-Palestine student encampments. Even when the folks at the SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM were prohibited from covering it, they stayed and kept covering. Amazing kids 5724122
Kathleen Childs @octatonic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026this dj is like a painter exploring a single color only the brush is a low frequency operator. 040
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsJules @commedesfuckon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026the universes which are amenable to the intellect can never satisfy the instincts of the heart 121
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsLeon "Used to Be Cat" Richardson @catlinggun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ask me any questions about the Rangers of a Broken World classes and I'll tell you what they're all about! Did you know the Enduring Legionnaire, my beloved, is part of the world's last army, holding off the memories of war side-by-side with the Fallen? And that this makes them depressed? 63522
Reposted by Kathleen ChildsReece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Asian cities are experimenting with an entirely new high speed transport technology. Today's collaboration with @infrastory.bsky.social is on high speed metros. Read now: www.thetransitbrief.net/p/the-future...open.substack.comThe future of urban public transit.High speed regional rail will forever transform cities. 814932
Reposted by Kathleen Childs𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐠 @ruleo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026hell yeah found my old GitSe edit 281736510
![The play contains an error rooted in Robert Browning's unfamiliarity with vulgar slang. In her closing song, Pippa says:
But at night, brother howlet, over the woods,
Toll the world to thy chantry;
Sing to the bats' sleek sisterhoods
Full complines with gallantry:
Then, owls and bats,
Cowls and twats,
Monks and nuns, in a cloister's moods,
Adjourn to the oak-stump pantry![21]
— from Act IV: Night, Scene: Pippa's chamber again (emphasis added)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ap2eev7lky7la2cskdb2eeb5/bafkreialm4qjvfbuj6oogc3s52bbsnzv662ywvj7v44oviedtypvg4ejvy)
!["Twat" was and remains vulgar slang for a woman's external genitalia. But in 1886, Frederick James Furnivall, a contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary, asked the poet for his source, and Browning replied "that he got the word from the Royalist rhymes entitled 'Vanity of Vanities', on Sir Harry Vane's picture"[22] in which Vane is lampooned thus:
They talk't of his having a Cardinalls Hat,
They'd send him as soon an old Nun's Twat[23]
Browning added, "The word struck me as a distinctive part of a nun's attire that might fitly pair off with the cowl appropriated to a monk."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ap2eev7lky7la2cskdb2eeb5/bafkreig23haz4nxujb2zdizo6umf2shfojooexztf7benms7n2pxcfknxi)
