Reposted by RothaíElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 3hSpoke to a class a Columbia earlier about press freedom and anticipated having to explain what Gawker was but it did not occur to me for even two minutes that I would also have to explain who Hulk Hogan was 1658660
Reposted by RothaíRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 5hExcited to attend (and say a word or two) at this event in Oakland, CA, tomorrow. If you're local, please buy a ticket if you can; if you're not just donate. Lawrence co-founded the Sunrise Movement and would be an amazing voice in Congress for climate and much more .secure.actblue.comRSVP to Evening Reception Oakland with William LawrenceShow your support with a contribution. 05111
Reposted by RothaíAsh Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 12hYeah this Cornell thing is like a mass disabling event for survivors. I am fine, I *was* fine. But now it's in the zeitgeist again so I get to be reminded of my own college experience, something I hadn't thought about in decades, on a daily basis. 772393
Reposted by RothaíMartha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A lot of people are sharing experiences in relation to this thread. A few have thanked me for talking about this. I am profoundly humbled if I found the right words to say something that has weighed on your heart. I keep tearing up. 0193
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 7hI didn’t know rape is 4x more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat, yet it makes sense. The diagnosis is related to overwhelmed coping resources, a sense of powerlessness, and often confusion or self-blame about what happened. That’s where the brain gets stuck. 061
Reposted by RothaíCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 8hThere is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 8855041613
Reposted by Rothaíryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 8hoh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...nytimes.comStudents at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 121359338
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 9hArguably it was Dan Turner’s obliviousness plus the judge’s male sympathy that made this case famous, when contrasted with Chanel Miller’s brilliance and courage. This sloppy letter helped make the son a public outcast for life. If he’d served even 6 months, he could have stayed unknown. 130
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 9hCornell forcing a quota of 15% of frat pledges to attend Chanel Miller’s talk on surviving rape and trial at Stanford—rattling her with a surly, hostile male audience under full house lights—sounds like peak Cornell. Maybe they were mad they had to write an essay about it.thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 031
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 9hWhat Being a Good Guy isn’t: Saying nothing to shut down horrible behavior in the moment, then telling the victim “that wasn’t okay.” Or recounting to your woman friends afterwards that you noticed how fucked up it was. Sit on any bus, and you’ll see older women step in where grown men won’t. 170
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 13hThinking of all the fathers failing to raise boys fit to be in society. Brock Turner’s dad’s misguided letter of support brought wrath for how oblivious he still was, even at a rape sentencing hearing. Amazing his lawyers didn’t rip it up.stanforddaily.comThe full letter read by Brock Turner's father at his sentencing hearingBrock Turner's father read the letter in the courtroom prior to the sentencing decision. 021
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 13hI’ve known several, from completely different fields. They become more like each other, as three-year-olds are more like each other. 000
Reposted by RothaíDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 14hI was reminded of a very Dublin insult this morning - “oh he’s such a martyr, Padre Pio has a picture of him on his windscreen”. 1034472
Reposted by RothaíKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 521828602
Reposted by RothaíRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 21hTime for this classic again. 133144164867
Reposted by RothaíTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is fantastic cultural geography. Very strong lede. Even if you don’t read it all (you should; remember we are working on our brains) the first three paras do the work. Thanks to the person who shared it. www.queergeographies.com/stuck-on-the...queergeographies.comWhy We’re Stuck on the Last DitchWhy does the public delight in watching lesbian bars unravel? 113848
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 20hIs Patrick Radden Keefe ready to tackle the AI CNC death cult? I wouldn’t wish them on him, but he has form. And Michael Lewis already got rolled. 010
Reposted by RothaíNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think about this interview with the distinguished philosopher Conan O'Brien a lot. I actually think this is a healthy way to live your life! www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/a... 132358511
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Memory: In college, at a Dublin bookshop, with twenty quid that was enough either for Susan Faludi’s Backlash, or for a raunchy Camille Paglia assault on the no-fun feminists. 2026 me grabbing the Camille Paglia from little 19-year-old pick-me: 290
Reposted by RothaíTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Discussion poster as seen in Vancouver. 223055
Reposted by RothaíKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For me, the hardest thing about stories like the Cornell gang rape case isn’t reading the initial details—although that is hard. What’s even harder is when men online, especially the journalists and pundits, start trying to combat the feminist outrage by purposefully seeding doubt and victim-blaming 302211412
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This one. This is what’s wrong with the 6th grade boys we have to deal with. 150
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026*Men* have to model this for boys. Early. Lisa Damour points out that somewhere around 9 or 10, boys who hear *only* moms/sisters/ female teachers talking about handling feelings and behaviors conclude SEL must be Woman Zone. After that, talks by mom are worse than nothing—they must reject. 2306
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Rest Is History episode on Marat, fanatical journalist of the French Revolution, reminding me we’ve been dealing with the Yud /Yarvin phenotype forever. 022
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I blame this guy for my early imprinting on bottled-up engineering / hacker types. 040
Reposted by RothaíChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026If you like me are a survivor of rape who is maybe losing her mind a bit this week, I recommend a few movies about surviving men/holding them accountable: “Sorry, Baby” “Is God Is” and “Supergirl” Supergirl was, in a way, about fraternity rape culture I discuss them here:news.chanda.scienceYou should go see SupergirlIt's pop art that is unapologetically political. 13421102
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good job Rachel Latta on the OUSD school board.oaklandside.orgOakland school board green lights more tech restrictions in the classroomBeginning next fall, Oakland Unified will have stricter screen time policies for students. Meanwhile, the Alameda County superintendent offered tepid support for the district’s budget plan. 052
Reposted by RothaíAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.abcnews.comDistrict attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity. 31383372
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have several Bay Area friends retraining as therapists because AI or DOGE took their industries (graphic design, Health & Human Services, programming, animation…) All are very offline. They are not ready. 041
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Way We Live Now: COVID sickbed reading list. (They’re all the same story.)theamericanvandal.comAll Our Kids Will Go To Alpha SchoolOn the plans to hyperscale Alpha School’s “AI” tutoring software to “a billion kids.” 110
Reposted by Rothaís. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 29/09/2026It's yes on 40, no on 41 and 42, btw, 41/42 are ops trying to kill the billionaire tax. 1146
Reposted by RothaíElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026To anyone who is like “not all men” today: I encourage you to watch this piece on the Cornell rape case from the former head of sex offences for Scotland Fucking Yard. www.instagram.com/reel/DdzNCDy...instagram.comLaura Richards on Instagram: "Cornell: As the former head of the Se€xual Offences Section at New Scotland Yard and expert on s€xual violence this is an uncomfortable truth. Is it time for a new kind o...60K likes, 2,311 comments - crimeanalyst on September 27, 2026: "Cornell: As the former head of the Se€xual Offences Section at New Scotland Yard and expert on s€xual violence this is an uncomfortable... 1110751
Reposted by RothaíMartha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Like probably everybody else, I have been confused by Planned Parenthood being against CA Prop 40. This doesn't clarify everything, but it helps. I will be voting a big, fat, neon YES. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...sfchronicle.comPlanned Parenthood staffers are rebelling against the group’s billionaire tax stanceDozens of workers across the state say they oppose the organization’s position on the measure, and one staffer is starring in a new pro-Prop 40 ad. 5227
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 29/09/2026theguardian.comIn-laws arrested on suspicion of murder after New York Times engineer shot dead in CaliforniaPolice arrest couple in their 70s after Jonathan McKinsey, 40, found dead in park in Bay Area city of Dublin 210
Reposted by RothaíRothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Women are supposed to carry pepper spray, whistles, and special ice cubes, and let friends know where we are at all times. Men don’t even have to have scripts ready for turning down invitations to mass rapes. Make every man a mandated reporter, and prosecute them for standing by. 311022
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The full tags are #NotAllMen #DoJackShit #ToStopAllMen. 041
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We’re now doing forensics on what influenced 14yo dropout autodidacts who went on to write the millions of words now guiding the billionaires who were encouraged to be 19yo dropout autodidacts by the older billionaires with philosophy degrees who found HPMOR more useful for their purposes. 240
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For American viewers who don’t yet get what a legend Nigella Lawson is in the UK (with far more wattage than Prue), this is the cover of her 2000 cookbook when half the country was in love with her. She’s the Kylie Minogue of loving food. 284
Reposted by RothaíRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026But I just did what nearly all writing about the issue does: talked about the percent of women on campus who will become victims without talking about the percent of men on campus who will become perpetrators. Most campus rape victims know their assailants. 558491
Rothaí @rothaiocht.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sometimes I have a little fantasy about retraining as a teacher. Then I watch the opening class of a Great British Baking Show, and remember I’m an asshole and would fail to conceal which of the children irritate me. 070
Reposted by RothaíFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026“What I personally find so frustrating is no one is ever given an ounce of grace for the understandable ways these conversations might blur. Whereas, men who act poorly are given a delusional amount of cover & protection. They say illogical things and get polite responses.” - on sexism in AI spaces. 121577139
![Is this how you want to go out, with a show that gets smaller and smaller until it’s gone?
Maybe that’s O.K. I think you have more of a problem with that than I do. [Laughs.] At this point in my career, I could go out with a grand, 21-gun salute, and climb into a rocket and the entire Supreme Court walks out and they jointly press a button, I’m shot up into the air and there’s an explosion and it’s orange and it spells, “Good night and God love.” In this culture? Two years later, it’s going to be, who’s Conan? This is going to sound grim, but eventually, all our graves go unattended.
You’re right, that does sound grim.
Sorry. Calvin Coolidge was a pretty popular president. I’ve been to his grave in Vermont. It has the presidential seal on it. Nobody was there. And by the way, I’m the only late-night host that has been to Calvin Coolidge’s grave. I think that’s what separates me from the other hosts.
I had a great conversation with Albert Brooks once. When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. I said, you make movies, they live on forever. I just do these late-night shows, they get lost, they’re never seen again and who cares? And he looked at me and he said, [Albert Brooks voice] “What are you talking about? None of it matters.” None of it matters? “No, that’s the secret. In 1940, people said Clark Gable is the face of the 20th Century. Who [expletive] thinks about Clark Gable? It doesn’t matter. You’ll be forgotten. I’ll be forgotten. We’ll all be forgotten.” It’s so funny because you’d think that would depress me. I was walking on air after that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qnyq7wies2uc56bzqmfz4q25/bafkreief4hu7c6hd6ymgqnsaejlaipfuj7fq4ka2tkix72pionkb3dkkdy)
