dr. caitlin m. green
@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social
linguist, discourse/pragmatics
podcaster liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswer/
author & associate editor at liberalcurrents.com
singer with the Wild Lilacs
https://www.instagram.com/thewildlilacs?igsh=MXJqOXZ6NHpoOXRrYg==
she/they
substantively unserious
podcaster liberalcurrents.com/halftheanswer/
author & associate editor at liberalcurrents.com
singer with the Wild Lilacs
https://www.instagram.com/thewildlilacs?igsh=MXJqOXZ6NHpoOXRrYg==
she/they
substantively unserious
Pinned
Half the Answer #56: Trent and Caitlin talk with philosophy of science expert Nathan Oseroff-Spicer about his review of the book "The War On Science," how the book misses the mark, and what strategies its authors use to downplay the threats from the right and fabricate a threat from the left.
Half the Answer #56: The Imaginary "War on Science"—and the Real One
Trent and Caitlin talk with philosophy of science expert Nathan Oseroff-Spicer about his review of the book "The War On Science," how the book misses the mark, what strategies its authors use to downp...
www.liberalcurrents.com
was it your christmas wish to listen to three people collectively lose their shit over a meritless polemic? well then, belated christmas, you filthy animals.
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@letsgomathias.bsky.social came on the show to explain #Antifa, how it exists as a boogeyman for the right, what kinds of activities they are engaged in, the difference between doxxing a teacher who practices inclusivity and doxxing one who wants to convert students into Nazi soldiers.
What Is Antifa, and How Do You Catch a Fascist?
YouTube video by Liberal Currents
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
@letsgomathias.bsky.social came on the show to explain #Antifa, how it exists as a boogeyman for the right, what kinds of activities they are engaged in, the difference between doxxing a teacher who practices inclusivity and doxxing one who wants to convert students into Nazi soldiers.
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contact your reps
January 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
contact your reps
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For @liberalcurrents.com fellow @vassar.bsky.social alum @jpygold.bsky.social and I wrote about the Trump administration's gutting of disparate impact liability as another advance in their segregationist agenda.
Promoting a New Segregation
The Trump administration wants to make anti-Black racism great again.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:23 PM
For @liberalcurrents.com fellow @vassar.bsky.social alum @jpygold.bsky.social and I wrote about the Trump administration's gutting of disparate impact liability as another advance in their segregationist agenda.
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This Upton Sinclair quote never misses
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
But can anyone tell me what this bit means? “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
This Upton Sinclair quote never misses
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
pinker should shadow the doctors for a day and THEN see if he feels like slandering them
January 2, 2026 at 1:03 AM
pinker should shadow the doctors for a day and THEN see if he feels like slandering them
i had a feeling this topic would be relevant in the coming year and gosh darn wouldn’t you know it,
For our first interview, we spoke with the great @bradvivian.bsky.social about his book campus misinformation, and boy, that topic remains one worth going through. Over the past year we have seen the government and its allies try to mangle higher ed, but people have bravely fought back too.
Campus Misinformation
YouTube video by Liberal Currents
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
i had a feeling this topic would be relevant in the coming year and gosh darn wouldn’t you know it,
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Over at @liberalcurrents.com you can find so many wonderful essays, but you can also find #HalfTheAnswer with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I. We asked so many questions in 2025, and had so many excellent and informative guests on the program; who, you might ask? Well, we’re glad you asked. 🧵
January 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Over at @liberalcurrents.com you can find so many wonderful essays, but you can also find #HalfTheAnswer with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I. We asked so many questions in 2025, and had so many excellent and informative guests on the program; who, you might ask? Well, we’re glad you asked. 🧵
i would not have been able to start a family with someone who couldn’t be cool to my friends, or wouldn’t accept me accessing reproductive healthcare, or wouldn’t support our kids if they were LGBTQ+ or loved someone who wasn’t white, or wanted to use corporal punishment, or wouldn’t let me work….
It's "politics shouldn't be such a big deal" and what they can't accept is that the politics of the moment are the problem not the attitude of the kids.
Roe was overturned three years ago! Politics are quite salient to relationships!
Roe was overturned three years ago! Politics are quite salient to relationships!
It's remarkable how consistently older media folks seem to think "wildly differing moral standards" shouldn't be a barrier to relationships.
Or really, shouldn't be a barrier for liberals. Because these are always a scolding of young liberal women.
Or really, shouldn't be a barrier for liberals. Because these are always a scolding of young liberal women.
December 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i would not have been able to start a family with someone who couldn’t be cool to my friends, or wouldn’t accept me accessing reproductive healthcare, or wouldn’t support our kids if they were LGBTQ+ or loved someone who wasn’t white, or wanted to use corporal punishment, or wouldn’t let me work….
yeah but a think tank said that reading a paragraph of TNC made white high schoolers kinda sad so unfortunately we had to let this happen instead
the racism coming from the entire conservative movement targeting the somali community is so goddam disgusting and its just being completely ignored
December 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
yeah but a think tank said that reading a paragraph of TNC made white high schoolers kinda sad so unfortunately we had to let this happen instead
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the fact that i can’t get the cast of wicked to perform at my daughter’s birthday party is actually a real crime against the next generation of potential musical theater lovers. if u stop to think about it.
December 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
the fact that i can’t get the cast of wicked to perform at my daughter’s birthday party is actually a real crime against the next generation of potential musical theater lovers. if u stop to think about it.
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NEW: In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, plaintiffs who live in housing across the street from Portland's ICE facility today filed a preliminary injunction motion to bar the feds from shooting tear gas, etc., when not necessary, because it keeps entering their homes.
December 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEW: In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, plaintiffs who live in housing across the street from Portland's ICE facility today filed a preliminary injunction motion to bar the feds from shooting tear gas, etc., when not necessary, because it keeps entering their homes.
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At one point, the two men in this video don’t identify themselves to daycare workers, demand to know where the children are, and then try to yank open the door as the female employees pull on it to keep them out.
December 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
At one point, the two men in this video don’t identify themselves to daycare workers, demand to know where the children are, and then try to yank open the door as the female employees pull on it to keep them out.
the lobsters, which were NOT alive
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
the lobsters, which were NOT alive
ps nate talked to @nicemangos.bsky.social before us so for a more… focused… discussion, check them out!
pca.st/episode/f824...
pca.st/episode/f824...
December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ps nate talked to @nicemangos.bsky.social before us so for a more… focused… discussion, check them out!
pca.st/episode/f824...
pca.st/episode/f824...
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Some of my favourites doing my favourite kind of dunking! ❤️🧠
was it your christmas wish to listen to three people collectively lose their shit over a meritless polemic? well then, belated christmas, you filthy animals.
Half the Answer #56: Trent and Caitlin talk with philosophy of science expert Nathan Oseroff-Spicer about his review of the book "The War On Science," how the book misses the mark, and what strategies its authors use to downplay the threats from the right and fabricate a threat from the left.
December 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Some of my favourites doing my favourite kind of dunking! ❤️🧠
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New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
was it your christmas wish to listen to three people collectively lose their shit over a meritless polemic? well then, belated christmas, you filthy animals.
Half the Answer #56: Trent and Caitlin talk with philosophy of science expert Nathan Oseroff-Spicer about his review of the book "The War On Science," how the book misses the mark, and what strategies its authors use to downplay the threats from the right and fabricate a threat from the left.
Half the Answer #56: The Imaginary "War on Science"—and the Real One
Trent and Caitlin talk with philosophy of science expert Nathan Oseroff-Spicer about his review of the book "The War On Science," how the book misses the mark, what strategies its authors use to downp...
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
was it your christmas wish to listen to three people collectively lose their shit over a meritless polemic? well then, belated christmas, you filthy animals.
the mighty bûche
December 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
the mighty bûche
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
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"What Do Republicans Know?": @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social with @matthew.flux.community, on our Half the Answer podcast www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
Half the Answer #55: What Do Republicans Know?
Caitlin and Trent talk with Matthew Sheffield about his experiences as a former Republican strategist and the information he wants progressives to know about their strategies and successes.
Half the ...
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"What Do Republicans Know?": @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social with @matthew.flux.community, on our Half the Answer podcast www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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More essential work from the great @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social; these folks are real bad. Support her an her work, and make sure you catch her when she returns to #HalfTheAnswer w @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I as well.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
More essential work from the great @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social; these folks are real bad. Support her an her work, and make sure you catch her when she returns to #HalfTheAnswer w @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and I as well.
YESSS
Find the Public version of my conversation with @nateo.bsky.social
On ‘The War on Science’ here
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
On ‘The War on Science’ here
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
‘Fashademics’ 1 - War on Science
Podcast Episode · Polite Conversations · 2025-12-19 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
YESSS
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Since there seems to be a flurry of Yglesias discourse on here today, here is my take. He recently joined the moral panic over teaching about race--on the side of the racists. And he gets critical race theory wrong because he superficially engages with it.
A Tent Big Enough for Bigots but Too Small for Critical Race Theory
Like so many of critical race theory's detractors, Matthew Yglesias fails to engage with the actual scholarship.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Since there seems to be a flurry of Yglesias discourse on here today, here is my take. He recently joined the moral panic over teaching about race--on the side of the racists. And he gets critical race theory wrong because he superficially engages with it.