Catesby Holmes
@catesby.bsky.social
Editorial director @ Rewire News Group |Writer. Flaneuse. Brooklynite. Virginian |This account goes polyglot
lololol @cuteflesh.bsky.social does it again.
"Instead of spending this Feb. 14 feeling sorry for yourself, envying the relationships of others or planning an anti-Valentine’s Day celebration with your gal pals, spend the evening doing something healthier & more obviously pleasant: masturbating!"
"Instead of spending this Feb. 14 feeling sorry for yourself, envying the relationships of others or planning an anti-Valentine’s Day celebration with your gal pals, spend the evening doing something healthier & more obviously pleasant: masturbating!"
Why I Masturbate on Valentine’s Day
A guaranteed orgasm is better than waiting for a box of chocolates that may never arrive.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
lololol @cuteflesh.bsky.social does it again.
"Instead of spending this Feb. 14 feeling sorry for yourself, envying the relationships of others or planning an anti-Valentine’s Day celebration with your gal pals, spend the evening doing something healthier & more obviously pleasant: masturbating!"
"Instead of spending this Feb. 14 feeling sorry for yourself, envying the relationships of others or planning an anti-Valentine’s Day celebration with your gal pals, spend the evening doing something healthier & more obviously pleasant: masturbating!"
Even if you’re not on TikTok you’ve seen this trend: “unalive” for dead; “segs” for sex. It’s cutesy and a little clever, but research shows it might also be bad for free expression—and self-censorship around sex and the body can harm girls and young women the most.
Sex Educators Are Self-Censoring Online to Avoid Content Bans. Does it Work?
It's called 'algospeak,' and it looks like 's3x,' 'le$bian,' and 'c00chie.' Some creators swear by it, but experts say it may increase stigma.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Even if you’re not on TikTok you’ve seen this trend: “unalive” for dead; “segs” for sex. It’s cutesy and a little clever, but research shows it might also be bad for free expression—and self-censorship around sex and the body can harm girls and young women the most.
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I talked with parents, teachers and kids about ICE's ongoing operation and how it has upended their day-to-day lives. One of the harder stories I've reported. For @rewirenewsgroup.com
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‘Bad Guys Are Taking Mommies and Daddies’: ICE Upends Minneapolis Kids' Lives
In Minneapolis, parents must figure that out, while teachers face half-empty classrooms as students stay home for fear of abduction.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I talked with parents, teachers and kids about ICE's ongoing operation and how it has upended their day-to-day lives. One of the harder stories I've reported. For @rewirenewsgroup.com
rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/02/03/i...
rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/02/03/i...
Since ICE got to Minneapolis, 5-year-old Vera has a new hobby: setting traps.
“All bad guys are trying to take dark skin people like my friend,” Vera said. “So I try to keep them safe.”
@setharichardson.bsky.social on how kids, parents, and schools are handling the upheaval of ICE violence.
“All bad guys are trying to take dark skin people like my friend,” Vera said. “So I try to keep them safe.”
@setharichardson.bsky.social on how kids, parents, and schools are handling the upheaval of ICE violence.
February 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Since ICE got to Minneapolis, 5-year-old Vera has a new hobby: setting traps.
“All bad guys are trying to take dark skin people like my friend,” Vera said. “So I try to keep them safe.”
@setharichardson.bsky.social on how kids, parents, and schools are handling the upheaval of ICE violence.
“All bad guys are trying to take dark skin people like my friend,” Vera said. “So I try to keep them safe.”
@setharichardson.bsky.social on how kids, parents, and schools are handling the upheaval of ICE violence.
Rewire is about to publish a story reported from Minneapolis about how parents are trying to explain the ICE invasion to their kids. It includes interviews with littles as young as 5 who want to protect their friends from the "naughties" and when I say tears were shed during editing.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Rewire is about to publish a story reported from Minneapolis about how parents are trying to explain the ICE invasion to their kids. It includes interviews with littles as young as 5 who want to protect their friends from the "naughties" and when I say tears were shed during editing.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Today's story by @hallielieberman.bsky.social is a perfect example of what sets RNG apart from other outlets. Where else can you read about the FDA's new campaign targeting manufacturers and retailers that sell chest binders, compression garments used to minimize the appearance of breast tissue?
February 2, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Today's story by @hallielieberman.bsky.social is a perfect example of what sets RNG apart from other outlets. Where else can you read about the FDA's new campaign targeting manufacturers and retailers that sell chest binders, compression garments used to minimize the appearance of breast tissue?
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February 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Rewire News Group covers stuff no one else will, and we pay decently. Plus, we're fun to work with (I think). Hit us up!
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Please note: All pitches must go through the pitch portal on the website, and we can only respond to ideas that we're interested in assigning.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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From Argentina’s dictatorship to today’s ICE raids, mothers have turned grief into resistance.
A political scientist who lived through Argentina’s junta draws urgent parallels.
A collaboration with @rewirenewsgroup.com:
theconversation.com/how-governme...
#polisky
A political scientist who lived through Argentina’s junta draws urgent parallels.
A collaboration with @rewirenewsgroup.com:
theconversation.com/how-governme...
#polisky
February 1, 2026 at 1:20 AM
From Argentina’s dictatorship to today’s ICE raids, mothers have turned grief into resistance.
A political scientist who lived through Argentina’s junta draws urgent parallels.
A collaboration with @rewirenewsgroup.com:
theconversation.com/how-governme...
#polisky
A political scientist who lived through Argentina’s junta draws urgent parallels.
A collaboration with @rewirenewsgroup.com:
theconversation.com/how-governme...
#polisky
“No later than Tuesday,” per judge’s order.
Liam and his father might be released.
Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention, source says | CNN
A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a source with knowledge of the fed...
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February 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
“No later than Tuesday,” per judge’s order.
Terrifying.
And of course, that’s the point.
And of course, that’s the point.
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 31, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Terrifying.
And of course, that’s the point.
And of course, that’s the point.
In today's Rewire Weekly, I explain why Minneapolis in 2026 made me think of 1970s Argentina, and what can happen when mothers unite to resist government terror.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
In today's Rewire Weekly, I explain why Minneapolis in 2026 made me think of 1970s Argentina, and what can happen when mothers unite to resist government terror.
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I don’t know whether I’m obsessed with asap and Rihana or whether instagram just thinks I am, but I am starting to think that is a distinction without a difference.
January 30, 2026 at 2:54 AM
I don’t know whether I’m obsessed with asap and Rihana or whether instagram just thinks I am, but I am starting to think that is a distinction without a difference.
Former senior international editor here. Can confirm.
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Former senior international editor here. Can confirm.
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It’s overwhelmingly awful out there, which is why I kept thinking about how Argentines resisted & outlasted a brutal dictatorship to restore democracy & get justice for the dead. It’s a hard read but I think a heartening one.
As Laura Tedesco writes, it matters how people respond to state terror.
As Laura Tedesco writes, it matters how people respond to state terror.
Moms who resist can change history.
In Argentina, state terror inspired mothers to “became a potent force in resisting authoritarianism and ultimately restoring democracy,” according to a political scientist who lived through the dictatorship in her native country.
In Argentina, state terror inspired mothers to “became a potent force in resisting authoritarianism and ultimately restoring democracy,” according to a political scientist who lived through the dictatorship in her native country.
How government killings and kidnappings in Argentina drove mothers to resist and revolt − and eventually win
After the regime ‘disappeared’ their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice – and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:48 AM
It’s overwhelmingly awful out there, which is why I kept thinking about how Argentines resisted & outlasted a brutal dictatorship to restore democracy & get justice for the dead. It’s a hard read but I think a heartening one.
As Laura Tedesco writes, it matters how people respond to state terror.
As Laura Tedesco writes, it matters how people respond to state terror.
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Moms who resist can change history.
In Argentina, state terror inspired mothers to “became a potent force in resisting authoritarianism and ultimately restoring democracy,” according to a political scientist who lived through the dictatorship in her native country.
In Argentina, state terror inspired mothers to “became a potent force in resisting authoritarianism and ultimately restoring democracy,” according to a political scientist who lived through the dictatorship in her native country.
How government killings and kidnappings in Argentina drove mothers to resist and revolt − and eventually win
After the regime ‘disappeared’ their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice – and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Moms who resist can change history.
In Argentina, state terror inspired mothers to “became a potent force in resisting authoritarianism and ultimately restoring democracy,” according to a political scientist who lived through the dictatorship in her native country.
In Argentina, state terror inspired mothers to “became a potent force in resisting authoritarianism and ultimately restoring democracy,” according to a political scientist who lived through the dictatorship in her native country.
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Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
Bridgerton season is upon us.
Bridgerton fans are getting hyped to step into a new season tomorrow—but can the show improve its depiction of consent? The romance genre has long grappled with how to show people mutually agreeing to sex, and Bridgerton has a chance to improve upon its source material.
How 'Bridgerton' and Other Romances Have Evolved in Their Depictions of Consent
Bridgerton's fourth season is an opportunity for the show to improve its source material’s portrayals of consent.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Bridgerton season is upon us.
Nothing makes for a more relaxing Tuesday evening by than shoveling your car out from the two mountains of icy-packed snow the neighboring building plowed up behind it 😡
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Nothing makes for a more relaxing Tuesday evening by than shoveling your car out from the two mountains of icy-packed snow the neighboring building plowed up behind it 😡
“In both its use of masks and its brazen disregard for proportionality, ICE evokes in me unsettling memories of all-powerful, authoritarian governments that exercise control over life and death.”
After Renee Good's killing, I kept thinking about Argentina -namely, how moms became a potent resistance force when the dictatorship started "disappearing" their kids. I asked an authoritarianism scholar who survived that regime what the U.S. could learn. It's hard reading but, I think, heartening.
Government Killings and Kidnappings in Argentina Drove Mothers to Revolt --- And Eventually Win
After the regime "disappeared" their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice—and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.
rewirenewsgroup.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:30 AM
“In both its use of masks and its brazen disregard for proportionality, ICE evokes in me unsettling memories of all-powerful, authoritarian governments that exercise control over life and death.”
After Renee Good's killing, I kept thinking about Argentina -namely, how moms became a potent resistance force when the dictatorship started "disappearing" their kids. I asked an authoritarianism scholar who survived that regime what the U.S. could learn. It's hard reading but, I think, heartening.
Government Killings and Kidnappings in Argentina Drove Mothers to Revolt --- And Eventually Win
After the regime "disappeared" their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice—and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.
rewirenewsgroup.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:10 PM
After Renee Good's killing, I kept thinking about Argentina -namely, how moms became a potent resistance force when the dictatorship started "disappearing" their kids. I asked an authoritarianism scholar who survived that regime what the U.S. could learn. It's hard reading but, I think, heartening.
This may be the coolest thing to has happen to Manhattan in a long time
January 26, 2026 at 1:51 AM
This may be the coolest thing to has happen to Manhattan in a long time
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026