Catesby Holmes
@catesby.bsky.social
Editorial director @ Rewire News Group |Writer. Flaneuse. Brooklynite. Virginian |This account goes polyglot
@malloryjohns.bsky.social, RNG's executive director, shared her vision for journalism w/@niemanlab.org. It's about editorial independence, coalition-building & transparency. This was her pitch when she hired me as Rewire's editorial director and I'm proud to report it's been our shared mission since
Coalition – not consolidation – is the key to independent media’s survival
"We should remove the stigma that republishing each other's work dilutes our own."
www.niemanlab.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@malloryjohns.bsky.social, RNG's executive director, shared her vision for journalism w/@niemanlab.org. It's about editorial independence, coalition-building & transparency. This was her pitch when she hired me as Rewire's editorial director and I'm proud to report it's been our shared mission since
Maybe you can't count on CBS to air investigative report into America's Salvadoran gulags anymore. But you can still trust
@rewirenewsgroup.com to run a story about the clitoris.
Did you think it was all about pleasure during sex? Nah. Try again.
@rewirenewsgroup.com to run a story about the clitoris.
Did you think it was all about pleasure during sex? Nah. Try again.
Clitoris Researcher Wants You to Know Everything This Sex Organ Can Do
Pleasure is only the tip of the clitoral iceberg, says Dr. Angela Towne.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Maybe you can't count on CBS to air investigative report into America's Salvadoran gulags anymore. But you can still trust
@rewirenewsgroup.com to run a story about the clitoris.
Did you think it was all about pleasure during sex? Nah. Try again.
@rewirenewsgroup.com to run a story about the clitoris.
Did you think it was all about pleasure during sex? Nah. Try again.
Profoundly dangerous and terribly callous about the consequences in human suffering
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Profoundly dangerous and terribly callous about the consequences in human suffering
This, and Venezuela is also on another continent FWIW
Not that geography ever stopped the U.S. from intervening in Latin America before…
Not that geography ever stopped the U.S. from intervening in Latin America before…
Definitely no examples of European wars spilling out and consuming the world, becoming world wars (if you will), for which we built an entire apparatus of international institutions to try to head off in the future.
Rubio on Russia-Ukraine: "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This, and Venezuela is also on another continent FWIW
Not that geography ever stopped the U.S. from intervening in Latin America before…
Not that geography ever stopped the U.S. from intervening in Latin America before…
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“The suspect in the Brown University shooting has been found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, according to two law enforcement officials.”
Brown shooting suspect found dead, law enforcement officials say. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
Officials are expected to announce more details at a press conference later tonight.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“The suspect in the Brown University shooting has been found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, according to two law enforcement officials.”
When I asked @angryblacklady.blacksky.app for a holiday column, the eye roll was palpable. She may have even Slacked me a wee skeptical emoji. But behold! A thoughtful reflection on why the holidays are hard for so many ppl & how Imani has changed. It's a love story, even if I get 😬'd for saying so.
I’m Not a Fan of the Holidays—But This Year It’s Different
Imani Gandy used to spend December fighting on the internet. “Arguing was easier than admitting that this time of year made me feel untethered while everyone else seemed firmly rooted in family.”
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December 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When I asked @angryblacklady.blacksky.app for a holiday column, the eye roll was palpable. She may have even Slacked me a wee skeptical emoji. But behold! A thoughtful reflection on why the holidays are hard for so many ppl & how Imani has changed. It's a love story, even if I get 😬'd for saying so.
A chilling account of what stress from ICE raids does to the pregnant body: high blood pressure, disrupted sleep, chest pains, depression. And when immigrants fear going outside, they skip prenatal appts & go untreated. OBs are worried: "These policies are having very deep effects on our patients.”
For months, I've been talking to providers and researchers across the country to understand how the Trump administration's immigration policies are impacting reproductive health. The story is out today in @rewirenewsgroup.com. I hope you'll give it a read:
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/12/17/i...
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/12/17/i...
Pregnant Immigrants and Their Babies May Suffer Complications from Chronic Stress of ICE Raids, Experts Warn
At least two doctors say they're already seeing warning signs in patients, including high blood pressure and deteriorating mental health.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A chilling account of what stress from ICE raids does to the pregnant body: high blood pressure, disrupted sleep, chest pains, depression. And when immigrants fear going outside, they skip prenatal appts & go untreated. OBs are worried: "These policies are having very deep effects on our patients.”
Finally got to sit down with @rebeccakelliher.bsky.social last week to discuss her book, Just Pills. Two drugs--misoprostol & mifepristone--have transformed abortion over the last 30 years, and she tells the story of their unlikely development. A great gift for the abortion advocate in your life!
New Book Outlines Medication Abortion’s Origins—From ‘Chance’ Discovery to Decades of Clinical Tests and Global Approval
“Just Pills” author Rebecca Kelliher discusses the U.S.' abortion fight and what to learn from Latin America’s reproductive justice battle.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Finally got to sit down with @rebeccakelliher.bsky.social last week to discuss her book, Just Pills. Two drugs--misoprostol & mifepristone--have transformed abortion over the last 30 years, and she tells the story of their unlikely development. A great gift for the abortion advocate in your life!
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Thank you to the tireless folks at @rewirenewsgroup.com and to the incisive @catesby.bsky.social for this Q&A on "Just Pills" - I especially loved the last question (you gotta read it to find out)!
"Just Pills” author @rebeccakelliher.bsky.social also discusses how the U.S. stacks up against Latin America on abortion rights, and what we can learn from the region’s fight for reproductive justice.
New Book Outlines Medication Abortion’s Origins—From ‘Chance’ Discovery to Decades of Clinical Tests and Global Approval
“Just Pills” author Rebecca Kelliher discusses the U.S.' abortion fight and what to learn from Latin America’s reproductive justice battle.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thank you to the tireless folks at @rewirenewsgroup.com and to the incisive @catesby.bsky.social for this Q&A on "Just Pills" - I especially loved the last question (you gotta read it to find out)!
If you’re not already following @rewirenewsgroup.com, hit that button. The anti-abortion right has high hopes for 2026; RNG won’t just report the news, we’ll get behind the headline to explain what it means for you, your loved ones and all ppl of reproductive age, from vaccines to mifepristone.
🧵 Looking ahead, here's what we're watching in 2026:
The CDC could further alter the childhood vax schedule. This month, a CDC panel ended a long-standing recommendation that all newborns get a birth dose of the hepatitis B vax, endangering public health gains.
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The CDC could further alter the childhood vax schedule. This month, a CDC panel ended a long-standing recommendation that all newborns get a birth dose of the hepatitis B vax, endangering public health gains.
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/12/05/v...
CDC Committee Changes Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccine Guidance
The ACIP committee cited misinformation to suggest that the benefits of the vaccine, which prevents liver disease and cancer, may not outweigh the risks.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you’re not already following @rewirenewsgroup.com, hit that button. The anti-abortion right has high hopes for 2026; RNG won’t just report the news, we’ll get behind the headline to explain what it means for you, your loved ones and all ppl of reproductive age, from vaccines to mifepristone.
The Duluth Trading Post years come on you fast
December 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Duluth Trading Post years come on you fast
We do
how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We do
Oliver Sacks, on being “processed” by soldiers in a brief encounter on the U.S.-occupied Marshall Islands during a trip. “Being herded this way was deeply chilling—we had a sense of how helpless and terrified one could be in the hands of a military or totalitarian bureaucracy.”
Now think of ICE
Now think of ICE
December 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Oliver Sacks, on being “processed” by soldiers in a brief encounter on the U.S.-occupied Marshall Islands during a trip. “Being herded this way was deeply chilling—we had a sense of how helpless and terrified one could be in the hands of a military or totalitarian bureaucracy.”
Now think of ICE
Now think of ICE
What's on the ballot next year in terms of reproductive rights? Not a ton, actually. The big fight is over access to abortion pills, and it will be decided in courtrooms & federal agencies, writes law scholar @rebouche.bsky.social in a story jointly produced with @us.theconversation.com.
2026's Abortion Battles Will Be Fought More in Courts and FDA Offices Than at the Polls—Analysis
Judges and federal regulators will make significant decisions over Americans' reproductive rights next year.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What's on the ballot next year in terms of reproductive rights? Not a ton, actually. The big fight is over access to abortion pills, and it will be decided in courtrooms & federal agencies, writes law scholar @rebouche.bsky.social in a story jointly produced with @us.theconversation.com.
Mine was Ministry of Time, and my toddler, in a rebuke to the Supreme Court, picked Pride Puppy 🏳️🌈
📚 @rewirenewsgroup.com's 2025 book recs are out!! Mine are Bad Summer People (if you liked the Hunting Wives, you will like this!!) for adults & Santa's Diaries for kids rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/12/09/2...
The Official Rewire 2025 Book List
Our recommendations for your holiday reading, from memoirs to children’s literature.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Mine was Ministry of Time, and my toddler, in a rebuke to the Supreme Court, picked Pride Puppy 🏳️🌈
📚Calling all book nerds and parents of book nerds! The book nerd staff at @rewirenewsgroup.com thinks you should cozy up with these novels, memoirs, biographies, board books, YA romances & more. Includes recommendations for adults, small children, and teens. Obviously, we have impeccable taste 💅
The Official Rewire 2025 Book List
Our recommendations for your holiday reading, from memoirs to children’s literature.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📚Calling all book nerds and parents of book nerds! The book nerd staff at @rewirenewsgroup.com thinks you should cozy up with these novels, memoirs, biographies, board books, YA romances & more. Includes recommendations for adults, small children, and teens. Obviously, we have impeccable taste 💅
Counterpoint: I do in fact need to try every cookie
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Counterpoint: I do in fact need to try every cookie
Absolutely on the mark casting. 10/10 no notes.
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Absolutely on the mark casting. 10/10 no notes.
This story made me want to throw up. If you’ve ever delivered a baby, you immediately put yourself in her place and it’s intolerable. But everyone with a soul will find the cruelty on display here too much to bear.
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention. This story was originally reported by @19thnews.org, and republished through RNG‘s partnership with The 19th News Network.
Her Baby Was In The NICU. She Was In ICE Detention
Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after her daughter’s difficult birth. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This story made me want to throw up. If you’ve ever delivered a baby, you immediately put yourself in her place and it’s intolerable. But everyone with a soul will find the cruelty on display here too much to bear.
Get another chaotic vaccine committee meeting. Yet another new federal recommendation that subverts decades of public health best practices.
@cameronoakes.bsky.social explains why vaccinating newborns for hepatitis B is the scientific best practice—guidance the CDC will now likely cease to endorse
@cameronoakes.bsky.social explains why vaccinating newborns for hepatitis B is the scientific best practice—guidance the CDC will now likely cease to endorse
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Get another chaotic vaccine committee meeting. Yet another new federal recommendation that subverts decades of public health best practices.
@cameronoakes.bsky.social explains why vaccinating newborns for hepatitis B is the scientific best practice—guidance the CDC will now likely cease to endorse
@cameronoakes.bsky.social explains why vaccinating newborns for hepatitis B is the scientific best practice—guidance the CDC will now likely cease to endorse
Update: The rule change process is now beginning in Florida to lift some school vaccine mandates, but does not appear to be final. The state Dept of Health confirmed with me yesterday that it will hold a mtg on Dec. 12 to get public input on the policy; emails can be sent to VaccineRule@flhealth.gov
Tomorrow Florida will stop requiring kids to get vaccinated for chickenpox, hep B & other viruses. Kids (and I say this w/love) are adorable disease vectors. Classrooms are petri dishes. This first-in-the-nation policy is about to make things way worse--esp for certain families, says Erica Halbert.
As Florida Schools Admit Unvaccinated Students, Working Families May Feel the Worst Consequences: Analysis
On Dec. 3, the Sunshine State will end many vaccine mandates required to attend public schools. The effects will be felt beyond the classroom.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Update: The rule change process is now beginning in Florida to lift some school vaccine mandates, but does not appear to be final. The state Dept of Health confirmed with me yesterday that it will hold a mtg on Dec. 12 to get public input on the policy; emails can be sent to VaccineRule@flhealth.gov
I read this story well before I ever met @angryblacklady.blacksky.app and had the privilege of becoming her editor. It stuck with me.
Every hardworking columnist deserves a week off, so we’re pulling it out of the archives and running it again today. I trust it will stick with you, too.
Every hardworking columnist deserves a week off, so we’re pulling it out of the archives and running it again today. I trust it will stick with you, too.
Back in 2021, @angryblacklady.blacksky.app wrote about the painful process of discovering her origin story was not what she thought it was. Read more:
I'm Not a 'Crack Baby'—but I Thought I Was
The more I thought about this offensive origin story I had created for myself, the angrier I got. So I started to do something about it.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I read this story well before I ever met @angryblacklady.blacksky.app and had the privilege of becoming her editor. It stuck with me.
Every hardworking columnist deserves a week off, so we’re pulling it out of the archives and running it again today. I trust it will stick with you, too.
Every hardworking columnist deserves a week off, so we’re pulling it out of the archives and running it again today. I trust it will stick with you, too.
The thing about toddler parenting is you know the tantrum will end but you don’t know when or how and it’s an extremely humbling way to be “in the moment”
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The thing about toddler parenting is you know the tantrum will end but you don’t know when or how and it’s an extremely humbling way to be “in the moment”
Reyes’ deep humanity and conviction is on full display here. Thoroughly enjoyed
Calling all Scrubs fans!
Judy Reyes breaks down exactly why Carla + Turk worked: real chemistry, real friendship, and one extremely chaotic first on-screen kiss.
Full episode of B*tch, Listen is live now. ✨
Judy Reyes breaks down exactly why Carla + Turk worked: real chemistry, real friendship, and one extremely chaotic first on-screen kiss.
Full episode of B*tch, Listen is live now. ✨
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reyes’ deep humanity and conviction is on full display here. Thoroughly enjoyed