M. Kelly
@emkelly.bsky.social
Unapologetic feminist. Trans ally. Black Lives Matter. Background biology/math. Special fondness for cephalopods, mycology, astronomy, & animals. Hobby cook & baker. I'll miss the country we never actually were but fuck it we ball.
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M. Kelly
@emkelly.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Tbc, I'm blocking all fake leftists who refuse to grapple with our country's well established racism & misogyny & hide behind "economic anxiety," which it was never about, not in the 1930s, 2016, or 2024, & I'm not putting up with anyone who pretends otherwise. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Last year, multiple mega law firms pledged almost $1 BILLION in “pro bono” legal services to Convicted Felon Trump & his Regime.
I am demanding these firms actually show their work as I don't think they’re benefiting society, but merely helping Trump line his own pockets.
youtu.be/mUssE1KBbNw?...
I am demanding these firms actually show their work as I don't think they’re benefiting society, but merely helping Trump line his own pockets.
youtu.be/mUssE1KBbNw?...
Trump’s SHADY Law Firm Deals BLOW UP IN HIS FACE!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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February 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Last year, multiple mega law firms pledged almost $1 BILLION in “pro bono” legal services to Convicted Felon Trump & his Regime.
I am demanding these firms actually show their work as I don't think they’re benefiting society, but merely helping Trump line his own pockets.
youtu.be/mUssE1KBbNw?...
I am demanding these firms actually show their work as I don't think they’re benefiting society, but merely helping Trump line his own pockets.
youtu.be/mUssE1KBbNw?...
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Across various settings, we have found strong public support to reduce burdens in Medicaid, in this case for oral health services provided via Medicaid.
New article out in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry with Pamela Herd and @donmoyn.bsky.social looking at administrative burdens in dental care for patients and providers
Attitudes About Administrative Burdens for Beneficiaries and Dental Care Providers in Medicaid
doi.org/10.1111/jphd...
Attitudes About Administrative Burdens for Beneficiaries and Dental Care Providers in Medicaid
doi.org/10.1111/jphd...
February 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Across various settings, we have found strong public support to reduce burdens in Medicaid, in this case for oral health services provided via Medicaid.
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Massie not backing down.
February 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Massie not backing down.
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"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
www.dallasnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
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BRIAN TYLER COHEN: Last question -- is Tupac alive?
OBAMA: He's alive on my playlist
OBAMA: He's alive on my playlist
February 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
BRIAN TYLER COHEN: Last question -- is Tupac alive?
OBAMA: He's alive on my playlist
OBAMA: He's alive on my playlist
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They want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to ICE identification **and** they want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to voter ID?
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."
February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
They want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to ICE identification **and** they want us to follow the norms of American law when it comes to voter ID?
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent if, like Tom Emmer, you were repeatedly kicked in the head by a mule.
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We are living through such strange times. We can't let these people erase history. Thankful for today's win.
February 16, 2026 at 8:03 PM
We are living through such strange times. We can't let these people erase history. Thankful for today's win.
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In a 40-page opinion, Judge Cynthia M. Rufe even referenced the novel 1984 while faulting the administration for what she described as trying to blur and dismantle well-documented historical facts. Link to ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum and/or Opinion – #53 in CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. BURGUM (E.D. Pa., 2:26-cv-00434) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM AND/OR OPINION. SIGNED BY DISTRICT JUDGE CYNTHIA M. RUFE ON 2/16/2026. 2/16/2026 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(kp) (Entered: 02/16/2026)
storage.courtlistener.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
In a 40-page opinion, Judge Cynthia M. Rufe even referenced the novel 1984 while faulting the administration for what she described as trying to blur and dismantle well-documented historical facts. Link to ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A win! A federal judge has instructed the Interior Department to restore signage and video exhibits at George Washington’s former Philadelphia residence that explain his ownership of enslaved people.
February 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
A win! A federal judge has instructed the Interior Department to restore signage and video exhibits at George Washington’s former Philadelphia residence that explain his ownership of enslaved people.
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Even wild creatures get so sick of it that even death seems preferable.
February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Even wild creatures get so sick of it that even death seems preferable.
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The female Golem Grad tortoises chose flung themselves to death because of the constant sexual aggression of the males
February 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The female Golem Grad tortoises chose flung themselves to death because of the constant sexual aggression of the males
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This is so embarrassing. A conscientious decision to withdraw from something is absolutely not "failing to prepare," it's a choice to not participate, and anyone who can't tell the difference should not have a job in writing or editing.
Such as being a newspaper editor.
Such as being a newspaper editor.
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This is so embarrassing. A conscientious decision to withdraw from something is absolutely not "failing to prepare," it's a choice to not participate, and anyone who can't tell the difference should not have a job in writing or editing.
Such as being a newspaper editor.
Such as being a newspaper editor.
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We wanted to understand how rugged English-Scots-Irish culture has shaped America. So we talked to three white South African billionaires at a sex party in the Bahamas.
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
We wanted to understand how rugged English-Scots-Irish culture has shaped America. So we talked to three white South African billionaires at a sex party in the Bahamas.
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Class is filling up with students from across South Carolina. It promises to be a powerful spring semester. Tuition waived for public school teachers. Some needs-based scholarships available.
Details at modjeskaschool.com
Details at modjeskaschool.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Class is filling up with students from across South Carolina. It promises to be a powerful spring semester. Tuition waived for public school teachers. Some needs-based scholarships available.
Details at modjeskaschool.com
Details at modjeskaschool.com
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The thing that provokes this kind of response of outsized, contemptuous retaliation is basically always shame.
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The thing that provokes this kind of response of outsized, contemptuous retaliation is basically always shame.
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And to be honest there have always been de–facto functional—if not de-jure legal—exceptions to free speech, statements that you can’t make without likely ruining your life. Most prominently these are “free Palestine” and “that man raped me.”
February 16, 2026 at 12:22 AM
And to be honest there have always been de–facto functional—if not de-jure legal—exceptions to free speech, statements that you can’t make without likely ruining your life. Most prominently these are “free Palestine” and “that man raped me.”
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Sorry but it’s not a free press if there is a class of people too powerful to risk telling the truth about.
February 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Sorry but it’s not a free press if there is a class of people too powerful to risk telling the truth about.
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What Peter Thiel did to Gawker proved that you can’t have billionaires and a free press at the same time.
i think you can judge how free - or not - our political media is by the fact that elon musk literally did a sieg heil (twice) at a rally and it’s still seen as uncouth and overly partisan (in legacy media) to describe his politics as straightforwardly white supremacist.
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
What Peter Thiel did to Gawker proved that you can’t have billionaires and a free press at the same time.
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thank you, algorithm
February 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
thank you, algorithm
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Make funding ICE and CPB unelectable. Simply refuse to vote for anyone who funds a violent, masked presidential police force that executes people on the street and threatens to do it again. Republican or Democrat. Make funding ICE unelectable.
ICE/CBP have gone unfunded for 3 days; how about 3 years? The best way to claw back the $170 billion immigration enforcement surge in the Big Beautiful Bill is to just claw it back. The 2nd-best way is to slowly drain it by never funding the underlying appropriation. @ryanlcooper.com makes the case:
The Case for Keeping ICE and CBP Defunded - The American Prospect
Democrats should not provide one thin dime to MAGA storm troopers.
prospect.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Make funding ICE and CPB unelectable. Simply refuse to vote for anyone who funds a violent, masked presidential police force that executes people on the street and threatens to do it again. Republican or Democrat. Make funding ICE unelectable.
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Chris Rufo: “We launched the Claudine Gay plagiarism story from the Right to smuggle it into media apparatus of the Left, legitimizing the narrative to center-left actors who have power to topple her. Then squeeze.”
Mediocre "meritocracy" NYT editors who hate Me Too and give him affirmative action:
Mediocre "meritocracy" NYT editors who hate Me Too and give him affirmative action:
NYT editors put "Claudine Gay" in "top 5 featured on the New York Times homepage Dec 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 22, 25"
While they put Trump calling for Constitution's "termination" on page 15 and his chief of staff's "tyrant" warning on 12
Christopher Rufo openly bragged about the plans:
While they put Trump calling for Constitution's "termination" on page 15 and his chief of staff's "tyrant" warning on 12
Christopher Rufo openly bragged about the plans:
"The thing about this guy is that he’s a total product of right-wing affirmative action and you literally would never have heard of him if he was a liberal"
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NYT powerful editors who push "meritocracy" narrative yet mediocre and hired each other with legacy insider privilege
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NYT powerful editors who push "meritocracy" narrative yet mediocre and hired each other with legacy insider privilege
February 16, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Chris Rufo: “We launched the Claudine Gay plagiarism story from the Right to smuggle it into media apparatus of the Left, legitimizing the narrative to center-left actors who have power to topple her. Then squeeze.”
Mediocre "meritocracy" NYT editors who hate Me Too and give him affirmative action:
Mediocre "meritocracy" NYT editors who hate Me Too and give him affirmative action:
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absolutely astonishing that we're meant to just not notice this, just treat this as a property of AOC rather than a conscious and unusual choice in how to quote her from the journal
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
absolutely astonishing that we're meant to just not notice this, just treat this as a property of AOC rather than a conscious and unusual choice in how to quote her from the journal
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The NYTimes often doesn't quote Trump at all, instead reframing his words with a summary falsely suggesting coherent thought, in contrast to the gibberish he actually said. They also don't mention how he routinely mumbles and slurs even prepared remarks, like here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zsd...
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The NYTimes often doesn't quote Trump at all, instead reframing his words with a summary falsely suggesting coherent thought, in contrast to the gibberish he actually said. They also don't mention how he routinely mumbles and slurs even prepared remarks, like here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zsd...
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But those children, the tiny number who because they are trans will only be happy being allowed to transition and grow up to be trans adults, have to be subjected to gatekeeping around FUCKING HAIRCUTS AND PREFERRED NAMES, in order to protect some cis queer kids from haircuts and preferred names.
February 16, 2026 at 2:01 PM
But those children, the tiny number who because they are trans will only be happy being allowed to transition and grow up to be trans adults, have to be subjected to gatekeeping around FUCKING HAIRCUTS AND PREFERRED NAMES, in order to protect some cis queer kids from haircuts and preferred names.
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Cass acknowledges "There are a tiny number of people who will never be comfortable with their biological sex, with the gender associated with their biological sex.
"And for them, a medical pathway is the only way they're going to live their life comfortably. And we don't understand why that is"
"And for them, a medical pathway is the only way they're going to live their life comfortably. And we don't understand why that is"
February 16, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Cass acknowledges "There are a tiny number of people who will never be comfortable with their biological sex, with the gender associated with their biological sex.
"And for them, a medical pathway is the only way they're going to live their life comfortably. And we don't understand why that is"
"And for them, a medical pathway is the only way they're going to live their life comfortably. And we don't understand why that is"