katie
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opinions are not my own and represent those of your sainted mother. she/her.
not loving it on this platform guys I gotta say
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 PM
not loving it on this platform guys I gotta say
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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“Ordinary, salt of the earth people would never tolerate a sexual abuser in their midst. Now time to take a big sip of coffee and respond to this group text with my old fraternity brothers.”
February 4, 2026 at 1:53 AM
“Ordinary, salt of the earth people would never tolerate a sexual abuser in their midst. Now time to take a big sip of coffee and respond to this group text with my old fraternity brothers.”
spent like half my life going to the mat for Chomsky and I have been humiliated and betrayed beyond measure like actually you know what aspects WAS wack. maybe those lexical functional grammar freaks were right. I can’t do this anymore
February 4, 2026 at 12:51 AM
spent like half my life going to the mat for Chomsky and I have been humiliated and betrayed beyond measure like actually you know what aspects WAS wack. maybe those lexical functional grammar freaks were right. I can’t do this anymore
reporting in from x the everything website
January 15, 2026 at 4:45 AM
reporting in from x the everything website
not to make everything about me but i do think the fact this was an anti-lesbian hate crime is being somewhat underdiscussed
January 10, 2026 at 3:22 AM
not to make everything about me but i do think the fact this was an anti-lesbian hate crime is being somewhat underdiscussed
optometrist asked if I knew what astigmatism was and I said i’m not sure but I think it’s when part of your eye is flatter than it’s supposed to be. he’s like well, no… it’s when your eye isn’t as round as it’s supposed to be. like ok it’s your degree buddy i’m not taking it
January 9, 2026 at 4:26 AM
optometrist asked if I knew what astigmatism was and I said i’m not sure but I think it’s when part of your eye is flatter than it’s supposed to be. he’s like well, no… it’s when your eye isn’t as round as it’s supposed to be. like ok it’s your degree buddy i’m not taking it
biggest lacuna in american education right now is the concept of skits. every day i see someone taking an obviously staged video 100% seriously
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
biggest lacuna in american education right now is the concept of skits. every day i see someone taking an obviously staged video 100% seriously
never seen the American spelling of this word before and it has shaken me to the core
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
never seen the American spelling of this word before and it has shaken me to the core
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at every moment of my life i am either writing a cover letter or thinking about how i should be writing a cover letter
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
at every moment of my life i am either writing a cover letter or thinking about how i should be writing a cover letter
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
I can’t be trusted with dry clean only clothes because I start saying stuff like “did you know that wool is naturally odour resistant”
May 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I can’t be trusted with dry clean only clothes because I start saying stuff like “did you know that wool is naturally odour resistant”
every time I see a picture of Justin Bieber I am chilled to the bone by how much he looks like my brother and how likely it is that we’re related
May 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
every time I see a picture of Justin Bieber I am chilled to the bone by how much he looks like my brother and how likely it is that we’re related
entire crim exam was about the very last topic we covered for approx ten minutes inspiring work everyone
April 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
entire crim exam was about the very last topic we covered for approx ten minutes inspiring work everyone
it’s always “studies show” and never the doi of the studies that show
April 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
it’s always “studies show” and never the doi of the studies that show
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i am once again asking for scheduled skeets so i can daily spread the gospel of the blessed saint scully the enigmatic
March 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
i am once again asking for scheduled skeets so i can daily spread the gospel of the blessed saint scully the enigmatic
anybody know anybody working on the intersections of linguistics and the law? specifically criminal law? i know about tammy gales at hofstra but i am looking for more and i trust you all to come through for me
March 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
anybody know anybody working on the intersections of linguistics and the law? specifically criminal law? i know about tammy gales at hofstra but i am looking for more and i trust you all to come through for me
the people who invented aluminum free “deodorant” unleashed a scourge upon this earth
February 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
the people who invented aluminum free “deodorant” unleashed a scourge upon this earth
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The real MeToo “cancel culture” was what happened to the women and other victims who came forward. They were retraumatized, harassed, humiliated, sued, fired, and blacklisted. Then they were the subject of a revisionist history that MeToo went “too far” and deserved a reactionary backlash
February 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The real MeToo “cancel culture” was what happened to the women and other victims who came forward. They were retraumatized, harassed, humiliated, sued, fired, and blacklisted. Then they were the subject of a revisionist history that MeToo went “too far” and deserved a reactionary backlash
being a teacher is so thankless dude. I just walked by a kid who was saying she didn’t like her homeroom teacher because he “takes too many bites to finish his lunch”
February 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
being a teacher is so thankless dude. I just walked by a kid who was saying she didn’t like her homeroom teacher because he “takes too many bites to finish his lunch”