Katy
@jerzgrrl.bsky.social
Jersey girl, with all that entails
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Those radical left antifa!! 🤣
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Those radical left antifa!! 🤣
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📅 Together w/Public School Strong, #UniteAgainstBookBans invites libraries, schools, bookstores, & community groups to showcase their #BannedBooksWeek events on PSS' online advocacy calendar.
Visit the @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social events page to list your events and find others in your area today!
Visit the @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social events page to list your events and find others in your area today!
Public School Strong Map Connects Banned Book Week Events Nationwide
Unite Against Book Bans is teaming up with Public School Strong to connect Banned Books Week events nationwide. A new interactive map and calendar make it easy for communities to share, find, and supp...
uniteagainstbookbans.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📅 Together w/Public School Strong, #UniteAgainstBookBans invites libraries, schools, bookstores, & community groups to showcase their #BannedBooksWeek events on PSS' online advocacy calendar.
Visit the @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social events page to list your events and find others in your area today!
Visit the @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social events page to list your events and find others in your area today!
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Some of you asked me what I think it means to be "conservative" now. I wrote about it three years ago here:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Confessions of a Conservative Apostate
What does it mean to be a conservative now?
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Some of you asked me what I think it means to be "conservative" now. I wrote about it three years ago here:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Summer for thousands of people in Ann Arbor, Mich., means scavenging for hidden codes around the city and voraciously reading books to collect points. It's part of an enormously popular game that's been a triumph for the public library that runs it. www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
How a public library's summer game took over a Michigan city
Summer in Ann Arbor, Mich., means thousands of people hunting for hidden codes around the city and reading books to earn points. It's part of a popular game organized by the public library.
www.npr.org
August 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Summer for thousands of people in Ann Arbor, Mich., means scavenging for hidden codes around the city and voraciously reading books to collect points. It's part of an enormously popular game that's been a triumph for the public library that runs it. www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...
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Celebrate Washington and what he stood for.
My cover story from last fall, just before the election.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
My cover story from last fall, just before the election.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Moment of Truth
The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.
www.theatlantic.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Celebrate Washington and what he stood for.
My cover story from last fall, just before the election.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
My cover story from last fall, just before the election.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Happy 4th of July, Batman.
July 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Happy 4th of July, Batman.
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Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.
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We were very happy to give this scoop to @marisakabas.bsky.social's The Handbasket because it is important to support independent journalists who are doing the hard work at this time. Giving this story to Marisa also guarantees it will be in The Washington Post verbatim exactly 48 hours later.
EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
June 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We were very happy to give this scoop to @marisakabas.bsky.social's The Handbasket because it is important to support independent journalists who are doing the hard work at this time. Giving this story to Marisa also guarantees it will be in The Washington Post verbatim exactly 48 hours later.
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Oh, Tom. Can I convince you to shout out libraries? If you really need access to an article, librarians are angels and their work through interlibrary loan is heavenly. They'll figure out how to get you what you need.
June 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Oh, Tom. Can I convince you to shout out libraries? If you really need access to an article, librarians are angels and their work through interlibrary loan is heavenly. They'll figure out how to get you what you need.
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HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
November 15, 2024 at 8:21 PM
HI HELLO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Today is the last day to register to vote in the NJ Primary election. You can register online here.
www.nj.gov
May 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today is the last day to register to vote in the NJ Primary election. You can register online here.
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For the Daily Beast, I wrote about John Roberts and his dumb-ass comments to the Georgetown School of Law.
OPINION | The average American knows a hell of a lot more about how our justice system actually works than John “Harvard Law ‘79” Roberts, writes @michaelianblack.bsky.social.
I’m a College Dropout and I’m Better at U.S. Civics than SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts
How is it possible that John Roberts is deriding the state of public school education when his court has presided over the decimation of the very virtues he decries have been lost?
www.thedailybeast.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
For the Daily Beast, I wrote about John Roberts and his dumb-ass comments to the Georgetown School of Law.
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Critical thread.
For everyone saying this doesn't matter because ICE doesn't follow the law:
1. They want you to think knowing your rights makes no difference when we know for a fact it does. How do we know that? Because Homan himself said people knowing their rights cost then hundreds of arrests in Chicago.
1. They want you to think knowing your rights makes no difference when we know for a fact it does. How do we know that? Because Homan himself said people knowing their rights cost then hundreds of arrests in Chicago.
If you are stopped by Trump's ICE goons, or any other kind of cops:
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.
Memorize it.
And don't let ICE in without a JUDICIAL warrant. No, administrative warrants don't count.
I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.
Memorize it.
And don't let ICE in without a JUDICIAL warrant. No, administrative warrants don't count.
May 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Critical thread.
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Dr. Carla Hayden has served as Librarian of Congress with honor and distinction, bringing our prized institution to new heights.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
Trump fires Librarian of Congress and Baltimorean Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday, according to statements from House Democrats.
www.baltimoresun.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Dr. Carla Hayden has served as Librarian of Congress with honor and distinction, bringing our prized institution to new heights.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and…
www.propublica.org
May 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
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Jesus’s parents were unwed and undocumented. So he got what he deserved.
by J. D. Vance
by J. D. Vance
April 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Jesus’s parents were unwed and undocumented. So he got what he deserved.
by J. D. Vance
by J. D. Vance
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"The men and women at the Naval Academy will go on to lead combat missions, to command aircraft carriers...We will soon entrust them with incredible responsibilities and power. But we fear they’ll be hoodwinked or brainwashed by certain books?"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
Opinion | Naval Academy Censors Ryan Holiday’s Lecture on Censorship
How a lecture to the U.S. Naval Academy on censorship was censored.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"The men and women at the Naval Academy will go on to lead combat missions, to command aircraft carriers...We will soon entrust them with incredible responsibilities and power. But we fear they’ll be hoodwinked or brainwashed by certain books?"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
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So Much Winning™ dept, below.
Quiz for Trump: When was peak employment year for coal miners in US?
Hint: 'Great Gatsby' was published 100 years ago today. And number of miners was *already* going down by then. (WWI brought the peak.)
Good luck with the revival.
Quiz for Trump: When was peak employment year for coal miners in US?
Hint: 'Great Gatsby' was published 100 years ago today. And number of miners was *already* going down by then. (WWI brought the peak.)
Good luck with the revival.
April 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
So Much Winning™ dept, below.
Quiz for Trump: When was peak employment year for coal miners in US?
Hint: 'Great Gatsby' was published 100 years ago today. And number of miners was *already* going down by then. (WWI brought the peak.)
Good luck with the revival.
Quiz for Trump: When was peak employment year for coal miners in US?
Hint: 'Great Gatsby' was published 100 years ago today. And number of miners was *already* going down by then. (WWI brought the peak.)
Good luck with the revival.
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Fuck yes they are
Commentary: Ohioans visit their libraries more often than 48 other states. Economist Howard Fleeter estimates Ohio libraries provided a total economic value of $3.1 billion in 2019. That’s $4 in economic benefits for every $1 in operating expenses
Ohio’s exceptional libraries are an economic driver • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohioans visit their libraries more often than those in 48 other states. Economist Howard Fleeter estimates Ohio libraries provided a total economic value of $3.1 billion in 2019 compared to a $780…
buff.ly
April 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Fuck yes they are
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We're approaching the 120-year anniversary of Teddy Roosevelt saying we need to publicly finance elections in order to root out corruption.
April 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We're approaching the 120-year anniversary of Teddy Roosevelt saying we need to publicly finance elections in order to root out corruption.