Kate Tuttle
@katekilla.bsky.social
Gen X, middle child, Leo. I mostly write about books.
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Kate Tuttle
@katekilla.bsky.social
· Aug 28
A Trump Supporter Sat Next To My 12-Year-Old Black Son On A Plane. I Couldn’t Believe What She Told Him.
"My son is growing up to face dangers made worse by the president this woman voted for."
www.huffpost.com
I haven't written this kind of personal essay in years, so it was interesting to revisit this one, originally published in 2018, that @noahmichelson.bsky.social asked me to update.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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“Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing. Epstein funnelled as much as $20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology. In exchange, Epstein himself, who could barely read and write, was empowered to hold forth at Harvard”
About Epstein, Edge, eugenics, and finding my name in the Epstein files.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
“Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing. Epstein funnelled as much as $20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology. In exchange, Epstein himself, who could barely read and write, was empowered to hold forth at Harvard”
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I don't know how many more ways to say "you need to start fucking listening to the people who warned you that exactly this would happen."
LLM/GPT-type "AI" recreate patterns in pursuit of matching statistical correlations on which they're trained. They make shit up.
Do Not. Put this. In healthcare
LLM/GPT-type "AI" recreate patterns in pursuit of matching statistical correlations on which they're trained. They make shit up.
Do Not. Put this. In healthcare
October 26, 2024 at 5:34 PM
I don't know how many more ways to say "you need to start fucking listening to the people who warned you that exactly this would happen."
LLM/GPT-type "AI" recreate patterns in pursuit of matching statistical correlations on which they're trained. They make shit up.
Do Not. Put this. In healthcare
LLM/GPT-type "AI" recreate patterns in pursuit of matching statistical correlations on which they're trained. They make shit up.
Do Not. Put this. In healthcare
All the best people are in this boat, it seems.
I’m menopausal, I have ADD, I smoke a lot of weed, and I’ve had COVID twice.
I can’t remember shit and I never know what’s going on.
I can’t remember shit and I never know what’s going on.
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
All the best people are in this boat, it seems.
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And we’re got big news! Next year’s artist in residence is none other than @roxanegay.bsky.social!!!! Imagine getting to study writing with her AND me!!! At the same time!! APPLY!!!
You there, smart person, come study with me at Harvard Medical School! Our program is so fun! The application deadline is March 13.
Master of Science in Media, Medicine, and Health
The Master of Science in Media, Medicine, and Health is a nine-month Harvard Medical School graduate program for those interested in using storytelling to make a difference in health. The Master of Sc...
ghsm.hms.harvard.edu
February 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
And we’re got big news! Next year’s artist in residence is none other than @roxanegay.bsky.social!!!! Imagine getting to study writing with her AND me!!! At the same time!! APPLY!!!
Hey Hudson Valley friends: what's the best coffee shop or other place to hang out and get a little work done while someone is touring Bard? (Not for me, and yes I know about Botstein and Epstein.)
February 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Hey Hudson Valley friends: what's the best coffee shop or other place to hang out and get a little work done while someone is touring Bard? (Not for me, and yes I know about Botstein and Epstein.)
The best thing about having this cold that has totally sapped my energy is that I'm learning I don't NEED to respond to everything I see on here. It's okay to have a thought and not type it out. Crazy how new this feels lol.
February 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The best thing about having this cold that has totally sapped my energy is that I'm learning I don't NEED to respond to everything I see on here. It's okay to have a thought and not type it out. Crazy how new this feels lol.
This is SUCH a good piece.
Wrote about the Turning Point USA Super Bowl halftime show and the Melania movie as the latest in a larger project to make the American right *seem* far more popular and culturally relevant than it actually is.
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-real...
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-real...
Nothing Real Can Emerge From The American Right's Unreality
The idea that the US is split exactly down the middle politically and culturally infiltrates everything
badfaithtimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
This is SUCH a good piece.
Jesus
February 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Jesus
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The thing about Casablanca being the greatest film of all time is people don't believe you and then they watch it
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 15, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The thing about Casablanca being the greatest film of all time is people don't believe you and then they watch it
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this sentence is supposedly just about hockey
“instead of being better than their neighbors to the north, the Americans leaned into being meaner, heavier and generally more irritating”
www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
“instead of being better than their neighbors to the north, the Americans leaned into being meaner, heavier and generally more irritating”
www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
They’re the World’s Most Hated Hockey Players—and America’s Greatest Hope
Matthew and Brady Tkachuk are despised across the NHL. They are also the linchpins for a U.S. squad hoping to become Olympic champions for the first time since 1980.
www.wsj.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:10 AM
this sentence is supposedly just about hockey
“instead of being better than their neighbors to the north, the Americans leaned into being meaner, heavier and generally more irritating”
www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
“instead of being better than their neighbors to the north, the Americans leaned into being meaner, heavier and generally more irritating”
www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
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This 10 year old boy was chased down by ICE in South Jersey. I am beyond outraged, both as an American and as a father to two boys.
Our system is broken. The first step to fix it is for ICE to leave our state.
Our system is broken. The first step to fix it is for ICE to leave our state.
A 10-year-old boy recounted fleeing Thursday morning as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation began near his school bus stop in Lindenwold, New Jersey, saying, "We all were scared."
"We were all scared," says child who ran as ICE operation unfolded near New Jersey school bus stop
Dylan, who is a U.S. citizen, told CBS News the day seemed normal — until he heard his classmates suddenly start shouting "ICE."
cbsn.ws
February 14, 2026 at 6:04 PM
This 10 year old boy was chased down by ICE in South Jersey. I am beyond outraged, both as an American and as a father to two boys.
Our system is broken. The first step to fix it is for ICE to leave our state.
Our system is broken. The first step to fix it is for ICE to leave our state.
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Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
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The anti-trans propaganda push is one of the best examples I know of real-world disinformation in action.
Part 3: "The astronomical rise in stories about trans people that I’d collected over the previous year told a different story. This massive, messy dataset was brimming with increasingly vile headlines that only seemed to metastasize with time. ... two years later we know how the story turns out."
Welcome to the anti-trans outrage factory — Jessica Kant
When I first wrote Anatomy of a moral panic in February 2024, I had only a faint glimmer of what was to come.The astronomical rise in stories about trans people that I’d collected over the previous ye...
jessk.org
February 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The anti-trans propaganda push is one of the best examples I know of real-world disinformation in action.
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roses are red
chocolate is nice
read books, punch nazis
moreover, destroy I.C.E.
chocolate is nice
read books, punch nazis
moreover, destroy I.C.E.
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
roses are red
chocolate is nice
read books, punch nazis
moreover, destroy I.C.E.
chocolate is nice
read books, punch nazis
moreover, destroy I.C.E.
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still obsessed with this one
photographer: “that’s it sir, just swing your leg over the credenza. beautiful, beautiful”
photographer: “that’s it sir, just swing your leg over the credenza. beautiful, beautiful”
Pretty sure I now own a portrait of every Secretary of State- nominating Alexander Haig for most awkward pose
February 15, 2026 at 1:44 AM
still obsessed with this one
photographer: “that’s it sir, just swing your leg over the credenza. beautiful, beautiful”
photographer: “that’s it sir, just swing your leg over the credenza. beautiful, beautiful”
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Pak with the helpful threads!
Please share, and heed, and take actions, large and small!
Please share, and heed, and take actions, large and small!
Thread of some services/software I'm using instead of various billionaire-owned surveillance/fascist/"A.i." trash products:
For my newsletters, @buttondown.com. Does the job! Great customer service - usually get personalized responses within 24 hours. (Never gonna join Substack.)
For my newsletters, @buttondown.com. Does the job! Great customer service - usually get personalized responses within 24 hours. (Never gonna join Substack.)
February 15, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Pak with the helpful threads!
Please share, and heed, and take actions, large and small!
Please share, and heed, and take actions, large and small!
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tl;dr: CBP fired a new weapon into domestic airspace that the FAA had previously warned posed grave risk to human life. It did so without warning to FAA and without restricting airspace. FAA restricted airspace in response. White House overruled them. The target turned out to be a party balloon.
An astonishing account of recklessness and maladministration at the highest levels. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
tl;dr: CBP fired a new weapon into domestic airspace that the FAA had previously warned posed grave risk to human life. It did so without warning to FAA and without restricting airspace. FAA restricted airspace in response. White House overruled them. The target turned out to be a party balloon.
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Jody Allen to the NFL owner association: make these pedophiles sell their teams and we will talk about me selling the Seahawks.
NFL franchise owners in the EPSTEIN e-mails & assorted docs
Partial list:
*Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots
*Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants
*Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins
*Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
*Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
Partial list:
*Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots
*Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants
*Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins
*Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings
*Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
The NFL Owners and Olympic Organizers in Epstein’s Inbox
The sports media is ignoring the story, but wealthy sports figures are all over the Epstein files.
www.thenation.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Jody Allen to the NFL owner association: make these pedophiles sell their teams and we will talk about me selling the Seahawks.
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lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
Valentine by Laufey on Apple Music
Song · 2022 · Duration 2:48
music.apple.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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Man, I remember watching this technology being trialed at pyeongchang and now it’s so ubiquitous they’re using it on bloopers
At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
February 15, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Man, I remember watching this technology being trialed at pyeongchang and now it’s so ubiquitous they’re using it on bloopers
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When I taught at LSU, I got some gasps when I said plantation weddings were like getting married at a Nazi concentration camp, and I got nods from a lot of other students who understood it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Plantation weddings and pre-civil war fashion: the film that critiques the historical fantasy of Natchez
A documentary about Mississippi examines competing forces: the nostalgic celebration of the old south and the refusal to sanitize the brutal history of enslavement
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
When I taught at LSU, I got some gasps when I said plantation weddings were like getting married at a Nazi concentration camp, and I got nods from a lot of other students who understood it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...