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."
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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.
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Guess what fuckers, the flip side to "ideas are all that matters" is IDEAS ARE HARD
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Guess what fuckers, the flip side to "ideas are all that matters" is IDEAS ARE HARD
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God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. He didn’t need the Tennessee General Assembly’s help.
They tried this in 1996, when I was a TN State Senator—I was the only Senator to vote NO because I saw it for what it was: politics masquerading as faith.
Faith is personal. The Constitution is clear.
They tried this in 1996, when I was a TN State Senator—I was the only Senator to vote NO because I saw it for what it was: politics masquerading as faith.
Faith is personal. The Constitution is clear.
Senate in Tennessee Backs 10 Commandments' Posting (Published 1996)
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. He didn’t need the Tennessee General Assembly’s help.
They tried this in 1996, when I was a TN State Senator—I was the only Senator to vote NO because I saw it for what it was: politics masquerading as faith.
Faith is personal. The Constitution is clear.
They tried this in 1996, when I was a TN State Senator—I was the only Senator to vote NO because I saw it for what it was: politics masquerading as faith.
Faith is personal. The Constitution is clear.
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Spent today talking to just a few of the Black women who credit Jesse Jackson with their start in national politics. By inviting them in, he ensured they would help shape democracy for years to come. My latest on the coalition he built as part of his towering legacy: 19thnews.org/2026/02/jess...
‘He gave me my wings’: Jesse Jackson opened doors for Black women in politics
Jackson, who died Tuesday, worked to diversify the electorate and brought Black women into Democratic politics who ascended to positions of power.
19thnews.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Spent today talking to just a few of the Black women who credit Jesse Jackson with their start in national politics. By inviting them in, he ensured they would help shape democracy for years to come. My latest on the coalition he built as part of his towering legacy: 19thnews.org/2026/02/jess...
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My wife said AI in Outlook has started to send summary notes about emails and the summaries are longer than the emails and full of wrong info lol. "I got a 5 word email from my coworker that said 'Lunch will be at 1' and the summary said 'Your lunch meeting is now at 11' lmaoo
you know what would be a great way to market the AI technology you really want me to use but which I have thus far refused to touch?
what if you used it to imply that my emails are poorly written, in real time as I'm writing them, even though I'm consciously trying to avoid sounding like AI?
what if you used it to imply that my emails are poorly written, in real time as I'm writing them, even though I'm consciously trying to avoid sounding like AI?
February 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
My wife said AI in Outlook has started to send summary notes about emails and the summaries are longer than the emails and full of wrong info lol. "I got a 5 word email from my coworker that said 'Lunch will be at 1' and the summary said 'Your lunch meeting is now at 11' lmaoo
This story hasn’t broken widely enough — maybe our current media landscape will never again be wide enough — and it sounds bad.
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
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@pcgamer.com #DRAM
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February 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This story hasn’t broken widely enough — maybe our current media landscape will never again be wide enough — and it sounds bad.
Amber Glenn skating to Like a Prayer. Already on her side.
February 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Amber Glenn skating to Like a Prayer. Already on her side.
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So, this is happening: ICE in Lawrence, KS. As a father of two biracial kids, I have a giant pit in my stomach.
ICE spotted in Lawrence at the Iowa st. Burger King around 9:10 this morning. Reports I've heard so far (from my dad, who does immigration resettlement work locally) is 3-5 cars, 3 arrests made this morning.
Please share if you're able and be careful out there.
Please share if you're able and be careful out there.
February 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
So, this is happening: ICE in Lawrence, KS. As a father of two biracial kids, I have a giant pit in my stomach.
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We must protect each other to survive.
Rev. Jackson understood that.
Rev. Jackson understood that.
Jesse Jackson was an early and ardent supporter of gay rights. In fact, on July 17, 1984 at the DNC in San Fransisco, the first speech EVER at a national political convention calling for gay rights was delivered by none other than Rev. Jackson himself.
February 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
We must protect each other to survive.
Rev. Jackson understood that.
Rev. Jackson understood that.
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Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)
YouTube video by Nightloop
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February 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
As a reminder: Jesse Jackson was on the right side of nearly everything.
in 1988 his presidental platform included:
-creating a single-payer system of universal health care
-ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment
-declaring Apartheid-era South Africa to be a rogue nation
-supporting the formation of a Palestinian state
-creating a single-payer system of universal health care
-ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment
-declaring Apartheid-era South Africa to be a rogue nation
-supporting the formation of a Palestinian state
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
As a reminder: Jesse Jackson was on the right side of nearly everything.
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I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.
‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley
'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...
www.sacurrent.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I know this makes me an extremist but I think our baby concentration camps should be abolished.
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What would normally be presidency-ending scandals not even a blip on the radar
Daily
Daily
February 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
What would normally be presidency-ending scandals not even a blip on the radar
Daily
Daily
Who do I know who is a book critic and who also grew up with Samantha the American Girl Doll. Because there is a book coming this fall, for adults, about Samantha as an adult woman. And I want to cover that shit.
February 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Who do I know who is a book critic and who also grew up with Samantha the American Girl Doll. Because there is a book coming this fall, for adults, about Samantha as an adult woman. And I want to cover that shit.
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These things are totally concidental, but Robert Duvall, Frdereick Wiseman and Jesse Jackson all dying within 24 hours is the loss of three great Americans—three men who really left their respective marks on 20th century acting, filmmaking and politics
February 17, 2026 at 4:57 PM
These things are totally concidental, but Robert Duvall, Frdereick Wiseman and Jesse Jackson all dying within 24 hours is the loss of three great Americans—three men who really left their respective marks on 20th century acting, filmmaking and politics
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One of the lessons I hope people take away from Jesse Jackson’s life and the outpouring of remembrances small and large is that progress is made and measured in every act and utterance against oppression and not measured solely in legislative or electoral victories.
February 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
One of the lessons I hope people take away from Jesse Jackson’s life and the outpouring of remembrances small and large is that progress is made and measured in every act and utterance against oppression and not measured solely in legislative or electoral victories.
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Thank you to Toby Buckle for citing my recent piece in this article:
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/we-were-righ...
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/we-were-righ...
February 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Thank you to Toby Buckle for citing my recent piece in this article:
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/we-were-righ...
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/we-were-righ...
Jesse Jackson meant so much to me. I went door-to-door registering voters in Kansas for him in 1984 and 1986. Poor white people were suspicious -- "does this mean I have to vote for him?" -- and then kind of amazed when I said, "no, he just wants you to be able to VOTE." 1/
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Jesse Jackson meant so much to me. I went door-to-door registering voters in Kansas for him in 1984 and 1986. Poor white people were suspicious -- "does this mean I have to vote for him?" -- and then kind of amazed when I said, "no, he just wants you to be able to VOTE." 1/
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Everything in this administration is grift.
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Everything in this administration is grift.
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Good news alert: Just want to shout out Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated Black woman in the Winter Olympics, who won her sixth medal and first gold tonight, AND is also one of the only 8% of hearing parents who learn to sign for her deaf kid. Badass through and through.🥇
February 17, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Good news alert: Just want to shout out Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated Black woman in the Winter Olympics, who won her sixth medal and first gold tonight, AND is also one of the only 8% of hearing parents who learn to sign for her deaf kid. Badass through and through.🥇
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All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.
February 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.
Brooks Robinson, George Brett, Bo Jackson, Big Papi
Saw this on MLB Network's Hot Stove this morning, so; Mt. Rushmore of your FAVORITE baseball players since today is President's Day? Mine: Ken Griffey Jr., Joey Votto, Tony Gwynn, and Greg Maddux.
February 17, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Brooks Robinson, George Brett, Bo Jackson, Big Papi
This short piece by Andrea Joyce to explain the different ice (and aesthetic venue) preferences of figure skating vs short track skating is actually super informative. (I did just get a little high, so my third eye is open or whatever.)
February 17, 2026 at 1:27 AM
This short piece by Andrea Joyce to explain the different ice (and aesthetic venue) preferences of figure skating vs short track skating is actually super informative. (I did just get a little high, so my third eye is open or whatever.)
I totally object to the New York Lottery, but I have to confess I love their ad about all the Benjamins with like 50 sassy old men dressed like Benjamin Franklin.
February 17, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I totally object to the New York Lottery, but I have to confess I love their ad about all the Benjamins with like 50 sassy old men dressed like Benjamin Franklin.
A witch hunt is when powerful actors persecute innocent people they wrongly claim are evil, and a moral panic is when powerful actors invent something to stoke fear. Neither term applies here. These men are actually themselves powerful actors, and they are both evil and frightening.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A witch hunt is when powerful actors persecute innocent people they wrongly claim are evil, and a moral panic is when powerful actors invent something to stoke fear. Neither term applies here. These men are actually themselves powerful actors, and they are both evil and frightening.
This is the point that I wish everyone could see more clearly. The problem is hed & dek, which are all most people see.
as there often is, there's a big discrepancy between the tone of the story itself (fine) and the social media post promoting it (featuring the quote with the verbatim "um's"). The social post will unfortunately be read by 500x as many people as the body of the story!
February 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
This is the point that I wish everyone could see more clearly. The problem is hed & dek, which are all most people see.