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-...
Trying to log into a long-dormant small investment account from a previous job from the 90s. They wanted me to say my exact start date, and for an optional security question asked me the color of my 1986 Subaru. This really feels bizarre, especially as the company "knows" me enough to send me mail.
February 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Trying to log into a long-dormant small investment account from a previous job from the 90s. They wanted me to say my exact start date, and for an optional security question asked me the color of my 1986 Subaru. This really feels bizarre, especially as the company "knows" me enough to send me mail.
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I received notification of yet another death at an ICE facility, meaning 38 people have died in custody since Trump returned to office.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
February 19, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I received notification of yet another death at an ICE facility, meaning 38 people have died in custody since Trump returned to office.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
ICE is failing to ensure the health and safety of the people it is responsible for.
We need immediate oversight of this entire operation.
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i feel comfortable saying that, if as the author suggests, up to 30% of white collar workers lose their jobs in the next 12-18 months, no one can actually predict what the worst case will be, the economic and political conditions will be worse than anything anyone alive has ever seen in this country
i enjoy worst-case scenario articles, but this article doesn’t really do any of the work to outline the worst-case scenario the author proposes. if the worst-case outlined in it actually happens, there are significantly *worse* consequences, not just for white collar workers, for literally everyone
This article is very strange. While saying this is very unlikely it treats it wholly as an employment problem with no solution, but never contends with the fact that this would lead to an economic depression!
February 19, 2026 at 1:01 AM
i feel comfortable saying that, if as the author suggests, up to 30% of white collar workers lose their jobs in the next 12-18 months, no one can actually predict what the worst case will be, the economic and political conditions will be worse than anything anyone alive has ever seen in this country
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highly encourage getting off of substack if and when you can.
Substack, as expected, escalates toward hyper-disinfo.
Remember, folks: The tech bros tearing down our country are the major forces behind this monstrosity.
Choose your future wisely.
Remember, folks: The tech bros tearing down our country are the major forces behind this monstrosity.
Choose your future wisely.
February 19, 2026 at 6:19 AM
highly encourage getting off of substack if and when you can.
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Bolsonaro in prison, Yeon sentenced to prison, Andrew arrested on his birthday...and America still holding on to a 34 count felon as President.
February 19, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Bolsonaro in prison, Yeon sentenced to prison, Andrew arrested on his birthday...and America still holding on to a 34 count felon as President.
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Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement
February 19, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement
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People can say it’s utopian or dreamy but it’s a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because it’s not at all.
February 19, 2026 at 1:03 AM
People can say it’s utopian or dreamy but it’s a fact that you have to believe new things are possible, fundamentally, in order to make them real. You have to make the choice to believe that more than this is possible & not be resigned to this being the way things have to be because it’s not at all.
Never change, Brattle!
Y’know when the characters in a movie go to see a movie and it feels really meta? Well, with an “Ultimate Double Feature,” we play the first movie up until the point when they enter a cinema to watch a different film… then we play that film… then we go back to the first film to finish that story.
February 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Never change, Brattle!
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what id say is that consensus reality is a public good and it takes public policy to create. by the same token it can be insanely profitable for shitheads to pollute the commons if nobody stops them
The idea that we can have a functioning mass-democracy when people are cooking their brains to this extent remains extremely TBD imho.
She needs to go to jail.
February 19, 2026 at 2:25 AM
what id say is that consensus reality is a public good and it takes public policy to create. by the same token it can be insanely profitable for shitheads to pollute the commons if nobody stops them
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Was trying to remember a Will Forte quote from Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie and accidentally figured out how to make Google’s AI tool shut up
February 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Was trying to remember a Will Forte quote from Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie and accidentally figured out how to make Google’s AI tool shut up
This is such an important piece.
It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/t...
How did we end up threatening our kids’ lives with AI? - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:20 AM
This is such an important piece.
Who's watching Love Is Blind? I hate it but I love it. I feel so weird seeing faces that cringe when they first see their partner in person. :(
February 18, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Who's watching Love Is Blind? I hate it but I love it. I feel so weird seeing faces that cringe when they first see their partner in person. :(
What a beautiful race for the American men's cross-country sprint relay! Thrilling!
February 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
What a beautiful race for the American men's cross-country sprint relay! Thrilling!
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This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
This ANTM piece on Netflix is bringing back such wild memories. What a delusional time we were living in, my god.
February 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This ANTM piece on Netflix is bringing back such wild memories. What a delusional time we were living in, my god.
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"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah, renewable energy, mRNA vaccines. Lots of cool stuff like that! Probably not the one whose main promise was cutting payrolls
February 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah, renewable energy, mRNA vaccines. Lots of cool stuff like that! Probably not the one whose main promise was cutting payrolls
Another review that I loved editing: @coryoldweiler.bsky.social on Julia Cooke's STARRY AND RESTLESS, a group biography of Gellhorn, West, and Hahn, three pioneering women journalists. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/18/a...
Three daring women who pursued journalism on their own terms - The Boston Globe
“Starry and Restless" is Julia Cooke’s aptly titled biography of pioneering foreign correspondents Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn, and Emily Hahn.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Another review that I loved editing: @coryoldweiler.bsky.social on Julia Cooke's STARRY AND RESTLESS, a group biography of Gellhorn, West, and Hahn, three pioneering women journalists. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/18/a...
This is nicely done
February 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This is nicely done
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For @bostonglobe.com, I reviewed Tayari Jones's KIN which follows the lives of two "cradle friends," motherless girls born in rural Louisiana in 1941. It's a tender portrait of friendship against the stark backdrop of life under segregation in the deep South. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/18/a...
With ‘Kin,’ Tayari Jones honors the enduring bonds of friendship - The Boston Globe
In her first novel since "An American Marriage," Jones proves she's still a master at propulsive, compelling storytelling.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
For @bostonglobe.com, I reviewed Tayari Jones's KIN which follows the lives of two "cradle friends," motherless girls born in rural Louisiana in 1941. It's a tender portrait of friendship against the stark backdrop of life under segregation in the deep South. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/18/a...
Our critic @laurenleblanc.bsky.social found a lot to love in KIN by Tayari Jones. If you've got a subscription to the Globe, please go into the comments and do your thing. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/18/a...
With ‘Kin,’ Tayari Jones honors the enduring bonds of friendship - The Boston Globe
In her first novel since "An American Marriage," Jones proves she's still a master at propulsive, compelling storytelling.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Our critic @laurenleblanc.bsky.social found a lot to love in KIN by Tayari Jones. If you've got a subscription to the Globe, please go into the comments and do your thing. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/18/a...
I'm just so tired of the casual racism in the comments of the newspaper for which I work.
February 18, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I'm just so tired of the casual racism in the comments of the newspaper for which I work.
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AUTOMATIC GOLD MEDAL FOR A GOOD BOY
February 18, 2026 at 1:38 PM
AUTOMATIC GOLD MEDAL FOR A GOOD BOY
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In a blatant violation of NY state and NYC law, NYU Langone has shut down its youth gender clinic and caused a potential forced detransition to its patients. Where is the NY AG and Mayor Mamdani?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:52 AM
In a blatant violation of NY state and NYC law, NYU Langone has shut down its youth gender clinic and caused a potential forced detransition to its patients. Where is the NY AG and Mayor Mamdani?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...
It’s Tormod Frostad time!
February 18, 2026 at 2:31 AM
It’s Tormod Frostad time!