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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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!
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
Just saw an ad for a cruise ship that promises to bring “European Style to the Caribbean” and I’m like, didn’t that already happen to disastrous consequence?
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Just saw an ad for a cruise ship that promises to bring “European Style to the Caribbean” and I’m like, didn’t that already happen to disastrous consequence?
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Playboy founder's widow warns Hugh Hefner Foundation about pictures of underage girls
Playboy founder's widow warns Hugh Hefner Foundation about pictures of underage girls
Crystal Hefner said she filed regulatory complaints alleging the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation possesses thousands of pages of the Playboy founder's journals and scrapbooks that may include nude pictures of women, including some who were underage and did not consent to being photographed.
www.latimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Playboy founder's widow warns Hugh Hefner Foundation about pictures of underage girls
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Just in: 50 parents and transgender activists have blockaded the HHS Building in protest of sweeping new rules that could ban trans youth nationwide.
24 were then arrested.
This is the kind of action we need.
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24 were then arrested.
This is the kind of action we need.
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24 Parents And Activists Blockade HHS Headquarters In Protest Against New Trans Youth Care Ban, Arrested
The protestors blocked entrance to the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters to protest a rule that could eliminate trans youth care nationwide.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just in: 50 parents and transgender activists have blockaded the HHS Building in protest of sweeping new rules that could ban trans youth nationwide.
24 were then arrested.
This is the kind of action we need.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
24 were then arrested.
This is the kind of action we need.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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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
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
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
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
As a reminder: Jesse Jackson was on the right side of nearly everything.
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.