Kate Pond (she/her)
@katepond.bsky.social
MA Lit. (Writing & Narratology)
BA Psy. (Holistic)
Ardent #literacy advocate
#reader, #writer, #teacher, and #lover of all things good and wonderful. Let’s make a world for EVERYONE.🕊️
(my thoughts are mine- you can’t have them)
#OnlyLOVEisReal
BA Psy. (Holistic)
Ardent #literacy advocate
#reader, #writer, #teacher, and #lover of all things good and wonderful. Let’s make a world for EVERYONE.🕊️
(my thoughts are mine- you can’t have them)
#OnlyLOVEisReal
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For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of extreme weather event research in multiple surprising ways.
Scientists trace heat waves back to individual fossil fuel companies, with potentially sweeping courtroom implications | CNN
For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of ex...
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of extreme weather event research in multiple surprising ways.
As if it weren’t already my vision of waking #hellscape…
Watch- In less than 12 months they will be scrambling for federal intervention to “save them” from their own stupidity.
Oh #florida.
#PeopleWillDie
You’re like a geographic representation of ‘hold my beer’
Watch- In less than 12 months they will be scrambling for federal intervention to “save them” from their own stupidity.
Oh #florida.
#PeopleWillDie
You’re like a geographic representation of ‘hold my beer’
Florida plans to end all vaccine mandates, which would make it the first state to remove all vaccine requirements for schoolchildren https://cnn.it/4p6Rwa5
September 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As if it weren’t already my vision of waking #hellscape…
Watch- In less than 12 months they will be scrambling for federal intervention to “save them” from their own stupidity.
Oh #florida.
#PeopleWillDie
You’re like a geographic representation of ‘hold my beer’
Watch- In less than 12 months they will be scrambling for federal intervention to “save them” from their own stupidity.
Oh #florida.
#PeopleWillDie
You’re like a geographic representation of ‘hold my beer’
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Epstein survivors float release of unofficial client list
Epstein survivors may release unofficial client list if Justice Department stalls
Pressure is mounting after a House panel released 33,000 heavily redacted DOJ documents.
www.axios.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Epstein survivors float release of unofficial client list
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More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
n.pr
September 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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Point of no return
by @silentmiddlechild
by @silentmiddlechild
August 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Point of no return
by @silentmiddlechild
by @silentmiddlechild
August 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Your Fall reading list just dropped.
Fuckin Not-sees.
Fuckin Not-sees.
Banned! The 20 books they didn’t want you to read
Banned! The 20 books they didn’t want you to read
From Instagram poetry to Greek classics, the works of fiction that have caused uproar through history – and into the present
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Your Fall reading list just dropped.
Fuckin Not-sees.
Fuckin Not-sees.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard members patrolling the streets of Washington, DC, to begin carrying their service weapons as they fulfill President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital, according to a US defense official.
Hegseth orders National Guard troops in DC to carry weapons | CNN Politics
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard members patrolling the streets of Washington, DC, to begin carrying their service weapons as they fulfill President Donald Trump’s crime crack...
cnn.it
August 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard members patrolling the streets of Washington, DC, to begin carrying their service weapons as they fulfill President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital, according to a US defense official.
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lol. I needed this.
August 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
lol. I needed this.
It’s crazy to me that all this cruelty, all this horror, all of it- is based in some individual’s denial and fear of their mortality.
You can’t force/coerce or otherwise bargain or buy your way out.
We all die someday.
The goal while you’re here?
#love
#LoveIsResistance
#resist
You can’t force/coerce or otherwise bargain or buy your way out.
We all die someday.
The goal while you’re here?
#love
#LoveIsResistance
#resist
August 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It’s crazy to me that all this cruelty, all this horror, all of it- is based in some individual’s denial and fear of their mortality.
You can’t force/coerce or otherwise bargain or buy your way out.
We all die someday.
The goal while you’re here?
#love
#LoveIsResistance
#resist
You can’t force/coerce or otherwise bargain or buy your way out.
We all die someday.
The goal while you’re here?
#love
#LoveIsResistance
#resist
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National Guardsman speaks up against his colleagues who are working with ICE and following illegal orders
August 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
National Guardsman speaks up against his colleagues who are working with ICE and following illegal orders
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Cost of public college tuition:
Sweden: $0
Norway: $0
Finland: $0
Denmark: $0
United States: $9,596
When Republicans say it's OK to give billions in tax breaks to the top 1%, don't tell me we can't afford to make public college available for free.
Sweden: $0
Norway: $0
Finland: $0
Denmark: $0
United States: $9,596
When Republicans say it's OK to give billions in tax breaks to the top 1%, don't tell me we can't afford to make public college available for free.
August 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Cost of public college tuition:
Sweden: $0
Norway: $0
Finland: $0
Denmark: $0
United States: $9,596
When Republicans say it's OK to give billions in tax breaks to the top 1%, don't tell me we can't afford to make public college available for free.
Sweden: $0
Norway: $0
Finland: $0
Denmark: $0
United States: $9,596
When Republicans say it's OK to give billions in tax breaks to the top 1%, don't tell me we can't afford to make public college available for free.
I would just like someone to be able to “see” and “hear” I side my neuro-spicy brain…
But…. I don’t want it this way.
☹️
But…. I don’t want it this way.
☹️
Brain-implanted devices that allow paralyzed people to speak can also decode words they imagine, but don't intend to share. n.pr/3V85XNd
These brain implants speak your mind — even when you don't want to
Brain-implanted devices that allow paralyzed people to speak can also decode words they imagine, but don't intend to share.
n.pr
August 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I would just like someone to be able to “see” and “hear” I side my neuro-spicy brain…
But…. I don’t want it this way.
☹️
But…. I don’t want it this way.
☹️
Will we ever be able to repay what women of color do to protect us all?
#democracy
#democracy
On Monday, Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows ordered that the returning lawmakers could only leave the House floor with written permission and a 24-hour police escort until the House reconvened on Wednesday.
Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier stood her ground.
Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier stood her ground.
Texas Democrat forced to sleep in Capitol after refusing 24-hour police escort
Rep. Nicole Collier has sued the state legislature for unlawful imprisonment.
www.motherjones.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Will we ever be able to repay what women of color do to protect us all?
#democracy
#democracy
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Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military
Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military
Employees outraged by report Azure platform used by Israel to store surveillance data collected on Palestinians
Dozens of Microsoft employees occupied the company’s east campus in Redmond, Washington to protest against what they say is the use of its software by the Israeli military to carry out operations in Gaza and enable the surveillance of Palestinians.
Three months after the company said it was launching an independent investigation into the use of its Azure software, current and former staff occupied a space they declared the “Free Zone”, holding placards that read “Join The Worker Intifada – No Labor for Genocide” and “Martyred Palestinian Children’s Plaza”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military
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"...the epistemically arrogant think that other people have nothing to teach them. They are, to put it somewhat differently, committed to the idea that some or more aspects of their worldview will not be epistemically improved by the evidence or experience of others."
doi.org/10.1017/epi....
doi.org/10.1017/epi....
ARROGANCE, TRUTH AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE | Episteme | Cambridge Core
ARROGANCE, TRUTH AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE - Volume 15 Issue 3
doi.org
August 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"...the epistemically arrogant think that other people have nothing to teach them. They are, to put it somewhat differently, committed to the idea that some or more aspects of their worldview will not be epistemically improved by the evidence or experience of others."
doi.org/10.1017/epi....
doi.org/10.1017/epi....
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One-third of Texans believe that humans and dinosaurs existed at the same time.
This is roughly the same percent who keep voting for Republican representatives.
Coincidence? #whatarewedoinghere
#jfc #didsmartphoneseatourbrains
This is roughly the same percent who keep voting for Republican representatives.
Coincidence? #whatarewedoinghere
#jfc #didsmartphoneseatourbrains
a man in a suit says what do we say about coincidence
ALT: a man in a suit says what do we say about coincidence
media.tenor.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
One-third of Texans believe that humans and dinosaurs existed at the same time.
This is roughly the same percent who keep voting for Republican representatives.
Coincidence? #whatarewedoinghere
#jfc #didsmartphoneseatourbrains
This is roughly the same percent who keep voting for Republican representatives.
Coincidence? #whatarewedoinghere
#jfc #didsmartphoneseatourbrains
Yeah…. This shit has gotten out of control…
August 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Yeah…. This shit has gotten out of control…
August 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some monsters are red,
Other monsters are blue,
Gerrymandered districts
Should matter to you.
#resist #NoDisenfranchisement
Other monsters are blue,
Gerrymandered districts
Should matter to you.
#resist #NoDisenfranchisement
August 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Some monsters are red,
Other monsters are blue,
Gerrymandered districts
Should matter to you.
#resist #NoDisenfranchisement
Other monsters are blue,
Gerrymandered districts
Should matter to you.
#resist #NoDisenfranchisement
DJ Shadow - Nobody Speak feat. Run The Jewels (Official Video)
YouTube video by Mass Appeal
youtu.be
August 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM