Kathryn Tomasek
@kathryntomasek.bsky.social
Digital scholarly editing, TEI/XML.
Histories of women & gender.
Opinions my own.
My grandparents were children of immigrants—birthright citizens.
Against erasure.
For human rights, kindness, joy.
Protect immigrants.
Due process.
Histories of women & gender.
Opinions my own.
My grandparents were children of immigrants—birthright citizens.
Against erasure.
For human rights, kindness, joy.
Protect immigrants.
Due process.
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She's challenging the party's comfort with "electability" narratives.
Hear from jasmineforus.bsky.social on the latest episode of At Our Table.
Hear from jasmineforus.bsky.social on the latest episode of At Our Table.
February 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
She's challenging the party's comfort with "electability" narratives.
Hear from jasmineforus.bsky.social on the latest episode of At Our Table.
Hear from jasmineforus.bsky.social on the latest episode of At Our Table.
@texastribune.org I am seriously grateful to y’all for your good work. Thank you so much!
February 18, 2026 at 10:34 PM
@texastribune.org I am seriously grateful to y’all for your good work. Thank you so much!
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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
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Great to see a core group of people turn out early on a Friday to help transcribe documents related to the Colored Conventions for this year's Douglass Day Transcribe-a-Thon in the Marymount Institute at LMU. #DouglassDay
(photo posted with permission of participants)
(photo posted with permission of participants)
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Great to see a core group of people turn out early on a Friday to help transcribe documents related to the Colored Conventions for this year's Douglass Day Transcribe-a-Thon in the Marymount Institute at LMU. #DouglassDay
(photo posted with permission of participants)
(photo posted with permission of participants)
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League of Women Voters Denounces House Passage of Anti-Voter SAVE America Act | LWV
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
League of Women Voters Denounces House Passage of Anti-Voter SAVE America Act | League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters of the United States issued the following statement in response to today’s House vote on the SAVE America Act.
www.lwv.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
League of Women Voters Denounces House Passage of Anti-Voter SAVE America Act | LWV
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
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I would love to see you TONIGHT at Politics & Prose in Washington D.C. Connecticut Ave. location at 7pm. I’ll be discussing my new book, THE CROWN’S SILENCE—& the response to its release in the UK 🇬🇧 —w/ historian Cassandra Good. Please join us! @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social @politicsprose.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I would love to see you TONIGHT at Politics & Prose in Washington D.C. Connecticut Ave. location at 7pm. I’ll be discussing my new book, THE CROWN’S SILENCE—& the response to its release in the UK 🇬🇧 —w/ historian Cassandra Good. Please join us! @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social @politicsprose.bsky.social
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Just a reminder ... tomorrow at 5.30 pm, Holly Fletcher (@drhollyfletcher.bsky.social) will be speaking on 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine' ✨ Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... (In-person, IHR Wolfson Room NB02, all are welcome!)
The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine
www.history.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Just a reminder ... tomorrow at 5.30 pm, Holly Fletcher (@drhollyfletcher.bsky.social) will be speaking on 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine' ✨ Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... (In-person, IHR Wolfson Room NB02, all are welcome!)
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Absolute Units returns tomorrow!
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
merl.reading.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Absolute Units returns tomorrow!
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
We continue reflecting on our origin story while looking specifically at our links to British colonial agriculture. Plus, how do we want to be remembered in another 75 years' time?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
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42 Years Ago Today: February 3, 1984 Front Page
February 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
42 Years Ago Today: February 3, 1984 Front Page
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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STICK TO THE BOAT, is your true motto in whaling; but cases will sometimes happen when LEAP FROM THE BOAT, is still better.
January 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM
STICK TO THE BOAT, is your true motto in whaling; but cases will sometimes happen when LEAP FROM THE BOAT, is still better.
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Volume up! Let’s show this sweeet baby girl some love. Our youth are our future, our children deserves a better tomorrow. I will lay down my life to make sure they stand a fighting chance. Sing, baby, sing!!
🎤🎶🎵😭
#Pinks
#SheShed
#SaveTheChildren
🎤🎶🎵😭
#Pinks
#SheShed
#SaveTheChildren
🎶 “Please take a moment to listen to this young lady’s song there’s a message here that matters.”
#DefundICE
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
#DefundICE
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
January 27, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Volume up! Let’s show this sweeet baby girl some love. Our youth are our future, our children deserves a better tomorrow. I will lay down my life to make sure they stand a fighting chance. Sing, baby, sing!!
🎤🎶🎵😭
#Pinks
#SheShed
#SaveTheChildren
🎤🎶🎵😭
#Pinks
#SheShed
#SaveTheChildren
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“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
~Ida B. Wells.
Image: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center.
~Ida B. Wells.
Image: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center.
January 25, 2026 at 2:51 PM
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
~Ida B. Wells.
Image: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center.
~Ida B. Wells.
Image: University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center.
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“Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.”
― Elizabeth Zimmerman
#KnitSky 🧶 #InTheseTimes
― Elizabeth Zimmerman
#KnitSky 🧶 #InTheseTimes
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
“Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.”
― Elizabeth Zimmerman
#KnitSky 🧶 #InTheseTimes
― Elizabeth Zimmerman
#KnitSky 🧶 #InTheseTimes
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#OTD in 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt became the first Chair of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW).
The PCSW was established to advise POTUS on issues concerning the status of women. Created by JFK in 1961. In 1975, it became the National Association of Commissions for Women.
The PCSW was established to advise POTUS on issues concerning the status of women. Created by JFK in 1961. In 1975, it became the National Association of Commissions for Women.
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 PM
#OTD in 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt became the first Chair of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW).
The PCSW was established to advise POTUS on issues concerning the status of women. Created by JFK in 1961. In 1975, it became the National Association of Commissions for Women.
The PCSW was established to advise POTUS on issues concerning the status of women. Created by JFK in 1961. In 1975, it became the National Association of Commissions for Women.
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1/20/1856 — b. Harriet Stanton Blatch, American suffragist, lobbyist, orator. Founder, Equality League of Self-Supporting Wmn (1907) which became Women’s Political Union ('10) + merged w/the Congressional Union('17). Organizer, NY suffrage parades('08, 10 & 12) #womenshistory #womensrights #PolSky
January 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM
1/20/1856 — b. Harriet Stanton Blatch, American suffragist, lobbyist, orator. Founder, Equality League of Self-Supporting Wmn (1907) which became Women’s Political Union ('10) + merged w/the Congressional Union('17). Organizer, NY suffrage parades('08, 10 & 12) #womenshistory #womensrights #PolSky
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But my whole clock’s run down; my heart the all-controlling weight, I have no key to lift again.
January 19, 2026 at 5:47 AM
But my whole clock’s run down; my heart the all-controlling weight, I have no key to lift again.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Let’s hope it an over whelming success
Trump inauguration anniversary walkouts: here’s what to know
Amid escalating ICE raids and attacks on gender-affirming care, organizers ask people to join ‘Free America Walkout’
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:33 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Let’s hope it an over whelming success
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Tuscarawas Valley Civil War Round Table to host program on espionage and enslaved informants who advanced their own freedom while aiding U.S. military efforts during the Civil War www.yourohionews.com/tuscarawas-c...
Tuscarawas Valley Civil War Round Table to host program on espionage, enslaved informants
The program will also focus on the contributions of escaped slaves
www.yourohionews.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Tuscarawas Valley Civil War Round Table to host program on espionage and enslaved informants who advanced their own freedom while aiding U.S. military efforts during the Civil War www.yourohionews.com/tuscarawas-c...
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January 17 - The 1915 Hunger March
On this day in Labor History the year was 1915. It was the day that the people in Chicago stood up to demand an end to hunger and unemployment. Their stand began at a meeting at Bowen Hall, part of the Hull House complex founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane
On this day in Labor History the year was 1915. It was the day that the people in Chicago stood up to demand an end to hunger and unemployment. Their stand began at a meeting at Bowen Hall, part of the Hull House complex founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane
January 17 - The 1915 Hunger March
On this day in Labor History the year was 1915. It was the day that the people in Chicago stood up to demand an end to hunger and unemployment. Their stand began at a meeting at Bowen Hall, part of the Hull House complex founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams.
laborhistoryin2.podbean.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 AM
January 17 - The 1915 Hunger March
On this day in Labor History the year was 1915. It was the day that the people in Chicago stood up to demand an end to hunger and unemployment. Their stand began at a meeting at Bowen Hall, part of the Hull House complex founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane
On this day in Labor History the year was 1915. It was the day that the people in Chicago stood up to demand an end to hunger and unemployment. Their stand began at a meeting at Bowen Hall, part of the Hull House complex founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane
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The Queen Miller Home in Staunton, VA, was a historic Black landmark that housed more than 300 children who were orphaned, displaced, or denied care between 1910 and 1950
www.whsv.com/2026/01/13/s...
A descendant is among those leading an effort to preserve the remaining land & the site’s legacy.
www.whsv.com/2026/01/13/s...
A descendant is among those leading an effort to preserve the remaining land & the site’s legacy.
Staunton woman advocates to preserve historic landmark in the Queen City
A historic African American landmark called the Queen Miller Home in Staunton housed more than 300 African American children who had been orphaned, displaced or denied care between 1910 and 1950.
www.whsv.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The Queen Miller Home in Staunton, VA, was a historic Black landmark that housed more than 300 children who were orphaned, displaced, or denied care between 1910 and 1950
www.whsv.com/2026/01/13/s...
A descendant is among those leading an effort to preserve the remaining land & the site’s legacy.
www.whsv.com/2026/01/13/s...
A descendant is among those leading an effort to preserve the remaining land & the site’s legacy.
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January 7 - Zora Neal Hurston Day
As a preservationist she preserved the language of African American people, especially in Florida. On her day we will tell folktales, act them out, and wear beautiful hats! #booksky #teachersky
tinyurl.com/56ryztvz
As a preservationist she preserved the language of African American people, especially in Florida. On her day we will tell folktales, act them out, and wear beautiful hats! #booksky #teachersky
tinyurl.com/56ryztvz
Black Literary Holidays
Because Google Doesn't Run Your Life
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January 7, 2026 at 1:10 AM
January 7 - Zora Neal Hurston Day
As a preservationist she preserved the language of African American people, especially in Florida. On her day we will tell folktales, act them out, and wear beautiful hats! #booksky #teachersky
tinyurl.com/56ryztvz
As a preservationist she preserved the language of African American people, especially in Florida. On her day we will tell folktales, act them out, and wear beautiful hats! #booksky #teachersky
tinyurl.com/56ryztvz
No words.
Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications
Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications
Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, has died due to complications during childbirth.
thegrio.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:08 AM
No words.
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Anyone know how to get into green power industry as an electrical engineer? Solar and battery stuff seems to be the future and also I wouldn’t be working on a project that makes the world worse
December 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Anyone know how to get into green power industry as an electrical engineer? Solar and battery stuff seems to be the future and also I wouldn’t be working on a project that makes the world worse
