Rambling & (re)tired
@katsugg.bsky.social
Academic (quasi-retired), writer, native Texan, aspiring elderly rock climber. “Professional feminist” (per MAGA bio fam). Pubs and interests: media and lit, politics, gender, race, liberalism, the Americas; what’s funny, what’s not.
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“When asked on the earnings call how high the total tracked population could go, GEO Group executives were bullish.”
“‘I don’t know. How high is high?’ Zoley asked rhetorically. ‘We’re the largest monitoring company in the world.’”
“‘I don’t know. How high is high?’ Zoley asked rhetorically. ‘We’re the largest monitoring company in the world.’”
GEO Group Sees Ankle Monitor Growth in Trump Immigration Push
GEO Group Inc., one of the largest private prison operators, said President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown eventually will fill up detention facilities and force the government to use more elect...
www.bloomberg.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“When asked on the earnings call how high the total tracked population could go, GEO Group executives were bullish.”
“‘I don’t know. How high is high?’ Zoley asked rhetorically. ‘We’re the largest monitoring company in the world.’”
“‘I don’t know. How high is high?’ Zoley asked rhetorically. ‘We’re the largest monitoring company in the world.’”
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Let's all keep pretending the forces behind this are just 'concerned parents with reasonable questions' rather than deranged bigots
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Let's all keep pretending the forces behind this are just 'concerned parents with reasonable questions' rather than deranged bigots
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Abolish ICE.
ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital.
"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"
The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.
Houston, Texas.
"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"
The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.
Houston, Texas.
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Abolish ICE.
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Democrats paying a ton of money to a bunch of consultants who think it’s still 2008 to come up with new campaign strategies instead of just listening to this guy is…a choice
Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."
October 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Democrats paying a ton of money to a bunch of consultants who think it’s still 2008 to come up with new campaign strategies instead of just listening to this guy is…a choice
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BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
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If you‘re saying „we just need to train it more“ - we can‘t. We‘ve reached the stage of enshittification. The web has been flooded with incestuous data. And that‘s after it crawled all of your work illegally.
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
If you‘re saying „we just need to train it more“ - we can‘t. We‘ve reached the stage of enshittification. The web has been flooded with incestuous data. And that‘s after it crawled all of your work illegally.
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Q: Can the president tear down anything he wants without oversight? Could he demolish this building or the Jefferson Memorial?
LEAVITT: Only for vertical construction will a submission be required.
Q: So it sounds like the answer is yes
LEAVITT: Only for vertical construction will a submission be required.
Q: So it sounds like the answer is yes
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Q: Can the president tear down anything he wants without oversight? Could he demolish this building or the Jefferson Memorial?
LEAVITT: Only for vertical construction will a submission be required.
Q: So it sounds like the answer is yes
LEAVITT: Only for vertical construction will a submission be required.
Q: So it sounds like the answer is yes
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Fortunately once SCOTUS says courts can't stop Trump from sending Texans to kill Oregonians the Democratic leadership will have some strong points about kitchen table issues
October 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Fortunately once SCOTUS says courts can't stop Trump from sending Texans to kill Oregonians the Democratic leadership will have some strong points about kitchen table issues
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Some things masks can’t hide.
October 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Some things masks can’t hide.
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“They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down. We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."
The worst of what we feared when Trump’s spending bill gave ICE a blank check is happening.
The worst of what we feared when Trump’s spending bill gave ICE a blank check is happening.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down. We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."
The worst of what we feared when Trump’s spending bill gave ICE a blank check is happening.
The worst of what we feared when Trump’s spending bill gave ICE a blank check is happening.
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ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants
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Reminder that Trump campaigned on sending troops into American cities to take out "the enemy from within." Something to consider next time a pundit tells you the election was really about inflation.
Trump to Bartiromo on what worries him about election day: "I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within ... sick people, radical left lunatics. And it should be easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military."
September 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Reminder that Trump campaigned on sending troops into American cities to take out "the enemy from within." Something to consider next time a pundit tells you the election was really about inflation.
This debacle hits hard-had hoped TX higher ed could at least defend the 1st amendment…
an international and historic embarrassment
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” The professor spoke by phone from the inside of a car to avoid being overheard by colleagues.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
September 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This debacle hits hard-had hoped TX higher ed could at least defend the 1st amendment…
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Important piece here. Democrats should investigate this fully. Bring Carr for hearings. He is openly publicizing how he apparently broke the law and used the FCC on behalf of Trump to exort ABC.
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse Than You Think It Is
Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that chairman Brendan Carr’s move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.
newrepublic.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Important piece here. Democrats should investigate this fully. Bring Carr for hearings. He is openly publicizing how he apparently broke the law and used the FCC on behalf of Trump to exort ABC.
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
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New York's full-throated defense of this abortion provider is something that I wish we saw modeled across geographies, systems, and industries. The people and institutions who are best funded, most powerful, and most able to fight fascism absolutely must refuse to comply, in advance or otherwise.
New York attorney general joins landmark legal battle over out-of-state abortion provider
Letitia James will help defend New York’s shield law against a challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
www.nbcnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
New York's full-throated defense of this abortion provider is something that I wish we saw modeled across geographies, systems, and industries. The people and institutions who are best funded, most powerful, and most able to fight fascism absolutely must refuse to comply, in advance or otherwise.
Crushing.
(exhausted and infuriated yet again by how terrible this country is becoming, and is already)
(exhausted and infuriated yet again by how terrible this country is becoming, and is already)
UPDATE: Fox News reports that ICE told Kilmar Abrego Garcia they are going to deport him to Uganda on Monday.
August 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Crushing.
(exhausted and infuriated yet again by how terrible this country is becoming, and is already)
(exhausted and infuriated yet again by how terrible this country is becoming, and is already)
Public schools (like everything else) are an endangered species
Ohio parents of kids with disabilities are receiving letters from the school board demanding they pay “extra” for their disabled children.
This is ableism and discrimination at its finest.
They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.
This is ableism and discrimination at its finest.
They weren’t even given adequate warning. Just 17 days to pay up.
August 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Public schools (like everything else) are an endangered species
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A Texas woman was sent home from an emergency room twice during a miscarriage last year. She ultimately needed a blood transfusion to save her life.
“What happened to me was just so wrong,” she said.
By Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and @andreasuozzo.com
“What happened to me was just so wrong,” she said.
By Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and @andreasuozzo.com
After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
July 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A Texas woman was sent home from an emergency room twice during a miscarriage last year. She ultimately needed a blood transfusion to save her life.
“What happened to me was just so wrong,” she said.
By Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and @andreasuozzo.com
“What happened to me was just so wrong,” she said.
By Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and @andreasuozzo.com
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I do hope that Lia Thomas is surrounded by people who see how grotesque and sadistic this humiliation of her is, and feel angry on her behalf.
July 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I do hope that Lia Thomas is surrounded by people who see how grotesque and sadistic this humiliation of her is, and feel angry on her behalf.
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"What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?"
Frederick Douglass was an exceptionally gifted orator and truthteller. My jaw is on the floor. Incisive, scathing, beautiful fury. READ THIS. EVERY SINGLE WORD.
www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
Frederick Douglass was an exceptionally gifted orator and truthteller. My jaw is on the floor. Incisive, scathing, beautiful fury. READ THIS. EVERY SINGLE WORD.
www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
July 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
"What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?"
Frederick Douglass was an exceptionally gifted orator and truthteller. My jaw is on the floor. Incisive, scathing, beautiful fury. READ THIS. EVERY SINGLE WORD.
www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
Frederick Douglass was an exceptionally gifted orator and truthteller. My jaw is on the floor. Incisive, scathing, beautiful fury. READ THIS. EVERY SINGLE WORD.
www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
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Over several days in May, the Tennessee Highway Patrol sent a surge of cruisers along the streets of south Nashville, pulling over drivers as ICE agents in unmarked vehicles with flashing lights waited next to them.
With @azluminaria.org
With @azluminaria.org
Local Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight
ICE officials tout an unprecedented expansion of its 287(g) Program, driven by agreements that allow local officers to function as deportation agents during routine policing. But advocates warn such…
www.propublica.org
July 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Over several days in May, the Tennessee Highway Patrol sent a surge of cruisers along the streets of south Nashville, pulling over drivers as ICE agents in unmarked vehicles with flashing lights waited next to them.
With @azluminaria.org
With @azluminaria.org
Came to all this late, so grateful for this snapshot of why NYT again makes everything worse. Obvs not the worst news of the day (even for a diehard @jamellebouie.net stan), but super-depressing all the same
it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.
July 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Came to all this late, so grateful for this snapshot of why NYT again makes everything worse. Obvs not the worst news of the day (even for a diehard @jamellebouie.net stan), but super-depressing all the same
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I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I would like for wealthy people excited for tax cuts to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that every dollar they get in tax breaks is going to be paid for by someone else…either someone not getting healthcare or SNAP or some future person paying higher taxes to pay the interest on our new debt.
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“one piece of the package has received comparatively little attention: a provision that would block abortion clinics from receiving Medicaid funds for any of the non-abortion services they provide”
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Biggest Anti-Abortion Victory Since ‘Dobbs’
The legislation that just passed the Senate represents a big win for anti-abortion advocates—and a subtle shift in their strategy.
www.theatlantic.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“one piece of the package has received comparatively little attention: a provision that would block abortion clinics from receiving Medicaid funds for any of the non-abortion services they provide”
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...