Kathryn Gehred
@katyghistory.bsky.social
Women's historian of early America and slavery. Liberty, Liberty for ever Mother, while I exist
Is the issue that there are homeless people on the downtown mall or is the issue that 90% of the stores and restaurants there are stupid expensive? www.cvilletomorrow.org/some-busines...
Some business owners welcome 'million-dollar clean team' on Downtown Mall, others find it 'dubious'
Some Charlottesville business owners hope that a $1.2 million two-year pilot program for cleaning and ambassador services will help declining foot traffic; others say it could push unhoused folks away...
www.cvilletomorrow.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Is the issue that there are homeless people on the downtown mall or is the issue that 90% of the stores and restaurants there are stupid expensive? www.cvilletomorrow.org/some-busines...
When we provide direct negative feedback to men they find it emasculating, and the social punishment for emasculating a man is extreme
Good thread, and I will add that men DO NOT LIKE IT when women say "hey, you fucked up," and to the extent that women tend to soften the blow with indirectness, it's because men feel like their honor is insulted if they have to take feedback from women.
I'm not linking to that NYT piece today, but of all the horrible parts of it, this was the worst. This was an explanation of "female vices" in the workplace and LET ME JUST TELL YOU...
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When we provide direct negative feedback to men they find it emasculating, and the social punishment for emasculating a man is extreme
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Oh wait, I didn’t realize it was female historians specifically who ruined the work place.
a raccoon is praying with its hands folded and the words `` good , good '' written on the bottom .
Alt: a raccoon is praying with its hands folded and the words `` good , good '' written on the bottom .
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Oh wait, I didn’t realize it was female historians specifically who ruined the work place.
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Theresa Gillespie Isom flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat while running on Medicaid expansion and helping rural hospitals.
Democrat Theresa Gillespie Isom Flips GOP-Held Mississippi Senate Seat in North Mississippi
Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, has won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a GOP-held seat.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Theresa Gillespie Isom flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat while running on Medicaid expansion and helping rural hospitals.
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Jesus Christ
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Jesus Christ
My sister has had a heartfelt “congratulations Zoltan!” Facebook status up for two days now and nobody has corrected her and I don’t know what to dooooo
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My sister has had a heartfelt “congratulations Zoltan!” Facebook status up for two days now and nobody has corrected her and I don’t know what to dooooo
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
a jump scare of a post!!!
Sex scene with Mr Collins, anyone?
It's the perfect time for some Austen-inspired fiction & I hugely enjoyed this heartfelt, romantic & v. funny imagining of the life of Charlotte Lucas from @rachelparris.bsky.social
(Honestly, don’t let the sex thing put you off, it’s lovely)
Out 6 Nov 📚 🌟
It's the perfect time for some Austen-inspired fiction & I hugely enjoyed this heartfelt, romantic & v. funny imagining of the life of Charlotte Lucas from @rachelparris.bsky.social
(Honestly, don’t let the sex thing put you off, it’s lovely)
Out 6 Nov 📚 🌟
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
a jump scare of a post!!!
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Just so we are clear: ICE went into a day care center—a private business—without a judicial warrant, and unlawfully kidnapped a worker in front of parents and children.
VIDEO: Day care teacher detained by ICE agents on Chicago’s North Side
A day care teacher was taken into ICE custody Wednesday morning at the Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just so we are clear: ICE went into a day care center—a private business—without a judicial warrant, and unlawfully kidnapped a worker in front of parents and children.
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Do you think a human being wrote this Newsweek headline without having read the article beneath it, and so without understanding that the Supreme Court did *not* rule on Trump's tariffs today? Or do you think some AI wrote the headline and made the mistake?
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Do you think a human being wrote this Newsweek headline without having read the article beneath it, and so without understanding that the Supreme Court did *not* rule on Trump's tariffs today? Or do you think some AI wrote the headline and made the mistake?
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Then when the bubble bursts, the US taxpayers will already be on the hook. “Too big to fail” redux. Meanwhile these folks will continue to collect on their massive compensation packages.
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Then when the bubble bursts, the US taxpayers will already be on the hook. “Too big to fail” redux. Meanwhile these folks will continue to collect on their massive compensation packages.
George Washington had strong opinions on this actually
I’m no military historian; is it bad when a nation’s troops aren’t fed?
Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown trib.al/5WGvUOq
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
George Washington had strong opinions on this actually
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Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
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After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
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LOCAL ELECTION RESULT:
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
LOCAL ELECTION RESULT:
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
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Thank you, politico playbook, for explaining why the Dems' huge win last night is bad for Dems, actually.
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Thank you, politico playbook, for explaining why the Dems' huge win last night is bad for Dems, actually.
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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how long til Mayor Habibi
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
how long til Mayor Habibi
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yup, it's a non-ideological cross-cutting campaign that can help dems perform well with people aligned with them on an axis other than D vs R (this is also how trump won in 2024, just with prices)
A pro-affordability, anti-Trump-corruption message unites the party. Every candidate can run on that, and every candidate can have their own take to fit that to their constituents. There's really no need to find fights to pick when the party agrees on more than it disagrees
Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
yup, it's a non-ideological cross-cutting campaign that can help dems perform well with people aligned with them on an axis other than D vs R (this is also how trump won in 2024, just with prices)
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"If Republicans want a return to political influence in America's dynamic economic and cultural powerhouses, they're going to have to learn how to appeal to the complex folkways of urban dwellers"
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"If Republicans want a return to political influence in America's dynamic economic and cultural powerhouses, they're going to have to learn how to appeal to the complex folkways of urban dwellers"
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Remember, we learned in 2021 that a win by the out party in a Virginia gubernatorial election fully nullifies any presidential mandate. I don’t make the rules
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Remember, we learned in 2021 that a win by the out party in a Virginia gubernatorial election fully nullifies any presidential mandate. I don’t make the rules
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Dems winning in Virginia will directly lead to thousands regaining the right to vote.
Spanberger can reverse GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin's reinstatement of a Jim Crow-era lifetime voting ban for felonies.
Dem lawmakers can also put a constitutional amendment on next year's ballot to permanently end it
Spanberger can reverse GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin's reinstatement of a Jim Crow-era lifetime voting ban for felonies.
Dem lawmakers can also put a constitutional amendment on next year's ballot to permanently end it
BREAKING: Democrat Abigail Spanberger flips control of the Virginia governorship, becoming the first woman to lead the state, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/47Ljn7Z
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Dems winning in Virginia will directly lead to thousands regaining the right to vote.
Spanberger can reverse GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin's reinstatement of a Jim Crow-era lifetime voting ban for felonies.
Dem lawmakers can also put a constitutional amendment on next year's ballot to permanently end it
Spanberger can reverse GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin's reinstatement of a Jim Crow-era lifetime voting ban for felonies.
Dem lawmakers can also put a constitutional amendment on next year's ballot to permanently end it
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two Youngkin headlines that capture his governorship
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boltsmag.org/fourth-amend...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
two Youngkin headlines that capture his governorship
boltsmag.org/virginia-gov...
boltsmag.org/fourth-amend...
boltsmag.org/virginia-gov...
boltsmag.org/fourth-amend...
I could hear the cheers from the black student union all the way to my dorm, it was lovely. Then I went out in the hall and heard the girl in the dorm across from mine call her mom and say “yeah, we just need to, like, shoot him.”
On November 4, 2008, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois made history when he became the 44th President of the United States.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I could hear the cheers from the black student union all the way to my dorm, it was lovely. Then I went out in the hall and heard the girl in the dorm across from mine call her mom and say “yeah, we just need to, like, shoot him.”