Kat I
@kdvox.bsky.social
Exhausted disabled narcoleptic. Love Buffalo NY, public transit, studying past practices to put towards an equitable, sustainable future.
Also very gay.
Also very gay.
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It was an ugly wake-up call for me, the dad of a new Kindergartener, to realize that the public school system has basically been completely abandoned by both parties since before my own time in it, and all of the "non-essential" stuff is provided entirely by donations and volunteer labor
This is because our elected officials haven't been helping with any of our institutions for years except the military and law enforcement. Schools, libraries and other public services have been held together by immense amounts of volunteer labor and community funding.
All of this happened with basically no help from elected officials of the opposition party. This was entirely the people.
January 26, 2026 at 10:32 PM
It was an ugly wake-up call for me, the dad of a new Kindergartener, to realize that the public school system has basically been completely abandoned by both parties since before my own time in it, and all of the "non-essential" stuff is provided entirely by donations and volunteer labor
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This is because our elected officials haven't been helping with any of our institutions for years except the military and law enforcement. Schools, libraries and other public services have been held together by immense amounts of volunteer labor and community funding.
All of this happened with basically no help from elected officials of the opposition party. This was entirely the people.
January 26, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is because our elected officials haven't been helping with any of our institutions for years except the military and law enforcement. Schools, libraries and other public services have been held together by immense amounts of volunteer labor and community funding.
As a geriatric millennial, I don't know how to tell people we do not have to hand it to George W Bush. We don't have to say he was a better president.
He was not. His administration laid so much of the groundwork that got us to the horrors we are experiencing today
He was not. His administration laid so much of the groundwork that got us to the horrors we are experiencing today
January 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
As a geriatric millennial, I don't know how to tell people we do not have to hand it to George W Bush. We don't have to say he was a better president.
He was not. His administration laid so much of the groundwork that got us to the horrors we are experiencing today
He was not. His administration laid so much of the groundwork that got us to the horrors we are experiencing today
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Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
January 26, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
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The Phillips neighborhoods are being targeted because it has the highest percent of residents who are not US Citizens. This fund will help feed, provide basic necessities and allow our immigrant neighbors to stay housed for 65+ families (and counting).
gofund.me/4eaa6ea75
gofund.me/4eaa6ea75
Donate to Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need, organized by Alexandria Gomez
We are a small collective of friends and community organizers working direct… Alexandria Gomez needs your support for Support Phillips Families in Urgent Need
gofund.me
January 25, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The Phillips neighborhoods are being targeted because it has the highest percent of residents who are not US Citizens. This fund will help feed, provide basic necessities and allow our immigrant neighbors to stay housed for 65+ families (and counting).
gofund.me/4eaa6ea75
gofund.me/4eaa6ea75
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The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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Guys if you see observers thank them. There’s real stress and burnout in the ranks right now. People understand they are waking up every day to chase and monitor federal thugs who can execute them. But they keep doing it nonstop to protect their neighbors
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Guys if you see observers thank them. There’s real stress and burnout in the ranks right now. People understand they are waking up every day to chase and monitor federal thugs who can execute them. But they keep doing it nonstop to protect their neighbors
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Your friendly HVAC gal here to remind folks experiencing extreme cold:
• Do NOT use unvented gas heaters, propane heaters, grills, or ovens to heat your home. Carbon monoxide is no joke!
• Do NOT run space heaters on extension cords
• Do NOT shut off heat completely, even if you're leaving town
• Do NOT use unvented gas heaters, propane heaters, grills, or ovens to heat your home. Carbon monoxide is no joke!
• Do NOT run space heaters on extension cords
• Do NOT shut off heat completely, even if you're leaving town
January 23, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Your friendly HVAC gal here to remind folks experiencing extreme cold:
• Do NOT use unvented gas heaters, propane heaters, grills, or ovens to heat your home. Carbon monoxide is no joke!
• Do NOT run space heaters on extension cords
• Do NOT shut off heat completely, even if you're leaving town
• Do NOT use unvented gas heaters, propane heaters, grills, or ovens to heat your home. Carbon monoxide is no joke!
• Do NOT run space heaters on extension cords
• Do NOT shut off heat completely, even if you're leaving town
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January 25, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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TONIGHT: Mourn for Minneapolis, 8 pm, Bidwell & Elmwood, bring a candle or light, dress warmly, please share!
#Buffalo
#AlexPretti
#Buffalo
#AlexPretti
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
TONIGHT: Mourn for Minneapolis, 8 pm, Bidwell & Elmwood, bring a candle or light, dress warmly, please share!
#Buffalo
#AlexPretti
#Buffalo
#AlexPretti
We have a govt that is trying to incite civil war due to memes and 'owning the libs'
Not due to economic policy
Resource allocation
Govt structure
Anything that would at least be rational in an evil way.
Not due to economic policy
Resource allocation
Govt structure
Anything that would at least be rational in an evil way.
January 24, 2026 at 9:27 PM
We have a govt that is trying to incite civil war due to memes and 'owning the libs'
Not due to economic policy
Resource allocation
Govt structure
Anything that would at least be rational in an evil way.
Not due to economic policy
Resource allocation
Govt structure
Anything that would at least be rational in an evil way.
I can't emphasize enough what an impossible situation MN politicians are in.
To call on MN's national guard etc to take action would be considered an act of sedition and used as leverage to enact the Insurrection Act.
They would be considered the ppl who officially launch us into civil war.
To call on MN's national guard etc to take action would be considered an act of sedition and used as leverage to enact the Insurrection Act.
They would be considered the ppl who officially launch us into civil war.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I can't emphasize enough what an impossible situation MN politicians are in.
To call on MN's national guard etc to take action would be considered an act of sedition and used as leverage to enact the Insurrection Act.
They would be considered the ppl who officially launch us into civil war.
To call on MN's national guard etc to take action would be considered an act of sedition and used as leverage to enact the Insurrection Act.
They would be considered the ppl who officially launch us into civil war.
I have 3 tears in my knee. Unfortunately my acl is a grade 3 tear. Looks like I'm gonna need surgery.
It'll be my first
It'll be my first
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I have 3 tears in my knee. Unfortunately my acl is a grade 3 tear. Looks like I'm gonna need surgery.
It'll be my first
It'll be my first
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Thoughts of the form "X is bad; Y is worse" are difficult for a certain type of social media-brained poster to entertain
January 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Thoughts of the form "X is bad; Y is worse" are difficult for a certain type of social media-brained poster to entertain
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I understand why people dislike cops. But it's very important to recognize that ICE and DHS are not conducting themselves as cops. They are conducting themselves, at various moments, as an omnipresent secret police, and as a completely unaccountable invading army. Totally separate from policing.
ICE is not law enforcement, they are not police, they are paramilitary. Opposing ICE is not against law enforcement, it is not against police, it is against paramilitary.
January 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I understand why people dislike cops. But it's very important to recognize that ICE and DHS are not conducting themselves as cops. They are conducting themselves, at various moments, as an omnipresent secret police, and as a completely unaccountable invading army. Totally separate from policing.
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Winter storm watches are up now from Arizona to New Jersey, from the U.S. Canadian border all the way to North Georgia and Central/South Texas.
I can't recall ever seeing this.
I can't recall ever seeing this.
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Winter storm watches are up now from Arizona to New Jersey, from the U.S. Canadian border all the way to North Georgia and Central/South Texas.
I can't recall ever seeing this.
I can't recall ever seeing this.
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🚨 Snow Squall Warning issued January 22 at 1:47PM EST until January 22 at 2:30PM EST by NWS Buffalo NY 🚨
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🚨 Snow Squall Warning issued January 22 at 1:47PM EST until January 22 at 2:30PM EST by NWS Buffalo NY 🚨
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
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People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 2:08 PM
People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
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guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.
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It’s perverse beyond description: my own government trying as hard as it can not to protect my city, but to enraged, attack, and destroy it, I campaign of pure malevolent aggression, conducted by US government paramilitaries against its own citizenry.
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
It’s perverse beyond description: my own government trying as hard as it can not to protect my city, but to enraged, attack, and destroy it, I campaign of pure malevolent aggression, conducted by US government paramilitaries against its own citizenry.
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They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:39 PM
They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
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Stay warm this winter! The Erie County Department for the Aging provides help for older adults with the HEAP (home heating assistance) application process. Check attached graphic for remaining January events, or go to: erie.gov/aging/calendar
For more info, call our NY Connects line: 716-858-8526.
For more info, call our NY Connects line: 716-858-8526.
January 21, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Stay warm this winter! The Erie County Department for the Aging provides help for older adults with the HEAP (home heating assistance) application process. Check attached graphic for remaining January events, or go to: erie.gov/aging/calendar
For more info, call our NY Connects line: 716-858-8526.
For more info, call our NY Connects line: 716-858-8526.
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Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos
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Thanks to funding from the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) PBOT has been installing safer crossings, bike lanes, speed cushions, and more! Let’s take a look at a few PCEF funded quick build projects that were finished recently.
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Thanks to funding from the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) PBOT has been installing safer crossings, bike lanes, speed cushions, and more! Let’s take a look at a few PCEF funded quick build projects that were finished recently.
One thing I keep coming back to in regards to the state of our country is how preventable all this was, and how it distracts from real problems.
ICE and co are creating problems that don't exist. Anyone who has been in an abusive family or relationship dynamic knows exactly what I'm talking about
ICE and co are creating problems that don't exist. Anyone who has been in an abusive family or relationship dynamic knows exactly what I'm talking about
January 21, 2026 at 9:56 PM
One thing I keep coming back to in regards to the state of our country is how preventable all this was, and how it distracts from real problems.
ICE and co are creating problems that don't exist. Anyone who has been in an abusive family or relationship dynamic knows exactly what I'm talking about
ICE and co are creating problems that don't exist. Anyone who has been in an abusive family or relationship dynamic knows exactly what I'm talking about