Kait
@khiker94.bsky.social
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
sober [not boring] • 30 • childless cat lady
sober [not boring] • 30 • childless cat lady
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Here we go again
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Here we go again
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I never realized how much of our system runs on good faith and responsibility, rather than strongly enforced structure.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I never realized how much of our system runs on good faith and responsibility, rather than strongly enforced structure.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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You have to articulate the problem you have instead of just venting, or else you sound like “people journal about their depression and the notebook industry just sits back and watches it happen”
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
You have to articulate the problem you have instead of just venting, or else you sound like “people journal about their depression and the notebook industry just sits back and watches it happen”
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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Nearly half of America’s children—48.9%—now grow up in families considered poor, according to Oxfam’s 2025 inequality report. It’s a statistic that should shake the nation to its core: in the wealthiest country in human history, almost one in two kids are struggling to meet basic needs.
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nearly half of America’s children—48.9%—now grow up in families considered poor, according to Oxfam’s 2025 inequality report. It’s a statistic that should shake the nation to its core: in the wealthiest country in human history, almost one in two kids are struggling to meet basic needs.
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
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On this beautiful morning in Astoria, I cast my ballot for our city and our future.
I hope you will too.
I hope you will too.
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On this beautiful morning in Astoria, I cast my ballot for our city and our future.
I hope you will too.
I hope you will too.
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Finding it hard to articulate how much Teen Vogue as we know it did for my writing and reporting and career, but also my understanding of the world as a reader. There's a really solid chance that without that team, some random then-20-something from Kentucky wouldn't even be in this field.
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Finding it hard to articulate how much Teen Vogue as we know it did for my writing and reporting and career, but also my understanding of the world as a reader. There's a really solid chance that without that team, some random then-20-something from Kentucky wouldn't even be in this field.
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Hospitals routinely report parents to child welfare authorities based on error-prone drug tests. Some hospitals are changing policy as a result.
Why Some Doctors Are Pushing to End Routine Drug Testing During Childbirth
Hospitals routinely report parents to child welfare authorities based on error-prone drug tests. Some hospitals are changing policy as a result.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hospitals routinely report parents to child welfare authorities based on error-prone drug tests. Some hospitals are changing policy as a result.
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When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits
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I think part of the problem is people confuse being broke with being poor.
it gets tiring to keep explaining what it means to be poor to people.
it is not that poor people don’t know that cooking is cheaper:
cooking costs time. it costs pots and pans. it costs a working stove and your utilities on. it costs you’ve been on your feet all day and your babies are tired.
it is not that poor people don’t know that cooking is cheaper:
cooking costs time. it costs pots and pans. it costs a working stove and your utilities on. it costs you’ve been on your feet all day and your babies are tired.
November 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I think part of the problem is people confuse being broke with being poor.
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
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The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
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The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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People are literally going hungry and struggling to pay rent on every level and this is the move?? God these people are villainous
Oregon Business & Industry is behind a prospective ballot measure filed last week that seeks to give cities more authority to enforce anti-camping laws.
Proposed Oregon ballot measure would make it easier for cities to sweep homeless camps
The effort is backed by the mayor of Salem and Oregon’s largest business lobby.
www.opb.org
October 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
People are literally going hungry and struggling to pay rent on every level and this is the move?? God these people are villainous
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
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"Crisis pregnancy centers" are anti-abortion fake clinics built to deceive & delay people seeking care. Their latest legal strategy hinges on the pseudoscientific myth of abortion pill "reversal." @autonomynews.co's @garnethenderson.com & @susanrinkunas.com unpack CPCs' new, dangerous rhetoric:
Preying With Pseudoscience: Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ New, Dangerous Rhetoric — rePROs Fight Back
The term crisis pregnancy center (CPC) refers to anti-abortion facilities that mislead, confuse, delay, misinform, and purposefully re-direct pregnant people looking for education and services, includ...
www.reprosfightback.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Crisis pregnancy centers" are anti-abortion fake clinics built to deceive & delay people seeking care. Their latest legal strategy hinges on the pseudoscientific myth of abortion pill "reversal." @autonomynews.co's @garnethenderson.com & @susanrinkunas.com unpack CPCs' new, dangerous rhetoric:
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Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."