Kim Foster
@kiminthewest.bsky.social
Social scientist. James Beard Award-winning author. Book: The Meth Lunches (St. Martin's Press.) Newsletter: KimFoster.substack.com. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The right for autistic people with intellectual disabilities (and other disabled people) to live outside of institutions was only granted by the US Supreme Court in 1999.
Perioidic reminder that the reason you didn't see autistic people with intellectual disabilities on the street five decades ago was not because they didn't exist. It's because they were sent away to institutions and their parents were told to put away pictures of them.
April 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The right for autistic people with intellectual disabilities (and other disabled people) to live outside of institutions was only granted by the US Supreme Court in 1999.
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Al Green is a NATIONAL TREASURE!!!!
Dear @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedem.bsky.social
WE WANT AN OPPOSITION PARTY!
Dear @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedem.bsky.social
WE WANT AN OPPOSITION PARTY!
March 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Al Green is a NATIONAL TREASURE!!!!
Dear @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedem.bsky.social
WE WANT AN OPPOSITION PARTY!
Dear @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedem.bsky.social
WE WANT AN OPPOSITION PARTY!
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Do I understand this right? He had a Representative thrown out for booing a speech where he said, "Free speech is back?"
Did this actually happen?
Did this actually happen?
March 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Do I understand this right? He had a Representative thrown out for booing a speech where he said, "Free speech is back?"
Did this actually happen?
Did this actually happen?
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As I know from writing Proof of Cruelty, Donald Trump gets an obvious thrill in describing the rape and murder of women, so he has exercised that rhetorical muscle repeatedly tonight
Because if this night is about anything at all (and it may not be), it is about Donald Trump taking a victory lap
Because if this night is about anything at all (and it may not be), it is about Donald Trump taking a victory lap
March 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
As I know from writing Proof of Cruelty, Donald Trump gets an obvious thrill in describing the rape and murder of women, so he has exercised that rhetorical muscle repeatedly tonight
Because if this night is about anything at all (and it may not be), it is about Donald Trump taking a victory lap
Because if this night is about anything at all (and it may not be), it is about Donald Trump taking a victory lap
This is the wierdest thing I could write but I have mad respect for Michelle Obama and Karen Pence right now.
They are being true to themselves. More of this please.
They are being true to themselves. More of this please.
January 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is the wierdest thing I could write but I have mad respect for Michelle Obama and Karen Pence right now.
They are being true to themselves. More of this please.
They are being true to themselves. More of this please.
9yo daughter walked in and said: Mom! Is tik tock being banned????
Me: yes, babe.
9yo: But mom! I have a CAREER on there!
People, she has 20 videos all set to private.
Me: yes, babe.
9yo: But mom! I have a CAREER on there!
People, she has 20 videos all set to private.
January 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
9yo daughter walked in and said: Mom! Is tik tock being banned????
Me: yes, babe.
9yo: But mom! I have a CAREER on there!
People, she has 20 videos all set to private.
Me: yes, babe.
9yo: But mom! I have a CAREER on there!
People, she has 20 videos all set to private.
I wrote a little thing about why you should spend this holiday with your Trump lovin' Uncle Bob (or your devoutly liberal cousin Judy) and why connection matters. Shout out to @podsaveamerica.bsky.social + @MGPforCongress for the inspo.
kimfoster.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...?
kimfoster.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...?
Why You Should Spend the Holidays with Your Trump-Lovin' Uncle Bob.
Or Your Lib Cousin Judy. And when you do: Ask the same questions, multiple ways.
kimfoster.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:34 PM
I wrote a little thing about why you should spend this holiday with your Trump lovin' Uncle Bob (or your devoutly liberal cousin Judy) and why connection matters. Shout out to @podsaveamerica.bsky.social + @MGPforCongress for the inspo.
kimfoster.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...?
kimfoster.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...?
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Another great post from @kiminthewest.bsky.social.
This resonates in many ways as I reflect on groups & gatherings I used to host & attend, traditions passed & transformed & friends who have traveled through chapters and those who remain, both familiar and evolved.
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This resonates in many ways as I reflect on groups & gatherings I used to host & attend, traditions passed & transformed & friends who have traveled through chapters and those who remain, both familiar and evolved.
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Our Collective Loneliness.
Will we be forever changed by the pandemic? Or is this the latest part of a grief cycle?
substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Another great post from @kiminthewest.bsky.social.
This resonates in many ways as I reflect on groups & gatherings I used to host & attend, traditions passed & transformed & friends who have traveled through chapters and those who remain, both familiar and evolved.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
This resonates in many ways as I reflect on groups & gatherings I used to host & attend, traditions passed & transformed & friends who have traveled through chapters and those who remain, both familiar and evolved.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Also: it assumes that I'm online because I have to be; that I've a civic responsibility to expose myself to bad-faith arguments, name-calling and willful ignorance. I don't; I really don't. I'm just here for the ideas and, really, the diminishing quantity ot dopamine
The problem with pieces like this, which are countless, is the prevailing media assumption that left-of-center Americans need constant corrective instruction about how to be in and engage with the world, whereas right-of-center Americans are simply to be observed in awe, like rainbows or mountains.
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
November 22, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Also: it assumes that I'm online because I have to be; that I've a civic responsibility to expose myself to bad-faith arguments, name-calling and willful ignorance. I don't; I really don't. I'm just here for the ideas and, really, the diminishing quantity ot dopamine
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My pal @kiminthewest.bsky.social Stacks some Sub this week on the topic of post-pandemic sociability fatigue, loneliness, and leaning into your agoraphobia as you age -- fewer freestyle dinner parties, more time with select friends and fam. (Includes research.)
open.substack.com/pub/kimfoste...
open.substack.com/pub/kimfoste...
Our Collective Loneliness.
Will we be forever changed by the pandemic? Or is this the latest part of a grief cycle?
open.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:02 PM
My pal @kiminthewest.bsky.social Stacks some Sub this week on the topic of post-pandemic sociability fatigue, loneliness, and leaning into your agoraphobia as you age -- fewer freestyle dinner parties, more time with select friends and fam. (Includes research.)
open.substack.com/pub/kimfoste...
open.substack.com/pub/kimfoste...
There hasn't been a crime against women for them to react to. They are "afraid" that transwomen might hurt women in bathrooms.
I'd prefer my daughters have to pee around a transwoman, than be clothed in a room with Gaetz, Trump or Hegseth, who actually have hurt women.
How is this a position?
I'd prefer my daughters have to pee around a transwoman, than be clothed in a room with Gaetz, Trump or Hegseth, who actually have hurt women.
How is this a position?
November 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
There hasn't been a crime against women for them to react to. They are "afraid" that transwomen might hurt women in bathrooms.
I'd prefer my daughters have to pee around a transwoman, than be clothed in a room with Gaetz, Trump or Hegseth, who actually have hurt women.
How is this a position?
I'd prefer my daughters have to pee around a transwoman, than be clothed in a room with Gaetz, Trump or Hegseth, who actually have hurt women.
How is this a position?
Scott! Thanks for the plug. I feel this one deeply. :)
My pal @kiminthewest.bsky.social Stacks some Sub this week on the topic of post-pandemic sociability fatigue, loneliness, and leaning into your agoraphobia as you age -- fewer freestyle dinner parties, more time with select friends and fam. (Includes research.)
open.substack.com/pub/kimfoste...
open.substack.com/pub/kimfoste...
Our Collective Loneliness.
Will we be forever changed by the pandemic? Or is this the latest part of a grief cycle?
open.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Scott! Thanks for the plug. I feel this one deeply. :)
Listening to true crime while prepping dinner. I've decided that if one of my friends doesn't return my texts, I'm probably not the one who will call the police. I'd be more like, "They are just busy. Stop stalking her, she'll call when she gets a chance." While my friend bleeds out on the floor.
November 20, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Listening to true crime while prepping dinner. I've decided that if one of my friends doesn't return my texts, I'm probably not the one who will call the police. I'd be more like, "They are just busy. Stop stalking her, she'll call when she gets a chance." While my friend bleeds out on the floor.
Yes. We know this is all probably true.
But we pretty much accept that men do this + bc men in power often do this, even w/kids, we have to assume that this w/not be a deal breaker bc we simply do not care that men do this kind of awful shit to women/children all the time.
There. I said it.
But we pretty much accept that men do this + bc men in power often do this, even w/kids, we have to assume that this w/not be a deal breaker bc we simply do not care that men do this kind of awful shit to women/children all the time.
There. I said it.
Mans was HOOKING!!!!!!!!! abcnews.go.com/US/gaetz-10k...
Gaetz sent over $10K in Venmo payments to 2 women who testified in House probe, records suggest
The House Ethics Committee has records showing Matt Gaetz allegedly paid more than $10,000 to two women who later testified in front of the panel, ABC News has learned.
abcnews.go.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Yes. We know this is all probably true.
But we pretty much accept that men do this + bc men in power often do this, even w/kids, we have to assume that this w/not be a deal breaker bc we simply do not care that men do this kind of awful shit to women/children all the time.
There. I said it.
But we pretty much accept that men do this + bc men in power often do this, even w/kids, we have to assume that this w/not be a deal breaker bc we simply do not care that men do this kind of awful shit to women/children all the time.
There. I said it.
So I might be having a rheumatoid arthititis flare up. And in pursuit of some pain relief, I had my husband get me a topical tylenol cream.
I just used it and I now officially smell like old people.
I just used it and I now officially smell like old people.
November 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
So I might be having a rheumatoid arthititis flare up. And in pursuit of some pain relief, I had my husband get me a topical tylenol cream.
I just used it and I now officially smell like old people.
I just used it and I now officially smell like old people.
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I took this photo a number of years ago and I have absolutely NO IDEA WHY.
November 20, 2024 at 4:29 PM
I took this photo a number of years ago and I have absolutely NO IDEA WHY.
One of the thigs i love most is the intricate complexity between humans when they are trying to get it right.
This Thanksgiving Modern Love form last year, hits perfeclty. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/s...
This Thanksgiving Modern Love form last year, hits perfeclty. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/s...
November 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
One of the thigs i love most is the intricate complexity between humans when they are trying to get it right.
This Thanksgiving Modern Love form last year, hits perfeclty. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/s...
This Thanksgiving Modern Love form last year, hits perfeclty. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/s...
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There is a real push to have #PlannedParenthood defunded in the next admin.
My adult daughter was able to get an expensive birth control injection for $20 because of taxpayer subsidy. She is not in a position to be a parent, and that shot is going to prevent an abortion.
PP must be saved.
My adult daughter was able to get an expensive birth control injection for $20 because of taxpayer subsidy. She is not in a position to be a parent, and that shot is going to prevent an abortion.
PP must be saved.
November 16, 2024 at 5:49 PM
There is a real push to have #PlannedParenthood defunded in the next admin.
My adult daughter was able to get an expensive birth control injection for $20 because of taxpayer subsidy. She is not in a position to be a parent, and that shot is going to prevent an abortion.
PP must be saved.
My adult daughter was able to get an expensive birth control injection for $20 because of taxpayer subsidy. She is not in a position to be a parent, and that shot is going to prevent an abortion.
PP must be saved.
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Whenever anyone tries to tell you Trump won in a “landslide” or has a “mandate,” tell them that Trump has the slimmest popular vote margin since Nixon in 1968, and votes are still being counted.
Donald Trump is now (1) below 50% popular vote and (2) has a margin of popular vote victory roughly HALF of Hillary's victory in 2016. They believe the left has to lay down and shut up because of this "landslide" victory.
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Whenever anyone tries to tell you Trump won in a “landslide” or has a “mandate,” tell them that Trump has the slimmest popular vote margin since Nixon in 1968, and votes are still being counted.