KJ Shepherd
@kjshepherd.bsky.social
NYT #1 Bestseller. Grammy nominee. Your butch aunt. they them etc
Writing: keegan.substack.com
Also writing: keeganshepherd.com
Writing: keegan.substack.com
Also writing: keeganshepherd.com
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Folks can stay mad, we recognize and remember still ❤️🖤💚
"US mathematician Gladys Mae West was best known for her foundational work on GPS systems. As an African American woman, West overcame huge barriers to contribute to this key technology." 👇🏾
"US mathematician Gladys Mae West was best known for her foundational work on GPS systems. As an African American woman, West overcame huge barriers to contribute to this key technology." 👇🏾
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Folks can stay mad, we recognize and remember still ❤️🖤💚
"US mathematician Gladys Mae West was best known for her foundational work on GPS systems. As an African American woman, West overcame huge barriers to contribute to this key technology." 👇🏾
"US mathematician Gladys Mae West was best known for her foundational work on GPS systems. As an African American woman, West overcame huge barriers to contribute to this key technology." 👇🏾
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it's just so fucking obvious, can we please move forward from the lame defense of this sack of sour milk and mothballs
"Schumer needs to get the hell out": House Democrats fume over DHS funding talks
"The main feeling among members is a lack of trust in his strength and ability to strike a hard bargain."
www.axios.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
it's just so fucking obvious, can we please move forward from the lame defense of this sack of sour milk and mothballs
the kamala drop is going to be a data breach announcement
February 5, 2026 at 4:02 AM
the kamala drop is going to be a data breach announcement
Anyway sorry I'm not like showing my wiener on here anymore lol, idk find me on instagram if you want me in pog form
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Anyway sorry I'm not like showing my wiener on here anymore lol, idk find me on instagram if you want me in pog form
What continues to astound me about Jeffries and Schumer isn't their weaselly behavior or their fundamental inability to whip votes or their moral and intellectual failings as tacticians--it's their ability to look at a child rapist and sycophants and say "I *want* to work with these people."
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 AM
What continues to astound me about Jeffries and Schumer isn't their weaselly behavior or their fundamental inability to whip votes or their moral and intellectual failings as tacticians--it's their ability to look at a child rapist and sycophants and say "I *want* to work with these people."
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We shipped somewhere around 20,000 whistles *today* (850 of those were mine) and literally the only thing we need are some coils of plastic to turn into a fleet of whistles. Help out! linktr.ee/WhistleWishl...
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February 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
We shipped somewhere around 20,000 whistles *today* (850 of those were mine) and literally the only thing we need are some coils of plastic to turn into a fleet of whistles. Help out! linktr.ee/WhistleWishl...
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Spead the good word!!! Absolutely phenomenal outcome in Texas, in a county Dems haven’t won since Bush 1 was president.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Spead the good word!!! Absolutely phenomenal outcome in Texas, in a county Dems haven’t won since Bush 1 was president.
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In December, Gov. Hochul vetoed the New York Health Information Privacy Act, leaving sensitive health data open to exploitation. That puts trans New Yorkers seeking gender-affirming care at risk as the federal government ramps up its attack on the transgender community.
January 31, 2026 at 9:01 PM
In December, Gov. Hochul vetoed the New York Health Information Privacy Act, leaving sensitive health data open to exploitation. That puts trans New Yorkers seeking gender-affirming care at risk as the federal government ramps up its attack on the transgender community.
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It's because standard newspaper style is that it's only antisemitism if it comes from the left, and in particular from people who view Palestinians as human.
There's a much shorter word to use for "mocked Jewish faith," and "made disparaging remarks" about an Orthodox Jew. I wonder why they're not using a term that means this very specific thing.
January 31, 2026 at 10:40 PM
It's because standard newspaper style is that it's only antisemitism if it comes from the left, and in particular from people who view Palestinians as human.
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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Epstein is the most garish and harrowing manifestation of this but oligarchy makes life miserable in a thousand other ways. A core point of democracy is that no one should have so much power that they can make themselves everybody's problem. We should have a political party that believes that
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Epstein is the most garish and harrowing manifestation of this but oligarchy makes life miserable in a thousand other ways. A core point of democracy is that no one should have so much power that they can make themselves everybody's problem. We should have a political party that believes that
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California will enforce segregating a trans girl from playing sports with her friends but will not enforce reigning in the secret police a single millimeter. Got it.
January 30, 2026 at 2:23 AM
California will enforce segregating a trans girl from playing sports with her friends but will not enforce reigning in the secret police a single millimeter. Got it.
Here's a good collection of groups that could use your funds today, especially if you're from out of town
Here are Minnesota groups that need your help organizing against ICE and DHS operations
Here are some mutual aid groups in Minnesota that need donations and volunteers.
www.advocate.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Here's a good collection of groups that could use your funds today, especially if you're from out of town
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These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
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“are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” has been knocking around my head all day
one of the agents said “okay we know” when we were whistling so i leaned in and whistled louder and he threatened to pepper spray me. i then said “are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” and he very meekly said “no i’m not scared of a whistle”
January 28, 2026 at 10:38 PM
“are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” has been knocking around my head all day
I am not above saying the Hudson Williams photoshoot really Works For Me mostly because he is the only straight guy around who can pose like a gay guy. Also I have eyes.
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I am not above saying the Hudson Williams photoshoot really Works For Me mostly because he is the only straight guy around who can pose like a gay guy. Also I have eyes.
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So good to see this price and all the folks and stories in it! Also, a self-plug: the Queer Digital History Project (queerdigital.com) is always open for donations, if folks have physical ephemera or digital records to be preserved (but not made accessible publicly online)!
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 PM
So good to see this price and all the folks and stories in it! Also, a self-plug: the Queer Digital History Project (queerdigital.com) is always open for donations, if folks have physical ephemera or digital records to be preserved (but not made accessible publicly online)!
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Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
What has always been humiliating about Stephen Miller is that this is a person extolling white supremacy who looks like, generously speaking, an anus was impregnated by the shit inside it. There is so much to fight, centuries of it, but it remains embarrassing that these are god's ugliest fascists.
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
What has always been humiliating about Stephen Miller is that this is a person extolling white supremacy who looks like, generously speaking, an anus was impregnated by the shit inside it. There is so much to fight, centuries of it, but it remains embarrassing that these are god's ugliest fascists.
Guys I am going to need some of you to remember that something can be good news and still not be anywhere near enough--I really need you to be able to let two things be true. Please don't make me worried you still get shocked by peekaboo.
January 27, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Guys I am going to need some of you to remember that something can be good news and still not be anywhere near enough--I really need you to be able to let two things be true. Please don't make me worried you still get shocked by peekaboo.
I hope this is the best day Greg Bovino has the rest of his shitstain life ❤️.
January 27, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I hope this is the best day Greg Bovino has the rest of his shitstain life ❤️.
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This is happening! An NH friend of mine lives just across the river from Maine and works over there sometimes. He said the locals are already picking out ICE agents at restaurants and bars, on the streets and at stores to berate them and run them off. Mariners will just say people are "from away"
Hey, let’s go to Maine in the dead of winter, a time of year that certainly won’t make us more recognizable to a populace that has the ability to spot an out-of-stater from 500 yards away.
January 27, 2026 at 1:34 AM
This is happening! An NH friend of mine lives just across the river from Maine and works over there sometimes. He said the locals are already picking out ICE agents at restaurants and bars, on the streets and at stores to berate them and run them off. Mariners will just say people are "from away"
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."