Kristin Kuster
@kristinkuster.bsky.social
Mom, Composer, University of Michigan Professor of Composition
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Kristin Kuster
@kristinkuster.bsky.social
· Jun 10
Again, we have to start from a place where we care about what happens to other people. Everything else is bullshit.
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Republicans don't want my vote to count, the shitholes.
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a sweeping new lawsuit in Michigan that seeks to eliminate a state law that protects voting access for U.S. citizens living abroad. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Republicans Launch Major New Attack on Michigan-Based Overseas Voters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Republicans don't want my vote to count, the shitholes.
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I don't know, y'all, I would just never choose to play these fucking games with a guy who was so competent and squeaky clean and reasonable that the federal government paid many millions of dollars to train him specifically to go into space. Super bad idea to shamelessly slander astronauts.
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I don't know, y'all, I would just never choose to play these fucking games with a guy who was so competent and squeaky clean and reasonable that the federal government paid many millions of dollars to train him specifically to go into space. Super bad idea to shamelessly slander astronauts.
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Or you could stay, impeach him, and then leave.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Or you could stay, impeach him, and then leave.
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Do people get smarter after menopause? I can't be this dumb for the rest of my life 😩
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Do people get smarter after menopause? I can't be this dumb for the rest of my life 😩
Sunset.
23 Nov 2025
23 Nov 2025
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Sunset.
23 Nov 2025
23 Nov 2025
This is really good:
Me, on how Pam Bondi's shenanigans from last week will likely backfire.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
Back to Bondi
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is really good:
Having spent my teens & 20’s with divorced parents, & having to have two whole meals on T-Giv & XMas, l have made sure my stepchildren know we’ll *never* be annoyed or upset if they’d rather be anywhere else on a holiday. We’ll simply love to see them any day, & any time of the year.
Actually in the spirit of this conversation, what’s a decision you made about a past Thanksgiving holiday that really paid off? I think people often feel trapped by their lives. Sharing our experiences can liberate us from that sense of claustrophobia.
On the most recent episode of VIBE CHECK, we answer listener questions about Thanksgiving, most importantly “do you go celebrate with the family members you don’t even like?”
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Having spent my teens & 20’s with divorced parents, & having to have two whole meals on T-Giv & XMas, l have made sure my stepchildren know we’ll *never* be annoyed or upset if they’d rather be anywhere else on a holiday. We’ll simply love to see them any day, & any time of the year.
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Again - it’s worth communicating locally to people who love their public universities (even if just for sports) the existential threat posed by republicans.
Enrollment by international students from China dropped by 3 percent, from India by 4 percent, and enrollment from students from Mexico has flatlined. Here are the likely consequences for Texas' education and economy:
The High Cost of Targeting International Students in Texas
The Trump administration’s bans and airport detentions are derailing the academic dreams of students who carry out important research—and sometimes pay hefty tuition—to attend Texas institutions.
www.texasobserver.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Again - it’s worth communicating locally to people who love their public universities (even if just for sports) the existential threat posed by republicans.
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Current* conditions near Mackinaw City, MI:
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Current* conditions near Mackinaw City, MI:
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Hard to miss the prescience of this show right now.
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Hard to miss the prescience of this show right now.
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There’s nothing sadder to me on these treasure hunting trips than running into an incredible piece of print history—like this Intertype machine, that seemed pristine beneath its coat of dust—that will probably end up scrapped because pretty much no one can house or maintain it—we certainly can’t
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There’s nothing sadder to me on these treasure hunting trips than running into an incredible piece of print history—like this Intertype machine, that seemed pristine beneath its coat of dust—that will probably end up scrapped because pretty much no one can house or maintain it—we certainly can’t
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Stevie Wonder releases “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” 60 yrs ago today.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Stevie Wonder releases “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” 60 yrs ago today.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.”
The song saved his career.
This is really good:
I am a big fan of @polgreen.bsky.social and we had real conversation about the survivors of Epstein and the larger implications of me too
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio... www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio... www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Epstein and the #MeToo of It All
“You need this renewal. You need new figures who are untouched, who were never part of these awful power games,” the columnist Lydia Polgreen argues.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is really good:
I’m so furious about this I’m gonna go into the woods & scream for a month.
This abandonment means dire consequences for Special Education. Federal protections for students with disabilities? Gone. Coordinated services? Scattered across agencies w/no education expertise. This is an abandonment of the most vulnerable. #TrumpCrushesYourDreams open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
Pardon Our Mess
A recording from Grounded Podcast's live video with Liz Oyer + Randi Weingarten
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m so furious about this I’m gonna go into the woods & scream for a month.
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Four of my favourite works by René Magritte.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Four of my favourite works by René Magritte.
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I just want trans people the world over to be able to live in peace, and I don't think that should be an unreasonable ask or expectation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I just want trans people the world over to be able to live in peace, and I don't think that should be an unreasonable ask or expectation.
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“I was shocked by the dehumanization of Palestinians in this country.”
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to @simonerzim.bsky.social about witnessing the Columbia University, Biden, and Trump administrations dehumanize Palestinian existence here in the US.
Watch it here:
zeteo.com/p/the-moment...
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to @simonerzim.bsky.social about witnessing the Columbia University, Biden, and Trump administrations dehumanize Palestinian existence here in the US.
Watch it here:
zeteo.com/p/the-moment...
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“I was shocked by the dehumanization of Palestinians in this country.”
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to @simonerzim.bsky.social about witnessing the Columbia University, Biden, and Trump administrations dehumanize Palestinian existence here in the US.
Watch it here:
zeteo.com/p/the-moment...
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to @simonerzim.bsky.social about witnessing the Columbia University, Biden, and Trump administrations dehumanize Palestinian existence here in the US.
Watch it here:
zeteo.com/p/the-moment...
Just casually roaming around our backyard.
19 November 2025, Ann Arbor
19 November 2025, Ann Arbor
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just casually roaming around our backyard.
19 November 2025, Ann Arbor
19 November 2025, Ann Arbor
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Current* conditions near Drummond, MI:
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Current* conditions near Drummond, MI:
A few weeks ago a very tired-looking lady behind us had 2 things of deli turkey, 1 can of chili, a pack of dinner rolls & 5 bottles of wine. I nodded at her as if to say, “Same, friend. Same.”
Looks like the lady in line ahead of me at Albertsons is having a day:
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A few weeks ago a very tired-looking lady behind us had 2 things of deli turkey, 1 can of chili, a pack of dinner rolls & 5 bottles of wine. I nodded at her as if to say, “Same, friend. Same.”
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Current* conditions near Petoskey, MI:
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Current* conditions near Petoskey, MI:
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Until America grapples with its own deep seated misogyny and racism we will never be ready for a woman president.
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Until America grapples with its own deep seated misogyny and racism we will never be ready for a woman president.
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JFC, what a shitshow.
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
JFC, what a shitshow.
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If you're the parent of a disabled kid, I just want to tell you I know it's hard and I know you feel like you're failing constantly, but you're doing it and you're doing the best you can and your kid absolutely loves you for it.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you're the parent of a disabled kid, I just want to tell you I know it's hard and I know you feel like you're failing constantly, but you're doing it and you're doing the best you can and your kid absolutely loves you for it.