Katherine Roberts
@kroberts.bsky.social
American in London - Second World War nursing historian - museums education enthusiast - she/her
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Glad we finally settled that Russian Collusion question …
January 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Glad we finally settled that Russian Collusion question …
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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A whole lot have already announced. It's really impressive that so many owners are doing it. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
A whole lot have already announced. It's really impressive that so many owners are doing it. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
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That there’s not a massive, credible, instant, bipartisan impeachment/25th Amendment move over these senseless and destructive Greenland threats is a sign of how broken our politics are — and especially how broken the Republican Party is.
It's really impossible to overstate how much *everyone* is watching the US threats towards Greenland, not just Europe. If you want to break not just NATO but Five Eyes and maybe our Asian defense alliances too, taking Greenland is how you do it.
Forcibly annexing Greenland would be a strategic catastrophe—for Europe, for Canada, and perhaps most especially for the United States itself.
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 AM
That there’s not a massive, credible, instant, bipartisan impeachment/25th Amendment move over these senseless and destructive Greenland threats is a sign of how broken our politics are — and especially how broken the Republican Party is.
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This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.
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ProPublica reporters have gone deep on the implements that ICE and other federal agents are using on the streets of Minneapolis. From 2020, on tear gas: "It has been found to cause long-term health consequences and can hurt those who aren’t the intended targets" www.propublica.org/article/tear...
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On — Especially During the Coronavirus Pandemic
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:41 PM
ProPublica reporters have gone deep on the implements that ICE and other federal agents are using on the streets of Minneapolis. From 2020, on tear gas: "It has been found to cause long-term health consequences and can hurt those who aren’t the intended targets" www.propublica.org/article/tear...
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A couple of days ago, Wrecktangle Pizza in Minnesota raised $83k to donate food and other essentials to immigrants and other people trapped in their homes.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
A couple of days ago, Wrecktangle Pizza in Minnesota raised $83k to donate food and other essentials to immigrants and other people trapped in their homes.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
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The US government is funding an unethical Hepatitis B study on babies in West Africa that will put thousands of lives at risk—randomizing vax at birth, with no placebo control. But we already have solid evidence that the vaccine is effective.
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The US government is funding an unethical Hepatitis B study on babies in West Africa that will put thousands of lives at risk—randomizing vax at birth, with no placebo control. But we already have solid evidence that the vaccine is effective.
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It's straight-up fascist playbook to create chaos and violence, blame your enemies for it, and claim the chaos and violence will stop only if you have absolute power.
Stand against Trump's criminal regime. Stand with Minneapolis.
Stand against Trump's criminal regime. Stand with Minneapolis.
January 15, 2026 at 12:51 PM
It's straight-up fascist playbook to create chaos and violence, blame your enemies for it, and claim the chaos and violence will stop only if you have absolute power.
Stand against Trump's criminal regime. Stand with Minneapolis.
Stand against Trump's criminal regime. Stand with Minneapolis.
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Again, check to see if you have a dormant Hilton Honors account and, if so, call them up to cancel it.
I travel a lot. I traveled to speak to other Democrats across the country, and I travel for my own sanity.
I can tell you this: I’m never staying at a Hilton again.
I can tell you this: I’m never staying at a Hilton again.
January 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Again, check to see if you have a dormant Hilton Honors account and, if so, call them up to cancel it.
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BREAKING: Senate Republicans just blocked the clean ACA tax credit extension that the House passed to save millions of people thousands of dollars each.
If you’re paying double or even triple for health insurance, blame Trump and the Senate GOP.
If you’re paying double or even triple for health insurance, blame Trump and the Senate GOP.
January 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
BREAKING: Senate Republicans just blocked the clean ACA tax credit extension that the House passed to save millions of people thousands of dollars each.
If you’re paying double or even triple for health insurance, blame Trump and the Senate GOP.
If you’re paying double or even triple for health insurance, blame Trump and the Senate GOP.
Check out my article, 'Becoming Family', on the parallels present in nursing care during the COVID pandemic and the Second World War. Lord knows, this article was a long time in coming 😮💨
UKAHN's annual publication, the Bulletin, is now available. Thank you to @alannahtomkins.bsky.social, our editor, and to @ww1nursehistorian.bsky.social, our web editor, for creating another wonderful journal featuring the history of nursing. #histnursing bulletin.ukahn.org/vol-12-1-2024/
Vol 12 (1) 2024 – The UKAHN Bulletin: ISSN 2049-9744
bulletin.ukahn.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Check out my article, 'Becoming Family', on the parallels present in nursing care during the COVID pandemic and the Second World War. Lord knows, this article was a long time in coming 😮💨
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Venezuela. Minneapolis. The J6 whitewash. And (after I wrote this) Jerome Powell
It's all the same story: Trump's now-public belief that nothing can stop him beyond his own 'mind' and 'morality'
But he can be stopped, by actual morality. Ours
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
It's all the same story: Trump's now-public belief that nothing can stop him beyond his own 'mind' and 'morality'
But he can be stopped, by actual morality. Ours
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
Trump now a tyrant restrained only by ‘my own morality.’ We stop him with our own. | Will Bunch
After a monumental week that changed America, Trump believes there is no limit on his powers. We can prove him wrong.
www.inquirer.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Venezuela. Minneapolis. The J6 whitewash. And (after I wrote this) Jerome Powell
It's all the same story: Trump's now-public belief that nothing can stop him beyond his own 'mind' and 'morality'
But he can be stopped, by actual morality. Ours
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
It's all the same story: Trump's now-public belief that nothing can stop him beyond his own 'mind' and 'morality'
But he can be stopped, by actual morality. Ours
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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No matter how many awful things come out of this White House, you can organize your community at the state and local level to fight back against the oligarchy.
Kudos to everyone who organized and won against Big Tech last year. Let’s keep up the fight this year and beyond.
Kudos to everyone who organized and won against Big Tech last year. Let’s keep up the fight this year and beyond.
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
No matter how many awful things come out of this White House, you can organize your community at the state and local level to fight back against the oligarchy.
Kudos to everyone who organized and won against Big Tech last year. Let’s keep up the fight this year and beyond.
Kudos to everyone who organized and won against Big Tech last year. Let’s keep up the fight this year and beyond.
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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."
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I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
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The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
August 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM
The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
As Susan Reverby once put it, we live in a society that refuses to value care and, as this article shows, it is most often the most vulnerable who end up paying the price
The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As Susan Reverby once put it, we live in a society that refuses to value care and, as this article shows, it is most often the most vulnerable who end up paying the price
The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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Two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people in what Australian officials said was an act of terrorism targeting the city’s Jewish community.
Videos show how a joyous celebration turned into a night of terror.
Videos show how a joyous celebration turned into a night of terror.
Hundreds gathered on Bondi Beach for Hanukkah. Then gunmen opened fire.
Videos taken at the scene of Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia and analyzed by The Post show how a joyous celebration turned into a night of terror.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people in what Australian officials said was an act of terrorism targeting the city’s Jewish community.
Videos show how a joyous celebration turned into a night of terror.
Videos show how a joyous celebration turned into a night of terror.
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New South Wales Premier Chris Minns on Sunday praised the man's actions, calling it "the most unbelievable scene." n.pr/4qcMCZ1
Bystander hailed as a hero for disarming Sydney gunman
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns on Sunday praised the man's actions, calling it "the most unbelievable scene."
n.pr
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns on Sunday praised the man's actions, calling it "the most unbelievable scene." n.pr/4qcMCZ1
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Relatedly, something I've been talking about since the first Indivisible events: stop taking photos of people who aren't you, stop taking photos of crowds, stop taking photos where faces are discernible UNLESS you're taking a photo of official misdeeds. Otherwise, you ARE the surveillance state.
Don't sit or kneel in front of riot cops. Sitting puts your head at rubber bullet height. Sitting makes it hard to run away from vehicle attacks.
Don't point protesters out to the cops. Don't hand protesters over to the cops.
Mind your business. What did you see? You didn't see shit.
Don't point protesters out to the cops. Don't hand protesters over to the cops.
Mind your business. What did you see? You didn't see shit.
October 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Relatedly, something I've been talking about since the first Indivisible events: stop taking photos of people who aren't you, stop taking photos of crowds, stop taking photos where faces are discernible UNLESS you're taking a photo of official misdeeds. Otherwise, you ARE the surveillance state.
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I think a lot of people today are so far removed from the past that they forget that infant mortality was once so high that it skewed life expectancy down to 35.
Too many vaccines in the first year?Your child is 44% more likely to survive to one year if they are vaccinated than if they are unvaccinated.
They’re forming a CDC workgroup to decide which line on this graph looks better and their answer may surprise you
June 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I think a lot of people today are so far removed from the past that they forget that infant mortality was once so high that it skewed life expectancy down to 35.
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Good to see a shift in WORDS from congressional Republicans – now let’s see ACTIONS.
The GOP must end their vacation, bring the House back to Washington, and work with us to stop the shutdown of health care that’s looming for 24 million Americans.
Democrats have BEEN ready to get to work.
The GOP must end their vacation, bring the House back to Washington, and work with us to stop the shutdown of health care that’s looming for 24 million Americans.
Democrats have BEEN ready to get to work.
October 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Good to see a shift in WORDS from congressional Republicans – now let’s see ACTIONS.
The GOP must end their vacation, bring the House back to Washington, and work with us to stop the shutdown of health care that’s looming for 24 million Americans.
Democrats have BEEN ready to get to work.
The GOP must end their vacation, bring the House back to Washington, and work with us to stop the shutdown of health care that’s looming for 24 million Americans.
Democrats have BEEN ready to get to work.