K. W. Knight
@kwknight.bsky.social
So Cal, Oregon, New York.
Avi image detail from "Sisters of the Moon Diana" by Leonora Carrington
Avi image detail from "Sisters of the Moon Diana" by Leonora Carrington
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California, Illinois-- who's next?
Illinois is joining the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
I refuse to sit by as Donald Trump undermines science and weakens our nation's ability to detect and respond to global health threats.
I refuse to sit by as Donald Trump undermines science and weakens our nation's ability to detect and respond to global health threats.
February 4, 2026 at 1:04 AM
California, Illinois-- who's next?
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What new storytelling clubs and nights can you find in London for adults? #NationalStorytellingWeek
londondreamtime.com/top-ten-stor...
londondreamtime.com/top-ten-stor...
February 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM
What new storytelling clubs and nights can you find in London for adults? #NationalStorytellingWeek
londondreamtime.com/top-ten-stor...
londondreamtime.com/top-ten-stor...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The clouds come in and I'm like a bird in a cage with a blanket over it. 😴
February 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The clouds come in and I'm like a bird in a cage with a blanket over it. 😴
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I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
"The fight against patriarchy never ends. It's like cleaning the toilet, you have to do it every couple of days." -- Donna Haraway
February 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
"The fight against patriarchy never ends. It's like cleaning the toilet, you have to do it every couple of days." -- Donna Haraway
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"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
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one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
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Whoever invented app popup advice boxes needs to be slowly eaten by termites from the inside out.
February 3, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Whoever invented app popup advice boxes needs to be slowly eaten by termites from the inside out.
I want to understand cortisol. Either I don't make it when I'm supposed to or I don't respond to it like I'm supposed to.
February 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I want to understand cortisol. Either I don't make it when I'm supposed to or I don't respond to it like I'm supposed to.
Disappointed that I got the Temu version of my life. Guess I have to make my own.
February 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Disappointed that I got the Temu version of my life. Guess I have to make my own.
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the Bring Back Shame Popular Front is expanding
"Since prison for Epstein’s fellow abusers gets unlikelier over time, America’s deeper question is whether it can restore a culture of shame." - marvellous, marvellous column by @edwardluce.bsky.social:
The Epstein rot goes deep
America must now ask itself if it can restore a culture of shame
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
the Bring Back Shame Popular Front is expanding
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Anybody know of anybody keeping track of numbers of students participating in anti-ICE walkouts in the last several months?
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Anybody know of anybody keeping track of numbers of students participating in anti-ICE walkouts in the last several months?
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Portlanders: This Sunday, February 8th, at Cinema 21. Omar El Akkad in conversation with the film's director (Jan Haaken) and the featured doctor (Travis Meleen).
Tickets here: www.cinema21.com/movie/sumud
Tickets here: www.cinema21.com/movie/sumud
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Portlanders: This Sunday, February 8th, at Cinema 21. Omar El Akkad in conversation with the film's director (Jan Haaken) and the featured doctor (Travis Meleen).
Tickets here: www.cinema21.com/movie/sumud
Tickets here: www.cinema21.com/movie/sumud
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I guess this might not be obvious to folks who aren’t in DC/regular attendees, but: The KC is a gorgeous venue. It is not run down, and certainly is not remotely in need of the kind of complete renovation that would require shutting it down for two years.
February 2, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I guess this might not be obvious to folks who aren’t in DC/regular attendees, but: The KC is a gorgeous venue. It is not run down, and certainly is not remotely in need of the kind of complete renovation that would require shutting it down for two years.
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Lots of regular degular, never-done-an-activism folks have been activated in recent months and are working alongside a bunch of seasoned, die-hard, been-tired-for-ten-years-or-more organizers, and you don't know all of those stories bc most people are moving with a bit of discretion in these times.
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Lots of regular degular, never-done-an-activism folks have been activated in recent months and are working alongside a bunch of seasoned, die-hard, been-tired-for-ten-years-or-more organizers, and you don't know all of those stories bc most people are moving with a bit of discretion in these times.
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You should be ashamed of yourself if you’re still defending Noam Chomsky in 2026. Discard him in the regrettable dustbin of history where he belongs.
lol lol lol
Epstein invited Thiel to have dinner with Chomsky.
You got to hand it to old Noam, buddying up with two billionaires while playing a tankie revolutionary in public.
Epstein invited Thiel to have dinner with Chomsky.
You got to hand it to old Noam, buddying up with two billionaires while playing a tankie revolutionary in public.
February 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
You should be ashamed of yourself if you’re still defending Noam Chomsky in 2026. Discard him in the regrettable dustbin of history where he belongs.
When I was eleven and twelve we lived less than a mile from a movie theater. Sometimes I'd meet my friends from school there on Saturdays for double features. We saw some very age-inappropriate movies.
When I was five I walked to school with two or three of my neighbors and I liked it.
I finally understand that grumpy old man on SNL.
I finally understand that grumpy old man on SNL.
February 3, 2026 at 5:03 AM
When I was eleven and twelve we lived less than a mile from a movie theater. Sometimes I'd meet my friends from school there on Saturdays for double features. We saw some very age-inappropriate movies.
I'm supposed to be enjoying a book in my free time but I'm too tired.
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 AM
I'm supposed to be enjoying a book in my free time but I'm too tired.
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I love this quote.
February 3, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I love this quote.
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“I’m so grateful for all the street medics and folks directing traffic out there yesterday, especially for the pets and kids and elders who were caught in the gas, and those of us who were retching and blinded.”
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.
These are their stories:
These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 2:16 AM
“I’m so grateful for all the street medics and folks directing traffic out there yesterday, especially for the pets and kids and elders who were caught in the gas, and those of us who were retching and blinded.”
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Whether he actually follows through on nationalizing elections or not, he's giving himself cover to claim, in November, that elections were "rigged" if we end up with a Democratic landslide.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Whether he actually follows through on nationalizing elections or not, he's giving himself cover to claim, in November, that elections were "rigged" if we end up with a Democratic landslide.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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Community figure drawing at Daydreamer in St Johns (Portland, Oregon) happens tonight, 6pm. Please join us!
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Community figure drawing at Daydreamer in St Johns (Portland, Oregon) happens tonight, 6pm. Please join us!
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It’s always satisfying when a group of people pulled together externally realise they all already follow each other on social media 😄
You can find these fine folks here on Bluesky:
@nicolaz.bsky.social
@fondalee.bsky.social
@littlebadger.bsky.social
@matjohnson.bsky.social
More details on the prize are here:
@nicolaz.bsky.social
@fondalee.bsky.social
@littlebadger.bsky.social
@matjohnson.bsky.social
More details on the prize are here:
Ursula K. Le Guin — 2026 Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:28 PM
It’s always satisfying when a group of people pulled together externally realise they all already follow each other on social media 😄
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I think it would be swell if we don't frame ICE kidnappings as 'this disrupts my personal life because kidnapped and terrified people are no longer performing labor for me.' I do feel like 'people are terrified of being kidnapped and are hiding at home' should be the focal point of that story.
February 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I think it would be swell if we don't frame ICE kidnappings as 'this disrupts my personal life because kidnapped and terrified people are no longer performing labor for me.' I do feel like 'people are terrified of being kidnapped and are hiding at home' should be the focal point of that story.