Kim Scheinberg
@tiltmom.bsky.social
Retired speechwriter. Big fan of Peppermint Patty and wooden jigsaw puzzles.
kims@mas.to on Mastodon
Header photo is a fanned out deck of playing cards with all the KINGS missing
kims@mas.to on Mastodon
Header photo is a fanned out deck of playing cards with all the KINGS missing
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In the wake of this news from UNC, I'm seeing some talk about copyright ownership and faculty scholarship.
If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:
If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In the wake of this news from UNC, I'm seeing some talk about copyright ownership and faculty scholarship.
If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:
If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:
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We asked my sister if she were a dessert, what kind of a dessert she’d be, and her response was “Maybe Nerd Rope? No, that’s more breakfast than dessert”
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We asked my sister if she were a dessert, what kind of a dessert she’d be, and her response was “Maybe Nerd Rope? No, that’s more breakfast than dessert”
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this is the most "Get a Job, Stay Away From Her" I've ever felt
![What’s the title or IP that you have yet to land but want?
Calvin and Hobbes. I’ve been chasing that for years and years, and I just have gotten nowhere with [creator] Bill Watterson. I began writing letters to him over 20 years ago. He lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and I was actually contemplating just going out there and just staying at a local Best Western and seeing if he ever shows up at the [local] bookstore. All he does is these wood carvings for poetry readings, and every now and then he goes to the bookstore and does signings.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bck7uabvjt4xu5uzn3exzhqj/bafkreihbf3oqirpgrhgcmd5ruwmeq6wi4bfhpzlgexh26yfjnb5g5i3a6q@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
this is the most "Get a Job, Stay Away From Her" I've ever felt
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As both the House & Senate look to repeal Section 230, I'm curious who they think should be held liable for the comments they've left open on the Epstein photo dump...? Them? Dropbox?
Do they have a trust & safety team watching the comments?
Do they have a trust & safety team watching the comments?
absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
As both the House & Senate look to repeal Section 230, I'm curious who they think should be held liable for the comments they've left open on the Epstein photo dump...? Them? Dropbox?
Do they have a trust & safety team watching the comments?
Do they have a trust & safety team watching the comments?
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This is metal
ICE voodoo doll discovered in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues
A handmade “voodoo doll” portraying an ICE agent was found in Uptown New Orleans as federal immigration enforcement continues across south Louisiana.
www.fox8live.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is metal
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A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
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The photos of those Haitian refugees was his first big break, as they earned him the Robert Capa Gold Medal award, which catapulted his career. But at the moment he took the images, he and the other men on the boat thought they were going to die.
He had this to say about the experience:
He had this to say about the experience:
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The photos of those Haitian refugees was his first big break, as they earned him the Robert Capa Gold Medal award, which catapulted his career. But at the moment he took the images, he and the other men on the boat thought they were going to die.
He had this to say about the experience:
He had this to say about the experience:
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This framing is dishonest. It was a bipartisan bill. Enough Republicans actually defected and voted no to kill the bill. Three Democrats crossed over to save it.
They should be stripped of their committee assignments and thrown out of the party, quite frankly.
They should be stripped of their committee assignments and thrown out of the party, quite frankly.
Today House Republicans voted 216-211 to pass MTG’s bill to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors nationwide, marking the first time a national ban on care for trans youth has reached — and passed — the House floor.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Bill Punishing Doctors And Parents Clears House Floor
If passed, the bill would punish doctors and parents who provide or consent to a minor receiving gender-affirming care.
www.huffpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This framing is dishonest. It was a bipartisan bill. Enough Republicans actually defected and voted no to kill the bill. Three Democrats crossed over to save it.
They should be stripped of their committee assignments and thrown out of the party, quite frankly.
They should be stripped of their committee assignments and thrown out of the party, quite frankly.
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This is a terrible psychological experiment we've all found ourselves in
December 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This is a terrible psychological experiment we've all found ourselves in
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Here's some legislation I'm almost surprised not to have heard any member of Congress propose yet:
Citizen Kavanaugh Stop Compensation Act:
For every hour or part thereof, beyond the first 30 mins, that a U.S. citizen is detained by ICE, that citizen is paid $500. Paid from the ICE budget.
Citizen Kavanaugh Stop Compensation Act:
For every hour or part thereof, beyond the first 30 mins, that a U.S. citizen is detained by ICE, that citizen is paid $500. Paid from the ICE budget.
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Here's some legislation I'm almost surprised not to have heard any member of Congress propose yet:
Citizen Kavanaugh Stop Compensation Act:
For every hour or part thereof, beyond the first 30 mins, that a U.S. citizen is detained by ICE, that citizen is paid $500. Paid from the ICE budget.
Citizen Kavanaugh Stop Compensation Act:
For every hour or part thereof, beyond the first 30 mins, that a U.S. citizen is detained by ICE, that citizen is paid $500. Paid from the ICE budget.
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A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A quite startling overperformance for Democrats in tonight's special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky:
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
Democrat Gary Clemons won 72% to 25%.
He was defending a Dem-held seat where Kamala Harris beat Trump by 5% last year.
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Yah, WSJ, you’re a decade late on this, so let me point you (and anyone else interested) at a much better source of understanding, and without a paywall!
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Yah, WSJ, you’re a decade late on this, so let me point you (and anyone else interested) at a much better source of understanding, and without a paywall!
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
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the “you should love ai” line is best outlined by a recent joe rogan episode. he LOVES ai music and always tells guests this. a guest pushed back on him saying “i’ve heard ai podcasts are amazing too” and joe rogan immediately pushes back. losers love it until it comes for them
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
the “you should love ai” line is best outlined by a recent joe rogan episode. he LOVES ai music and always tells guests this. a guest pushed back on him saying “i’ve heard ai podcasts are amazing too” and joe rogan immediately pushes back. losers love it until it comes for them
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Suzi summing up world history here.
It's just so senseless. A man can't control his temper, and everyone suffers.
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Suzi summing up world history here.
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people love to be like ‘blue states good! red states bad!’ but it is a fact that both new york senators voted in favor of this so 🤷♀️
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
people love to be like ‘blue states good! red states bad!’ but it is a fact that both new york senators voted in favor of this so 🤷♀️
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This is the exact lighting they use for the pic to accompany a profile of a professor who got suspended because he kept using slurs in class as a supposed intellectual provocation.
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is the exact lighting they use for the pic to accompany a profile of a professor who got suspended because he kept using slurs in class as a supposed intellectual provocation.
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
This is for everyone who found a parental figure in childhood when their own parents were anything but
It's also a gorgeous piece of writing
It's also a gorgeous piece of writing
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is for everyone who found a parental figure in childhood when their own parents were anything but
It's also a gorgeous piece of writing
It's also a gorgeous piece of writing
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
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Following last night’s tragedy in our city, the RI Blood Center is in urgent need of donors.
If you have the capacity and are eligible, please consider donating blood. The RI Blood Center’s Providence location (405 Promenade Street) will be open until 7pm tonight.
Take care neighbors ❤️
If you have the capacity and are eligible, please consider donating blood. The RI Blood Center’s Providence location (405 Promenade Street) will be open until 7pm tonight.
Take care neighbors ❤️
December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Following last night’s tragedy in our city, the RI Blood Center is in urgent need of donors.
If you have the capacity and are eligible, please consider donating blood. The RI Blood Center’s Providence location (405 Promenade Street) will be open until 7pm tonight.
Take care neighbors ❤️
If you have the capacity and are eligible, please consider donating blood. The RI Blood Center’s Providence location (405 Promenade Street) will be open until 7pm tonight.
Take care neighbors ❤️
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The process of shrinking the gap between your values and actions is a lifetime journey.
Maturing is realizing that…
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The process of shrinking the gap between your values and actions is a lifetime journey.
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I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.