Rachel Klayman
@trulyvery.bsky.social
Layabout and striver. Former book editor, current bookseller. Mother. Citizen of Brooklyn. "But I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The actual conspiracy theory is that multiple women independently lied, with apparently nothing to gain, and much to lose, about Trump’s entanglement with Epstein. katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...
The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein
It’s not what you think it is.
katemanne.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The actual conspiracy theory is that multiple women independently lied, with apparently nothing to gain, and much to lose, about Trump’s entanglement with Epstein. katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...
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NEW from me: The sad, sad state of the New York Times: presswatchers.org/2025/07/the-...
The sad, sad state of the New York Times | Press Watch
Trolling the libs is par for the course
presswatchers.org
July 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
NEW from me: The sad, sad state of the New York Times: presswatchers.org/2025/07/the-...
So many more I could have chosen! The Florida Project. Both Kill Bills. I basically just picked what first came to mind.
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
So many more I could have chosen! The Florida Project. Both Kill Bills. I basically just picked what first came to mind.
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/aak1muKR
Join me on June 14
app.sosha.ai
June 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/aak1muKR
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BREAKING: California Governor Gavin Newsom delivers a 'major address' in response to the Trump admin.'s actions in L.A.
"Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves, but they do not stop there," Newsom said.
"Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves, but they do not stop there," Newsom said.
June 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
BREAKING: California Governor Gavin Newsom delivers a 'major address' in response to the Trump admin.'s actions in L.A.
"Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves, but they do not stop there," Newsom said.
"Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves, but they do not stop there," Newsom said.
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State repression of peaceful protests can subject activists to injury and even death but—when broadcast to the world through media—often turns mass opinion against the state. bsky.app/profile/owas...
I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
June 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
State repression of peaceful protests can subject activists to injury and even death but—when broadcast to the world through media—often turns mass opinion against the state. bsky.app/profile/owas...
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Again, this is finally some really good self-knowledge and we should support him in this insight and maybe help him find a job for which he is suited
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the man Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress put in charge of the nation’s health systems, doesn’t think he’s qualified to dispense medical advice.
RFK Jr.: 'I Don't Think People Should Be Taking Medical Advice From Me'
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, said during a hearing that he is not qualified to give medical advice.
www.rollingstone.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Again, this is finally some really good self-knowledge and we should support him in this insight and maybe help him find a job for which he is suited
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I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.
www.bbc.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
SUNY (with ads)
US News & World Report’s Best Remaining Colleges, 2028
1. Florida Intranational University
2. Johns Hopkins School of Remunerative Medicine
3. Facebook.edu/DeVry
4. Colorado School of Mines—Nuuk
5. Mich...
www.mcsweeneys.net
April 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
SUNY (with ads)
Bracing, from Die Zeit: “Thank you for Andy Warhol. Thank you for the Big Mac and the iPhone. Thank you, too, for Francis Ford Coppola, for Stanley Kubrick and Quentin Tarantino. Thank you for Angela Davis, Joni Mitchell and Susan Sontag. Thank you….also for Levi’s 501s. And now: Goodbye.”
Europe and the US: Thanks America, That’ll Be All
Andy Warhol, Big Mac, iPhone: It was a grand American epoch. But it’s over. Europe must finally emancipate itself – just not as awkwardly as Jürgen Habermas might like.
www.zeit.de
April 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Bracing, from Die Zeit: “Thank you for Andy Warhol. Thank you for the Big Mac and the iPhone. Thank you, too, for Francis Ford Coppola, for Stanley Kubrick and Quentin Tarantino. Thank you for Angela Davis, Joni Mitchell and Susan Sontag. Thank you….also for Levi’s 501s. And now: Goodbye.”
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Keep hearing people say protests against first Trump administration were ineffective. Evidence suggests otherwise.
Many “savvy” folks argue protests can’t work. Evidence suggests otherwise.
“Muslim ban set off a fury of protests across US, garnering tremendous media attention and discussion… Portraying ‘Ban’ at odds with inclusive elements of American identity prompted some citizens to shift their attitudes…”
“Muslim ban set off a fury of protests across US, garnering tremendous media attention and discussion… Portraying ‘Ban’ at odds with inclusive elements of American identity prompted some citizens to shift their attitudes…”
A Change of Heart? Why Individual-Level Public Opinion Shifted Against Trump’s “Muslim Ban” - Political Behavior
Public opinion research suggests that rapid and significant individual-level fluctuations in opinions toward various policies is fairly unexpected absent methodological artifacts. While this may gener...
link.springer.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Keep hearing people say protests against first Trump administration were ineffective. Evidence suggests otherwise.
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It's late, but I was compelled to write this and share the amazing portrait:
"The United States of Terror"
Trump's Second Administration is transforming into a reign of terror for anyone and everyone who defies the MAGA agenda.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
"The United States of Terror"
Trump's Second Administration is transforming into a reign of terror for anyone and everyone who defies the MAGA agenda.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The United States of Terror
Trump's Second Administration is transforming into a reign of terror for anyone and everyone who defies the MAGA agenda and refuses to bend the knee to its corrupt, authoritarian impulses.
open.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
It's late, but I was compelled to write this and share the amazing portrait:
"The United States of Terror"
Trump's Second Administration is transforming into a reign of terror for anyone and everyone who defies the MAGA agenda.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
"The United States of Terror"
Trump's Second Administration is transforming into a reign of terror for anyone and everyone who defies the MAGA agenda.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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A French researcher was detained on arrival in the US and his computer and phone were confiscated. Texts criticizing Trump's cuts to scientific research were deemed by DHS agents as "hatred of Trump …described as terrorism." He was deported.
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A French researcher was detained on arrival in the US and his computer and phone were confiscated. Texts criticizing Trump's cuts to scientific research were deemed by DHS agents as "hatred of Trump …described as terrorism." He was deported.
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We've always been at war with Greenland.
March 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We've always been at war with Greenland.
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Powerful remarks by Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan in Northampton MA at a Patrick's Day Breakfast on March 17. 1/2
March 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Powerful remarks by Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan in Northampton MA at a Patrick's Day Breakfast on March 17. 1/2
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A really good discussion about why removing Section 230 would be extremely chilling to a lot of the internet communities, inarguably making them worse experiences and subject to the whims of bad actors.
I've seen this question come up a few times, and some of it is answered in this post from a few years ago, but let me try to answer @opinionhaver.bsky.social's question directly since he asks this every time 230 comes up.
www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/h...
www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/h...
March 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A really good discussion about why removing Section 230 would be extremely chilling to a lot of the internet communities, inarguably making them worse experiences and subject to the whims of bad actors.
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Why can’t American businesspeople talk this way?
March 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Why can’t American businesspeople talk this way?
In Brooklyn the next few Saturdays!
Tesla Takedown
We are taking action at Tesla. ⚡ Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines. ⚡ Hurting Tesla is stopping Musk. ⚡ Stopping Musk will help save lives and our democracy. The stakes could...
actionnetwork.org
March 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In Brooklyn the next few Saturdays!