Catherine Rhodes
@catherinerhodes.bsky.social
Editor & Publisher. Owl Mama. Proud Angeleno. Reader of books, baker of cakes. Amateur historian. Satoshi is female. Music from Radiohead to Chappell Roan to Mahler. Give Andor the Emmy. Slava Ukraini.
Yes, thank you.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Yes, thank you.
Dumbo Don at it again.
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Dumbo Don at it again.
These headlines make me want to cancel my Los Angeles Times subscription.
First, “dinosaurs and grannies” — how reductive and insulting.
Should be: “Millions rally worldwide to oppose Trump policies.”
And the second: “tens” of thousands in So Cal, when it was easily hundreds.
First, “dinosaurs and grannies” — how reductive and insulting.
Should be: “Millions rally worldwide to oppose Trump policies.”
And the second: “tens” of thousands in So Cal, when it was easily hundreds.
October 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
These headlines make me want to cancel my Los Angeles Times subscription.
First, “dinosaurs and grannies” — how reductive and insulting.
Should be: “Millions rally worldwide to oppose Trump policies.”
And the second: “tens” of thousands in So Cal, when it was easily hundreds.
First, “dinosaurs and grannies” — how reductive and insulting.
Should be: “Millions rally worldwide to oppose Trump policies.”
And the second: “tens” of thousands in So Cal, when it was easily hundreds.
Lovely day for patriotic Americans to peacefully gather and, in the spirit of Jefferson and Madison, let our voices be heard.
If you can attend a #NoKings rally, please do so, even for an hour.
I’m marching for Ukraine. 🇺🇦
If you can attend a #NoKings rally, please do so, even for an hour.
I’m marching for Ukraine. 🇺🇦
October 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Lovely day for patriotic Americans to peacefully gather and, in the spirit of Jefferson and Madison, let our voices be heard.
If you can attend a #NoKings rally, please do so, even for an hour.
I’m marching for Ukraine. 🇺🇦
If you can attend a #NoKings rally, please do so, even for an hour.
I’m marching for Ukraine. 🇺🇦
House of Dynamite is the scariest horror film I’ve ever seen.
(Especially imagining imbecile Trump in the POTUS decision-maker role.)
(Especially imagining imbecile Trump in the POTUS decision-maker role.)
October 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
House of Dynamite is the scariest horror film I’ve ever seen.
(Especially imagining imbecile Trump in the POTUS decision-maker role.)
(Especially imagining imbecile Trump in the POTUS decision-maker role.)
“I swear by God this sacred oath, that I will render unconditional obedience to Adolf Hitler, the Fuehrer of the German Reich and people, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and will be ready as a brave soldier to risk my life…”
—Oath required of all generals and armed forces; August, 1934
—Oath required of all generals and armed forces; August, 1934
October 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“I swear by God this sacred oath, that I will render unconditional obedience to Adolf Hitler, the Fuehrer of the German Reich and people, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and will be ready as a brave soldier to risk my life…”
—Oath required of all generals and armed forces; August, 1934
—Oath required of all generals and armed forces; August, 1934
He is completely obtuse about the existential threat our country is facing.
September 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
He is completely obtuse about the existential threat our country is facing.
Protest matters.
September 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Protest matters.
Apollo 13 may be the perfect movie. And what a fine example of healthy masculinity! Astronauts and Mission Control are cool and brave during a crisis, they solve problems w/o seeking to blame, they don’t bully or belittle. They have integrity, take responsibility, value excellence. They’re humble.
September 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Apollo 13 may be the perfect movie. And what a fine example of healthy masculinity! Astronauts and Mission Control are cool and brave during a crisis, they solve problems w/o seeking to blame, they don’t bully or belittle. They have integrity, take responsibility, value excellence. They’re humble.
Berlin, June 1940.
Nazi flag at every window. SS troops march down Unter den Linden. Everyone salutes.
Wehrmacht blitzkriegs thru Holland, Belgium, Norway, France.
Hitler is unstoppable, right?
Wrong. The 1,000-year Third Reich ends in spectacular defeat after 12 years.
Nothing is inevitable.
Nazi flag at every window. SS troops march down Unter den Linden. Everyone salutes.
Wehrmacht blitzkriegs thru Holland, Belgium, Norway, France.
Hitler is unstoppable, right?
Wrong. The 1,000-year Third Reich ends in spectacular defeat after 12 years.
Nothing is inevitable.
September 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Berlin, June 1940.
Nazi flag at every window. SS troops march down Unter den Linden. Everyone salutes.
Wehrmacht blitzkriegs thru Holland, Belgium, Norway, France.
Hitler is unstoppable, right?
Wrong. The 1,000-year Third Reich ends in spectacular defeat after 12 years.
Nothing is inevitable.
Nazi flag at every window. SS troops march down Unter den Linden. Everyone salutes.
Wehrmacht blitzkriegs thru Holland, Belgium, Norway, France.
Hitler is unstoppable, right?
Wrong. The 1,000-year Third Reich ends in spectacular defeat after 12 years.
Nothing is inevitable.
“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…”
—First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
(1781-2025)
—First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
(1781-2025)
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…”
—First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
(1781-2025)
—First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
(1781-2025)
I had such a massive crush on him as a teenager. RIP
September 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I had such a massive crush on him as a teenager. RIP
Thank you, Trump voters, for electing this emotionally-damaged miscreant to the highest office in the land.
A clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower.
A clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower.
September 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Thank you, Trump voters, for electing this emotionally-damaged miscreant to the highest office in the land.
A clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower.
A clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower.
Doesn’t quite add up.
September 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Doesn’t quite add up.
Just doing politics right, eh Ezra Klein?
September 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Just doing politics right, eh Ezra Klein?
The Fall season is here, and so is the first batch of Pumpkin Bread.
September 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Fall season is here, and so is the first batch of Pumpkin Bread.
Truly terrifying because it could trigger Article 5 of the NATO treaty.
Will the U.S. come to the defense of Poland? Unlikely under this administration, but Europe will.
We’ve seen this movie before and we know how it ends.
Will the U.S. come to the defense of Poland? Unlikely under this administration, but Europe will.
We’ve seen this movie before and we know how it ends.
September 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Truly terrifying because it could trigger Article 5 of the NATO treaty.
Will the U.S. come to the defense of Poland? Unlikely under this administration, but Europe will.
We’ve seen this movie before and we know how it ends.
Will the U.S. come to the defense of Poland? Unlikely under this administration, but Europe will.
We’ve seen this movie before and we know how it ends.
So much for the Bitcoin president.
“So much winning!”
“So much winning!”
March 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So much for the Bitcoin president.
“So much winning!”
“So much winning!”
This, from Canada, where we’re getting booed at hockey games.
February 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This, from Canada, where we’re getting booed at hockey games.