@cindykullman.bsky.social
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I’ve been having a few too many conversations like this. Them: Hi Kate, how are things with your work, with the world? Me: the university is under attack, democratic norms being broken in half, so, pretty bad. Them: But everything is going to come back and be okay after the midterms. Me: Uhh, no.
August 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I’ve been having a few too many conversations like this. Them: Hi Kate, how are things with your work, with the world? Me: the university is under attack, democratic norms being broken in half, so, pretty bad. Them: But everything is going to come back and be okay after the midterms. Me: Uhh, no.
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“In any slide towards dictatorship, individual decisions matter because they create precedents. When the leaders of Paramount decided to pay a bribe to the president, they made life much more difficult for anyone who wants to resist the president in the future,” says @anneapplebaum.bsky.social.
Applebaum on Autocracy
Anne Applebaum warns that Sudan’s descent into chaos shows what happens when institutions fail—and why a free press is essential to prevent America from following the same path.
https://www.status.news/p/anne-applebaum-autocracy-interview?utm_source=www.status.n[…]-on-autocracy&_bhlid=50397b9169f7f3015f1913332638f95d42a41d4c
August 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“In any slide towards dictatorship, individual decisions matter because they create precedents. When the leaders of Paramount decided to pay a bribe to the president, they made life much more difficult for anyone who wants to resist the president in the future,” says @anneapplebaum.bsky.social.
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Anne Applebaum: "If American media can’t convey how dangerous this behavior is—for our prosperity, for our health, for our democracy—then American media will eventually cease to exist."
More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...
More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...
Applebaum on Autocracy
Anne Applebaum warns that Sudan’s descent into chaos shows what happens when institutions fail—and why a free press is essential to prevent America from following the same path.
www.status.news
August 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Anne Applebaum: "If American media can’t convey how dangerous this behavior is—for our prosperity, for our health, for our democracy—then American media will eventually cease to exist."
More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...
More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...
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I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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Mating Season is Here
A pair of great white egrets show off their mating feathers. Already paired up, they’re working on their nest where a couple of turquoise colored eggs will turn into a set of fuzzy dinosaur-like chicks,
#birds #wildlifephotography #photography #nature
A pair of great white egrets show off their mating feathers. Already paired up, they’re working on their nest where a couple of turquoise colored eggs will turn into a set of fuzzy dinosaur-like chicks,
#birds #wildlifephotography #photography #nature
March 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Mating Season is Here
A pair of great white egrets show off their mating feathers. Already paired up, they’re working on their nest where a couple of turquoise colored eggs will turn into a set of fuzzy dinosaur-like chicks,
#birds #wildlifephotography #photography #nature
A pair of great white egrets show off their mating feathers. Already paired up, they’re working on their nest where a couple of turquoise colored eggs will turn into a set of fuzzy dinosaur-like chicks,
#birds #wildlifephotography #photography #nature
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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
english.elpais.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
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February 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Sign the Canada Parliamentary Petition to revoke fElon Musk's Canadian Citizenship and Passport. Will be presented to Parliament in June. Sign online at ourcommons.ca
February 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Sign the Canada Parliamentary Petition to revoke fElon Musk's Canadian Citizenship and Passport. Will be presented to Parliament in June. Sign online at ourcommons.ca
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Good morning 🌞 Today is a flower and poem kind of day!
Dahlias bloom in Summer's light,
Velvet petals, bold and bright.
Spirals of silk, soft yet strong,
A fleeting beauty, the season’s song.
#gardeningfeed #flowers #Dahlia #nature #Creatives #Photographers #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #plants
Dahlias bloom in Summer's light,
Velvet petals, bold and bright.
Spirals of silk, soft yet strong,
A fleeting beauty, the season’s song.
#gardeningfeed #flowers #Dahlia #nature #Creatives #Photographers #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #plants
February 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good morning 🌞 Today is a flower and poem kind of day!
Dahlias bloom in Summer's light,
Velvet petals, bold and bright.
Spirals of silk, soft yet strong,
A fleeting beauty, the season’s song.
#gardeningfeed #flowers #Dahlia #nature #Creatives #Photographers #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #plants
Dahlias bloom in Summer's light,
Velvet petals, bold and bright.
Spirals of silk, soft yet strong,
A fleeting beauty, the season’s song.
#gardeningfeed #flowers #Dahlia #nature #Creatives #Photographers #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #plants
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Painting garden statuary helps me keep my sanity in these mid-winter cabin fever weeks.
February 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Painting garden statuary helps me keep my sanity in these mid-winter cabin fever weeks.
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February 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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