@colleenky.bsky.social
Musician, accidental accountant, intentional public servant. Voted Most Likely to Listen to JoCo. She/they. Opinions are my own.
Pinned
Welcome to Bluesky, where we block early and often. We are free speech relativists here. No one is entitled to our time and attention. We try our best to protect our own sanity and protect others from harassment and abuse.
Be weird. Be kind. Be vigilant.
Be weird. Be kind. Be vigilant.
Oh, my lord! 🤑
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Oh, my lord! 🤑
Reposted
You have until Sunday at 11:59pm to bid in our auction to benefit public media at JohnOliversJunk.com! And it’s not all Bob Ross paintings. There’s also this absolutely gorgeous custom Minor League Baseball jersey, featuring John Oliver's face. Their idea, not ours.
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
You have until Sunday at 11:59pm to bid in our auction to benefit public media at JohnOliversJunk.com! And it’s not all Bob Ross paintings. There’s also this absolutely gorgeous custom Minor League Baseball jersey, featuring John Oliver's face. Their idea, not ours.
This is a re-post, but Moira’s worth it. #WhiskersWednesday
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is a re-post, but Moira’s worth it. #WhiskersWednesday
Here’s a thread of good doggos
Feeling like posting pictures today, what’s up. Look at this extremely autumnal boy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Here’s a thread of good doggos
In our county
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
In our county
Reposted
You know, it's very strange. I have been in the business of promoting my new stand-up special “Rini” so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life.
Maybe make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts?
PS Spreading the word never ends! Watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uf...
Maybe make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts?
PS Spreading the word never ends! Watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uf...
Myq Kaplan - Rini [2025] | FULL SPECIAL
YouTube video by Blonde Medicine
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You know, it's very strange. I have been in the business of promoting my new stand-up special “Rini” so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life.
Maybe make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts?
PS Spreading the word never ends! Watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uf...
Maybe make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts?
PS Spreading the word never ends! Watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uf...
Reposted
If I were writing a fantasy novel, I would base all the characters' names off of sounds I make when I stand up. Hurrghh. Mwoor. Unng-Rugg the Burdened
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
If I were writing a fantasy novel, I would base all the characters' names off of sounds I make when I stand up. Hurrghh. Mwoor. Unng-Rugg the Burdened
My annual subscription was coming up for renewal next month, and I finally opted not to.
If you subscribe to The Washington Post, here is what you are paying for.
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
My annual subscription was coming up for renewal next month, and I finally opted not to.
Reposted
A 1984 article about the right wing trying to take over the schools of Sarasota, Florida in 1966 that reads like it was written yesterday, complete with bathroom weirdness, Northern ideological transplants enamored of Dixie, an imaginary Unitarian conspiracy, and more.
digitalcommons.usf.edu
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A 1984 article about the right wing trying to take over the schools of Sarasota, Florida in 1966 that reads like it was written yesterday, complete with bathroom weirdness, Northern ideological transplants enamored of Dixie, an imaginary Unitarian conspiracy, and more.
And at today’s pension seminar, the presenter is talking about AI growth. 😕
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. n.pr/48nQMqI
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And at today’s pension seminar, the presenter is talking about AI growth. 😕
Reposted
All the leaves are now dead LIKE MY SOUL
(Update: Soul is fine, actually, it just needs to, like, hydrate or something)
(Update: Soul is fine, actually, it just needs to, like, hydrate or something)
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
All the leaves are now dead LIKE MY SOUL
(Update: Soul is fine, actually, it just needs to, like, hydrate or something)
(Update: Soul is fine, actually, it just needs to, like, hydrate or something)
Reposted
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT!
My new one-hour stand-up special “Rini” debuts on YouTube at 8pm eastern time and I am super excited about it!
A long time coming, my first hour special in over a decade and the first one ever co-created with my wonderful partner Rini!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uf...
My new one-hour stand-up special “Rini” debuts on YouTube at 8pm eastern time and I am super excited about it!
A long time coming, my first hour special in over a decade and the first one ever co-created with my wonderful partner Rini!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uf...
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT!
My new one-hour stand-up special “Rini” debuts on YouTube at 8pm eastern time and I am super excited about it!
A long time coming, my first hour special in over a decade and the first one ever co-created with my wonderful partner Rini!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uf...
My new one-hour stand-up special “Rini” debuts on YouTube at 8pm eastern time and I am super excited about it!
A long time coming, my first hour special in over a decade and the first one ever co-created with my wonderful partner Rini!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uf...
There is some incredible stuff here. Some of it has been solicited before and just… never showed up, so we’ll see what happens. But the new gigantic Heavy Metals they’re publishing now are really good, and I’m hopeful.
Heavy Metal's Library Unlocks
From cyberpunk to sensual apocalypse - Heavy Metal's library unlocks with four definitive Volumes that will blow your mind!
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Also, the Fed can’t do anything with interest rates to address tariff-driven inflation, because - as was noted during the 2024 campaign - it’s essentially sales tax.
Inflation isn’t all the same. When prices rise because demand is strong, firms earn more and can raise wages. With tariff-driven inflation, firms face higher costs, not higher revenues—so prices go up but paychecks don’t. Same pain, less gain.
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Also, the Fed can’t do anything with interest rates to address tariff-driven inflation, because - as was noted during the 2024 campaign - it’s essentially sales tax.
Reposted
Shame is good when applied to shameful behavior, and should return in a big way.
‘Deeply ashamed’ Larry Summers steps back from public life over Epstein links
‘Deeply ashamed’ Larry Summers steps back from public life over Epstein links
Former treasury secretary steps away to ‘rebuild trust’ after severe backlash but will continue teaching Harvard classes
The Harvard professor and economist Larry Summers said he would be stepping back from public life after documents released by the House oversight committee revealed email exchanges between Summers and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who called himself Summers’ “wing man”.
Politico reported on Monday that Summers, a former treasury secretary, expressed deep regret for past messages with Epstein. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Shame is good when applied to shameful behavior, and should return in a big way.
Reposted
Welcome to Bluesky, where we block early and often. We are free speech relativists here. No one is entitled to our time and attention. We try our best to protect our own sanity and protect others from harassment and abuse.
Be weird. Be kind. Be vigilant.
Be weird. Be kind. Be vigilant.
January 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Welcome to Bluesky, where we block early and often. We are free speech relativists here. No one is entitled to our time and attention. We try our best to protect our own sanity and protect others from harassment and abuse.
Be weird. Be kind. Be vigilant.
Be weird. Be kind. Be vigilant.
Reposted
If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
Moira’s looking lovely tonight
@nyjanelane.bsky.social
@nyjanelane.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Moira’s looking lovely tonight
@nyjanelane.bsky.social
@nyjanelane.bsky.social
Chasing the Republican vote is dumb and pointless, example five hundred eleventy 🙄
(Note: I don’t redact names from public posts) 1/2
(Note: I don’t redact names from public posts) 1/2
![[FB page Tor Michaels-Show sharing a story from wjactv.com] Spring Township police say 46-year-old Carri Roan allegedly admitted to taking the money, to pay off medical debt, while she was employed at the Nittany Learning Center in Pleasant Gap.
'I let you down!' PD: Bellefonte woman accused of stealing over $1M from learning...
[comment from me] Another data point in support of universal health care. Astronomical medical debt is absurd in one of the richest countries in the world. 😕](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:67xk6xok3ucymk27zn4d77zw/bafkreicouxvgkmm6taggsx7gawqhon24mx2q5kwiupifxgzowliu72k7i4@jpeg)
![[Chip Aikens] Colleen Kennedy: so you thinking stealing for the "right reason" is acceptable?
[me] Chip Aikens: Nope. That's a misinterpretation of what I said.
[Steve Schreffler] Colleen Kennedy: what exactly are you saying then? That's the way I read it too.
[me] Steve Schreffler: I said what I said.
It's a shame that we don't have universal healthcare. People are reading things into it.
[Chip Aikens] Colleen Kennedy: remember, you're our County Treasurer 😉](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:67xk6xok3ucymk27zn4d77zw/bafkreib34hty7zjorbm3vhu4bgnypjbt3kmclb7kuoleurrymbbkrx5pai@jpeg)
![[Steve Schreffler] Colleen Kennedy: do you mean researching? Oh no, what will I do?!
[me] Chip Aikens: I'm always mindful of that. I haven't said anything offensive or disrespectful. 🤷🏻♀️
[me] Steve Schreffler: I'm not sure what or why you're arguing with me 🤷🏻♀️
[Chip Aikens] Colleen Kennedy: it's your judgement I question.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:67xk6xok3ucymk27zn4d77zw/bafkreicmfogbbzg5rqkdard53zqoaujfrouononlxz2cswdrnuhyusnpsy@jpeg)
![[me] Chip Aikens: I really don't understand why. I've been Treasurer for five years. The county finances are in really good shape (especially considering the double whammy budget crisis; no one has complained about how I'm fulfilling the functions of my position; I haven't fomented a communist rebellion. Please leave me alone. [For context, local resident Chip continually calls me a Marxist]
[Chip Aikens] Colleen Kennedy: let's break this woman's case down...do you think she's guilty of theft?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:67xk6xok3ucymk27zn4d77zw/bafkreih6wjf7cy26od2o2njd4dsck4m3tkm5xi4npyinfsyls2ddhzreua@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Chasing the Republican vote is dumb and pointless, example five hundred eleventy 🙄
(Note: I don’t redact names from public posts) 1/2
(Note: I don’t redact names from public posts) 1/2
Reposted
when I wishcast it's "delusional" and "avoidance" but when the CEO of anthropic does it, it's "visionary"
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
when I wishcast it's "delusional" and "avoidance" but when the CEO of anthropic does it, it's "visionary"
I mean, I guess they don’t anymore, since so much has been revealed.
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I mean, I guess they don’t anymore, since so much has been revealed.
Reposted
the idea that not taking sides and posing as if you're above it all is the most sensible and correct position should have been left buried back in the 90s.
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
the idea that not taking sides and posing as if you're above it all is the most sensible and correct position should have been left buried back in the 90s.
Reposted
"I am Spartacus" except everyone is admitting to felony sexual assault of a minor
epstein emails released and everyone coming out as a pedophile to defend donald trump
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"I am Spartacus" except everyone is admitting to felony sexual assault of a minor
Immigrant populations have a nativist group within them - those who feel they did it “right,” and the newer crop are doing it “wrong” - which dovetails with conservatism. When you go after the folks who feel that they’re “the good ones” too, yeah, you’re gonna lose them.
A year after President Donald Trump’s re-election, Republicans are already seeing their gains among Latino voters erode, recent election results and polling suggest.
Here’s what’s changed and what it could mean for next year’s midterm elections.
Here’s what’s changed and what it could mean for next year’s midterm elections.
Republicans have lost ground with Latino voters after Trump’s 2024 gains | CNN Politics
A year after President Donald Trump’s re-election, Republicans are already seeing their gains among Latino voters erode, recent election results and polling suggest. Here’s what’s changed and what it ...
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Immigrant populations have a nativist group within them - those who feel they did it “right,” and the newer crop are doing it “wrong” - which dovetails with conservatism. When you go after the folks who feel that they’re “the good ones” too, yeah, you’re gonna lose them.
Reposted
Occasional reminder that some levels of subscription to my newsletter get a free signed book from me, and that there's a new book in the works.
www.the-reframe.com/bookish-news/
www.the-reframe.com/bookish-news/
Bookish News
Information about the new book and the state of The Reframe over the remainder of 2025.
www.the-reframe.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Occasional reminder that some levels of subscription to my newsletter get a free signed book from me, and that there's a new book in the works.
www.the-reframe.com/bookish-news/
www.the-reframe.com/bookish-news/