Kristin
@kakiely.bsky.social
Professor of Spanish. Lover and researcher of Spanish comics and graphic novels; specifically focusing on those dealing with the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship. Lover of all animals. Servant to 3 amazing cats who are dumb but beautiful.
I'm finally done traveling for the summer - Spain and Scotland. I stayed off social media and the news. I feel like I should have stayed away. The place is burning down.
a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp
ALT: a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp
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July 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I'm finally done traveling for the summer - Spain and Scotland. I stayed off social media and the news. I feel like I should have stayed away. The place is burning down.
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April 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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Beautiful!
April 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Beautiful!
Amazing!
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 10:49 PM
Amazing!
I shared on other accounts, so I'll share here.
Read it. Learn it. Be prepared. Like Hitler, this history is also remarkably similar.
Read it. Learn it. Be prepared. Like Hitler, this history is also remarkably similar.
April 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I shared on other accounts, so I'll share here.
Read it. Learn it. Be prepared. Like Hitler, this history is also remarkably similar.
Read it. Learn it. Be prepared. Like Hitler, this history is also remarkably similar.
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Just to spell this out: you, too, are not breaking the law. Versions of this could happen to any of us.
NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
March 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just to spell this out: you, too, are not breaking the law. Versions of this could happen to any of us.
To Canada... we're sorry. Over 50% of us are SO VERY SORRY.
March 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
To Canada... we're sorry. Over 50% of us are SO VERY SORRY.
I just can't with this anymore...
I personally am sick of hearing it come out of his nasty, foul, mouth‼️ I love and respect our Canadian friends, & that is both insulting & disrespectful‼️
March 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I just can't with this anymore...
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Ukraine agreed to a US proposal for 30-day ceasefire, in turn the US agreed to lift the suspension on intelligence sharing and resume weapons shipments. Russia state Duma declared it doesn’t agree to a ceasefire. But if someone lifts some of their sanctions, they’d think about it.
March 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Ukraine agreed to a US proposal for 30-day ceasefire, in turn the US agreed to lift the suspension on intelligence sharing and resume weapons shipments. Russia state Duma declared it doesn’t agree to a ceasefire. But if someone lifts some of their sanctions, they’d think about it.
Hypocrisy, much?
MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
February 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Hypocrisy, much?
Ohhhhhh, the next pandemic is on the way... WHEEEEE
What explanation can there be for this except that Trump and Musk for some sick reason I cannot fathom _want_ millions of Americans to die in the next pandemic?
What would the elevator pitch for stopping attempts to prevent bird flu deaths even _be_?
Is my mind just not evil enough to suss it out?
What would the elevator pitch for stopping attempts to prevent bird flu deaths even _be_?
Is my mind just not evil enough to suss it out?
The Trump administration confirmed it's reviewing whether to pull $590 million in funding that Moderna received in the final days of the Biden administration to develop an mRNA vaccine for bird flu in people.
February 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Ohhhhhh, the next pandemic is on the way... WHEEEEE
Batshit is the correct word. Yikes
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Batshit is the correct word. Yikes
Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.
February 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Trump claimed that DOGE has uncovered billions in “fraud, waste, and abuse.” However, no evidence has been provided, and all public fraud claims from both Elon Musk and Trump have been debunked as false.
February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Trump claimed that DOGE has uncovered billions in “fraud, waste, and abuse.” However, no evidence has been provided, and all public fraud claims from both Elon Musk and Trump have been debunked as false.
Do it. DO IT. Mexico... Hazlo. Cut us off. Someone... please save us.
TRUDEAU: “I want to speak directly to Americans — our closest friends and neighbors… yes, this will harm Canadians, but it will also have real consequences for you.” #TrumpTradeWar
February 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Do it. DO IT. Mexico... Hazlo. Cut us off. Someone... please save us.
Love it. Don't care that I'm in a red state. Partially because I hate being in a red state. DO IT.
February 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Love it. Don't care that I'm in a red state. Partially because I hate being in a red state. DO IT.
And then they came for the Lutherans...
What Elon is doing is straight up illegal. He has no authority to go through line by line and shut off funding to organizations he dislikes. He's intentionally trying to destroy civil society.
February 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
And then they came for the Lutherans...
Resist!
This place is rapidly turning into a hellhole.
This place is rapidly turning into a hellhole.
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
February 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Resist!
This place is rapidly turning into a hellhole.
This place is rapidly turning into a hellhole.
My shocked face. 😐
This same Christian Nationalist symbol is tattooed on the guy they just confirmed. Hegseth has raged against Muslims while drunk in public. He’s told racist jokes about Mexicans according to his sister-in-law. We know what he’s about and why he has that tattoo. So disgraceful.
January 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My shocked face. 😐
I KNEW it. That explains everything. Ugh.
Hi, I’m God.
You all died in 2016.
And yes, this is Hell.
You all died in 2016.
And yes, this is Hell.
January 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I KNEW it. That explains everything. Ugh.
If it looks like a Nazi salute, if it feels like a Nazi salute, it IS a Nazi salute. It's the second day of 45/47's term, and they're trying to gaslight us into saying Musk wasn't doing a Nazi salute... "He didn't do it right." "He didn't hold it long enough." "He's autistic." NO. Stop it.
January 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If it looks like a Nazi salute, if it feels like a Nazi salute, it IS a Nazi salute. It's the second day of 45/47's term, and they're trying to gaslight us into saying Musk wasn't doing a Nazi salute... "He didn't do it right." "He didn't hold it long enough." "He's autistic." NO. Stop it.