@karstenrutt.bsky.social
Handle rearranges to "Star Trek nut." Lifelong Progressive Democrat. Editor/writer/writing coach. I love animals, languages, literature, history, art, philosophy, music, puzzles, logic, truth. She/her
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frogs should have been kissing us this whole time
Powerful Anti-Cancer Drug Discovered Inside Japanese Tree Frog
Scientists have discovered a promising new approach to fighting cancer in the gut bacteria of a Japanese tree frog, with one strain completely shrinking tumors in mice, with no severe side effects.
www.sciencealert.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
frogs should have been kissing us this whole time
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Thank the gods for the ancestors who wrote down little details like these :)
December 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thank the gods for the ancestors who wrote down little details like these :)
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Female Brown-throated Wattle-eye, a small insect-eating bird known for the fleshy red skin (wattle) above its eye #bwindiimpenetrableforest #Uganda. markscheflen.com #birdseenin2025 #britishnaturephotography #birdsofafrica #birdsphotography #birdoftheday #biodiversity #conservationphotography #birds
December 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Female Brown-throated Wattle-eye, a small insect-eating bird known for the fleshy red skin (wattle) above its eye #bwindiimpenetrableforest #Uganda. markscheflen.com #birdseenin2025 #britishnaturephotography #birdsofafrica #birdsphotography #birdoftheday #biodiversity #conservationphotography #birds
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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All of this talk about how AI will impact the study of history is a reminder that we have to do a better job of explaining what the process of historical research and interpretation actually entails.
December 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
All of this talk about how AI will impact the study of history is a reminder that we have to do a better job of explaining what the process of historical research and interpretation actually entails.
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Here it is, the final regular #ScholarSunday thread of 2025, my 255th thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 255 (12/21/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, the final regular #ScholarSunday thread of 2025, my 255th thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please sha...
blackwhiteandread.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Here it is, the final regular #ScholarSunday thread of 2025, my 255th thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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Dear closeted gay Republicans,
Liberals not only don't care what your sexual orientation is, we help you celebrate it. We fight for and vote for your rights. 🏳️🌈
Republicans hate who you are and vote against your interests, even if they're just like you. Seriously, wake up.
The Left
Liberals not only don't care what your sexual orientation is, we help you celebrate it. We fight for and vote for your rights. 🏳️🌈
Republicans hate who you are and vote against your interests, even if they're just like you. Seriously, wake up.
The Left
December 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Dear closeted gay Republicans,
Liberals not only don't care what your sexual orientation is, we help you celebrate it. We fight for and vote for your rights. 🏳️🌈
Republicans hate who you are and vote against your interests, even if they're just like you. Seriously, wake up.
The Left
Liberals not only don't care what your sexual orientation is, we help you celebrate it. We fight for and vote for your rights. 🏳️🌈
Republicans hate who you are and vote against your interests, even if they're just like you. Seriously, wake up.
The Left
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My kind, talented, and ridiculously wonderful illustrator client Annie Gregoire did the @redfoxliterary.bsky.social holiday card this year. I am so incredibly proud to work with her! Annie uses recycled/foraged material and digital techniques to come up with her gorgeous collages.
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
My kind, talented, and ridiculously wonderful illustrator client Annie Gregoire did the @redfoxliterary.bsky.social holiday card this year. I am so incredibly proud to work with her! Annie uses recycled/foraged material and digital techniques to come up with her gorgeous collages.
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Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
December 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
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rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
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not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
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This is not the first time RFK Jr or his fellow anti-vax travelers conducted a study they knew would harm or kill children in low-income countries. It is a dehumanizing, colonialist model of manufacturing evidence: sacrificing foreign kids for political pseudoscience.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
www.notus.org/health-scien...
CDC to Fund Controversial Study in West Africa on Infant Hepatitis B Vaccines
The study prompted swift outcry from scientists in the U.S. who say it’s “unethical.”
www.notus.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is not the first time RFK Jr or his fellow anti-vax travelers conducted a study they knew would harm or kill children in low-income countries. It is a dehumanizing, colonialist model of manufacturing evidence: sacrificing foreign kids for political pseudoscience.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
www.notus.org/health-scien...
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NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
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I really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...
Yale Announces 2025 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner
Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition has announced the winner of the twenty-seventh annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize.
macmillan.yale.edu
December 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...
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This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
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The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
Very alarming.
"Mr. Kast is the son of German immigrants. His brother Miguel was a former minister during Chile’s military dictatorship under Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Mr. Kast has expressed admiration for General Pinochet, who ruled the country for nearly two decades"
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/w...
Conservative Wins Resoundingly in Chile’s Presidential Election
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Very alarming.
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‘The antithesis to Nazi ideology’: how Pippi Longstocking was born to stand up to Hitler www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
‘The antithesis to Nazi ideology’: how Pippi Longstocking was born to stand up to Hitler
A new documentary explores how Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children’s books about the pigtailed free spirit were written in response to the darkest days of the second world war
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
‘The antithesis to Nazi ideology’: how Pippi Longstocking was born to stand up to Hitler www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
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Investigators concluded Monday that South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals & monopolize power — Yoon is currently in jail while standing trial
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
December 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Investigators concluded Monday that South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals & monopolize power — Yoon is currently in jail while standing trial
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
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214 Democrats signed a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to make sure tens of millions of Americans don't experience skyrocketing health insurance premiums. They just need FOUR House Republicans to join them.
☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.
☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
214 Democrats signed a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to make sure tens of millions of Americans don't experience skyrocketing health insurance premiums. They just need FOUR House Republicans to join them.
☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.
☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.
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Two things are playing through my mind routinely right now.
The first is that this Supreme Court is illegitimate.
The second is these quotes from Letter From a Birmingham Jail, by MLK.
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The first is that this Supreme Court is illegitimate.
The second is these quotes from Letter From a Birmingham Jail, by MLK.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Two things are playing through my mind routinely right now.
The first is that this Supreme Court is illegitimate.
The second is these quotes from Letter From a Birmingham Jail, by MLK.
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The first is that this Supreme Court is illegitimate.
The second is these quotes from Letter From a Birmingham Jail, by MLK.
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Just back from the Helene Schjerfbeck show at The Met. It's wonderful to have so much work from this powerful Finnish painter in New York. This is 'Self Portrait, Black Background' from 1915. It's on loan from The Finnish National Gallery.
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Just back from the Helene Schjerfbeck show at The Met. It's wonderful to have so much work from this powerful Finnish painter in New York. This is 'Self Portrait, Black Background' from 1915. It's on loan from The Finnish National Gallery.
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The only legal scholars I want to hear from in the years to come are the ones seriously thinking about how to fully disempower the Supreme Court. What would that take? THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. Offer practical suggestions that could become political campaigns led by the public.
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The only legal scholars I want to hear from in the years to come are the ones seriously thinking about how to fully disempower the Supreme Court. What would that take? THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. Offer practical suggestions that could become political campaigns led by the public.