Kate in Virginia
@kateholdscourt.bsky.social
Writer, Storyteller, Opinionator, Historian.
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Under President Trump, SEAL Team 6 bombs shipwreck survivors with kinetic lethality. Under Obama and Biden, SEAL Team 6 would have rappelled down to give their pronouns and make a land acknowledgment.
by Pete Hegseth
by Pete Hegseth
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Under President Trump, SEAL Team 6 bombs shipwreck survivors with kinetic lethality. Under Obama and Biden, SEAL Team 6 would have rappelled down to give their pronouns and make a land acknowledgment.
by Pete Hegseth
by Pete Hegseth
Genealogy experts assemble! I am faced with a challenge. I need to definitely place my father within certain St. Louis ZIP codes between 1949 and 1960 or so. Dad is deceased, as are both his parents, his only brother, his brother’s wife, and my mother. 1/
October 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Genealogy experts assemble! I am faced with a challenge. I need to definitely place my father within certain St. Louis ZIP codes between 1949 and 1960 or so. Dad is deceased, as are both his parents, his only brother, his brother’s wife, and my mother. 1/
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New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...
PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered
On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Don’t know who made this but thank you
August 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Don’t know who made this but thank you
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Read this. Read every word.
This is who CDCers, who NIHers are, who Feds are.
“Public servants are not the enemy. Attacks on them are attacks on America. Say it plainly. Say it loudly. Say it now.”
- Jessica Rogers-Brown, CDC employee, public servant, hero
www.decaturish.com/public_safet...
This is who CDCers, who NIHers are, who Feds are.
“Public servants are not the enemy. Attacks on them are attacks on America. Say it plainly. Say it loudly. Say it now.”
- Jessica Rogers-Brown, CDC employee, public servant, hero
www.decaturish.com/public_safet...
Dear Decaturish — Silence is the loudest thing in the room
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August 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Read this. Read every word.
This is who CDCers, who NIHers are, who Feds are.
“Public servants are not the enemy. Attacks on them are attacks on America. Say it plainly. Say it loudly. Say it now.”
- Jessica Rogers-Brown, CDC employee, public servant, hero
www.decaturish.com/public_safet...
This is who CDCers, who NIHers are, who Feds are.
“Public servants are not the enemy. Attacks on them are attacks on America. Say it plainly. Say it loudly. Say it now.”
- Jessica Rogers-Brown, CDC employee, public servant, hero
www.decaturish.com/public_safet...
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WASHINGTON—With the United States facing a daunting array of problems, leading historians reminded the nation that when making tough choices, it never hurts to stop, take a look at similar situations from the past, and then think about whether the decisions people made back then were good or bad.
Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
WASHINGTON—With the United States facing a daunting array of problems at home and abroad, leading historians courteously reminded the nation Thursday that when making tough choices, it never hurts to ...
theonion.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
WASHINGTON—With the United States facing a daunting array of problems, leading historians reminded the nation that when making tough choices, it never hurts to stop, take a look at similar situations from the past, and then think about whether the decisions people made back then were good or bad.
The world may be burning, but outside my kitchen window a nest of tiny sparrows is mocking our 3 cats. The kitties are chittering with outrage, making futile swipes at the birdies with their paws, and occasionally turning to glare at me: Such disrespect, Mom! Birds are unmoved. I’m howling out here.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The world may be burning, but outside my kitchen window a nest of tiny sparrows is mocking our 3 cats. The kitties are chittering with outrage, making futile swipes at the birdies with their paws, and occasionally turning to glare at me: Such disrespect, Mom! Birds are unmoved. I’m howling out here.
If I’m ever tired and tempted to use AI for any reason whatsoever, I’m going to remember this.
When I searched to see if Mary Shelley and Jane Austen could have met in Bath, Google AI informed me that they were, in fact, sisters...
June 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If I’m ever tired and tempted to use AI for any reason whatsoever, I’m going to remember this.
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governments should spend money, literally all their fucking money. on taking care of the people from whom they got the money. on building cool shit for the people from whom they got the money to use, like highways and public works. this is real easy
how can these people be so bad at this
how can these people be so bad at this
We should reject outright the framing that the answer is to cut spending, that it needs to be cut. Even giving in to that is playing into conservatives’ hands, letting them set the edges of the debate.
Welker to Slotkin: "Democrats were in charge for four years. You were in Congress at the time. Why didn't Democrats do more to cut government spending when they were in charge?"
March 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
governments should spend money, literally all their fucking money. on taking care of the people from whom they got the money. on building cool shit for the people from whom they got the money to use, like highways and public works. this is real easy
how can these people be so bad at this
how can these people be so bad at this
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This is just to say
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
February 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is just to say
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
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It is so *weird* living in a new reality that most people can't even see. Million of people think they're still living in a world that no longer exists. Wildly disconcerting times.
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It is so *weird* living in a new reality that most people can't even see. Million of people think they're still living in a world that no longer exists. Wildly disconcerting times.
Grad School Keeps Kate Humble, Part 1,000,001: I was yesterday years old when I learned that several slave states did not actually join the Confederacy. Sweet baby Jesus, I have so far to go.
February 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Grad School Keeps Kate Humble, Part 1,000,001: I was yesterday years old when I learned that several slave states did not actually join the Confederacy. Sweet baby Jesus, I have so far to go.
Classes start tonight! I've got Interwar America, then Civil War and Reconstruction -- then three more semesters and ya girl has her Masters degree. Let's do this!
January 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Classes start tonight! I've got Interwar America, then Civil War and Reconstruction -- then three more semesters and ya girl has her Masters degree. Let's do this!
Apropos of absolutely nothing, Michael Beck going from "Warriors" to "Xanadu" has got to be one of the weirdest flexes in the history of cinema.
December 7, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Apropos of absolutely nothing, Michael Beck going from "Warriors" to "Xanadu" has got to be one of the weirdest flexes in the history of cinema.
So...(looks around) here I am now. Entertain me!
November 26, 2024 at 5:43 PM
So...(looks around) here I am now. Entertain me!