Kate Tuttle
@katekilla.bsky.social
Gen X, middle child, Leo. I edit the Books section @ the Boston Globe.
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Kate Tuttle
@katekilla.bsky.social
· Aug 28
A Trump Supporter Sat Next To My 12-Year-Old Black Son On A Plane. I Couldn’t Believe What She Told Him.
"My son is growing up to face dangers made worse by the president this woman voted for."
www.huffpost.com
I haven't written this kind of personal essay in years, so it was interesting to revisit this one, originally published in 2018, that @noahmichelson.bsky.social asked me to update.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Ms. Rachel, the extremely popular children's YouTube host, is not an antisemite. She loves kids. She has dedicated her life to children. She doesn't like seeing children murdered, maimed, and starved in Gaza or anywhere else. Slandering her as an antisemite over that is pathetic.
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Ms. Rachel, the extremely popular children's YouTube host, is not an antisemite. She loves kids. She has dedicated her life to children. She doesn't like seeing children murdered, maimed, and starved in Gaza or anywhere else. Slandering her as an antisemite over that is pathetic.
It is interesting that the outrage about this comes mostly from religious conservatives. Nobody in my social circles is estranged from their parents, because for the most part our parents were pretty loving and thoughtful and never got violent or coercive with us. Like -- maybe try that?
What if estrangement isn't a trend, but instead it is the predictable result of toxic and controlling parenting methods? strongwilled.substack.com/p/chapter-12...
Chapter 13: Estrangement in Religious Authoritarian Families
It's a predictable outcome of authoritarian parenting practices and enmeshed families, not a "trend" that will be easily reversed.
strongwilled.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It is interesting that the outrage about this comes mostly from religious conservatives. Nobody in my social circles is estranged from their parents, because for the most part our parents were pretty loving and thoughtful and never got violent or coercive with us. Like -- maybe try that?
In memory and care and anger at the government for ignoring this disease and those living with it.
Since our fucking government isn’t observing World AIDS Day, I will. In 1990, I started taking care of people in the last stages of AIDS in their homes. I did this for nearly two years. The home care company I worked for had meetings for those of us who solely (or nearly solely) took care of PWAs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In memory and care and anger at the government for ignoring this disease and those living with it.
It’s World AIDS Day. I’m thinking of Toni, my beautiful and brilliant friend. Who are you remembering today?
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It’s World AIDS Day. I’m thinking of Toni, my beautiful and brilliant friend. Who are you remembering today?
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so I'm glad that this is getting more attention - the far right's obsession with the crusades is way more than just Hegseth's white supremacist tattoos
in this THREAD I'll collect some of my own recent work on how the American right has used the crusades
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in this THREAD I'll collect some of my own recent work on how the American right has used the crusades
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🧵 Every year since Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest event in Phoenix began, there has been an afterparty hosted by the Republicans for National Renewal fascists which brings together more of the extreme right that hangs around AmFest and multiple local elected officials. This year is no different…
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The Christmas Crusade
Join Republicans for National Renewal and NICO PAC for a fun night of conservative Christmas cheer.
DECEMBER 20TH, 2025
8:00-10:00 PM
VIP ENTRY BEGINS AT 7:30 PM
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![Special Guest
AZ Senate President Warren Petersen
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Republicans for National Renewal
[image of Warren Petersen surrounded by two crusader shields]
Join Republicans for National Renewal and NICO PAC for a fun night of conserative Christmas cheer
DECEMBER 20TH, 2025
8:00-10:00 PM
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![Special Guest
Representative Rachel Keshel
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Republicans for National Renewal
[image of Rachel Keshel surrounded by two crusader shields]
Join Republicans for National Renewal and NICO PAC for a fun night of conserative Christmas cheer
DECEMBER 20TH, 2025
8:00-10:00 PM
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![Special Guest
State House candidate David Rose
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Republicans for National Renewal
[image of David Rose surrounded by two crusader shields]
Join Republicans for National Renewal and NICO PAC for a fun night of conserative Christmas cheer
DECEMBER 20TH, 2025
8:00-10:00 PM
VIP ENTRY BEGIN
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December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
so I'm glad that this is getting more attention - the far right's obsession with the crusades is way more than just Hegseth's white supremacist tattoos
in this THREAD I'll collect some of my own recent work on how the American right has used the crusades
1/
in this THREAD I'll collect some of my own recent work on how the American right has used the crusades
1/
Quote with your current immature activity and imaginary age, and real age.
Anyone else spending a few extra days at their parents house after Thanksgiving and starting to feel like you’re regressing? Hi, I’m mildly stoned and watching Silicon Valley.
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Quote with your current immature activity and imaginary age, and real age.
Anyone else spending a few extra days at their parents house after Thanksgiving and starting to feel like you’re regressing? Hi, I’m mildly stoned and watching Silicon Valley.
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Anyone else spending a few extra days at their parents house after Thanksgiving and starting to feel like you’re regressing? Hi, I’m mildly stoned and watching Silicon Valley.
New restaurant in my home town makes a birria burrito that is wrapped in fried mozarella instead of tortilla. I may never return to the east coast.
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New restaurant in my home town makes a birria burrito that is wrapped in fried mozarella instead of tortilla. I may never return to the east coast.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
Grossest habit freelance writing has given me: saving receipts for travel to visit my ailing father because I’ll probably write about this. 🥴
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Grossest habit freelance writing has given me: saving receipts for travel to visit my ailing father because I’ll probably write about this. 🥴
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Portland residents in possession of a goose or duck should be aware that it is an infraction not to dress them in plaid with a little cap in the winter months. Penalty for noncompliance is in-person viewing of an entire city council meeting.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Portland residents in possession of a goose or duck should be aware that it is an infraction not to dress them in plaid with a little cap in the winter months. Penalty for noncompliance is in-person viewing of an entire city council meeting.
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This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse
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“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
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The Times adjusted it's headlines, but not until after other media started reporting the links as factual using the Times.
How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?
How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The Times adjusted it's headlines, but not until after other media started reporting the links as factual using the Times.
How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?
How comfortable should editors be with headlines that amplify the claims of an unverified claim, not subject to peer review, by a known vaccine skeptic?
I’d never zoomed in on this old picture from when I was 4 (so, 1969). Whose baseball card am I holding?
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’d never zoomed in on this old picture from when I was 4 (so, 1969). Whose baseball card am I holding?
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Trumpists often use this framing: if there is no specific law banning a government action, it is legal. It flies in the face of the constitutional principle of enumerated powers. And, it's complete bullshit.
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trumpists often use this framing: if there is no specific law banning a government action, it is legal. It flies in the face of the constitutional principle of enumerated powers. And, it's complete bullshit.
I agree and I’m rooting for Michigan
I'm sorry but the idea that Jeremiah Smith touchdown in OSU-Michigan should've been overturned on instant replay is a reflection of the decline of our society's crumbling moral standards.
A no-question touchdown for 100 years and only questioned because of slow-motion frame fucking.
A no-question touchdown for 100 years and only questioned because of slow-motion frame fucking.
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I agree and I’m rooting for Michigan
Rooting for Michigan but I’m thrilled by this new Bo Jackson.
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Rooting for Michigan but I’m thrilled by this new Bo Jackson.
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…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
This looks like a must-read.
“Patricia Lockwood’s force field of words…continues long after we have ceased to follow her thoughts, understand her connections, work out who she is talking to, or where in the world she has now landed.” —Frances Wilson
Hearing Your Ears Pop | Frances Wilson
In Patricia Lockwood’s latest novel, catching Covid intensifies her relationship to language.
www.nybooks.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This looks like a must-read.
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This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
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Happy day after Thanksgiving from this knit bear that my mom has been topping with hair brushed off her enormous fluffy cat.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happy day after Thanksgiving from this knit bear that my mom has been topping with hair brushed off her enormous fluffy cat.
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Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
Feeling proud?
@katekilla.bsky.social has swears! They've used 372 profanities in their last 5,033 posts.
🥇 "shit" (65 times)
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🥇 "shit" (65 times)
🥈 "fucking" (57 times)
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November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Feeling proud?
Ok @profanity.accountant please do your thing!
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ok @profanity.accountant please do your thing!