Kate Lavery
@katelavery.bsky.social
When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist - the Norwegian Nobel Committee
If you have time to handicap the 2028 election you probably have your priorities wrong.
If you have time to handicap the 2028 election you probably have your priorities wrong.
Every. Fucking. Year.
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Every. Fucking. Year.
Thanks for replying - it's not a chat message or a reply tho, & they're not following me, and it doesn't indicate a reply, as it did f.e. when you replied just now. I've been just blocking as I go but I can't figure out how they're getting into my notifications in the first place!
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thanks for replying - it's not a chat message or a reply tho, & they're not following me, and it doesn't indicate a reply, as it did f.e. when you replied just now. I've been just blocking as I go but I can't figure out how they're getting into my notifications in the first place!
Bunch of vets trying to whitewash Bradley as some strac by the book rules guy, but get real - when they forced Holsey out for pushing back on the war crimin', you think it was an accident they hand-picked a GWOT Special Ops/JSOC guy with god knows how much blood on his hands to do their dirty work?
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Bunch of vets trying to whitewash Bradley as some strac by the book rules guy, but get real - when they forced Holsey out for pushing back on the war crimin', you think it was an accident they hand-picked a GWOT Special Ops/JSOC guy with god knows how much blood on his hands to do their dirty work?
I miss frozen Lake Harriet!
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I miss frozen Lake Harriet!
Pressing question for the NYT Editor in Chief: How do you find time to care for yourself? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Pressing question for the NYT Editor in Chief: How do you find time to care for yourself? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
NYT on a bit of a roll today, NGL. Editor-in-Chief took the weekend off?
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
NYT on a bit of a roll today, NGL. Editor-in-Chief took the weekend off?
In case anyone was randomly curious about when "DMV" (DC/ Maryland/ Virginia) caught on as a nickname for the DC Metro area it was around 2010, according to a WaPo article by Paul Farhi
www.newspapers.com/image-view/5...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In case anyone was randomly curious about when "DMV" (DC/ Maryland/ Virginia) caught on as a nickname for the DC Metro area it was around 2010, according to a WaPo article by Paul Farhi
www.newspapers.com/image-view/5...
www.newspapers.com/image-view/5...
Emergency pre-snowstorm hay delivery
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Emergency pre-snowstorm hay delivery
What Reddit thinks is a Mid-Century Modern Christmas tree
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An actual Mid-Century Modern Christmas tree ⬇️
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An actual Mid-Century Modern Christmas tree ⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
What Reddit thinks is a Mid-Century Modern Christmas tree
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An actual Mid-Century Modern Christmas tree ⬇️
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An actual Mid-Century Modern Christmas tree ⬇️
Bsky "similar accounts" feature trying to tell me something?
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Bsky "similar accounts" feature trying to tell me something?
One thing I've always missed since switching from Twitter to Bluesky is the ability to glance at your feed and instantly get a snapshot of what's happening right now in the world. But Bluesky's getting better at that. Whoever JJ McCarthy is, he's doing something very bad right now.
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One thing I've always missed since switching from Twitter to Bluesky is the ability to glance at your feed and instantly get a snapshot of what's happening right now in the world. But Bluesky's getting better at that. Whoever JJ McCarthy is, he's doing something very bad right now.
Couple of issues with the NYT piece, although the first one has been consistent across all the sources I've seen up to now: A "SWAT team" is at least 12 SAs. 2 SWAT Agents don't make a SWAT team. It's still wrong, but the implication had been that the office's entire SWAT team was being diverted.
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Couple of issues with the NYT piece, although the first one has been consistent across all the sources I've seen up to now: A "SWAT team" is at least 12 SAs. 2 SWAT Agents don't make a SWAT team. It's still wrong, but the implication had been that the office's entire SWAT team was being diverted.
Trying to watch a Hallmark Christmas movie and remembered that I can never watch Hallmark Christmas movies because even though I'm a closet romantic I get derailed imagining what that much foundation is going to do to that white scarf.
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Trying to watch a Hallmark Christmas movie and remembered that I can never watch Hallmark Christmas movies because even though I'm a closet romantic I get derailed imagining what that much foundation is going to do to that white scarf.
I didn't even see it so thanks for making my point.
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I didn't even see it so thanks for making my point.
Now come on - I'm sure they would have but there just wasn't room
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Now come on - I'm sure they would have but there just wasn't room
OK next - Baylor, it's 2025, you still going with this "Lady Bears" thing?
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
OK next - Baylor, it's 2025, you still going with this "Lady Bears" thing?
Patel promising the field could set their own investigative/resource allocation priorities played well with the rank and file, resentful over HQ making the field justify deviating from national priorities. So SACs gave Patel the "benefit of the doubt." Now half their Agents are working for ICE.
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Patel promising the field could set their own investigative/resource allocation priorities played well with the rank and file, resentful over HQ making the field justify deviating from national priorities. So SACs gave Patel the "benefit of the doubt." Now half their Agents are working for ICE.
Gift article: Agent fired by Patel for pride flag had been given the flag by an FBI LA manager to recognize him for his diversity contributions - it had previously been flown during Pride Month outside the LA federal building.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Gift article: Agent fired by Patel for pride flag had been given the flag by an FBI LA manager to recognize him for his diversity contributions - it had previously been flown during Pride Month outside the LA federal building.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Even the Daily Mail getting a little salty about MBS today
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Even the Daily Mail getting a little salty about MBS today
Trump is happiest with his own kind - thugs, bullies, pimps, and murderers
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Trump is happiest with his own kind - thugs, bullies, pimps, and murderers
It's a fair answer but I wish she didn't make it about her. I also wish she remembered how powerfully a strong candidate can shift public opinion. The percentage who said America was ready for a Black President climbed from 62% in Dec 2007 to 76% in Apr 2008, as her husband's candidacy surged.
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's a fair answer but I wish she didn't make it about her. I also wish she remembered how powerfully a strong candidate can shift public opinion. The percentage who said America was ready for a Black President climbed from 62% in Dec 2007 to 76% in Apr 2008, as her husband's candidacy surged.
Muted 4 accounts already today and it's only 8:00
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Muted 4 accounts already today and it's only 8:00
Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland feeling the heat in the Norwegian press today
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland feeling the heat in the Norwegian press today