Kate Starbird
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
Ruby on driftwood in the early afternoon sun.
October 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ruby on driftwood in the early afternoon sun.
Our paper documents some of the history of that chart, including the many edits that it underwent as its initial creators and the Trump team made adjustments to sharpen the message, shift the framing, obscure some of the data, and (ultimately) mislead audiences:
October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Our paper documents some of the history of that chart, including the many edits that it underwent as its initial creators and the Trump team made adjustments to sharpen the message, shift the framing, obscure some of the data, and (ultimately) mislead audiences:
The Washington Post opinion section is a thing to behold today. (Don't worry, I canceled my subscription, but old habits die hard, and I tend to still navigate to their front page during my news reading in the morning.)
October 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Washington Post opinion section is a thing to behold today. (Don't worry, I canceled my subscription, but old habits die hard, and I tend to still navigate to their front page during my news reading in the morning.)
Bergen, Norway. Here for the CSCW conference, where I get to cheer on students & colleagues presenting research on: online influence, participatory disinformation, manipulated sensemaking, deep storytelling, visual propaganda, and dealing with all the public records requests for doing this research.
October 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Bergen, Norway. Here for the CSCW conference, where I get to cheer on students & colleagues presenting research on: online influence, participatory disinformation, manipulated sensemaking, deep storytelling, visual propaganda, and dealing with all the public records requests for doing this research.
The folks who manage our building put a flyer in the elevator every week. Along with the weekly weather and notes about building rules being broken, they often add a quote. This is one I snapshotted a few weeks ago:
September 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The folks who manage our building put a flyer in the elevator every week. Along with the weekly weather and notes about building rules being broken, they often add a quote. This is one I snapshotted a few weeks ago:
Photo from Seattle of smoke building over the Olympics.
September 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Photo from Seattle of smoke building over the Olympics.
My second best girl, taking a quick break from another magical performance on the field this morning. She was 30 for 30 on her catches and retrievals. And 100% cute. Also managed to restrain herself from running away to greet other dogs. I couldn’t be more proud.
September 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
My second best girl, taking a quick break from another magical performance on the field this morning. She was 30 for 30 on her catches and retrievals. And 100% cute. Also managed to restrain herself from running away to greet other dogs. I couldn’t be more proud.
But of course...
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
But of course...
Reflecting (in late Aug 2025) on Seattle at sunset, DC under occupation, and how targeted cities around the country need to plan to fight back — both against the propaganda justifying occupation and the occupation itself: www.facebook.com/share/p/15C8...
(Using FB to reach my Seattle network.)
(Using FB to reach my Seattle network.)
August 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reflecting (in late Aug 2025) on Seattle at sunset, DC under occupation, and how targeted cities around the country need to plan to fight back — both against the propaganda justifying occupation and the occupation itself: www.facebook.com/share/p/15C8...
(Using FB to reach my Seattle network.)
(Using FB to reach my Seattle network.)
Seattle waterfront at sunset.
August 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Seattle waterfront at sunset.
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
August 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
Here’s them waiting for me to arrive…
August 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Here’s them waiting for me to arrive…
Went to the Storm-Fever game this afternoon and, for my 50th birthday surprise, my wife raided my storage bins and gave everyone in my family an old jersey of mine to wear and OMG:
August 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Went to the Storm-Fever game this afternoon and, for my 50th birthday surprise, my wife raided my storage bins and gave everyone in my family an old jersey of mine to wear and OMG:
Spent Saturday night line dancing with friends and family.
August 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Spent Saturday night line dancing with friends and family.
Took a day trip Friday to Whidbey island with my besties, my wife, and my dog.
August 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Took a day trip Friday to Whidbey island with my besties, my wife, and my dog.
Ruby, a labradoodle, cooling herself on the wet sand and seaweed, after a dozen or so ball throws/retrievals on the beach at Whidbey island yesterday.
August 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Ruby, a labradoodle, cooling herself on the wet sand and seaweed, after a dozen or so ball throws/retrievals on the beach at Whidbey island yesterday.
Graff, quoting Louis Fischer: “He [Hitler] would destroy democracy. Yet democracy tolerated him and helped him take office in order to destroy democracy. This peaceful death of German democracy is one of the strangest chapters in history.”
August 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Graff, quoting Louis Fischer: “He [Hitler] would destroy democracy. Yet democracy tolerated him and helped him take office in order to destroy democracy. This peaceful death of German democracy is one of the strangest chapters in history.”
Oh yay! Look what BlueSky gave me for my birthday:
July 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Oh yay! Look what BlueSky gave me for my birthday:
For the occasion (of my 50th birthday), my wife posted some old photos of me on her Instagram. This is my favorite. It's me 20 years ago, in Sevilla. We spent about a month touring the south of Spain after my final basketball season there.
July 31, 2025 at 4:10 AM
For the occasion (of my 50th birthday), my wife posted some old photos of me on her Instagram. This is my favorite. It's me 20 years ago, in Sevilla. We spent about a month touring the south of Spain after my final basketball season there.
Happy birthday to ME!
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Happy birthday to ME!
Here are @BennyJohnson's Epstein X posts. He does share one Epstein post after the July 18th downshift, but it's a pro-Bondi (and implicitly pro-Trump) post celebrating her "unprecedented move" (implying transparency). See alt-text for full content of that most recent post.
July 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here are @BennyJohnson's Epstein X posts. He does share one Epstein post after the July 18th downshift, but it's a pro-Bondi (and implicitly pro-Trump) post celebrating her "unprecedented move" (implying transparency). See alt-text for full content of that most recent post.
Here's James O'Keefe. His last 'Epstein' post in our data is from July 18 at ~11:30pm ET, where he is criticizing the DOJ for its lack of transparency. Check the alt text for the full content of that post, including a link.
July 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Here's James O'Keefe. His last 'Epstein' post in our data is from July 18 at ~11:30pm ET, where he is criticizing the DOJ for its lack of transparency. Check the alt text for the full content of that post, including a link.
Similarly, here's a view featuring X posts from influencer @RightWingApes (in red). The last 'Epstein' tweet from Mr. Apes is on the 15th.
July 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Similarly, here's a view featuring X posts from influencer @RightWingApes (in red). The last 'Epstein' tweet from Mr. Apes is on the 15th.
For example, here is a view highlighting the X posts from @GenFlynn (in red) and featuring his last post (in our data) on July 16 ~12:30pm. Check the alt text in the image for more detail about the featured post, including a link.
July 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
For example, here is a view highlighting the X posts from @GenFlynn (in red) and featuring his last post (in our data) on July 16 ~12:30pm. Check the alt text in the image for more detail about the featured post, including a link.