Kathie Friedman-Kasaba
@kathiefriedman.bsky.social
Immigration & Refugee Studies at University of WA. Author of “The Lucky Escape: What Happens When International Humanitarianism Fails” in Care in a Time of Humanitarianism (2024). Also love cooking, mysteries, cats, and Detroit
When Victims Become Killers—dedicated to Zohran
November 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
When Victims Become Killers—dedicated to Zohran
Reposted by Kathie Friedman-Kasaba
Here's how they did the whistles, which include a pamphlet with code for "Alert: ICE in the area" (beep beep beep) and "ICE detaining an neighbor, please come form a crowd" (beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep) blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/h...
Hundreds Pack 'Whistlemania' Events To Fight ICE In Chicago: 'We Have To Stand Up For One Another'
Hundreds of neighbors joined Whistlemania events in seven neighborhoods to assemble whistle kits that alert when immigration agents are nearby.
blockclubchicago.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Here's how they did the whistles, which include a pamphlet with code for "Alert: ICE in the area" (beep beep beep) and "ICE detaining an neighbor, please come form a crowd" (beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep) blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/15/h...
Reposted by Kathie Friedman-Kasaba
My advice for journalists & election officials: “Think thru possible rumors that might emerge in upcoming elections, identify the misunderstandings those rumors rely upon, & develop [and] deploy prebunking messaging that helps fill in conceptual gaps these rumors & intentional falsehoods exploit.”
August 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My advice for journalists & election officials: “Think thru possible rumors that might emerge in upcoming elections, identify the misunderstandings those rumors rely upon, & develop [and] deploy prebunking messaging that helps fill in conceptual gaps these rumors & intentional falsehoods exploit.”
Cannot drink coffee anymore. So a cup of green tea w/ginger in the morning, then 1-2 cups of hot chai (plain without sugar) in the afternoon, and some kind of herbal tea like ginger or rooibus chai at night.
August 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Cannot drink coffee anymore. So a cup of green tea w/ginger in the morning, then 1-2 cups of hot chai (plain without sugar) in the afternoon, and some kind of herbal tea like ginger or rooibus chai at night.
Reposted by Kathie Friedman-Kasaba
It’s easier to tell the story of canceled grants, but the impact of the grants that will never be awarded is going to be far more damaging, especially for junior researchers and sustaining research pipelines.
April 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It’s easier to tell the story of canceled grants, but the impact of the grants that will never be awarded is going to be far more damaging, especially for junior researchers and sustaining research pipelines.
Reposted by Kathie Friedman-Kasaba
Here’s an article we wrote explaining how we’re misinformed by both bad facts AND faulty frames: www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/06/r...
Facts, frames, and (mis)interpretations: Understanding rumors as collective sensemaking
The communicative solution to pervasive misinformation is not better facts, but better frames.
www.cip.uw.edu
April 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here’s an article we wrote explaining how we’re misinformed by both bad facts AND faulty frames: www.cip.uw.edu/2023/12/06/r...
Reposted by Kathie Friedman-Kasaba
Everything looks like a conspiracy when you (and your audience) don’t know how anything works.
March 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Everything looks like a conspiracy when you (and your audience) don’t know how anything works.