Kathy Fowler
@kathyfowlertx.bsky.social
Texan, librarian, worried about our democracy; Vancouver is one of my favorite places 👆🏻
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New to Bluesky. The vibe here is much better than the other site. 💙
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‘Collusion does not require a dictatorship’: István Szabó on his Nazi actor masterpiece Mephisto
‘Collusion does not require a dictatorship’: István Szabó on his Nazi actor masterpiece Mephisto
As his 1981 film is rereleased, the director talks about his Oscar-winning fable about an actor’s Faustian pact with the Nazi party – and its new relevance
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
‘Collusion does not require a dictatorship’: István Szabó on his Nazi actor masterpiece Mephisto
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If House Republicans want to “protect the innocence of children,” they should ban assault weapons — not healthcare.
Instead, they’re using the power of the federal government to bully trans kids in bathrooms, schools, and now doctors’ offices.
Instead, they’re using the power of the federal government to bully trans kids in bathrooms, schools, and now doctors’ offices.
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If House Republicans want to “protect the innocence of children,” they should ban assault weapons — not healthcare.
Instead, they’re using the power of the federal government to bully trans kids in bathrooms, schools, and now doctors’ offices.
Instead, they’re using the power of the federal government to bully trans kids in bathrooms, schools, and now doctors’ offices.
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Today, House Republicans wasted committee time targeting the Southern Poverty Law Center, going after the organization’s finances and ties to Democratic administrations.
It’s stunning hypocrisy coming from the party of the Koch brothers and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
It’s stunning hypocrisy coming from the party of the Koch brothers and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
December 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Today, House Republicans wasted committee time targeting the Southern Poverty Law Center, going after the organization’s finances and ties to Democratic administrations.
It’s stunning hypocrisy coming from the party of the Koch brothers and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
It’s stunning hypocrisy coming from the party of the Koch brothers and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
Losing Joe Ely and Raul Malo within a week is heartbreaking. I’m grateful we’ll always have his music. Condolences to his loved ones.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=68jE...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=68jE...
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Losing Joe Ely and Raul Malo within a week is heartbreaking. I’m grateful we’ll always have his music. Condolences to his loved ones.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=68jE...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=68jE...
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
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After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
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Rob Reiner — who was found dead along with his wife, Michele — cofounded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which led the fight against California's Prop. 8.
From @theadvocatebr.bsky.social:
From @theadvocatebr.bsky.social:
Rob Reiner was a fierce advocate for marriage equality
The esteemed filmmaker — who was found dead along with his wife, Michele — cofounded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which led the fight against California's Prop. 8.
19thnews.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Rob Reiner — who was found dead along with his wife, Michele — cofounded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which led the fight against California's Prop. 8.
From @theadvocatebr.bsky.social:
From @theadvocatebr.bsky.social:
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Rob Reiner had one of the most wide-ranging audiences of any American filmmaker. People rewatch his films with nostalgia and joy. They quote them with parents and pass them down to children.
Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.
Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Rob Reiner had one of the most wide-ranging audiences of any American filmmaker. People rewatch his films with nostalgia and joy. They quote them with parents and pass them down to children.
Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.
Ignore the other one's commentary. It's like a black hole commenting on the sun.
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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I think the same can be said for any university that offers/offered a diverse catalog of coursework to its students. There were no bogeymen there to begin with; their studies opened students’ minds to becoming the adults they were going to become.
But mostly there was a great big university where people were earnestly studying every field imaginable. It was a place that accommodated both the members of the Spartacus Youth League and the Porcellian Club.
December 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I think the same can be said for any university that offers/offered a diverse catalog of coursework to its students. There were no bogeymen there to begin with; their studies opened students’ minds to becoming the adults they were going to become.
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They are trying to kill us.
In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
They are trying to kill us.
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CONFIRMED: Doug Weiss, the candidate supported by Dems, has been elected mayor of Pflugerville, Texas. He beats the GOP-backed Pat McCord.
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
CONFIRMED: Doug Weiss, the candidate supported by Dems, has been elected mayor of Pflugerville, Texas. He beats the GOP-backed Pat McCord.
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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The reunion stations contain a microchip scanner and instructions to help reunite lost pets with their owners.
Williamson Co. shelter sets up stations to reunite lost pets with owners
The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter said it was distributing reunion stations aimed at reuniting lost pets with their families.
www.kxan.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The reunion stations contain a microchip scanner and instructions to help reunite lost pets with their owners.
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16-year-old cancer patient Mikaela Naylon spent her final days lobbying Congress for the pediatric cancer research Give Kids a Chance Act.
Now, it could finally pass.
Watch this from @samsteindc.bsky.social now.
Now, it could finally pass.
Watch this from @samsteindc.bsky.social now.
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
16-year-old cancer patient Mikaela Naylon spent her final days lobbying Congress for the pediatric cancer research Give Kids a Chance Act.
Now, it could finally pass.
Watch this from @samsteindc.bsky.social now.
Now, it could finally pass.
Watch this from @samsteindc.bsky.social now.
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Fun that we're talking about this on the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Fun that we're talking about this on the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack
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My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
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Trump spends $300 million on his ballroom, $172 million on Kristi Noem’s private jet, $10 million on promoting his own golf courses.
But working people have to pay more for health care.
Corruption. Plain and simple.
But working people have to pay more for health care.
Corruption. Plain and simple.
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Trump spends $300 million on his ballroom, $172 million on Kristi Noem’s private jet, $10 million on promoting his own golf courses.
But working people have to pay more for health care.
Corruption. Plain and simple.
But working people have to pay more for health care.
Corruption. Plain and simple.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM