Katie
@katiealbitz.bsky.social
Writing about the narratives that shape US child care policy. Fighting for universal child care.
linktr.ee/katiealbitz
linktr.ee/katiealbitz
Pinned
Katie
@katiealbitz.bsky.social
· Oct 22
When this is over
Recently, I’ve had a couple conversations about threats to child care, children, families, and educators abruptly cut short by someone interjecting that it is equally important to lay the groundwork f...
open.substack.com
On those who yearn for "when this is all over" in the passive voice, "finding common ground" with so-called family values Republicans, and the valorization of incrementalism.
open.substack.com/pub/katiealb...
open.substack.com/pub/katiealb...
Already seeing really nasty posts not show solidarity to other cities and imply they could have gotten out of immense pain and harm if their mayors and governors "just did what Mamdani did" and "just played the game."
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Already seeing really nasty posts not show solidarity to other cities and imply they could have gotten out of immense pain and harm if their mayors and governors "just did what Mamdani did" and "just played the game."
Every time I see a study trying to use AI to improve early childhood development it seems designed as a desperate wish for AI to be useful to a field where it has no practical application and likely never will. Secondarily, a grasp for funding in the over-funded shiny object of optimizing childhood.
“This study is trying to understand how we can leverage AI and machine-learning principles to improve recognition for toddlers and preschoolers.”
Canadian researchers look into how AI can better understand toddler talk like 'doodidees' | CBC News
Two researchers at Western University in London, Ont., are studying how to improve the way artificial intelligence understands toddlers' speaking patterns. They're recruiting preschool-age children to...
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Every time I see a study trying to use AI to improve early childhood development it seems designed as a desperate wish for AI to be useful to a field where it has no practical application and likely never will. Secondarily, a grasp for funding in the over-funded shiny object of optimizing childhood.
some weeks are years
Marjorie Taylor Greene just announced she's leaving Congress
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
some weeks are years
I wonder if he had to practice the smile that is simultaneously convincingly happy to a very old man and also conveys to everyone else that he hates him and everything he stands for. He's not smizing.
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I wonder if he had to practice the smile that is simultaneously convincingly happy to a very old man and also conveys to everyone else that he hates him and everything he stands for. He's not smizing.
Reposted by Katie
The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
Reposted by Katie
this feels genuinely historic-levels of bizarre
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
this feels genuinely historic-levels of bizarre
This is why I said there's no path to achieving socialist goals like Medicare for All if Jeffries becomes speaker btw
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is why I said there's no path to achieving socialist goals like Medicare for All if Jeffries becomes speaker btw
Reposted by Katie
we have PrEP because of these monkey studies. animal welfare in medical research is extremely strictly limited and regulated to ensure ethical use. there is no replacement for these animal models in biomedical research.
EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
we have PrEP because of these monkey studies. animal welfare in medical research is extremely strictly limited and regulated to ensure ethical use. there is no replacement for these animal models in biomedical research.
Rep Velazquez has been a tremendous champion for universal child care, even when our state work had no traction at the federal level. She has consistently used her influence to urge Governor Hochul to do the right thing for the child care workforce. I'm so grateful for her leadership.
Breaking News: Nydia Velázquez, a Democratic trailblazer and 16-term New York congresswoman, announced she will retire next year.
Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year
Ms. Velázquez, 72, a 16-term congresswoman, said it was time for a new generation of Democrats to step forward.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Rep Velazquez has been a tremendous champion for universal child care, even when our state work had no traction at the federal level. She has consistently used her influence to urge Governor Hochul to do the right thing for the child care workforce. I'm so grateful for her leadership.
Reposted by Katie
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
Reposted by Katie
people keep saying ACA is the best we can do and i keep thinking they're intellectual frauds and moral cowards
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
people keep saying ACA is the best we can do and i keep thinking they're intellectual frauds and moral cowards
It's so unfathomable that this will probably pass by like it never happened.
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's so unfathomable that this will probably pass by like it never happened.
Reposted by Katie
he is also copying policies from some other campaign, referring to my Manhattan district as “the American Southwest”.
I’m sorry but he seems to have zero interest in actual local issues which is a massive red flag for me
I’m sorry but he seems to have zero interest in actual local issues which is a massive red flag for me
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
he is also copying policies from some other campaign, referring to my Manhattan district as “the American Southwest”.
I’m sorry but he seems to have zero interest in actual local issues which is a massive red flag for me
I’m sorry but he seems to have zero interest in actual local issues which is a massive red flag for me
Josh Riley won't have town halls for his constituents in Binghamton or Ithaca, won't respond to our concerns, and took advantage of the people who knocked on doors for him. He doesn't care about his base. He's done exactly what Anthony Brinidisi did to become a one term member.
“Upstate New York has a deep tradition of folks looking out for one another—and that’s exactly what Ground Truth is all about.”
Rep. Josh Riley (NY-19) is right & the Swing Left community is already having one-on-one conversations to connect with swing district voters and help flip the House.
Rep. Josh Riley (NY-19) is right & the Swing Left community is already having one-on-one conversations to connect with swing district voters and help flip the House.
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Josh Riley won't have town halls for his constituents in Binghamton or Ithaca, won't respond to our concerns, and took advantage of the people who knocked on doors for him. He doesn't care about his base. He's done exactly what Anthony Brinidisi did to become a one term member.
Reposted by Katie
Congressman Josh Riley has refused to reschedule a public appearance with Tompkins County Democrats after he canceled the County Democrats' BBQ this summer.
Josh Riley found time to meet with a group of pro-Terawulf data center Republicans from Lansing, including the guys who tried to unseat Dems.
Josh Riley found time to meet with a group of pro-Terawulf data center Republicans from Lansing, including the guys who tried to unseat Dems.
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Congressman Josh Riley has refused to reschedule a public appearance with Tompkins County Democrats after he canceled the County Democrats' BBQ this summer.
Josh Riley found time to meet with a group of pro-Terawulf data center Republicans from Lansing, including the guys who tried to unseat Dems.
Josh Riley found time to meet with a group of pro-Terawulf data center Republicans from Lansing, including the guys who tried to unseat Dems.
Reposted by Katie
Any time XX Democrats vote with Republicans to do something heinous and anti-democratic, a certain group of insider-y establishment heads will go "uh well 200 Republicans voted for it and that's worse!"
Great, so we agree, all of these people should lose their jobs.
Great, so we agree, all of these people should lose their jobs.
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Any time XX Democrats vote with Republicans to do something heinous and anti-democratic, a certain group of insider-y establishment heads will go "uh well 200 Republicans voted for it and that's worse!"
Great, so we agree, all of these people should lose their jobs.
Great, so we agree, all of these people should lose their jobs.
Reposted by Katie
The Democrats who keep voting to make Trump (and even themselves) king of DC should be banned from any pro-democracy protest because they are not, in fact, pro-democracy or anti-Trump.
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The Democrats who keep voting to make Trump (and even themselves) king of DC should be banned from any pro-democracy protest because they are not, in fact, pro-democracy or anti-Trump.
As I said earlier, this was Stefanik as a NY Republican litigating New York bullshit through imposing authoritarianism on DC and of course all of our worst Dems went right along with it.
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
As I said earlier, this was Stefanik as a NY Republican litigating New York bullshit through imposing authoritarianism on DC and of course all of our worst Dems went right along with it.
Reposted by Katie
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
Reposted by Katie
Another odd vote: Nancy Mace (R-SC) brought a resolution to censure Cory Mills (R-FL) and remove him from two committees due to his violence against a pair of women. Mills asked for the resolution to be referred (tabled) and over half the Dems agreed. It has been tabled 309-104-12
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Another odd vote: Nancy Mace (R-SC) brought a resolution to censure Cory Mills (R-FL) and remove him from two committees due to his violence against a pair of women. Mills asked for the resolution to be referred (tabled) and over half the Dems agreed. It has been tabled 309-104-12
Reposted by Katie
By a vote of 233-190, a bill to repeal over 90% of DC's 2022 police reforms passes the House 233-190.
20 Democratic members of the House voted yea. Waiting for the roll call to find out who.
20 Democratic members of the House voted yea. Waiting for the roll call to find out who.
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
By a vote of 233-190, a bill to repeal over 90% of DC's 2022 police reforms passes the House 233-190.
20 Democratic members of the House voted yea. Waiting for the roll call to find out who.
20 Democratic members of the House voted yea. Waiting for the roll call to find out who.
Reposted by Katie
I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
I should not have to shield my eyes while I drive by a stopped police car, that is exactly the opposite of what they want me to do! the cadence of the flickering is a nightmare.
Cop cars in particular. I get auras from their flashing lights these days. I suspect that means they can cause seizures too.
It is genuinely insane how bright and distracting car lights are now
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I should not have to shield my eyes while I drive by a stopped police car, that is exactly the opposite of what they want me to do! the cadence of the flickering is a nightmare.