kat (she/they)
@katkale.bsky.social
library worker, reader, game enjoyer 🍉
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African people and Indigenous people were enslaved, trafficked, and forced into servitude by the colonists. That’s a key truth the Thanksgiving story erases.
The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History
“I’m not against giving thanks. I’m against celebrating a falsehood,” says Choctaw historian A. S. Dillingham.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
African people and Indigenous people were enslaved, trafficked, and forced into servitude by the colonists. That’s a key truth the Thanksgiving story erases.
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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You can’t mindlessly celebrate Thanksgiving. Or else, what you’re grateful for is the stealing, pillaging, and raping of my people’s homeland for your comfort.
America is grateful it’s never been caught. Never paid a price. Never had to reckon for its genocidal intent & disrespect of Mother Earth.
America is grateful it’s never been caught. Never paid a price. Never had to reckon for its genocidal intent & disrespect of Mother Earth.
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You can’t mindlessly celebrate Thanksgiving. Or else, what you’re grateful for is the stealing, pillaging, and raping of my people’s homeland for your comfort.
America is grateful it’s never been caught. Never paid a price. Never had to reckon for its genocidal intent & disrespect of Mother Earth.
America is grateful it’s never been caught. Never paid a price. Never had to reckon for its genocidal intent & disrespect of Mother Earth.
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sucks to suck. they’ve killed hundreds of thousands of children.
i won’t lose a second of sleep if they are sentenced to life in prison for violating every national security law in the book
i won’t lose a second of sleep if they are sentenced to life in prison for violating every national security law in the book
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
sucks to suck. they’ve killed hundreds of thousands of children.
i won’t lose a second of sleep if they are sentenced to life in prison for violating every national security law in the book
i won’t lose a second of sleep if they are sentenced to life in prison for violating every national security law in the book
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Lorelei Cloud was born 3 years before Native Americans living on tribal lands in Colorado were guaranteed the right to vote. She is now vice chair of the Southern Ute Tribe. “I don’t want future generations to have to deal with any of what we’ve had to.”
On Native Land, a New Push to Expand Voting Meets the Long Tail of State Violence
Ongoing negotiations between tribal leaders and Colorado officials may chart a new path for automatically registering Native voters and growing voter rolls nationwide. But first the state is having to confront a legacy of mistrust.
boltsmag.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Lorelei Cloud was born 3 years before Native Americans living on tribal lands in Colorado were guaranteed the right to vote. She is now vice chair of the Southern Ute Tribe. “I don’t want future generations to have to deal with any of what we’ve had to.”
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There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
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Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
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Based on our research (although this not mentioned cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...) and featuring data workers you should follow here including @kristap.bsky.social & @brookh.bsky.social!!
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Based on our research (although this not mentioned cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...) and featuring data workers you should follow here including @kristap.bsky.social & @brookh.bsky.social!!
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“ChatGPT, as it scales…becomes increasingly anti-black.”
Holy f@$k!
“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”
This whole video is jaw-dropping.
“ChatGPT exhibits the highest level of anti-Black racism ever experimentally recorded.”
This whole video is jaw-dropping.
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“ChatGPT, as it scales…becomes increasingly anti-black.”
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This is just to say
I have [fed AI]
the [poems]
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for [a new collection]
Forgive me
they were delicious
and [turned
the robot] so cold.
I have [fed AI]
the [poems]
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for [a new collection]
Forgive me
they were delicious
and [turned
the robot] so cold.
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is just to say
I have [fed AI]
the [poems]
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for [a new collection]
Forgive me
they were delicious
and [turned
the robot] so cold.
I have [fed AI]
the [poems]
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for [a new collection]
Forgive me
they were delicious
and [turned
the robot] so cold.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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They use any reason or method to steal indigenous people's children. Even creating laws and tests.
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
They use any reason or method to steal indigenous people's children. Even creating laws and tests.
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This made me laugh, it’s so good!
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This made me laugh, it’s so good!
Just finished The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social and oh my god is this how straight women feel when they read romantasy? Una is *incoherent lesbian noises*.
Between this and The Isle in the Silver Sea by @tashasuri.bsky.social I think I finally get the potential of romantasy. #booksky
Between this and The Isle in the Silver Sea by @tashasuri.bsky.social I think I finally get the potential of romantasy. #booksky
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Just finished The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social and oh my god is this how straight women feel when they read romantasy? Una is *incoherent lesbian noises*.
Between this and The Isle in the Silver Sea by @tashasuri.bsky.social I think I finally get the potential of romantasy. #booksky
Between this and The Isle in the Silver Sea by @tashasuri.bsky.social I think I finally get the potential of romantasy. #booksky
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So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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Yeah it seems like the best political move is to give into this guy
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Yeah it seems like the best political move is to give into this guy
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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"33 deaths so far this year in attacks against Christians in which religion was reported to play a role. The equivalent figure for Muslims is higher, 88 deaths... American humanitarian aid was [estimated as] saving about 270,000 lives a year in Nigeria."
Trump "has expressed such outrage at attacks on Christians in Nigeria that he has threatened military intervention there... but here’s the awkwardness: Trump’s aid cuts are killing far more Nigerian Christians than Islamic terrorists are." @nickkristof.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"33 deaths so far this year in attacks against Christians in which religion was reported to play a role. The equivalent figure for Muslims is higher, 88 deaths... American humanitarian aid was [estimated as] saving about 270,000 lives a year in Nigeria."
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Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it
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Amazing. Just such a tell.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Amazing. Just such a tell.
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Like I said... I assume NOTHING re: the NYC electorate except that folks usually live down to expectations. If you don't want Cuomo as Mayor then you need to get out to vote. Vote early if you can.
October 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Like I said... I assume NOTHING re: the NYC electorate except that folks usually live down to expectations. If you don't want Cuomo as Mayor then you need to get out to vote. Vote early if you can.