@kayt81.bsky.social
Time-traveling swordswoman, maker of textiles from thread to garment (with never-too-many books), experimental horticulturalist.
I can kill you with my garden.
I can kill you with my garden.
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Fucking hell. The cherry on top of this hideous confection of race-baiting brutality is, of course, immigration agents targeting Native Americans. Say it slowly: Native Americans.
This isn't about immigration. It isn't even about immigrants. It's all raw white supremacy.
This isn't about immigration. It isn't even about immigrants. It's all raw white supremacy.
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Fucking hell. The cherry on top of this hideous confection of race-baiting brutality is, of course, immigration agents targeting Native Americans. Say it slowly: Native Americans.
This isn't about immigration. It isn't even about immigrants. It's all raw white supremacy.
This isn't about immigration. It isn't even about immigrants. It's all raw white supremacy.
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.
Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books
“But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.”
www.publicbooks.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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FOX GUEST: “Food prices are up. There’s nothing you can say about it.”
As Lawrence Jones tries to parrot Trump’s misleading lie 🤥 about Walmart’s Thanksgiving basket being cheaper — apparently not understanding it’s because this year it has LESS IN IT, AND CHEAPER STUFF.
As Lawrence Jones tries to parrot Trump’s misleading lie 🤥 about Walmart’s Thanksgiving basket being cheaper — apparently not understanding it’s because this year it has LESS IN IT, AND CHEAPER STUFF.
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
FOX GUEST: “Food prices are up. There’s nothing you can say about it.”
As Lawrence Jones tries to parrot Trump’s misleading lie 🤥 about Walmart’s Thanksgiving basket being cheaper — apparently not understanding it’s because this year it has LESS IN IT, AND CHEAPER STUFF.
As Lawrence Jones tries to parrot Trump’s misleading lie 🤥 about Walmart’s Thanksgiving basket being cheaper — apparently not understanding it’s because this year it has LESS IN IT, AND CHEAPER STUFF.
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As Republican TN-7 nominee Matt Van Epps boasts about Trump growing jobs, here’s the reality:
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
As Republican TN-7 nominee Matt Van Epps boasts about Trump growing jobs, here’s the reality:
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Speaking as a political historian, these are danged interesting times.
I’ll discuss some of this tomorrow AM on my podcast, “History Matters:”
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
I’ll discuss some of this tomorrow AM on my podcast, “History Matters:”
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Speaking as a political historian, these are danged interesting times.
I’ll discuss some of this tomorrow AM on my podcast, “History Matters:”
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
I’ll discuss some of this tomorrow AM on my podcast, “History Matters:”
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
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The administration has pulled the plug on IRS Direct File, a tool that helped eligible taxpayers file for free. This decision comes despite Direct File’s immense popularity with its users.
Direct File won’t happen in 2026, IRS tells states
The free service that allowed taxpayers to file online directly with the IRS was used by hundreds of thousands of taxpayers in 2024 and 2025, who gave it high marks — although tax prep companies and R...
www.nextgov.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The administration has pulled the plug on IRS Direct File, a tool that helped eligible taxpayers file for free. This decision comes despite Direct File’s immense popularity with its users.
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Friday on my live podcast History Matters:
What Did We Just Learn?
More than you might think.
In SO many ways.
Join us!
Friday 10AM EST
NCHEteach.org/conversations
What Did We Just Learn?
More than you might think.
In SO many ways.
Join us!
Friday 10AM EST
NCHEteach.org/conversations
Home
NCHEteach.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Friday on my live podcast History Matters:
What Did We Just Learn?
More than you might think.
In SO many ways.
Join us!
Friday 10AM EST
NCHEteach.org/conversations
What Did We Just Learn?
More than you might think.
In SO many ways.
Join us!
Friday 10AM EST
NCHEteach.org/conversations
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NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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📢 Here's your step-by-step to send a message to the Election Assistance Commission before today's deadline 🔗: https://bit.ly/42tPHua
We're standing against anti-voter bad actors aiming to require all individuals to show documents like a passport to #RegisterToVote using the EAC's federal form.
We're standing against anti-voter bad actors aiming to require all individuals to show documents like a passport to #RegisterToVote using the EAC's federal form.
October 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
📢 Here's your step-by-step to send a message to the Election Assistance Commission before today's deadline 🔗: https://bit.ly/42tPHua
We're standing against anti-voter bad actors aiming to require all individuals to show documents like a passport to #RegisterToVote using the EAC's federal form.
We're standing against anti-voter bad actors aiming to require all individuals to show documents like a passport to #RegisterToVote using the EAC's federal form.
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LAST CHANCE: Proponents of the anti-voter SAVE Act are pressuring the Election Assistance Commission to require documents like a passport in order to register to vote. Tell the Commission: Don’t make it harder for Americans to cast a ballot bit.ly/4ngSyyl
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
LAST CHANCE: Proponents of the anti-voter SAVE Act are pressuring the Election Assistance Commission to require documents like a passport in order to register to vote. Tell the Commission: Don’t make it harder for Americans to cast a ballot bit.ly/4ngSyyl
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October 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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if we'd treated their obvious baldfaced lies and deflections more like this over the past eight years maybe we wouldn't be in this situation
shocking how easy it is when you actually see it done
shocking how easy it is when you actually see it done
STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.
VANCE: No, George, I sai--
STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back
VANCE: No, George, I sai--
STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back
October 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
if we'd treated their obvious baldfaced lies and deflections more like this over the past eight years maybe we wouldn't be in this situation
shocking how easy it is when you actually see it done
shocking how easy it is when you actually see it done
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Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.
My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.
My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.
My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.
My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.
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Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.
October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Easily, his most elaborate and destructive distraction from #TheEPSEIN_Files... yet.
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Please hear this: nonviolent resistance is powerfully subversive. The regime is DESPERATE for us to either
1. commit violence, or
2. cower and obey.
Either will suit their ends. So we give them neither. We subvert their paradigm and engage in nonviolent, disruptive resistance strategies.
1. commit violence, or
2. cower and obey.
Either will suit their ends. So we give them neither. We subvert their paradigm and engage in nonviolent, disruptive resistance strategies.
September 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Please hear this: nonviolent resistance is powerfully subversive. The regime is DESPERATE for us to either
1. commit violence, or
2. cower and obey.
Either will suit their ends. So we give them neither. We subvert their paradigm and engage in nonviolent, disruptive resistance strategies.
1. commit violence, or
2. cower and obey.
Either will suit their ends. So we give them neither. We subvert their paradigm and engage in nonviolent, disruptive resistance strategies.
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Please, take 15 minutes to listen to Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social speaking "On Silencing Opposition."
Rosie offers a few peeps. 🦜
Joanne, I have a couple of "blank mugs" and I am pulling out china markers. ☕️🖌
youtu.be/dRgjGsBYwxo?...
Rosie offers a few peeps. 🦜
Joanne, I have a couple of "blank mugs" and I am pulling out china markers. ☕️🖌
youtu.be/dRgjGsBYwxo?...
On Silencing Opposition
YouTube video by National Council for History Education
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Please, take 15 minutes to listen to Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social speaking "On Silencing Opposition."
Rosie offers a few peeps. 🦜
Joanne, I have a couple of "blank mugs" and I am pulling out china markers. ☕️🖌
youtu.be/dRgjGsBYwxo?...
Rosie offers a few peeps. 🦜
Joanne, I have a couple of "blank mugs" and I am pulling out china markers. ☕️🖌
youtu.be/dRgjGsBYwxo?...
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Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
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Almost everything I’ve ever written is in this database! Books. Articles. Book chapters. Book Reviews. For crying out loud!
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Almost everything I’ve ever written is in this database! Books. Articles. Book chapters. Book Reviews. For crying out loud!
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.