Kate Drabinski
@kdrabinski.bsky.social
Bicyclist, reader, teacher bee
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
Just approved time entry, there’s no stopping me now! #actingchair
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just approved time entry, there’s no stopping me now! #actingchair
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You really do have to be willing to be part of making the thing that you say other people must make or do. That's just basic at this point. [feel free to rage about this on your own timeline not in my mentions]
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You really do have to be willing to be part of making the thing that you say other people must make or do. That's just basic at this point. [feel free to rage about this on your own timeline not in my mentions]
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Back when we had shame in the world, you wouldn't see a President fight so hard to starve Americans.
The Trump administration turns to Supreme Court to block order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments. apnews.com/article/snap...
Trump admin asks Supreme Court to halt order providing full SNAP payments for November
A federal appeals court leaves an order in place that requires President Donald Trump’s administration to provide full SNAP food benefits for November amid a U.S. government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Back when we had shame in the world, you wouldn't see a President fight so hard to starve Americans.
In which I am grateful for my new-ish bike commute through West Baltimore, learn that only starlings technically murmurate, and am grateful to get to know these streets better. whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2025/11/05/b...
Building Obscured by Trees and Vines at Fremont & Lafayette
I ride my bike all the time, but the most consistent riding I do is my commute. I ride the same way, day after day, for years. In New Orleans I rode between the Garden District and the Tremé so man…
whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In which I am grateful for my new-ish bike commute through West Baltimore, learn that only starlings technically murmurate, and am grateful to get to know these streets better. whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2025/11/05/b...
In which I check out "Perkins Square," think about housing prices and development and displacement, and then ride over to Patterson Park, Canton Waterfront Park, and then north until North, flying down the bus/bike lane all the way home. whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2025/11/02/f...
Fall Tree Against a Backdrop of Blue Skies and Construction at Bank & Caroline
I had the time, energy, and weather for a bike ride today, and wow, it had been a long time since I got to do that. I started with a quick ride down the hill to meet friends for brunch, in celebrat…
whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
In which I check out "Perkins Square," think about housing prices and development and displacement, and then ride over to Patterson Park, Canton Waterfront Park, and then north until North, flying down the bus/bike lane all the way home. whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2025/11/02/f...
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
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the one true oped www.news-leader.com/story/opinio...
Becky Sauerbrunn: Let Missouri trans girls and women play
Those claiming to be concerned about women's sports should focus on real issues like unequal pay, Missouri Olympian Becky Sauerbrunn writes.
www.news-leader.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
the one true oped www.news-leader.com/story/opinio...
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Holy - and I don’t say this lightly - guacamole.
October 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Holy - and I don’t say this lightly - guacamole.
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I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.
Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
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Whoa what if you came to @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social’s book talk at @redemmas.org next Thursday? withfriends.co/event/233832...
10/16 - Book launch: Joshua Clark Davis presents "Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back" in conversation w/Judy Richardson by Red Em...
Get tickets and support Red Emma's by becoming a member
withfriends.co
October 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Whoa what if you came to @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social’s book talk at @redemmas.org next Thursday? withfriends.co/event/233832...
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The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.
He said this out loud.
He said this out loud.
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The president said, in a televised speech, that he's sending his new, less restrained, more violent military into US cities to practice their brutality on immigrants and minorities, to better train them to apply that brutality to other countries.
He said this out loud.
He said this out loud.
Just bananas.
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Just bananas.
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"The league believes it succeeds despite its players, not because of them."
Switch "players" for "workers" and "the league" for "the library" or "the coffee shop" or "the hospital"or "the school" and Napheesa Collier speaks for all of us.
www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/ly...
Switch "players" for "workers" and "the league" for "the library" or "the coffee shop" or "the hospital"or "the school" and Napheesa Collier speaks for all of us.
www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/ly...
Lynx's Napheesa Collier blasts WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert: 'We have the worst leadership in the world'
The Lynx star went scorched earth on the WNBA commish in her exit interview
www.cbssports.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"The league believes it succeeds despite its players, not because of them."
Switch "players" for "workers" and "the league" for "the library" or "the coffee shop" or "the hospital"or "the school" and Napheesa Collier speaks for all of us.
www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/ly...
Switch "players" for "workers" and "the league" for "the library" or "the coffee shop" or "the hospital"or "the school" and Napheesa Collier speaks for all of us.
www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/ly...
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In the dark dark tragicomedy of the second Trump term, the State Department described a call to not kill people incendiary, reckless, and inciting violent.
Violence is not violence, only nonviolence is violence.
Violence is not violence, only nonviolence is violence.
September 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In the dark dark tragicomedy of the second Trump term, the State Department described a call to not kill people incendiary, reckless, and inciting violent.
Violence is not violence, only nonviolence is violence.
Violence is not violence, only nonviolence is violence.
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The president is boasting about how he has shut down boating and fishing in the Caribbean because everyone is afraid that he’ll murder them.
Trump: "We're seeing that there are no ships in the ocean anymore ... no there are no boats. I wonder why? Meaning, no drugs are coming across. Probably stopping some fishermen too. To be honest, if I were a fisherman, I wouldn't want to go fishing either. 'Maybe they think I have drugs downstairs'"
September 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The president is boasting about how he has shut down boating and fishing in the Caribbean because everyone is afraid that he’ll murder them.
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Remember this when you come at us with vote Newsome no matter what because no
Political violence is abhorrent. I have not celebrated Kirk's death.
But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.
But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.
September 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Remember this when you come at us with vote Newsome no matter what because no
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Anybody else thinking about Melissa Hortman and her husband right now?
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Anybody else thinking about Melissa Hortman and her husband right now?
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No solidarity. Reporters let Trump talk this way to a woman reporter and then clamor to get their own question answered. He used to do it to April Ryan, Yamiche Alcindor and Abby Phillip.
And that’s why he controls media. No solidarity.
And that’s why he controls media. No solidarity.
Trump tells a reporter who asks him about going to war with American cities to “be quiet” and “listen”
September 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
No solidarity. Reporters let Trump talk this way to a woman reporter and then clamor to get their own question answered. He used to do it to April Ryan, Yamiche Alcindor and Abby Phillip.
And that’s why he controls media. No solidarity.
And that’s why he controls media. No solidarity.
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The Onion News Network truck will be driving around Chicago today, including a protest downtown, delivering pivotal ICE coverage to our neighbors.
If you spot it, please let us know.
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September 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Onion News Network truck will be driving around Chicago today, including a protest downtown, delivering pivotal ICE coverage to our neighbors.
If you spot it, please let us know.
In the meantime, subscribe to The Onion.
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If you spot it, please let us know.
In the meantime, subscribe to The Onion.
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I am watching Predator and the troops on the streets of DC are wearing the same amount of gear as the guys in Predator
August 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I am watching Predator and the troops on the streets of DC are wearing the same amount of gear as the guys in Predator
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Women's Studies Quarterly is seeking new general co-editors! Maybe this is you?
www.feministpress.org/news/call-fo...
www.feministpress.org/news/call-fo...
Call for New WSQ Editors — Feminist Press
WSQ ( Women’s Studies Quarterly ) invites proposals for new general editors for a three-year term beginning May 1, 2026.
www.feministpress.org
August 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Women's Studies Quarterly is seeking new general co-editors! Maybe this is you?
www.feministpress.org/news/call-fo...
www.feministpress.org/news/call-fo...
I ate a perfect nectarine this morning and I thank the earth and farm workers and the Saturday market for this incredible gift.
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I ate a perfect nectarine this morning and I thank the earth and farm workers and the Saturday market for this incredible gift.
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The first thing everyone in this country who is anti-fascist can do now is to join something where people are already gathering to address any issue. Can't find anything you want to join, then make your own thing and invite people to join you. This is not a time for Lone Rangers.
August 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The first thing everyone in this country who is anti-fascist can do now is to join something where people are already gathering to address any issue. Can't find anything you want to join, then make your own thing and invite people to join you. This is not a time for Lone Rangers.