Kitty Corbett
@kittycorbett.bsky.social
Retired professor of anthropology and public health. Purveyor of concern for the climate and creatures big and small. BC, Ontario, Colorado, Texas, etc.
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
It increasingly feels like Republicans are the dog who caught the car
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
It increasingly feels like Republicans are the dog who caught the car
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
Mamdani understands something fundamental: Government is our instrument to solve societal problems.
And it’s time to wield it.
And it’s time to wield it.
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Mamdani understands something fundamental: Government is our instrument to solve societal problems.
And it’s time to wield it.
And it’s time to wield it.
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
Nearly 8 in 10 Americans agree that spending by wealthy donors and corporations in our elections gives rise to corruption — including majorities of Republican and independent voters.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nearly 8 in 10 Americans agree that spending by wealthy donors and corporations in our elections gives rise to corruption — including majorities of Republican and independent voters.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
"How can we advance IAQ while public health and IPAC are still pretending ignoring aerosol transmission wasn't a huge mistake?"
Also: an actual expert (HVAC engineer, bioaerosol scientist, etc) or an "expert", like the MDs who shouted down experts in 2020 and killed an enormous number of people?
Also: an actual expert (HVAC engineer, bioaerosol scientist, etc) or an "expert", like the MDs who shouted down experts in 2020 and killed an enormous number of people?
(this very big mistake that killed an enormous number of people, if anyone's looking for the citation)
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
www.spiegel.de/internationa...
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"How can we advance IAQ while public health and IPAC are still pretending ignoring aerosol transmission wasn't a huge mistake?"
Also: an actual expert (HVAC engineer, bioaerosol scientist, etc) or an "expert", like the MDs who shouted down experts in 2020 and killed an enormous number of people?
Also: an actual expert (HVAC engineer, bioaerosol scientist, etc) or an "expert", like the MDs who shouted down experts in 2020 and killed an enormous number of people?
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
I'm reskeeting Rand Paul? RAND PAUL makes more sense than this administration? WTAF is going on in this world?
Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."
October 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm reskeeting Rand Paul? RAND PAUL makes more sense than this administration? WTAF is going on in this world?
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
excellent news:
ospe.on.ca/advocacy/pol...
ospe.on.ca/advocacy/pol...
Policy Win: Health Canada Releases New IAQ Guidance
Health Canada announces new IAQ guidance, providing essential insights for improving indoor air quality and safety in buildings.
ospe.on.ca
October 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
excellent news:
ospe.on.ca/advocacy/pol...
ospe.on.ca/advocacy/pol...
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska
October 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
August 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
it’s wild that in canada we’re talking about building oil and gas pipelines instead of just hitting the accelerator on electrification.
the longer we stay wedded to fossil fuels, the more we’re jeopardizing not just our environmental future, but our economic one too.
the longer we stay wedded to fossil fuels, the more we’re jeopardizing not just our environmental future, but our economic one too.
“China’s dramatic surge of investment into the ’new three‘—EVs, batteries, and solar—is expected to crush oil demand by 5M barrels/day by 2030. That cheaper green tech is now enabling 100+ countries to break free from … imported hydrocarbons towards the sunlit uplands of electric self-sufficiency.”
BRICS in 2025 | The Polycrisis
Nations meet in Brasilia for the 2025 BRICS Summit. China's rise and US chaos shape the opportunities and challenges for the group.
www.phenomenalworld.org
July 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
it’s wild that in canada we’re talking about building oil and gas pipelines instead of just hitting the accelerator on electrification.
the longer we stay wedded to fossil fuels, the more we’re jeopardizing not just our environmental future, but our economic one too.
the longer we stay wedded to fossil fuels, the more we’re jeopardizing not just our environmental future, but our economic one too.
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
"We have to sign on to this technology or else we'll be left behind" is something I keep hearing, but where are we being left??? Where is everyone else going?? Is it the place where all the 3D TVs and wifi-enabled toasters went? Is it literal dystopia? This argument is meaningless
July 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"We have to sign on to this technology or else we'll be left behind" is something I keep hearing, but where are we being left??? Where is everyone else going?? Is it the place where all the 3D TVs and wifi-enabled toasters went? Is it literal dystopia? This argument is meaningless
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
3/ Do No Harm BC has posted an excellent website dedicated to this new standard: donoharmbc.ca.
Kudos to Canada for setting an international first in development of such a standard.
Thanks to Dick Zoutman of Queen's Univ for the heads up.
Kudos to Canada for setting an international first in development of such a standard.
Thanks to Dick Zoutman of Queen's Univ for the heads up.
DoNoHarm BC
We're a non-partisan action group of British Columbians advocating for evidence-based safety measures in high-risk settings.
donoharmbc.ca
July 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
3/ Do No Harm BC has posted an excellent website dedicated to this new standard: donoharmbc.ca.
Kudos to Canada for setting an international first in development of such a standard.
Thanks to Dick Zoutman of Queen's Univ for the heads up.
Kudos to Canada for setting an international first in development of such a standard.
Thanks to Dick Zoutman of Queen's Univ for the heads up.
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
Need to start making some new time blocks in my schedule for Being Sad About the Careless Destruction of US Scientific Research
June 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Need to start making some new time blocks in my schedule for Being Sad About the Careless Destruction of US Scientific Research
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
putrid, musky, moldering, curdling, noxious, scatological, flatulent, obscene, disemboweling, putrefying, vile, gruesome, splintering, searing, blanching, grisly, execrable, gangrenous, necrotic, macabre, soul sick, unholy, demonic, lurid, trumpish, effluvious, shit
what's a word more negative than 'rancid'?
the vibes are that.
the vibes are that.
June 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
putrid, musky, moldering, curdling, noxious, scatological, flatulent, obscene, disemboweling, putrefying, vile, gruesome, splintering, searing, blanching, grisly, execrable, gangrenous, necrotic, macabre, soul sick, unholy, demonic, lurid, trumpish, effluvious, shit
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
Let’s Not Lose Focus….
June 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Let’s Not Lose Focus….
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
September 4, 2024 at 4:14 PM
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
Reposted by Kitty Corbett
One of the most under-covered corporate stories of the week.
$LEVI $GS
$LEVI $GS
Scorecard of 2025 shareholder voting. Costco, Apple, Visa, John Deere, Disney, Goldman Sachs, Levi Strauss, Pfizer and Boeing shareholders have all overwhelmingly voted to reject anti-DEI proposals, uphold DEI initiatives. Scorecard here: www.impactivize.org/2025-shareho...
April 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
One of the most under-covered corporate stories of the week.
$LEVI $GS
$LEVI $GS