Kate Sweeney
@klsweeney.bsky.social
Librarian. Political geek. Pop culture enthusiast.
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I believe I speak for everyone over 40 when I say, “what the fuck is a labubu?”
August 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I believe I speak for everyone over 40 when I say, “what the fuck is a labubu?”
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"Do we want to lose the country over defending trans people," is a deeply unserious question with only one right answer:
We either stand together and build a country worth defending... or we, deservedly, fall.
We either stand together and build a country worth defending... or we, deservedly, fall.
March 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"Do we want to lose the country over defending trans people," is a deeply unserious question with only one right answer:
We either stand together and build a country worth defending... or we, deservedly, fall.
We either stand together and build a country worth defending... or we, deservedly, fall.
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As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President.
I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
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I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
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This is a First Amendment question combined with a practical question. The answer is as follows.
First, the First Amendment protects advocating the moral and practical necessity of breaking the law in the abstract.
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First, the First Amendment protects advocating the moral and practical necessity of breaking the law in the abstract.
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Being a lawyer and all, do you know what the tipping point is for it to become acceptable to openly advocate for political assassinations? Just a little curious, is all.
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President.
I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
/1
I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
/1
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This from Jill Filipovic sums it up for me:
"In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America."
"In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America."
November 6, 2024 at 11:07 AM
This from Jill Filipovic sums it up for me:
"In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America."
"In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America."
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Walz has become our desperately needed What The Hell Guy: the guy who says "What the hell?" to the press whenever Republicans do something bizarre or fucked up
Tim Walz: "This dude is nearly 80 years old. He damn near killed himself getting in a garbage truck."
October 31, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Walz has become our desperately needed What The Hell Guy: the guy who says "What the hell?" to the press whenever Republicans do something bizarre or fucked up
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“U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan ordered removal of prominent references to the displacement of indigenous tribes and incarceration of Japanese-Americans…Visitors shouldn’t feel confronted, a senior official told employees, they should feel welcomed.”
The reckoning really was just that one summer.
The reckoning really was just that one summer.
October 31, 2024 at 12:29 PM
“U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan ordered removal of prominent references to the displacement of indigenous tribes and incarceration of Japanese-Americans…Visitors shouldn’t feel confronted, a senior official told employees, they should feel welcomed.”
The reckoning really was just that one summer.
The reckoning really was just that one summer.
This article made me want to cry, but we all know that these types of relationships exist.
October 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
This article made me want to cry, but we all know that these types of relationships exist.
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“Voters who dropped off ballots at that location after 11 a.m. Saturday need to contact the Election Auditor's Office IMMEDIATELY for a new ballot.
A link to the Clark County Elections page, with contact information for the Auditor's Office, can be found HERE.”
Link:
clark.wa.gov/elections
A link to the Clark County Elections page, with contact information for the Auditor's Office, can be found HERE.”
Link:
clark.wa.gov/elections
Elections | Clark County
clark.wa.gov
October 28, 2024 at 3:28 PM
“Voters who dropped off ballots at that location after 11 a.m. Saturday need to contact the Election Auditor's Office IMMEDIATELY for a new ballot.
A link to the Clark County Elections page, with contact information for the Auditor's Office, can be found HERE.”
Link:
clark.wa.gov/elections
A link to the Clark County Elections page, with contact information for the Auditor's Office, can be found HERE.”
Link:
clark.wa.gov/elections
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"Not long after, Bad Bunny, perhaps the most popular musician to ever hail from Puerto Rico, endorsed Trump’s rival, Kamala Harris.
...Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.”
in related news
consequence.net/2024/10/bad-...
...Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.”
in related news
consequence.net/2024/10/bad-...
October 27, 2024 at 10:40 PM
"Not long after, Bad Bunny, perhaps the most popular musician to ever hail from Puerto Rico, endorsed Trump’s rival, Kamala Harris.
...Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.”
in related news
consequence.net/2024/10/bad-...
...Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.”
in related news
consequence.net/2024/10/bad-...
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i will defend anyone's right to cancel a subscription as an act of conscience. that said, this may be relevant to those thinking about it:
wapo news desk was the first to publish that bezos had a direct hand in killing the endorsement, and that's *fucking wild as shit*
wapo news desk was the first to publish that bezos had a direct hand in killing the endorsement, and that's *fucking wild as shit*
October 25, 2024 at 6:15 PM
i will defend anyone's right to cancel a subscription as an act of conscience. that said, this may be relevant to those thinking about it:
wapo news desk was the first to publish that bezos had a direct hand in killing the endorsement, and that's *fucking wild as shit*
wapo news desk was the first to publish that bezos had a direct hand in killing the endorsement, and that's *fucking wild as shit*
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This is so deeply fucked up from the newspaper that added "Democracy Dies in Darkness" to their masthead in February 2017.
October 25, 2024 at 8:01 PM
This is so deeply fucked up from the newspaper that added "Democracy Dies in Darkness" to their masthead in February 2017.
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reposting this again for no reason whatsoever 🫠🙃
As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).
October 25, 2024 at 5:15 PM
reposting this again for no reason whatsoever 🫠🙃
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The paper that broke Watergate is too chickenshit to endorse a presidential candidate? How times have changed.
October 25, 2024 at 6:54 PM
The paper that broke Watergate is too chickenshit to endorse a presidential candidate? How times have changed.
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I really do not feel I was adequately prepared for how much Nazis would play a part in my adult life. Hearing about Nazis, reading about Nazis, seeing pictures of Nazis, here a Nazi, there a Nazi, everywhere a fucking Nazi.
I am extremely tired of having to think about Nazis.
I am extremely tired of having to think about Nazis.
October 14, 2024 at 5:30 AM
I really do not feel I was adequately prepared for how much Nazis would play a part in my adult life. Hearing about Nazis, reading about Nazis, seeing pictures of Nazis, here a Nazi, there a Nazi, everywhere a fucking Nazi.
I am extremely tired of having to think about Nazis.
I am extremely tired of having to think about Nazis.
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Can I just-
It is absolutely poisonous that the right wing continues to make faithfully doing your job a risk to your life. I felt it as a library worker, every teacher I know feels it, doctors, journalists, now the damn weather reporters who are mostly known for keeping people safe and dad jokes.
It is absolutely poisonous that the right wing continues to make faithfully doing your job a risk to your life. I felt it as a library worker, every teacher I know feels it, doctors, journalists, now the damn weather reporters who are mostly known for keeping people safe and dad jokes.
“Ignorance is becoming socially acceptable.”
Meteorologists talk of death threats from the army of crazed conspiracy theorists who believe the government can control the weather.
Meteorologists talk of death threats from the army of crazed conspiracy theorists who believe the government can control the weather.
Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive — Rolling Stone
It’s their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online
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October 9, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Can I just-
It is absolutely poisonous that the right wing continues to make faithfully doing your job a risk to your life. I felt it as a library worker, every teacher I know feels it, doctors, journalists, now the damn weather reporters who are mostly known for keeping people safe and dad jokes.
It is absolutely poisonous that the right wing continues to make faithfully doing your job a risk to your life. I felt it as a library worker, every teacher I know feels it, doctors, journalists, now the damn weather reporters who are mostly known for keeping people safe and dad jokes.
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There are a lot of reasons I’m glad I was a teen when I was (the 90s) instead of now, but the one I feel most deeply is the entire concept of homecoming and prom proposals. I cringe every time I think about it.
(Look, nobody was asking me to Homecoming or Prom but even the possibility!! My God.)
(Look, nobody was asking me to Homecoming or Prom but even the possibility!! My God.)
September 25, 2024 at 2:46 AM
There are a lot of reasons I’m glad I was a teen when I was (the 90s) instead of now, but the one I feel most deeply is the entire concept of homecoming and prom proposals. I cringe every time I think about it.
(Look, nobody was asking me to Homecoming or Prom but even the possibility!! My God.)
(Look, nobody was asking me to Homecoming or Prom but even the possibility!! My God.)
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This has been one of our most effective tactics to counter anti-trans rhetoric at our school board meetings. Saying, "Adults who concern themselves with policing the private parts of other people's children are not normal & we shouldn't listen to them" is succinct & easily understandable.
Finally. Here’s the thing about social norms. They can only be destroyed if the people who violate them get away with it. There is a place in every society for social punishment. “You are weird and creepy” is an effective message for people who are harming and controlling others.
"the instinct that Democrats have too often is that if we just reason with the other side, and if we just talk about our policies and we explain why we're right and they're wrong, that quote-unquote 'logic' will win out -- but that's not how the world works anymore"
abcnews.go.com/Politics/dem...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/dem...
July 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
This has been one of our most effective tactics to counter anti-trans rhetoric at our school board meetings. Saying, "Adults who concern themselves with policing the private parts of other people's children are not normal & we shouldn't listen to them" is succinct & easily understandable.
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"Trump is old and quite weird?" not bad!
July 25, 2024 at 4:29 PM
"Trump is old and quite weird?" not bad!
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Psst:
Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders.
Pass it on.
Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders.
Pass it on.
July 16, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Psst:
Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders.
Pass it on.
Project 2025 is terrifying for a lot of reasons but also because on page 5 it calls for teachers and librarians who grant access to books that are maligned as pornography (which just means anything LGBTQ) to be registered as sex offenders.
Pass it on.
The woman working traffic at Dulles right now is descending on people like an avenging angel and it is a marvel to behold. I’m not sure where in the world you can just sit in the pickup line at an airport to wait for someone to come out, but you certainly can’t do it here, not while she’s on duty.
July 6, 2024 at 7:54 PM
The woman working traffic at Dulles right now is descending on people like an avenging angel and it is a marvel to behold. I’m not sure where in the world you can just sit in the pickup line at an airport to wait for someone to come out, but you certainly can’t do it here, not while she’s on duty.
Well, my CVS is now locking up refrigerated drinks. How long till we just have to order from an iPad at the front? (Which would be preferable to this, tbh) BTW, two of the glass doors are shattered so apparently someone didn’t care for it.
June 27, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Well, my CVS is now locking up refrigerated drinks. How long till we just have to order from an iPad at the front? (Which would be preferable to this, tbh) BTW, two of the glass doors are shattered so apparently someone didn’t care for it.