Katie McLain Horner
@kt-librarylady.bsky.social
Public library manager | Co-host of Book Riot’s Read or Dead podcast | Author of Book Riot’s Check Your Shelf newsletter for librarians | horror freak | Cubs fan | feminist killjoy | she/her
Remember when it was just a given that Nazis and Nazi symbols were fucking abhorrent to 99.999999% of the American population?
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Remember when it was just a given that Nazis and Nazi symbols were fucking abhorrent to 99.999999% of the American population?
Never got far enough in Archer to have seen this, but I love Archer and I love Arrested Development!
I fucked up the lyrics bc I’ve never seen Gypsy hahaha
But I just learned this fun fact:
But I just learned this fun fact:
November 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Never got far enough in Archer to have seen this, but I love Archer and I love Arrested Development!
Sometimes I think the best book reviews come from readers who don’t normally read a particular genre/subgenre! But seriously, RED WIDOW and RED LONDON are so good!!!!! Especially on audio!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Not sure if you'll like RED LONDON? Listen to @kt-librarylady.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Sometimes I think the best book reviews come from readers who don’t normally read a particular genre/subgenre! But seriously, RED WIDOW and RED LONDON are so good!!!!! Especially on audio!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My late cat Gilbert will live on forever because he is listed as an attendee in the meeting notes for a virtual library board meeting during the pandemic. Pets should be officially documented like this more frequently!
VC David gets an entry in the unofficial Delaware Footnote Hall of Fame
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My late cat Gilbert will live on forever because he is listed as an attendee in the meeting notes for a virtual library board meeting during the pandemic. Pets should be officially documented like this more frequently!
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He's on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
He's on a mission from God.
I finally saw the Northern lights! Photos are edited, but I still got a good view of them through my camera!
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I finally saw the Northern lights! Photos are edited, but I still got a good view of them through my camera!
”Lucy promised she wouldn’t pull the football away this time”
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
”Lucy promised she wouldn’t pull the football away this time”
Thank god
All, please be aware (!!)
"The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago."
(Should be a gift article, holler at me if it's not)
"The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago."
(Should be a gift article, holler at me if it's not)
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Thank god
I had the teensiest bit of faith that Durbin would stand for something principled now that he’s not up for reelection. What a gutless shell of a man
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I had the teensiest bit of faith that Durbin would stand for something principled now that he’s not up for reelection. What a gutless shell of a man
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
I have been diagnosed as not having ADHD, but the executive dysfunction is still strong in this one, and this take is 1000% accurate. It’s like trying to shove your way through a brick wall, or attaching weights to your limbs every time you tell yourself you need to do the dishes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I have been diagnosed as not having ADHD, but the executive dysfunction is still strong in this one, and this take is 1000% accurate. It’s like trying to shove your way through a brick wall, or attaching weights to your limbs every time you tell yourself you need to do the dishes.
“Thank you for your attention to this matter” is precisely the level of petty I desire to see from the Democrats.
Gotta give em’ credit on this one.
“We write to demand a bipartisan meeting … to end the GOP shutdown of the federal government and decisively address the Republican healthcare crisis…
Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
“We write to demand a bipartisan meeting … to end the GOP shutdown of the federal government and decisively address the Republican healthcare crisis…
Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Thank you for your attention to this matter” is precisely the level of petty I desire to see from the Democrats.
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Surprised he heard about it.
Mike Johnson: "What happened last night is blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming. And no one should read too much into last night's election results."
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Surprised he heard about it.
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored.
Period.
Period.
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored.
Period.
Period.
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This was so much fun to record!
Want to explore FIEND? @bookriot.bsky.social's READ OR DEAD podcast discuss the novel for their inaugural book club podcast bookriot.com/listen/book-...
Book Club: FIEND by Alma Katsu - BOOK RIOT
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their very first book club pick, Fiend by Alma Katsu.
bookriot.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This was so much fun to record!
The easy obvious way, which is to capitulate to MAGA, who haven’t been interested in negotiating, who have put the House in indefinite recess, and who refuse to swear in the new AZ Dem rep because Epstein files. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The easy obvious way, which is to capitulate to MAGA, who haven’t been interested in negotiating, who have put the House in indefinite recess, and who refuse to swear in the new AZ Dem rep because Epstein files. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.
Sometimes horror movies are a catharsis against everything happening in the real world, and sometimes horror movies are like Bring Her Back and just traumatize you. Christ on a crapstick, that was bleak. Like if Ari Aster had directed Pet Sematary.
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes horror movies are a catharsis against everything happening in the real world, and sometimes horror movies are like Bring Her Back and just traumatize you. Christ on a crapstick, that was bleak. Like if Ari Aster had directed Pet Sematary.
Yeah but if the MAJORITY of the evil corrosive political violence is coming from the right, and right wing politicians are actively encouraging violence, then that needs to be called out and addressed!
Sen. WELCH: The stakes are too high. If all political violence is wrong, evil, and corrosive, the debate about ‘where there’s more’ doesn’t help us get anywhere.
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Yeah but if the MAJORITY of the evil corrosive political violence is coming from the right, and right wing politicians are actively encouraging violence, then that needs to be called out and addressed!
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is set to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis.
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Who Fired Tear Gas at Little Village Crowd, Set to Face Federal Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
news.wttw.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is set to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis.
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:
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I mean this is viscerally upsetting because it's really genuinely him treating the white house like it's his own personal property; he's the king and it's his palace. No other president ever thought like this, even if they were a fucking horrible person, because it goes against our founding creed
I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I mean this is viscerally upsetting because it's really genuinely him treating the white house like it's his own personal property; he's the king and it's his palace. No other president ever thought like this, even if they were a fucking horrible person, because it goes against our founding creed
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Timelapse of Chicago’s No Kings rally. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
October 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Timelapse of Chicago’s No Kings rally. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥