Reagan Kelly
@reagank.phd
Bioinformatics Ph.D. interested in data visualization, web development, history, cats, and LEGO. He/him
What in the absolute fuck is wrong with the bsky team? They aren’t serious if they count this as “wishing harm on someone” but changed the rules to let Jesse Singal off the hook. Add in the Rude label debacle and I question if they’re competent to do the job. Burning every bit of goodwill users have
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
What in the absolute fuck is wrong with the bsky team? They aren’t serious if they count this as “wishing harm on someone” but changed the rules to let Jesse Singal off the hook. Add in the Rude label debacle and I question if they’re competent to do the job. Burning every bit of goodwill users have
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
🚨NOT GUILTY! D.C. Jury ACQUITS sandwich thrower.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🚨NOT GUILTY! D.C. Jury ACQUITS sandwich thrower.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
“Learning the native language of this country, the near-extinction of which was part of the brutal suppression of English colonialism, is basically like joining the Taliban” is quite the take.
Being a professional full-time "opinion columnist" is akin to a career as a Victorian hat maker.
It doesn't matter how stable, thoughtful, and intelligent you are at the outset; the working conditions will inevitably turn you into a dribbling, incoherent lunatic.
It doesn't matter how stable, thoughtful, and intelligent you are at the outset; the working conditions will inevitably turn you into a dribbling, incoherent lunatic.
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Learning the native language of this country, the near-extinction of which was part of the brutal suppression of English colonialism, is basically like joining the Taliban” is quite the take.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
america is a country with mandatory holocaust education in 26 states and whose media is saturated in wwii dramas and documentaries. the internet likewise is overflowing with nazi memes ongoing the last 20+ years. imo anyone claiming they don't know the totenkopf is a nazi symbol is full of shit.
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
america is a country with mandatory holocaust education in 26 states and whose media is saturated in wwii dramas and documentaries. the internet likewise is overflowing with nazi memes ongoing the last 20+ years. imo anyone claiming they don't know the totenkopf is a nazi symbol is full of shit.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
If he said “I made a mistake and got a Nazi tattoo” that would be one thing. As it is, he lied abt knowing it was a Nazi tattoo and acted offended that anyone might question why he left a Nazi tattoo on his chest for twenty years. Where is your evidence he ever changed his mind? His belated coverup?
October 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If he said “I made a mistake and got a Nazi tattoo” that would be one thing. As it is, he lied abt knowing it was a Nazi tattoo and acted offended that anyone might question why he left a Nazi tattoo on his chest for twenty years. Where is your evidence he ever changed his mind? His belated coverup?
This is such a load of horseshit. The problem with Platner isn’t what he did or said 20 yrs ago, it’s that he didn’t cover up a literal Nazi symbol until it became a political problem for him. If he’d changed or grown he’dve covered it up long ago and not acted shocked when someone brought it up
In the Democratic Party, it’s impossible to change your mind or prove that you’ve grown up.
It is more important that Platner has an offensive tattoo and was a ‘phobic douche than what he says and does today.
So here we are. Meanwhile, the GOP nominates a _former Democrat_ to be president. Twice.
It is more important that Platner has an offensive tattoo and was a ‘phobic douche than what he says and does today.
So here we are. Meanwhile, the GOP nominates a _former Democrat_ to be president. Twice.
October 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is such a load of horseshit. The problem with Platner isn’t what he did or said 20 yrs ago, it’s that he didn’t cover up a literal Nazi symbol until it became a political problem for him. If he’d changed or grown he’dve covered it up long ago and not acted shocked when someone brought it up
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.
EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.
kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...
kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...
October 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.
October 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.
Just one more time for everyone in the back:
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed👏👏
If he wants you to start killin'
'Cause his bosses need a villain
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed 👏👏
hopalongginsberg.bandcamp.com/track/hes-a-...
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed👏👏
If he wants you to start killin'
'Cause his bosses need a villain
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed 👏👏
hopalongginsberg.bandcamp.com/track/hes-a-...
October 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Just one more time for everyone in the back:
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed👏👏
If he wants you to start killin'
'Cause his bosses need a villain
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed 👏👏
hopalongginsberg.bandcamp.com/track/hes-a-...
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed👏👏
If he wants you to start killin'
'Cause his bosses need a villain
If he's always pushing violence, he's a Fed 👏👏
hopalongginsberg.bandcamp.com/track/hes-a-...
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
Bari Weiss and the Free Press published rank covid disinformation and nothing else.
These are the people purging and censoring science today.
She’s not just a fraud, she’s utterly malignant and contemptible, as she lies under the guise of “free thinking.”
These are the people purging and censoring science today.
She’s not just a fraud, she’s utterly malignant and contemptible, as she lies under the guise of “free thinking.”
October 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Bari Weiss and the Free Press published rank covid disinformation and nothing else.
These are the people purging and censoring science today.
She’s not just a fraud, she’s utterly malignant and contemptible, as she lies under the guise of “free thinking.”
These are the people purging and censoring science today.
She’s not just a fraud, she’s utterly malignant and contemptible, as she lies under the guise of “free thinking.”
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
Judge: you’re here because you booped the cop on the nose
Me: your honor, may I approach the bench?
Judge covering his nose: absolutely not
Me: your honor, may I approach the bench?
Judge covering his nose: absolutely not
October 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Judge: you’re here because you booped the cop on the nose
Me: your honor, may I approach the bench?
Judge covering his nose: absolutely not
Me: your honor, may I approach the bench?
Judge covering his nose: absolutely not
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
The rain has soaked through everything. Your socks just sprouted a mushroom. You haven't smelled decent BBQ since your last night in Texas, before mustering. Suddenly, a metallic creak echoes through the fog. They were coming again. The naked cyclists. "Just four weeks a year," you mutter.
October 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The rain has soaked through everything. Your socks just sprouted a mushroom. You haven't smelled decent BBQ since your last night in Texas, before mustering. Suddenly, a metallic creak echoes through the fog. They were coming again. The naked cyclists. "Just four weeks a year," you mutter.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
These people hate our country. They hate Americans and have declared war on our constitution and freedoms. They should repent and resign
October 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
These people hate our country. They hate Americans and have declared war on our constitution and freedoms. They should repent and resign
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.
October 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We are here because policing in the U.S. has been this way for generations. This is why ICE acts with impunity. They know they can act this way.
This is exactly right. America has to reckon with the fact that basically every municipality in the country pays ~half its budget to a paramilitary force that operates with impunity and (implicitly or explicitly) threatens violence if anyone tries to reform them. It’s scary, but must be dealt with.
the truth is that Pritzker has power because the cops technically answer to him and he's understandably anxious about what happens if that's suddenly not the case.
the civ-mil crisis of municipal policing in the 21st century United States will come to a head at some point. nobody wants to rush it
the civ-mil crisis of municipal policing in the 21st century United States will come to a head at some point. nobody wants to rush it
October 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is exactly right. America has to reckon with the fact that basically every municipality in the country pays ~half its budget to a paramilitary force that operates with impunity and (implicitly or explicitly) threatens violence if anyone tries to reform them. It’s scary, but must be dealt with.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
the truth is that Pritzker has power because the cops technically answer to him and he's understandably anxious about what happens if that's suddenly not the case.
the civ-mil crisis of municipal policing in the 21st century United States will come to a head at some point. nobody wants to rush it
the civ-mil crisis of municipal policing in the 21st century United States will come to a head at some point. nobody wants to rush it
October 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
the truth is that Pritzker has power because the cops technically answer to him and he's understandably anxious about what happens if that's suddenly not the case.
the civ-mil crisis of municipal policing in the 21st century United States will come to a head at some point. nobody wants to rush it
the civ-mil crisis of municipal policing in the 21st century United States will come to a head at some point. nobody wants to rush it
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
Hwæt!
Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
why is sentence two in every story not "congress has not authorized the use of military force"
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hwæt!
Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
Congress has not authorized the use of military force.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
Des Moines is the semi-liberal bastion in Des Moines, and the Des Moines Public Schools are one of the particular bugbears for the Iowa GOP. This is absolutely a specific political attack on the DMPS, on the African community in Des Moines, and on the most diverse city in the state.
September 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Des Moines is the semi-liberal bastion in Des Moines, and the Des Moines Public Schools are one of the particular bugbears for the Iowa GOP. This is absolutely a specific political attack on the DMPS, on the African community in Des Moines, and on the most diverse city in the state.
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
September 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.
It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!
Also a Spirit red eye - this one was the Sunday night flight from Vegas to Detroit. No one on that flight had been a winner that weekend…
What is the bleakest flight you've ever been on? Combination of airline, time of day, destination. Mine was probably a Spirit red eye to Pittsburgh on a Tuesday in February
September 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Also a Spirit red eye - this one was the Sunday night flight from Vegas to Detroit. No one on that flight had been a winner that weekend…
Reposted by Reagan Kelly
Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives
September 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives