Cranky Old Bat.
@kathyk.bsky.social
Aging hippie entering second childhood. Servant to cats. Would appreciate the Social Security/retirement benefits I earned. Retired comms/natsec. Hater of ignorance. Self-exiled Washingtonian. Please don’t call it the swamp.
@themarshallproject.org reports that ICE is detaining children in hotels where families and lawyers can’t find them! Follow them for more carefully researched news. We do!
Got the COVID vax a couple of hours ago. How long before the side effects hit?
Bison rock!* *except the one in Yellowstone that blew his nose on the side of my rental…
Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 6d agoGood news from the Badlands! Today, October 6, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a Lakota nonprofit based on the Pine Ridge Reservation, plans to return 50 bison to nearly 40,000 acres in the Stronghold area of Badlands National Park.
I read the Exorcist when I was 13 or 14, overnight, then couldn’t sleep after I closed the book. My mother just laughed when I emerged at 5:30am and told her why.
Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · last wk.In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
Oklahoma (of all places) is trying to help women who’ve been convicted of a crime and the crime was linked to domestic violence they endured , a second chance.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w ago“I kept begging for a divorce, and he’d threaten to kill my children.” “I was in a very abusive, sick relationship.” These women were imprisoned for crimes that stemmed from their abuse. A new law offered them a second chance. (Published Feb. w/ @nytimes.com)
T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On) LIVE, 1973
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Punk Rock History@punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 2w agoIn memory of Marc Bolan, singer, songwriter and musician, who would have turned 79 today Photo by Kevin Cummins #glamrock #punkrock #marcbolan #trex #history #rockhistory #punkrockhistory #otd
““Mailboxes across America have been turned into the instruments of abortion,” Perkins said, referring to abortion pills like mifepristone that can be delivered by mail. “As a result, we have more abortions today than before the overturn of Roe v. Wade…”
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago"Each time he mentioned higher rates of abortion following the overturning of Roe, attendees shook their heads in disbelief....Tony Perkins placed the primary blame for this situation on former President Joe Biden rather than Trump."
44 years ago today Joe Strummer at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. September 25, 1982 What did Joe think at that moment? 🫣 Photo by Ebet Roberts #punk #punks #punkrock #joestrummer #theclash #history #punkrockhistory #otd
We paid for this not very subtle command from our god-emperor.
The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 3w agoA taxpayer-funded ad telling Americans to “love” Trump, which has been accused of amounting to “propaganda,” has aired on Fox News.
43 years ago On September 23, 1983, Siouxsie and the Banshees released a cover version of "Dear Prudence", 15 years after the Beatles' original release. #punk #gothpunkrock #postpunk #dearprudence #siouxsieandthebanshees #TheBeatles #otd
Oh, come the f*ck ON. “Trump's team has considered renaming Ford's Theater after the president, according to MS NOW.”
Trump Aides’ Plot to Put His Name on Hallowed Site Exposed
Another day, another presidential vanity project.
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47 years ago today Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979. She made one of the most famous images in music history. #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd
The one and only Lynda Carter — Wonder Woman herself — is here at the Kennedy Center. WATCH: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
@crabbygranny.bsky.social You probably saw this already. The news reported 1000s (so round down a little). I couldn’t go, but glad to see it happening.
The Contrarian@contrariannews.org · 3w agoThe Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.
@crampell.bsky.social is a good journalist, but has a bad habit of linking to sites behind paywalls. If I could afford the NYTimes or the Atlantic, I might not be goofing off on Bluesky.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 4w agoPennsylvania’s Measles Outbreak Is Enormous www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...