Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD
@klhkhistorian.bsky.social
Cat-obsessed doctrix of medieval history working in humanities communications; alt-ac/post-ac/union advocate; humanist; cute critters, nature, baking, crafts, art, nerdom, politics. 📍Cville
Funny. I cannot recall any "diplomat" seeing their net worth rise by roughly 📈 $100 million to $200 million since taking the position. Yet Jared Kushner has. So, spare me any BS about his job description. It has nothing to do with diplomacy.
Brilliant. (This treads on a serious issue that can unite all Texans behind @jamestalarico.bsky.social!)
Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 21h agoRestaurants are warning that the tariffs Ken Paxton supports could end free chips and salsa.
The president, who is very comfortable giving and receiving bribes, is trying to bribe American voters.
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
Trump Campaign Paid More Than $4.3 Million to Jan. 6 Event Organizers www.newsweek.com/trump-campai... #J6 #treason #insurrection #democracy #elections #Blues
Trump Campaign Paid More Than $4.3 Million to Jan. 6 Event Organizers
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol requested info from 15 social media companies, the FBI and more.
newsweek.com
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari...
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
The reason that all this happened is because too many Americans thinks it’s cool and funny to be ignorant assholes. It’s not funny.
This is a photo of some rocks and sand. It was taken earlier today, with a camera 247,000,000 km away. It was taken on Mars. And now you're looking at it on your screen.
Thou shalt not rape. Thou shalt not put rapists on the Supreme Court. Thou shalt not make rapists the president.
Vote early! Vote in person or use an approved ballot box!
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 2d agoEach election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
My 4-yr-old, looking up at the plane flying overhead in the dark sky this evening: "That's not an airplane! It's a UVA!" 🤣🛸
Go Hoos Go!
Alt: UVA! Go Hoos Go!
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
If you work at a SLAC or small US university, check this out!
Rare Book School@rarebookschool.bsky.social · 3d agoRBS will host an online info session at 𝟲𝗽𝗺 𝗘𝗧 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟴 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 for those interested in learning about our M. C. Lang Fellowship for faculty, librarians, and curators at U.S. liberal arts colleges & small universities. Details: rarebookschool.org/events/2026/10/lang-info-session
This loser wants you to believe he’s a warrior. He’s not. He’s a war criminal. He belongs in prison.
Thou Shalt Put Hegseth In Prison For His War Crimes
Dear Humans,
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If the argument for women should know better than to go into a rape den like a frat house, explain to me why a rape house like a fraternity is allowed to exist at all.
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
