Kate Tuttle
@katekilla.bsky.social
Gen X, middle child, Leo. I mostly write about books.
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In his ‘U.S.A.’ trilogy, John Dos Passos penned a love letter to America’s workers and dreamers - The Boston Globe
If there were ever a work that deserved the phrase “more than the sum of its parts,” it would be this series of novels — “The 42nd Parallel” (1930), “1919” (1932), and “The Big Money” (1936) — written...
www.bostonglobe.com
One of my favorite columns at the @bostonglobe.com is the art section's One Special Thing, a chance for writers and editors to focus on books, movies, objects, etc. that they love. For this week's installment I wrote about John Dos Passos and his U.S.A. trilogy. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/27/a...
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$500, some highlighters, and ten days to wrap it up. Treat candidates like we treat teachers.
We should just publicly fund political campaigns
Everyone gets $500
That’s it
Everyone gets $500
That’s it
September 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
$500, some highlighters, and ten days to wrap it up. Treat candidates like we treat teachers.
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The way the Capitol Hill press handled the McConnell story is one of the most disgraceful media failures since the Iraq war
September 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The way the Capitol Hill press handled the McConnell story is one of the most disgraceful media failures since the Iraq war
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I'm really glad we could all go on the FBI pro Bestiality- Lich McConnell-gangbang chart- apocalyptic AI death cult Choose Your Own Adventure together today
The More You Know
Alt: The More You Know gif
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September 16, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I'm really glad we could all go on the FBI pro Bestiality- Lich McConnell-gangbang chart- apocalyptic AI death cult Choose Your Own Adventure together today
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even empire of a.i., which is a pretty thoroughly reported book, *barely* touches on this aspect of the craziness
Okay, so I know I'm followed by a handful of serious writers, and @faineg.bsky.social by even more.
I need one of you to explain the AI rationalist sex cult in a publication I can share to LinkedIn and have folks take seriously.
I need one of you to explain the AI rationalist sex cult in a publication I can share to LinkedIn and have folks take seriously.
September 16, 2026 at 1:17 AM
even empire of a.i., which is a pretty thoroughly reported book, *barely* touches on this aspect of the craziness
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i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started
The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.
September 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started
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It’s not a goddamn “branding dispute,” @apnews.com. Do your job.
BREAKING: The Kennedy Center board votes to close over financial woes and branding dispute with President Trump, AP sources say.
Live updates: Trump goes after Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots
President Donald Trump criticized the Supreme Court on Tuesday after it rejected his push to let the US Postal Service restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterm elections.
bit.ly
September 15, 2026 at 7:47 PM
It’s not a goddamn “branding dispute,” @apnews.com. Do your job.
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“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
September 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
This has got to be one of my favorites
Woolf Jackinoff
England and Wales, Census, 1901
England and Wales, Census, 1901
September 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This has got to be one of my favorites
As it is in all arguments with toddlers, this will end in something being broken, and no lessons learned.
BREAKING: Judge Cooper, again, says the Kennedy Center board can't put Trump's name on the building. Also, Cooper says they can't name it Trump Plaza.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
As it is in all arguments with toddlers, this will end in something being broken, and no lessons learned.
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Tell everyone you know that early voting is one of our most important tools for stopping the regime’s election sabotage.
97% of eligible voters will have the option to vote early in the midterms.
97% of eligible voters will have the option to vote early in the midterms.
September 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Tell everyone you know that early voting is one of our most important tools for stopping the regime’s election sabotage.
97% of eligible voters will have the option to vote early in the midterms.
97% of eligible voters will have the option to vote early in the midterms.
Because MAHA doesn't truly care about reducing harm through environmental regulations; they care about scaring consumers into buying their snake oil products. It's a grift.
“MAHA” says environmental exposures are driving chronic disease.
So why is the EPA of the same administration weakening protections against some of the best-documented environmental health risks?
Yet again, California stepping into the void of federal leadership.
So why is the EPA of the same administration weakening protections against some of the best-documented environmental health risks?
Yet again, California stepping into the void of federal leadership.
September 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Because MAHA doesn't truly care about reducing harm through environmental regulations; they care about scaring consumers into buying their snake oil products. It's a grift.
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This pair of headlines…
September 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
This pair of headlines…
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history is genuinely going to look back on this era and ask what a society has to do to be debauched enough to freely elect an admin whose no 1 agenda was international protection of and solidarity with sexual assaulters irrespective of the species they assaulted
September 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
history is genuinely going to look back on this era and ask what a society has to do to be debauched enough to freely elect an admin whose no 1 agenda was international protection of and solidarity with sexual assaulters irrespective of the species they assaulted
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With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous."
Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving
Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.
newrepublic.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:18 AM
With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous."
Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
Good thread. I wish the Democratic party would pay heed but I'm not hopeful.
Trump is a world-historical villain who's putting us all in extreme danger, so put him at the center of this story. Dems can highlight how Trump is actively using DOJ and EPA to help AI data centers steamroll communities, and vow that a Dem majority will stop it. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
newrepublic.com/article/2154...
September 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Good thread. I wish the Democratic party would pay heed but I'm not hopeful.
Someone's going to sit this young man down and tell him to hide his misogyny better and nothing will change. Meanwhile, Holly Rowe has more talent, intelligence, and courage than any of the men who laugh at this shit.
Arch Manning, room full of dipshits, snicker about AI video of Steve Sarkisian slapping Holly Rowe: defector.com/arch-manning...
Arch Manning, Room Full Of Dipshits, Snicker About AI Video Of Steve Sarkisian Slapping Holly Rowe | Defector
Fair warning: This is a short blog post in which you are going to encounter exhausting behavior from some fellas who will leave you pining for the restoration of our culture’s sense of shame. Texas be...
defector.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Someone's going to sit this young man down and tell him to hide his misogyny better and nothing will change. Meanwhile, Holly Rowe has more talent, intelligence, and courage than any of the men who laugh at this shit.
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Meanwhile, we have actual climate catastrophe on our hands in multiple locations right now, and people in concentration camps who need our help TODAY.
September 15, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Meanwhile, we have actual climate catastrophe on our hands in multiple locations right now, and people in concentration camps who need our help TODAY.
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reporters werent “barred” from recording, the powerful people they are covering asked them not to record and they immediately complied and hid whats happening from their audience
September 15, 2026 at 11:24 AM
reporters werent “barred” from recording, the powerful people they are covering asked them not to record and they immediately complied and hid whats happening from their audience
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Obviously the feds lie a lot no matter who is president but holy shit if it was at like an 8 before the trump Vance era has dialed it up to an 18 at least.
I know u know this but: it is absurd the sheer degree that “assume their statements false until proven otherwise” is just standard operating…
I know u know this but: it is absurd the sheer degree that “assume their statements false until proven otherwise” is just standard operating…
EXCLUSIVE: When elected officials and advocates in Danbury, Connecticut, said ICE arrested a parent at a school bus stop Aug. 26, federal officials denied their accounts.
I got video that appears to show such an arrest.
My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social —
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
I got video that appears to show such an arrest.
My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social —
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Video appears to show ICE arrest near CT school bus stop, despite federal denials
ICE has denied it made an arrest at a school bus stop, but confirmed it made 118 arrests in Connecticut that week.
www.ctinsider.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Obviously the feds lie a lot no matter who is president but holy shit if it was at like an 8 before the trump Vance era has dialed it up to an 18 at least.
I know u know this but: it is absurd the sheer degree that “assume their statements false until proven otherwise” is just standard operating…
I know u know this but: it is absurd the sheer degree that “assume their statements false until proven otherwise” is just standard operating…
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Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.
September 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.
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I cannot overemphasize that Trump Jr is actively being bribed by a literal babystealer:
Trump Jr’s wedding appears to have been paid for by Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch *linked to the theft and kidnapping of Ukrainian children*.
This is both hideously evil and so utterly tawdry.
newrepublic.com/post/215371/...
This is both hideously evil and so utterly tawdry.
newrepublic.com/post/215371/...
The Terrifying Person Who Bankrolled Trump Jr.’s Wedding
Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, which he described as attended by “just really close friends,” was thanks to an ally of Vladimir Putin.
newrepublic.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I cannot overemphasize that Trump Jr is actively being bribed by a literal babystealer:
Mom had Parkinson’s. It’s an awful disease.
September 15, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Mom had Parkinson’s. It’s an awful disease.
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there is no presidential candidate jon ossoff unless keisha lance bottoms is elected governor of georgia. why? we can’t afford to lose that senate vote, so he would need a democratic governor to replace him with a democrat.
September 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
there is no presidential candidate jon ossoff unless keisha lance bottoms is elected governor of georgia. why? we can’t afford to lose that senate vote, so he would need a democratic governor to replace him with a democrat.
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Great *get*, NBC “News.” You should really be proud of the public service you’re providing with garbage clickbait like this.
In an interview with NBC News, the media-trained version of Tilly Norwood — which runs on different technology and processes than the version used for acting — says it can “do things that would make a human actor’s agent faint.”
AI actor Tilly Norwood doesn’t need sleep, a living wage or a say in its roles
In an interview with NBC News, the controversial AI creation made its case for a place in Hollywood. Last summer, actors’ union SAG-AFTRA blasted it for “using stolen performances to put actors out of work, jeopardizing performer livelihoods and devaluing human artistry.”
nbcnews.to
September 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Great *get*, NBC “News.” You should really be proud of the public service you’re providing with garbage clickbait like this.