Kathryn Coto
@kathryncoto.bsky.social
She/her • YA Fantasy writer currently working on a queer NA paranormal romance • search wildcloverpress on IG for my printmaking • kcotowrites on Twitter
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Kathryn Coto
@kathryncoto.bsky.social
· Jan 13
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I've been going through publicly available information relative to the possible Y. pestis (pneumonic plague) incident in Russia.
Reports are conflicting—we do not have a clear picture of what's happening. And even under the best of circumstances the Russian government isn't exactly transparent 🧵
Reports are conflicting—we do not have a clear picture of what's happening. And even under the best of circumstances the Russian government isn't exactly transparent 🧵
October 4, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I've been going through publicly available information relative to the possible Y. pestis (pneumonic plague) incident in Russia.
Reports are conflicting—we do not have a clear picture of what's happening. And even under the best of circumstances the Russian government isn't exactly transparent 🧵
Reports are conflicting—we do not have a clear picture of what's happening. And even under the best of circumstances the Russian government isn't exactly transparent 🧵
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I increasingly think Ai is has a purpose and it’s to empower a handful of very weird, possibly psychotic, men to have total control over the masses.
Exactly. This is such a lie. Email had a purpose. The internet had a purpose. Search had a purpose. Everybody loved Silicon Valley in the 90s because they made shit that did what it promised. Now 3 guys who never made SHIT have ALL the money in SV. They're scam artists. Not engineers.
i especially love all the dopes saying “when the internet first went mainstream everyone hated it too” like it happened in the pioneer days so no one can dispute it, like mf’ers we were THERE
October 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I increasingly think Ai is has a purpose and it’s to empower a handful of very weird, possibly psychotic, men to have total control over the masses.
This!
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I really don’t think Ai is being covered nearly enough from the illiberal personality cult perspective. The more they hype it as autonomous, the more I want to know about who is manipulating the output and to what end.
October 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This!
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CNN making this sound more mysterious than it is. It was Yersinia pestis, the plague, the researcher died because she inhaled it into her lungs and developed pneumonic plague, there is no danger but to those directly exposed in the lab.
Fear-mongering in the time of global terror is a sick choice.
Fear-mongering in the time of global terror is a sick choice.
Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a suspected dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died. https://cnn.it/4i2BCfj
October 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
CNN making this sound more mysterious than it is. It was Yersinia pestis, the plague, the researcher died because she inhaled it into her lungs and developed pneumonic plague, there is no danger but to those directly exposed in the lab.
Fear-mongering in the time of global terror is a sick choice.
Fear-mongering in the time of global terror is a sick choice.
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Wait, what?! Holy shit!
The #2026IgnyteAwards Critics Award recognizes contributions to reviews and analysis of the field of speculative literature
Congratulations again, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
Congratulations again, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
October 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Wait, what?! Holy shit!
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there are vanishingly few principles that Donald Trump holds to, but by far the most important one is a universal admiration and fellowship with sex criminals
Trump defends the men in the Cornell gang rape case, saying he “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake”
October 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM
there are vanishingly few principles that Donald Trump holds to, but by far the most important one is a universal admiration and fellowship with sex criminals
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Dismantling ICE means dismantling the surveillance regime that powers it.
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.
w/ @regret.bsky.social
w/ @regret.bsky.social
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.
www.wired.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Dismantling ICE means dismantling the surveillance regime that powers it.
I had to wait to finish five iron infusions (😭), but I'm getting both soon!
Getting my COVID vaccine this morning— let’s all do it!
October 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I had to wait to finish five iron infusions (😭), but I'm getting both soon!
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Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year?
And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist!
Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist!
Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
October 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year?
And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist!
Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist!
Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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The best middle grade fiction can be loved by everyone! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends curses, human-shark hybrids, quest fatigue for your fall reading list!
Middle Grade SFF for Young Readers — And the Young at Heart - Reactor
Stories featuring mysterious spellbooks, dysfunctional robots, and so much more...
reactormag.com
October 2, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The best middle grade fiction can be loved by everyone! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends curses, human-shark hybrids, quest fatigue for your fall reading list!
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If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.
October 2, 2026 at 1:44 PM
If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.
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meanwhile people have been telling us since 2025 that we have to vote for him in 2028
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.
techcrunch.com
October 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
meanwhile people have been telling us since 2025 that we have to vote for him in 2028
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
October 1, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
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October 1, 2026 at 6:38 PM
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
October 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
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Everyone’s gonna memory hole this like they do her racism and antisemitism but this is your regular reminder that Joyce Carol Oates fucking sucks and just because she sometimes makes a funny tweet doesn’t erase how much she fucking sucks.
What the fuck, Joyce. I don’t even read romance novels but this kind of thinking pisses me the fuck off. It further pushes that mentality that some books as “lesser” which is bullshit! All books count!
September 30, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Everyone’s gonna memory hole this like they do her racism and antisemitism but this is your regular reminder that Joyce Carol Oates fucking sucks and just because she sometimes makes a funny tweet doesn’t erase how much she fucking sucks.
As one of London's critique partners, I promise this book has wit, lush prose, messy queers, 1920s Spanish history (that is sadly relevant to right now), gods and (human) monsters, magic and adventure!
September 30, 2026 at 9:32 PM
As one of London's critique partners, I promise this book has wit, lush prose, messy queers, 1920s Spanish history (that is sadly relevant to right now), gods and (human) monsters, magic and adventure!
This book is wonderful!
September 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This book is wonderful!
As one of London's critique partners, I promise this book is witty and heartrending and gorgeously written. 😍😍😍
September 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
As one of London's critique partners, I promise this book is witty and heartrending and gorgeously written. 😍😍😍
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MEXICAN GOTHIC × 10K DOORS OF JANUARY
💃Merche craves fame but her leg was crushed. The goddess will heal her but demands her body for a war with the god of war and the fascists bringing him back. Merche must outsmart the secret police & gods or lose her body, mind & humanity
#DVPit #A #F #Hist #Q
💃Merche craves fame but her leg was crushed. The goddess will heal her but demands her body for a war with the god of war and the fascists bringing him back. Merche must outsmart the secret police & gods or lose her body, mind & humanity
#DVPit #A #F #Hist #Q
September 30, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Tonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight.
Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice.
Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice.
September 30, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Tonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight.
Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice.
Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice.
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A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection.
Just appalling.
Just appalling.
September 30, 2026 at 1:51 AM
A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection.
Just appalling.
Just appalling.
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