Kathryn Nelson
@kenelson.bsky.social
Feminist, native Texan, sorta goth.
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The Memphis Sanitation Strike, 1968
with bayonets.
with bayonets.
August 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The Memphis Sanitation Strike, 1968
with bayonets.
with bayonets.
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About 100 courses in women's, gender and sexuality studies are slated to be removed from the core curriculum at the University of Houston, as colleges around the state try to appease the right-wing culture war.
It will never be enough to stop the next attack.
It will never be enough to stop the next attack.
University of Houston Nixed Its Gender and Sexuality Classes. That Won’t Stop Texas’ Crusade Against Higher Ed
College administrators wrongly hope that anticipatory obedience will satisfy a GOP-run Texas Legislature that is increasingly hostile toward education.
www.texasobserver.org
August 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
About 100 courses in women's, gender and sexuality studies are slated to be removed from the core curriculum at the University of Houston, as colleges around the state try to appease the right-wing culture war.
It will never be enough to stop the next attack.
It will never be enough to stop the next attack.
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Houston: protest, Sunday 2pm
July 18, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Houston: protest, Sunday 2pm
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This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong.
Please share if you think it is helpful to others.
Please share if you think it is helpful to others.
I Read Trump v Barbara So You Don’t Have To — Anna O. Law
As someone who took 16 years to research and write a new book, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship , a policy and legal history, I paid keen attention to the oral arguments (April 1) ...
www.annaolaw.com
July 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong.
Please share if you think it is helpful to others.
Please share if you think it is helpful to others.
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After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi.
This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel.
They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution.
www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel.
They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution.
www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
June 28, 2026 at 12:34 PM
After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi.
This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel.
They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution.
www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel.
They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution.
www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
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There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.
June 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.
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NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice.
Give it a read:
Give it a read:
Hating AI is good, actually
LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 20, 2026 at 11:58 PM
NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice.
Give it a read:
Give it a read:
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As I explain via the latest “One First,” the only theme that unites the Supreme Court’s (unrelated) grants of emergency relief Monday night in the California transgender student and New York redistricting cases is what might be called “selective judicial impatience.”
And that’s *not* a good thing:
And that’s *not* a good thing:
214. The Court's (Selective) Impatience is a Vice
The only theme uniting Monday night's twin grants of emergency relief is the Republican appointees' willingness to upend long-settled limits on the Court's power when, but only when, they *want* to.
www.stevevladeck.com
March 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
As I explain via the latest “One First,” the only theme that unites the Supreme Court’s (unrelated) grants of emergency relief Monday night in the California transgender student and New York redistricting cases is what might be called “selective judicial impatience.”
And that’s *not* a good thing:
And that’s *not* a good thing:
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After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account
Our national project of elite impunity
www.theatlantic.com
February 26, 2026 at 1:28 PM
After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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This is one of the most heart-breaking & important articles I have ever read - from someone whose voices are so rarely heard, a teenaged girl.
If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous
Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2026 at 10:07 AM
This is one of the most heart-breaking & important articles I have ever read - from someone whose voices are so rarely heard, a teenaged girl.
If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
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DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism https://theonion.com/dhs-warns-any-action-by-americans-will-be-treated-as-domestic-terrorism/
January 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism https://theonion.com/dhs-warns-any-action-by-americans-will-be-treated-as-domestic-terrorism/
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Once everyone who deserves it has been impeached, prosecuted, or otherwise held accountable, I look forward to more discussion of the absolutely bonkers aesthetics of this:
the cowgirl outfit, the lectern draped in camo netting, etc.
www.c-span.org/program/news...
the cowgirl outfit, the lectern draped in camo netting, etc.
www.c-span.org/program/news...
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Once everyone who deserves it has been impeached, prosecuted, or otherwise held accountable, I look forward to more discussion of the absolutely bonkers aesthetics of this:
the cowgirl outfit, the lectern draped in camo netting, etc.
www.c-span.org/program/news...
the cowgirl outfit, the lectern draped in camo netting, etc.
www.c-span.org/program/news...
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day 4 of early voting in TX and what i'd like to know is why @houstonchronicle.com is giving houstonians a paywalled voter guide when the statesman provides austin with a voter guide free to the public? both are owned by hearst.
October 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
day 4 of early voting in TX and what i'd like to know is why @houstonchronicle.com is giving houstonians a paywalled voter guide when the statesman provides austin with a voter guide free to the public? both are owned by hearst.
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CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
September 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
CW: protester being struck in the head by a pepper ball
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
Footage I took earlier of the moment Reverend David Black, a regular protester outside of the Broadview Detention Center, was shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents on the roof of the facility.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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I'm gifting this article because I love what it says about Houston.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
Thank you, Laura Loomer, for showing Houston at our best | Editorial
Palestinian children wounded in Gaza came to Houston for care. Loomer tried to vilify them. Our city showed the world what real welcome looks like.
www.houstonchronicle.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I'm gifting this article because I love what it says about Houston.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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“When the heat spikes during the summer, we morph into a two-party state: the cooled and the cooked. On one side, there is water, shade and air-conditioning. On the other, there is sweat, suffering and even, in the worst cases, death.” Heat inequity, from @jeffgoodell.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com
Opinion | The New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“When the heat spikes during the summer, we morph into a two-party state: the cooled and the cooked. On one side, there is water, shade and air-conditioning. On the other, there is sweat, suffering and even, in the worst cases, death.” Heat inequity, from @jeffgoodell.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com
Truth at No Kings Houston
June 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Truth at No Kings Houston
“If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened here, then no one is safe. You may believe that Khalil does not deserve free speech or due process. But if he does not have them, then neither do you. Neither do I.”
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened here, then no one is safe. You may believe that Khalil does not deserve free speech or due process. But if he does not have them, then neither do you. Neither do I.”
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Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
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