Profile avatar
susankath.bsky.social
Curiouser and curiouser
223 posts 247 followers 83 following
Prolific Poster

the novel I’m writing in my head in the shower will be great if I ever remember it well enough to type any

I believe a home should be either aesthetic or functional, so mine is neither.

YES AND stop getting any information from ChatGPT or any other "AI" because pretty much all of it is inaccurate.

Democrats: we need to win back the youths <Mamdani effortlessly does this> Democrats: yeah we need to crush that guy

when you run out of racism

Jewish NYers feel unsafe because of Zohran? Donald Trump said Chuck Schumer "wasn't Jewish anymore". Maybe you should focus on the real antisemitism happening all around you (and there is PLENTY) instead of stoking unfounded fears in the public because you're Islamaphobic.

I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

New ‘The Bear’ Season Features Mutant Carmy Terrorizing Chicago After Falling Into Vat Of Beef Juice theonion.com/new-the...

The problem here isn't just the answer but the question. Mamdani has denounced antisemitism and clarified his position on this random slogan *other people* chanted at a protest numerous times. This is only a "tough question" if you think it's your job to repeat bad faith Republican attacks.

Took me a few days to get back out for a run in Prospect Park. Muscles a little stiff, but soul restored as usual. Sappy as it is, somehow every time I still feel verklempt w/gratitude for Olmsted & Vaux & @nycparks.bsky.social & the Alliance & the fact that we can do things like this. 🤷🏻‍♂️

NOTE TO SELF: Next time google “what does this political party believe” before giving them $277 million

i really want to like TikTok as a platform for hearing political takes but the number of extremely popular creators who are straight up morons is crazy even by social media standards

it’s insane how much these boys care about the idea of staying up all night as some kind of market of masculine endurance. it’s truly the worldview of a 9-year-old.

Hey what do you know about this very obvious thing; do you think treating the very existence of a viable Muslim candidate as de facto antisemitic might be a white supremacist op, or www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Can't get enough of these videos of Peter Thiel being asked by a friendly interviewer to "just say you're not the antichrist, out loud" followed by Thiel making various deep sea creature noises for 30 seconds before going "it's uh it's uh it's uh there are a lot of declensions here, interestingly,"

Stripping birthright citizenship from people born in this country goes against rights guaranteed in the Constitution. We must stand against unconstitutional actions and stand up for the fundamental rights granted to people in the United States of America.

That Peter Thiel is pretty dumb shouldn't be surprising. No reason to think someone who got rich basically being lucky (right place, right time) during early tech boom and then exploiting IRA tax loopholes should have anything intelligent to say about politics, philosophy, or anything else.

Ah, the ol' "My massively Islamophobic rant was just me misspeaking" defense

It seems to me that Peter Theil is not smart in the way that a lot of men who are smart but vain become not smart - they decide that an unorthodox view makes them sound even smarter and then surround themselves with others dedicated to that view and try to be the biggest fish in that small pond.

The rise of people like Lander and Walz, whose ideologies don't exactly match mine but have the exact right combination of "love thy neighbor" and "fuck you, asshole" attitudes, is massive positive for people who care about left of center politics

There are only three political positions in America today 1) I like the fascism 2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc) 3) I oppose the fascism The rest is details

We should take it away from them, in my opinion.

This is what they’re doing with our money while our roads fall apart and people die in their 30s from lack of insulin

this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?

I really do think this might be the worst Supreme Court of all time, which is saying something for an institution that coexisted with slavery These motherfuckers are even worse imo bc they are *also* out here using antebellum reasoning and pursuing antebellum goals but well post bellum!

The only person to have universal rights in this country is a straight, white, able-bodied, Christian man.

"Vaccines are among the most rigorously studied and effective tools in public health. Through widespread immunization, we have eradicated debilitating and fatal diseases that once caused serious illness, hospitalization, and death for millions of people." www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

I'm not sure this nickname will have the impact they think it will

sat across from two people in a coffee shop this morning having this exact conversation non-ironically

Genuinely GREAT for her; this is fantastic—but can you imagine showing up to an intake appointment with your new therapist and she’s FAITH?! cc @louiestowell.bsky.social

Zohran: Imagine living in a city where you can afford your rent, your groceries and even a meal at a restaurant now and then without much stress Eric Adams: Imagine a platypus so powerful that it could destroy the city. We need more cops

every leftist politician in america needs to follow the mamdani formula. he is the case study for the future

Tonight I'm texting Nancy Pelosi and asking HER for $5

Why can’t palantír be trending because Saruman and Denethor are up to their old tricks again?

he's right and he's right to say it

It's a lovely idea but primary the fuck out of them just to be sure

In a June Democratic mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani received more votes than 22 sitting US Senators received in their most recent general elections.

Pretty on the money quote at the bottom of my cheesecake slice

They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.” So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances… It was always a lie.

It's not often i manage to capture more than one Kingfisher in the same photo, so here's my #StunDay capture for this lovely warm Sunday morning with 2 of them on the same reed at Rodley Nature Reserve. #birds #wildlife #EastCoastKin #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social #naturephotography #birdphotography

leftists are consistently labeled as out of touch extremists, but there isn’t a single prominent left position this unpopular

i almost can’t read this it makes me so angry. delusional grifters with purity fetishes and eugenic worldviews have brought pain, suffering and death to children www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

I really wish journalists world stop pretending Trump is guided by anything but impulse and id. He's a toddler with no object permanence. We're governed by the lizard-brained impulses of a mad king, and the unwillingness of legacy media to acknowledge that reality is a big part of why we're here.

Sad truth: they are indeed trying to use the **exact same** playbook to manufacture consent for this war. Uplifting truth: there wasn't social media then. Public response to this is SO MUCH different than back then. Don't underestimate how important it is that they can't control the narrative now.

This is why, when it comes to politics, cultural studies and political psychology are basically the whole ballgame. We have a huge number of people who are socially and emotionally incapable of being comfortable in a free and open society and we can't solve that by capitulating to their comforts.