Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky)

Assistant Prof of Rhetoric & Writing @UVA; cultural rhetorics and policy-making. TTRPG enthusiast, occasional medievalist. Views are my own.

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

Guil: We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation.

Ros: Be happy--if you're not even happy what's so good about surviving? We'll be all right. I suppose we just go on.

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

"This is a president of peace" okay I have to go to class. Maybe the walk will lower my blood pressure.

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

I really should know better than to watch press briefings. You're firing 3500 people at the IRS because they aren't doing their jobs? Because they aren't commuting? Ok.

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

To all my friends with American passports: if you are seeking a gender marker change, DO NOT. I've heard only anecdotal evidence of passports being confiscated, but I wouldn't be surprised. https://t.co/Dl7byFC7RV

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

I'm going to add this to be very clear: McConnell is one of the primary reasons this was able to happen and I do not find his "no" vote all that admirable. After all the harm he's done to our democracy, it was incredibly feeble and the very least he could do.

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

I've been following policy development in the DoD for most of my academic career. It kind of became my specialty. This is very bad and absolutely the result of cronyism. Even McConnell - who took a shot at the previous admin to do it - voted no.

[Paddy O'Mugwump 🚫👑 @PatrickDowns]

@PaulRieckhoff By the slimmest margin in history and possible. One vote. Three Republicans said no and it's shocking that not even one more had enough courage say no.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

[Kimberly Acquaviva @kimacquaviva]

Essential reading for college & university presidents, provosts, deans, department chairs, and other faculty members:

AAUP’s January 2025 report titled “Against Anticipatory Obedience”: https://t.co/qZiNcgQpmN

[Thomas Willett @ThomasWillett9]

This is an attempt to kill LGBTQ+ people.

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

@Prof_tlcarey I'm definitely planning to have it for the fall. It's too important. It's always an important topic, but I wish it didn't feel so pressing.

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

I regret NOT teaching a policy and politics class this semester. It was a good way for me to process everything, in part because I had to be able to explain it to students and field their questions to the best of my ability. It was a space for them to ask in the first place.

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

I thought I'd prefer not to engage on that level; I thought I'd need a break. Now I'm running into things I want to pose to my students. I want to hear their responses. I want to help them navigate this new administration when a lot of scary things are happening.

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

ByteDance called their bluff and now they're trying to walk back pissing off 170+ million Americans. We've already had our data stolen by homegrown social media companies and data leaks at our credit reporting bureaus, government offices, healthcare providers, and so on.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Congress panics realizing no one is going to buy TikTok before the ban (a problem they created!), with Sen. Schumer saying: " It's clear that more time is needed to find an American buyer and not disrupt the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans of so many influencers who have built up a good network of followers."

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

I'm very tired.

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

All just a big coincidence!

[Existential Comics (find me on bluesky) @existentialcoms]

Billionaires like @elonmusk want to destroy all free and open media. Any time something comes close to actual free speech, where the platform is controlled and funded directly by the people, they suppress it.

[Vivian @suchnerve]

i’m stubborn + i think it’s a tactical error for the left to cede an entire major social media platform to the fash

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

He jokes he got a chance to revise that before I put it out into the world since he said it yesterday. But regardless, jot that down, family. Joy might be hard to come by for a while, but if you feel it in any aspect of your life... that's radical resistance. 💕 (3/3)

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

I had a good day yesterday and found myself feeling like I shouldn't have, given the trash fire backdrop of society. But my partner said something that is gonna stick with me. He's a historian who specialized in Weimar Germany for his first Master's. We're both queer. (1/3)

[Dr. Kate Natishan (kairoticgood.bsky) @kairoticgood]

"Finding joy in a world that hates you and wants to take that away is both good and radical. The largest act of resistance anyone can do is refuse to let fascist strip us of our human need to find good and joy in the world, by ourselves and with others." (2/3)

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

1/20. Do not obey in advance. #OnTyranny