Kristin Bartus
@kristinbartus.bsky.social
610 followers 650 following 1.7K posts
Writer, mom, bumper sticker lover.
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
theneedling.com
ICE Detains Leaves as They Turn Brown: tinyurl.com/37euaejk
Masked ICE agents throwing bags of brown leaves in unmarked van
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
sanjaysrivastava.com
Saint Rat
baseball-broad.bsky.social
Mariners fans, who (doesn’t have to be realistic lol) would you like to see throw out a first pitch this week?
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
“Kavanaugh stop” is a great phrase. Evocative, critical, memorable, and on point.

The internet tells me the term was coined and popularized by @akalhan.bsky.social and @sifill.bsky.social. A big hat tip to them.
kristinbartus.bsky.social
You are wayyyyy to hard on yourself, based on your posts here.

(My therapist also told me years ago that I was too hard on myself.)
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
jacketdan.bsky.social
He did it again for the 5 year anniversary
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
maybe this is Mike Johnson's way of telling us he's a nevernude
oregonian.com
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
drewharwell.com
Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
12:02 PM · Oct 14, 2025
·
1.2M
 Views
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
freedom.press
“I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways…Our cell was awoken with threats of rape.”

Crickets from the State Department. Awful.
Journalist Abducted by Israel Says She Was Tortured in Israeli Custody
A journalist who was abducted by Israeli forces last week as she accompanied a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel says she was tortured in Israeli custody alongside activists seeking to break Israel’s...
www.democracynow.org
kristinbartus.bsky.social
Oh, hell no
jessicacalarco.com
Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.
IndyStar 2 . Follow
1h:
"All Media School and IU students, faculty and staff
should be scared by this blatant attack on someone
standing up for what's right," student Editors-ln-Chief
Mia Hilkowitz and Andrew Miller said in a statement.
Read more: bit.ly/43ebKW1
IndyStar.
IDS
The original investigative student
newsroom of Indiana University
Barge suspends Bloomingtonr
LITTLE 500
IDS
IDS
She should've
knownbetter:'
nt
in
N
eoiencnalt.
A
INnpttM
Indiana University fires IDS
adviser amid push to control
student newspaper's content The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.
kristinbartus.bsky.social
My love language is my husband sending me pics of the mountain from his office 🥰🥰🥰
kristinbartus.bsky.social
We all nest in different ways. I cooked up a shit ton of desserts to have in the freezer. No regrets.
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.
thetnholler.bsky.social
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
dem8z.bsky.social
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
kristinbartus.bsky.social
Me, a late bloomer, trying to come up with relationship advice for my 15 y.o.:

Uh, when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you, you’re gonna believe them…
a woman singing into a microphone with a thumbs up
ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with a thumbs up
media.tenor.com
kristinbartus.bsky.social
Ain’t no party like a peanut party
kristinbartus.bsky.social
Yesterday we had a twerking walrus directing traffic. Portland welcomes all creatures.
shaun505.bsky.social
bees joining the frogs to protest ICE in Portland
kristinbartus.bsky.social
Yeahhhh, SeaTac!
charlotteclymer.bsky.social
Growing list of airport authorities who are refusing to play the Kristi Noem video for travelers that blames Democrats for the shutdown:

Portland International Airport
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport

(cont'd)
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
clarajeffery.bsky.social
Millions came out for the last #NoKings protests.

These will be even bigger.

They want to scare people into not showing up.

Show up. Exercise your Constitutional rights. Be in community with all those who believe in democracy.
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
heylookitsruth.bsky.social
A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD
He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.
www.houstonchronicle.com
kristinbartus.bsky.social
I’M SO IN!
sickoscommittee.org
Some team should do a throwback weekend where fans show up in fur coats and ties.
mattbrown.bsky.social
me, when even more open records requests come back successful
Reposted by Kristin Bartus
wanda.bsky.social
Asking my husband which of these baseball players is THE big butt guy and eventually he did have to admit that I’m right and multiple of these guys have big butts.