Stephen Michael Kellat
@alpacaherder.bsky.social
Current instructor of digital literacy. Multiple affiliations but I do not speak on behalf of any of them through nor do I do so at their direction.
Special interests though not expert: PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome, AuDHD, TTRPG, Ashtabula County & more
Special interests though not expert: PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome, AuDHD, TTRPG, Ashtabula County & more
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oh he was gonna lose damn near the whole caucus, huh
Trump: "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide."
November 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
oh he was gonna lose damn near the whole caucus, huh
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For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
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Buckle up, I think we’ll be seeing a flood of this kind in the coming week. Seems like marching orders are to flood the zone with unapologetic confessions.
Because they’re trying to normalize it in the court of public opinion.
They’re doing “shout your abortion” except abortion is moral and legal, while they’re attempting to mainstream statutory rape
They’re doing “shout your abortion” except abortion is moral and legal, while they’re attempting to mainstream statutory rape
And why does this person want to share this with everyone?
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Buckle up, I think we’ll be seeing a flood of this kind in the coming week. Seems like marching orders are to flood the zone with unapologetic confessions.
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as someone who really thought there wasn’t much there for the longest time I cannot draw any conclusion other than “they are monumentally terrible” at this point
man, what the fuck is in these files that would a) be worse than anything we have ever learned about him, b) make him willing to risk a maga civil war over it, and c) have him desperately calling half of the republicans in the house and begging them to vote against their release
Trump on Epstein Files: I don’t want to talk about it because fake news like you—you’re a terrible reporter—fake news like you just keeps bringing up to deflect from the tremendous success of The Trump Admin
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
as someone who really thought there wasn’t much there for the longest time I cannot draw any conclusion other than “they are monumentally terrible” at this point
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Please Enjoy Your Stay.
Come visit Doskvol, the jewel of Akoros, in '68. Home of the original bluetime (first and best). Crime rates are better than before*
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Please Enjoy Your Stay.
That screams CrossFit devotee rather than liberal and there is nothing wrong with that
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
That screams CrossFit devotee rather than liberal and there is nothing wrong with that
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god I remember the fandom Russian zoomers on Twitter during the start of the war who were either "what can I do, I can't be held responsible" or "wow it's so mean that the West sanctioned us from our favourite fandoms"
I often have trouble explaining to people that the Russian youth is just as dumb and evil as the rest of the population
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
god I remember the fandom Russian zoomers on Twitter during the start of the war who were either "what can I do, I can't be held responsible" or "wow it's so mean that the West sanctioned us from our favourite fandoms"
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I remember you saw a similar dynamic when the Canada US trade war was a lot more hostile where people were like, "why is Canada talking about cutting off energy exports?"
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I remember you saw a similar dynamic when the Canada US trade war was a lot more hostile where people were like, "why is Canada talking about cutting off energy exports?"
I guess be worried when people in academia go silent or only do likes & reposts. Work leaned hard on staff to stay quiet due to how close a call our budget worries are. We still have our Title IV participation application pending. I want to write more but institutional survival comes first.
For the bajillionth time:
Write WTF you want to write. If you want to get to “publishable” that is an additional layer of craft from “look, I made this.” This is true whatever genre you are writing in.
Sales are largely out of your control. Craft & hitting deadlines are all you control.
Write WTF you want to write. If you want to get to “publishable” that is an additional layer of craft from “look, I made this.” This is true whatever genre you are writing in.
Sales are largely out of your control. Craft & hitting deadlines are all you control.
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I guess be worried when people in academia go silent or only do likes & reposts. Work leaned hard on staff to stay quiet due to how close a call our budget worries are. We still have our Title IV participation application pending. I want to write more but institutional survival comes first.
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Absolutely real! I used to do a tech podcast, butt I do still have a show for you..,
@liontowershield.theincomparable.com
@liontowershield.theincomparable.com
New research from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that both podcast hosts and their guests skew very heavily male — and white.
Bros really are dominating podcasting
New research from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that both podcast hosts and their guests skew very heavily male — and white.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Absolutely real! I used to do a tech podcast, butt I do still have a show for you..,
@liontowershield.theincomparable.com
@liontowershield.theincomparable.com
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Journalism 101: Dog bites man not news. Man bites dog is.
Journalism 102: Dog shoots man is definitely news.
www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/...
Journalism 102: Dog shoots man is definitely news.
www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/...
Shillington man hospitalized after gun mishap involving dog
The man told police the dog jumped onto his bed and caused a shotgun that was resting there to discharge, striking him in the back.
www.wfmz.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Journalism 101: Dog bites man not news. Man bites dog is.
Journalism 102: Dog shoots man is definitely news.
www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/...
Journalism 102: Dog shoots man is definitely news.
www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/...
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How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? @kenlburns.bsky.social, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on what it took to film “The American Revolution”:
How Do You Film the Revolution?
What we learned making a documentary about a war so distant in time
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? @kenlburns.bsky.social, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on what it took to film “The American Revolution”:
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The House is supposed to vote on releasing the Epstein files on Tuesday. That's your warning, Venezuela
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The House is supposed to vote on releasing the Epstein files on Tuesday. That's your warning, Venezuela
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Have you made a game? Finished a story? Completed a comic?
That’s amazing! So many people start projects but do not finish. Just writing the last word and drawing the last panel is an astounding feat.
Be proud!
That’s amazing! So many people start projects but do not finish. Just writing the last word and drawing the last panel is an astounding feat.
Be proud!
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Have you made a game? Finished a story? Completed a comic?
That’s amazing! So many people start projects but do not finish. Just writing the last word and drawing the last panel is an astounding feat.
Be proud!
That’s amazing! So many people start projects but do not finish. Just writing the last word and drawing the last panel is an astounding feat.
Be proud!
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I am sorely tempted to rephrase that post making it about pedophiles and make a post of my own. As an experiment. I think I might do this.
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I am sorely tempted to rephrase that post making it about pedophiles and make a post of my own. As an experiment. I think I might do this.
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*Literal* death threat. Not quoting song lyrics, no comedic exaggeration. Actionable threat, @safety.bsky.app. Is it in your backlog too?
okay so why is this post still up & account still existing? actual question. the account isn’t even verified like some of the other fed gov accounts either, but also it shouldn’t matter when they post “we will kill you” along with videos of them killing people.
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*Literal* death threat. Not quoting song lyrics, no comedic exaggeration. Actionable threat, @safety.bsky.app. Is it in your backlog too?
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Status report: "Just What I Needed" dep't: Well, *this* is a PIA. Still, a PSA for #Ebooks Direct customers: www.tumblr.com/dduane/80031...
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💬 2 🔁 8 ❤️ 24 · "Trouble at' mill": some kurfuffle over at Ebooks Direct · Just so that people know:
Over the last couple of days, Ebooks Direct has had a flurry of bot-running chargeback scamme…
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November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Status report: "Just What I Needed" dep't: Well, *this* is a PIA. Still, a PSA for #Ebooks Direct customers: www.tumblr.com/dduane/80031...
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Sorry, but we only hire the best border patrol agents ...
So… A BP agent filmed in LA in June kidnapping someone from a Walmart got arrested by Long Beach cops after drunkenly flashing his service pistol in a women’s restroom. He demanded they call BP Commander Bovino. After making bail he died of a drug OD at his parents house. lbpost.com/news/isaiah-...
A viral arrest, a drunken brawl and an overdose: the last days of a notorious Border Patrol agent
We obtained hours of body-camera video that give the fullest — and perhaps last — glimpse of Agent Isaiah Hodgson’s mindset when he became a flashpoint in the fight over immigration raids.
lbpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Sorry, but we only hire the best border patrol agents ...
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To be fair, it is much much easier to create a national police force that uses excessive violence on everyone than it is to get one cop to stop shooting people so.
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
To be fair, it is much much easier to create a national police force that uses excessive violence on everyone than it is to get one cop to stop shooting people so.
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"You're exaggerating when you say that law enforcement won't oppose Trump. No one can coordinate the intensely localized system of policing." Mmmhmm, I see.
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"You're exaggerating when you say that law enforcement won't oppose Trump. No one can coordinate the intensely localized system of policing." Mmmhmm, I see.
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Remembering when people told me in late 2024 that "Trump couldn't create his own police force because federalism" mmhmm
With @arynbraun.bsky.social, this week we ran this big look at what ICE/CBP has become under Donald Trump and how the agencies increasingly resemble a sort of national police force he can send to whatever city he likes to intimidate people:
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
www.economist.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Remembering when people told me in late 2024 that "Trump couldn't create his own police force because federalism" mmhmm
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We’re in the ‘move as much money off shore as we possibly can’ phase of the administration, a couple years ahead of schedule.
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We’re in the ‘move as much money off shore as we possibly can’ phase of the administration, a couple years ahead of schedule.
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This is what happens when a Pope grows up in Siskel and Ebert country.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is what happens when a Pope grows up in Siskel and Ebert country.
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boy, 1965 America really hated UBI
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
boy, 1965 America really hated UBI