Catherine Heiner
@cateheiner.bsky.social
Theatre scholar, dramaturg.
Agent of chaos and manager of expectations.
Opinions are my own.
Agent of chaos and manager of expectations.
Opinions are my own.
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Is it a 'masculine value' to melt down about some new fake shit every week?
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Is it a 'masculine value' to melt down about some new fake shit every week?
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
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I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
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*people they define as Americans
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
a lot of you are probably too young to remember this but presidents dont normally wage war against americans
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
*people they define as Americans
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
See: most of American history/Native folks, Black folks, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, &etc
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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"I want us to tell the truth about our history not because I want to punish America, I want to liberate us but we can’t get to liberation if we don’t acknowledge what we’ve done."
~ Christina Sharpe, Ordinary Notes
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~ Christina Sharpe, Ordinary Notes
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November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"I want us to tell the truth about our history not because I want to punish America, I want to liberate us but we can’t get to liberation if we don’t acknowledge what we’ve done."
~ Christina Sharpe, Ordinary Notes
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~ Christina Sharpe, Ordinary Notes
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The part of being a woman in academia where you have to constantly gut-check whether your mentor really thinks your work is good or if he’s just waiting to try something* is EXHAUSTING.
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
I mean
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The part of being a woman in academia where you have to constantly gut-check whether your mentor really thinks your work is good or if he’s just waiting to try something* is EXHAUSTING.
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
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This is the guy who said women are underrepresented in STEM because they’re stupid
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This is the guy who said women are underrepresented in STEM because they’re stupid
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Alice Wong ask that this be posted after her passing. Honoring that.
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Alice Wong ask that this be posted after her passing. Honoring that.
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there’s some truth in this, but the gap between deep red and blue states isn’t explained by voter suppression alone. the white populations in deep red states vote republican at very high rates. both things are load-bearing.
I understand why a lot of white liberals are like, fuck the south, because they think about the people in power who are mostly white conservatives. But that is only because of Jim Crow, voter suppression, a lack of real funding for Dems there
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
there’s some truth in this, but the gap between deep red and blue states isn’t explained by voter suppression alone. the white populations in deep red states vote republican at very high rates. both things are load-bearing.
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please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
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The year is 2025. You are the hero of John Carpenter's They Live.
You are going to have to wrestle with every goddamn normie you know to get them to put on the damn glasses.
You are going to have to wrestle with every goddamn normie you know to get them to put on the damn glasses.
John Carpenter knew: It takes alot of emotional and physical labor to get your fellow citizens to "see."
We are all Rowdy Roddy Piper, in an unfortunately drawn out, dirty, wrestling match. "Put on the damn glasses!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=11dZ...
We are all Rowdy Roddy Piper, in an unfortunately drawn out, dirty, wrestling match. "Put on the damn glasses!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=11dZ...
They Live (1988) Fight Scene - HD 1080p
YouTube video by Coolmacatrain
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November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The year is 2025. You are the hero of John Carpenter's They Live.
You are going to have to wrestle with every goddamn normie you know to get them to put on the damn glasses.
You are going to have to wrestle with every goddamn normie you know to get them to put on the damn glasses.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I think a lot of the anger this morning stems from a feeling that we did our part, but they did not do theirs. This is an oversimplification, but my dudes, no wonder people are like, “OK, let’s try the democratic socialist, then.”
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Trust me said the spider to the fly
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Trust me said the spider to the fly
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Nathan Fielder put more planning and effort into purchasing one of these planes for a television show
The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Nathan Fielder put more planning and effort into purchasing one of these planes for a television show
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UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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Academic freedom isn’t an abstract concept. It is a practice that built a system of higher education so superlative that people came from all over to work in and study at it. Now it is being destroyed by a small minority of extremists who know their power rests on denying the truth.
My University Just Taught Extremists How to Eliminate Academic Programs They Don't Like
Texas Christian University handed its power to the people working hardest to dismantle learning itself.
www.texasobserver.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Academic freedom isn’t an abstract concept. It is a practice that built a system of higher education so superlative that people came from all over to work in and study at it. Now it is being destroyed by a small minority of extremists who know their power rests on denying the truth.
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This Republican shutdown isn’t about responsible governance. It’s about cruelty and control — and a president who treats hunger as a weapon against his own people.
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This Republican shutdown isn’t about responsible governance. It’s about cruelty and control — and a president who treats hunger as a weapon against his own people.
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Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.