katsylver
@katsylver.bsky.social
thirtysomething geek & absolute weirdo.
morally ambiguous & occasionally a threat.
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ Ⓐ//Ⓔ we keep us safe
they/them
#alaskasky
https://linktr.ee/katsylver
Check out @redcurrentdistro.com
morally ambiguous & occasionally a threat.
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ Ⓐ//Ⓔ we keep us safe
they/them
#alaskasky
https://linktr.ee/katsylver
Check out @redcurrentdistro.com
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@katsylver.bsky.social
· Jul 10
Today I got called out by my therapist for referring to my body as a "meat suit."
Apparently, "that's depersonalization" & "we need to talk more about this."
Listen. I am just a pile of tangled neurons piloting this dilapidated rig of meat & bones. Don't yell at me.
Apparently, "that's depersonalization" & "we need to talk more about this."
Listen. I am just a pile of tangled neurons piloting this dilapidated rig of meat & bones. Don't yell at me.
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On the most recent @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, @laurelpowell.net recounted the story of the first anti-trans bathroom campaign. I went and found the actual ad and yes the cartoon transphobic caricature they used is just as bigoted as you could imagine.
youtu.be/nEeDfdA9eug
youtu.be/nEeDfdA9eug
The Alaskan Case That Sparked America's Anti-Trans Panic
YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
On the most recent @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, @laurelpowell.net recounted the story of the first anti-trans bathroom campaign. I went and found the actual ad and yes the cartoon transphobic caricature they used is just as bigoted as you could imagine.
youtu.be/nEeDfdA9eug
youtu.be/nEeDfdA9eug
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Tamara Nopper and host Kelly Hayes discuss the urgency of political education in our current fascist climate, what people are learning in the streets, and the importance of counter-recruiting for movements against policing and deportations.
Fascism at the Door, Neighbors in the Street: Abolition in Practice
“I think a lot of us could level up our skills,” says researcher Tamara Nopper.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Tamara Nopper and host Kelly Hayes discuss the urgency of political education in our current fascist climate, what people are learning in the streets, and the importance of counter-recruiting for movements against policing and deportations.
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Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Seriously though. I have a business plan, branding package, product & program designs, etc. Anchorage needs indie bookstores, community hubs, & spaces to collectively imagine a better future. Let's build something amazing.
#alaskasky
#alaskasky
If anyone wants to become an investor in a community-focused business, I have a really awesome idea that just needs a little capital to see through.
We don't have to lose the incredible independent bookstores that are hubs for connection & information in our community.
#alaskasky #anchorage
We don't have to lose the incredible independent bookstores that are hubs for connection & information in our community.
#alaskasky #anchorage
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Seriously though. I have a business plan, branding package, product & program designs, etc. Anchorage needs indie bookstores, community hubs, & spaces to collectively imagine a better future. Let's build something amazing.
#alaskasky
#alaskasky
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The kind of thing we can have if we just hold on and keep fighting 🥰
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The kind of thing we can have if we just hold on and keep fighting 🥰
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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You can be a N@zi congressional staffer or a socialist mayoral candidate, but some still treat anarchism like a dirty word. I break down anarchism as a tradition, strategy, and set of a practices in my latest piece: instruggle.substack.com/p/anarchism
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You can be a N@zi congressional staffer or a socialist mayoral candidate, but some still treat anarchism like a dirty word. I break down anarchism as a tradition, strategy, and set of a practices in my latest piece: instruggle.substack.com/p/anarchism
Also, the 14yo no longer blinks their eyes - they just roll them. 🙄
My 14yo is rummaging through my tote of early-aughts rave nostalgia. I'm high on memories & they're deeply embarrassed by me. Fabulous! 🪩
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Also, the 14yo no longer blinks their eyes - they just roll them. 🙄
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One great thing about therapy is that you're constantly reminded that you are the problem, and the solution, which is the problem.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
One great thing about therapy is that you're constantly reminded that you are the problem, and the solution, which is the problem.
My 14yo is rummaging through my tote of early-aughts rave nostalgia. I'm high on memories & they're deeply embarrassed by me. Fabulous! 🪩
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
My 14yo is rummaging through my tote of early-aughts rave nostalgia. I'm high on memories & they're deeply embarrassed by me. Fabulous! 🪩
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"Alex Nguyen, a spokesman for Mr. Schumer, disputed that notion. 'Our North Star is winning the Senate majority in 2026 & any decision is made to achieve that goal,' he said in a statement."
YES. THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
All you care about is party power, not ppl, not the constitution. Fight for *US.*
YES. THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
All you care about is party power, not ppl, not the constitution. Fight for *US.*
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"Alex Nguyen, a spokesman for Mr. Schumer, disputed that notion. 'Our North Star is winning the Senate majority in 2026 & any decision is made to achieve that goal,' he said in a statement."
YES. THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
All you care about is party power, not ppl, not the constitution. Fight for *US.*
YES. THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
All you care about is party power, not ppl, not the constitution. Fight for *US.*
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We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
Went out to a weekly solidarity meeting to request some help assembling zines for @redcurrentdistro.com. The response was tremendous & I am so grateful for people in my community who show up to do whatever needs doing. Movement work is done in so many ways by so many hands.
#alaskasky
#alaskasky
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Went out to a weekly solidarity meeting to request some help assembling zines for @redcurrentdistro.com. The response was tremendous & I am so grateful for people in my community who show up to do whatever needs doing. Movement work is done in so many ways by so many hands.
#alaskasky
#alaskasky
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99% of Discourse could be avoided if people simply accepted that multiple things can be true at the same time, and often are. The universe isn't divided neatly into heroes and villains. Humans are messy and complicated. Everyone always thinks they're the good guy, no matter how awful they are.
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
99% of Discourse could be avoided if people simply accepted that multiple things can be true at the same time, and often are. The universe isn't divided neatly into heroes and villains. Humans are messy and complicated. Everyone always thinks they're the good guy, no matter how awful they are.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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“The boxed materials aren’t Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, or whatever MAGA officials claim ‘Antifa’ uses to wage its imaginary war on America. As prosecutors laid out in the July criminal complaint that led to the indictment, they were zines and pamphlets.”
"The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine" @theintercept.com - The Anarchist Library is linked in the article
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
read here:
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“The boxed materials aren’t Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, or whatever MAGA officials claim ‘Antifa’ uses to wage its imaginary war on America. As prosecutors laid out in the July criminal complaint that led to the indictment, they were zines and pamphlets.”
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Our Holiday Sale is here early this year! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% Off through Friday, January 2nd!
Happy Holidays! 40% OFF ALL Haymarket Books
Our Holiday Sale is here early this year! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% Off through Friday, January 2nd!
For one-stop shopping, check out our eleven curated gift bundles: each includes 5 books for $5...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our Holiday Sale is here early this year! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% Off through Friday, January 2nd!
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“Water-damaged homes are now frozen in place, with the remnants of their evacuated residents lives’ still scattered throughout the community.”
An Alaska’s News Source crew was on the ground in Kipnuk Saturday to see how recovery is coming along.
Halong impacts: Flood-damaged homes now frozen while repair work continues in Kipnuk
An Alaska’s News Source crew was on the ground in Kipnuk Saturday to see how recovery is coming along.
www.alaskasnewssource.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Water-damaged homes are now frozen in place, with the remnants of their evacuated residents lives’ still scattered throughout the community.”
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
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We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
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No lie detected.
AOC has said this about Marjorie Taylor Greene retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
No lie detected.
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i didn’t know “testing” was a synonym for “breaking” you learn something new every day ✨
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
i didn’t know “testing” was a synonym for “breaking” you learn something new every day ✨