@bryncrow.bsky.social
Promoting creativity, craft, cooperatives, and communities of care. Author of Sheila Says We're Weird and Defender of Dirt.
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Against Abandonment
"The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out." James Baldwin, Nothing Personal
I've been slow-reading Let This Radica...
finding-throughlines.ghost.io
There’s power in our grief: wisdom from Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba’s book, Let This Radicalize You—
finding-throughlines.ghost.io/against-aban...
finding-throughlines.ghost.io/against-aban...
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🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
www.science.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Dems need to stop acting like what ICE is doing is an accident, or a failure of policy, or a tactic of distraction.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
January 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Dems need to stop acting like what ICE is doing is an accident, or a failure of policy, or a tactic of distraction.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
It's the policy. And that's fucking terrifying, because it means that there's no negotiating with it, no ameliorating it.
There's only defeating it, or being defeated by it.
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The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
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“Long COVID is especially concerning in pediatric populations because of the potential for long-term physical and mental health effects that could persist into adulthood.”
January 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
“Long COVID is especially concerning in pediatric populations because of the potential for long-term physical and mental health effects that could persist into adulthood.”
I write about more facets of AI this week and why we can't let its ravening purveyors keep determining our direction.
finding-throughlines.ghost.io/defying-obso...
finding-throughlines.ghost.io/defying-obso...
Defying Obsolescence: Human Agency and AI
The devastation seems to intensify with each succeeding week. From the streets of U.S. cities to the leadership of other countries, people are rushing to put out the fires started by this president an...
finding-throughlines.ghost.io
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I write about more facets of AI this week and why we can't let its ravening purveyors keep determining our direction.
finding-throughlines.ghost.io/defying-obso...
finding-throughlines.ghost.io/defying-obso...
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Dating from around 1865, this hooded parka from the Aleutian Islands in southern Alaska is made from seal intestines, a naturally waterproof & windproof material. Both robust & decorative, these seal gut parkas would have been used daily to keep warm & dry in this harsh environment.
bit.ly/4oRZuCC
bit.ly/4oRZuCC
January 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Dating from around 1865, this hooded parka from the Aleutian Islands in southern Alaska is made from seal intestines, a naturally waterproof & windproof material. Both robust & decorative, these seal gut parkas would have been used daily to keep warm & dry in this harsh environment.
bit.ly/4oRZuCC
bit.ly/4oRZuCC
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Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Look at this absolute queen
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97 MILLION people.
New meta-analysis: +49% risk of new-onset autoimmune disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Highest risks?
🧬 Vasculitis
🩸 Antiphospholipid syndrome
🧠 Connective tissue disease
🧫 Immune thrombocytopenia
Severe infection ↑ risk
Vaccine cuts risk~half
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/
New meta-analysis: +49% risk of new-onset autoimmune disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Highest risks?
🧬 Vasculitis
🩸 Antiphospholipid syndrome
🧠 Connective tissue disease
🧫 Immune thrombocytopenia
Severe infection ↑ risk
Vaccine cuts risk~half
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/
Association between COVID-19 and New-Onset Autoimmune Diseases: Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 97 Million Individuals - PubMed
SARS-CoV-2 infection may induce long-term immune dysregulation; however, its contribution to the development of autoimmune disease remains disputed. We aim to quantify the relative risk of new-onset autoimmune diseases following COVID-19 and its modifiers through a systematic review and meta-analysi …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
97 MILLION people.
New meta-analysis: +49% risk of new-onset autoimmune disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Highest risks?
🧬 Vasculitis
🩸 Antiphospholipid syndrome
🧠 Connective tissue disease
🧫 Immune thrombocytopenia
Severe infection ↑ risk
Vaccine cuts risk~half
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/
New meta-analysis: +49% risk of new-onset autoimmune disease after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Highest risks?
🧬 Vasculitis
🩸 Antiphospholipid syndrome
🧠 Connective tissue disease
🧫 Immune thrombocytopenia
Severe infection ↑ risk
Vaccine cuts risk~half
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/
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Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
Pay Kurt Kopatich using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/kpattonleather and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
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My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support.
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
Pow Wow Grounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support.
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities-
Venmo @powwowgrounds
www.powwowgrounds.com
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Joyce Uptown Food Shelf - collection for those who can’t leave their homes
www.venmo.com/u/JoyceUptown
www.venmo.com/u/JoyceUptown
Venmo | Joyce Uptown Food Shelf
Use Venmo to connect with Joyce Uptown Food Shelf (@JoyceUptown) - Joyce Uptown Foodshelf is the oldest food shelf in Minneapolis, and distributes over 80,000 pounds of food each month to the resident...
www.venmo.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Joyce Uptown Food Shelf - collection for those who can’t leave their homes
www.venmo.com/u/JoyceUptown
www.venmo.com/u/JoyceUptown
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It used to be that victims of murders in the U.S. would be smeared by InfoWars and Gateway Pundit as a way to fetishize guns and violence for ad dollars and supplement sales, with the added benefit of cozying up to far-right politicians. Now that work is done by CBS News.
January 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM
It used to be that victims of murders in the U.S. would be smeared by InfoWars and Gateway Pundit as a way to fetishize guns and violence for ad dollars and supplement sales, with the added benefit of cozying up to far-right politicians. Now that work is done by CBS News.
Notice how these guys approach with the type of aggressive urgency one would expect if they were apprehending violent, armed killers, like themselves.
I keep being told that no one can do anything that's against the law, and that ICE have no jurisdiction over US citizens. This video would seem to suggest that one of these beliefs is wrong.
For days, Skye (last name withheld)—a disabled U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Minneapolis resident—has been participating as part of a citizen observer effort to warn neighbors about ICE presence in their communities.
On Jan. 11, Skye and her friend Elizabeth were pulled over and detained.
On Jan. 11, Skye and her friend Elizabeth were pulled over and detained.
January 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Notice how these guys approach with the type of aggressive urgency one would expect if they were apprehending violent, armed killers, like themselves.
Clearly illustratesthe labor issues and exploitation:
kucharski.substack.com/p/will-your-...
kucharski.substack.com/p/will-your-...
Will AI chatbots put an end to open source software?
Freely available software relies on credit. AI is destroying that.
kucharski.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Clearly illustratesthe labor issues and exploitation:
kucharski.substack.com/p/will-your-...
kucharski.substack.com/p/will-your-...
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For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
This whole thread .
5/ These prediction markets are becoming America's fastest growing companies. And they aren't hiding their goal.
Kalshi’s CEO: the promise of prediction markets “is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion.”
Kalshi’s CEO: the promise of prediction markets “is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion.”
January 14, 2026 at 11:56 PM
This whole thread .
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An absolute honour 🙏👇
“If we conflate the richness of biological brains & human experience with the information-processing machinations of deepfake-boosted chatbots, or whatever the latest AI wizardry is, we do our minds, brains & bodies a grave injustice.”
— @anilseth.bsky.social, winner of @berggruen.org Essay Prize
— @anilseth.bsky.social, winner of @berggruen.org Essay Prize
The Mythology Of Conscious AI | NOEMA
Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea.
www.noemamag.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
An absolute honour 🙏👇
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The Danish military gears up to defend Greenland
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Denmark’s Army Chief Says He’s Ready to Defend Greenland
Danish forces are moving to the island to show NATO—and Trump—that they’re serious about security.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The Danish military gears up to defend Greenland
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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here at cbs news, we are undertaking a mission to tell the kind of stories that for too long have gone untold, like how cops are badass and white people have never done anything wrong
January 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
here at cbs news, we are undertaking a mission to tell the kind of stories that for too long have gone untold, like how cops are badass and white people have never done anything wrong
There’s power in our grief: wisdom from Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba’s book, Let This Radicalize You—
finding-throughlines.ghost.io/against-aban...
finding-throughlines.ghost.io/against-aban...
Against Abandonment
"The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out." James Baldwin, Nothing Personal
I've been slow-reading Let This Radica...
finding-throughlines.ghost.io
January 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
There’s power in our grief: wisdom from Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba’s book, Let This Radicalize You—
finding-throughlines.ghost.io/against-aban...
finding-throughlines.ghost.io/against-aban...
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This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
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🧵As I'm prepping my class meeting on Native American genocide (example: Sand Creek Massacre), it strikes me that the sheer moral heroism of US Army Captain Silas S. Soule is particularly relevant in our current times.
January 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
🧵As I'm prepping my class meeting on Native American genocide (example: Sand Creek Massacre), it strikes me that the sheer moral heroism of US Army Captain Silas S. Soule is particularly relevant in our current times.