Caleb Crain
@calebcrain.bsky.social
Into #birding, #CrossFit, & sometimes writing. Wrote the novels "Necessary Errors" and "Overthrow"
More at https://calebcrain.substack.com & https://steamthing.com.
New short story! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/12/clay-fiction-caleb-crain
More at https://calebcrain.substack.com & https://steamthing.com.
New short story! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/12/clay-fiction-caleb-crain
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Caleb Crain
@calebcrain.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Hi, new followers! I wrote "Necessary Errors," a gay coming-of-age novel set in Prague a year after the Berlin Wall fell, and "Overthrow," a novel about Occupy protesters aswim in surveillance. My short stories have won n+1's Anthony Veasna So prize and the Paris Review's Susannah Hunnewell prize.
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this is like when I gave that bully my lunch money to recognize his commitment to taking my lunch money
WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuela's Machado says she presented Trump her Nobel Peace Prize to recognize his commitment to her country.
January 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
this is like when I gave that bully my lunch money to recognize his commitment to taking my lunch money
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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MNPLS Tuesday, Jan. 13: Info sought:
January 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
MNPLS Tuesday, Jan. 13: Info sought:
“They like their Scandinavian welfare system, with its free health care, free education and strong safety net.”
Sounds nice, actually.
Sounds nice, actually.
‘We’re Not Stupid’: What Greenlanders Would Say to Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“They like their Scandinavian welfare system, with its free health care, free education and strong safety net.”
Sounds nice, actually.
Sounds nice, actually.
Add “Minnesota” to this chart.
GOP congress is entirely responsible for EVERYTHING awful that happens. THey could stop this madness in a day. Yet, they chose not to. How is this not treason??
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Add “Minnesota” to this chart.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Ooooooh fuck
Epstein-Barr Virus #EBV was linked to #MultipleSclerosis - now a plausible cause has been found, misidentification by longterm memory T-cells that pick on the wrong protein, ANO2, instead of the EBV-antigen. Massive inflection towards the elimination of MS!!!
🧪🧠Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧪🧠Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Anoctamin-2-specific T cells link Epstein-Barr virus to multiple sclerosis
Researchers identified anoctamin-2 (ANO2) as a frequent autoimmune target in multiple
sclerosis, with T cell responses against ANO2 occurring in over half of patients.
These ANO2-specific T cells shar...
www.cell.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Ooooooh fuck
Slandering and harassing a woman you have widowed, so grotesquely that you provoke six prosecutors to resign, is quite a choice.
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Slandering and harassing a woman you have widowed, so grotesquely that you provoke six prosecutors to resign, is quite a choice.
For a moment I thought the photos of Minneapolis on the front page of this morning’s NYT were illustrating the article on the crackdown in Iran.
January 14, 2026 at 1:37 PM
For a moment I thought the photos of Minneapolis on the front page of this morning’s NYT were illustrating the article on the crackdown in Iran.
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I pulled up next to one at 10:17am yesterday an snapped a photo. By 10:27 the agents I photographed were in front of my house, along with another vehicle that met them there. It's a 10 minute drive from where I took the photo to my house - so they got the data *instantly*
bsky.app/profile/mitc...
bsky.app/profile/mitc...
Guys I think they're instantly getting DVS data.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
Pulled up next to this guy on central going south in Columbia heights, followed him, they turned around, got on 694, crossed the river, and went straight to my house in Brooklyn center.
January 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I pulled up next to one at 10:17am yesterday an snapped a photo. By 10:27 the agents I photographed were in front of my house, along with another vehicle that met them there. It's a 10 minute drive from where I took the photo to my house - so they got the data *instantly*
bsky.app/profile/mitc...
bsky.app/profile/mitc...
The Trump administration is hitting some kind of record in the number of different ways a single attack can qualify as a war crime.
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:05 AM
The Trump administration is hitting some kind of record in the number of different ways a single attack can qualify as a war crime.
They're beating children.
ICE Trump regime agents kidnapped a 17 year old boy working at Target, the regime thugs beat and tortured him then dropped him off 9 minutes away from his job site when they realized he was a US citizen, he was bloodied and bruised when witnesses helped him.
January 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
They're beating children.
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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Please hit pause, I need a second
2026’s refresh rate is wild I go do some chores and like 14 major world events have happened
January 12, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Please hit pause, I need a second
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did something happen
January 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
did something happen
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Well played, Transport for London
January 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Well played, Transport for London
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Dissolving the ICE secret police is a necessity for a future devoid of authoritarianism. #KnowYourHistory
When democracies replace authoritarian regimes, they typically disband the secret police.
Portugal (1974): PIDE disbanded within days.
Greece (1974): ESA disbanded. Leaders imprisoned.
East Germany (1990): Stasi dissolved.
Chile (1990): CNI dissolved.
Brazil (1990): SNI dissolved.
Portugal (1974): PIDE disbanded within days.
Greece (1974): ESA disbanded. Leaders imprisoned.
East Germany (1990): Stasi dissolved.
Chile (1990): CNI dissolved.
Brazil (1990): SNI dissolved.
January 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Dissolving the ICE secret police is a necessity for a future devoid of authoritarianism. #KnowYourHistory
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2025 was the hottest year on record for ocean heat content. Unfortunately, we now say this every year. 🥹
"In addition to setting a new record in 2025, the global
ocean continues to show sustained and intensified warming."
+ #OpenAccess Study: doi.org/10.1007/s003...
+ Data: www.ocean.iap.ac.cn
"In addition to setting a new record in 2025, the global
ocean continues to show sustained and intensified warming."
+ #OpenAccess Study: doi.org/10.1007/s003...
+ Data: www.ocean.iap.ac.cn
January 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
2025 was the hottest year on record for ocean heat content. Unfortunately, we now say this every year. 🥹
"In addition to setting a new record in 2025, the global
ocean continues to show sustained and intensified warming."
+ #OpenAccess Study: doi.org/10.1007/s003...
+ Data: www.ocean.iap.ac.cn
"In addition to setting a new record in 2025, the global
ocean continues to show sustained and intensified warming."
+ #OpenAccess Study: doi.org/10.1007/s003...
+ Data: www.ocean.iap.ac.cn
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I realize how melodramatic I sound but TRUMP IS PREPARING TO INVADE GREENLAND. How am I supposed to sound?
January 11, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I realize how melodramatic I sound but TRUMP IS PREPARING TO INVADE GREENLAND. How am I supposed to sound?
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Episcopalians going *hard*
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Episcopalians going *hard*
“I have eleven thousand Tiktokers following me right now. Get the fuck off my lawn until you have a judge’s signed warrant.”
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
“I have eleven thousand Tiktokers following me right now. Get the fuck off my lawn until you have a judge’s signed warrant.”
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there's something almost funny about how fascists like JD Vance need to argue that he was justified in killing her by the "fact" that she was simultaneously running him over, even if the idea that you can fire a gun accurately while BEING HIT BY A CAR is on its face ludicrous
January 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
there's something almost funny about how fascists like JD Vance need to argue that he was justified in killing her by the "fact" that she was simultaneously running him over, even if the idea that you can fire a gun accurately while BEING HIT BY A CAR is on its face ludicrous