Christian (in name only)
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ACES-certified editor, malcontent. cwwilkie.org #slogan #slogan #bumpersticker
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We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
January 20, 2026 at 6:16 PM
We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
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Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
AND YET …
How far are we from AI 1) detecting niche trends in reading, 2) designing a website to focus on and attract that audience, then 3) creating a podcast in which authors are real-time interviewed by an interactive AI? Authors who'd fall beneath everyone else's radars?
How far are we from AI 1) detecting niche trends in reading, 2) designing a website to focus on and attract that audience, then 3) creating a podcast in which authors are real-time interviewed by an interactive AI? Authors who'd fall beneath everyone else's radars?
Last September I reported on how scammers are using generative AI systems (LLMs) to create fake book club communities, including Discord chats with AI-powered members.
As an update, the scammers are getting better. Check out this new scam email I received today. 1/
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As an update, the scammers are getting better. Check out this new scam email I received today. 1/
www.patreon.com/posts/genre-...
January 19, 2026 at 9:29 PM
AND YET …
How far are we from AI 1) detecting niche trends in reading, 2) designing a website to focus on and attract that audience, then 3) creating a podcast in which authors are real-time interviewed by an interactive AI? Authors who'd fall beneath everyone else's radars?
How far are we from AI 1) detecting niche trends in reading, 2) designing a website to focus on and attract that audience, then 3) creating a podcast in which authors are real-time interviewed by an interactive AI? Authors who'd fall beneath everyone else's radars?
Went out to see a friend's band last night.
After the set, we struggled to find anything to talk about besides how oppressive and threatening life here has gotten. It was hard to change the topic without sounding completely banal. I'm going through personal shit I don't even want to bring up.
After the set, we struggled to find anything to talk about besides how oppressive and threatening life here has gotten. It was hard to change the topic without sounding completely banal. I'm going through personal shit I don't even want to bring up.
January 18, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Went out to see a friend's band last night.
After the set, we struggled to find anything to talk about besides how oppressive and threatening life here has gotten. It was hard to change the topic without sounding completely banal. I'm going through personal shit I don't even want to bring up.
After the set, we struggled to find anything to talk about besides how oppressive and threatening life here has gotten. It was hard to change the topic without sounding completely banal. I'm going through personal shit I don't even want to bring up.
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Because these international grocers need your support now more than ever, especially during these times, here’s a guide to the international grocers of the Twin Cities that I wrote for @racketmn.com: racketmn.com/guide-intern...
A Guide to the International Grocers of the Twin Cities - Racket
The Twin Cities is home to over 40 international grocers, and they deserve your dollars, too.
racketmn.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Because these international grocers need your support now more than ever, especially during these times, here’s a guide to the international grocers of the Twin Cities that I wrote for @racketmn.com: racketmn.com/guide-intern...
On the other hand, there are actual neo-Nazi slogans the DHS is using on its official social media. Don't need to bolster our case with false quotes and misinformation. @theintercept.com
DHS Used Neo-Nazi Anthem for Recruitment After Fatal Minneapolis ICE Shooting
The federal government is openly embracing white nationalist online content — including in a recent recruitment post.
theintercept.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
On the other hand, there are actual neo-Nazi slogans the DHS is using on its official social media. Don't need to bolster our case with false quotes and misinformation. @theintercept.com
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Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”
BELGIAN WHISTLES
Went out for a walk on this beautiful winter day (19 mph winds; feels like 0°F/-17°C). Have to go out if I'm going to enjoy a nice pipe. And the lake is deeply frozen so I ventured out some distance, to really appreciate the snowy gusts over the featureless ice.
January 16, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Went out for a walk on this beautiful winter day (19 mph winds; feels like 0°F/-17°C). Have to go out if I'm going to enjoy a nice pipe. And the lake is deeply frozen so I ventured out some distance, to really appreciate the snowy gusts over the featureless ice.
Wife asked why our RYZE shipment was delayed.
I tracked the order number through GOFO, which seems to be a Chinese shipping company operating in the US.
They said my package has been "lost" in Chicago for a week.
What the fuck are we doing.
I tracked the order number through GOFO, which seems to be a Chinese shipping company operating in the US.
They said my package has been "lost" in Chicago for a week.
What the fuck are we doing.
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Wife asked why our RYZE shipment was delayed.
I tracked the order number through GOFO, which seems to be a Chinese shipping company operating in the US.
They said my package has been "lost" in Chicago for a week.
What the fuck are we doing.
I tracked the order number through GOFO, which seems to be a Chinese shipping company operating in the US.
They said my package has been "lost" in Chicago for a week.
What the fuck are we doing.
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I contacted Hilton to cancel my honors membership, and they said I'd have to give them the 2FA code from my email in order to delete my account.
Be aware that they're using bullshit tactics.
Be aware that they're using bullshit tactics.
January 15, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I contacted Hilton to cancel my honors membership, and they said I'd have to give them the 2FA code from my email in order to delete my account.
Be aware that they're using bullshit tactics.
Be aware that they're using bullshit tactics.
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I just want it to be really clear, to people from out of the area, if they see pictures of fires in Minneapolis: THEY WERE STARTED BY ICE. NOT BY PROTESTERS. NOT BY RESIDENTS.
So not only are they shooting our citizens they are setting the city on fire. #MFD did respond. Someone get an Air Quality check in #Minneapolis with the volume of Flash Bangs & Chemical Irritants.
🚨BREAKING: Multiple fires have broken after ICE unleashed ANOTHER ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical gas at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I just want it to be really clear, to people from out of the area, if they see pictures of fires in Minneapolis: THEY WERE STARTED BY ICE. NOT BY PROTESTERS. NOT BY RESIDENTS.
For as much good as it will do, please call your representatives and voice your support to have them investigate and defund ICE.
5calls.org/issue/ice-ra...
5calls.org/issue/ice-ra...
Stop ICE’s Aggressive Attacks on Immigrants and Citizens ⭑ 5 Calls
The Trump administration has continually attacked immigrant communities across the country with aggressive ICE raids, abusive and inhumane detention …
5calls.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
For as much good as it will do, please call your representatives and voice your support to have them investigate and defund ICE.
5calls.org/issue/ice-ra...
5calls.org/issue/ice-ra...
For the last couple of nights, my wife and I have been making cocoa and playing tabletop games instead of looking at our phones.
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 AM
For the last couple of nights, my wife and I have been making cocoa and playing tabletop games instead of looking at our phones.
Another reason to love @bandcamp.com — they have banned AI-generated music. Between this and their commitment to the lion's share of revenue for musicians, #Bandcamp is the best place to buy music. #NeverSpotify #NoAI
From the BandCamp community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the BandCamp community
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January 15, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Another reason to love @bandcamp.com — they have banned AI-generated music. Between this and their commitment to the lion's share of revenue for musicians, #Bandcamp is the best place to buy music. #NeverSpotify #NoAI
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Petition to change the Minnesota motto from the French "L'Étoile du Nord" ("The Star of the North") to "Tread On Me and Slip," with inspiration from Scotland's "NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT" ("No one provokes me with impunity")
January 14, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Petition to change the Minnesota motto from the French "L'Étoile du Nord" ("The Star of the North") to "Tread On Me and Slip," with inspiration from Scotland's "NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT" ("No one provokes me with impunity")
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Trying to intimidate the folks at Wrecktangle pizza after they raised over $80k in ICE out mutual aid.
Tells you something about the command and control behind these ICE/CPB scumbags: they're too online right wing meme lords that spend their waking moments terrorizing people.
Tells you something about the command and control behind these ICE/CPB scumbags: they're too online right wing meme lords that spend their waking moments terrorizing people.
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Trying to intimidate the folks at Wrecktangle pizza after they raised over $80k in ICE out mutual aid.
Tells you something about the command and control behind these ICE/CPB scumbags: they're too online right wing meme lords that spend their waking moments terrorizing people.
Tells you something about the command and control behind these ICE/CPB scumbags: they're too online right wing meme lords that spend their waking moments terrorizing people.
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I bet you forgot we don’t have a Dept of Education, didn’t you?
What a shitshow.
What a shitshow.
January 13, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I bet you forgot we don’t have a Dept of Education, didn’t you?
What a shitshow.
What a shitshow.
Without saying Gundam, name a giant robot.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Without saying Gundam, name a giant robot.
What’s an obscure/less talked about comics run that you find is a marker of exquisite taste and instant friendship in someone else who likes it?
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
What’s an obscure/less talked about comics run that you find is a marker of exquisite taste and instant friendship in someone else who likes it?
Scanned in some old matchboxes from SK clubs, 1990–91. Wondered if @michaelchesnut.bsky.social would find them interesting. Second image shows the boxes reversed; missing boxes were same on both sides.
January 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Scanned in some old matchboxes from SK clubs, 1990–91. Wondered if @michaelchesnut.bsky.social would find them interesting. Second image shows the boxes reversed; missing boxes were same on both sides.
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GoFundMe is allowing a fundraising campaign tied to the potential legal defense of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good, to remain online despite what appears to be a breach of the platform’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
GoFundMe is allowing a fundraising campaign tied to the potential legal defense of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good, to remain online despite what appears to be a breach of the platform’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.
The fact is that the UMN switching from CMOS to AP has forced me to wake up a bit and pay closer attention to everything. Can't be bad. #AmEditing
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The fact is that the UMN switching from CMOS to AP has forced me to wake up a bit and pay closer attention to everything. Can't be bad. #AmEditing
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"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
January 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!