Ed K
@edk.bsky.social
Black Lives Matter! Math, software, science, politics, education, 日本語。(((He/They)))
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Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
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🗣️🚨Heads up y’all!!!
Marly needs this amplified. Can y’all please repost here and maybe some of your other social media sites too?
Let’s shine some light on this 💪🏾😤
Marly needs this amplified. Can y’all please repost here and maybe some of your other social media sites too?
Let’s shine some light on this 💪🏾😤
Everyone. PLEASE—call your senate reps now (about so many things) NOW about HJR 140. If they remove federal protection of the boundary waters all public lands could be at risk. We will never, literally never, go back from this. Please help me amplify this!
#minnesota #bwca #publiclands
#minnesota #bwca #publiclands
January 30, 2026 at 3:49 AM
🗣️🚨Heads up y’all!!!
Marly needs this amplified. Can y’all please repost here and maybe some of your other social media sites too?
Let’s shine some light on this 💪🏾😤
Marly needs this amplified. Can y’all please repost here and maybe some of your other social media sites too?
Let’s shine some light on this 💪🏾😤
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
'The folks are fearful.' Haitians living in Ohio may soon lose temporary protected status • Ohio Capital Journal
Thousands of Haitians living in Ohio will lose their temporary protected status next week unless a federal court blocks it.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
It's not surprising that some elections are lopsided -- but from ballotpedia.org/Minnesota_Ho...:
2014: 81.2 : 18.5
2016: 79.9 : 20.1
2018: 84.1 : 15.6
2020: 85.6 : 14.2
2022: 85.1 : 14.7
2024: 83.2 : 16.6
2026*: 95.3 : 4.4
... looks like folks in Minneapolis and St Paul are pissed.
2014: 81.2 : 18.5
2016: 79.9 : 20.1
2018: 84.1 : 15.6
2020: 85.6 : 14.2
2022: 85.1 : 14.7
2024: 83.2 : 16.6
2026*: 95.3 : 4.4
... looks like folks in Minneapolis and St Paul are pissed.
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
It's not surprising that some elections are lopsided -- but from ballotpedia.org/Minnesota_Ho...:
2014: 81.2 : 18.5
2016: 79.9 : 20.1
2018: 84.1 : 15.6
2020: 85.6 : 14.2
2022: 85.1 : 14.7
2024: 83.2 : 16.6
2026*: 95.3 : 4.4
... looks like folks in Minneapolis and St Paul are pissed.
2014: 81.2 : 18.5
2016: 79.9 : 20.1
2018: 84.1 : 15.6
2020: 85.6 : 14.2
2022: 85.1 : 14.7
2024: 83.2 : 16.6
2026*: 95.3 : 4.4
... looks like folks in Minneapolis and St Paul are pissed.
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I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
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THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD
January 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD
This is accurate; I'd say to the fascists doing this that they hate America and our freedoms, but that claim is based on aspirations e.g. as outlined in the Declaration & Bill of Rights.
In terms of actual American history--we're fooling ourselves if we think it generally matched those aspirations.
In terms of actual American history--we're fooling ourselves if we think it generally matched those aspirations.
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 23, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This is accurate; I'd say to the fascists doing this that they hate America and our freedoms, but that claim is based on aspirations e.g. as outlined in the Declaration & Bill of Rights.
In terms of actual American history--we're fooling ourselves if we think it generally matched those aspirations.
In terms of actual American history--we're fooling ourselves if we think it generally matched those aspirations.
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This is also why denying these people the pretext for a civil war they're literally aching for is an important victory. It's not as flashy as other things but it both matters and it is literally *winning.*
What Miller and ICE wanted was a bunch of black bloc Antifa to show up and make ICE look like badasses for fighting them.
They hated that they had to try to look badass taking down nice white grannies and dancing unicorns . That made THEM look silly and cruel.
That is how effective protest works.
They hated that they had to try to look badass taking down nice white grannies and dancing unicorns . That made THEM look silly and cruel.
That is how effective protest works.
January 21, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This is also why denying these people the pretext for a civil war they're literally aching for is an important victory. It's not as flashy as other things but it both matters and it is literally *winning.*
Both predictable and horrifying. This is why immunity for abuse under color of law should never be a thing.
Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
January 22, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Both predictable and horrifying. This is why immunity for abuse under color of law should never be a thing.
Is there actually a deal? Or just Trump making up an exit ramp from whole cloth because TACO? (At least in response to stock market sell-offs.)
There are still many unknowns about the deal about Greenland, but it looks like Europe's pressure worked. The military deployments to Greenland had the desired effect, and Europe's defiant response to Trump's tariff threats has led to him now taking an off-ramp.
January 21, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Is there actually a deal? Or just Trump making up an exit ramp from whole cloth because TACO? (At least in response to stock market sell-offs.)
7 GOP Senators voted to convict. If McConnell had shown morals or spine ...
We become our choices, and the GOP has chosen power over principles repeatedly. (Especially those who remain in politics.)
We become our choices, and the GOP has chosen power over principles repeatedly. (Especially those who remain in politics.)
Mitch McConnell could have ended this all after J6, by voting to remove Trump and bar him from office.
Mitch McConnell slams “threats and intimidation by U.S. officials" over Greenland. "And the use of force to seize the sovereign democratic territory of one of America’s most loyal and capable allies would be an especially catastrophic act of strategic self-harm to America and its global influence."
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
7 GOP Senators voted to convict. If McConnell had shown morals or spine ...
We become our choices, and the GOP has chosen power over principles repeatedly. (Especially those who remain in politics.)
We become our choices, and the GOP has chosen power over principles repeatedly. (Especially those who remain in politics.)
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People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
The use of AI in this article (AI bots did infiltration to extract some kinds of information) seems... interesting. I'm sure we'll see more of this kind of attack.
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The use of AI in this article (AI bots did infiltration to extract some kinds of information) seems... interesting. I'm sure we'll see more of this kind of attack.
It's hard for me to understand the calculus, unless those folks really want to end democracy or haven't played it out.
Trump's fascism won't bring prosperity, stability, or security; and if the pendulum swings back despite their inaction, what do they expect to happen exactly??
Trump's fascism won't bring prosperity, stability, or security; and if the pendulum swings back despite their inaction, what do they expect to happen exactly??
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 6, 2026 at 5:03 AM
It's hard for me to understand the calculus, unless those folks really want to end democracy or haven't played it out.
Trump's fascism won't bring prosperity, stability, or security; and if the pendulum swings back despite their inaction, what do they expect to happen exactly??
Trump's fascism won't bring prosperity, stability, or security; and if the pendulum swings back despite their inaction, what do they expect to happen exactly??
This sounds awesome.
(Though right now it's returning a maintenance page, I assume because the best load test is live traffic. 😦)
(Though right now it's returning a maintenance page, I assume because the best load test is live traffic. 😦)
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
This sounds awesome.
(Though right now it's returning a maintenance page, I assume because the best load test is live traffic. 😦)
(Though right now it's returning a maintenance page, I assume because the best load test is live traffic. 😦)
One of our cat's version of this (no excuse around weather, he just likes sleeping in sunlight)
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
One of our cat's version of this (no excuse around weather, he just likes sleeping in sunlight)
It seems obvious, and yet...
just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
If Immigrants Don’t Have Due Process, No One Has Due Process
How do you prove you’re a citizen?
www.everythingishorrible.net
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It seems obvious, and yet...
As someone on the left...this article offers a different model of "egalitarian" traditional sustenance groups compared with what I'd internalized.
Thinking about this as a process rather than a state makes sense; and I like that it doesn't require altruism per se.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Thinking about this as a process rather than a state makes sense; and I like that it doesn't require altruism per se.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Egalitarianism is not Equality: Moving from outcome to process in the study of human political organisation
www.cambridge.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
As someone on the left...this article offers a different model of "egalitarian" traditional sustenance groups compared with what I'd internalized.
Thinking about this as a process rather than a state makes sense; and I like that it doesn't require altruism per se.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Thinking about this as a process rather than a state makes sense; and I like that it doesn't require altruism per se.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Me and the fellas beating the toxic masculinity out of each others souls
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Me and the fellas beating the toxic masculinity out of each others souls
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6 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Biden, generally a lukewarm backer of trans rights as President, uses Intl International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference speech to slam Reps/Trump for turning trans rights into "political football...into something scary, something sinister."
Joe Biden slams Republicans for turning transgender rights into ‘political football’
The former president gave a speech expressing support for LGBTQ+ rights at an LGBTQ+ leaders conference on Friday
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
6 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Biden, generally a lukewarm backer of trans rights as President, uses Intl International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference speech to slam Reps/Trump for turning trans rights into "political football...into something scary, something sinister."
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YOUR VOTE IS NOT A COOKIE THAT SOMEONE MUST EARN.
As long as Americans see their vote as a REWARD and not a CHOICE OF AN AGENDA, things will continue to not improve in this country.
Withholding your vote never punishes a Candidate.
It punishes you.
All y'all who wanted to "punish" Kamala over Gaza, how's that working out for you now?
Withholding your vote never punishes a Candidate.
It punishes you.
All y'all who wanted to "punish" Kamala over Gaza, how's that working out for you now?
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
YOUR VOTE IS NOT A COOKIE THAT SOMEONE MUST EARN.
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You think it won't affect everyone... no SNAP benefits is going to cost the food industry
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
You think it won't affect everyone... no SNAP benefits is going to cost the food industry