hanfinity 🚲
@hanfinity.bsky.social
30 something software developer and cat dad in the PNW. habitual lane taker
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"this is not who we are" is 90% of the time a normative statement of aspiration, it's not an empirical claim of "these events have never taken place in this country before". one of the most obnoxious genres of "actually..." is reacting like it's the latter when it's clearly the former.
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
"this is not who we are" is 90% of the time a normative statement of aspiration, it's not an empirical claim of "these events have never taken place in this country before". one of the most obnoxious genres of "actually..." is reacting like it's the latter when it's clearly the former.
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are you ready to feel old 2025 was a thousand years ago
January 17, 2026 at 6:21 AM
are you ready to feel old 2025 was a thousand years ago
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Yes. Do you know how many families are being supported by their neighbors right now? Families afraid to leave home being fed by their neighborhoods; immigrant communities feeding the old hippies standing on their street corners with whistles in 10-degree snowstorms. They cannot break us
Is everyone in MN a hero?
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Yes. Do you know how many families are being supported by their neighbors right now? Families afraid to leave home being fed by their neighborhoods; immigrant communities feeding the old hippies standing on their street corners with whistles in 10-degree snowstorms. They cannot break us
@nightvaleradio.bsky.social put on an an amazing show in Seattle tonight! Glad I survived Murder Night in Blood Forest!
January 17, 2026 at 6:55 AM
@nightvaleradio.bsky.social put on an an amazing show in Seattle tonight! Glad I survived Murder Night in Blood Forest!
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a few things I want people to get from this:
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
January 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
a few things I want people to get from this:
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
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It's amazing that bus lanes on Denny Way were impossible but now Katie Wilson is mayor and suddenly physics and geometry work different.
Mayor Wilson Announces Executive Orders to Accelerate Shelter and Improve Transit - Office of the Mayor
Mayor Katie B. Wilson announced two executive orders at her transition team meeting this morning: one which will accelerate the expansion of emergency shelter and affordable housing, and other which w...
wilson.seattle.gov
January 17, 2026 at 6:01 AM
It's amazing that bus lanes on Denny Way were impossible but now Katie Wilson is mayor and suddenly physics and geometry work different.
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Alt text, because one would think folks would want news about a general strike to go as far as it can.
January 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Alt text, because one would think folks would want news about a general strike to go as far as it can.
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Minneapolis Antifa supersoldiers repeatedly provoking Federal Agents by drawing a line in the dirt & daring them to cross that line, over & over again, getting them more & more riled up, crossing line after line, until the last line is right off a cliff, per reports.
Minneapolis residents are painting tunnels onto brick walls and ICE agents are running into them. This is not funny.
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Minneapolis Antifa supersoldiers repeatedly provoking Federal Agents by drawing a line in the dirt & daring them to cross that line, over & over again, getting them more & more riled up, crossing line after line, until the last line is right off a cliff, per reports.
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Oh killing moms isn’t as popular IRL as it is with middle aged boys who are still mad at their moms? bsky.app/profile/axio...
NEW: As the chaotic scenes from Minnesota play out around the clock, Axios has learned that some Trump advisers quietly are talking about "recalibrating" the White House's approach.
Trump's team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling.
Trump's team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling.
Trump's immigration erosion worries his team
Some Trump advisers quietly are talking about "recalibrating" the White House's approach — though it's unclear what changes Trump would embrace, if any.
www.axios.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Oh killing moms isn’t as popular IRL as it is with middle aged boys who are still mad at their moms? bsky.app/profile/axio...
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New party identification polling from Gallup this week shows Americans are moving against Trump faster than they did in his first term. Adults were R+4 in 2024, now D+8. That 12-pt drop is 3x the change in the first year of his first term.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
Backlash to Trump has been higher in his second term
Gallup's latest data shows Republican party identification down 6 points in Trump's second term — three times the decline in 2017
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
New party identification polling from Gallup this week shows Americans are moving against Trump faster than they did in his first term. Adults were R+4 in 2024, now D+8. That 12-pt drop is 3x the change in the first year of his first term.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
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"Were you raised right wing?"
All these keyboard revolutionaries are.
All these keyboard revolutionaries are.
January 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
"Were you raised right wing?"
All these keyboard revolutionaries are.
All these keyboard revolutionaries are.
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I think most people tend to think other people are afraid but in reality if you dropped ICE goons outside a polling place in a deep blue area everyone would be so angry they would probably set a record for turnout at that location.
January 16, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I think most people tend to think other people are afraid but in reality if you dropped ICE goons outside a polling place in a deep blue area everyone would be so angry they would probably set a record for turnout at that location.
If a licensed engineer committed this level of professional misconduct they’d be booted from the profession immediately
The thing is, some people can make mistakes, get things wrong, be careless, etc. But that’s not what Jennings did here. Jennings knowingly, purposefully and intentionally lied to utterly distort what was said, which CNN pays him to do every day. CNN is the enabler of this.
January 16, 2026 at 2:15 PM
If a licensed engineer committed this level of professional misconduct they’d be booted from the profession immediately
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Bouie keeps getting slammed for these sensible and sober minded Takes because there are people who've come to see anything short of maximal Doomerism as somehow complacency - you're saying I *shouldn't* feel maximally bad!??? Yet it is obvious on reflection that maximal doomerism breeds complacency.
There are places where Trump, as president, has broad freedom of action. And there are places where Trump, as president, has been able to act unilaterally because the main point of opposition, Congress (and SCOTUS), support his program. (1/?)
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Bouie keeps getting slammed for these sensible and sober minded Takes because there are people who've come to see anything short of maximal Doomerism as somehow complacency - you're saying I *shouldn't* feel maximally bad!??? Yet it is obvious on reflection that maximal doomerism breeds complacency.
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Off the top of my head, public opinion would need to be against the protesters. Instead, the administration is cratering, and public opinion is with those resisting it.
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Off the top of my head, public opinion would need to be against the protesters. Instead, the administration is cratering, and public opinion is with those resisting it.
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"After 2 centuries of 'energy transitions', humanity has never burned so much oil and gas, so much coal, and so much wood."
Solar and renewables aren't replacing fossil fuels, just as EVs aren't replacing gas-powered cars.
There is no energy transition.
It's just more and more and more...
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Solar and renewables aren't replacing fossil fuels, just as EVs aren't replacing gas-powered cars.
There is no energy transition.
It's just more and more and more...
🧵
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
"After 2 centuries of 'energy transitions', humanity has never burned so much oil and gas, so much coal, and so much wood."
Solar and renewables aren't replacing fossil fuels, just as EVs aren't replacing gas-powered cars.
There is no energy transition.
It's just more and more and more...
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Solar and renewables aren't replacing fossil fuels, just as EVs aren't replacing gas-powered cars.
There is no energy transition.
It's just more and more and more...
🧵
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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
It’s time for rural communities to pay their fair share
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
It’s time for rural communities to pay their fair share
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Pollster: ICE's net approval rating is at -17 points. Among independents, the number is even larger. 51% of Americans say that ICE enforcement is making cities less safe. Trump's net approval rating on immigration is way underwater, -16 points. That is a 19 point drop in less than a year's time.
January 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Pollster: ICE's net approval rating is at -17 points. Among independents, the number is even larger. 51% of Americans say that ICE enforcement is making cities less safe. Trump's net approval rating on immigration is way underwater, -16 points. That is a 19 point drop in less than a year's time.
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"Why isn't any Democrat doing [thing Democrats are doing]?!"
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"Why isn't any Democrat doing [thing Democrats are doing]?!"
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please do not read any of the secret documents I left in my unlocked car when I ran away before. I was scared and had to run away to get a bigger gun and it’s not fair for you guys to grab those documents while I was gone. those are mine, and I need them for my big mission. please give them back
January 15, 2026 at 5:24 AM
please do not read any of the secret documents I left in my unlocked car when I ran away before. I was scared and had to run away to get a bigger gun and it’s not fair for you guys to grab those documents while I was gone. those are mine, and I need them for my big mission. please give them back
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The mere fact that Dems aren’t going to arbitrarily kill 20 million people in Africa for the fiscal equivalent of couch change is enough to get my vote, I understand it isn’t for many of you
January 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The mere fact that Dems aren’t going to arbitrarily kill 20 million people in Africa for the fiscal equivalent of couch change is enough to get my vote, I understand it isn’t for many of you
They should have done this from the beginning. Old school Star Wars fans (the ones with the money) don’t give a shit about Kyle
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Disneyland is pivoting on 'Star Wars' Land. Here's why.
Disneyland is pivoting on 'Star Wars' Land. Here's why.
Kylo Ren is out and Darth Vader is in. Galaxy's Edge changes course to spotlight "classic 'Star Wars.’"
www.latimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
They should have done this from the beginning. Old school Star Wars fans (the ones with the money) don’t give a shit about Kyle
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That was an autocorrect but I’m leaving it
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At least Obama's hypothetical Death Panels would have decided who deserved to die based on a rubric more complicated than "did they just piss off a high school dropout armed by the state"
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
At least Obama's hypothetical Death Panels would have decided who deserved to die based on a rubric more complicated than "did they just piss off a high school dropout armed by the state"