Kari Dru
@karidru.bsky.social
Blind painter, tea drinker, and weird hermit. They/He
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Yeah. But for the past several years it's been constant "you're not struggling, the economy is fine!"
I don't care what "the economy" says when a packet of frozen bean burritos is $9.
I don't care what "the economy" says when a packet of frozen bean burritos is $9.
Apparently there’s grocery inflation discourse again, but as I’ve been buying groceries for other families during this crisis, often under duress, it’s brought me out of my own optimized grocery spending habits, which rely heavily on Costco. And damn, there is a huge price to pay for being poor.
February 15, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Yeah. But for the past several years it's been constant "you're not struggling, the economy is fine!"
I don't care what "the economy" says when a packet of frozen bean burritos is $9.
I don't care what "the economy" says when a packet of frozen bean burritos is $9.
Apparently evergreen ask: If there is text in your image, please include all of it in the alt text.
If you used a widget to extract the text from an image, please read through it to make sure it transferred correctly. It doesn't always.
If you used a widget to extract the text from an image, please read through it to make sure it transferred correctly. It doesn't always.
February 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Apparently evergreen ask: If there is text in your image, please include all of it in the alt text.
If you used a widget to extract the text from an image, please read through it to make sure it transferred correctly. It doesn't always.
If you used a widget to extract the text from an image, please read through it to make sure it transferred correctly. It doesn't always.
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Folks like to talk about how Norman Rockwell was more liberal than we remember, but a big part of that is that he represented a broad American consensus that was more liberal than we remember.
The idea that Americans haven't died—in huge numbers—specifically to defend multiculturalism is horseshit.
The idea that Americans haven't died—in huge numbers—specifically to defend multiculturalism is horseshit.
February 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Folks like to talk about how Norman Rockwell was more liberal than we remember, but a big part of that is that he represented a broad American consensus that was more liberal than we remember.
The idea that Americans haven't died—in huge numbers—specifically to defend multiculturalism is horseshit.
The idea that Americans haven't died—in huge numbers—specifically to defend multiculturalism is horseshit.
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If you want to dismiss this, the exact same shift happened on immigration.
I'm old enough to remember when "build the wall" was mocked as a fascist delusion even by fairly conservative figures like Clinton, then it became "we'll build the wall but better." Do not forgive and do not forget.
I'm old enough to remember when "build the wall" was mocked as a fascist delusion even by fairly conservative figures like Clinton, then it became "we'll build the wall but better." Do not forgive and do not forget.
This is horrific and a reminder of how we got here.
Also: Clinton's a massive terf and she's only gotten more blatant about it over the years, so I'd expect "we'll dismantle trans rights, but the correct way" to be a similar talking point as 2028 gets closer.
Also: Clinton's a massive terf and she's only gotten more blatant about it over the years, so I'd expect "we'll dismantle trans rights, but the correct way" to be a similar talking point as 2028 gets closer.
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
If you want to dismiss this, the exact same shift happened on immigration.
I'm old enough to remember when "build the wall" was mocked as a fascist delusion even by fairly conservative figures like Clinton, then it became "we'll build the wall but better." Do not forgive and do not forget.
I'm old enough to remember when "build the wall" was mocked as a fascist delusion even by fairly conservative figures like Clinton, then it became "we'll build the wall but better." Do not forgive and do not forget.
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A technology company advertising HIPAA compliance isn’t advertising privacy. They are advertising to healthcare professionals they meet certain security requirements and will sign a specific agreement (Business Associate Agreement) that the _healthcare provider_ can be compliant when they use them.
February 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
A technology company advertising HIPAA compliance isn’t advertising privacy. They are advertising to healthcare professionals they meet certain security requirements and will sign a specific agreement (Business Associate Agreement) that the _healthcare provider_ can be compliant when they use them.
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This so much.
Not all health information is covered under HIPAA. HIPAA applies to protected health information as processed by *specific* groups (Covered Entities). Technology providers must comply to specific security requirements when they are bound, by contract, as a Business Associate.
Not all health information is covered under HIPAA. HIPAA applies to protected health information as processed by *specific* groups (Covered Entities). Technology providers must comply to specific security requirements when they are bound, by contract, as a Business Associate.
So yeah, people goof.
But what's not a goof: Claude is not your therapist. Is not a therapist at all. Is not bound by HIPAA. Please do not tell Claude your business.
But what's not a goof: Claude is not your therapist. Is not a therapist at all. Is not bound by HIPAA. Please do not tell Claude your business.
February 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This so much.
Not all health information is covered under HIPAA. HIPAA applies to protected health information as processed by *specific* groups (Covered Entities). Technology providers must comply to specific security requirements when they are bound, by contract, as a Business Associate.
Not all health information is covered under HIPAA. HIPAA applies to protected health information as processed by *specific* groups (Covered Entities). Technology providers must comply to specific security requirements when they are bound, by contract, as a Business Associate.
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As a former public defender who represented thousands of people, I can’t stop thinking about the contrast the Epstein files raise.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
As a former public defender who represented thousands of people, I can’t stop thinking about the contrast the Epstein files raise.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
I watched 1000s face swift, devastating punishment for far less serious conduct — poor, marginalized, & presumed dangerous from the start.
I've played Dragon Age Origins to completion 9 times, so probably that.
Arcanum of Steamworks has been my early morning timewaster for close to 20 years so DEFINITELY that.
Disciples 2 is also likely just because there's so much of it and I've been playing it for 20 years as well.
Arcanum of Steamworks has been my early morning timewaster for close to 20 years so DEFINITELY that.
Disciples 2 is also likely just because there's so much of it and I've been playing it for 20 years as well.
Name a videogame you've put 500 hours into.
February 15, 2026 at 7:20 AM
I've played Dragon Age Origins to completion 9 times, so probably that.
Arcanum of Steamworks has been my early morning timewaster for close to 20 years so DEFINITELY that.
Disciples 2 is also likely just because there's so much of it and I've been playing it for 20 years as well.
Arcanum of Steamworks has been my early morning timewaster for close to 20 years so DEFINITELY that.
Disciples 2 is also likely just because there's so much of it and I've been playing it for 20 years as well.
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So I carved off a lean chunk of the steak before cooking it,
And made sure to set it on the edge of my plate, after I was done.
And then to look the other way. To let her steal it.
I got her her favorite thing, for her birthday -
Crime.
And made sure to set it on the edge of my plate, after I was done.
And then to look the other way. To let her steal it.
I got her her favorite thing, for her birthday -
Crime.
February 15, 2026 at 6:22 AM
So I carved off a lean chunk of the steak before cooking it,
And made sure to set it on the edge of my plate, after I was done.
And then to look the other way. To let her steal it.
I got her her favorite thing, for her birthday -
Crime.
And made sure to set it on the edge of my plate, after I was done.
And then to look the other way. To let her steal it.
I got her her favorite thing, for her birthday -
Crime.
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roses are red
chocolate is nice
read books, punch nazis
moreover, destroy I.C.E.
chocolate is nice
read books, punch nazis
moreover, destroy I.C.E.
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
roses are red
chocolate is nice
read books, punch nazis
moreover, destroy I.C.E.
chocolate is nice
read books, punch nazis
moreover, destroy I.C.E.
Lrs: I've kinda been waiting on that tbh. AI is low key a massive surveillance project. So yeah if you tell Caude, no shit whatever you said isn't priviledged any longer.
But I want to jump off that and explain HIPAA like you're 5, cuz I think a lot of people are missing details to their detriment.
But I want to jump off that and explain HIPAA like you're 5, cuz I think a lot of people are missing details to their detriment.
February 15, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Lrs: I've kinda been waiting on that tbh. AI is low key a massive surveillance project. So yeah if you tell Caude, no shit whatever you said isn't priviledged any longer.
But I want to jump off that and explain HIPAA like you're 5, cuz I think a lot of people are missing details to their detriment.
But I want to jump off that and explain HIPAA like you're 5, cuz I think a lot of people are missing details to their detriment.
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Ohboy
Hi attorneys! Want to not be able to get to sleep tonight? Here's Judge Rakoff (probably the single most well-respected judge in SDNY) saying that the use of AI destroys both attorney-client privilege and work-product privilege.
incamera.ai
February 14, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Ohboy
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I saw someone say, “Emerald Fennell is Greta Gerwig’s Wario,” and I haven’t stopped laughing 😭
February 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I saw someone say, “Emerald Fennell is Greta Gerwig’s Wario,” and I haven’t stopped laughing 😭
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FURTHER: “degenerate art” was targeted for destruction. Some of these pieces, we only have black and white photos memorializing. Sometimes less.
I’m an author and a librarian to be. Book bans aren’t a badge of honor. They’re violence.
Reinforcing the category isn’t bold or helpful.
I’m an author and a librarian to be. Book bans aren’t a badge of honor. They’re violence.
Reinforcing the category isn’t bold or helpful.
*pinches nose*
Time for your quarterly reminder that degenerate is a Nazi term, indicating the literal degeneration of a gene pool. Things this referred to: interracial marriage! Queerness! Disability!
It pretty much indicates they don’t think you’re human!
It’s not a cutesy way to say “leftist”
Time for your quarterly reminder that degenerate is a Nazi term, indicating the literal degeneration of a gene pool. Things this referred to: interracial marriage! Queerness! Disability!
It pretty much indicates they don’t think you’re human!
It’s not a cutesy way to say “leftist”
February 15, 2026 at 2:13 AM
FURTHER: “degenerate art” was targeted for destruction. Some of these pieces, we only have black and white photos memorializing. Sometimes less.
I’m an author and a librarian to be. Book bans aren’t a badge of honor. They’re violence.
Reinforcing the category isn’t bold or helpful.
I’m an author and a librarian to be. Book bans aren’t a badge of honor. They’re violence.
Reinforcing the category isn’t bold or helpful.
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The old GOP was in no way less evil, but they were smarter. They understood that the % of this country that actually glorifies in cruelty is much, much smaller than the part of this country that believes our patriotic mythology.
They tried hard to let people have their comforting lies.
They tried hard to let people have their comforting lies.
February 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The old GOP was in no way less evil, but they were smarter. They understood that the % of this country that actually glorifies in cruelty is much, much smaller than the part of this country that believes our patriotic mythology.
They tried hard to let people have their comforting lies.
They tried hard to let people have their comforting lies.
I'm listening to this; reminded of the time I came back from lunch and my boss pulled me aside and said "you're not in trouble, I just REALLY want to know: what are you ON?"
It took me a bit to figure out what he meant- I had forgotten I took a metabolife, had also drunk a 20 oz red mountain dew.
It took me a bit to figure out what he meant- I had forgotten I took a metabolife, had also drunk a 20 oz red mountain dew.
February 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I'm listening to this; reminded of the time I came back from lunch and my boss pulled me aside and said "you're not in trouble, I just REALLY want to know: what are you ON?"
It took me a bit to figure out what he meant- I had forgotten I took a metabolife, had also drunk a 20 oz red mountain dew.
It took me a bit to figure out what he meant- I had forgotten I took a metabolife, had also drunk a 20 oz red mountain dew.
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Aw, damn. I just had a conversation I was really interested in Take A Turn.
Customer: "I'm looking for books on Mesopotamia."
Me: !!! (asks for clarification)
Customer: "Oh, it's ancient history, thousands of years ago."
Me: (asks for clarification in such a way as to demonstrate what I know)
Customer: "I'm looking for books on Mesopotamia."
Me: !!! (asks for clarification)
Customer: "Oh, it's ancient history, thousands of years ago."
Me: (asks for clarification in such a way as to demonstrate what I know)
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Aw, damn. I just had a conversation I was really interested in Take A Turn.
Customer: "I'm looking for books on Mesopotamia."
Me: !!! (asks for clarification)
Customer: "Oh, it's ancient history, thousands of years ago."
Me: (asks for clarification in such a way as to demonstrate what I know)
Customer: "I'm looking for books on Mesopotamia."
Me: !!! (asks for clarification)
Customer: "Oh, it's ancient history, thousands of years ago."
Me: (asks for clarification in such a way as to demonstrate what I know)
Used up all my peopleing skills before coffee this morning. I'll be back tomorrow probably. Just real worn out.
February 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Used up all my peopleing skills before coffee this morning. I'll be back tomorrow probably. Just real worn out.
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Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
February 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store
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hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.
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February 14, 2026 at 4:44 AM
hello minnesota and beyond! thank you for your kind messages. it is very weird to be the news when you cover the news. i love this beautiful state and journalism, and i am hopeful for better days. but we will be forever changed bc of the last two months.
I just ran across a bit of conversation where someone compared Newsom to Reagan and someone else argued- does the first person think Newsom would leave such a lasting legacy of harm?
I almost quoted my response but that would be unkind.
I think he would. I think it's begun. Here's why.
I almost quoted my response but that would be unkind.
I think he would. I think it's begun. Here's why.
February 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I just ran across a bit of conversation where someone compared Newsom to Reagan and someone else argued- does the first person think Newsom would leave such a lasting legacy of harm?
I almost quoted my response but that would be unkind.
I think he would. I think it's begun. Here's why.
I almost quoted my response but that would be unkind.
I think he would. I think it's begun. Here's why.
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my white ladies, it’s time to go read about the history of fire, fire investigation, arson and fire safety if we’re doing this. Because 3 minutes to get Baby’s First Accelerant Fire going is just gonna get a felony charge.
Glad she’s still unknown.
Glad she’s still unknown.
RAW VIDEO: Woman sets fire to warehouse after canceled sale to ICE; Local leaders react
KMBC was reporting on the cancellation of the sale of a KC warehouse, reportedly for an ICE detention facility, when a woman walked up and set it on fire.
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February 14, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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This is a very hard question to answer if you answer it as phrased. But I do think I have likely seen The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho) EXACTLY 8 times.
Name a film you've seen 8 times
February 14, 2026 at 5:10 AM
This is a very hard question to answer if you answer it as phrased. But I do think I have likely seen The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho) EXACTLY 8 times.
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Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
February 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
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