Kari Dru
@karidru.bsky.social
Blind painter, tea drinker, and weird hermit. They/He
https://ko-fi.com/karidru
October.Rosehip on discord
https://ko-fi.com/karidru
October.Rosehip on discord
Gonna show my age but film cannisters being great weed storage will not leave my brain til i say it.
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 16, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Gonna show my age but film cannisters being great weed storage will not leave my brain til i say it.
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Now $2025 of $5900! I really appreciate y'all helping me keep my neighbors housed and safe while we continue to deal with the ramifications of a city full of violent fascist kidnappers & murderers.
Ways to send (also on original post if you follow the quote inception)
Venmo: Caz-A
paypal.me/ccabb
Ways to send (also on original post if you follow the quote inception)
Venmo: Caz-A
paypal.me/ccabb
HELL YES $1975 / $5900 that puts us just past our 1/3 marker tonight! Would love to have it raised by about mid-next-week so we can get it all transferred over and they can make their payments on the 1st! As always, any extra goes to them - their choice, cash or I'll do a grocery run for them.
Fresh post, same ask. Currently $1215 / $5900 for rent for 3 neighbor families who are sheltering in place due to ongoing ICE terrorism in the Cities. Even if ICE left rn (and they're NOT) these folks have been out of work for weeks and will NOT catch up without our help.
Venmo Caz-A
paypal.me/ccabb
Venmo Caz-A
paypal.me/ccabb
February 16, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Now $2025 of $5900! I really appreciate y'all helping me keep my neighbors housed and safe while we continue to deal with the ramifications of a city full of violent fascist kidnappers & murderers.
Ways to send (also on original post if you follow the quote inception)
Venmo: Caz-A
paypal.me/ccabb
Ways to send (also on original post if you follow the quote inception)
Venmo: Caz-A
paypal.me/ccabb
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
Hello from Iowa where a couple friends and I are still living that 2020 pod life... nobody else sees our faces ever, but we've been masking around each other this winter because *gestures at that dark maroon band of states*
Yeah. Also I hear the flu this year SUCKS.
Yeah. Also I hear the flu this year SUCKS.
PMC COVlD Report, Week of Feb 16, 2026 (U.S.)
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
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14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Hello from Iowa where a couple friends and I are still living that 2020 pod life... nobody else sees our faces ever, but we've been masking around each other this winter because *gestures at that dark maroon band of states*
Yeah. Also I hear the flu this year SUCKS.
Yeah. Also I hear the flu this year SUCKS.
Today in my least pressing problem: a fountain pen vendor notified me a week ago that they've changed their policy and my discount level from prior purchases will expire today if I don't buy SOMETHING. And I feel like this is simultaneously completely fair but also wtf kind of notice is that.
February 16, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Today in my least pressing problem: a fountain pen vendor notified me a week ago that they've changed their policy and my discount level from prior purchases will expire today if I don't buy SOMETHING. And I feel like this is simultaneously completely fair but also wtf kind of notice is that.
They really DON'T think the arts involve skill OR dedication.
I know that but it gobsmacks me whenever I see it demonstrated.
I know that but it gobsmacks me whenever I see it demonstrated.
Ah yes artists, famously undedicated to their work, never obsessive, who don’t understand {checks notes} creating things.
This shit right here is why people hate you AI assholes. Myopic and arrogant.
You’re not creating or iterating anything? You literally invented a soulless box to do it for you.
This shit right here is why people hate you AI assholes. Myopic and arrogant.
You’re not creating or iterating anything? You literally invented a soulless box to do it for you.
February 16, 2026 at 12:08 AM
They really DON'T think the arts involve skill OR dedication.
I know that but it gobsmacks me whenever I see it demonstrated.
I know that but it gobsmacks me whenever I see it demonstrated.
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