Kathleen
@kathleencarson.bsky.social
Doomers are complying in advance. I block on sight. Guaranteed one egregious typo per post.
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ICE is still in my Minneapolis neighborhood today.
February 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
ICE is still in my Minneapolis neighborhood today.
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In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
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February 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
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unions, folks: they're real good
The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said
Ford worker who heckled Trump keeps job, 'no discipline' for incident
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
unions, folks: they're real good
I am deeply curious why anyone believed that the guy who has a 60-year track record of stiffing contractors was going to actually pay *them*.
So there are reports that ICE agents aren't getting their bonuses and big paychecks they were promised. Maybe it doesn't pay to be an asshole.
February 7, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I am deeply curious why anyone believed that the guy who has a 60-year track record of stiffing contractors was going to actually pay *them*.
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Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
February 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
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gonna get through this whole thing without ever learning what the blockchain is
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
gonna get through this whole thing without ever learning what the blockchain is
"AI is going to put us all out of work" has been a low-level panic in workforce development for ~a decade.
My 1st project on the future of work and automation (2018), I came across a quote that I cannot find to attribute:
When you hear 'automation', think brown women in low-wage countries.+
My 1st project on the future of work and automation (2018), I came across a quote that I cannot find to attribute:
When you hear 'automation', think brown women in low-wage countries.+
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"AI is going to put us all out of work" has been a low-level panic in workforce development for ~a decade.
My 1st project on the future of work and automation (2018), I came across a quote that I cannot find to attribute:
When you hear 'automation', think brown women in low-wage countries.+
My 1st project on the future of work and automation (2018), I came across a quote that I cannot find to attribute:
When you hear 'automation', think brown women in low-wage countries.+
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Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
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Act now:
The Millionaires Tax would be a small tax on earnings over $1 million/year, only paid by <1% of the wealthiest Washingtonians. It would fund schools, health care, to food assistance programs, expand our state’s tax credit for low-income people, and remove sales taxes on hygiene products
The Millionaires Tax would be a small tax on earnings over $1 million/year, only paid by <1% of the wealthiest Washingtonians. It would fund schools, health care, to food assistance programs, expand our state’s tax credit for low-income people, and remove sales taxes on hygiene products
February 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Act now:
The Millionaires Tax would be a small tax on earnings over $1 million/year, only paid by <1% of the wealthiest Washingtonians. It would fund schools, health care, to food assistance programs, expand our state’s tax credit for low-income people, and remove sales taxes on hygiene products
The Millionaires Tax would be a small tax on earnings over $1 million/year, only paid by <1% of the wealthiest Washingtonians. It would fund schools, health care, to food assistance programs, expand our state’s tax credit for low-income people, and remove sales taxes on hygiene products
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the internet used to scream at us when we signed on and it was right to do so
January 31, 2026 at 4:34 AM
the internet used to scream at us when we signed on and it was right to do so
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The origin story of our current moment in American fascism is the creation of white fraternities—which exempted a piece of campus from race and gender integration and allowed the most powerful students to bond over their hateful ideologies and group violence.
January 30, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The origin story of our current moment in American fascism is the creation of white fraternities—which exempted a piece of campus from race and gender integration and allowed the most powerful students to bond over their hateful ideologies and group violence.
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I said I’d rip up Trump's budget & write a new one—and that's what we did.
The Senate passed 5 funding bills that reject Trump's catastrophic cuts while splitting off the DHS bill.
I fought hard to protect funding families count on—from housing to cancer research.
The Senate passed 5 funding bills that reject Trump's catastrophic cuts while splitting off the DHS bill.
I fought hard to protect funding families count on—from housing to cancer research.
January 30, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I said I’d rip up Trump's budget & write a new one—and that's what we did.
The Senate passed 5 funding bills that reject Trump's catastrophic cuts while splitting off the DHS bill.
I fought hard to protect funding families count on—from housing to cancer research.
The Senate passed 5 funding bills that reject Trump's catastrophic cuts while splitting off the DHS bill.
I fought hard to protect funding families count on—from housing to cancer research.
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Well, yeah, when you put it that way, it sounds bad!
“What they’re talking about is a facility between 5,000 to 10,000 humans who will be warehoused in something that was built as an Amazon distribution facility … And the attractiveness of the site is because it’s next to railroads. I don’t like big encampments next to train tracks and all of that.”
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas continues push against ICE detention facility in city
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas continued his push Wednesday to turn back plans for an ICE detention facility in his city.
www.kshb.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Well, yeah, when you put it that way, it sounds bad!
Cynicism is how we got here. It will not save us.
Embrace the cringe. Be Leslie Knope earnest with pride.
The democratic project requires it. The people who have and are putting their bodies on the line are not worried about how "cool" is it.
Embrace the cringe. Be Leslie Knope earnest with pride.
The democratic project requires it. The people who have and are putting their bodies on the line are not worried about how "cool" is it.
I saw a critique of Springsteen's new song, it being too earnest and cringe, and if I could just take a second to introduce you to the entire Bruce Springsteen catalogue we could settle this in a heartbeat.
January 28, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Cynicism is how we got here. It will not save us.
Embrace the cringe. Be Leslie Knope earnest with pride.
The democratic project requires it. The people who have and are putting their bodies on the line are not worried about how "cool" is it.
Embrace the cringe. Be Leslie Knope earnest with pride.
The democratic project requires it. The people who have and are putting their bodies on the line are not worried about how "cool" is it.
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I saw a critique of Springsteen's new song, it being too earnest and cringe, and if I could just take a second to introduce you to the entire Bruce Springsteen catalogue we could settle this in a heartbeat.
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I saw a critique of Springsteen's new song, it being too earnest and cringe, and if I could just take a second to introduce you to the entire Bruce Springsteen catalogue we could settle this in a heartbeat.
Whew, I heard about this right after it happened but hadn't seen the video. She looked like she was about to throw down with him after he sprayed her, which is both incredibly brave (not letting him intimidate her and what a coward, he was already running away) and scary that was her impulse.
NEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social:
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Brother calls Ilhan Omar suspect ‘right-wing extremist,’ has hated Somalis for years
Exclusive: ‘In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t,’ Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother told The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Whew, I heard about this right after it happened but hadn't seen the video. She looked like she was about to throw down with him after he sprayed her, which is both incredibly brave (not letting him intimidate her and what a coward, he was already running away) and scary that was her impulse.
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
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ICE is increasingly a systematized child abuse agency. Wonder what share of ICE agents have prior records when it comes to terrorizing their own kids.
After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
ICE is increasingly a systematized child abuse agency. Wonder what share of ICE agents have prior records when it comes to terrorizing their own kids.
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we’re right about ai too
January 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
we’re right about ai too
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more democrats should be pointing out that "illegal immigration" is not even a crime
January 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
more democrats should be pointing out that "illegal immigration" is not even a crime
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
I woke up thinking how all of these people and institutions that caved to Trump are going to look when this is over.
We cannot let them slink back into normal society when this is over consequence-free.
We cannot let them slink back into normal society when this is over consequence-free.
January 27, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I woke up thinking how all of these people and institutions that caved to Trump are going to look when this is over.
We cannot let them slink back into normal society when this is over consequence-free.
We cannot let them slink back into normal society when this is over consequence-free.