Ken Burnside
@kenburnside.bsky.social
Game designer @adastragames.com, writer, monkey servant of Theoden Cat, discusser of certain varieties of politics.
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Ken Burnside
@kenburnside.bsky.social
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Tagging you in for Recounting of the Arizona Minutemen Militia Girl Scout Cookie Burglary.
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Tagging you in for Recounting of the Arizona Minutemen Militia Girl Scout Cookie Burglary.
You may now prepare popcorn.
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So what I’m getting is he could’ve done this at any time up to now
According to reports from the front, the situation is close to critical. Over the two years of active Starlink deployment, almost all operational command and control—communication between units, fire coordination, and UAV data transmission—has been tied to the American satellite infrastructure.
February 5, 2026 at 10:41 AM
So what I’m getting is he could’ve done this at any time up to now
The future of energy and automotive transport will be renewable, electric and battery driven.
Our current government wants it to be Chinese.
Our current government wants it to be Chinese.
China’s clean-energy sectors nearly doubled in real value between 2022-25 and – if they were a country – would now be the 8th-largest economy in the world...
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @belindaschaepe.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/M7N4yjx
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February 5, 2026 at 10:49 AM
The future of energy and automotive transport will be renewable, electric and battery driven.
Our current government wants it to be Chinese.
Our current government wants it to be Chinese.
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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
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Republicans are in here cosplaying as protectors of women and children, but they were silent when Renee Good was killed, willingly voted to cut SNAP, and are now sitting by as ICE rips children away from their families.
Miss me with the selective outrage.
Miss me with the selective outrage.
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Republicans are in here cosplaying as protectors of women and children, but they were silent when Renee Good was killed, willingly voted to cut SNAP, and are now sitting by as ICE rips children away from their families.
Miss me with the selective outrage.
Miss me with the selective outrage.
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So often the story told of China's industrial success is one of state directed overthrow of the west.
There's a completely different one of entrepreneurs trying to find their spaces in crowded but growing markets.
This latter story is largely being ignored. www.ft.com/content/15e2...
There's a completely different one of entrepreneurs trying to find their spaces in crowded but growing markets.
This latter story is largely being ignored. www.ft.com/content/15e2...
Leapmotor: China’s no-frills EV maker aiming to become the next BYD
Low-cost carmaker harbours ambitions to go global and rank among world’s top 10 auto groups
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
So often the story told of China's industrial success is one of state directed overthrow of the west.
There's a completely different one of entrepreneurs trying to find their spaces in crowded but growing markets.
This latter story is largely being ignored. www.ft.com/content/15e2...
There's a completely different one of entrepreneurs trying to find their spaces in crowded but growing markets.
This latter story is largely being ignored. www.ft.com/content/15e2...
I hate this timeline.
I only hope that when its tide of blood and the flotsam of needless deaths pull back that the scars teach lessons needed for more than three generations.
I only hope that when its tide of blood and the flotsam of needless deaths pull back that the scars teach lessons needed for more than three generations.
For decades, hospitals have given babies a vitamin K injection to protect against bleeding. Now, the shot appears to be facing resistance.
One of the babies whose parents refused the shot suffered a type of bleeding in the brain that vitamin K could have prevented.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/w...
One of the babies whose parents refused the shot suffered a type of bleeding in the brain that vitamin K could have prevented.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/w...
More Parents Are Rejecting a Lifesaving Vitamin Shot for Newborns
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I hate this timeline.
I only hope that when its tide of blood and the flotsam of needless deaths pull back that the scars teach lessons needed for more than three generations.
I only hope that when its tide of blood and the flotsam of needless deaths pull back that the scars teach lessons needed for more than three generations.
"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. When reality doesn't match their worldview, they insist that reality is wrong and needs to be changed." -- Dr. Who
William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. When reality doesn't match their worldview, they insist that reality is wrong and needs to be changed." -- Dr. Who
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
It's also worth noting that the people who work precincts tend to be normal folks who're active members of their neighborhood, and usually retirees, or work with city government and are using PTO to be there.
They usually don't trip a local cop's PerpDar.
They usually don't trip a local cop's PerpDar.
February 5, 2026 at 7:57 AM
It's also worth noting that the people who work precincts tend to be normal folks who're active members of their neighborhood, and usually retirees, or work with city government and are using PTO to be there.
They usually don't trip a local cop's PerpDar.
They usually don't trip a local cop's PerpDar.
The balance to be struck is making sure the voters get to the ballots. Armed people shouting and gunfire tends to reduce voter turnout.
So, the goal is to de-escalate the situation while removing the person breaking the law.
So, the goal is to de-escalate the situation while removing the person breaking the law.
February 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM
The balance to be struck is making sure the voters get to the ballots. Armed people shouting and gunfire tends to reduce voter turnout.
So, the goal is to de-escalate the situation while removing the person breaking the law.
So, the goal is to de-escalate the situation while removing the person breaking the law.
Yep. They have arrest authority, and are *local* and hopefully will see the Fed as an outsider.
Election officials at a precinct can't make an arrest
Whether or not the local PD would arrest a Federal agent is open to debate.
Election officials at a precinct can't make an arrest
Whether or not the local PD would arrest a Federal agent is open to debate.
February 5, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Yep. They have arrest authority, and are *local* and hopefully will see the Fed as an outsider.
Election officials at a precinct can't make an arrest
Whether or not the local PD would arrest a Federal agent is open to debate.
Election officials at a precinct can't make an arrest
Whether or not the local PD would arrest a Federal agent is open to debate.
Advertising doesn't pay living wages at media outlets any more. They're all shedding staff and using LLM slop to generate "content" without paying salaries.
Journalism takes skill and time; I've done it.
We've spent the 45 years since CNN started, training Anericans that news is free "content."
Journalism takes skill and time; I've done it.
We've spent the 45 years since CNN started, training Anericans that news is free "content."
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Advertising doesn't pay living wages at media outlets any more. They're all shedding staff and using LLM slop to generate "content" without paying salaries.
Journalism takes skill and time; I've done it.
We've spent the 45 years since CNN started, training Anericans that news is free "content."
Journalism takes skill and time; I've done it.
We've spent the 45 years since CNN started, training Anericans that news is free "content."
Largely because Medium seems to make it harder for writers to reach outside of the Medium community.
To the best of my knowledge, the owners of Medium aren't awful people platforming Nazis.
To the best of my knowledge, the owners of Medium aren't awful people platforming Nazis.
February 5, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Largely because Medium seems to make it harder for writers to reach outside of the Medium community.
To the best of my knowledge, the owners of Medium aren't awful people platforming Nazis.
To the best of my knowledge, the owners of Medium aren't awful people platforming Nazis.
A friend, who wishes to remain anonymous, wrote that. He's spent time working as an election worker, and says the standard instruction is that anyone trying to federally usurp authority with a badge and a gun is to be chatted up long enough for a deputy of the local PD to arrive to make an arrest.
February 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
A friend, who wishes to remain anonymous, wrote that. He's spent time working as an election worker, and says the standard instruction is that anyone trying to federally usurp authority with a badge and a gun is to be chatted up long enough for a deputy of the local PD to arrive to make an arrest.
Every election official in the United States knows 18 US Code 592, which is a five-year federal felony for any armed federal personnel who enter an election site. (There's an exception for armed agents voting in their precinct while having their sidearm; most will leave it in their car).
98 out of 435 House districts have a Partisan Voting Index between R+5 and D+5. Another 90 are +6 to +10. My math says you'd have to roughly double ICE and CBP's current combined headcount to send *one* goon to each polling place in each of those 188 districts.
They. Do. Not. Have. Enough. Goons.
They. Do. Not. Have. Enough. Goons.
February 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Every election official in the United States knows 18 US Code 592, which is a five-year federal felony for any armed federal personnel who enter an election site. (There's an exception for armed agents voting in their precinct while having their sidearm; most will leave it in their car).
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I am not exaggerating: Removing this webpage warning against fake autism "treatments" will kill autistic people.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
FDA Removes Warning Page About Dangerous Autism Treatments
Autism researchers question motivations for latest HHS changes, including the new IACC
www.medpagetoday.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I am not exaggerating: Removing this webpage warning against fake autism "treatments" will kill autistic people.
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au...
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If you're visiting our profile for the first time because of today's story, we'd like to bring your attention to these photos.
If you are confident you recognize these men—or have records proving their identities—please reach out. Anonymity always protected.
If you are confident you recognize these men—or have records proving their identities—please reach out. Anonymity always protected.
We still don't know the names of the ICE agents who killed Gonzàlez behind the wheel of his car outside Chicago in September.
They were unmasked in this BWC footage from Franklin Park police.
If you have any information at all about these men—please text us on Signal at unraveled.66
They were unmasked in this BWC footage from Franklin Park police.
If you have any information at all about these men—please text us on Signal at unraveled.66
February 5, 2026 at 2:21 AM
If you're visiting our profile for the first time because of today's story, we'd like to bring your attention to these photos.
If you are confident you recognize these men—or have records proving their identities—please reach out. Anonymity always protected.
If you are confident you recognize these men—or have records proving their identities—please reach out. Anonymity always protected.
This is a great time to get off Substack. Beehive and Ghost are good alternatives.
As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.
As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.
The popular blogging platform Substack – used by numerous British comic creators to promote their work – has suffered a data breach. The company is warning users to take extra caution with any emails or text messages you receive…
https://downthetubes.net/substack-data-breach-hits-comic-creators/
https://downthetubes.net/substack-data-breach-hits-comic-creators/
February 5, 2026 at 7:14 AM
This is a great time to get off Substack. Beehive and Ghost are good alternatives.
As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.
As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.
A decade ago I said I wasn't high on their list, but as a disabled person, I most definitely *was* on their list.
77 million White racists, decided I was an acceptable casualty in their desire to elect a serial child rapist as their avatar to punish a non-existent Hispanic rapist threat.
77 million White racists, decided I was an acceptable casualty in their desire to elect a serial child rapist as their avatar to punish a non-existent Hispanic rapist threat.
A deaf teen was violently detained by ICE for not “following orders”.
He couldn’t hear their orders.
They denied him an interpreter.
Denied him accommodations.
This is who they are.
They target the disabled because eugenics and fascism go hand in hand.
He couldn’t hear their orders.
They denied him an interpreter.
Denied him accommodations.
This is who they are.
They target the disabled because eugenics and fascism go hand in hand.
February 5, 2026 at 7:12 AM
A decade ago I said I wasn't high on their list, but as a disabled person, I most definitely *was* on their list.
77 million White racists, decided I was an acceptable casualty in their desire to elect a serial child rapist as their avatar to punish a non-existent Hispanic rapist threat.
77 million White racists, decided I was an acceptable casualty in their desire to elect a serial child rapist as their avatar to punish a non-existent Hispanic rapist threat.
Yeah.
I've been saying "'Democracy Dies in Darkness' is an oligarch's promise" since 2022 or so, when WashPo brought in Murdoch vets as their consultants/interface between editorial and publisher facing management.
I've been saying "'Democracy Dies in Darkness' is an oligarch's promise" since 2022 or so, when WashPo brought in Murdoch vets as their consultants/interface between editorial and publisher facing management.
February 5, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Yeah.
I've been saying "'Democracy Dies in Darkness' is an oligarch's promise" since 2022 or so, when WashPo brought in Murdoch vets as their consultants/interface between editorial and publisher facing management.
I've been saying "'Democracy Dies in Darkness' is an oligarch's promise" since 2022 or so, when WashPo brought in Murdoch vets as their consultants/interface between editorial and publisher facing management.
This.
Even if you're not using the Delivery Parasite Apps, almost all of the ~30% rise in fast food prices in the last 5 years is restaurants bumping prices to stay in business as DoorDash takes their cut.
And most of the DoorDash cut doesn't even go to the driver.
Even if you're not using the Delivery Parasite Apps, almost all of the ~30% rise in fast food prices in the last 5 years is restaurants bumping prices to stay in business as DoorDash takes their cut.
And most of the DoorDash cut doesn't even go to the driver.
my most peepaw-coded trait is that I angrily refuse to use DoorDash (and similar apps) because I know the markup is so insane versus “picking the food up myself” - and that money doesn’t go to the restaurant.
By god, I will drive or walk my ass over to the restaurant and get it myself.
By god, I will drive or walk my ass over to the restaurant and get it myself.
February 5, 2026 at 6:58 AM
This.
Even if you're not using the Delivery Parasite Apps, almost all of the ~30% rise in fast food prices in the last 5 years is restaurants bumping prices to stay in business as DoorDash takes their cut.
And most of the DoorDash cut doesn't even go to the driver.
Even if you're not using the Delivery Parasite Apps, almost all of the ~30% rise in fast food prices in the last 5 years is restaurants bumping prices to stay in business as DoorDash takes their cut.
And most of the DoorDash cut doesn't even go to the driver.
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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tomorrow i would really like to challenge a few folks with larger followings than me to adopt a rent and raise it in one day.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
today's report:
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children
this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 AM
tomorrow i would really like to challenge a few folks with larger followings than me to adopt a rent and raise it in one day.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
my little group chat and my followers have paid like 70 families rents in the past four days. i believe that some of y’all could help us keep one family housed.
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I keep saying this. It's just another way for white folks and the U.S. to distance themselves from their very recent history. There's no need for comparison to any other country at all!
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I keep saying this. It's just another way for white folks and the U.S. to distance themselves from their very recent history. There's no need for comparison to any other country at all!