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Ken Burnside

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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 · Sep 19

@diane.dianeduane.com @robtomshany.bsky.social @owlinautumn.bsky.social @cobrabay.bsky.social @technomuse.bsky.social @spicedrum.bsky.social @doctorscience.bsky.social

Tagging you in for Recounting of the Arizona Minutemen Militia Girl Scout Cookie Burglary.

You may now prepare popcorn.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1d

The horrific South Carolina abortion ban that lawmakers held a hearing on last week would also consider it “aiding and abetting” an abortion to host or maintain a website that informs women and pregnant people how to obtain an abortion. First Amendment attacks on abortion are coming

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 1d

Plan C will keep publishing information in the face of free speech threats, cofounder Amy Merrill said. “I don't believe that people in those states want to be uniquely blocked from accessing all dimensions of the internet...We still get to talk about abortion, and we're going to keep doing that.”

Exclusive: Plan C Doubles Down on Abortion Pill Info Amid Political Attacks

The online abortion pill guide has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost.

www.autonomynews.co

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Cheryl Harris @cdh111.bsky.social · 8h

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 12h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

“This immigration issue is a remnant of Subu’s original case. Since that wrongful conviction has now been officially vacated and all charges against Subu have been dismissed, we have asked the immigration court to reopen the case and consider the fact that Subu has been exonerated.”

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 4h

Also fyi re that poster:
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

Kevin Dahlgren, prominent critic of Portland area homeless services, admits to stealing from one of them

He pleaded guilty to first-degree theft, aggravated identity theft, and first-degree official misconduct Tuesday afternoon.

www.oregonlive.com

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 13h

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 1d

When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.

ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social

www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

www.eenews.net

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Becca @bekaboomn.bsky.social · 5h

👇 this more elegantly describes how I explained my feelings on this topic to a friend today.
My version had so many "fucks"

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 7h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social · 5h

And why isn't the house in session? Bc Mike Johnson doesn't want to seat Rep Grijalva because she'd be the final vote to release the Epstein files.

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 8h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Russ Frankenstein (no relation) @russ41.bsky.social · 5h

Fuck every part of this. If you're in Illinois, please phone @govpritzker.illinois.gov 's office and tell him to stop this right fucking now.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 8h

every time we’re out here we see new types of cops.

looks like the illinois department of correction’s tactical team is also here on site.

background: www.chicagoreporter.com/new-uniforms...

two cops in dark blue uniforms stand next to another cop wearing a blue polo

a close-up of one officer’s patch. it reads “tactical dept corrections. illinois sort.”

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Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · 5h

The cover to BattleTech: Outfoxed, the first full novel for Katie Ferraro and the Fox Patrol, goes way harder than should be possible. The book comes out in 13 days. Pre-orders should start soon.

A Fox Patrol Griffin punches a Nightsky in the cockpit.

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 5h

If there's anyone who CLEARLY made a Monkey's Paw style pact with an extraplanar entity?

It's Ea-Nāşir.

Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 5h

You are clearly a Disobedient Monkey Servant.

Many skitches must be given in apology. MANY SKITCHES.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 6h

Extinction is forever www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country

www.theguardian.com

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 5h

Someone has to have the skills with cunieform and heiroglyphics to make a Rosetta Stone parody out of this...

👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 12h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 5h

Pssst. Crystal.

You're *also* smart and charismatic, and charisma is a set of learnable, teachable skills.

You're also a hell of a writer, very talented and very cool.

Remember, there are people for whom meeting *you* is a Big Deal with Squee Moments.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 7h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 8h

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 6h

Near East? That looks more like Malaysia's coastal waters...

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 6h

TL;DR: I want everyone I sell a tee shirt to to be excited about wearing it, want it to flatter their figure and want them to be happy with it...without having to do them as one-offs on the press.

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · Jan 31

This seems a good time to remind people that the number for your regional Poison Control Center is 1-800-222-1222.

These folks are skilled nurses & epis who can help with emergency q's about everything from what to do if there's a sick wild bird in your yard to OD concerns. #EpiSky

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8h

After 10 long days, the hearing challenging Texas' gerrymandering ended. By the end, all of legacy media had vanished. But Democracy Docket stayed to keep you informed about just how far Republicans went to manipulate the state’s maps.

Support its vital work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h

The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival’s lawsuit alleges.

How a new firm with DHS ties won a $915 million contract to help immigrants "self-deport"

The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

www.motherjones.com

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 6h

Newsom's about the only Democat who's being combatative back at Trump/GOP insocial media.

Newsom as a national candidate is a flaming bag of dogshit...and that's possibly insulting to burning feces.

About the only thing of value he offers to a better candidate is his social media person.