JK
@miniver.bsky.social
user experience strategist ✦ hermeticist ✦ flâneur ✦ recovering natural philosopher ✦ nerdy & geeky
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JK
@miniver.bsky.social
· Apr 28
Arizona Public Service killed my mother
www.APSKilledMyMom.com
I put together a proper website
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My mother Kate Korman owed $500 to Arizona Public Service, so shortly before her 82nd birthday they cut off her electricity.
Temperatures were in the 90s and climbing. Without air conditioning, the heat killed her within a few days.
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www.apskilledmymom.com
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My mother Kate Korman owed $500 to Arizona Public Service, so shortly before her 82nd birthday they cut off her electricity.
Temperatures were in the 90s and climbing. Without air conditioning, the heat killed her within a few days.
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www.apskilledmymom.com
It has long been abundantly clear that she wants to serve in Congress.
If she runs for President, that reflects a calculus indicating structural failure by the Democratic Party.
If she runs for President, that reflects a calculus indicating structural failure by the Democratic Party.
anybody currently raging about Newsom needs to be stopped better get on board or I might think your outrage is a tad performative
February 12, 2026 at 11:05 PM
It has long been abundantly clear that she wants to serve in Congress.
If she runs for President, that reflects a calculus indicating structural failure by the Democratic Party.
If she runs for President, that reflects a calculus indicating structural failure by the Democratic Party.
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Just watched the Biggs Cut with my wife. Deeply satisfying. I completely get why 80% of Biggs was cut from the final film, BUT if you don't care about pacing and are just interested in character development, SO MUCH ABOUT LUKE ONLY MAKES SENSE IF YOU KNOW ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BIGGS
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Good morning, U.S. East Coast; I have a present for you:
February 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Just watched the Biggs Cut with my wife. Deeply satisfying. I completely get why 80% of Biggs was cut from the final film, BUT if you don't care about pacing and are just interested in character development, SO MUCH ABOUT LUKE ONLY MAKES SENSE IF YOU KNOW ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BIGGS
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Core insight:
@veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social: The illiberal challenge in Europe is neither uniform nor monolithic. Illiberal actors differ in ideology, strategy & voter base; combining nationalist, religious, xenophobic, & populist narratives in distinct ways. Understanding this variation is 🗝️
@veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social: The illiberal challenge in Europe is neither uniform nor monolithic. Illiberal actors differ in ideology, strategy & voter base; combining nationalist, religious, xenophobic, & populist narratives in distinct ways. Understanding this variation is 🗝️
February 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Core insight:
@veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social: The illiberal challenge in Europe is neither uniform nor monolithic. Illiberal actors differ in ideology, strategy & voter base; combining nationalist, religious, xenophobic, & populist narratives in distinct ways. Understanding this variation is 🗝️
@veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social: The illiberal challenge in Europe is neither uniform nor monolithic. Illiberal actors differ in ideology, strategy & voter base; combining nationalist, religious, xenophobic, & populist narratives in distinct ways. Understanding this variation is 🗝️
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Anyone know where I can buy more of these mugs, the site I bought it from no longer exists.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Anyone know where I can buy more of these mugs, the site I bought it from no longer exists.
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To say this shit in the month that was literally picked because Lincoln’s birthday is today and Frederick Douglass’ birthday is in two days is fucking WILD
Bluesky "leftist": "Frederick Douglass wasn't literate enough to read and understand the Constitution. I am very smart and woke."
Doing great folks, just great.
Doing great folks, just great.
February 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
To say this shit in the month that was literally picked because Lincoln’s birthday is today and Frederick Douglass’ birthday is in two days is fucking WILD
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This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
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A historian colleague of mine once blew someone’s mind after he asked “can’t you just look that up online?” and she replied “who do you think finds that stuff and puts it online?”
February 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
A historian colleague of mine once blew someone’s mind after he asked “can’t you just look that up online?” and she replied “who do you think finds that stuff and puts it online?”
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A great piece from @alibreland.bsky.social on Epstein's race science obsession—one he shares with much of the contemporary right wing elite www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race
The files reveal the disgraced financier’s interest in “race science.”
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A great piece from @alibreland.bsky.social on Epstein's race science obsession—one he shares with much of the contemporary right wing elite www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Almost all people in power are writing dangerously unhinged and ridiculous fictions.
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
This stock is a play on lunar infrastructure and connectivity, the firm said.
cnb.cx
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Almost all people in power are writing dangerously unhinged and ridiculous fictions.
I’m thinking about worldbuilding for a disruptive & interesting order of magically-empowered healers in genre fantasy.
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The Hippocratic Oath
Personal blog of Jonathan Korman
miniver.blogspot.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I’m thinking about worldbuilding for a disruptive & interesting order of magically-empowered healers in genre fantasy.
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‘The Pitt’ is partly about how every life is precious but I need “AI” transcription errors to kill someone before the season is through.
I suspect that this is why Dr. Terrible is behind in her charting.
I suspect that this is why Dr. Terrible is behind in her charting.
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
‘The Pitt’ is partly about how every life is precious but I need “AI” transcription errors to kill someone before the season is through.
I suspect that this is why Dr. Terrible is behind in her charting.
I suspect that this is why Dr. Terrible is behind in her charting.
Possibly the biggest challenge AND the biggest opportunity before the feminist project is
non-feminist men need to grasp the routine threat of violence which women face
feminist women need to grasp the routine threat of violence which men face
non-feminist men need to grasp the routine threat of violence which women face
feminist women need to grasp the routine threat of violence which men face
February 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Possibly the biggest challenge AND the biggest opportunity before the feminist project is
non-feminist men need to grasp the routine threat of violence which women face
feminist women need to grasp the routine threat of violence which men face
non-feminist men need to grasp the routine threat of violence which women face
feminist women need to grasp the routine threat of violence which men face
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If the government can take away your voting rights for a felony conviction, and they also decide what constitutes a felony, and they also decide who’s charged with the felony, and they also decide who’s prosecuted for the felony, you don’t have a right to vote.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger endorsed a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison. State lawmakers passed the amendment and it will now appear on the state ballot.
“It’s Time”: Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 AM
If the government can take away your voting rights for a felony conviction, and they also decide what constitutes a felony, and they also decide who’s charged with the felony, and they also decide who’s prosecuted for the felony, you don’t have a right to vote.
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So yeah, how we identify fallacies really fucking matters because what "counts" as an ad-hominem is not some neutral, acultural, phenomena: it is rooted in the ways we understand the injurious effects of language. Now, how we get to that is something I'll leave to my colleagues who work on slurs.
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 AM
So yeah, how we identify fallacies really fucking matters because what "counts" as an ad-hominem is not some neutral, acultural, phenomena: it is rooted in the ways we understand the injurious effects of language. Now, how we get to that is something I'll leave to my colleagues who work on slurs.
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There's a link between the AI disruption and the authoritarian political attacks on expertise. Highly educated white collar folks considered ourselves to be a powerful culture, on the basis of our expertise & credentials. But that's not where power comes from, and we're learning that the hard way.
All I'm saying here is that there's a strong air from white collar people like we're not supposed to be disrupted. That's for blue collar folks. But we're not special. We never have been. Just lucky. And eventually your luck runs out. Capitalism comes for everybody eventually.
February 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
There's a link between the AI disruption and the authoritarian political attacks on expertise. Highly educated white collar folks considered ourselves to be a powerful culture, on the basis of our expertise & credentials. But that's not where power comes from, and we're learning that the hard way.
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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It hurts my heart to see how many people think (demonstrated in their use of generative AI) the only value in writing is producing an end product.
I write foremost because the process of writing teaches me a great deal, much of which is never represented in a single word of the final piece.
I write foremost because the process of writing teaches me a great deal, much of which is never represented in a single word of the final piece.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
It hurts my heart to see how many people think (demonstrated in their use of generative AI) the only value in writing is producing an end product.
I write foremost because the process of writing teaches me a great deal, much of which is never represented in a single word of the final piece.
I write foremost because the process of writing teaches me a great deal, much of which is never represented in a single word of the final piece.
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You’ll rarely find a clearer statement of ressentiment. It’s the only perspective these guys have through which to view our world.
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM
You’ll rarely find a clearer statement of ressentiment. It’s the only perspective these guys have through which to view our world.
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I'm going to go a bit farther and predict that, if this passes, the restrictions will be VERY selectively enforced. Some people will need to present birth certificates. Others will be able to vote with a driver's license
SAVE Act aka “show your papers” law
If you don’t have a passport or access to your birth certificate, you’re not alone. About 21 mill Americans could be blocked from voting, just like you.
Why are Trump and Republicans pushing this? Because they do better when fewer people vote.
#HandsOffHerVote
If you don’t have a passport or access to your birth certificate, you’re not alone. About 21 mill Americans could be blocked from voting, just like you.
Why are Trump and Republicans pushing this? Because they do better when fewer people vote.
#HandsOffHerVote
February 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I'm going to go a bit farther and predict that, if this passes, the restrictions will be VERY selectively enforced. Some people will need to present birth certificates. Others will be able to vote with a driver's license
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Messenger: [throwing message into the bushes] your excellency we would very much like to not be shot
Gallup says it will stop doing presidential approval polls (after 88 years of doing it) because of "an evolution in how Gallup focuses it's public research". This is eliminating a time series that goes back to FDR.
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Messenger: [throwing message into the bushes] your excellency we would very much like to not be shot
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Now is the time to envisage what we actually want from an immigration policy. There is a chance that in the next few years we'll actually get a stab at it.
To this end: the violence and racism of immigration restriction has always been there. 🧵
To this end: the violence and racism of immigration restriction has always been there. 🧵
January 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Now is the time to envisage what we actually want from an immigration policy. There is a chance that in the next few years we'll actually get a stab at it.
To this end: the violence and racism of immigration restriction has always been there. 🧵
To this end: the violence and racism of immigration restriction has always been there. 🧵
I thought nonsense participation trophies were bad?
"Sir, to show our appreciation, the trophy says 'the undisputed champion of beautiful, clean coal'"
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I thought nonsense participation trophies were bad?
The potential for a midterm election constitutional crisis
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February 11, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Closed borders are illiberal, the state enforcing with violence a hierarchy of humanity based on the arbitrariness of which side of an imaginary line in the dirt you happened to be born on. Free migration of free people is the only liberal position.
Open the borders? Are you kidding? That sign makes me think there's some right wing activists planted in the midst of that protest against fascism. There's not a single liberal in my pool of many that is asking for the border to be open.. not a single one. Looks like right wing dirty dealing AGAIN!
February 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Closed borders are illiberal, the state enforcing with violence a hierarchy of humanity based on the arbitrariness of which side of an imaginary line in the dirt you happened to be born on. Free migration of free people is the only liberal position.