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JK
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user experience strategist ✦ hermeticist ✦ flâneur ✦ recovering natural philosopher ✦ nerdy & geeky
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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.


www.apskilledmymom.com
Arizona Public Service killed my mother
www.APSKilledMyMom.com
An exaggeration, but not by much

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The broad cross racial, cross age, cross class appeal of RFK junior is why Ds lost. And I am going to post this every single time I see somebody post ‘thanks Dearborn.’
February 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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I may say more later but part of what some of us need to understand is that the right has built an entirely distinct civic society, with its own hierarchy and (mostly networked) cultural institutions. That includes celebrity.
February 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
A good observation which explains much of why anti-Stancil-ism and anti-anti-Stancil-ism are at war in my heart
It occurs to me that Stancil’s lack of familiarity with organizing traditions is a thread running through a lot of seemingly disparate elements of his lore.
February 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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I remember when we were 12-18 months out from AI white collar job automation, 12-18 months ago.
February 14, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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GCU A Perfect Storm of Risk Factors
February 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM

Would it not in that case
Be simpler for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?


— Bertolt Brecht
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM

It seems like doublethink is the most obvious explanation for what’s happening: The models seem to hold two contradictory beliefs without noticing the difference.
It was Sage's AI Village experiment:

bsky.app/profile/robp...

And theaidigest.org/village/blog...
February 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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got in an argument with this khaki wearing guy who had his pristine f150 parked all the way across a sidewalk (?) and in the course of the argument i asked ‘do you do a lot of backcountry driving in that thing’ and it upset him so bad he had to lock himself in his truck lmao
February 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
There’s a bit in ‘The West Wing’ where President Bartlett is doing a photo op thing with some little kids. One of them asks him “what is the best part of being President?” and he replies “I’m doing it right now”.

Mamdani evidently loves every part of the job.
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies. 
 
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York. 
 
 Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM
February 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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It is two years before the election, and people are telling you very clearly what their red lines are.

Telling you to find better candidates.

I'm flashing back to February of 2024, where I likewise saw folks very clearly signpost that the party was making choices they couldn't follow.
February 14, 2026 at 4:38 AM
“You’re going to get in trouble.”

“Okay.”
February 14, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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Huh.
Happy Friday the 13th! Here's a handy guide to the series:

1-4: Actual horror movies
5: A mess
6: Best movie in the series. Watch this one.
7: Meh
8: Meh, but on a boat
9: Barely a Jason movie
10: Jason! In! Space!
Remake: Eh
Freddy vs Jason: Stupid but fun.
December 13, 2024 at 10:05 PM
‘Wonder Man’ ★★★★☆

An entertaining meditation on friendship, ambition, masculinity, and art (especially acting & filmmaking) that just happens to take place in a world with superheroes.

Indebted to Shane Black, John Schlesinger, ‘Galaxy Quest’, and ‘Astro City’.

More like this, please, Marvel.
two men are walking down a hallway with wonder man written on the wall behind them
ALT: two men are walking down a hallway with wonder man written on the wall behind them
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:16 AM

the Conservative Left (and a lot of the other tendencies in the activist Left) are PARALYSED in response to Trumpism-Muskism because they, in fact, •approve of a large proportion of Trump’s platform•
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM

In Nancy Druid, you will play as a druid scout who solves mysteries along with a trusty animal companion! Your magic is drawn from the natural world, the day-night cycle, and the turning of the seasons.


I don’t think that’s quite for me, but I am tickled that it exists.
Nancy Druid - 9th Level Games | POLYMORPH | AWESOME WORLD | DriveThruRPG
In Nancy Druid, you will play as a druid scout who solves mysteries along with a trusty animal companion! Your magic is drawn from the natural world, the day-night cycle, and the turning of the season...
www.drivethrurpg.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Cruelty is the policy
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I’m delighted to have a post of mine re-shared here


So no, liberals (in either sense) do not need to “develop beyond” liberalism to be antifascist. Leftists who insist that they must are the ones refusing solidarity, making the exact mistake history teaches us to avoid.
Against Dumb Antiliberal Leftist Antifascism, by Jonathan Korman – 18 June 2025 – Left Renewal Blog
leftrenewal.org
February 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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just remembered that recently out of the blue my 7-year-old asked “dad, what was the collapse of the soviet union?”
February 13, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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inside you are two humidifiers
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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the minute the fb algorithm clocks you as a straight man it immediately sets about trying to destroy your life & endanger those around you
February 13, 2026 at 11:19 AM