TKarney
@pecunium.bsky.social
I write things (sporadically https://www.patreon.com/Pecunium) I make things (yarn, woven goods, minor woodworking). I take photographs (and teach photography).
I'm moderately polymathic (though maths are not my thing)
Welcome to my place
I'm moderately polymathic (though maths are not my thing)
Welcome to my place
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A lot is happening right now. Hope you'll still take a moment to read WIRED's story of Red Bull's incredible work as a whistleblower, our analysis of the evidence he shared, the details of his ordeal inside a modern slavery operation, and how he finally got home. /end www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
A lot is happening right now. Hope you'll still take a moment to read WIRED's story of Red Bull's incredible work as a whistleblower, our analysis of the evidence he shared, the details of his ordeal inside a modern slavery operation, and how he finally got home. /end www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
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Red Bull later shared hours of screenrecordings as he scrolled through the compound's internal WhatsApp groups. We at WIRED converted the videos into 4,200 pages of screenshotted chats that reveal the daily operations of a scam compound at a level never seen before. www.wired.com/story/the-re...
Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce
A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Red Bull later shared hours of screenrecordings as he scrolled through the compound's internal WhatsApp groups. We at WIRED converted the videos into 4,200 pages of screenshotted chats that reveal the daily operations of a scam compound at a level never seen before. www.wired.com/story/the-re...
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It is so sad for the children. My daughter is a teacher and last year the children were playing “ice” at recess and grabbing each other. She made them stop and explained that it was wrong. Then later one of the children’s dad was taken and they understood what was going on.
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 AM
It is so sad for the children. My daughter is a teacher and last year the children were playing “ice” at recess and grabbing each other. She made them stop and explained that it was wrong. Then later one of the children’s dad was taken and they understood what was going on.
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As it happens, I know a young girl today who knows about Anne Frank and also has young classmates who have been hiding.
She has already pieced together the similarities on her own. And if she can do it, adults can, too.
She has already pieced together the similarities on her own. And if she can do it, adults can, too.
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 4:14 AM
As it happens, I know a young girl today who knows about Anne Frank and also has young classmates who have been hiding.
She has already pieced together the similarities on her own. And if she can do it, adults can, too.
She has already pieced together the similarities on her own. And if she can do it, adults can, too.
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The "ban whistles" stuff is how you know whistles are working incredibly well
January 28, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The "ban whistles" stuff is how you know whistles are working incredibly well
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It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 AM
It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
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When you need a legendary rock star to do the absolute weirdest thing, accept no substitutes: make it Neil Young. bsky.app/profile/raws...
Rock legend Neil Young gifted his entire music archive to Greenland residents.
Rock legend gifts entire music archive to Greenland in sharp Trump rebuke
Rock legend Neil Young gifted his entire music archive to Greenland residents. Young, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, said he hoped the offering “will ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,” Pitchfork reported Tuesday...
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 AM
When you need a legendary rock star to do the absolute weirdest thing, accept no substitutes: make it Neil Young. bsky.app/profile/raws...
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gallego sucks (his position on trans issues means I will never trust him) but it's very good that a frontline, moderate-coded member of the senate caucus is calling for miller's head and hopefully it will help drag the rest of the squishes towards this position
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller
January 28, 2026 at 4:18 AM
gallego sucks (his position on trans issues means I will never trust him) but it's very good that a frontline, moderate-coded member of the senate caucus is calling for miller's head and hopefully it will help drag the rest of the squishes towards this position
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Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
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Minnesota, my home, is carrying a heavy burden right now.
Being kind is not being weak. The strength to care for others, to love and protect our neighbors, to be a shield and not a sword, to be warmth in the cold is true Minnesota nice.
(Photo by local photographer Ricky Roman, MN)
Being kind is not being weak. The strength to care for others, to love and protect our neighbors, to be a shield and not a sword, to be warmth in the cold is true Minnesota nice.
(Photo by local photographer Ricky Roman, MN)
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Minnesota, my home, is carrying a heavy burden right now.
Being kind is not being weak. The strength to care for others, to love and protect our neighbors, to be a shield and not a sword, to be warmth in the cold is true Minnesota nice.
(Photo by local photographer Ricky Roman, MN)
Being kind is not being weak. The strength to care for others, to love and protect our neighbors, to be a shield and not a sword, to be warmth in the cold is true Minnesota nice.
(Photo by local photographer Ricky Roman, MN)
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Dirty secret is affirmative action raised meritocratic standards for hiring because it forced employers to only hire qualified people to avoid discrimination lawsuits.
Kill "DEI" and employers suddenly hire weird randos and engage in nepotism with abandon.
Kill "DEI" and employers suddenly hire weird randos and engage in nepotism with abandon.
Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about 'merit-based hiring', what they mean is hiring nice-looking white boys from elite schools regardless of their experience.
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Dirty secret is affirmative action raised meritocratic standards for hiring because it forced employers to only hire qualified people to avoid discrimination lawsuits.
Kill "DEI" and employers suddenly hire weird randos and engage in nepotism with abandon.
Kill "DEI" and employers suddenly hire weird randos and engage in nepotism with abandon.
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i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine
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it'll be like a fidget spinner and a vuvuzela had a baby. you will be circled by plastic harpies that scream your most shameful secrets. you are huge losers and everyone hates you! be grateful it's just whistles!
January 28, 2026 at 1:14 AM
it'll be like a fidget spinner and a vuvuzela had a baby. you will be circled by plastic harpies that scream your most shameful secrets. you are huge losers and everyone hates you! be grateful it's just whistles!
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bro whistles are the NICE option. do you really want to challenge 1,000 nerds with 3D printers to invent something louder and more annoying???
January 28, 2026 at 1:08 AM
bro whistles are the NICE option. do you really want to challenge 1,000 nerds with 3D printers to invent something louder and more annoying???
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Again, Grok (Heinlein would be furious) didn’t do this on its own. MEN DID IT.
At least 37 attorneys general for US states and territories are taking action against xAI after Grok generated a flood of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors.
The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun
At least 37 attorneys general for US states and territories are taking action against xAI after Grok generated a flood of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors.
wrd.cm
January 27, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Again, Grok (Heinlein would be furious) didn’t do this on its own. MEN DID IT.
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La Migra have always been monsters, be they INS, ICE, CBP, HSI or any other weird slush fund org.
Just nobody heard the brown people who were their primary prey when they told you.
immigration isn’t a problem in need of violence. It needs more paths & access, open doors. All else funds cartels.
Just nobody heard the brown people who were their primary prey when they told you.
immigration isn’t a problem in need of violence. It needs more paths & access, open doors. All else funds cartels.
Breaking per NBC News — CBP has shot and critically wounded another person, this time in Arizona. Very few details available at this time.
One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona
The individual is in custody and receiving care, according to law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM
La Migra have always been monsters, be they INS, ICE, CBP, HSI or any other weird slush fund org.
Just nobody heard the brown people who were their primary prey when they told you.
immigration isn’t a problem in need of violence. It needs more paths & access, open doors. All else funds cartels.
Just nobody heard the brown people who were their primary prey when they told you.
immigration isn’t a problem in need of violence. It needs more paths & access, open doors. All else funds cartels.
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I think one of the reasons hobbits have endured and appeal to people even today is because of this. They farm, eat, fuck, party, and garden. They like a good yarn and a pub crawl. They overall enjoy just living.
I think about this post a lot.
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 AM
I think one of the reasons hobbits have endured and appeal to people even today is because of this. They farm, eat, fuck, party, and garden. They like a good yarn and a pub crawl. They overall enjoy just living.
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Debut done right 🤝
A huge first cap for Ayo Oke with the USWNT!
A huge first cap for Ayo Oke with the USWNT!
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Debut done right 🤝
A huge first cap for Ayo Oke with the USWNT!
A huge first cap for Ayo Oke with the USWNT!
This is who they are, and whom they want to be.
Breaking per NBC News — CBP has shot and critically wounded another person, this time in Arizona. Very few details available at this time.
One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona
The individual is in custody and receiving care, according to law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 AM
This is who they are, and whom they want to be.
Will the NRA protest his denial of the 2nd amendment?
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 28, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Will the NRA protest his denial of the 2nd amendment?
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Nope. Son of Holocaust survivor. My father was 11 when the Nazis invaded his hometown in eastern Poland. He survived only by fleeing to a different city with a false baptismal certificate. The comparison is apt. Carry on.
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Nope. Son of Holocaust survivor. My father was 11 when the Nazis invaded his hometown in eastern Poland. He survived only by fleeing to a different city with a false baptismal certificate. The comparison is apt. Carry on.
This is what they didn’t understand.
Trusting that we can work through this isn’t because we’re soft; because we are strong.
Trusting that we can work through this isn’t because we’re soft; because we are strong.
I don’t know what he said or what he sprayed from that syringe, but Omar was squared up & ready to handle him.
And then continued her talk. I don’t know what’s in the water in Minnesota, but these folks have been underestimated.Later I’m sure Omar was shaking & maybe shed a tear, but..
And then continued her talk. I don’t know what’s in the water in Minnesota, but these folks have been underestimated.Later I’m sure Omar was shaking & maybe shed a tear, but..
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 AM
This is what they didn’t understand.
Trusting that we can work through this isn’t because we’re soft; because we are strong.
Trusting that we can work through this isn’t because we’re soft; because we are strong.
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It's been a while, but here's another reminder that it can be both.
Secretary of War William Belknap was impeached after his resignation.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Secretary of War William Belknap was impeached after his resignation.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Democrats' calls for Kristi Noem to resign or face impeachment grow louder
Eight more Democrats have joined a resolution to impeach the homeland security secretary after the latest fatal shooting by a federal agent.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:34 AM
It's been a while, but here's another reminder that it can be both.
Secretary of War William Belknap was impeached after his resignation.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Secretary of War William Belknap was impeached after his resignation.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
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Richard fucking Epstein is a black spot on my alma mater but people pretend he’s a draw.
NYU Law Prof. Richard Epstein has submitted his amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court on birthright citizenship. He has no expertise in this area and has never done, as far as I know, any substantial work on the history of the common law dating back to early modern and pre-modern England.
January 28, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Richard fucking Epstein is a black spot on my alma mater but people pretend he’s a draw.
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A kindergartener is one of a growing number of children in Maine who have been left without a parent as the Trump administration carries out a major immigration enforcement effort, according to local officials.
‘I want my mom’: Kindergartner left without her mother for several days as ICE detains parents in Maine - The Boston Globe
A growing number of children across Maine have been left without a parent as immigration enforcement surges in the state.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
A kindergartener is one of a growing number of children in Maine who have been left without a parent as the Trump administration carries out a major immigration enforcement effort, according to local officials.