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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Which Side are You On?
YouTube video by Pete Seeger - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Just heard from one of the UNAC/UHCP higher ups - the answer to this is “yes”
Question for us Kaiser members who want to support the UNAC/UHCP workers! For nonessential care should we be postponing appointments until the strike is over?
January 26, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Just heard from one of the UNAC/UHCP higher ups - the answer to this is “yes”
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🚨"YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST" An ominous announcement can be heard on border patrol's radio just moments after their agents THREW Status Coup's reporter Tina-Desiree Berg, and deployed tear and flash bang grenades at the press indiscriminately.⬇️
January 26, 2026 at 8:06 PM
🚨"YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST" An ominous announcement can be heard on border patrol's radio just moments after their agents THREW Status Coup's reporter Tina-Desiree Berg, and deployed tear and flash bang grenades at the press indiscriminately.⬇️
It's a rug pull.
Trump may be convinced by his face to face with Frey, but Miller isn't.
The GOP machine isn't.
And Trump doesn't make deals, he blathers promises; which he feels no compunction to abide.
Trump may be convinced by his face to face with Frey, but Miller isn't.
The GOP machine isn't.
And Trump doesn't make deals, he blathers promises; which he feels no compunction to abide.
Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
January 26, 2026 at 11:08 PM
It's a rug pull.
Trump may be convinced by his face to face with Frey, but Miller isn't.
The GOP machine isn't.
And Trump doesn't make deals, he blathers promises; which he feels no compunction to abide.
Trump may be convinced by his face to face with Frey, but Miller isn't.
The GOP machine isn't.
And Trump doesn't make deals, he blathers promises; which he feels no compunction to abide.
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Writing is like sex. Everyone needs to practice to be good at it.
January 26, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Writing is like sex. Everyone needs to practice to be good at it.
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Mostly not soft. RTing for the "angry waterbed wrapped in sandpaper" description, which is 🤌
I am sorry to report they mostly are not. Although restraining a large pregnant bull shark is a little bit like trying to restrain an angry waterbed wrapped in sandpaper.
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Mostly not soft. RTing for the "angry waterbed wrapped in sandpaper" description, which is 🤌
They are trying for damage control; to move it to a Congressional Hearing stage, and hope they can stall until (somehow) people forget.
And we need Dems to be Benghazi as fuck about this. No mercy, no letting up.
And we need Dems to be Benghazi as fuck about this. No mercy, no letting up.
The dam is breaking, GOP senator from Utah edition...
January 26, 2026 at 11:04 PM
They are trying for damage control; to move it to a Congressional Hearing stage, and hope they can stall until (somehow) people forget.
And we need Dems to be Benghazi as fuck about this. No mercy, no letting up.
And we need Dems to be Benghazi as fuck about this. No mercy, no letting up.
Oh my god.
This is a fucking ride.
This is a fucking ride.
Road trips can be fun. Road trips with friends: great. Road trips with family: dicy. Road trips with the random crust punk dude from your office who you’ve literally never met IRL before and need to spend 3.5 hours locked in a speeding metal tube with: horrendous. Zero stars. Do not recommend.
January 26, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Oh my god.
This is a fucking ride.
This is a fucking ride.
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Fuck it, going to watch this.
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Fuck it, going to watch this.
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Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Yep.
You act like gestapo death squads, you called gestapo death squads.
Action
Consequence
You act like gestapo death squads, you called gestapo death squads.
Action
Consequence
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Yep.
You act like gestapo death squads, you called gestapo death squads.
Action
Consequence
You act like gestapo death squads, you called gestapo death squads.
Action
Consequence
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Earlier today, there was a substantial update in the ANA language that is actually calling for action: www.linkedin.com/posts/americ...
Alex Pretti, a registered nurse, was killed in a horrifying shooting at the hands of federal law enforcement. Alex’s life mattered, and the American Nurses Association (ANA) denounces his killing and…...
Alex Pretti, a registered nurse, was killed in a horrifying shooting at the hands of federal law enforcement. Alex’s life mattered, and the American Nurses Association (ANA) denounces his killing and ...
www.linkedin.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Earlier today, there was a substantial update in the ANA language that is actually calling for action: www.linkedin.com/posts/americ...
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This is at the brainstorming stage, but:
Employee-side employment law sounds like a fun specialty bc who you metaphorically use as a chew toy is shitty bosses/companies.
Obviously the "...you lose some" part would be frustrating when applicable, but that would be true for anything.
Employee-side employment law sounds like a fun specialty bc who you metaphorically use as a chew toy is shitty bosses/companies.
Obviously the "...you lose some" part would be frustrating when applicable, but that would be true for anything.
January 26, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This is at the brainstorming stage, but:
Employee-side employment law sounds like a fun specialty bc who you metaphorically use as a chew toy is shitty bosses/companies.
Obviously the "...you lose some" part would be frustrating when applicable, but that would be true for anything.
Employee-side employment law sounds like a fun specialty bc who you metaphorically use as a chew toy is shitty bosses/companies.
Obviously the "...you lose some" part would be frustrating when applicable, but that would be true for anything.
Not happening.
That's a camel's nose inside the tent, and no rational negotiator would let Trump do it.
Because he's got decades of form for breaking deals and not getting consent.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
That's a camel's nose inside the tent, and no rational negotiator would let Trump do it.
Because he's got decades of form for breaking deals and not getting consent.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
'Red line.' Greenland shuts down Trump on sovereignty for US bases
President Trump appears intent on gaining sovereignty over land in Greenland where American military bases are located. No way, Greenland says.
www.usatoday.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Not happening.
That's a camel's nose inside the tent, and no rational negotiator would let Trump do it.
Because he's got decades of form for breaking deals and not getting consent.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
That's a camel's nose inside the tent, and no rational negotiator would let Trump do it.
Because he's got decades of form for breaking deals and not getting consent.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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I’ve read the whole screed and it is one hundred percent chat gpt slop.
Because these guys have all outsourced their brains to LLMs and are unable to string five sentences together anymore.
Because these guys have all outsourced their brains to LLMs and are unable to string five sentences together anymore.
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I’ve read the whole screed and it is one hundred percent chat gpt slop.
Because these guys have all outsourced their brains to LLMs and are unable to string five sentences together anymore.
Because these guys have all outsourced their brains to LLMs and are unable to string five sentences together anymore.
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(from the same screed)
Oh man. A purposely non-kinetic endogenous mass popular coalition that capitalizes on government abuses to maintain moral advantage and dominate the inform/influence domain?
That’s not an insurgency, brother. That’s a civil rights movement.
Oh man. A purposely non-kinetic endogenous mass popular coalition that capitalizes on government abuses to maintain moral advantage and dominate the inform/influence domain?
That’s not an insurgency, brother. That’s a civil rights movement.
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 PM
(from the same screed)
Oh man. A purposely non-kinetic endogenous mass popular coalition that capitalizes on government abuses to maintain moral advantage and dominate the inform/influence domain?
That’s not an insurgency, brother. That’s a civil rights movement.
Oh man. A purposely non-kinetic endogenous mass popular coalition that capitalizes on government abuses to maintain moral advantage and dominate the inform/influence domain?
That’s not an insurgency, brother. That’s a civil rights movement.
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Cardinal Tobin regarding ICE funding: "I think if we are serious about putting our faith in action, we need to say 'no,' each one of us. What saying ‘no’ looks like today is by telling the truth about what is happening and honoring those whose lives are upended.” www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...
Cardinal Tobin: Pray, mourn and say 'no' to ICE funding
In a reflection delivered during an online interfaith prayer service hosted by Faith in Action, Tobin employed some of the strongest language yet by a U.S. cardinal to condemn the Trump administration...
www.ncronline.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Cardinal Tobin regarding ICE funding: "I think if we are serious about putting our faith in action, we need to say 'no,' each one of us. What saying ‘no’ looks like today is by telling the truth about what is happening and honoring those whose lives are upended.” www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...
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Honestly*everyone* should work an election. It's a great way to learn about the process and to see how secure it really is.
Plus you get great stories, like the time I had to help get a squirrel out of a polling place.
Plus you get great stories, like the time I had to help get a squirrel out of a polling place.
Election doomers should really be required to work a primary election as a precinct election worker so they understand how elections in this country actually work. Attending a canvassing board meeting would be good too.
January 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Honestly*everyone* should work an election. It's a great way to learn about the process and to see how secure it really is.
Plus you get great stories, like the time I had to help get a squirrel out of a polling place.
Plus you get great stories, like the time I had to help get a squirrel out of a polling place.
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
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Protests held across U.S. after fatal shooting of anti-ICE protester Alex Pretti. “Large protests spread across US cities on Saturday – including Minneapolis, New York City, San Francisco, [Los Angeles], Boston, [Washington, D.C.] and Providence, Rhode Island..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Large protests spread across US after Alex Pretti fatally shot by federal agents
Wave of demonstrations comes a day after thousands marched through Minneapolis streets to protest ICE
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Protests held across U.S. after fatal shooting of anti-ICE protester Alex Pretti. “Large protests spread across US cities on Saturday – including Minneapolis, New York City, San Francisco, [Los Angeles], Boston, [Washington, D.C.] and Providence, Rhode Island..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
What a surprise.
She's saying Border Patrol (and ICE) consider their Area of Operations to be a Free Fire Zone.
And she's fine with that.
She's saying Border Patrol (and ICE) consider their Area of Operations to be a Free Fire Zone.
And she's fine with that.
Megyn Kelly: “Do you know why I wasn't shot by Border Patrol this weekend? Because I kept my ass inside and out of their operations.”
Megyn Kelly: Minnesota protesters are “terrorists” who must “behave well and submit immediately”
www.mediamatters.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
What a surprise.
She's saying Border Patrol (and ICE) consider their Area of Operations to be a Free Fire Zone.
And she's fine with that.
She's saying Border Patrol (and ICE) consider their Area of Operations to be a Free Fire Zone.
And she's fine with that.
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"As our communities refuse to comply with the authoritarian horror we face, we must continue to show up for each other in our neighborhoods and in the halls of power."
Read our statement:
Read our statement:
As we pray and mourn, we must keep moving into action. And our elected officials must follow.
Democrats in Congress must act as boldly as the constituents they say they represent by halting funding for ICE until the violence, abuses, and deaths in American communities and immigration detention...
www.bendthearc.us
January 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"As our communities refuse to comply with the authoritarian horror we face, we must continue to show up for each other in our neighborhoods and in the halls of power."
Read our statement:
Read our statement:
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This interview was last year but Mayor Pete's answers to what should Biden have done differently were 1, open schools earlier 2, crack down harder on immigrants and 3, something prices something. This is red meat for Bulwarker/reactionary centrist group chats but awful electoral strategy.
January 26, 2026 at 8:49 PM
This interview was last year but Mayor Pete's answers to what should Biden have done differently were 1, open schools earlier 2, crack down harder on immigrants and 3, something prices something. This is red meat for Bulwarker/reactionary centrist group chats but awful electoral strategy.
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Fleischer – another low-life. Pretti's gun was carried in the small of his back. One hand was in the air much of the time; the other hand held a phone. When on the ground, he knelt with his palms on the asphalt. (At least for some of the time). At no time did he reach all the way behind himself.
A whole lot of people who think it's unfair to second-guess the split-second decisions of heavily armed, professional law enforcement agents are nonetheless perfectly willing to dissect whether the civilians killed by those agents followed some mystical proper procedure to avoid death
January 26, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Fleischer – another low-life. Pretti's gun was carried in the small of his back. One hand was in the air much of the time; the other hand held a phone. When on the ground, he knelt with his palms on the asphalt. (At least for some of the time). At no time did he reach all the way behind himself.