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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OH wait, I was wrong. Sharpie cartoon letters definite evidence of professional logistician. Every supply sergeant does this.
nothing smacks of professional-grade logistics like FREE scrawled on a cardboard box in bubble letters
January 26, 2026 at 4:24 AM
OH wait, I was wrong. Sharpie cartoon letters definite evidence of professional logistician. Every supply sergeant does this.
The depressing thing is the first sentence would be spot on... if he had the smallest amount of reflexive awareness (I don't think Dort is capable of self awareness)
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 AM
The depressing thing is the first sentence would be spot on... if he had the smallest amount of reflexive awareness (I don't think Dort is capable of self awareness)
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This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
January 25, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.
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Not only is this happening, but even worse, a lot of vulnerable people don’t know people with stable status of their own who can take care of their kids.
Some immigrant parents, fearful of their children facing similar uncertainty if they were to be arrested, detained or deported are taking the extreme step of legally transferring parental authority to teachers, co-workers, fellow parishioners and neighbors.
Fearing ICE, parents make plans for their children’s care
Some families give legal authority to others to make key decisions about a child’s life if a parent is detained and deported.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Not only is this happening, but even worse, a lot of vulnerable people don’t know people with stable status of their own who can take care of their kids.
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Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.
Moderate Sen. Jacky Rosen urges Noem's impeachment as Dem fury grows over Minneapolis shooting
Moderate Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that her “attempt to mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis is “deeply shameful.”
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that she believes Noem is attempting to "mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis.
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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"And that's how, after several hours, five people and a citywide network of volunteers got a 12-year-old girl her first menstrual pad."
America.
America.
Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers. n.pr/4pT6Ia8
How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation
Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers.
n.pr
January 22, 2026 at 7:09 PM
"And that's how, after several hours, five people and a citywide network of volunteers got a 12-year-old girl her first menstrual pad."
America.
America.
I wish there were only one man I'm looking forward to a front page obit about.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I wish there were only one man I'm looking forward to a front page obit about.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...
How can you spot the fed?
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 AM
How can you spot the fed?
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Spoke to Greg Ketter, owner of DreamHaven Books, just now. He’s grateful for all the book orders & knows the store’s site is struggling w/ the demand. Employees coming Monday to reboot the site & pack orders. There are so many that it may take a few extra days so please be patient & keep fighting. ✊🏽
January 26, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Spoke to Greg Ketter, owner of DreamHaven Books, just now. He’s grateful for all the book orders & knows the store’s site is struggling w/ the demand. Employees coming Monday to reboot the site & pack orders. There are so many that it may take a few extra days so please be patient & keep fighting. ✊🏽
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So to sum up: ancient fact - we can identify brothels by floor-plans and artwork, but they are not usually associated with mass infant remains.
Contemporary fact: JD Vance is a liar and his supporters are every bit as stupid as he thinks they are.
Contemporary fact: JD Vance is a liar and his supporters are every bit as stupid as he thinks they are.
January 25, 2026 at 4:41 PM
So to sum up: ancient fact - we can identify brothels by floor-plans and artwork, but they are not usually associated with mass infant remains.
Contemporary fact: JD Vance is a liar and his supporters are every bit as stupid as he thinks they are.
Contemporary fact: JD Vance is a liar and his supporters are every bit as stupid as he thinks they are.
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For the curious, how do we identify Roman brothels?
Well they tend to have distinctive floor plans (notably absent, as far as I can tell, from either site above), with lots of small cubicles.
Also often erotic artwork or graffiti testifying to the location's function.
Well they tend to have distinctive floor plans (notably absent, as far as I can tell, from either site above), with lots of small cubicles.
Also often erotic artwork or graffiti testifying to the location's function.
January 25, 2026 at 4:41 PM
For the curious, how do we identify Roman brothels?
Well they tend to have distinctive floor plans (notably absent, as far as I can tell, from either site above), with lots of small cubicles.
Also often erotic artwork or graffiti testifying to the location's function.
Well they tend to have distinctive floor plans (notably absent, as far as I can tell, from either site above), with lots of small cubicles.
Also often erotic artwork or graffiti testifying to the location's function.
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Meanwhile, Vance's core contention, that we can identify ancient brothels by looking for mass infant remains is - whatever the chuds want to think - simply wrong. That is not how we identify brothels.
Also these are high infant mortality societies, infant remains are not rare among them.
Also these are high infant mortality societies, infant remains are not rare among them.
January 25, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Meanwhile, Vance's core contention, that we can identify ancient brothels by looking for mass infant remains is - whatever the chuds want to think - simply wrong. That is not how we identify brothels.
Also these are high infant mortality societies, infant remains are not rare among them.
Also these are high infant mortality societies, infant remains are not rare among them.
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(On the reasoning that a bath house, while not a brothel, might be a place that one might find sex workers. Importantly, the actual original publication on Ashkelon at no point identifies it as a brothel - it is the subsequent publication for Hambledon that does, tendentiously, I'd argue).
January 25, 2026 at 4:41 PM
(On the reasoning that a bath house, while not a brothel, might be a place that one might find sex workers. Importantly, the actual original publication on Ashkelon at no point identifies it as a brothel - it is the subsequent publication for Hambledon that does, tendentiously, I'd argue).
The only place where that's the reasonable thing to do is in army; where killing people is an essential aspect of the job.
He's sending a message to his agents.
He's sending a message to his agents.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 26, 2026 at 2:55 AM
The only place where that's the reasonable thing to do is in army; where killing people is an essential aspect of the job.
He's sending a message to his agents.
He's sending a message to his agents.
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More to the point... He's repeating this; with his public facing voice, and credibility with Fox viewers.
Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.
January 26, 2026 at 2:53 AM
More to the point... He's repeating this; with his public facing voice, and credibility with Fox viewers.
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part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
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Walz: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace and kidnap its citizens off the streets or on the side of a nurse at the V.A. who died bearing witness to such government
January 25, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Walz: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace and kidnap its citizens off the streets or on the side of a nurse at the V.A. who died bearing witness to such government
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Just found out this dude’s store is called Dreamhaven Books. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Just found out this dude’s store is called Dreamhaven Books. dreamhavenbooks.com
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someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
ICE and CBP have made their choices.
We are making ours.
We are making ours.
Bovino: "Choosing or making a choice is one of the only true freedoms any of us really have ... when as a politician you choose collusion & corruption as a choice, then there are consequences and actions that take place because of that. That's one reason CBP & ICE are here in Mpls by the thousands."
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 AM
ICE and CBP have made their choices.
We are making ours.
We are making ours.
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signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
January 25, 2026 at 11:49 PM
signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
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I found one from California. Couldn’t find the name of the creator. It’s the California Quail. Also our state colors are blue and gold.
January 26, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I found one from California. Couldn’t find the name of the creator. It’s the California Quail. Also our state colors are blue and gold.
This reminds me I have people who've not seen it.
(I was introduced to it in High School, we read the book, and Mrs. Sprague screened the film)
(I was introduced to it in High School, we read the book, and Mrs. Sprague screened the film)
I wrote an essay about his work on the Harold & Maude soundtrack where I alluded to his major controversy in the blandest way possible and I STILL got some pushback from his fans!
Harold and Maude and Cat and Yusuf — Crooked Marquee
When Hal Ashby's cult comedy hit theaters 50 years ago, it boasted a soundtrack that took on a life of its own.
crookedmarquee.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This reminds me I have people who've not seen it.
(I was introduced to it in High School, we read the book, and Mrs. Sprague screened the film)
(I was introduced to it in High School, we read the book, and Mrs. Sprague screened the film)