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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The citizen protestors are acting in self defense after two murders in their community. It is the incendiary actions of our federal government, not the protestors resulting in violence. I am a pacifist and have urged peace, but I do not hold anyone culpable for self defense.
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The citizen protestors are acting in self defense after two murders in their community. It is the incendiary actions of our federal government, not the protestors resulting in violence. I am a pacifist and have urged peace, but I do not hold anyone culpable for self defense.
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From NYT opinion 1/26
"There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence."
No. the obligation is not equal.
"There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence."
No. the obligation is not equal.
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 PM
From NYT opinion 1/26
"There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence."
No. the obligation is not equal.
"There is an urgent need for the federal agents deployed to the city to step back and take a breath before more Americans are hurt or killed. Those protesting the Trump administration have an equal obligation to avoid violence."
No. the obligation is not equal.
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You and I are 100% in agreement.
I'm thrilled at how effective non-violence has been in the Twin Cities. It's beautiful and brings enormous hope and I admire immensely the people who were able to carry it out.
I'm thrilled at how effective non-violence has been in the Twin Cities. It's beautiful and brings enormous hope and I admire immensely the people who were able to carry it out.
January 27, 2026 at 6:13 AM
You and I are 100% in agreement.
I'm thrilled at how effective non-violence has been in the Twin Cities. It's beautiful and brings enormous hope and I admire immensely the people who were able to carry it out.
I'm thrilled at how effective non-violence has been in the Twin Cities. It's beautiful and brings enormous hope and I admire immensely the people who were able to carry it out.
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Absolutely. But that is a matter of tactics.
The Op Ed is wrong about obligations.
The Op Ed is wrong about obligations.
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Absolutely. But that is a matter of tactics.
The Op Ed is wrong about obligations.
The Op Ed is wrong about obligations.
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Only if @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social had this kind of instinct (or Nancy Pelosi had operated with the same sense of urgency after J6 - instead of wasting an entire weekend to move).
Bill Kristol offering pinpoint counsel to Dems - who could have seen this?
Bill Kristol offering pinpoint counsel to Dems - who could have seen this?
January 27, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Only if @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social had this kind of instinct (or Nancy Pelosi had operated with the same sense of urgency after J6 - instead of wasting an entire weekend to move).
Bill Kristol offering pinpoint counsel to Dems - who could have seen this?
Bill Kristol offering pinpoint counsel to Dems - who could have seen this?
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Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
I use the VA.
I too know what "heroes" look like, because they work to keep me whole.
I too know what "heroes" look like, because they work to keep me whole.
** Reposting
We salute these VA workers for honoring #AlexPretti.
As they say, "We are healthcare workers for veterans. We know what heroes look like."
We salute these VA workers for honoring #AlexPretti.
As they say, "We are healthcare workers for veterans. We know what heroes look like."
January 27, 2026 at 6:25 AM
I use the VA.
I too know what "heroes" look like, because they work to keep me whole.
I too know what "heroes" look like, because they work to keep me whole.
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Carnelian has gone, the rest are still up for grabs!
New fidget pendants up!
Left to right: Snowflake obsidian, hemimorphite, lemon jade, two tone lapis lazuli, carnelian, tiger's eye, and blue goldstone.
oishiny.etsy.com/listing/1604...
#Handmade #Stm #Fidget
Left to right: Snowflake obsidian, hemimorphite, lemon jade, two tone lapis lazuli, carnelian, tiger's eye, and blue goldstone.
oishiny.etsy.com/listing/1604...
#Handmade #Stm #Fidget
January 26, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Carnelian has gone, the rest are still up for grabs!
What's even less well known is it went bankrupt, and was saved.
I love that museum.
I love that museum.
Why do certain North American museums have so much armor? Armor collecting was a hobby of Gilded Age businessmen, who donated their collections to places like The Met. But it’s less well known that the second-largest armor collection in US resides at the Worcester Art Museum.
A Millennia-Long Fascination With Armor
The Worcester Art Museum’s reopening of its armor galleries goes far beyond the romance with medieval Europe.
hyperallergic.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM
What's even less well known is it went bankrupt, and was saved.
I love that museum.
I love that museum.
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It’s always funny when palantir employees discover that they work at palantir
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It’s always funny when palantir employees discover that they work at palantir
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American photographer Berenice Abbott
Designer's window, Bleecker Street New York City, 1947
#BereniceAbbott #Photography
Designer's window, Bleecker Street New York City, 1947
#BereniceAbbott #Photography
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 PM
American photographer Berenice Abbott
Designer's window, Bleecker Street New York City, 1947
#BereniceAbbott #Photography
Designer's window, Bleecker Street New York City, 1947
#BereniceAbbott #Photography
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on eat street today, pho 79 was giving out no-cost community meals; luna and the bear had free coffee for folks; cheapo had a sign up encouraging folks visiting alex pretti's memorial site to come in, warm up, and use the bathroom. good city full of good people imo.
A first-person account from the Copper Hen's restaurant and ad-hoc field hospital, where volunteer medics helped tear gassed protesters as staffers ran around with cinnamon buns and coffee orders.
How Neighbors Transformed a Brunch Spot Into a Field Hospital After ICE Assaulted Eat Street - Racket
On Saturday, restaurants and businesses all along Nicollet Avenue opened their doors for protesters and mourners.
racketmn.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:03 PM
on eat street today, pho 79 was giving out no-cost community meals; luna and the bear had free coffee for folks; cheapo had a sign up encouraging folks visiting alex pretti's memorial site to come in, warm up, and use the bathroom. good city full of good people imo.
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1997 Time Cover & 1998 Entertainment Weekly Cover
January 26, 2026 at 10:33 PM
1997 Time Cover & 1998 Entertainment Weekly Cover
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Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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🪶 If you need a breather, take a minute to listen to Common Loons (and a Barred Owl) call on a northern lake in late summer. (Bonus appearance by an alarmed sparrow of some sort?)
January 26, 2026 at 11:10 PM
🪶 If you need a breather, take a minute to listen to Common Loons (and a Barred Owl) call on a northern lake in late summer. (Bonus appearance by an alarmed sparrow of some sort?)
It's terrible.
It was terrible when it happened me, and my fiancé, 25 years ago; and we're both white.
I, honestly, can't imagine what it would be like now, if we weren't.
It was terrible when it happened me, and my fiancé, 25 years ago; and we're both white.
I, honestly, can't imagine what it would be like now, if we weren't.
Taco editor José R. Ralat's work for Texas Monthly demands hundreds of hours on the road each year.
For him, being pulled over by immigration-enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months. https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/taco-editor-stopped-by-ice/
For him, being pulled over by immigration-enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months. https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/taco-editor-stopped-by-ice/
What It Feels Like Getting Stopped by ICE
My work for Texas Monthly demands hundreds of hours on the road each year. Being pulled over by immigration enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months.
www.texasmonthly.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:12 AM
It's terrible.
It was terrible when it happened me, and my fiancé, 25 years ago; and we're both white.
I, honestly, can't imagine what it would be like now, if we weren't.
It was terrible when it happened me, and my fiancé, 25 years ago; and we're both white.
I, honestly, can't imagine what it would be like now, if we weren't.
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I admit, it feels very weird to be advertising for clients with everything that is going on here, but bills must still be paid. I have openings in my editing calendar. I do mainly developmental editing on novels and novellas. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing Always happy to answer qs!
January 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I admit, it feels very weird to be advertising for clients with everything that is going on here, but bills must still be paid. I have openings in my editing calendar. I do mainly developmental editing on novels and novellas. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing Always happy to answer qs!
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possibly one of the highest numbers i've seen the whole time i've been sending faxes with @resist.bot.
If this is an indicator of all of the constituent emails, phone calls, and faxes coming in nationwide, keep it up.
If this is an indicator of all of the constituent emails, phone calls, and faxes coming in nationwide, keep it up.
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 AM
possibly one of the highest numbers i've seen the whole time i've been sending faxes with @resist.bot.
If this is an indicator of all of the constituent emails, phone calls, and faxes coming in nationwide, keep it up.
If this is an indicator of all of the constituent emails, phone calls, and faxes coming in nationwide, keep it up.
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the people who keep bringing you Nazi memes don’t trust Greg to post and I am forced to grudgingly lol
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 12:33 AM
the people who keep bringing you Nazi memes don’t trust Greg to post and I am forced to grudgingly lol
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Prichett decided rather than crack down with violence, he would "kill them with kindness."
He arrested people for violating segregation orders, but he ordered all his men to act professionally and peacefully and he refrained from making inflammatory comments in the press or egging on the KKK.
He arrested people for violating segregation orders, but he ordered all his men to act professionally and peacefully and he refrained from making inflammatory comments in the press or egging on the KKK.
January 27, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Prichett decided rather than crack down with violence, he would "kill them with kindness."
He arrested people for violating segregation orders, but he ordered all his men to act professionally and peacefully and he refrained from making inflammatory comments in the press or egging on the KKK.
He arrested people for violating segregation orders, but he ordered all his men to act professionally and peacefully and he refrained from making inflammatory comments in the press or egging on the KKK.
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One of the lesser-discussed campaigns of the civil rights era was the one MLK led in Albany, Georgia, in 1962-1963.
The sheriff there, a man named Laurie Pritchett, was radically different from most sheriffs of his time and place. He actually studied the civil rights movement and took it seriously
The sheriff there, a man named Laurie Pritchett, was radically different from most sheriffs of his time and place. He actually studied the civil rights movement and took it seriously
January 27, 2026 at 12:33 AM
One of the lesser-discussed campaigns of the civil rights era was the one MLK led in Albany, Georgia, in 1962-1963.
The sheriff there, a man named Laurie Pritchett, was radically different from most sheriffs of his time and place. He actually studied the civil rights movement and took it seriously
The sheriff there, a man named Laurie Pritchett, was radically different from most sheriffs of his time and place. He actually studied the civil rights movement and took it seriously