Mina
@rivermets.bsky.social
Best of luck everyone! Creator, writer, and host of Circuit Court Entertainment, still waiting for Alan and Jessie to meet (and Saga and Alex and...)
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Mina
@rivermets.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Circuit Court Entertainment
Where we examine all forms of entertainment through the lens of law and history. Twitter: @CCEPod, Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/circuitcourtentertainment Reddit: r/CCEPOD/ Art by @empresscirque on...
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Hello! My side gig is a podcast where I discuss how laws and history effect media. I've covered theme parks, dolls, movies, Ratings, newspapers, and a lot more. If you are looking for something new to listen to, please try it!
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DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
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"OpenAI and Anthropic will suck the lakes dry like an Nvidia GPU named after Nancy Reagan"
Here’s part 3 of this week’s 4-part Better Offline Enshittifinancial Crisis special. I walk you through how the imaginary demand for AI compute sets up every data center developer for disaster - and how many major banks will get burned.
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The Enshittifinancial Crisis: Part Three
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/22/2026 · 32m
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January 23, 2026 at 12:45 AM
"OpenAI and Anthropic will suck the lakes dry like an Nvidia GPU named after Nancy Reagan"
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As TX heads into what may be the biggest ice storm of the year, let’s get one thing straight before the disinfo starts.
Solar and wind energy operate reliably in far colder places.
The real issue is simple: large parts of the grid are not appropriately winterized. When storms come, they fail.
Solar and wind energy operate reliably in far colder places.
The real issue is simple: large parts of the grid are not appropriately winterized. When storms come, they fail.
![A screen capture from Wikipedia stating that "Data showed that failure to winterize traditional power sources, principally natural gas infrastructure but also to a lesser extent wind turbines, had caused the grid failure,[15][16] with a drop in power production from natural gas more than five times greater than that from wind turbines."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u3qtwr3xni67et44ip5vov2z/bafkreiaymecl4di73c2noegebfizuuninjuzxbxary7uxlqsvuoxpa6kyy@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 PM
As TX heads into what may be the biggest ice storm of the year, let’s get one thing straight before the disinfo starts.
Solar and wind energy operate reliably in far colder places.
The real issue is simple: large parts of the grid are not appropriately winterized. When storms come, they fail.
Solar and wind energy operate reliably in far colder places.
The real issue is simple: large parts of the grid are not appropriately winterized. When storms come, they fail.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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People are being seriously weird about He Man.
Like, why are you attacking J Michael Strazynski, who is an absolute gem?
I know “let people enjoy things” is considered cringe…but try to at least not be a dick when there are so much bigger problems.
Like, why are you attacking J Michael Strazynski, who is an absolute gem?
I know “let people enjoy things” is considered cringe…but try to at least not be a dick when there are so much bigger problems.
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
People are being seriously weird about He Man.
Like, why are you attacking J Michael Strazynski, who is an absolute gem?
I know “let people enjoy things” is considered cringe…but try to at least not be a dick when there are so much bigger problems.
Like, why are you attacking J Michael Strazynski, who is an absolute gem?
I know “let people enjoy things” is considered cringe…but try to at least not be a dick when there are so much bigger problems.
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For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 PM
For people asking “why isn’t there a general strike?” earnestly, and not just to be a judgmental prick
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And the boys (who weren't born yet or were about *three*) who missed the *original* He-Man room, run by the fabulous Art Nadel, would have been HORRIFIED by how female-friendly/feminist the original writing team was. (I should know. My office was down the hall. I drew the first map of Eternia.) 😏
all the dudes bitching about "woke He-Man" should watch the woke He-Man we already got like three year ago, aka the animated Kevin Smith Netflix one about A) the crushing emotional toll that toxic masculinity takes on Adam and B) a squadron of absolutely jacked ladies dominating the whole plot
January 22, 2026 at 8:46 PM
And the boys (who weren't born yet or were about *three*) who missed the *original* He-Man room, run by the fabulous Art Nadel, would have been HORRIFIED by how female-friendly/feminist the original writing team was. (I should know. My office was down the hall. I drew the first map of Eternia.) 😏
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There are a few things about America as a nation-state that do in fact puff up my chest with patriotic pride, and the USPS has always been one of them, now more than ever
I stand with the US Postal Service
January 22, 2026 at 10:36 PM
There are a few things about America as a nation-state that do in fact puff up my chest with patriotic pride, and the USPS has always been one of them, now more than ever
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Billie Joe Armstrong about to be like: “say Trump!”
January 22, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Billie Joe Armstrong about to be like: “say Trump!”
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“A/I is gonna be everywhere and steal ur loser jobs get used to it 💅”
“PwEEEEAAASE use a/i for your stuff! (´・ω・)💦 we need it to be useful to justify all the money and resources for it!!! If u dont use it we cant keep it 🥺💔”
So like which is it-
“PwEEEEAAASE use a/i for your stuff! (´・ω・)💦 we need it to be useful to justify all the money and resources for it!!! If u dont use it we cant keep it 🥺💔”
So like which is it-
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM
“A/I is gonna be everywhere and steal ur loser jobs get used to it 💅”
“PwEEEEAAASE use a/i for your stuff! (´・ω・)💦 we need it to be useful to justify all the money and resources for it!!! If u dont use it we cant keep it 🥺💔”
So like which is it-
“PwEEEEAAASE use a/i for your stuff! (´・ω・)💦 we need it to be useful to justify all the money and resources for it!!! If u dont use it we cant keep it 🥺💔”
So like which is it-
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It’s not so much that Trump & co don’t think slavery was important, they want to remove this history precisely *because* of how important it was. They don’t want people to learn about slavery because then people would understand how it continues to shape the landscape of inequality in America today.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It’s not so much that Trump & co don’t think slavery was important, they want to remove this history precisely *because* of how important it was. They don’t want people to learn about slavery because then people would understand how it continues to shape the landscape of inequality in America today.
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Reminder that the trades are really just mouthpieces for the major studios, and the studios were petrified that SINNERS being a success would mean other artists might follow Coogler’s lead and negotiate ownership of their own work.
Remember when variety downplayed Sinners' opening weekend box office, implying it might not make back its money? It has made $370 million since, and now has garnered more Oscar nominations than any movie, ever
January 22, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Reminder that the trades are really just mouthpieces for the major studios, and the studios were petrified that SINNERS being a success would mean other artists might follow Coogler’s lead and negotiate ownership of their own work.
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218 people voted to fund the child kidnapping ring and masked death squads.
218 with 7 Democrats voting for it, the DHS bill passes
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
218 people voted to fund the child kidnapping ring and masked death squads.
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7 Dems are:
—Jared Golden (ME): retiring
—Henry Cuellar (TX): pardoned by Trump, targeted by new GOP map
—Vicente Gonzalez (TX): targeted by new GOP map
—Don Davis (NC): targeted by new GOP map
—Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA): running
—Laura Gillen (NY): running in Long Island
—Tom Suozzi (NY): same
—Jared Golden (ME): retiring
—Henry Cuellar (TX): pardoned by Trump, targeted by new GOP map
—Vicente Gonzalez (TX): targeted by new GOP map
—Don Davis (NC): targeted by new GOP map
—Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA): running
—Laura Gillen (NY): running in Long Island
—Tom Suozzi (NY): same
DHS funding bill passes w/ 7 Democratic votes
January 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM
7 Dems are:
—Jared Golden (ME): retiring
—Henry Cuellar (TX): pardoned by Trump, targeted by new GOP map
—Vicente Gonzalez (TX): targeted by new GOP map
—Don Davis (NC): targeted by new GOP map
—Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA): running
—Laura Gillen (NY): running in Long Island
—Tom Suozzi (NY): same
—Jared Golden (ME): retiring
—Henry Cuellar (TX): pardoned by Trump, targeted by new GOP map
—Vicente Gonzalez (TX): targeted by new GOP map
—Don Davis (NC): targeted by new GOP map
—Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA): running
—Laura Gillen (NY): running in Long Island
—Tom Suozzi (NY): same
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These people all have terminal brain worms.
White House spokeswoman mocks people asking about this:
“uM, eXCuSe mE??? iS tHAt DiGiTAlLy AlTeReD?!?!?!?!?!”
“uM, eXCuSe mE??? iS tHAt DiGiTAlLy AlTeReD?!?!?!?!?!”
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
These people all have terminal brain worms.
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Can anyone point me to a single serious study or news report which offers unambiguous evidence that genAI/LLMs have contributed anything non-harmfully useful, anything that has contributed to actual human flourishing and the common good? Anything that has actually “enhanced” educational outcomes?
January 22, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Can anyone point me to a single serious study or news report which offers unambiguous evidence that genAI/LLMs have contributed anything non-harmfully useful, anything that has contributed to actual human flourishing and the common good? Anything that has actually “enhanced” educational outcomes?
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Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
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@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
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January 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
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literally the only functioning part of the us government nowadays is a shitpost account on a niche microblogging platform
Flashlights (not candles). Smoke/carbon monoxide alarms. Knowing where the vents to your home are so you can clear them of snow. Do it all. We're being given so much time with this storm.
January 22, 2026 at 9:29 PM
literally the only functioning part of the us government nowadays is a shitpost account on a niche microblogging platform
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One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
The new NYT poll finds Trump 17 points underwater on immigration, and the nonwhite and young voters who went to Trump in 2024 have snapped back to Dems
It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary
It's almost as if 2024 might not have represented a seismic cultural realignment on immigration after all, despite 1,000 NYT op eds to the contrary
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
One of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
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There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.
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The elites and institutions have folded but regular people haven’t
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The elites and institutions have folded but regular people haven’t
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I broke down the ICE “reforms” being proposed by Dem leadership. tl;dr: They totally avoid touching ICE’s funding, in key ways actually increase ICE funding and instead focus on meaningless busywork like “body cams” and “more training”.
Good’s killer was a 10-year ICE veteran, himself a trainer, and recorded the killing. What good would more training and more cameras have done? By @ahjohnson.bsky.social
In response to the Renee Good killing, Dems propose ICE reforms that would have done nothing to prevent the Renee Good killing
Good’s killer was a 10-year ICE veteran, himself a trainer, and recorded the killing. What good would more training and more cameras have done?
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January 22, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I broke down the ICE “reforms” being proposed by Dem leadership. tl;dr: They totally avoid touching ICE’s funding, in key ways actually increase ICE funding and instead focus on meaningless busywork like “body cams” and “more training”.
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Look if you keep talking about non-voters and you're not mentioning voter suppression in the same breath, you're not serious about addressing the problem of people not voting
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Voter Suppression
Through research, lawsuits, and advocacy, the Brennan Center is fighting voter suppression on every front.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Look if you keep talking about non-voters and you're not mentioning voter suppression in the same breath, you're not serious about addressing the problem of people not voting
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All y'all should be following Colette, who co-runs Stand Up for Science @standupforscience.bsky.social. They are fighting vociferously against Trump and *especially* RFK Jr., who is literally a pox upon our nation.
I NEED EVERYONE YO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUDGET IS NOT THE ISSUE. THIS MONEY IS ABOUT TO BE SPENT ON UNETHICAL PSEUDOSCIENCE.
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 8:38 PM
All y'all should be following Colette, who co-runs Stand Up for Science @standupforscience.bsky.social. They are fighting vociferously against Trump and *especially* RFK Jr., who is literally a pox upon our nation.
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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.
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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.