Kara Babcock
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Kara Babcock
@tachyondecay.net
· Dec 12
Reminder I'm a freelance copyeditor for hire! I specialize in academic work—just finished up a dissertation—as well as novels by indie authors. I love working with words, and I'll help make yours more consistent, accurate, and clear! Please share to boost. 😊
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
Wait, how is it January 20 already? STOP. SLOW DOWN.
January 20, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Wait, how is it January 20 already? STOP. SLOW DOWN.
Reno is an amazing teacher. Love Tig Notaro #StarfleetAcademy
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Reno is an amazing teacher. Love Tig Notaro #StarfleetAcademy
I was going to wear cute coloured tights today to offset my monochromatic dress with gingham skirt, but the -25 C weather necessitated my merino wool tights instead. Still looked cute though!
January 20, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I was going to wear cute coloured tights today to offset my monochromatic dress with gingham skirt, but the -25 C weather necessitated my merino wool tights instead. Still looked cute though!
One of the common themes I'm seeing in Starfleet Academy discourse is fans going, "This is your first Trek? Ooh, then you MUST try…" and recommending their one or two or six other faves.
I get it! You're excited they're excited. But it's also ok if someone comes to this series and just wants that.
I get it! You're excited they're excited. But it's also ok if someone comes to this series and just wants that.
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
One of the common themes I'm seeing in Starfleet Academy discourse is fans going, "This is your first Trek? Ooh, then you MUST try…" and recommending their one or two or six other faves.
I get it! You're excited they're excited. But it's also ok if someone comes to this series and just wants that.
I get it! You're excited they're excited. But it's also ok if someone comes to this series and just wants that.
So it's finally happening … we're doing mandatory "how to use AI" training at the end of next month, and I need to figure out how to walk the line of being incorrigible and cantankerous without actually being insubordinate.
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
So it's finally happening … we're doing mandatory "how to use AI" training at the end of next month, and I need to figure out how to walk the line of being incorrigible and cantankerous without actually being insubordinate.
Cozy Saturday stream starting with Tiny Bookshop and seguing into The Long Dark! twitch.tv/tachyondecay
January 18, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Cozy Saturday stream starting with Tiny Bookshop and seguing into The Long Dark! twitch.tv/tachyondecay
Watched Starfleet Academy on Crave last night, but now it's gone??? I just want streaming to make sense 😭
January 17, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Watched Starfleet Academy on Crave last night, but now it's gone??? I just want streaming to make sense 😭
I was so excited to donate plasma for the first time ever today, but it was cut short when they hit an artery instead of a vein!! I’m totally fine, just annoyed, but OF COURSE this had to happen to me, lol.
January 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I was so excited to donate plasma for the first time ever today, but it was cut short when they hit an artery instead of a vein!! I’m totally fine, just annoyed, but OF COURSE this had to happen to me, lol.
First stream from the new PC! twitch.tv/tachyondecay
I'll start off by playing DEATHLOOP at high quality. We'll see if that breaks it 😂
I'll start off by playing DEATHLOOP at high quality. We'll see if that breaks it 😂
January 17, 2026 at 12:45 AM
First stream from the new PC! twitch.tv/tachyondecay
I'll start off by playing DEATHLOOP at high quality. We'll see if that breaks it 😂
I'll start off by playing DEATHLOOP at high quality. We'll see if that breaks it 😂
Watching Starfleet Academy and I cannot describe my level of excitement right now
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Watching Starfleet Academy and I cannot describe my level of excitement right now
1Password dropping support for Android 10 😭 My Galaxy S9 is only 8 years old!! We need to be better at this, y'all.
January 16, 2026 at 9:50 PM
1Password dropping support for Android 10 😭 My Galaxy S9 is only 8 years old!! We need to be better at this, y'all.
How many review requests from one publicist within four days is too many? Asking for my inbox.
January 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
How many review requests from one publicist within four days is too many? Asking for my inbox.
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Take your cop boot-licking adoration elsewhere, I'm team ACAB and I don't want them defunded, I want policing abolished.
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Take your cop boot-licking adoration elsewhere, I'm team ACAB and I don't want them defunded, I want policing abolished.
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Too many people are trying to differentiate between ICE and police.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Too many people are trying to differentiate between ICE and police.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
I will hold your hand as I say this:
Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit.
Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.
Goddamn, is there anything better than putting on chili in the slow cooker at the beginning of the day and then devouring a hearty bowl (with garlic bread, obvs) at the end of it? Especially after an intense session of shovelling. I'm so full and content.
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Goddamn, is there anything better than putting on chili in the slow cooker at the beginning of the day and then devouring a hearty bowl (with garlic bread, obvs) at the end of it? Especially after an intense session of shovelling. I'm so full and content.
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It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
January 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
LIVE NOW!
In about an hour, I'll be live at twitch.tv/tachyondecay and building a PC for the first time! 🥳 Come chat, learn, or even school me 😂
January 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
LIVE NOW!
In about an hour, I'll be live at twitch.tv/tachyondecay and building a PC for the first time! 🥳 Come chat, learn, or even school me 😂
January 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
In about an hour, I'll be live at twitch.tv/tachyondecay and building a PC for the first time! 🥳 Come chat, learn, or even school me 😂
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Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stephen Colbert on the ICE murder of Renee Nicole Good: “The message from this administration is clear. Only they determine the truth. And when their forces come to your city: obey or die. And if you die, you clearly didn’t obey. This should be an alarm bell for the entire country.”
Tonight I'm finishing Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden!!!
twitch.tv/tachyondecay
Tomorrow (2 pm EST): Streaming my build of a new PC!
twitch.tv/tachyondecay
Tomorrow (2 pm EST): Streaming my build of a new PC!
January 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Tonight I'm finishing Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden!!!
twitch.tv/tachyondecay
Tomorrow (2 pm EST): Streaming my build of a new PC!
twitch.tv/tachyondecay
Tomorrow (2 pm EST): Streaming my build of a new PC!
Instagram has started promoting sex toys to me and I wouldn't care, really, except you can't say "sex" or "orgasm" over there because apparently we're all children, so all these vapid ads say "spicy" and "zesty" and I cannot even.
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Instagram has started promoting sex toys to me and I wouldn't care, really, except you can't say "sex" or "orgasm" over there because apparently we're all children, so all these vapid ads say "spicy" and "zesty" and I cannot even.
Grocery shopping is one of my least-favourite parts of adulting, yet frequenting my local deli/butcher to get freshly sliced meats is one of the best parts of my week. It makes me feel so sophisticated, and I always get exactly what I want!
January 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Grocery shopping is one of my least-favourite parts of adulting, yet frequenting my local deli/butcher to get freshly sliced meats is one of the best parts of my week. It makes me feel so sophisticated, and I always get exactly what I want!
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I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."