YinAndYarn
@yinandyarn.bsky.social
Retired database programmer. Currently head curator for the Basement of Deferred Decision Making™️
Gardener, fiber arts dilettante, political news junkie - all avocations that frequently involve swearing. Lover of puns. Owned by a high maintenance GSD
Gardener, fiber arts dilettante, political news junkie - all avocations that frequently involve swearing. Lover of puns. Owned by a high maintenance GSD
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YinAndYarn
@yinandyarn.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Finished knitting Thursday night and made/attached the tassels last night. I was so excited that I took the photo before I trimmed the tassels, lol.
#nokings #knitting #handknitting #colorwork #knittersofbluesky
#nokings #knitting #handknitting #colorwork #knittersofbluesky
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Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments talkingpointsmemo.com/news/top-doj...
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
This article first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments talkingpointsmemo.com/news/top-doj...
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Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.
January 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.
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it's darkly humorous to listen to Trump and his cronies reference the fact that Maduro was indicted in SDNY as evidence he's a dictator and overall bad guy
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
it's darkly humorous to listen to Trump and his cronies reference the fact that Maduro was indicted in SDNY as evidence he's a dictator and overall bad guy
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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And measles causes immune amnesia that likely explains a significant portion of cases of other childhood diseases.
asm.org/articles/201...
Plus 1 in 5000 people who contract measles will die a decade later of incurable encephalitis caused by that infection.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacut...
asm.org/articles/201...
Plus 1 in 5000 people who contract measles will die a decade later of incurable encephalitis caused by that infection.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacut...
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 AM
And measles causes immune amnesia that likely explains a significant portion of cases of other childhood diseases.
asm.org/articles/201...
Plus 1 in 5000 people who contract measles will die a decade later of incurable encephalitis caused by that infection.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacut...
asm.org/articles/201...
Plus 1 in 5000 people who contract measles will die a decade later of incurable encephalitis caused by that infection.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacut...
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Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
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Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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Trump is increasingly worried about his own mortality, and he's trying to use government to create a physical legacy that will outlive him.
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
December 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Trump is increasingly worried about his own mortality, and he's trying to use government to create a physical legacy that will outlive him.
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
Which is why every bit of it must be torn down and smashed to bits.
My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-rena...
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"Trump will live forever, but only as a cautionary tale, one we tell successive generations to demonstrate that sustaining a democracy against the corrupt and the malevolent requires vigilance and determination." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
He's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits.
www.publicnotice.co
December 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Trump will live forever, but only as a cautionary tale, one we tell successive generations to demonstrate that sustaining a democracy against the corrupt and the malevolent requires vigilance and determination." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
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The Christian right’s deification of Donald Trump amounts to idolatry.
Trump’s malignantly narcissistic response to the murder of Rob Reiner reveals a deeply demonic figure: one callously indifferent to any life but his own, the antithesis of a true Christian.
Trump’s malignantly narcissistic response to the murder of Rob Reiner reveals a deeply demonic figure: one callously indifferent to any life but his own, the antithesis of a true Christian.
December 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Christian right’s deification of Donald Trump amounts to idolatry.
Trump’s malignantly narcissistic response to the murder of Rob Reiner reveals a deeply demonic figure: one callously indifferent to any life but his own, the antithesis of a true Christian.
Trump’s malignantly narcissistic response to the murder of Rob Reiner reveals a deeply demonic figure: one callously indifferent to any life but his own, the antithesis of a true Christian.
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New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
New reporting says Don Jr. directly facilitated the pardon of a crypto whale who had promoted the Trump's family crypto. Jr. brought the pardon lawyer to the White House, and introduced him directly to his Dad. Pardon occurred right after. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
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My ancestors got here in 1639. My Ohio-born great grandfather used to say our family sacrificed for this country so that the immigrant who arrives here tomorrow would have the same rights we do.
Casey and his post-Civil War family can kindly fuck off.
Casey and his post-Civil War family can kindly fuck off.
For those not following at home, “Heritage American” is a category of white supremacy covering people whose ancestors were white folks who were pioneers.
December 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My ancestors got here in 1639. My Ohio-born great grandfather used to say our family sacrificed for this country so that the immigrant who arrives here tomorrow would have the same rights we do.
Casey and his post-Civil War family can kindly fuck off.
Casey and his post-Civil War family can kindly fuck off.
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Here's the deal, says USDOJ to states: we're going to send you lists of voters we think are ineligible, and you're going to take them off the rolls. That "would hand the federal govt a major role in election admin, a responsibility that belongs to the states under the U.S. Constitution." [Stateline]
Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
stateline.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Here's the deal, says USDOJ to states: we're going to send you lists of voters we think are ineligible, and you're going to take them off the rolls. That "would hand the federal govt a major role in election admin, a responsibility that belongs to the states under the U.S. Constitution." [Stateline]
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“Miss, do you agree with the sign?”
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
December 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Miss, do you agree with the sign?”
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
“Absolutely not. My great niece was 4 months pregnant and her fetus had no skull. And because of men involving themselves in women’s bodies she was forced to deliver the fetus… there’s a reason God created medicine.”🔥
#ForcedBirthNation
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ICE has been targeting former #DACA recipients, people who historically would not be held long-term, because detention itself has become the objective. A steady pipeline feeding private prisons that are paid per body, per day.
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December 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
ICE has been targeting former #DACA recipients, people who historically would not be held long-term, because detention itself has become the objective. A steady pipeline feeding private prisons that are paid per body, per day.
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The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.
theintercept.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
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Sean Duffy says he now has veto power over appropriations passed by Congress and signed into law. He is the dictator over infrastructure funds. If you do something he doesn’t like, you lose the funds passed by Congress. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Sean Duffy says he now has veto power over appropriations passed by Congress and signed into law. He is the dictator over infrastructure funds. If you do something he doesn’t like, you lose the funds passed by Congress. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The same people who say we don't have money for health care always say we have money for new weapons and warships. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Announces New Navy Battleships Named After Himself
The "Trump Class" vessel will be the "largest, deadliest, and most versatile and best-looking warship," according to Navy Secretary John Phelan.
www.huffpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The same people who say we don't have money for health care always say we have money for new weapons and warships. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
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Trump isn’t delivering on affordability or healthcare & keeps enriching himself through corruption
That’s why the American people are rejecting him
He was elected to serve the public, not his own interests
I explained on @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇
That’s why the American people are rejecting him
He was elected to serve the public, not his own interests
I explained on @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇
December 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Trump isn’t delivering on affordability or healthcare & keeps enriching himself through corruption
That’s why the American people are rejecting him
He was elected to serve the public, not his own interests
I explained on @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇
That’s why the American people are rejecting him
He was elected to serve the public, not his own interests
I explained on @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social👇
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it’s a special type of journalism innovation to get millions of people to watch a TV segment except it’s not on your network and you get no advertising dollars and everyone thinks you’re a joke.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
it’s a special type of journalism innovation to get millions of people to watch a TV segment except it’s not on your network and you get no advertising dollars and everyone thinks you’re a joke.
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As I explained in my newsletter, this is because Trump's team has reinvented millennia of math to invert what "percentage of change" means.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...
December 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
As I explained in my newsletter, this is because Trump's team has reinvented millennia of math to invert what "percentage of change" means.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...