Caroline
@cllesniak.bsky.social
Potter, writer, cat-lady and full stack software developer.
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This article is so clear eyed. I just wish all journalists would be this clear.
I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes.
If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
America tips into fascism (GUEST POST)
"Something is materially different in our country this week than last," writes historian Garrett Graff.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This article is so clear eyed. I just wish all journalists would be this clear.
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Mary Shelley doesn't get enough credit for not only anticipating the silver-spooned narcissist techbro who recklessly creates technology without thinking through the consequences, but also for knowing that said techbro would be an absolutely terrible father.
May 17, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Mary Shelley doesn't get enough credit for not only anticipating the silver-spooned narcissist techbro who recklessly creates technology without thinking through the consequences, but also for knowing that said techbro would be an absolutely terrible father.
make an observation about your pantry that also sounds like the title of a novel: BEAN CAN GRAVEYARD
make an observation about your pantry that also sounds like the title of a novel: ONCE IT GREW THINGS
make an observation about your pantry that also sounds like the title of a novel: WE STILL HAVEN'T FOUND THE SNAKE.
May 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
make an observation about your pantry that also sounds like the title of a novel: BEAN CAN GRAVEYARD
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Somehow, the future is both going to be a dystopian techno sci-fi hellscape AND we're gonna have coal and measles and robber barons and a permanent underclass.
Philip K. Dickens
Philip K. Dickens
April 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Somehow, the future is both going to be a dystopian techno sci-fi hellscape AND we're gonna have coal and measles and robber barons and a permanent underclass.
Philip K. Dickens
Philip K. Dickens
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Excellent turnout in Buffalo, NY!
April 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Excellent turnout in Buffalo, NY!
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We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
lil.law.harvard.edu
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
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Let's get this circulated!! 😤
February 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Let's get this circulated!! 😤
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Oh my goodness, Catwings! Those books were FORMATIVE for me as a kid
January 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Oh my goodness, Catwings! Those books were FORMATIVE for me as a kid
Loki had his yearly physical and boosters this morning; the vet praised him for his sweet personality and perfect body condition. I’m feeling a little jealous
December 11, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Loki had his yearly physical and boosters this morning; the vet praised him for his sweet personality and perfect body condition. I’m feeling a little jealous
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"I need an old pro. A people person. Somebody who can mix and mingle. There are plenty of folks who could do it, but not you. Nobody wants to touch you with a ten-foot pole. That’s why I need you to come out of retirement and do what you do best: fuck everything up."
I’m Putting Together a Team. The Worst Fucking Team of All Time
“President-elect Donald Trump is building his team, naming Cabinet members and key advisers after having been elected to a second presidential term...
buff.ly
November 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM
"I need an old pro. A people person. Somebody who can mix and mingle. There are plenty of folks who could do it, but not you. Nobody wants to touch you with a ten-foot pole. That’s why I need you to come out of retirement and do what you do best: fuck everything up."
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Duplicating my Sunday threads from Threads over here. Here you go!
In this week’s Sunday thread, we’re exploring how to insulate ourselves from economic collapse.
I write about personal finance for Yahoo Finance and CNET.
Here’s what experts advise to protect your finances in 2025.
(THREAD)
In this week’s Sunday thread, we’re exploring how to insulate ourselves from economic collapse.
I write about personal finance for Yahoo Finance and CNET.
Here’s what experts advise to protect your finances in 2025.
(THREAD)
November 24, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Duplicating my Sunday threads from Threads over here. Here you go!
In this week’s Sunday thread, we’re exploring how to insulate ourselves from economic collapse.
I write about personal finance for Yahoo Finance and CNET.
Here’s what experts advise to protect your finances in 2025.
(THREAD)
In this week’s Sunday thread, we’re exploring how to insulate ourselves from economic collapse.
I write about personal finance for Yahoo Finance and CNET.
Here’s what experts advise to protect your finances in 2025.
(THREAD)
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I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 12:43 AM
I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
May I offer you a Hamish in these trying times?
November 14, 2024 at 1:56 AM
May I offer you a Hamish in these trying times?