House Karna
@housekarna.bsky.social
Money, time, and knowledge are power. How have you chosen to spend them? (Banner & avatar quotes are from Ursula K. Le Guin’s 2014 National Book Award speech)
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Honestly the theme of each city's resistance having its own vibe continues beautifully with Minnesotans politely becoming a god damn brick wall that is disappointed in your life choices.
relentlessly but politely dog ICE so consistently they complain they're tailed everywhere they try to go, necessitating bringing in 300 more agents to even have a prayer of doing something unnoticed. There's an enormous network of notoriously mild people volunteering to interfere in pathologically
January 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Honestly the theme of each city's resistance having its own vibe continues beautifully with Minnesotans politely becoming a god damn brick wall that is disappointed in your life choices.
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I literally say all the time that Jurassic World is the most plausible sequel ever because no amount of deaths would get billionaires to stop making dinosaurs.
December 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I literally say all the time that Jurassic World is the most plausible sequel ever because no amount of deaths would get billionaires to stop making dinosaurs.
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White dude with camera arrives at daycare and demands to see kids.
Daycare workers keep doors and windows closed.
White dude alleges fraud.
Every Republican backs white dude.
That's the current story in Minnesota.
Daycare workers keep doors and windows closed.
White dude alleges fraud.
Every Republican backs white dude.
That's the current story in Minnesota.
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
White dude with camera arrives at daycare and demands to see kids.
Daycare workers keep doors and windows closed.
White dude alleges fraud.
Every Republican backs white dude.
That's the current story in Minnesota.
Daycare workers keep doors and windows closed.
White dude alleges fraud.
Every Republican backs white dude.
That's the current story in Minnesota.
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I saw protests where I stood beside MplsPD but I looked like one of them so they said what they thought. I saw protests where you swore no one threw rocks, but they did. I went out for lunch & took photos on empty highway. I got old. I got cynical. I might try again. www.flickr.com/photos/fibon...
Open Streets West Broadway 2017
Minneapolis, Minnesota September 9, 2017 Open Streets Minneapolis temporarily closes major thoroughfares to car traffic and opens them up for walking, biking, skating, and other active transportatio...
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December 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I saw protests where I stood beside MplsPD but I looked like one of them so they said what they thought. I saw protests where you swore no one threw rocks, but they did. I went out for lunch & took photos on empty highway. I got old. I got cynical. I might try again. www.flickr.com/photos/fibon...
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I can neither confirm nor deny...
December 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I can neither confirm nor deny...
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New comic. Merry Christmas! 💚🌟❤️
December 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
New comic. Merry Christmas! 💚🌟❤️
"This Holiday Season, The Best Gifts Come With A Bow" 🎄
December 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"This Holiday Season, The Best Gifts Come With A Bow" 🎄
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In case anyone ever fears you’re not supporting the author by reading from a library, you absolutely are! And the more people request a book the more copies they buy!
December 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In case anyone ever fears you’re not supporting the author by reading from a library, you absolutely are! And the more people request a book the more copies they buy!
1. "Kittenball?”
2. finds historical article about origins of indoor and outdoor softball
3. "Kittenball?!?”
2. finds historical article about origins of indoor and outdoor softball
3. "Kittenball?!?”
C. T. Booth (1921)
Source: Hennepin County Library.
Booth is the second vice president for the Kittenball Amateur association of Minneapolis.
Source: Hennepin County Library.
Booth is the second vice president for the Kittenball Amateur association of Minneapolis.
December 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
1. "Kittenball?”
2. finds historical article about origins of indoor and outdoor softball
3. "Kittenball?!?”
2. finds historical article about origins of indoor and outdoor softball
3. "Kittenball?!?”
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Commentary: An energy retrofit saved the Science Museum of Minnesota millions — why not do it everywhere? Trump now cutting funding for projects like this one. minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/19/b...
An energy retrofit saved the Science Museum of Minnesota millions — why not do it everywhere? • Minnesota Reformer
The 111 million buildings in the U.S. are responsible for 40% of all energy use in the country at an estimated annual cost of $370 billion.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Commentary: An energy retrofit saved the Science Museum of Minnesota millions — why not do it everywhere? Trump now cutting funding for projects like this one. minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/19/b...
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As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line.
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
JUST IN: This morning, hundreds of baristas have joined our national ULP strike.
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line.
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
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What would be great is if Dem members in multiple states showed up at multiple ICE facilities at 10 a.m. tomorrow armed with this injunction.
NEW: Judge blocks Trump administration's attempt to limit lawmakers' access to immigration jails. Advance notice no longer required & detention facilities at field offices are open to Congress. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails
A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot enforce newly adopted policies that require lawmakers to provide seven days notice before visiting detention facilities.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
What would be great is if Dem members in multiple states showed up at multiple ICE facilities at 10 a.m. tomorrow armed with this injunction.
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Looking for a last-minute gift for the superhero fan, movie lover, or budding scientist in your life?
Jim makes heavy concepts easy to understand and fun! Grab this book!
Jim makes heavy concepts easy to understand and fun! Grab this book!
How can Ant-Man be light enough to ride an ant, but heavy enough to knock out a henchman? It involves Pym particles, the Higgs boson and quantum field theory. All explained in 15 pages without equations in my new book THE PHYSICS OF SUPERHEROES GOES HOLLYWOOD.
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Looking for a last-minute gift for the superhero fan, movie lover, or budding scientist in your life?
Jim makes heavy concepts easy to understand and fun! Grab this book!
Jim makes heavy concepts easy to understand and fun! Grab this book!
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In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
David needs folks to lend a hand. https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerrolds-health-and-leukemia-fundraiser?lang=en_GB&ts=1765731124&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOs_FtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6KKiZ2rx4-CeehknGhy0m7jAsLfQXTijNNB--x4dSYOZovtFMCTh0YuSl10w_aem_bDanHCEMaHX8JsZvYYD7Jg
Donate to David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser, organized by David Gerrold
Here is a thank you just for coming this far, a link to a short collec… David Gerrold needs your support for David Gerrold's Health and Leukemia Fundraiser
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December 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
In case you can’t quite place the name, this is the writer of classic Trek’s Trouble with Tribbles. Let’s help him out.
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Help us at the Minnesota Reformer reach our December fundraising goal and continue publishing stories you don't see anywhere else! prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/S...
We asked our readers to tell us what they like about the Reformer, and here's a few of the many responses:
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December 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Help us at the Minnesota Reformer reach our December fundraising goal and continue publishing stories you don't see anywhere else! prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/S...
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We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
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How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
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ICE and CBP, among others, have violently retaliated against ICE Watch in part because the agencies correctly understand what many do not: Organized neighbors are mounting an effective defense, and an organized movement is a formidable adversary. My new feature: newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance
Residents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ICE and CBP, among others, have violently retaliated against ICE Watch in part because the agencies correctly understand what many do not: Organized neighbors are mounting an effective defense, and an organized movement is a formidable adversary. My new feature: newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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Just thinking about Stephen King’s IT, wherein a monster who feeds on fear and death is defeated by belief that it can be.
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just thinking about Stephen King’s IT, wherein a monster who feeds on fear and death is defeated by belief that it can be.
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inside me are two wolves and neither one of them will shut up when i’m driving.
December 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
inside me are two wolves and neither one of them will shut up when i’m driving.