Ken Hallett
@ken-hallett.bsky.social
Gay 60s convinced atheist. What we see is all we get. Make it worthy. It's not ok to mutilate baby boys; stop it! Question what you agree with more than what you disagree with. Stop hate & intolerance. Shame is harm. Oh, and I guess I'm autistic AF.
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King identified a "Triad of evil." Racism, economic exploitation, and militarism. 10 years ago I thought we'd made progress on racism, not enough, but progress. Nope. There's a world of angry black and brown people in America. Why are we surprised when somebody expresses that anger with words.
This might not be a bad thing, I feel like if he did make a statement, it would probably be along the lines of: “The late and great MARTIN LUTHER KING would’ve fought with me to CONQUER GREENLAND if the RADICAL LEFT hadn’t struck him down last September” meidasnews.com/news/trump-b...
Trump Becomes First President to Skip MLK Day Proclamation
Trump breaks decades-long tradition started by Ronald Reagan
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January 20, 2026 at 12:57 AM
King identified a "Triad of evil." Racism, economic exploitation, and militarism. 10 years ago I thought we'd made progress on racism, not enough, but progress. Nope. There's a world of angry black and brown people in America. Why are we surprised when somebody expresses that anger with words.
I know I have an old Nokia 2366i c. 1999 with the charger that was cute compared to this, and I think it had GPS location required by 911. I might dig that out and see if I can have a dumb phone of it and use my POS android by wifi only. 😃
January 19, 2026 at 8:19 AM
I know I have an old Nokia 2366i c. 1999 with the charger that was cute compared to this, and I think it had GPS location required by 911. I might dig that out and see if I can have a dumb phone of it and use my POS android by wifi only. 😃
FFS we know Trump protects child molesters, and almost certainly is one. I can't figure out why his Billy Bush 'grab 'em by the pussy' and Howard Stern show 'like I'm inspecting [Miss Teen USA contestants]' aren't enough to throw him out on his fat ass. Don't we know him enough?!
January 19, 2026 at 7:44 AM
FFS we know Trump protects child molesters, and almost certainly is one. I can't figure out why his Billy Bush 'grab 'em by the pussy' and Howard Stern show 'like I'm inspecting [Miss Teen USA contestants]' aren't enough to throw him out on his fat ass. Don't we know him enough?!
I believe a different franchise Hilton hotel kicked ICE out and Hilton removed them from their booking system. So Hilton persists in strong-arming franchisees into hosting criminal domestic terrorists?
January 19, 2026 at 7:36 AM
I believe a different franchise Hilton hotel kicked ICE out and Hilton removed them from their booking system. So Hilton persists in strong-arming franchisees into hosting criminal domestic terrorists?
I'm both sad and happy at this. We should get used to it everywhere. Pay-at-the-pump for fuel to leave town. If the road-stores' doors are locked and you have to wait to be let in for your energy drink, well, that's where we are, isn't it?
Just say '☮️' to ICE.
Then 'Go Away.' Then ☎️ the Sheriff.
Just say '☮️' to ICE.
Then 'Go Away.' Then ☎️ the Sheriff.
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 7:29 AM
I'm both sad and happy at this. We should get used to it everywhere. Pay-at-the-pump for fuel to leave town. If the road-stores' doors are locked and you have to wait to be let in for your energy drink, well, that's where we are, isn't it?
Just say '☮️' to ICE.
Then 'Go Away.' Then ☎️ the Sheriff.
Just say '☮️' to ICE.
Then 'Go Away.' Then ☎️ the Sheriff.
100% agree. That Home Depot and Target, Hilton, among others, allow ICE et. al. on their properties and inside their businesses says a lot. 'Public accommodation' might apply to individuals, but to groups carrying out agendas of violence? Nope. Wearing masks? That's not even a hard call to make.
ICE Agents need to be completely shut out of the communities they are trying to invade. Stores have the right to deny service to fascist federal invaders, and they should exercise it.
January 18, 2026 at 11:41 PM
100% agree. That Home Depot and Target, Hilton, among others, allow ICE et. al. on their properties and inside their businesses says a lot. 'Public accommodation' might apply to individuals, but to groups carrying out agendas of violence? Nope. Wearing masks? That's not even a hard call to make.
I've been hoping they would do exactly this for exactly this reason. Now, they have work to do to protect THE PEOPLE of Minnesota and peaceful protesters who may be there from anywhere else. They will be able to distinguish who the 'bad guys' and 'good guys' are. (Can 'guys' be gender neutral here?)
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 18, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I've been hoping they would do exactly this for exactly this reason. Now, they have work to do to protect THE PEOPLE of Minnesota and peaceful protesters who may be there from anywhere else. They will be able to distinguish who the 'bad guys' and 'good guys' are. (Can 'guys' be gender neutral here?)
From the good folks at 'The Lincoln Project' who have a way of getting under Donny's skin. This preview picture; they're ripping a disabled woman who was trying to get to a doctor's appt. from her car. Her hands look like rheumatoid arthritis. ICE, et. al., are the most idiotic DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.
ICE's America: Obey or Else.
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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January 18, 2026 at 8:03 AM
From the good folks at 'The Lincoln Project' who have a way of getting under Donny's skin. This preview picture; they're ripping a disabled woman who was trying to get to a doctor's appt. from her car. Her hands look like rheumatoid arthritis. ICE, et. al., are the most idiotic DOMESTIC TERRORISTS.
I don't usually re-post things I don't have a comment on. I have nothing to add. I have not fact-checked. Is there a need?
January 18, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I don't usually re-post things I don't have a comment on. I have nothing to add. I have not fact-checked. Is there a need?
Yes, for "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Of course Trump has merely done everything he can to dishonor those advances. <Font fancy sarcasm> He's a WINNER! </font> 🧡 😡 💥 🦊 🍁 🍊 🍔 🎃 🏀 ⛺ ⛵ 🔥 📙 🚼 🔶 🧀 💩
January 16, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Yes, for "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Of course Trump has merely done everything he can to dishonor those advances. <Font fancy sarcasm> He's a WINNER! </font> 🧡 😡 💥 🦊 🍁 🍊 🍔 🎃 🏀 ⛺ ⛵ 🔥 📙 🚼 🔶 🧀 💩
"Turn off the notifications and activity trackers. [...] The Duolingo owl won’t murder you in your sleep if you forget to practice your Spanish vocabulary today." LMAO! A gem from Devon Price in his book 'Laziness Does Not Exist.'
January 16, 2026 at 7:38 AM
"Turn off the notifications and activity trackers. [...] The Duolingo owl won’t murder you in your sleep if you forget to practice your Spanish vocabulary today." LMAO! A gem from Devon Price in his book 'Laziness Does Not Exist.'
I wonder if 'TNC' drivers (Uber, Lyft, ...) recognize in this how taxi drivers who used to make living wages felt about THEM coming to our towns. In my state, they successfully lobbied the State Legislature to prohibit cities from regulating TNCs. Kalanick ... what a nice guy.
Lyft and Uber drivers protest Waymo robotaxis as California considers further regulations
Lyft and Uber drivers protested Waymo’s self-driving taxis in San Francisco. They urged state regulators to increase oversight of autonomous vehicles after incidents where the cars killed pets and blo...
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January 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I wonder if 'TNC' drivers (Uber, Lyft, ...) recognize in this how taxi drivers who used to make living wages felt about THEM coming to our towns. In my state, they successfully lobbied the State Legislature to prohibit cities from regulating TNCs. Kalanick ... what a nice guy.
A bit of sage advice to the world. We have phones that do videos. Take videos of those you love, your children and their quirky behavior, your pets, too. Sound too! Save them because you or somebody else will find great meaning in them when it comes to retrospection and grieving.
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A bit of sage advice to the world. We have phones that do videos. Take videos of those you love, your children and their quirky behavior, your pets, too. Sound too! Save them because you or somebody else will find great meaning in them when it comes to retrospection and grieving.
Donny has terrorized America his entire life. Another word for bullying, bankrupting investors, vendors, and contractors along the way. Even lawyers have been unpaid & disbarred. He inspired an insurrection. He is happy as a pig in slop. But even pigs don't slop in their own sh't by choice.
It was June 2015 when he came down that escalator.
We've been terrorized for a full decade now. We're all traumatized.
We've been terrorized for a full decade now. We're all traumatized.
December 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Donny has terrorized America his entire life. Another word for bullying, bankrupting investors, vendors, and contractors along the way. Even lawyers have been unpaid & disbarred. He inspired an insurrection. He is happy as a pig in slop. But even pigs don't slop in their own sh't by choice.
Gaslighting squared? I think gaslighting squared is a righteous Jedi mind trick! 😗
If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
December 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Gaslighting squared? I think gaslighting squared is a righteous Jedi mind trick! 😗
MAGAs, are you paying attention?
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The trump administration has been sending babies and other young children to a “tender age shelter” in Texas.
They have 3 “tender age shelters” set up.
Oh my god. Oh my god
Shut this trafficking administration down now.
#IMPEACH
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The trump administration has been sending babies and other young children to a “tender age shelter” in Texas.
They have 3 “tender age shelters” set up.
Oh my god. Oh my god
Shut this trafficking administration down now.
#IMPEACH
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December 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
MAGAs, are you paying attention?
I don't want to dismiss this argument. Rape is always hard to prosecute, and more trauma for survivors. More than anything here, we need better sex education AND CONSENT education. Any power or authority imbalance, coercion, or lack of 'yes' means... NO. And one 'No' is non-negotiable.
Remember when Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump’s lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, wrote an op-ed trying to justify having sex with kids?
Seems relevant now.
Seems relevant now.
December 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I don't want to dismiss this argument. Rape is always hard to prosecute, and more trauma for survivors. More than anything here, we need better sex education AND CONSENT education. Any power or authority imbalance, coercion, or lack of 'yes' means... NO. And one 'No' is non-negotiable.
ICE is committing crimes against innocent people. Our elected Sheriffs and local police should be protecting all of us. Call your Sheriff and remind them they are elected, and you expect them to do their jobs. If you call 911 for help, it should be there. SWAT should be on standby to deal with ICE!
Inside an Immigration Raid That Swept Up U.S. Citizens | Visual Investigations
YouTube video by The New York Times
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December 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
ICE is committing crimes against innocent people. Our elected Sheriffs and local police should be protecting all of us. Call your Sheriff and remind them they are elected, and you expect them to do their jobs. If you call 911 for help, it should be there. SWAT should be on standby to deal with ICE!
Oh, my. This is so key to the fear many autists have of making calls. Horror is holding with Stravinsky as if on Edison's wax cylinders waiting for the leopard. I've learned to use RTT (the new TTY for the deaf), and be aware for those of us who CAN'T MAKE THAT CALL, we are also what it's there for.
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Oh, my. This is so key to the fear many autists have of making calls. Horror is holding with Stravinsky as if on Edison's wax cylinders waiting for the leopard. I've learned to use RTT (the new TTY for the deaf), and be aware for those of us who CAN'T MAKE THAT CALL, we are also what it's there for.
Well ... um ... these actually look kind of tasty.
December 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Well ... um ... these actually look kind of tasty.
Well, we can rest confidently knowing 'Trump!' will be a punch-line forevermore.
December 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Well, we can rest confidently knowing 'Trump!' will be a punch-line forevermore.
Happened across this meme. He got beaten before he got re-elected. That had to hurt. Awwwwwwww!
December 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Happened across this meme. He got beaten before he got re-elected. That had to hurt. Awwwwwwww!
A lot of new web content is being made by AI, from poorly voiced 'news' to impossible photos purporting to be real. Web 'hits' translate to money. From the first time I heard an AI tell a story pretending to be 'real' it is utterly grating to me, like fingernails on a chalkboard. It's a bad idea.
ASAN Says No Generative AI in Plain Language - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Plain language is an important part of making things accessible for disabled people. We are very worried that people are using artificial intelligence to translate text into plain language without rea...
autisticadvocacy.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A lot of new web content is being made by AI, from poorly voiced 'news' to impossible photos purporting to be real. Web 'hits' translate to money. From the first time I heard an AI tell a story pretending to be 'real' it is utterly grating to me, like fingernails on a chalkboard. It's a bad idea.
Do they have referees' assistants in curling?
OG Mod band or the Norwegian Curling team?
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Do they have referees' assistants in curling?
A post worth revisting. We need to find ways to fund free & open science for all to see & question. I hate that dubious Wikipedia entries cite scientific papers and articles that are behind expensive paywalls. I wish Wikipedia would ban such citations, or at least mark them 'dubious.'
How can we expect to have a country of highly educated individuals when most of our science-backed and peer reviewed articles exist behind a paywall? Meanwhile, all the misinformation and intentionally biased news is easily available and always free.
#OpenAccess #ScienceForAll #FreeScience
#OpenAccess #ScienceForAll #FreeScience
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A post worth revisting. We need to find ways to fund free & open science for all to see & question. I hate that dubious Wikipedia entries cite scientific papers and articles that are behind expensive paywalls. I wish Wikipedia would ban such citations, or at least mark them 'dubious.'