Kris Punke
@krispunke.bsky.social
Geek. Do-gooder. Factotum. Skeptic. Samildánach.
❤ Hobbit
☀ NM
🤝 Volunteering
{not a scientist} {not an expert in anything}
❤ Hobbit
☀ NM
🤝 Volunteering
{not a scientist} {not an expert in anything}
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If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.
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This is really good work.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is really good work.
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The best thing Disney has done since Aladdin. Maybe the only thing that could get me into a movie theater on opening day ever again.
www.theverge.com/news/839434/...
www.theverge.com/news/839434/...
Star Wars’ original theatrical cut returns to theaters in 2027
See Han shoot first.
www.theverge.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The best thing Disney has done since Aladdin. Maybe the only thing that could get me into a movie theater on opening day ever again.
www.theverge.com/news/839434/...
www.theverge.com/news/839434/...
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Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach
Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
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precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
precisely my thought. the president and his dumbass republican allies put these men and women into harm’s way for a political stunt and look what has happened
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Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
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The controversial ruling ordering a new trial in the Lunsford police-shooting case stems from both improper juror substitution and allegations of juror bias. The state now fights the decision — calling it a threat to the original jury’s verdict.
NM AG Torrez pushes back at judge in police manslaughter case
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez pushed back after a judge ordered a new trial in the police manslaughter case of former Las Cruces officer Brad Lunsford, arguing that juror-bias claims rely on...
www.organmountainnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The controversial ruling ordering a new trial in the Lunsford police-shooting case stems from both improper juror substitution and allegations of juror bias. The state now fights the decision — calling it a threat to the original jury’s verdict.
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season!
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season!
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
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I’m so jealous. Must be nice having a functional high court.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I’m so jealous. Must be nice having a functional high court.
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Thousands of Starbucks workers are on strike for a living wage and better working conditions. Stand with them by boycotting Starbucks until it can strike a fair contract. sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
Zohran Mamdani has called for a boycott of Starbucks until the company can bargain a fair contract with its striking workers. We joined members of the mayor-elect's team on the Starbucks picket line in NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Thousands of Starbucks workers are on strike for a living wage and better working conditions. Stand with them by boycotting Starbucks until it can strike a fair contract. sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
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For everyone traveling, a reminder to masks up and avoid spending your holidays sick.
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Glad to see this @wired.com guide on high quality masks! A KN95 can help protect you and your loved ones from COVID-19 and other airborne viruses, especially during this busy travel season. I only wish Wired wrote about the pandemic in the present tense 🙏😷
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
15 Good N95, KF94, and KN95 Face Masks to Buy Right Now
Flu season is here. These are the best disposable face coverings we’ve tested—and where you can find them.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
For everyone traveling, a reminder to masks up and avoid spending your holidays sick.
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Sen. Martin Heinrich addressed federal workforce cuts on public lands and rising health care costs during recent roundtable conversations in New Mexico.
The ripple effects reach workers, families and rural communities statewide.
The ripple effects reach workers, families and rural communities statewide.
Heinrich links Trump cuts to public lands workforce and rising health costs at roundtables
Senator Martin Heinrich holds two roundtables highlighting how Trump-era public lands workforce cuts and the refusal to extend ACA premium tax credits are driving job losses and higher health care cos...
www.organmountainnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sen. Martin Heinrich addressed federal workforce cuts on public lands and rising health care costs during recent roundtable conversations in New Mexico.
The ripple effects reach workers, families and rural communities statewide.
The ripple effects reach workers, families and rural communities statewide.
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Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Friends, help protect Chaco Canyon! Here’s what you can do:
- Call your members of Congress and urge them to sign onto the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act!
- Call the Department of the Interior at 202-208-3100 and the White House at 202-456-1111 and tell them to protect Chaco Canyon!
- Call your members of Congress and urge them to sign onto the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act!
- Call the Department of the Interior at 202-208-3100 and the White House at 202-456-1111 and tell them to protect Chaco Canyon!
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Friends, help protect Chaco Canyon! Here’s what you can do:
- Call your members of Congress and urge them to sign onto the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act!
- Call the Department of the Interior at 202-208-3100 and the White House at 202-456-1111 and tell them to protect Chaco Canyon!
- Call your members of Congress and urge them to sign onto the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act!
- Call the Department of the Interior at 202-208-3100 and the White House at 202-456-1111 and tell them to protect Chaco Canyon!
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November 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Chef and "Turtle Island” author Sean Sherman teaches @ronnychieng.bsky.social how to avoid diluting the Native American experience on Thanksgiving
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Chef and "Turtle Island” author Sean Sherman teaches @ronnychieng.bsky.social how to avoid diluting the Native American experience on Thanksgiving
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This Thanksgiving, we’re serving cons, cover stories, and a side of redemption. Watch the #Leverage and #LeverageRedemption marathon all week long, free on #ElectricNOW. electricnow.tv/devices
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This Thanksgiving, we’re serving cons, cover stories, and a side of redemption. Watch the #Leverage and #LeverageRedemption marathon all week long, free on #ElectricNOW. electricnow.tv/devices
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Throughout history, pecans have been overlooked, poached, cultivated and improved. Today, American trees produce hundreds of million of pounds of pecans – 80% of the world’s pecan crop. (via @us.theconversation.com)
https://to.pbs.org/4rbKTV7
https://to.pbs.org/4rbKTV7
How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple — an expert explains the 8,000-year history
Pecans are a truly American nut: They grew on George Washington’s estate, and they flew to space on an Apollo mission.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Throughout history, pecans have been overlooked, poached, cultivated and improved. Today, American trees produce hundreds of million of pounds of pecans – 80% of the world’s pecan crop. (via @us.theconversation.com)
https://to.pbs.org/4rbKTV7
https://to.pbs.org/4rbKTV7
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Your Thanksgiving gravy tastes better when you use union mushrooms. Let's give a huge thanks to workers like "Adan" who harvest mushrooms for Monterey Mushrooms under a UFW contract. On an average day, he picks 240-280 of the blue baskets you see in this vid. #WeFeedYou
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Your Thanksgiving gravy tastes better when you use union mushrooms. Let's give a huge thanks to workers like "Adan" who harvest mushrooms for Monterey Mushrooms under a UFW contract. On an average day, he picks 240-280 of the blue baskets you see in this vid. #WeFeedYou
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Protect Chaco Canyon!
It is sacred and holy, and we are going to use every tool we have to protect this place—not just today, not just tomorrow, but for generations to come.
Help raise your voices, share this message, and make calls!
youtu.be/oiKneQqoTwA?...
It is sacred and holy, and we are going to use every tool we have to protect this place—not just today, not just tomorrow, but for generations to come.
Help raise your voices, share this message, and make calls!
youtu.be/oiKneQqoTwA?...
Rep. Stansbury: Protect Chaco Canyon
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Protect Chaco Canyon!
It is sacred and holy, and we are going to use every tool we have to protect this place—not just today, not just tomorrow, but for generations to come.
Help raise your voices, share this message, and make calls!
youtu.be/oiKneQqoTwA?...
It is sacred and holy, and we are going to use every tool we have to protect this place—not just today, not just tomorrow, but for generations to come.
Help raise your voices, share this message, and make calls!
youtu.be/oiKneQqoTwA?...
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Rising costs and child care strain are squeezing Latino families across southern New Mexico, according to a new report that centers lived experience in Doña Ana County.
Community leaders say rising costs, child care access and immigration fear are reshaping daily life for Latino families across southern New Mexico.
Community leaders say rising costs, child care access and immigration fear are reshaping daily life for Latino families across southern New Mexico.
www.organmountainnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Rising costs and child care strain are squeezing Latino families across southern New Mexico, according to a new report that centers lived experience in Doña Ana County.
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When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
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The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."