Jim Craner
@craner.bsky.social
Library technologist and raconteur from the Midwest. (He/him)
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Do. Not. Hand. Your. Phone. To. A. Cop.
Illinois rolls out digital driver’s licenses and ID cards. blockclubchi.co/44jCKE2
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Do. Not. Hand. Your. Phone. To. A. Cop.
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Nichols’ point always seems to be that it can’t be authoritarianism, because if it was, we wouldn’t be free to point it out. Which seems to be a tautology, and unhelpful
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Nichols’ point always seems to be that it can’t be authoritarianism, because if it was, we wouldn’t be free to point it out. Which seems to be a tautology, and unhelpful
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He could not force himself to understand how banks functioned and so forth, because all the operations of capitalism were as meaningless to him as the rites of a primitive religion, as barbaric, as elaborate, and as unnecessary.
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
He could not force himself to understand how banks functioned and so forth, because all the operations of capitalism were as meaningless to him as the rites of a primitive religion, as barbaric, as elaborate, and as unnecessary.
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Even after all the truly horrific and appalling things we know he's done, he still manages to find small, personal ways of being a piece of shit.
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Even after all the truly horrific and appalling things we know he's done, he still manages to find small, personal ways of being a piece of shit.
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Trying to win an award from the Hollywood Foreign Press, which is simultaneously three separate things he has built his career on hating.
Ben Shapiro is spending a lot of $$$ trying to win the inaugural Best Podcast award at the Golden Globes.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ben-shapir...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ben-shapir...
Shapiro's Golden Spending Spree
Ben Shapiro is mounting an aggressive Golden Globes campaign, buying billboard space in Times Square and within Jay Penske’s media empire in a bid to win the inaugural Best Podcast award.
www.status.news
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Trying to win an award from the Hollywood Foreign Press, which is simultaneously three separate things he has built his career on hating.
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We begin today with a content warning: this dispatch from history is not for the faint-hearted. However, if you wish, do please join me for the tale of the Sun King’s anal fistula and the three-hour operation performed on it without anaesthetic on this day in 1686... 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We begin today with a content warning: this dispatch from history is not for the faint-hearted. However, if you wish, do please join me for the tale of the Sun King’s anal fistula and the three-hour operation performed on it without anaesthetic on this day in 1686... 🧵
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this doesn't mean the South is hopeless, it doesn't mean that we shouldn't keep trying to win elections and fight the MAGAs in the South, but maintaining this fantasy nonsense about how the South doesn't REALLY have a uniquely racist culture in a number of respects is just foolishness
November 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
this doesn't mean the South is hopeless, it doesn't mean that we shouldn't keep trying to win elections and fight the MAGAs in the South, but maintaining this fantasy nonsense about how the South doesn't REALLY have a uniquely racist culture in a number of respects is just foolishness
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Right now, the Trump White House have turned much of government communications into either Trump personalism mouthpieces or outlets for white nationalism and fascism
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Right now, the Trump White House have turned much of government communications into either Trump personalism mouthpieces or outlets for white nationalism and fascism
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What 4 days of no dog park does to motherfucker
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
What 4 days of no dog park does to motherfucker
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You got wormfished by a guy who eats roadkill and looks like fucking Krang. A guy you were tasked with covering neutrally, for half a milly a year, while he ran for fucking president on an "every disabled person should die" ticket.
Well, now your career is back, and so is measles. Well done.
Well, now your career is back, and so is measles. Well done.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You got wormfished by a guy who eats roadkill and looks like fucking Krang. A guy you were tasked with covering neutrally, for half a milly a year, while he ran for fucking president on an "every disabled person should die" ticket.
Well, now your career is back, and so is measles. Well done.
Well, now your career is back, and so is measles. Well done.
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Tom they have a secret police force operating fully outside the bounds of the law kidnapping and disappearing people.
What you meant yo say was “it’s not fascism for old cishet white men who provide limp-dick criticism of the administration yet”.
What you meant yo say was “it’s not fascism for old cishet white men who provide limp-dick criticism of the administration yet”.
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tom they have a secret police force operating fully outside the bounds of the law kidnapping and disappearing people.
What you meant yo say was “it’s not fascism for old cishet white men who provide limp-dick criticism of the administration yet”.
What you meant yo say was “it’s not fascism for old cishet white men who provide limp-dick criticism of the administration yet”.
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This Day in Labor History: November 17, 1968. The New York State Education Commissioner reasserted control over the Ocean Hill-Brownsville schools in Brooklyn, ending the strike by teachers that started when African-American activists fired white teachers in their schools. Everyone looks bad here!
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 17, 1968. The New York State Education Commissioner reasserted control over the Ocean Hill-Brownsville schools in Brooklyn, ending the strike by teachers that started when African-American activists fired white teachers in their schools. Everyone looks bad here!
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Squirrel is mapping out all the Hawk-proof spots this morning
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Squirrel is mapping out all the Hawk-proof spots this morning
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November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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so if i'm understanding the timeline correctly jeffrey epstein was acting as the former president of harvard's sexual harassment coach
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
so if i'm understanding the timeline correctly jeffrey epstein was acting as the former president of harvard's sexual harassment coach
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"You see, your holiness, there are 8 to 12 players. Two wizards. A maverick. The arbiter. Two warriors. A corporal, and a ledgerman. Now the ledgerman just keeps score, and he wears this hat"
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"You see, your holiness, there are 8 to 12 players. Two wizards. A maverick. The arbiter. Two warriors. A corporal, and a ledgerman. Now the ledgerman just keeps score, and he wears this hat"
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Quoting your interactions with AI is the lowest form of journalism. You might as well write about your dreams. It takes little work and is almost never interesting to anyone else.
Patricia Marx tries out different A.I. lovers, from a ruthless, short-tempered billionaire businessman to a 38-year-old therapist named Mad Dog. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Z32hdX
Playing the Field with My A.I. Boyfriends
Nineteen per cent of American adults have talked to an A.I. romantic interest. Chatbots may know a lot, but do they make a good partner?
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Quoting your interactions with AI is the lowest form of journalism. You might as well write about your dreams. It takes little work and is almost never interesting to anyone else.
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"Doctor McCoy. If she is a Barbie girl, is it not logical to presume that she might be found in a Barbie world?"
"Damn your green-blooded logic, Spock! Can't you see that a life in plastic is fantastic?"
"Damn your green-blooded logic, Spock! Can't you see that a life in plastic is fantastic?"
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Doctor McCoy. If she is a Barbie girl, is it not logical to presume that she might be found in a Barbie world?"
"Damn your green-blooded logic, Spock! Can't you see that a life in plastic is fantastic?"
"Damn your green-blooded logic, Spock! Can't you see that a life in plastic is fantastic?"
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good premise for a horror film
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
good premise for a horror film
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America can't be fascist because I'm not doing anything about it
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
America can't be fascist because I'm not doing anything about it