Ghost Palm Technique
@ghostpalmtechnique.bsky.social
Militant liberalism, board gaming; wordplay; opinions/observations offered for free and mostly left on the shelf anyway.
"You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it."
Have a much longer posting history on Tumblr
"You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it."
Have a much longer posting history on Tumblr
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Judging by social media, I live in an anti-Carolingian society. There are so many people who somehow know how to write but not how to read.
Eyeballing this, it looks like Trump II would actually have started in Trump I, but it got interrupted by the pandemic...
Habeas cases filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have taken off to levels we have never seen before. Just look at that chart.
www.propublica.org/article/habe...
www.propublica.org/article/habe...
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Eyeballing this, it looks like Trump II would actually have started in Trump I, but it got interrupted by the pandemic...
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When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
seen in my neighborhood in south Minneapolis
February 10, 2026 at 11:56 PM
When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
Strictly speaking, I don't think he cares about that. He's covering up Donald Trump's (and a cast of many others) crimes committed in the vicinity of Jeffrey Epstein.
"Do you think Trump is covering up Jeffrey Epstein's crimes?"
Yes: 52%
No: 30%
YouGov / Feb 9, 2026
Yes: 52%
No: 30%
YouGov / Feb 9, 2026
February 11, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Strictly speaking, I don't think he cares about that. He's covering up Donald Trump's (and a cast of many others) crimes committed in the vicinity of Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Internet is so scary to authoritarians precisely because it allows people outside their reach to say things that they don't like.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents
Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The Internet is so scary to authoritarians precisely because it allows people outside their reach to say things that they don't like.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
I missed the "post a banger in a foreign language" thread earlier and can't find it now, but this, which I think I've posted before, remains a favorite.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q07d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q07d...
Ногу Свело! - Гимн Обреченных (Гойда, Орки!)
YouTube video by Nogu Sveló!
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I missed the "post a banger in a foreign language" thread earlier and can't find it now, but this, which I think I've posted before, remains a favorite.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q07d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q07d...
I haven't watched any part of a Super Bowl or its associated programming in 30+ years, so let me just note here:
i ain't watching all that
i'm happy for you tho
or sorry that happened
i ain't watching all that
i'm happy for you tho
or sorry that happened
February 9, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I haven't watched any part of a Super Bowl or its associated programming in 30+ years, so let me just note here:
i ain't watching all that
i'm happy for you tho
or sorry that happened
i ain't watching all that
i'm happy for you tho
or sorry that happened
It's quite simple, Watson. Through a curious spatial anomaly, all football stadiums are centered around the North pole.
February 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
It's quite simple, Watson. Through a curious spatial anomaly, all football stadiums are centered around the North pole.
I have recently sought out a couple of hard-to-find Japanese trick-taking games that had good podcast buzz.
February 8, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I have recently sought out a couple of hard-to-find Japanese trick-taking games that had good podcast buzz.
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
Would like the #USPS to try to explain this:
(and also why it will not let me submit a help request online even though it's been more than 24 hours and I still don't have the first package).
(and also why it will not let me submit a help request online even though it's been more than 24 hours and I still don't have the first package).
February 6, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Would like the #USPS to try to explain this:
(and also why it will not let me submit a help request online even though it's been more than 24 hours and I still don't have the first package).
(and also why it will not let me submit a help request online even though it's been more than 24 hours and I still don't have the first package).
72 points, a personal best at Wild Space #boardgames
February 5, 2026 at 3:13 AM
72 points, a personal best at Wild Space #boardgames
Giving them way too much credit. The first time you visit any civilian shooting range in this country, you will be obliged to watch a safety presentation focused on (a slightly different wording) of The Three Rules of Firearm Safety.
Ah, I think I see the problem. These guys didn't do FBI firearm training. They did Angry Divorced Dad With a Bunch of DV Calls Who's Usually Drunk by 4pm firearm training.
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
February 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Giving them way too much credit. The first time you visit any civilian shooting range in this country, you will be obliged to watch a safety presentation focused on (a slightly different wording) of The Three Rules of Firearm Safety.
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History will remember Will Stancil as a giant who recognised the moment America was living through, and rose up to challenge it, and history will not remember a single LARPing American Communist at all. They won't even be a footnote in the story.
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What real heroism looks like is you drive past a school and it’s 7am and it’s -3 out and there are four dads posted at every door scanning every passing car to be sure it’s not someone coming to take the children. And you drive by at noon and they’re there. And you drive by at 3pm and they’re there
Anyway the real heroes of Minnesota are the countless volunteers doing boring shifts where nothing happens. The mom of three delivering food to 40 families in her kids’ school. The dad standing at the door of an elementary with a whistle for hours. The drivers endlessly looping, seeing nothing.
February 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
History will remember Will Stancil as a giant who recognised the moment America was living through, and rose up to challenge it, and history will not remember a single LARPing American Communist at all. They won't even be a footnote in the story.
bsky.app/profile/whst...
bsky.app/profile/whst...
Judging by social media, I live in an anti-Carolingian society. There are so many people who somehow know how to write but not how to read.
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Judging by social media, I live in an anti-Carolingian society. There are so many people who somehow know how to write but not how to read.
If the black bloc actually had a useful purpose, it would be doing things that carry much harsher penalties than setting dumpsters on fire; things for which they should expect broad condemnation rather than approval. But those acts would also be risky and they are just cowardly cosplayers.
February 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
If the black bloc actually had a useful purpose, it would be doing things that carry much harsher penalties than setting dumpsters on fire; things for which they should expect broad condemnation rather than approval. But those acts would also be risky and they are just cowardly cosplayers.
It is genuinely amazing that this man ever gets through a single day without getting punched in the face, including by his allies. The content of what he says aside, we are looking at the apotheosis of smug here.
February 1, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It is genuinely amazing that this man ever gets through a single day without getting punched in the face, including by his allies. The content of what he says aside, we are looking at the apotheosis of smug here.
Bleg for al #boardgame podcasters - please learn how reflexive pronouns work. "X and myself did Y" - no you didn't. "I did Y to myself," or "X and I did Y".
I hear this type of error several times a week.
I hear this type of error several times a week.
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Bleg for al #boardgame podcasters - please learn how reflexive pronouns work. "X and myself did Y" - no you didn't. "I did Y to myself," or "X and I did Y".
I hear this type of error several times a week.
I hear this type of error several times a week.
"Should you own weapons" is basically orthogonal to "should you protest peacefully." I'd argue the answer to both is yes. Peaceful protest seems likely to win in this case, but that doesn't mean it wins in every case. 1/2
Nonviolence worked for the Civil Rights movement and is working here, but this should not be presented as some law of the universe. The Jews and Roma of Europe would not have been any less slaughtered if they'd just held more nonviolent protests.
January 31, 2026 at 2:58 AM
"Should you own weapons" is basically orthogonal to "should you protest peacefully." I'd argue the answer to both is yes. Peaceful protest seems likely to win in this case, but that doesn't mean it wins in every case. 1/2
There is a whole genre of "you don't need to eat so much protein" articles lately, and while OTOH I understand the need to counteract RFK2-sponsored idiocy, I am a 47-year-old male who is about 50% muscle by mass. I do, in fact, need to eat that much protein.
January 28, 2026 at 6:41 PM
There is a whole genre of "you don't need to eat so much protein" articles lately, and while OTOH I understand the need to counteract RFK2-sponsored idiocy, I am a 47-year-old male who is about 50% muscle by mass. I do, in fact, need to eat that much protein.
The sword comes into the world because of justice delayed and justice denied. - Pirke Avot 5:7
January 26, 2026 at 3:10 AM
The sword comes into the world because of justice delayed and justice denied. - Pirke Avot 5:7
Dapper in our pokeball hoodie.
January 25, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Dapper in our pokeball hoodie.
This went unpunished. Unclear if that's because the moderators didn't notice it or because this sort of thing is happening everywhere from sports subReddits to Instagram for Disney Adults.
Probably best for everyone that I only have rhetorical grenades at my disposal. #boardgames
boardgamegeek.com/blog/9664/bl...
boardgamegeek.com/blog/9664/bl...
[TOS violation] | Cogito ergo ludo
boardgamegeek.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This went unpunished. Unclear if that's because the moderators didn't notice it or because this sort of thing is happening everywhere from sports subReddits to Instagram for Disney Adults.
Some interesting incentives now where if you are a legal gun owner in a carry state, it is probably worse for your personal safety but better for the antifascist movement in general to to go out armed (but never draw your weapon).
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Some interesting incentives now where if you are a legal gun owner in a carry state, it is probably worse for your personal safety but better for the antifascist movement in general to to go out armed (but never draw your weapon).
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If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
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I am past 'retrain ICE.' I am past 'reform ICE.' I am past 'abolish ICE.'
I am at 'imprison ICE.'
I am at 'imprison ICE.'
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I am past 'retrain ICE.' I am past 'reform ICE.' I am past 'abolish ICE.'
I am at 'imprison ICE.'
I am at 'imprison ICE.'