kentropic
@kentropic.bsky.social
“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” - B. Spinoza
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
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kentropic
@kentropic.bsky.social
· Feb 28
A small creek cascading over mossy rocks. Olympic National Park, Washington, 19 Apr 2015. #NationalParks
This is what we’re fighting for. Whose side are you on?
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Here’s how a 50-year mortgage would work
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Here’s how a 50-year mortgage would work
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Say it louder for the people in the back!
Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to.
www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...
Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to.
www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...
Ten months in, congestion pricing in NYC is working, MTA says
Congestion pricing has been in effect in Manhattan for 11 months and counting. The MTA says traffic is down — and revenue is up. But President Trump is still threatening to terminate the plan. NBC 4 N...
www.nbcnewyork.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Say it louder for the people in the back!
Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to.
www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...
Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to.
www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...
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Expressions of blatantly immoral actions about outgroup members are growing on social media
This leads people to radically overestimate the degree to which political outgroup members support immoral actions
Democrats and Republicans are both off in their estimates. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
This leads people to radically overestimate the degree to which political outgroup members support immoral actions
Democrats and Republicans are both off in their estimates. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Expressions of blatantly immoral actions about outgroup members are growing on social media
This leads people to radically overestimate the degree to which political outgroup members support immoral actions
Democrats and Republicans are both off in their estimates. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
This leads people to radically overestimate the degree to which political outgroup members support immoral actions
Democrats and Republicans are both off in their estimates. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Conclusive evidence that no amount of money or power can fill the howling void of raw emotional need that men like this have at the core of their being where a human soul should be.
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Conclusive evidence that no amount of money or power can fill the howling void of raw emotional need that men like this have at the core of their being where a human soul should be.
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Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
Some rare good news from this SCOTUS - gotta celebrate the wins whenever we can.
SCOTUS rejected a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered clear of the contentious case some 3-1/2 years after its conservative majority reversed abortion rights reut.rs/3XjD9Cu
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Some rare good news from this SCOTUS - gotta celebrate the wins whenever we can.
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This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
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Damn. I missed Josh Shapiro tearing JD Vance a new one yesterday
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Damn. I missed Josh Shapiro tearing JD Vance a new one yesterday
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Asking once again: if agents of a foreign adversary somehow seized control of the highest US gov’t offices & wanted to destroy the nation from within, what would they do differently than what’s happening all around us now - besides do it more slowly & quietly than this crew?
Hegseth has fired two dozen top military commanders and derailed the promotions of others.
“His actions…have come with little explanation. In many cases, they have run counter to the advice of top military leaders who fought alongside the officers in combat.”
“His actions…have come with little explanation. In many cases, they have run counter to the advice of top military leaders who fought alongside the officers in combat.”
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Please readl. Hegseth is such a disgrace. We have lost so much fine leadership.
Please readl. Hegseth is such a disgrace. We have lost so much fine leadership.
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Asking once again: if agents of a foreign adversary somehow seized control of the highest US gov’t offices & wanted to destroy the nation from within, what would they do differently than what’s happening all around us now - besides do it more slowly & quietly than this crew?
Just because we (still) can
An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
“The search for authentic Mexican food—or rather, the struggle to define what that meant—has been going on for two hundred years,” writes Jeffrey Pilcher at Guernica. Arguments over national cuisine f...
www.openculture.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just because we (still) can
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UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
Uncritical adoption of the noxious “tax relief” frame might be our media’s single most corrosive habit - & that’s a HIGH bar to clear these days. The idea that the wealthiest people need further “relief” from taxes in a society that already promotes historically extreme wealth inequality is obscene.
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Uncritical adoption of the noxious “tax relief” frame might be our media’s single most corrosive habit - & that’s a HIGH bar to clear these days. The idea that the wealthiest people need further “relief” from taxes in a society that already promotes historically extreme wealth inequality is obscene.
Somebody needs to show this to merchants & landlords on Penn Ave. in the #Pittsburgh strip district. More bikes = more business! @producertory.bsky.social @daniskitchen.bsky.social @santelli.bsky.social @zano.bsky.social
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Somebody needs to show this to merchants & landlords on Penn Ave. in the #Pittsburgh strip district. More bikes = more business! @producertory.bsky.social @daniskitchen.bsky.social @santelli.bsky.social @zano.bsky.social
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The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
A federal judge in Chicago issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz.”
www.chicagotribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
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NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
“The Emperor’s new clothes are just magnificent: so beautifully designed & tailored, such gorgeous material!”
Rick Scott: "He hates war. He hates war. Trump is just busting his butt every day working hard. Getting our economy going, to bring peace. I mean, you really have to admire him. He's got a lot of stamina."
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“The Emperor’s new clothes are just magnificent: so beautifully designed & tailored, such gorgeous material!”
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#tdih 1841, Madison Washington & 18 other enslaved people aboard "Creole" (en route Richmond to NOLA) rebelled & sailed ship to Bahamas where most secured freedom, one of largest US slave revolts.
Via @blackpastonline.bsky.social, "The Creole Mutiny," more. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/th...
Via @blackpastonline.bsky.social, "The Creole Mutiny," more. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/th...
Nov. 7, 1841: The Creole Mutiny
Madison Washington and eighteen other enslaved people rebelled onboard the Creole, a ship involved in the U.S. slave trade.
www.zinnedproject.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#tdih 1841, Madison Washington & 18 other enslaved people aboard "Creole" (en route Richmond to NOLA) rebelled & sailed ship to Bahamas where most secured freedom, one of largest US slave revolts.
Via @blackpastonline.bsky.social, "The Creole Mutiny," more. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/th...
Via @blackpastonline.bsky.social, "The Creole Mutiny," more. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/th...
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I've seen enough: the gerontocracy is dead.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-geront...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-geront...
The Gerontocracy Is Dead
Nancy Pelosi's retirement announcement and the gerontocracy's quiet war on little old me
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I've seen enough: the gerontocracy is dead.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-geront...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-geront...
By desperately clinging to the past, this US administration is decisively losing the future, for all of us.
At COP30, Brazil is leading with the TFFF: Backing forest conservation with predictable finance for 70+ countries, 20% reserved for Indigenous peoples.
More governments must step up: when communities lead, businesses gain the ecosystem services & economic stability they depend on. tfff.earth.
More governments must step up: when communities lead, businesses gain the ecosystem services & economic stability they depend on. tfff.earth.
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
By desperately clinging to the past, this US administration is decisively losing the future, for all of us.
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While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
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🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🔥 @agiftfromtodd.bsky.social : "Y’all get it now?? Do you understand what’s possible? I don't wanna hear no more 'my vote doesn't matter. Nothing ever changes.' Look what happens when you participate. We win everything. There are more of us… for the rest of your damn life, you gotta vote.”
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc