kentropic
@kentropic.bsky.social
“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” - B. Spinoza
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
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?
If ONLY anyone (other than everyone with half a brain who’s been on a construction site in the past 30 years) could have seen this coming & done something to prevent it!
"Trade groups are raising alarms about immigration enforcement wreaking economic havoc. Construction delays threaten higher prices. Suppliers are laying off employees
"One concrete company filed for bankruptcy, citing a dropoff in sales because of immigration raids"
🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"One concrete company filed for bankruptcy, citing a dropoff in sales because of immigration raids"
🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Immigration Raids in South Texas Are Starting to Hit the Economy
Trade groups are raising alarms about aggressive immigration enforcement hurting businesses in the region.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 AM
If ONLY anyone (other than everyone with half a brain who’s been on a construction site in the past 30 years) could have seen this coming & done something to prevent it!
Post a banger that’s not in English - here’s an old favorite in *Português*
Jorge Ben – Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) (Official Video)
YouTube video by Luaka Bop
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Post a banger that’s not in English - here’s an old favorite in *Português*
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one thing that has always confused me about these hypos where the House refuses to recognize Dem winners—the House isn't a continuing body, and it wouldn't be the current House that would be seating anyone. it's the incoming House. www.vox.com/politics/478...
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 AM
one thing that has always confused me about these hypos where the House refuses to recognize Dem winners—the House isn't a continuing body, and it wouldn't be the current House that would be seating anyone. it's the incoming House. www.vox.com/politics/478...
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every single person writing credulously about "elon will put people on the moon" should have to pin this post to their monitor
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
every single person writing credulously about "elon will put people on the moon" should have to pin this post to their monitor
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The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
What makes me super excited & inspired about the future is the real possibility of this fucking vampire facing justice for the destruction of USAID programs around the world, a horrific crime against humanity.
February 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
What makes me super excited & inspired about the future is the real possibility of this fucking vampire facing justice for the destruction of USAID programs around the world, a horrific crime against humanity.
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Everyone is posting non-English language bangers and yet I've yet to see anyone post one of the greatest things to ever happen to the internet, so I'm leaving it here. When was the last time you listened to this certified fucking banger?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yd...
Tunak Tunak Tun Video | Daler Mehndi | Full Song | Daler Mehndi Music
YouTube video by Daler Mehndi Music
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Everyone is posting non-English language bangers and yet I've yet to see anyone post one of the greatest things to ever happen to the internet, so I'm leaving it here. When was the last time you listened to this certified fucking banger?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yd...
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Kid Rock's dad owned multiple car dealerships and he grew up in the suburbs of Detroit. Bad Bunny went from bagging groceries and recording his songs in his room to winning multiple Grammys. Which one is the better encapsulation of hard work and the American Dream?
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Kid Rock's dad owned multiple car dealerships and he grew up in the suburbs of Detroit. Bad Bunny went from bagging groceries and recording his songs in his room to winning multiple Grammys. Which one is the better encapsulation of hard work and the American Dream?
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Not only has the CIA stopped publishing the World Factbook, it appears the agency has also scrubbed its website of past editions going back decades. A reference source used since the 1960s, suddenly hard to find.
So… Internet, do your thing. Let’s locate and preserve the cached versions. #getsmart
So… Internet, do your thing. Let’s locate and preserve the cached versions. #getsmart
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
[...The] answer to the seemingly puzzling question of why the CIA will not continue to publish? That answer:... Donald Trump who is completely devoid of any capability for fact. Plus, he’s afraid of facts: they are kryptonite to his fantasy world."
[...The] answer to the seemingly puzzling question of why the CIA will not continue to publish? That answer:... Donald Trump who is completely devoid of any capability for fact. Plus, he’s afraid of facts: they are kryptonite to his fantasy world."
RIP CIA Factbook
The Steady State | by Margaret Henoch
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Not only has the CIA stopped publishing the World Factbook, it appears the agency has also scrubbed its website of past editions going back decades. A reference source used since the 1960s, suddenly hard to find.
So… Internet, do your thing. Let’s locate and preserve the cached versions. #getsmart
So… Internet, do your thing. Let’s locate and preserve the cached versions. #getsmart
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I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.
This is a diseased society.
'What's wrong with the world?' Man in wheelchair found dead outside in freezing temps
The 61-year-old man had been released from a hospital the day before.
news4sanantonio.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
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#OtD 9 Feb 2007 Alejandro Finisterre, anarchist poet and inventor of the Spanish table football (foosball) died in Zamora, Spain. He invented the game following injury during the Spanish Civil War so injured children could still play football workingclasshistory.com/2018/07/29/s...
February 9, 2026 at 5:25 PM
#OtD 9 Feb 2007 Alejandro Finisterre, anarchist poet and inventor of the Spanish table football (foosball) died in Zamora, Spain. He invented the game following injury during the Spanish Civil War so injured children could still play football workingclasshistory.com/2018/07/29/s...
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors (GIFT LINK)
Trump’s devastation of the reputation & personnel of the DOJ has grievously damaged the institution. It may never recover its stature. I can’t imagine restoration in my lifetime.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Trump’s devastation of the reputation & personnel of the DOJ has grievously damaged the institution. It may never recover its stature. I can’t imagine restoration in my lifetime.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors (GIFT LINK)
Trump’s devastation of the reputation & personnel of the DOJ has grievously damaged the institution. It may never recover its stature. I can’t imagine restoration in my lifetime.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Trump’s devastation of the reputation & personnel of the DOJ has grievously damaged the institution. It may never recover its stature. I can’t imagine restoration in my lifetime.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
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I heard that it's #SuperbOwl Sunday so here's a very judgy Spectacled Owl at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
#birds #owls #nature
#birds #owls #nature
February 9, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I heard that it's #SuperbOwl Sunday so here's a very judgy Spectacled Owl at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
#birds #owls #nature
#birds #owls #nature
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The dj on the MIT station just went on a gorgeous tangent about how this semester he’s taking all liberal arts classes, and instead of asking him to reproduce established knowledge (as in most MIT courses) they push him to think about how he thinks.
My Super Bowl MVP.
My Super Bowl MVP.
February 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The dj on the MIT station just went on a gorgeous tangent about how this semester he’s taking all liberal arts classes, and instead of asking him to reproduce established knowledge (as in most MIT courses) they push him to think about how he thinks.
My Super Bowl MVP.
My Super Bowl MVP.
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these people are being tortured indefinitely awaiting contralegal processing on *suspicion* of a civil infraction roughly equivalent to *expired car registration*.
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
![“Good afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday.
“It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiet46krrk7ovnqxsd6vr7ogw2lgame43jsqw25u2ygi5el5i5toom@jpeg)
February 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
these people are being tortured indefinitely awaiting contralegal processing on *suspicion* of a civil infraction roughly equivalent to *expired car registration*.
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Gift shop in the Minneapolis airport is selling "ICE OUT of St. Paul" posters next to cute onesies and fridge magnets.
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Gift shop in the Minneapolis airport is selling "ICE OUT of St. Paul" posters next to cute onesies and fridge magnets.
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Pretty sure singing American Idiot was political 😉
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
A rocking start to the Super Bowl.
pagesix.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Pretty sure singing American Idiot was political 😉
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"Amid a wave of high-profile killings and political violence in the United States, investigators have been confounded regularly by the absence of a recognizable agenda... In their manifestos, these attackers declared their contempt for humanity and a desire to see the collapse of civilization."
Killers without a cause: The rise in nihilistic violent extremism
Amid a burst of high-profile targeted violence, authorities have identified a new source of terror.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
"Amid a wave of high-profile killings and political violence in the United States, investigators have been confounded regularly by the absence of a recognizable agenda... In their manifestos, these attackers declared their contempt for humanity and a desire to see the collapse of civilization."
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Need the Wilt meme for Ilia’s 200 figure skating points ASAP
I didn't know there were that many points
February 8, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Need the Wilt meme for Ilia’s 200 figure skating points ASAP
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"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
La date du 16 juin avait été dans un premier temps pressentie pour son entrée au Panthéon, mais la cérémonie a dû être décalée de quelques jours en raison du G7 à Evian-les-Bains.
www.lemonde.fr
February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
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“We easily recognize the cluster of ancient rock scrapes as an owl, but were the scraper to magically appear, that person would comprehend little of our world, particularly the electronic devices by which the cave art is increasingly shared.”🧪
The oldest known image of an owl:
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
More than 30,000 years ago, someone skillfully scratched the figure of a long-eared owl (Asio otus) into the soft outer layer of the walls of Chauvet Cave, France. The owl is looking backward over their wings, head turned 180 degrees
carnegiemnh.org/ancient-owl-...
February 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
“We easily recognize the cluster of ancient rock scrapes as an owl, but were the scraper to magically appear, that person would comprehend little of our world, particularly the electronic devices by which the cave art is increasingly shared.”🧪
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My almost 105 year old abuelita-in-law is VERY excited for Bad Bunny. She came from the island, and for her entire life, she’s been an American citizen! Voted for FDR! 🇵🇷🇺🇸
February 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
My almost 105 year old abuelita-in-law is VERY excited for Bad Bunny. She came from the island, and for her entire life, she’s been an American citizen! Voted for FDR! 🇵🇷🇺🇸
omg the comments!
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
omg the comments!
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