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
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“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?
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In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
[Keith Jackson voice] "He's rumblin', fumblin', stumblin'.... Whoa, Nelly - reeeeally somethin' special."
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 13, 2026 at 1:32 AM
[Keith Jackson voice] "He's rumblin', fumblin', stumblin'.... Whoa, Nelly - reeeeally somethin' special."
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“we‘ve been working to gut the Fourteenth Amendment for generations. we are so proud”
well, there it is
February 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
“we‘ve been working to gut the Fourteenth Amendment for generations. we are so proud”
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YOU CAN PRINT THAT... honestly, too many outlets not being able to share this obvious and dangerous truth is a big part of how we've gotten to where we are.
“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game,” says Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the University of Vermont. “I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.”
Sounds accurate to me.
Sounds accurate to me.
The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning
As the EPA moves to roll back the endangerment finding, which allows it to regulate greenhouse gases, experts predict uncertainty for business and a protracted legal fight.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
YOU CAN PRINT THAT... honestly, too many outlets not being able to share this obvious and dangerous truth is a big part of how we've gotten to where we are.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Of course the Trump administration aims to suppress humanist solutions that work. How else can the plutocrats who sponsor him extract maximum profit from an immiserated populace?
‘Deeply illogical’: this man’s life work could end homelessness – and Trump is doing all he can to stop it
After four decades of research and over a decade of federal support, Housing First’s Sam Tsemberis is ‘back to being an outlaw’ in the US
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Of course the Trump administration aims to suppress humanist solutions that work. How else can the plutocrats who sponsor him extract maximum profit from an immiserated populace?
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Fascists only need to win one election to destroy democracy, whereas democrats have to win every election to preserve it. That’s why fascists cannot be allowed into politics, why a tolerant society must never tolerate fascism or it will lose its tolerance. It’s the Popper Paradox and we’re living it
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Fascists only need to win one election to destroy democracy, whereas democrats have to win every election to preserve it. That’s why fascists cannot be allowed into politics, why a tolerant society must never tolerate fascism or it will lose its tolerance. It’s the Popper Paradox and we’re living it
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Building readership and safeguarding trust in books in an era of creator-led media and information overload emerged as central themes at the #IPG 2026 Spring Conference 👇 #BookSky
IPG Conference: Publishing rigorously researched non-fiction is 'key' to safeguard trust in books
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February 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Essential & heartbreaking thread. The very least that’s required of us all is to bear witness, to not look away from the horrifically cruel & lawless treatment that parts of our own federal gov’t are inflicting on our friends & neighbors. 🧵
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Essential & heartbreaking thread. The very least that’s required of us all is to bear witness, to not look away from the horrifically cruel & lawless treatment that parts of our own federal gov’t are inflicting on our friends & neighbors. 🧵
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I said this yesterday and I'll say it again. The Trump regime is running a squalid, disease-ridden and deadly concentration camp at Fort Bliss called Camp East Montana. Is it any wonder they don't want drones observing what happens there?
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I said this yesterday and I'll say it again. The Trump regime is running a squalid, disease-ridden and deadly concentration camp at Fort Bliss called Camp East Montana. Is it any wonder they don't want drones observing what happens there?
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Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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Out of the mouths of babes
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Out of the mouths of babes
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Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it's a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being. www.wired.com/story/study-...
Study of Buddhist Monks Finds Meditation Alters Brain Activity
Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it's a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it's a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being. www.wired.com/story/study-...
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Swalwell plays Bondi a clip of Kash Patel *lying under oath* about how many times Trump's name appears in the Epstein files
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Swalwell plays Bondi a clip of Kash Patel *lying under oath* about how many times Trump's name appears in the Epstein files
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NEW: The US court system is already breaking down under the weight of a mass deportation campaign it is in no way equipped to process. @regret.bsky.social has the alarming details:
ICE Is Crashing the US Court System in Minnesota
Petitions demanding people get the chance to be released from ICE custody have overwhelmed courts throughout the US.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
NEW: The US court system is already breaking down under the weight of a mass deportation campaign it is in no way equipped to process. @regret.bsky.social has the alarming details:
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One of the inevitable things about the US slamming its dick in the car door with scientific research, is that the brain drain will be exponential.
The top researchers, the biggest names in the field, will leave, taking with them their top students, the *next* generation's biggest names in the field
The top researchers, the biggest names in the field, will leave, taking with them their top students, the *next* generation's biggest names in the field
March 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
One of the inevitable things about the US slamming its dick in the car door with scientific research, is that the brain drain will be exponential.
The top researchers, the biggest names in the field, will leave, taking with them their top students, the *next* generation's biggest names in the field
The top researchers, the biggest names in the field, will leave, taking with them their top students, the *next* generation's biggest names in the field
Post a tree that you photographed
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Post a tree that you photographed
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It turns out that not all ice is created equal. Ice rinks are calibrated specifically for different sports, and at the Olympics these sport specifics are tightly controlled by the event’s "ice meisters."
🎤✏️: Marta Hill
📸: Getty Images
🎤✏️: Marta Hill
📸: Getty Images
February 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
It turns out that not all ice is created equal. Ice rinks are calibrated specifically for different sports, and at the Olympics these sport specifics are tightly controlled by the event’s "ice meisters."
🎤✏️: Marta Hill
📸: Getty Images
🎤✏️: Marta Hill
📸: Getty Images
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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
AG Pam "Gish Gallop" Bondi needs to have the rules of Congressional testimony explained to her.
Raskin: "I want the whole country to look at this. This is the attorney general of the US whose job is law enforcement. We've never had a witness who has misunderstood our rules and been unable to conform his or her conduct to our rules before. Excuse me."
February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
AG Pam "Gish Gallop" Bondi needs to have the rules of Congressional testimony explained to her.
From now on, Gallup will only ask respondents whether the Emperor's new clothes are "radiant," "magnificent," or merely "beautiful."
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
From now on, Gallup will only ask respondents whether the Emperor's new clothes are "radiant," "magnificent," or merely "beautiful."
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"When I asked ChatGPT to comment on its chief rival, it noted that Claude is “good at ‘helpful & kind without becoming therapy.’ ... Claude was, it italicized, “less mad-scientist, more civil-servant engineer.”"
Yeah, well I asked the Lady of the Lake about DeepSeek; she said it was a Commie trap.
Yeah, well I asked the Lady of the Lake about DeepSeek; she said it was a Commie trap.
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"When I asked ChatGPT to comment on its chief rival, it noted that Claude is “good at ‘helpful & kind without becoming therapy.’ ... Claude was, it italicized, “less mad-scientist, more civil-servant engineer.”"
Yeah, well I asked the Lady of the Lake about DeepSeek; she said it was a Commie trap.
Yeah, well I asked the Lady of the Lake about DeepSeek; she said it was a Commie trap.
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Having actually read the entirety of the Mueller report, this is indeed a lie.
Bondi shamelessly lies: "Robert Mueller found no evidence of foreign interference in 2016. Have you apologized to President Trump?"
February 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Having actually read the entirety of the Mueller report, this is indeed a lie.
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This is a hell of a job by Massie, who for all his very very large problems on other issues, actually does give a shit about this one.
Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This is a hell of a job by Massie, who for all his very very large problems on other issues, actually does give a shit about this one.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe lives, for tax reasons, in Monaco. He also owns an estate on Lake Geneva.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Sir Jim Ratcliffe lives, for tax reasons, in Monaco. He also owns an estate on Lake Geneva.