📝 Kep Rinvelo 📚
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If you are organizing folks in Minneapolis right now, you may find this guide to Signal for beginners by @mshelton.bsky.social useful: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Signal, the secure messaging app: A guide for beginners
Also available in Spanish.
freedom.press
January 16, 2026 at 12:58 AM
If you are organizing folks in Minneapolis right now, you may find this guide to Signal for beginners by @mshelton.bsky.social useful: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
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The reason I think it is important to say this is that it helps us focus on the likely risks.
It is, to me, very unlikely that a state will simply choose not to hold elections.
It is also, to me, very likely that voter intimidation and suppression will increase beyond the current terrible method.
It is, to me, very unlikely that a state will simply choose not to hold elections.
It is also, to me, very likely that voter intimidation and suppression will increase beyond the current terrible method.
Your regular reminder that there is no legal path from martial law to suspending elections in this country.
That doesn't mean there is no path. It just means that we need to reject the framing that the federal government has any legal authority to cease elections.
That doesn't mean there is no path. It just means that we need to reject the framing that the federal government has any legal authority to cease elections.
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The reason I think it is important to say this is that it helps us focus on the likely risks.
It is, to me, very unlikely that a state will simply choose not to hold elections.
It is also, to me, very likely that voter intimidation and suppression will increase beyond the current terrible method.
It is, to me, very unlikely that a state will simply choose not to hold elections.
It is also, to me, very likely that voter intimidation and suppression will increase beyond the current terrible method.
Lmao just got an achievement for sitting in the title screen of my game for an hour while I get ready for stream
January 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Lmao just got an achievement for sitting in the title screen of my game for an hour while I get ready for stream
"They don't have brains... surprising similarities to humans" 🤭
Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising similarities to humans
Scientists Catch Jellyfish and Sea Anemones Behaving in Surprisingly Human Ways
Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising similarities to humans
www.scientificamerican.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:10 AM
"They don't have brains... surprising similarities to humans" 🤭
You're telling me I have to live in a society?
Nah, I'm good
Would 100% take death over *gestures wildly* all that
Nah, I'm good
Would 100% take death over *gestures wildly* all that
January 15, 2026 at 5:38 AM
You're telling me I have to live in a society?
Nah, I'm good
Would 100% take death over *gestures wildly* all that
Nah, I'm good
Would 100% take death over *gestures wildly* all that
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The fact that Zuck spent, what, $60 Billion trying to make 'the metaverse' a thing, and now more than 1,000 people won't have any jobs in the real world.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices
Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company’s Reality Labs division, part of a plan to redirect resources from virtual reality and metaverse products toward AI wearab...
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The fact that Zuck spent, what, $60 Billion trying to make 'the metaverse' a thing, and now more than 1,000 people won't have any jobs in the real world.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ok stop, this is way too cool 🤯
Finally! This Lego set has haunted me for a couple years because the mechanics behind the panel was so insanely detailed I couldn’t get it right multiple times. Put it away for a couple years and decided this was the week. Done and done! #LegoTherapy4FascistTimes
January 14, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Ok stop, this is way too cool 🤯
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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Global central banks have rallied behind Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, pushing back against a perceived political attack on the independence of the world’s most important financial institution.
Global central bankers speak up for beleaguered Fed Chair Powell
The International brotherhood of monetary mandarins is up in arms about what they see as a political attack on an upstanding colleague.
www.politico.eu
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Global central banks have rallied behind Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, pushing back against a perceived political attack on the independence of the world’s most important financial institution.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.
This made me giggle 🤭
Have a ways to go on today's bird but this cracked me up. I usually start with eyes, beak and feet when drawing birds. The incredible invisible redpoll 😂
January 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
This made me giggle 🤭
Saw a clip of Hudson Williams at some award show & he was giving a devious smile & woof he's cute, so looked him up
Apparently he's in some show called Heated Rivalry - gay romance about hockey
I enjoy gays, romance, & hockey - and now I know I also like Hudson, so def will be watching that show 😅
Apparently he's in some show called Heated Rivalry - gay romance about hockey
I enjoy gays, romance, & hockey - and now I know I also like Hudson, so def will be watching that show 😅
January 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Saw a clip of Hudson Williams at some award show & he was giving a devious smile & woof he's cute, so looked him up
Apparently he's in some show called Heated Rivalry - gay romance about hockey
I enjoy gays, romance, & hockey - and now I know I also like Hudson, so def will be watching that show 😅
Apparently he's in some show called Heated Rivalry - gay romance about hockey
I enjoy gays, romance, & hockey - and now I know I also like Hudson, so def will be watching that show 😅
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A lil co-workin'! www.twitch.tv/kavzkavz
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM
A lil co-workin'! www.twitch.tv/kavzkavz
It's like every time the answer is Trump happened 🤦
January 12, 2026 at 5:51 AM
It's like every time the answer is Trump happened 🤦
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KO'ing everyone's 401k the week they started bragging about murdering citizens in the street on camera is the behavior of people who are on actual drugs. Not metaphorically, it's the behavior of people with underlying mental illness on uppers and steroids who are starting to feel cornered.
January 12, 2026 at 1:54 AM
KO'ing everyone's 401k the week they started bragging about murdering citizens in the street on camera is the behavior of people who are on actual drugs. Not metaphorically, it's the behavior of people with underlying mental illness on uppers and steroids who are starting to feel cornered.
Loin clothes should make a mainstream comeback
January 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Loin clothes should make a mainstream comeback
*points at date*
It's their MO
Don't accept their bullshit justifications & lies
It's their MO
Don't accept their bullshit justifications & lies
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
*points at date*
It's their MO
Don't accept their bullshit justifications & lies
It's their MO
Don't accept their bullshit justifications & lies
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Software patents, patent trolls, and junk claims didn’t go away in 2025 — but neither did the push to stop them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Fighting to Keep Bad Patents in Check: 2025 in Review
A functioning patent system depends on one basic principle: bad patents must be challengeable. In 2025, that principle was repeatedly tested—by Congress, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
www.eff.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Software patents, patent trolls, and junk claims didn’t go away in 2025 — but neither did the push to stop them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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This, from Time, suggests a large death toll:
January 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This, from Time, suggests a large death toll:
It's like they got a copy of Trump's playbook
Oops.
“US citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately…
“There are reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship or support for the United States.”
“US citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately…
“There are reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship or support for the United States.”
January 11, 2026 at 1:43 AM
It's like they got a copy of Trump's playbook
Waking up several hours before school in the winter to listen to the radio announce all the school snow-day closings & hoping my school was in the list before I had to leave for my bus so I could go back to bed 🤣
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Waking up several hours before school in the winter to listen to the radio announce all the school snow-day closings & hoping my school was in the list before I had to leave for my bus so I could go back to bed 🤣
TIL you can add "FX" in Affinity Designer to layer *groups* not just individual layers
Which means multiple layers/shapes can share an outline
Which means animating multiple layers doesn't require reconfiguring the outline each time
Which makes me happy as I continue to build game assets 🥰
Which means multiple layers/shapes can share an outline
Which means animating multiple layers doesn't require reconfiguring the outline each time
Which makes me happy as I continue to build game assets 🥰
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
TIL you can add "FX" in Affinity Designer to layer *groups* not just individual layers
Which means multiple layers/shapes can share an outline
Which means animating multiple layers doesn't require reconfiguring the outline each time
Which makes me happy as I continue to build game assets 🥰
Which means multiple layers/shapes can share an outline
Which means animating multiple layers doesn't require reconfiguring the outline each time
Which makes me happy as I continue to build game assets 🥰
Grits
Yay or Nay?
It's a nay from me
Yay or Nay?
It's a nay from me
January 10, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Grits
Yay or Nay?
It's a nay from me
Yay or Nay?
It's a nay from me
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Wanna see how an earthquake works? Here's today's lab in my seismology class. An explanation follows.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Wanna see how an earthquake works? Here's today's lab in my seismology class. An explanation follows.
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