Eric Riback
@kreplachbro.bsky.social
Map publisher. Community Media volunteer. ISO diners, delis and joints.
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Maybe the Nobel committee should agree to give him the award if he can state, without paper or prompter, and correctly pronouncing, the names of the belligerents in all 8 wars.
January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Maybe the Nobel committee should agree to give him the award if he can state, without paper or prompter, and correctly pronouncing, the names of the belligerents in all 8 wars.
When you’ve lost the po-lice…
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
When you’ve lost the po-lice…
“Coercing a loyal ally into giving up territory over its adamant objections would have been seen not long ago as preposterous, even mad.”
IT STILL IS SEEN THAT WAY
IT STILL IS SEEN THAT WAY
Since the days of World War I, America was the country that resisted conquest, standing up to Hitler’s Germany, Tojo’s Japan and Stalin’s Soviet Union when they seized foreign terrain. Now Trump aspires to put America into the category of conquerors. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:41 PM
“Coercing a loyal ally into giving up territory over its adamant objections would have been seen not long ago as preposterous, even mad.”
IT STILL IS SEEN THAT WAY
IT STILL IS SEEN THAT WAY
“We don’t go in there trying to conquer anybody and trying to take over anybody’s country”
- Jeff Landry, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland
“We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not”
- Donald Trump
- Jeff Landry, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland
“We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not”
- Donald Trump
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
“We don’t go in there trying to conquer anybody and trying to take over anybody’s country”
- Jeff Landry, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland
“We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not”
- Donald Trump
- Jeff Landry, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland
“We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not”
- Donald Trump
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I am building an essential 90,000 square foot ballroom and soliciting billion dollar membership fees for my new alternative UN while I shake down Venezuela for cash I will hide in Qatar and I am debating whether I should collapse NATO by stealing the world’s biggest island.
as it always is, part of the trump problem is that describing his behavior in plain language makes you sound like you should be on a 72 hour hold
January 20, 2026 at 1:49 AM
I am building an essential 90,000 square foot ballroom and soliciting billion dollar membership fees for my new alternative UN while I shake down Venezuela for cash I will hide in Qatar and I am debating whether I should collapse NATO by stealing the world’s biggest island.
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We have a finite amount of time to spend thinking while on this earth and I am very resentful of how much of it has been monopolized by the whims of a demented old real estate scumbag
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 AM
We have a finite amount of time to spend thinking while on this earth and I am very resentful of how much of it has been monopolized by the whims of a demented old real estate scumbag
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
January 19, 2026 at 5:43 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
January 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Confirms.
BREAM: Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit saying the federal government is trying to provoke civil unrest as a pretext to invoke the Insurrection Act. Your response?
BLANCHE: There may come a time when the president has to order that. We support him. The AG supports him.
BLANCHE: There may come a time when the president has to order that. We support him. The AG supports him.
January 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Confirms.
In retaliation, Denmark restricts exports of frøsnappers to the U.S.
January 18, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In retaliation, Denmark restricts exports of frøsnappers to the U.S.
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How common is defense contracting fraud?
Fraud exists in every large government program. It should be rooted out to the extent possible.
But every article on fraud is about social programs. Without doubt, the largest fraud is with the largest department.
Fraud exists in every large government program. It should be rooted out to the extent possible.
But every article on fraud is about social programs. Without doubt, the largest fraud is with the largest department.
January 18, 2026 at 3:42 PM
How common is defense contracting fraud?
Fraud exists in every large government program. It should be rooted out to the extent possible.
But every article on fraud is about social programs. Without doubt, the largest fraud is with the largest department.
Fraud exists in every large government program. It should be rooted out to the extent possible.
But every article on fraud is about social programs. Without doubt, the largest fraud is with the largest department.
When will Trump explain why our base in Greenland, which he has overseen for five years, has failed to protect Greenland?
Timothy Snyder: Trump-wrong re nuclear defense against Russia & China in Greenland. We've had a base there doing exactly that since 1951 as part of NATO alliance. If we seize Greenland, we destroy alliances, friendships, neighborhoods-and we get absolutely nothing in return.
#sheshed
#sheshed
January 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
When will Trump explain why our base in Greenland, which he has overseen for five years, has failed to protect Greenland?
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
He said Greenland didn’t have enough security.
They took action to increase its security.
He went insane. How dare they!
They took action to increase its security.
He went insane. How dare they!
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom release a joint statement:
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
He said Greenland didn’t have enough security.
They took action to increase its security.
He went insane. How dare they!
They took action to increase its security.
He went insane. How dare they!
“As well as others” is doing the heavy lifting to justify what’s happening in MPLS and elsewhere.
Being here illegally is a civil, not a criminal, offense. Undocumented people are not criminals unless they commit a crime.
Being here illegally is a civil, not a criminal, offense. Undocumented people are not criminals unless they commit a crime.
January 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“As well as others” is doing the heavy lifting to justify what’s happening in MPLS and elsewhere.
Being here illegally is a civil, not a criminal, offense. Undocumented people are not criminals unless they commit a crime.
Being here illegally is a civil, not a criminal, offense. Undocumented people are not criminals unless they commit a crime.
Dear AI,
I do not want help writing emails.
thank you,
Eric
I do not want help writing emails.
thank you,
Eric
January 18, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Dear AI,
I do not want help writing emails.
thank you,
Eric
I do not want help writing emails.
thank you,
Eric
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just got out of an uber. the driver was telling me how he has to work 16 hour days, seven days a week, at two different jobs to afford rent. he doesn't have healthcare and he worries about retirement. "i would feel a lot better if we owned greenland," he told me. then he cried.
January 17, 2026 at 8:33 PM
just got out of an uber. the driver was telling me how he has to work 16 hour days, seven days a week, at two different jobs to afford rent. he doesn't have healthcare and he worries about retirement. "i would feel a lot better if we owned greenland," he told me. then he cried.
@emilypeck.bsky.social $3 dinner + assume $2 lunch + $1 breakfast for family of 4 = $8,760/year. That’s a lot for many people.
January 17, 2026 at 8:32 PM
@emilypeck.bsky.social $3 dinner + assume $2 lunch + $1 breakfast for family of 4 = $8,760/year. That’s a lot for many people.
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Dear Greenland,
Change your name to Epsteinland.
He’ll instantly forget where you are, he’ll never have met you, and he won’t bring it up again.
You’re welcome.
Change your name to Epsteinland.
He’ll instantly forget where you are, he’ll never have met you, and he won’t bring it up again.
You’re welcome.
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Dear Greenland,
Change your name to Epsteinland.
He’ll instantly forget where you are, he’ll never have met you, and he won’t bring it up again.
You’re welcome.
Change your name to Epsteinland.
He’ll instantly forget where you are, he’ll never have met you, and he won’t bring it up again.
You’re welcome.
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Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.
January 17, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.
Good thing the United States has a base there and Greenland is part of NATO.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Good thing the United States has a base there and Greenland is part of NATO.
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Outside Gracie Mansion. This is his job. But dare I day it he seems genuinely affected and happy to be there. There’s potentially immense power in that.
January 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Outside Gracie Mansion. This is his job. But dare I day it he seems genuinely affected and happy to be there. There’s potentially immense power in that.
@samsteindc.bsky.social if Walz went to the White House insisting on a one-to-one, could he cast the same spell over Trump that Mamdani did? Trump always sides with the last person he spoke to.
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
@samsteindc.bsky.social if Walz went to the White House insisting on a one-to-one, could he cast the same spell over Trump that Mamdani did? Trump always sides with the last person he spoke to.