The Karuna Virus
@lakarune.bsky.social
Anti-Viral Chaos Barbie. An absolute angel. Voracious generalist. Volcano-worshipper. Uranian. I study humans and try to live like one, and actually stop to smell the flowers, every time.
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The Karuna Virus
@lakarune.bsky.social
· Sep 17
What if we joined our sorrows, I’m saying.
I’m saying: What if that is joy?
~Ross Gay
I’m saying: What if that is joy?
~Ross Gay
Dropping something beautiful and magical for the top of my timeline until I can check in again. 🦉
July 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Dropping something beautiful and magical for the top of my timeline until I can check in again. 🦉
Hi beautiful people.
I haven't posted in 25 days.
Been on a social media diet.
Realized social media was an energy leak, and the little ship that is my body has been sinking.
Slowly repairing the leaks.
It's a slower process than I realized.
I haven't posted in 25 days.
Been on a social media diet.
Realized social media was an energy leak, and the little ship that is my body has been sinking.
Slowly repairing the leaks.
It's a slower process than I realized.
July 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hi beautiful people.
I haven't posted in 25 days.
Been on a social media diet.
Realized social media was an energy leak, and the little ship that is my body has been sinking.
Slowly repairing the leaks.
It's a slower process than I realized.
I haven't posted in 25 days.
Been on a social media diet.
Realized social media was an energy leak, and the little ship that is my body has been sinking.
Slowly repairing the leaks.
It's a slower process than I realized.
Today has made me feel like I need to vomit until I pass out.
I don’t have four years of this in me. I don’t know if I even have another month in me.
I don’t have four years of this in me. I don’t know if I even have another month in me.
June 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Today has made me feel like I need to vomit until I pass out.
I don’t have four years of this in me. I don’t know if I even have another month in me.
I don’t have four years of this in me. I don’t know if I even have another month in me.
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Just over four months of Trump. America in upheaval. The global economy overturned. The Middle East burning down.
June 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Just over four months of Trump. America in upheaval. The global economy overturned. The Middle East burning down.
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New thread #3
A US defense official tells the WP this attack, which Israel says will continue over multiple days, will provoke a significant Iranian response that the Israelis will then ask the United States to help counter.
A US defense official tells the WP this attack, which Israel says will continue over multiple days, will provoke a significant Iranian response that the Israelis will then ask the United States to help counter.
June 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
New thread #3
A US defense official tells the WP this attack, which Israel says will continue over multiple days, will provoke a significant Iranian response that the Israelis will then ask the United States to help counter.
A US defense official tells the WP this attack, which Israel says will continue over multiple days, will provoke a significant Iranian response that the Israelis will then ask the United States to help counter.
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🚩 RED FLAG WARNING 🚩
Low humidity and breezy southwest winds will bring elevated fire weather conditions to portions of North East California this evening.
Stronger winds Friday may lead to 3–8 hours of #CriticalFireWeather. Fire ignition and rapid spread are likely.
Low humidity and breezy southwest winds will bring elevated fire weather conditions to portions of North East California this evening.
Stronger winds Friday may lead to 3–8 hours of #CriticalFireWeather. Fire ignition and rapid spread are likely.
June 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
🚩 RED FLAG WARNING 🚩
Low humidity and breezy southwest winds will bring elevated fire weather conditions to portions of North East California this evening.
Stronger winds Friday may lead to 3–8 hours of #CriticalFireWeather. Fire ignition and rapid spread are likely.
Low humidity and breezy southwest winds will bring elevated fire weather conditions to portions of North East California this evening.
Stronger winds Friday may lead to 3–8 hours of #CriticalFireWeather. Fire ignition and rapid spread are likely.
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Are we really fucking doing this.
Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.
Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.
June 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Are we really fucking doing this.
Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.
Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.
Krispi Gnome wants to “liberate” Los Angeles of our democratically-elected leaders.
What’s the word for this?
What’s the word for this?
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Krispi Gnome wants to “liberate” Los Angeles of our democratically-elected leaders.
What’s the word for this?
What’s the word for this?
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Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
June 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
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From Sen. @padilla.senate.gov's office: Padilla “is currently in Los Angeles exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the federal government’s operations … He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed.”
June 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
From Sen. @padilla.senate.gov's office: Padilla “is currently in Los Angeles exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the federal government’s operations … He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed.”
The delusion-dissolution pipeline is so exhausting.
Can we meet in material reality at some point soon and decide as a nation of millions to hold some power-obsessed goons to account?
Can we meet in material reality at some point soon and decide as a nation of millions to hold some power-obsessed goons to account?
June 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The delusion-dissolution pipeline is so exhausting.
Can we meet in material reality at some point soon and decide as a nation of millions to hold some power-obsessed goons to account?
Can we meet in material reality at some point soon and decide as a nation of millions to hold some power-obsessed goons to account?
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Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"
June 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"
LA airspace has been busy AF today, and while I expected to see lots of cop copters, I was surprised to see Fire helicopters out again. Turns out there’s a non-protest related reason: Bethany Fire, just NE of Burbank.
June 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
LA airspace has been busy AF today, and while I expected to see lots of cop copters, I was surprised to see Fire helicopters out again. Turns out there’s a non-protest related reason: Bethany Fire, just NE of Burbank.
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I don't know who needs to see this, but I'm not going back and forth with strangers online about what the protestors are doing.
If you take issue with how they're protesting, I'm gonna tell you to head to the front line and take it up with them, personally.
Thanks,
Decidedly Not Management
If you take issue with how they're protesting, I'm gonna tell you to head to the front line and take it up with them, personally.
Thanks,
Decidedly Not Management
June 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I don't know who needs to see this, but I'm not going back and forth with strangers online about what the protestors are doing.
If you take issue with how they're protesting, I'm gonna tell you to head to the front line and take it up with them, personally.
Thanks,
Decidedly Not Management
If you take issue with how they're protesting, I'm gonna tell you to head to the front line and take it up with them, personally.
Thanks,
Decidedly Not Management
Correct. When the only so-called “provocation” is you existing somewhere, and you’re suddenly being attacked by heavily armed men, if your response isn’t to let yourself be pummeled, then your response is self-defense.
"What we are witnessing in Los Angeles is not only a protest; it is self-defense." Fuck yeah, @melissagiragrant.com. Read and share this. newrepublic.com/article/1963...
The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense
Residents of L.A. aren’t merely protesting ICE; they’re attempting to protect their communities from ICE’s raids.
newrepublic.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Correct. When the only so-called “provocation” is you existing somewhere, and you’re suddenly being attacked by heavily armed men, if your response isn’t to let yourself be pummeled, then your response is self-defense.
Lil earthquake here in West LA. 12:18pm, 3.4 magnitude centered off Manhattan Beach.
June 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Lil earthquake here in West LA. 12:18pm, 3.4 magnitude centered off Manhattan Beach.
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Can a producer for @lauracoates.com @cnn.com @cnn-news.bsky.social get in touch with me ASAP? Your guests are factually wrong on the law in California and this is dangerous. Press exempt from arrest per CA Penal Code 409.7. I negotiated language of the law. You need to correct this ASAP.
June 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Can a producer for @lauracoates.com @cnn.com @cnn-news.bsky.social get in touch with me ASAP? Your guests are factually wrong on the law in California and this is dangerous. Press exempt from arrest per CA Penal Code 409.7. I negotiated language of the law. You need to correct this ASAP.
So this is a civil war now, apparently?
CNN: We have breaking news now from the Pentagon. CNN can now report that roughly 500 Marines are being mobilized in response to the protests in Los Angeles.
June 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
So this is a civil war now, apparently?
“Best prepared, most lethal military”
State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.
‘Wildly underprepared’: National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos
State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.
bit.ly
June 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“Best prepared, most lethal military”
This delivery, man. Almost makes me feel like I’m from here. 😂
Everyone in LA knows this guy. (Not this actual guy—just This Guy.)
Everyone in LA knows this guy. (Not this actual guy—just This Guy.)
June 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This delivery, man. Almost makes me feel like I’m from here. 😂
Everyone in LA knows this guy. (Not this actual guy—just This Guy.)
Everyone in LA knows this guy. (Not this actual guy—just This Guy.)
IDK, IMO this slaps harder than ever.
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
IDK, IMO this slaps harder than ever.
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Israeli prison officers threatening to mark Israeli Jews who dissent with the Star of David.
Genuinely couldn't make this up. How can they not see who they look like?
Genuinely couldn't make this up. How can they not see who they look like?
‘Next time, we’ll tattoo a Star of David on your face’ - https://www.972mag.com/itamar-greenberg-israeli-prison-service/
'Next time, we'll tattoo a Star of David on your face'
After his arrest, Israeli prison officers forced a Jewish anti-war activist to wear a pro-Israel shirt, a degrading practice often used against Palestinian prisoners.
www.972mag.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Israeli prison officers threatening to mark Israeli Jews who dissent with the Star of David.
Genuinely couldn't make this up. How can they not see who they look like?
Genuinely couldn't make this up. How can they not see who they look like?
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Thailand urging holiday travellers to wear masks in the wake of the latest Covid variant Nimbus (nicknamed razor blade throat).
We’re starting to see more & more media outlets discuss masking… which is highly unusual given they’ve been driving the “it’s over” narrative for years.
Respirators work!
We’re starting to see more & more media outlets discuss masking… which is highly unusual given they’ve been driving the “it’s over” narrative for years.
Respirators work!
New Covid variant hits holiday hotspot as public told to wear masks and get jabs
Holidaymakers have been urged to follow health measures after a spike in Covid infections
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Thailand urging holiday travellers to wear masks in the wake of the latest Covid variant Nimbus (nicknamed razor blade throat).
We’re starting to see more & more media outlets discuss masking… which is highly unusual given they’ve been driving the “it’s over” narrative for years.
Respirators work!
We’re starting to see more & more media outlets discuss masking… which is highly unusual given they’ve been driving the “it’s over” narrative for years.
Respirators work!
"The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters."
Oh Antonio, if only you could see us now. It’s monsters all the way down.
Oh Antonio, if only you could see us now. It’s monsters all the way down.
May 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters."
Oh Antonio, if only you could see us now. It’s monsters all the way down.
Oh Antonio, if only you could see us now. It’s monsters all the way down.
These Grits & Eggs guys are funny and pretty smart. I don’t know them, but their hearts seem really open. I know their podcast isn’t exactly FOR me, but let me learn something here.
May 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
These Grits & Eggs guys are funny and pretty smart. I don’t know them, but their hearts seem really open. I know their podcast isn’t exactly FOR me, but let me learn something here.