Ginger the garden witch
@mkkraemer.bsky.social
I write disability policy (& sometimes fiction), grow flowers, foster kittens, read and swear a lot. Gen X American prone to opining on politics and social, economic, & environmental justice. AuDHD. Witch. she/her, married to XO. Fuck ICE
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XO is in his 6th week of a training, but has been coming home on weekends. When we had our snow storm, I got to feeling sympathetic for the rest of his cohort who were snowed in at a hotel so I baked Chocolate chip cookies for him to take back and share.
February 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
XO is in his 6th week of a training, but has been coming home on weekends. When we had our snow storm, I got to feeling sympathetic for the rest of his cohort who were snowed in at a hotel so I baked Chocolate chip cookies for him to take back and share.
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(2/11) You know dynamic pricing—think Uber rides, flights, or concert tickets that surge based on supply and demand. “Surveillance Pricing” takes this to the next level: using your data to set a “price for you” based on your predicted breaking point. This is, increasingly, everywhere.
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(2/11) You know dynamic pricing—think Uber rides, flights, or concert tickets that surge based on supply and demand. “Surveillance Pricing” takes this to the next level: using your data to set a “price for you” based on your predicted breaking point. This is, increasingly, everywhere.
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I feel this in my bones
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 AM
I feel this in my bones
Why do I hear the opening chords of Take on Me when I look at this?
February 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Why do I hear the opening chords of Take on Me when I look at this?
My missing foster kitty is back home safe and sound!!
After being missing outside for over a week during a polar vortex, I was finally able to trap this little girl! She has a full belly and lots of purrs!
After being missing outside for over a week during a polar vortex, I was finally able to trap this little girl! She has a full belly and lots of purrs!
February 14, 2026 at 1:24 AM
My missing foster kitty is back home safe and sound!!
After being missing outside for over a week during a polar vortex, I was finally able to trap this little girl! She has a full belly and lots of purrs!
After being missing outside for over a week during a polar vortex, I was finally able to trap this little girl! She has a full belly and lots of purrs!
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
Kristi Noem and the Trump administration disregarded due process and sent these men to be tortured in CECOT.
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
Federal judge orders return of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador under Alien Enemies Act
In his Thursday order, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to allow any of the men deported last year to El Salvador to appear in a U.S. port of entry to be conditionally a...
www.npr.org
February 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Kristi Noem and the Trump administration disregarded due process and sent these men to be tortured in CECOT.
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
Meanwhile… Despite him being away, the thermostat wars continue.
We ran out of propane for the gas fireplace and the propane folks got backlogged because of weather and haven’t made it out to deliver.
We ran out of propane for the gas fireplace and the propane folks got backlogged because of weather and haven’t made it out to deliver.
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Meanwhile… Despite him being away, the thermostat wars continue.
We ran out of propane for the gas fireplace and the propane folks got backlogged because of weather and haven’t made it out to deliver.
We ran out of propane for the gas fireplace and the propane folks got backlogged because of weather and haven’t made it out to deliver.
currently making my way through the book How the Word is Passed: : A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith.
I highly recommend it.
I highly recommend it.
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
currently making my way through the book How the Word is Passed: : A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith.
I highly recommend it.
I highly recommend it.
I guess thst’s one way to address unfavorable polling numbers…
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after nearly 90 years
Gallup, the analytics firm that has tracked presidential approval for nearly 90 years, will stop measuring job performance ratings starting in 2026.
www.usatoday.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I guess thst’s one way to address unfavorable polling numbers…
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Happy Fasnacht day to those who celebrate.
February 10, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Happy Fasnacht day to those who celebrate.
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My son in the Boundary Waters. This is what’s under attack by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress. Channel your inner Teddy Roosevelt and call your Senators!
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
My son in the Boundary Waters. This is what’s under attack by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress. Channel your inner Teddy Roosevelt and call your Senators!
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The U.S. Senate is considering legislation this week, possibly as soon as tomorrow, that could overturn long-standing protections and open the door to copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one of the most intact boreal ecosystems in the Lower 48.
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The U.S. Senate is considering legislation this week, possibly as soon as tomorrow, that could overturn long-standing protections and open the door to copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one of the most intact boreal ecosystems in the Lower 48.
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Pardoned insurrectionists commit crimes at a higher rate than immigrants.
ALERT: Jan 6 riot defendant Chris Moynihan has pleaded GUILTY to charge of Aggravated Harassment in the 2nd Degree in New York for sending a text message in which he threatened Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in 2025
Moynihan is latest pardoned rioter to plead guilty to new crime
Moynihan is latest pardoned rioter to plead guilty to new crime
February 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Pardoned insurrectionists commit crimes at a higher rate than immigrants.
That tracks…
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
That tracks…
Superb Owl Sunday is the perfect time to learn more about the owls of north America.
www.audubon.org/magazine/mee...
www.audubon.org/magazine/mee...
Meet the Owls of North America—and Learn a Fun Fact For Each
Get to know all 19 owl species you can see in the United States, and how the differ.
www.audubon.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Superb Owl Sunday is the perfect time to learn more about the owls of north America.
www.audubon.org/magazine/mee...
www.audubon.org/magazine/mee...
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Journalists are heroes.
And they’re under attack.
It is why we must respect their work by giving them credit and recognition for the risks they take to keep #AllOfUs informed.
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
And they’re under attack.
It is why we must respect their work by giving them credit and recognition for the risks they take to keep #AllOfUs informed.
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Journalists are heroes.
And they’re under attack.
It is why we must respect their work by giving them credit and recognition for the risks they take to keep #AllOfUs informed.
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
And they’re under attack.
It is why we must respect their work by giving them credit and recognition for the risks they take to keep #AllOfUs informed.
#Resist
#AllOfUs
#AltCitizen
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Just chucking them into the crowd. Imagine going to a protest empty handed and leaving with a free dildo. What a time to be alive.
🚨Minneapolis Police gather up DILDOS to throw back at protesters from the street after they were thrown into the street to protest ICE, creating quite the scene.
LIVE NOW ⬇️
LIVE NOW ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Just chucking them into the crowd. Imagine going to a protest empty handed and leaving with a free dildo. What a time to be alive.
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🚨Minneapolis Police gather up DILDOS to throw back at protesters from the street after they were thrown into the street to protest ICE, creating quite the scene.
LIVE NOW ⬇️
LIVE NOW ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
🚨Minneapolis Police gather up DILDOS to throw back at protesters from the street after they were thrown into the street to protest ICE, creating quite the scene.
LIVE NOW ⬇️
LIVE NOW ⬇️
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I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
Thanks to Trump? Really? Couldn’t be their own spineless complicity, dumbassery, and willingness to fuck over their own constituents to further enrich the donor class?
Republicans are secretly convinced they face a bloodbath in midterms thanks to Trump: report trib.al/G5MDykV
Republicans are reportedly convinced they’ll lose big in midterms thanks to Trump
Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the US Senate but some GOP operatives are worried it could be in jeopardy
trib.al
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Thanks to Trump? Really? Couldn’t be their own spineless complicity, dumbassery, and willingness to fuck over their own constituents to further enrich the donor class?
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I’m just a girl, laying on a sheet of cardboard on the ground, talking to the cat under the shed.
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I’m just a girl, laying on a sheet of cardboard on the ground, talking to the cat under the shed.
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The whistleblower complaint against Gabbard was allegedly that info was being classified for political reasons.
Now seems like a good time for the intelligence community IG to have its own FOIA office so you don't have to submit your requests for IG records through DNI headquarters first.
Now seems like a good time for the intelligence community IG to have its own FOIA office so you don't have to submit your requests for IG records through DNI headquarters first.
Congress Receives Redacted Version of Whistleblower Complaint Against Gabbard
Significant portions of the document had been blacked out for executive privilege.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The whistleblower complaint against Gabbard was allegedly that info was being classified for political reasons.
Now seems like a good time for the intelligence community IG to have its own FOIA office so you don't have to submit your requests for IG records through DNI headquarters first.
Now seems like a good time for the intelligence community IG to have its own FOIA office so you don't have to submit your requests for IG records through DNI headquarters first.