TKarney
@pecunium.bsky.social
I write things (sporadically https://www.patreon.com/Pecunium) I make things (yarn, woven goods, minor woodworking). I take photographs (and teach photography).
I'm moderately polymathic (though maths are not my thing)
Welcome to my place
I'm moderately polymathic (though maths are not my thing)
Welcome to my place
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This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
I've got a really good book about this (Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in The Great War).
Setting aside the differences between now and then; modern medicine wouldn't be what it is without the horror of WW1.
And now I'm off to march in a Parade.
Setting aside the differences between now and then; modern medicine wouldn't be what it is without the horror of WW1.
And now I'm off to march in a Parade.
First you're used in the trenches, then you're used for spare parts for the medical schools.
Apparently the British/Canadian medical programs in WWI were run by Igors.
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
Apparently the British/Canadian medical programs in WWI were run by Igors.
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
Canadian soldiers had organs harvested without consent in First World War: historian | CBC Radio
In his new book, historian Tim Cook has unearthed evidence that Canadian doctors were part of a British program that harvested organs from slain First World War soldiers, without consent.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I've got a really good book about this (Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in The Great War).
Setting aside the differences between now and then; modern medicine wouldn't be what it is without the horror of WW1.
And now I'm off to march in a Parade.
Setting aside the differences between now and then; modern medicine wouldn't be what it is without the horror of WW1.
And now I'm off to march in a Parade.
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I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
What level of businesses fail?
(and how many because people can't afford healthcare on their own?)
(and how many because people can't afford healthcare on their own?)
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What level of businesses fail?
(and how many because people can't afford healthcare on their own?)
(and how many because people can't afford healthcare on their own?)
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NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
This is why the "clean CR" was always a lie.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This is why the "clean CR" was always a lie.
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Family members are ringing the bell right now. 😭
The Edmund Fitzgerald memorial service is live-streaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSqG...
50th Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Ceremony
YouTube video by GLShipwreckSociety
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Family members are ringing the bell right now. 😭
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Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
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"Do you have that painting of Conrad Veidt"
"Sure boss, real sexy just like you asked for"
"Sure boss, real sexy just like you asked for"
More Conrad Veidt for your timelines! This ad was released just after Veidt was briefly detained by the Nazis and was released after the British studio he had signed with threw a fit.
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"Do you have that painting of Conrad Veidt"
"Sure boss, real sexy just like you asked for"
"Sure boss, real sexy just like you asked for"
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In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald going down, here’s the crowd at a Northern Michigan hockey game singing along during intermission.
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald going down, here’s the crowd at a Northern Michigan hockey game singing along during intermission.
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
Gord's not here anymore, so we have to remember them for him; since he showed us the way.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nobo...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nobo...
Nobody Knows What Sank the 'Edmund Fitzgerald.' But Its Doomed Final Voyage Will Always Be America's Defining Shipwreck
Fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of Lake Superior, the mystery of its demise—and the mournful ballad it inspired—still haunt the popular imagination
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Gord's not here anymore, so we have to remember them for him; since he showed us the way.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nobo...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nobo...
It's the fiftieth anniversary today of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
It's also the Marine Corps' Birthfay, so Happy Birthday to the Jarheads out there.
From me, a member of the Senior Service.
😁
It's also the Marine Corps' Birthfay, so Happy Birthday to the Jarheads out there.
From me, a member of the Senior Service.
😁
And he gave the royalties to the families.
When he died they rang the bells 30 times at the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIq1...
When he died they rang the bells 30 times at the "Maritime Sailors' Cathedral"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIq1...
Mariners’ Church of Detroit honors Gordon Lightfoot with Tuesday ringing of bells
YouTube video by Detroit Free Press
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It's the fiftieth anniversary today of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
It's also the Marine Corps' Birthfay, so Happy Birthday to the Jarheads out there.
From me, a member of the Senior Service.
😁
It's also the Marine Corps' Birthfay, so Happy Birthday to the Jarheads out there.
From me, a member of the Senior Service.
😁
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June 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Apple news link, if you use it:
(Also, I hate this idea, it’s such a techbro fantasy. It’s such a clear spitting on the Statue of Liberty and Emma Lazarus’ ideals in The New Prometheus. And clearly nobody wants a giant swole naked dude in the harbor.)
(Also, I hate this idea, it’s such a techbro fantasy. It’s such a clear spitting on the Statue of Liberty and Emma Lazarus’ ideals in The New Prometheus. And clearly nobody wants a giant swole naked dude in the harbor.)
A year later, plans for a $450 million Prometheus statue on Alcatraz remain a digital dream — San Francisco Chronicle
More than a year after announcing plans to build a 450-foot statue of the Greek Titan Prometheus on Alcatraz Island, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur has raised just $5 toward the project.
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Apple news link, if you use it:
(Also, I hate this idea, it’s such a techbro fantasy. It’s such a clear spitting on the Statue of Liberty and Emma Lazarus’ ideals in The New Prometheus. And clearly nobody wants a giant swole naked dude in the harbor.)
(Also, I hate this idea, it’s such a techbro fantasy. It’s such a clear spitting on the Statue of Liberty and Emma Lazarus’ ideals in The New Prometheus. And clearly nobody wants a giant swole naked dude in the harbor.)
What a fuckin' poser.
1: Weapon is cockeyed.
2: It's got a "red-dot" on it.
3: It's beige (sorry, Sand) for camoflage
5: He's squeezing it like he's trying to choke it.
(I also don't like the way he's got his finger slap against the rail... it makes it easier to a: misfire b: lose the weapon)
1: Weapon is cockeyed.
2: It's got a "red-dot" on it.
3: It's beige (sorry, Sand) for camoflage
5: He's squeezing it like he's trying to choke it.
(I also don't like the way he's got his finger slap against the rail... it makes it easier to a: misfire b: lose the weapon)
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
What a fuckin' poser.
1: Weapon is cockeyed.
2: It's got a "red-dot" on it.
3: It's beige (sorry, Sand) for camoflage
5: He's squeezing it like he's trying to choke it.
(I also don't like the way he's got his finger slap against the rail... it makes it easier to a: misfire b: lose the weapon)
1: Weapon is cockeyed.
2: It's got a "red-dot" on it.
3: It's beige (sorry, Sand) for camoflage
5: He's squeezing it like he's trying to choke it.
(I also don't like the way he's got his finger slap against the rail... it makes it easier to a: misfire b: lose the weapon)
The leverage we had was the pain the GOP were causing their base.
Now that pain is eased, and the leverage to get anything is gone.
They have said they will consider things.
Which they will do, and then decide they still hate them.
This is what they claim; insurance is fraudulent mechanic.
Now that pain is eased, and the leverage to get anything is gone.
They have said they will consider things.
Which they will do, and then decide they still hate them.
This is what they claim; insurance is fraudulent mechanic.
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The leverage we had was the pain the GOP were causing their base.
Now that pain is eased, and the leverage to get anything is gone.
They have said they will consider things.
Which they will do, and then decide they still hate them.
This is what they claim; insurance is fraudulent mechanic.
Now that pain is eased, and the leverage to get anything is gone.
They have said they will consider things.
Which they will do, and then decide they still hate them.
This is what they claim; insurance is fraudulent mechanic.
The problem is... the folks who are mad are made because they see the Senate as having decided to give up on fighting united.
And when the Republicans refuse to concede anything, and say "this was a bipartisan decision" the sense of recurrent Ropa-A-Dope will increase.
And when the Republicans refuse to concede anything, and say "this was a bipartisan decision" the sense of recurrent Ropa-A-Dope will increase.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The problem is... the folks who are mad are made because they see the Senate as having decided to give up on fighting united.
And when the Republicans refuse to concede anything, and say "this was a bipartisan decision" the sense of recurrent Ropa-A-Dope will increase.
And when the Republicans refuse to concede anything, and say "this was a bipartisan decision" the sense of recurrent Ropa-A-Dope will increase.
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The gratuitous violence being inflicted on Chicago would have been anathema during the U.S. military's counterinsurgency operations in Iraq.
And the "threats" Bovino claims CBP and ICE agents face there pales in comparison to Iraq.
They're weekend warriors with a sadistic streak.
And the "threats" Bovino claims CBP and ICE agents face there pales in comparison to Iraq.
They're weekend warriors with a sadistic streak.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The gratuitous violence being inflicted on Chicago would have been anathema during the U.S. military's counterinsurgency operations in Iraq.
And the "threats" Bovino claims CBP and ICE agents face there pales in comparison to Iraq.
They're weekend warriors with a sadistic streak.
And the "threats" Bovino claims CBP and ICE agents face there pales in comparison to Iraq.
They're weekend warriors with a sadistic streak.
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America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
When I was a kid (longer ago then Buttegieg) as a straight male I got shit for being bookish, and slight.
It was bad (and to some degree lasted until I got to college, in the latter '80s, when it stopped being omnipresent but never really went away until well after I joined the Army)
It was bad (and to some degree lasted until I got to college, in the latter '80s, when it stopped being omnipresent but never really went away until well after I joined the Army)
A lot of well meaning cis allies will still be under the impression that your average trans girl grew up just like the boys around her. I don't think many actually understand just how frequently people picked up on how we are different and considered hurting as a victimless action
www.tumblr.com/biblicallyac...
Related: I remember telling stories about my childhood to my therapist and her just staring at me through the Zoom call with a thousand yard look in her eyes and then just slowly shaking her head when I said I had a typical childhood
Related: I remember telling stories about my childhood to my therapist and her just staring at me through the Zoom call with a thousand yard look in her eyes and then just slowly shaking her head when I said I had a typical childhood
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
When I was a kid (longer ago then Buttegieg) as a straight male I got shit for being bookish, and slight.
It was bad (and to some degree lasted until I got to college, in the latter '80s, when it stopped being omnipresent but never really went away until well after I joined the Army)
It was bad (and to some degree lasted until I got to college, in the latter '80s, when it stopped being omnipresent but never really went away until well after I joined the Army)
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“We have bowed at the altar of caution and we have paid a mighty price” !!!!!! Say it louder so mr Schumer can hear!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“We have bowed at the altar of caution and we have paid a mighty price” !!!!!! Say it louder so mr Schumer can hear!!!!
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“Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said."
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said."
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...