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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Incidentally, if "migrants should have fewer rights" is stage one, then "dual citizens have divided loyalties" is almost invariably stage two of every historical example of mass oppression. Usually followed by second/third-generation migrants or full citizens of a particular minority being targeted.
December 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Incidentally, if "migrants should have fewer rights" is stage one, then "dual citizens have divided loyalties" is almost invariably stage two of every historical example of mass oppression. Usually followed by second/third-generation migrants or full citizens of a particular minority being targeted.
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Ask this question and its follow-up. Like Begum before him, Alaa el-Fattah is being used as a crowbar to shift reasonable people - even some progressives - into a space of thinking that full citizenship, if granted recently or dual, is retroactively conditional or attracts a lower class of rights.
December 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Ask this question and its follow-up. Like Begum before him, Alaa el-Fattah is being used as a crowbar to shift reasonable people - even some progressives - into a space of thinking that full citizenship, if granted recently or dual, is retroactively conditional or attracts a lower class of rights.
I guess I'm either the Gunner's Mate, or a Midshipman (with very good prospects) in the Age of Sail British Navy.
(was a non-fic book about a Mutiny/Non-Mutiny the Admiralty didn't want to talk about)
(was a non-fic book about a Mutiny/Non-Mutiny the Admiralty didn't want to talk about)
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I guess I'm either the Gunner's Mate, or a Midshipman (with very good prospects) in the Age of Sail British Navy.
(was a non-fic book about a Mutiny/Non-Mutiny the Admiralty didn't want to talk about)
(was a non-fic book about a Mutiny/Non-Mutiny the Admiralty didn't want to talk about)
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"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
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'gig work has declined from the 1990s to now' seems counterintuitive, but I think one cause is that there was a *bunch* of gig work in the 1990s that has now largely disappeared, been automated, or gone overseas.
Inspired by @besttrousers.bsky.social, I tried to figure out how many gig workers there are
kevinonthemargin.com/the-great-gi...
kevinonthemargin.com/the-great-gi...
The Great Gig Worker Debate - kevinonthemargin.com
In which I boldly try to answer the question: how many gig workers are there?
kevinonthemargin.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
'gig work has declined from the 1990s to now' seems counterintuitive, but I think one cause is that there was a *bunch* of gig work in the 1990s that has now largely disappeared, been automated, or gone overseas.
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So, if I'm reading this correctly, recent USPS reforms are making it logistically impossible for the agency to postmark all letters on the date received, and services that rely on postmarks to prove deadline adherence shouldn't do so anymore.
Important US Postal Service change regarding postmarks and deadlines. Effective Dec 24, mail may receive a postmark several days after it has been received.
www.currentfederaltaxdevelopments.com/blog/2025/12...
www.currentfederaltaxdevelopments.com/blog/2025/12...
USPS Changes to Postmark Date System Taking Effect December 24, 2025 — Current Federal Tax Developments
Summary of the Final Rule The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule ( FR Doc. 2025-20740 ) adding Section 6 08.11, "Postmarks and Postal Possession," to the Domestic Mail Manu...
www.currentfederaltaxdevelopments.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So, if I'm reading this correctly, recent USPS reforms are making it logistically impossible for the agency to postmark all letters on the date received, and services that rely on postmarks to prove deadline adherence shouldn't do so anymore.
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A wildly provocative follow-up question i use with unpredictable results: “do you actually believe what you just said?”
December 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A wildly provocative follow-up question i use with unpredictable results: “do you actually believe what you just said?”
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This is a totally normal college student today. Some proudly baseless anti-reality, some morally correct and rightly righteous anger, some religion they don’t actually care about but imagine they believe. This the norm now
i still don't know where conservative zoomers get this from (from the Manhattan Institute voter panel of zoomer voters)
December 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is a totally normal college student today. Some proudly baseless anti-reality, some morally correct and rightly righteous anger, some religion they don’t actually care about but imagine they believe. This the norm now
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Nothing against this feller, but more troops was never going to win Afghanistan.
the same story every year was more troops just brought more contact. Which always meant more civilians cas. They hated us, because we brought the war with us. They always hated us least when we weren't present.
the same story every year was more troops just brought more contact. Which always meant more civilians cas. They hated us, because we brought the war with us. They always hated us least when we weren't present.
What was really needed was a few hundred thousand. 100k on the border, and another 150k in the cities and villages.
Its ironic that Obama could've used the GFC and 20% unemployment to get all those recruits, tax the crap out of the oligarchic class, and win the war we never should have lost.
Its ironic that Obama could've used the GFC and 20% unemployment to get all those recruits, tax the crap out of the oligarchic class, and win the war we never should have lost.
December 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Nothing against this feller, but more troops was never going to win Afghanistan.
the same story every year was more troops just brought more contact. Which always meant more civilians cas. They hated us, because we brought the war with us. They always hated us least when we weren't present.
the same story every year was more troops just brought more contact. Which always meant more civilians cas. They hated us, because we brought the war with us. They always hated us least when we weren't present.
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I would be happy to see Marjorie Taylor Greene talking to Republicans about how her MAGA career was a mistake, and it would be great if she persuaded some of them to reach the same conclusion.
I'm a lot less interested in her talking with people who have never shared that worldview.
I'm a lot less interested in her talking with people who have never shared that worldview.
December 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I would be happy to see Marjorie Taylor Greene talking to Republicans about how her MAGA career was a mistake, and it would be great if she persuaded some of them to reach the same conclusion.
I'm a lot less interested in her talking with people who have never shared that worldview.
I'm a lot less interested in her talking with people who have never shared that worldview.
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If I hadn’t already been radicalized, that would’ve been the moment. Just a jaw dropping mask off moment (I swear to GOD there was no pun intended when I typed it)
COVID really opened my eyes.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
December 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If I hadn’t already been radicalized, that would’ve been the moment. Just a jaw dropping mask off moment (I swear to GOD there was no pun intended when I typed it)
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The last four words are also important here. The USAID cuts should primarily be seen as a eugenicist project. Elon Musk and the far right, generally, believe that foreign aid is a part of the Great Replacement.
This thought has been lingering in my head for a while but this tweet prompted me to write it out.
December 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The last four words are also important here. The USAID cuts should primarily be seen as a eugenicist project. Elon Musk and the far right, generally, believe that foreign aid is a part of the Great Replacement.
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Our pop stars continue to be both more accountable and more responsive to feedback than the editorial board of the New York Times
Chappell Roan shares follow-up story after deleting Brigitte Bardot tribute post:
“Holy shit i did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn.”
“Holy shit i did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn.”
December 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Our pop stars continue to be both more accountable and more responsive to feedback than the editorial board of the New York Times
People think "networking" = "This one weird trick".
It's not.
You don't make friends with "big names". You make friends. Over time some of your friends become "names" (in whatever millieu you inhabit) and you can help each other out when something of interest comes along.
It's not.
You don't make friends with "big names". You make friends. Over time some of your friends become "names" (in whatever millieu you inhabit) and you can help each other out when something of interest comes along.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
People think "networking" = "This one weird trick".
It's not.
You don't make friends with "big names". You make friends. Over time some of your friends become "names" (in whatever millieu you inhabit) and you can help each other out when something of interest comes along.
It's not.
You don't make friends with "big names". You make friends. Over time some of your friends become "names" (in whatever millieu you inhabit) and you can help each other out when something of interest comes along.
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For a post on big gaps in reporting on Stephen Miller's reign this year, I went to Wikipedia to see if IT cited some of the articles I remember but couldn't find.
It incorporates almost none of the abundant reporting on Miller from this year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...
It incorporates almost none of the abundant reporting on Miller from this year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...
Stephen Miller - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For a post on big gaps in reporting on Stephen Miller's reign this year, I went to Wikipedia to see if IT cited some of the articles I remember but couldn't find.
It incorporates almost none of the abundant reporting on Miller from this year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...
It incorporates almost none of the abundant reporting on Miller from this year.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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I know I've said this dozens of times by now, but if your first reaction is to smugly state that 'they voted for this,' then you don't hate fascism. You hate not being in charge.
“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
December 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I know I've said this dozens of times by now, but if your first reaction is to smugly state that 'they voted for this,' then you don't hate fascism. You hate not being in charge.
Until they file it’s just talk.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Until they file it’s just talk.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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LeMonde said, not on our watch
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
LeMonde said, not on our watch
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Turner: We need to be on the side of what [Ukrainians] want, which is sovereignty. They're on the side of democracy, liberty. And Russia's on the side of authoritarianism and aggression.
Karl: Which side is Trump on?
Turner: uh — I — you know, clearly — um —you know—Trump is on the side of peace.
Karl: Which side is Trump on?
Turner: uh — I — you know, clearly — um —you know—Trump is on the side of peace.
Video ‘You can't be America first and be pro-Russia’: Rep. Turner
ABC News’ Jonathan Karl interviews Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, on “This Week.”
abcnews.go.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Turner: We need to be on the side of what [Ukrainians] want, which is sovereignty. They're on the side of democracy, liberty. And Russia's on the side of authoritarianism and aggression.
Karl: Which side is Trump on?
Turner: uh — I — you know, clearly — um —you know—Trump is on the side of peace.
Karl: Which side is Trump on?
Turner: uh — I — you know, clearly — um —you know—Trump is on the side of peace.
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If you are a Portlander (OR) please sign the petition at SaveLloyd.com
We’re trying to save this magnificent structure that is home to cool & weird businesses plus a magnificent ice skating rink. It’s one of the few large indoor spaces with free admission to walk during rainy winters & hot summers
We’re trying to save this magnificent structure that is home to cool & weird businesses plus a magnificent ice skating rink. It’s one of the few large indoor spaces with free admission to walk during rainy winters & hot summers
Save Lloyd Center Mall
SaveLloyd.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If you are a Portlander (OR) please sign the petition at SaveLloyd.com
We’re trying to save this magnificent structure that is home to cool & weird businesses plus a magnificent ice skating rink. It’s one of the few large indoor spaces with free admission to walk during rainy winters & hot summers
We’re trying to save this magnificent structure that is home to cool & weird businesses plus a magnificent ice skating rink. It’s one of the few large indoor spaces with free admission to walk during rainy winters & hot summers
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Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
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My wife & son provide a sense of scale to the fault scarp (in shadow) of the M~7.5 1872 Lone Pine earthquake.
In a few seconds that horrible night, the ground where the shadow stops dropped suddenly away from the ground where my family is standing, a throw of ~22 feet. ⚒️
In a few seconds that horrible night, the ground where the shadow stops dropped suddenly away from the ground where my family is standing, a throw of ~22 feet. ⚒️
December 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My wife & son provide a sense of scale to the fault scarp (in shadow) of the M~7.5 1872 Lone Pine earthquake.
In a few seconds that horrible night, the ground where the shadow stops dropped suddenly away from the ground where my family is standing, a throw of ~22 feet. ⚒️
In a few seconds that horrible night, the ground where the shadow stops dropped suddenly away from the ground where my family is standing, a throw of ~22 feet. ⚒️