Runako
@runakog.bsky.social
Builder of tech, startups, and ATL.
O(1) chill.
O(1) chill.
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NOEM IS LYING. I have seen people get taken! It was the same each time: armed men racing out of a blacked-out SUV, seizing a screaming or fleeing pedestrian, and pulling them into the car without any attempt to even learn their identity. Always a person alone on the street. Always a person of color.
January 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
NOEM IS LYING. I have seen people get taken! It was the same each time: armed men racing out of a blacked-out SUV, seizing a screaming or fleeing pedestrian, and pulling them into the car without any attempt to even learn their identity. Always a person alone on the street. Always a person of color.
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WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them.
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them.
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
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Black folks and immigrants have long lived in a "perogative state" when it comes to law enforcement, and maybe pundits at the largest national outlets should recognize that their past support for punitive policing and immigration enforcement laid the groundwork for the current moment.
January 18, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Black folks and immigrants have long lived in a "perogative state" when it comes to law enforcement, and maybe pundits at the largest national outlets should recognize that their past support for punitive policing and immigration enforcement laid the groundwork for the current moment.
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Enzymatic structural material (ESM) is a concrete replacement that uses enzymes to convert CO2 into solid mineral particles that are bound together and cured under mild conditions into structural forms within hours. Imagine a world where we sequester carbon with every brick instead of releasing it.
Carbon-Negative Building Material Developed at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Published in Matter
The fast-acting, durable substance offers a new alternative to traditional concrete
www.wpi.edu
January 18, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Enzymatic structural material (ESM) is a concrete replacement that uses enzymes to convert CO2 into solid mineral particles that are bound together and cured under mild conditions into structural forms within hours. Imagine a world where we sequester carbon with every brick instead of releasing it.
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Visits to the US by international travelers declined for the eighth straight month in December, in a continued blow to the tourism industry.
International travel to the US keeps sliding. Visits fell for the 8th straight month.
Visits to the US by international travelers declined for the eighth straight month in December, in a continued blow to the tourism industry.
www.businessinsider.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Visits to the US by international travelers declined for the eighth straight month in December, in a continued blow to the tourism industry.
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It’s also worth noting that in Nazi Germany, closing down scientists and other intellectuals’ ability to travel for work was an early move to keep people from escaping.
Scientific conferences are where the exchange of important ideas happen. It’s where new collaborations come forth and innovation dreamed up. It’s really disheartening that NIH scientists and representatives are being banned from attending. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Exclusive: US NIH scientists barred from attending conferences on their own time and dime
Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:48 PM
It’s also worth noting that in Nazi Germany, closing down scientists and other intellectuals’ ability to travel for work was an early move to keep people from escaping.
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Those of you who have followed my work for a few tears might recall how I say: Borders also keep you in.
It’s also worth noting that in Nazi Germany, closing down scientists and other intellectuals’ ability to travel for work was an early move to keep people from escaping.
Scientific conferences are where the exchange of important ideas happen. It’s where new collaborations come forth and innovation dreamed up. It’s really disheartening that NIH scientists and representatives are being banned from attending. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Those of you who have followed my work for a few tears might recall how I say: Borders also keep you in.
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We keep talking about the midterms as if we're very sure of the issues that are going to decide them, but I think about where the country was a month ago and where it is now, and I honestly can't begin to (and don't want to) imagine the world we'll be living in come November.
January 18, 2026 at 3:14 AM
We keep talking about the midterms as if we're very sure of the issues that are going to decide them, but I think about where the country was a month ago and where it is now, and I honestly can't begin to (and don't want to) imagine the world we'll be living in come November.
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I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
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Her mother called 911 for help… and got turned into ICE instead.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from TX to Honduras, group says
Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.
www.mysanantonio.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Her mother called 911 for help… and got turned into ICE instead.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
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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.
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Respectfully, I am going to whisper to some of our white comrades a truth that should be more widely known: You definitely have some ancestors to be proud of, ancestors who refused white supremacy, and poured out their lives in many of these struggles over time.
Time to claim your true history.
Time to claim your true history.
January 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Respectfully, I am going to whisper to some of our white comrades a truth that should be more widely known: You definitely have some ancestors to be proud of, ancestors who refused white supremacy, and poured out their lives in many of these struggles over time.
Time to claim your true history.
Time to claim your true history.
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When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
January 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
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Are we honestly doing the World Cup over there? For real?
January 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Are we honestly doing the World Cup over there? For real?
Ehhh….lets not underestimate American’s tolerance of widespread state violence against minorities.
The Trump regime aims to make America whiter by deporting and violently repressing racial minorities they hate, including citizens and various noncriminals.
As @gregsargent.bsky.social argues, no way to do that without awful optics. A majority of Americans were raised to think the Gestapo was bad.
As @gregsargent.bsky.social argues, no way to do that without awful optics. A majority of Americans were raised to think the Gestapo was bad.
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
January 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Ehhh….lets not underestimate American’s tolerance of widespread state violence against minorities.
WaPo gift links apparently require an email now?
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
WaPo gift links apparently require an email now?
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GOP Adds ‘ICE Kills Everyone’ Pillar To 2026 Platform
GOP Adds ‘ICE Kills Everyone’ Pillar To 2026 Platform
WASHINGTON—Adopting a new set of national policy positions ahead of this year’s midterms, top GOP leaders released an updated party platform Tuesday to introduce their official “ICE kills everyone” ag...
theonion.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
GOP Adds ‘ICE Kills Everyone’ Pillar To 2026 Platform
Silicon Valley will fund the stupidest things in its endless pursuit to avoid solving problems people actually have.
Here's video of UATX's Bari Weiss bust being carved by robots (and hand-finished) at Monumental Labs, an AI-focused startup that wants to make large-scale architectural stone carving more accessible. x.com/Monumental_L...
January 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Silicon Valley will fund the stupidest things in its endless pursuit to avoid solving problems people actually have.
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Happy Saturday! We’re launching a trade war because Europe won’t let us violate Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty. Enjoy!
![Trump to Impose Tariffs on Some European Nations Over Greenland
By Kevin Whitelaw
01/17/2026 11:27:04 [BN]
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump
announced a 10% tariff on European countries rallying to Denmark's side in his pursuit of Greenland.
Trump threatened in a social media post to impose the tariff Feb. 1 and raise the tariff to 25% in June unless "a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
The tariffs will apply to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, he said.
To contact the reporter on this story:
Kevin Whitelaw in Washington at kwhitelaw@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Kevin Whitelaw at kwhitelaw@bloomberg.net](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreia3ij7fayconyw3xgquy6iq6dsgd4m2md5azuyyqpjzxp3ftrfo24@jpeg)
January 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Happy Saturday! We’re launching a trade war because Europe won’t let us violate Danish and Greenlandic sovereignty. Enjoy!
I’ll file this under “people did NOT think they were voting for steady, sane leadership.”
It's wild that he never once talked about annexing Greenland during the campaign, but mainstream media is mostly just like "🤷♀️ This is what people voted for (even though they had no idea this was one of his policies), so it's cool"
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I’ll file this under “people did NOT think they were voting for steady, sane leadership.”
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The South Carolina measles outbreak is growing at an astounding speed
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states
'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The South Carolina measles outbreak is growing at an astounding speed
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states
Another interesting thing about "AI" implementations is it appears that even the supposedly low-hanging fruit was too difficult in practice.
For example: I do not know a single person who has encountered an AI chatbot in the wild that was able to resolve a simple customer service inquiry.
For example: I do not know a single person who has encountered an AI chatbot in the wild that was able to resolve a simple customer service inquiry.
January 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM