Karl Fields
@writerkarl.bsky.social
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Reason 735,963 to deactivate and delete your Facebook/Meta accounts.
Beginning December 16, Facebook will start reading and storing your private DMs and incorporating the data into A.I. technologies.
Beginning December 16, Facebook will start reading and storing your private DMs and incorporating the data into A.I. technologies.
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Reason 735,963 to deactivate and delete your Facebook/Meta accounts.
Beginning December 16, Facebook will start reading and storing your private DMs and incorporating the data into A.I. technologies.
Beginning December 16, Facebook will start reading and storing your private DMs and incorporating the data into A.I. technologies.
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Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.
Can anybody recommend a good book about the history of Baltimore?
September 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Can anybody recommend a good book about the history of Baltimore?
Can’t believe this needs to be said but fireworks at 5 a.m. are not okay.
July 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Can’t believe this needs to be said but fireworks at 5 a.m. are not okay.
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Why should Black people turn up on Cinco De Mayo you may ask well…
“historian Justo Sierra wrote “had Mexico not defeated the French in Puebla, France would have gone to the aid of the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War and the United States’ destiny would have been different”
“historian Justo Sierra wrote “had Mexico not defeated the French in Puebla, France would have gone to the aid of the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War and the United States’ destiny would have been different”
The Black History Behind Cinco De Mayo | Essence
When the Mexican army defeated the French at the Battle of Puebla, it was a victory over white supremacy in North America.
www.essence.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Why should Black people turn up on Cinco De Mayo you may ask well…
“historian Justo Sierra wrote “had Mexico not defeated the French in Puebla, France would have gone to the aid of the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War and the United States’ destiny would have been different”
“historian Justo Sierra wrote “had Mexico not defeated the French in Puebla, France would have gone to the aid of the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War and the United States’ destiny would have been different”
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Harper Collins didn't sign on to protect libraries. The other big four publishers (including my publisher, Penguin Random House) did. They are also part of the Murdoch empire.
Imagine being a publishing house and NOT supporting library funding.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Imagine being a publishing house and NOT supporting library funding.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Publishers Ask Congress to Defend Libraries as Federal Library Grant Funding Ends
Four of the Big Five publishers and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress on April 3 expressing “deep concern” for the nation’s libraries following a week of unprecedented turmoil at the Institute of ...
www.publishersweekly.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Harper Collins didn't sign on to protect libraries. The other big four publishers (including my publisher, Penguin Random House) did. They are also part of the Murdoch empire.
Imagine being a publishing house and NOT supporting library funding.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Imagine being a publishing house and NOT supporting library funding.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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I've finished my extremely basic normie tariff discussion. Here's what it looks like.
April 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I've finished my extremely basic normie tariff discussion. Here's what it looks like.
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The Montgomery bus boycott lasted a year
I really want Target to be an example of what happens when you fuck around with black. Sadly they’re not crumbling fast enough for me. I need to see for sale signs.
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The Montgomery bus boycott lasted a year
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Not the first person to make this observation, but it's so striking how the media covered the crack epidemic as a problem caused by black/urban drug users and the fentanyl epidemic as a problem imposed externally on white/rural drug users.
March 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Not the first person to make this observation, but it's so striking how the media covered the crack epidemic as a problem caused by black/urban drug users and the fentanyl epidemic as a problem imposed externally on white/rural drug users.
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Yo Santa! You dropped something!
December 24, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Yo Santa! You dropped something!
I think folding a fitted sheet should be an Olympic sport.
December 13, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I think folding a fitted sheet should be an Olympic sport.
Remember when Southwest Airlines had these? I think it was called “lounge seating.”
December 9, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Remember when Southwest Airlines had these? I think it was called “lounge seating.”
November 14, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Somewhere Hitler is having a laugh right now. Lost the war and captured America anyway.
November 12, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Somewhere Hitler is having a laugh right now. Lost the war and captured America anyway.
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Vellum's newest update turns off Apple "AI" nonsense as a matter of course (users can turn it back on if they must, but who wants to?) and adds a Bsky field to the social media part of about-the-author pages.
I love this ebook formatting program, and the company has now roundly justified my faith.
I love this ebook formatting program, and the company has now roundly justified my faith.
Vellum. Create beautiful books.
Vellum software for macOS
vellum.pub
November 7, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Vellum's newest update turns off Apple "AI" nonsense as a matter of course (users can turn it back on if they must, but who wants to?) and adds a Bsky field to the social media part of about-the-author pages.
I love this ebook formatting program, and the company has now roundly justified my faith.
I love this ebook formatting program, and the company has now roundly justified my faith.
I’m in. Anyone else? Bueller?
I'm text banking again on Wednesday. Wanna join me?
It occurs to me that people might have questions about how it works, so I'm here for you, fam.
(Disclosure: This guide is for Grassroots Dem HQ but there are other organizations whose process may vary.)
It occurs to me that people might have questions about how it works, so I'm here for you, fam.
(Disclosure: This guide is for Grassroots Dem HQ but there are other organizations whose process may vary.)
October 11, 2024 at 11:06 PM
I’m in. Anyone else? Bueller?
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I need whoever come up with the idea of putting everything in the grocery store inside a glass case like they dug it up from Tutankhamen's tomb to be arrested immediately
September 6, 2024 at 11:04 PM
I need whoever come up with the idea of putting everything in the grocery store inside a glass case like they dug it up from Tutankhamen's tomb to be arrested immediately
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I hate that Democrats feel compelled to make these sorts of magnanimous gestures while Republicans can appoint literal Klansmen and carnival barkers with no pushback from the media.
In a clip from her first interview since becoming the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris told CNN she would appoint a Republican to her Cabinet if elected.
Kamala Harris Says She Would Appoint A Republican To Her Cabinet
"I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion," Harris said of her plan to include a GOP voice in her administration if she is elected president.
www.huffpost.com
August 29, 2024 at 9:16 PM
I hate that Democrats feel compelled to make these sorts of magnanimous gestures while Republicans can appoint literal Klansmen and carnival barkers with no pushback from the media.
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okay, i did not know harris was basically on the ground floor of integration in berkeley. a reminder of how recent this is.
August 22, 2024 at 2:41 AM
okay, i did not know harris was basically on the ground floor of integration in berkeley. a reminder of how recent this is.
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Trumpists embody the false beliefs of the late-19th/early-20th century about sexual violence: the threat of rape is to white women from non-white men. They will proudly support a rapist while using a fictional risk of sexual terror from immigrants for political gain. It's repugnant.
August 18, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Trumpists embody the false beliefs of the late-19th/early-20th century about sexual violence: the threat of rape is to white women from non-white men. They will proudly support a rapist while using a fictional risk of sexual terror from immigrants for political gain. It's repugnant.
Last week, I had a chance to visit the Intuit Dome - the LA area’s newest stadium/concert venue - before it officially opened this weekend. It’s a beautiful facility (at $2 billion to build, it ought to be) and there’s lots to like about it.
August 17, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Last week, I had a chance to visit the Intuit Dome - the LA area’s newest stadium/concert venue - before it officially opened this weekend. It’s a beautiful facility (at $2 billion to build, it ought to be) and there’s lots to like about it.
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Supercut of all those 3s that Curry sunk towards the end of the game on Sunday with announcers from around the world? Why sure. (It's a treat. Unless you're the French announcers and audibly despairing as well as being amazed.) streamable.com/88ox4f?fbcli...
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August 13, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Supercut of all those 3s that Curry sunk towards the end of the game on Sunday with announcers from around the world? Why sure. (It's a treat. Unless you're the French announcers and audibly despairing as well as being amazed.) streamable.com/88ox4f?fbcli...