Kim Shankman
@krshankman.bsky.social
Mother. Wife. Artisan Jeweler. Democrat.
Probably playing Final Fantasy XIV when I should be focusing on any and all of the above…
Probably playing Final Fantasy XIV when I should be focusing on any and all of the above…
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Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is one of the most canonical examples of authoritarian takeovers.
Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.
Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.
August 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is one of the most canonical examples of authoritarian takeovers.
Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.
Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.
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A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
July 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
July 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
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I almost can't believe that Elon Musk's AI called for the extermination of the Jewish people yesterday, and today not a single Congressional Democrat announced they were leaving his media network.
A party that often claims to act against antisemitism didn't do jack shit about straight up Nazism.
A party that often claims to act against antisemitism didn't do jack shit about straight up Nazism.
July 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I almost can't believe that Elon Musk's AI called for the extermination of the Jewish people yesterday, and today not a single Congressional Democrat announced they were leaving his media network.
A party that often claims to act against antisemitism didn't do jack shit about straight up Nazism.
A party that often claims to act against antisemitism didn't do jack shit about straight up Nazism.
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ICE just got a 265% detention funding boost.
Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship.
Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship.
Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
July 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
ICE just got a 265% detention funding boost.
Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship.
Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
Palantir software is being used to create the federal government’s first national citizenship data bank.
The Trump regime is attacking naturalized citizens and birthright citizenship.
Be warned — Trump’s police state is here.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
Call is what it us:
ALLIGATOR AUSCHWITZ
ALLIGATOR AUSCHWITZ
July 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Call is what it us:
ALLIGATOR AUSCHWITZ
ALLIGATOR AUSCHWITZ
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
@repsuhas.bsky.social , please explain your vote.
what exactly do the Dems who voted to table here think they're accomplishing
millions upon millions of people took to the street just a couple weeks ago to protest this man, he's extremely unpopular by every measure we have, and he's asserting dictatorial power on a daily basis
what are you doing
millions upon millions of people took to the street just a couple weeks ago to protest this man, he's extremely unpopular by every measure we have, and he's asserting dictatorial power on a daily basis
what are you doing
It took less than two hours for the House to shoot down H.R. 537, Rep. Al Green’s impeachment resolution condemning the Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
June 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
@repsuhas.bsky.social , please explain your vote.
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Democratic senators need to stop pretending that GOP senators are their “good friends across the aisle” and realize many of them are just lying sociopaths who are actively fanning the flames of violence against them.
It’s not just Mike Lee — Bernie Moreno is pretending that a registered Republican evangelical anti-abortion Trump voter who assassinated a Democrat and had more on his hit list is a representative of “the extreme left”
June 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Democratic senators need to stop pretending that GOP senators are their “good friends across the aisle” and realize many of them are just lying sociopaths who are actively fanning the flames of violence against them.
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assassins dress like cops bc that’s who’s allowed to murder people in broad daylight
June 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
assassins dress like cops bc that’s who’s allowed to murder people in broad daylight
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I cannot for the life of me remember who said this but something I heard the other day that may be useful for some of you right now is that “solidarity is situational”.
You do not need to like Gavin Newsom to understand why he is useful in this particular moment.
You do not need to like Gavin Newsom to understand why he is useful in this particular moment.
June 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I cannot for the life of me remember who said this but something I heard the other day that may be useful for some of you right now is that “solidarity is situational”.
You do not need to like Gavin Newsom to understand why he is useful in this particular moment.
You do not need to like Gavin Newsom to understand why he is useful in this particular moment.
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There’s an overwhelming number of awful things happening.
My gentle suggestion is to consider attending a protest tomorrow if you can.
In addition to exercising your rights, it can be helpful to be in a sea of people who share your values.
MAGA has exploited this, and now it’s our turn.
My gentle suggestion is to consider attending a protest tomorrow if you can.
In addition to exercising your rights, it can be helpful to be in a sea of people who share your values.
MAGA has exploited this, and now it’s our turn.
June 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
There’s an overwhelming number of awful things happening.
My gentle suggestion is to consider attending a protest tomorrow if you can.
In addition to exercising your rights, it can be helpful to be in a sea of people who share your values.
MAGA has exploited this, and now it’s our turn.
My gentle suggestion is to consider attending a protest tomorrow if you can.
In addition to exercising your rights, it can be helpful to be in a sea of people who share your values.
MAGA has exploited this, and now it’s our turn.
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It’s looking like Saturday’s No Kings mobilizations are going to be even bigger than Hands Off!
We need to show up by the millions to demonstrate that Trump’s tyrannic crackdown is only deepening our resolve.
Find a peaceful protest near you for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
We need to show up by the millions to demonstrate that Trump’s tyrannic crackdown is only deepening our resolve.
Find a peaceful protest near you for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
June 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It’s looking like Saturday’s No Kings mobilizations are going to be even bigger than Hands Off!
We need to show up by the millions to demonstrate that Trump’s tyrannic crackdown is only deepening our resolve.
Find a peaceful protest near you for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
We need to show up by the millions to demonstrate that Trump’s tyrannic crackdown is only deepening our resolve.
Find a peaceful protest near you for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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everyone who’s spent years stockpiling weapons and screeching about “tyranny” and “government overreach” sure is fucking quiet right now
June 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
everyone who’s spent years stockpiling weapons and screeching about “tyranny” and “government overreach” sure is fucking quiet right now
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There is no mass-deportation campaign going on right now. Deportation is a process.
This is kidnapping and human trafficking.
This is kidnapping and human trafficking.
June 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
There is no mass-deportation campaign going on right now. Deportation is a process.
This is kidnapping and human trafficking.
This is kidnapping and human trafficking.
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Yup. I continue to say that AI is for those who fetishize THE IDEA and dismiss THE WORK. It's for those people who come up to writers and say, "I got a great idea for a book, I'll give it to you, you write it, and we'll split the profits 50/50," as if the idea is the hardest and most important part.
I saw someone say AI is useful because it generates ideas. My dude, I'm full of ideas. I have docs and docs marked under 'ideas.' I have outlines and fragments of stuff I might work on. Trunked stories galore. Even if I continue to write a novel a year for the next 40 years I won't run out of ideas.
May 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Yup. I continue to say that AI is for those who fetishize THE IDEA and dismiss THE WORK. It's for those people who come up to writers and say, "I got a great idea for a book, I'll give it to you, you write it, and we'll split the profits 50/50," as if the idea is the hardest and most important part.
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people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
May 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
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We don't technically know that Isaac Newton wasn't just watching a cat knock things off a table when he discovered the laws of gravity
May 18, 2025 at 4:38 AM
We don't technically know that Isaac Newton wasn't just watching a cat knock things off a table when he discovered the laws of gravity
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Literally every restaurant in America runs on the hard work of undocumented immigrants. They work at every spot in the back of the house. They are your dishwashers and they are your line cooks and they are your sous. They are your grill station, fry cooks and pastry chefs. Every fucking job.
Trump White House trying to send Hispanic small business owners to prison for up to ten years for “harboring” undoc’d immigrants www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/u...
‘Whom Shall I Fear?’ In South Texas, Two Bakers Face Trump’s Immigration Wrath.
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Literally every restaurant in America runs on the hard work of undocumented immigrants. They work at every spot in the back of the house. They are your dishwashers and they are your line cooks and they are your sous. They are your grill station, fry cooks and pastry chefs. Every fucking job.
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Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
May 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
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Sorry to sound Woke but I don’t think the feds should be bragging on live tv about their abilities to disappear an elected public official, for fun
May 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Sorry to sound Woke but I don’t think the feds should be bragging on live tv about their abilities to disappear an elected public official, for fun