Justin Erickson
@larakin.systems
Technologist, politics geek, sailor. Software dev by trade, sailboat captain by choice.
I post about politics, anti-car dependency, sailing, dev stuff, movies, nature, and probably video games too.
I post about politics, anti-car dependency, sailing, dev stuff, movies, nature, and probably video games too.
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Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Yet another scandal that would have ended any other administration.
Trump's salvation is that he's doing a hundred different things that would be huge scandals and impeachable offenses on their own, but pursued together they become a blob of vague criminality that's hard to tack down.
Trump's salvation is that he's doing a hundred different things that would be huge scandals and impeachable offenses on their own, but pursued together they become a blob of vague criminality that's hard to tack down.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Yet another scandal that would have ended any other administration.
Trump's salvation is that he's doing a hundred different things that would be huge scandals and impeachable offenses on their own, but pursued together they become a blob of vague criminality that's hard to tack down.
Trump's salvation is that he's doing a hundred different things that would be huge scandals and impeachable offenses on their own, but pursued together they become a blob of vague criminality that's hard to tack down.
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Trump wouldn’t be threatening the Fed Chair with criminal charges to force rate decreases if Trump’s economic policy was working.
Just sayin’
Just sayin’
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Trump wouldn’t be threatening the Fed Chair with criminal charges to force rate decreases if Trump’s economic policy was working.
Just sayin’
Just sayin’
Its Dnd Day.
The calm before the storm. Breakfast is ready, friends arrive soon. Session 4 incoming!
The calm before the storm. Breakfast is ready, friends arrive soon. Session 4 incoming!
January 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Its Dnd Day.
The calm before the storm. Breakfast is ready, friends arrive soon. Session 4 incoming!
The calm before the storm. Breakfast is ready, friends arrive soon. Session 4 incoming!
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It’s a waste of time convincing oppressers that they’re in the wrong
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It’s a waste of time convincing oppressers that they’re in the wrong
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Renee Good's family closed down her fundraiser after it topped $1.5 million, asking ppl to donate to other causes.
Charlie Kirk's family, already worth more than $12 million, has received more than $8 million & their fundraising page is still active.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Charlie Kirk's family, already worth more than $12 million, has received more than $8 million & their fundraising page is still active.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
GoFundMe campaign for family of Renee Good closed at over $1.5 million
A GoFundMe campaign created to support the family of the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent on Jan. 7 was closed Jan. 9 at $1.5 million.
www.usatoday.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Renee Good's family closed down her fundraiser after it topped $1.5 million, asking ppl to donate to other causes.
Charlie Kirk's family, already worth more than $12 million, has received more than $8 million & their fundraising page is still active.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Charlie Kirk's family, already worth more than $12 million, has received more than $8 million & their fundraising page is still active.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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The hearts and minds of the people are on our side. We will do everything we can to seek justice.
We will fight with peaceful expression, in court, through public debate, and at the ballot box.
Keep the peace. And keep the faith.
We will fight with peaceful expression, in court, through public debate, and at the ballot box.
Keep the peace. And keep the faith.
January 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
The hearts and minds of the people are on our side. We will do everything we can to seek justice.
We will fight with peaceful expression, in court, through public debate, and at the ballot box.
Keep the peace. And keep the faith.
We will fight with peaceful expression, in court, through public debate, and at the ballot box.
Keep the peace. And keep the faith.
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Take a second and think before posting the easy Eeyore reply. You might have something substantive to say instead. Or, even better, you can say nothing at all.
January 8, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Take a second and think before posting the easy Eeyore reply. You might have something substantive to say instead. Or, even better, you can say nothing at all.
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This is how they played The First of Us
🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
January 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is how they played The First of Us
January 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
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🚨 Keep all protest demonstrations PEACEFUL.
Do not give any reason for 47 to grab more power than he already has.
Do not let him have any excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act to invoke martial law.
Beware!
Be peaceful. But do protest peacefully.
Repost!
Do not give any reason for 47 to grab more power than he already has.
Do not let him have any excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act to invoke martial law.
Beware!
Be peaceful. But do protest peacefully.
Repost!
January 10, 2026 at 1:14 AM
🚨 Keep all protest demonstrations PEACEFUL.
Do not give any reason for 47 to grab more power than he already has.
Do not let him have any excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act to invoke martial law.
Beware!
Be peaceful. But do protest peacefully.
Repost!
Do not give any reason for 47 to grab more power than he already has.
Do not let him have any excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act to invoke martial law.
Beware!
Be peaceful. But do protest peacefully.
Repost!
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“I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.”
January 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
“I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.”
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ESPECIALLY NOW in a world completely drowning in propaganda and misinformation and disinformation it is SO IMPORTANT to cite our sources and ask people to do so as well.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
If I ask you to cite your sources and you get offended I’m just gonna go ahead and assume you don’t have any.
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
ESPECIALLY NOW in a world completely drowning in propaganda and misinformation and disinformation it is SO IMPORTANT to cite our sources and ask people to do so as well.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
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The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
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Thanks to @eyesonice-bmore.bsky.social @freestatecoalition.bsky.social @pslweb.bsky.social Bmore & more who organized speakers/march in 24 hrs to stand up for our neighbors & us all in Bmore, Glen Burnie, DC, Minneapolis, Chicago, Portland, LA, Memphis, NOLA & everywhere
@charmcityclfa.bsky.social
@charmcityclfa.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Thanks to @eyesonice-bmore.bsky.social @freestatecoalition.bsky.social @pslweb.bsky.social Bmore & more who organized speakers/march in 24 hrs to stand up for our neighbors & us all in Bmore, Glen Burnie, DC, Minneapolis, Chicago, Portland, LA, Memphis, NOLA & everywhere
@charmcityclfa.bsky.social
@charmcityclfa.bsky.social
I created a new campaign homepage for the campaign my friends and I are playing, Check it out!
larakin.systems/campaign/
larakin.systems/campaign/
New Campaign home!
This DND campaign I've been DMing now has its own dedicated lore site!
The Fractured Tides!
larakin.systems
January 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I created a new campaign homepage for the campaign my friends and I are playing, Check it out!
larakin.systems/campaign/
larakin.systems/campaign/
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Illinois stands with Minnesota.
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Illinois stands with Minnesota.
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I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
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A member of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 experienced a medical issue on Wednesday and remained in stable condition as of Thursday. NASA planned to bring the crew home within the coming days. bit.ly/4jG8v0M
January 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
A member of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 experienced a medical issue on Wednesday and remained in stable condition as of Thursday. NASA planned to bring the crew home within the coming days. bit.ly/4jG8v0M
Yay, celebrate!
Then remember this was only because Trump and his cult TOOK IT AWAY FIRST!
Then grow up and don't let them take it again.
Then remember this was only because Trump and his cult TOOK IT AWAY FIRST!
Then grow up and don't let them take it again.
BREAKING: House passes bill to extend health care subsidies despite GOP leadership's opposition, putting pressure on the Senate to act.
House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders
The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Yay, celebrate!
Then remember this was only because Trump and his cult TOOK IT AWAY FIRST!
Then grow up and don't let them take it again.
Then remember this was only because Trump and his cult TOOK IT AWAY FIRST!
Then grow up and don't let them take it again.