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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Telling Jeffrey Epstein "you should let him hang himself" 🙃
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Telling Jeffrey Epstein "you should let him hang himself" 🙃
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This is real news. Reporters, please report on it.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
Government has no business policing media for viewpoint bias or balance. The FCC must repeal its news distortion policy, urges a bipartisan group of 11 former FCC Chairs, Commissioners & other top officials in a petition we filed today with @protectdemocracy.org
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
protectdemocracy.org/work/fcc-new...
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is real news. Reporters, please report on it.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
ELEVEN former top FCC officials, Republican and Democratic, came together to condemn FCC Chairman Carr's abuses of power and efforts to suppress legal speech.
It's not just Jimmy Kimmel. The FCC's jawboning and chill on legal speech is ongoing.
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"Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein" is a phrase that first appeared in newspapers in March 2011 and appeared regularly from that point onward. it is INCONCEIVABLE to me that this many people were still associating with him!!
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein" is a phrase that first appeared in newspapers in March 2011 and appeared regularly from that point onward. it is INCONCEIVABLE to me that this many people were still associating with him!!
The Epstein shit has resurfaced the question of consent, specifically age of (as exemplified by Megyn Kelly pretending 15 is “barely legal”).
Teenagers are not children, nor are they adults; they are in a liminal space.
Teenagers are not children, nor are they adults; they are in a liminal space.
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Epstein shit has resurfaced the question of consent, specifically age of (as exemplified by Megyn Kelly pretending 15 is “barely legal”).
Teenagers are not children, nor are they adults; they are in a liminal space.
Teenagers are not children, nor are they adults; they are in a liminal space.
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I designed an otter blanket! Up for presale on my kofi this weekend. 🦦
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I designed an otter blanket! Up for presale on my kofi this weekend. 🦦
Much of what she says is also true of serious study of any language.
I have to say the author saying one “had to conjugate a Latin word in earnest” grates; and cuts against some of the arguments.
Nouns decline, verbs conjugate, other parts of speech (as a rule) agree with case/number.
I have to say the author saying one “had to conjugate a Latin word in earnest” grates; and cuts against some of the arguments.
Nouns decline, verbs conjugate, other parts of speech (as a rule) agree with case/number.
Aberdeen Latin teacher on why everyone should learn the language
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/education...
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/education...
Is Latin still relevant? An Aberdeen teacher's four reasons for learning the classical language
Veronique Oldham teaches Latin at St Margaret's School in Aberdeen and believes everyone should have a basic knowledge of the subject.
www.pressandjournal.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Much of what she says is also true of serious study of any language.
I have to say the author saying one “had to conjugate a Latin word in earnest” grates; and cuts against some of the arguments.
Nouns decline, verbs conjugate, other parts of speech (as a rule) agree with case/number.
I have to say the author saying one “had to conjugate a Latin word in earnest” grates; and cuts against some of the arguments.
Nouns decline, verbs conjugate, other parts of speech (as a rule) agree with case/number.
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Hey did you guys know that the code HTWN gives you a discount on almost all of our books and does not expire? True story!
Heyyyyyyyy if you live in Baltimore and you haven't read this book, you gotta read it press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
The Black Butterfly
The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America
press.jhu.edu
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hey did you guys know that the code HTWN gives you a discount on almost all of our books and does not expire? True story!
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This is old but it still makes me smile
Ohio teen with leukemia zaps cop with stun gun to fulfill bucket-list wish
Sixteen-year-old Alyssa Elkins, diagnosed with leukemia, enlisted the local police department for the task
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is old but it still makes me smile
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I can’t get over this news story . A man in Hamilton stole a bus with passengers still on board, then proceeded to drive the route and let people on and off, even denying someone’s expired bus pass. globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
Man arrested after Ontario transit bus stolen with passengers on board, police say | Globalnews.ca
Hamilton police say a suspect is facing charges after a transit bus was stolen with passengers on board when the driver had exited for a short break.
globalnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I can’t get over this news story . A man in Hamilton stole a bus with passengers still on board, then proceeded to drive the route and let people on and off, even denying someone’s expired bus pass. globalnews.ca/news/1152251...
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Part 54
3400 yo painter's palette from ancient Egypt, Amenhotep III era.
3400 yo painter's palette from ancient Egypt, Amenhotep III era.
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Part 54
3400 yo painter's palette from ancient Egypt, Amenhotep III era.
3400 yo painter's palette from ancient Egypt, Amenhotep III era.
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Part 45 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
blued and gilded Sabre that belonged to French General Étienne Gudin
blued and gilded Sabre that belonged to French General Étienne Gudin
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Part 45 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
blued and gilded Sabre that belonged to French General Étienne Gudin
blued and gilded Sabre that belonged to French General Étienne Gudin
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Part 40 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Charles Darwin's Whalebone walking stick
Charles Darwin's Whalebone walking stick
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Part 40 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Charles Darwin's Whalebone walking stick
Charles Darwin's Whalebone walking stick
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St. John's Abbey isn't on BlueSky, but the monks have been posting amazing pictures of the aurora last night behind the Abbey Church Bell Banner on their Facebook page.
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
St. John's Abbey isn't on BlueSky, but the monks have been posting amazing pictures of the aurora last night behind the Abbey Church Bell Banner on their Facebook page.
Even if he were targeting 15 year olds, it's still rape, no matter what Kelly says (nowhere in the US is the age of consent below 16)
And even if he was targeting 16 year olds, the moment he takes them from e.g. New Jersey he violates the Mann Act; a federal offense.
And even if he was targeting 16 year olds, the moment he takes them from e.g. New Jersey he violates the Mann Act; a federal offense.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Even if he were targeting 15 year olds, it's still rape, no matter what Kelly says (nowhere in the US is the age of consent below 16)
And even if he was targeting 16 year olds, the moment he takes them from e.g. New Jersey he violates the Mann Act; a federal offense.
And even if he was targeting 16 year olds, the moment he takes them from e.g. New Jersey he violates the Mann Act; a federal offense.
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When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
if you cant go in to the office 3 days a week then you really can't complain when cities are hollowed out. cities are places where ppl work and network. getting rid of that makes cities useless
And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
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In March, a security guard at Club Dwntown sucker punched Rafeal Montoya and killed him. Police officers watched it happen and did nothing and the security has never been charged. Now he’s missing.
Turns out the security guard was Charles "Brandon" Recor, a Proud Boy with a history of violence.
Turns out the security guard was Charles "Brandon" Recor, a Proud Boy with a history of violence.
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In March, a security guard at Club Dwntown sucker punched Rafeal Montoya and killed him. Police officers watched it happen and did nothing and the security has never been charged. Now he’s missing.
Turns out the security guard was Charles "Brandon" Recor, a Proud Boy with a history of violence.
Turns out the security guard was Charles "Brandon" Recor, a Proud Boy with a history of violence.
Fraud alert. for "Telescope Home (dot) com"
Quite apart from the prices way to good to be true.
They have a Kentucky phone number and a Manhattan Address.
1492 Broadway, i.e. Lincoln Center.
Quite apart from the prices way to good to be true.
They have a Kentucky phone number and a Manhattan Address.
1492 Broadway, i.e. Lincoln Center.
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Fraud alert. for "Telescope Home (dot) com"
Quite apart from the prices way to good to be true.
They have a Kentucky phone number and a Manhattan Address.
1492 Broadway, i.e. Lincoln Center.
Quite apart from the prices way to good to be true.
They have a Kentucky phone number and a Manhattan Address.
1492 Broadway, i.e. Lincoln Center.
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Also, you should check this book out.
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Also, you should check this book out.
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A series of solar flares, essentially explosions on the surface of the sun, caused unusually bright and colorful displays of aurora borealis in Alaska and other northern latitudes this week, report @alaskabeacon.com and @statesnewsroom.com
Solar flares cause spectacular aurora borealis in Alaska skies | Alaska Beacon
A series of solar flares, essentially explosions on the surface of the sun, caused unusually bright and colorful displays of aurora borealis in Alaska and other northern latitudes on Tuesday night.…
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A series of solar flares, essentially explosions on the surface of the sun, caused unusually bright and colorful displays of aurora borealis in Alaska and other northern latitudes this week, report @alaskabeacon.com and @statesnewsroom.com
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
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Absolutely fitting coda to the whole Epstein horror show is that the brave testimony of dozens of women could not be credited and we need the emails of men to deem it credible.
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Absolutely fitting coda to the whole Epstein horror show is that the brave testimony of dozens of women could not be credited and we need the emails of men to deem it credible.
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Latest ONS data show 124 deaths in England involving COVID-19: w/ending 31 Oct 2025.
Latest NHS data indicate numbers in hospital down to 1,602 as of 31 Oct 2025.
The virus is still here.
People still being infected.
#LongCOVID disabling.
Need to protect the vulnerable, and improve vaccine access.
Latest NHS data indicate numbers in hospital down to 1,602 as of 31 Oct 2025.
The virus is still here.
People still being infected.
#LongCOVID disabling.
Need to protect the vulnerable, and improve vaccine access.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Latest ONS data show 124 deaths in England involving COVID-19: w/ending 31 Oct 2025.
Latest NHS data indicate numbers in hospital down to 1,602 as of 31 Oct 2025.
The virus is still here.
People still being infected.
#LongCOVID disabling.
Need to protect the vulnerable, and improve vaccine access.
Latest NHS data indicate numbers in hospital down to 1,602 as of 31 Oct 2025.
The virus is still here.
People still being infected.
#LongCOVID disabling.
Need to protect the vulnerable, and improve vaccine access.
So glad I get one every year (and this year I also got RSV when I got my covid booster)
With RFK Jr. at the wheel we ALL must remain vigilant.
As flu season begins in the US, following the deadliest flu outbreak in children outside of a pandemic since record-keeping began in 2004, pediatricians are taking the lead on vaccine messaging. CDC says NOTHING!
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
As flu season begins in the US, following the deadliest flu outbreak in children outside of a pandemic since record-keeping began in 2004, pediatricians are taking the lead on vaccine messaging. CDC says NOTHING!
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Warnings rise for U.S. as severe flu strain causes outbreaks in Canada, U.K.
A flu strain that emerged over the summer is causing "unprecedented" outbreaks in Japan, as well as in Canada and the U.K. The CDC hasn't provided insights on flu in the U.S. in nearly two months.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
So glad I get one every year (and this year I also got RSV when I got my covid booster)
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Raven dives into a whale’s mouth and builds a fire; he travels to a town of ghosts, who rob him blind; he teaches a perpetual loser to be the Greatest Gambler in the World...
Read the myths of the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...
Read the myths of the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Raven dives into a whale’s mouth and builds a fire; he travels to a town of ghosts, who rob him blind; he teaches a perpetual loser to be the Greatest Gambler in the World...
Read the myths of the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...
Read the myths of the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...