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
The right tool for the job, esp at the beginning is *so* important.
It’s the difference between “this us tricky, but interesting” and “Sod this for a game of soldiers”.
It’s the difference between “this us tricky, but interesting” and “Sod this for a game of soldiers”.
I will buy nice but inexpensive pads of real watercolor paper for the kids when I teach watercolors. Because I know they’ll flood the paper but WC paper can handle it.
It won’t tear bc it’s wet. It will puddle & buckle a little but not nearly as much. Kids trying watercolor on printer paper will>
It won’t tear bc it’s wet. It will puddle & buckle a little but not nearly as much. Kids trying watercolor on printer paper will>
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The right tool for the job, esp at the beginning is *so* important.
It’s the difference between “this us tricky, but interesting” and “Sod this for a game of soldiers”.
It’s the difference between “this us tricky, but interesting” and “Sod this for a game of soldiers”.
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Anytime someone mentions mayonnaise, I take it as an opportunity to share the recipe for my most beloved condiment. It's from the Nantucket Open House Cookbook by Sarah Leah Chase, and it is out-of-this-world amazing. You may have to play with the oil proportions a little.
August 26, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Anytime someone mentions mayonnaise, I take it as an opportunity to share the recipe for my most beloved condiment. It's from the Nantucket Open House Cookbook by Sarah Leah Chase, and it is out-of-this-world amazing. You may have to play with the oil proportions a little.
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I also find it annoying when people are over-dramatic about the existence of mayonnaise, thank you, Reddit
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October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I also find it annoying when people are over-dramatic about the existence of mayonnaise, thank you, Reddit
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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If you have to deal with conservative family this Thanksgiving, the only two things you should be saying to them is. "You have internet addiction, that's internet addiction garbage." and "Be a fucking man/adult and live and let live." That's it, nothing more. They'll leave humiliated.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you have to deal with conservative family this Thanksgiving, the only two things you should be saying to them is. "You have internet addiction, that's internet addiction garbage." and "Be a fucking man/adult and live and let live." That's it, nothing more. They'll leave humiliated.
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Oh no I just saw a picture of the art supply suitcase go by so it must be time for my yearly psa: don't buy that.
I've been given it many times in my life and it was usable once: in 1989.
"But I don't know what to get my artist friends/talented cousins for the holidays!"
I will help.
I've been given it many times in my life and it was usable once: in 1989.
"But I don't know what to get my artist friends/talented cousins for the holidays!"
I will help.
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Oh no I just saw a picture of the art supply suitcase go by so it must be time for my yearly psa: don't buy that.
I've been given it many times in my life and it was usable once: in 1989.
"But I don't know what to get my artist friends/talented cousins for the holidays!"
I will help.
I've been given it many times in my life and it was usable once: in 1989.
"But I don't know what to get my artist friends/talented cousins for the holidays!"
I will help.
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“They should do it the right way”
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“They should do it the right way”
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I always say that it's better to hold off on blaming a particular political side for an act of violence. Here's why I'm blaming today's national guard shooting on the woke left.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I always say that it's better to hold off on blaming a particular political side for an act of violence. Here's why I'm blaming today's national guard shooting on the woke left.
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Dear Dept of Transportation Secretary Duffy.
If you kept the Biden rule to make airlines compensate people for delays within their control they'd have more money to buy clothes and dress up to travel.
Sincerely, Americans tired of your tone-deaf attitude.
If you kept the Biden rule to make airlines compensate people for delays within their control they'd have more money to buy clothes and dress up to travel.
Sincerely, Americans tired of your tone-deaf attitude.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Dear Dept of Transportation Secretary Duffy.
If you kept the Biden rule to make airlines compensate people for delays within their control they'd have more money to buy clothes and dress up to travel.
Sincerely, Americans tired of your tone-deaf attitude.
If you kept the Biden rule to make airlines compensate people for delays within their control they'd have more money to buy clothes and dress up to travel.
Sincerely, Americans tired of your tone-deaf attitude.
This is a much more critical aspect of “lethality” than women/gay/trans/bearded people in the ranks.
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down
A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is a much more critical aspect of “lethality” than women/gay/trans/bearded people in the ranks.
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
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I was all set to harsh on this article for sounding so much like all the breathless coverage of cybercrime actors ("coordinated attacks"!), but actually it's very thoughtful and informative and frankly cybercrime coverage could probably learn something from it
www.reteuro.co.uk/25-165258-or...
www.reteuro.co.uk/25-165258-or...
North Atlantic warning: orcas now targeting commercial vessels in what experts call coordinated assaults
What began as rare encounters off the Iberian coast now shows up in captain’s logs from Galicia to the Strait of Gibraltar, and in wary chatter on VHF.
www.reteuro.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I was all set to harsh on this article for sounding so much like all the breathless coverage of cybercrime actors ("coordinated attacks"!), but actually it's very thoughtful and informative and frankly cybercrime coverage could probably learn something from it
www.reteuro.co.uk/25-165258-or...
www.reteuro.co.uk/25-165258-or...
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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opposition to ai regulation = you want to make people pay more for their light bill
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
opposition to ai regulation = you want to make people pay more for their light bill
I love the dig at Leavitt in the last graf.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I love the dig at Leavitt in the last graf.
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democrats/liberals/progressives with any common sense need to get ahead of this electricity cost issue - we need restraint and regulation of ai and data centers, which are driving up costs www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
democrats/liberals/progressives with any common sense need to get ahead of this electricity cost issue - we need restraint and regulation of ai and data centers, which are driving up costs www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
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"This truck is a powerhouse, dude. It can handle anything. Does your work route lead through a medieval trebuchet’s firing zone? No? Well, what if you change jobs, and it does then? You’ll wish you had a Cybertruck."
Please Buy Tesla’s Cybertruck, Which Is Cool, Not Stupid
You gotta get this Tesla Cybertruck, bro. It’s great. Am I a paid spokesperson? Sort of. I’m a person who paid $8 a month to “spokes” for them. Thi...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"This truck is a powerhouse, dude. It can handle anything. Does your work route lead through a medieval trebuchet’s firing zone? No? Well, what if you change jobs, and it does then? You’ll wish you had a Cybertruck."
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👀 Interesting (and sad) development. Will the press ask her about it? ICE can touch *anyone* — esp relevant for these soulless, empathy-free people in the regime like Leavitt.
MAGAts have to personally experience anything before they understand...even then, some stay willfully blind.
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MAGAts have to personally experience anything before they understand...even then, some stay willfully blind.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
👀 Interesting (and sad) development. Will the press ask her about it? ICE can touch *anyone* — esp relevant for these soulless, empathy-free people in the regime like Leavitt.
MAGAts have to personally experience anything before they understand...even then, some stay willfully blind.
🧾 is.gd/lLQ7gy
MAGAts have to personally experience anything before they understand...even then, some stay willfully blind.
🧾 is.gd/lLQ7gy
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Pain is a complex experience which comes in a variety of flavors and colors, and it can come with intensity and duration that you wouldn't want to imagine if you could.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Pain is a complex experience which comes in a variety of flavors and colors, and it can come with intensity and duration that you wouldn't want to imagine if you could.
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I don't want to be obnoxious when someone has turned off quote posts, so I'll just say a disabled poster just put an excellent description of her pain scale.
I think a lot of people think they understand pain because they touched a hot stove once.
I think a lot of people think they understand pain because they touched a hot stove once.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I don't want to be obnoxious when someone has turned off quote posts, so I'll just say a disabled poster just put an excellent description of her pain scale.
I think a lot of people think they understand pain because they touched a hot stove once.
I think a lot of people think they understand pain because they touched a hot stove once.
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A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Lord, I see what you have done for Brazil.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Lord, I see what you have done for Brazil.
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AI hate is the product of AI grifters ramming products labeled as AI down the public's throat that all suck monumental amounts of ass, or AT BEST are narrowly useful widgets being passed off as all-purpose miracle boxes.
AI grifters manufactured the AI hate, to which I mostly say "tough titty." BUT
AI grifters manufactured the AI hate, to which I mostly say "tough titty." BUT
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
AI hate is the product of AI grifters ramming products labeled as AI down the public's throat that all suck monumental amounts of ass, or AT BEST are narrowly useful widgets being passed off as all-purpose miracle boxes.
AI grifters manufactured the AI hate, to which I mostly say "tough titty." BUT
AI grifters manufactured the AI hate, to which I mostly say "tough titty." BUT
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The thing about "AI" is that before it became a marketing catchphrase by and for the worst douchebags you ever saw over the last few years, it was just a broad field of study that would periodically produce something that was narrowly useful, and it was Completely Fine, Actually.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The thing about "AI" is that before it became a marketing catchphrase by and for the worst douchebags you ever saw over the last few years, it was just a broad field of study that would periodically produce something that was narrowly useful, and it was Completely Fine, Actually.