Erin Kane
@erinkane.bsky.social
Never for money, always for love. Comic book lover and lesbian pop-culture aficionado. She/her.
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Cancel your Spotify subscription.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
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Whenever I spent time on normie platforms (your threads, your Facebook), I become more and more convinced that a large part of our problem as a nation is the literacy crisis. People have trouble with basic reasoning. They can't follow very simple logic or compound sentences. It's disturbing.
January 16, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Whenever I spent time on normie platforms (your threads, your Facebook), I become more and more convinced that a large part of our problem as a nation is the literacy crisis. People have trouble with basic reasoning. They can't follow very simple logic or compound sentences. It's disturbing.
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You would have thought it was Kissinger, but having the actual physical Nobel Peace Prize publicly bartered in exchange for a literal international war is the point at which we can say whatever Alfred Nobel had in mind has run its course and then some, time to pull the plug.
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
You would have thought it was Kissinger, but having the actual physical Nobel Peace Prize publicly bartered in exchange for a literal international war is the point at which we can say whatever Alfred Nobel had in mind has run its course and then some, time to pull the plug.
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SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
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The people wearing masks are scanning your face to capture your identity.
January 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The people wearing masks are scanning your face to capture your identity.
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breathtakingly embarrassing for absolutely everyone involved lol
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
breathtakingly embarrassing for absolutely everyone involved lol
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GOP: We will come to your home and kidnap you. We will kill you if you object. We will cleanse the streets of you. You are like rodents. We laugh as we squish you beneath our feet. You are not even human. Ours is the Fourth Reich.
Democrats: Ignore that, we are only talking about the economy.
Democrats: Ignore that, we are only talking about the economy.
January 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
GOP: We will come to your home and kidnap you. We will kill you if you object. We will cleanse the streets of you. You are like rodents. We laugh as we squish you beneath our feet. You are not even human. Ours is the Fourth Reich.
Democrats: Ignore that, we are only talking about the economy.
Democrats: Ignore that, we are only talking about the economy.
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“You guys have to stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian bitch is dead.”
- ICE officer to a protester grabbed at the scene of Renee Good’s killing.
That’s the true reason she was killed, to try to send that message.
Video: Heartland Signal via X (@HeartlandSignal)
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- ICE officer to a protester grabbed at the scene of Renee Good’s killing.
That’s the true reason she was killed, to try to send that message.
Video: Heartland Signal via X (@HeartlandSignal)
x.com/HeartlandSig...
January 15, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“You guys have to stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian bitch is dead.”
- ICE officer to a protester grabbed at the scene of Renee Good’s killing.
That’s the true reason she was killed, to try to send that message.
Video: Heartland Signal via X (@HeartlandSignal)
x.com/HeartlandSig...
- ICE officer to a protester grabbed at the scene of Renee Good’s killing.
That’s the true reason she was killed, to try to send that message.
Video: Heartland Signal via X (@HeartlandSignal)
x.com/HeartlandSig...
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I will beat this drum forever:
Mass incarceration intersects with EVERYTHING. If you care about LGBTQ+ rights, gender justice, reproductive rights, censorship, public safety--you care about mass incarceration whether or not you know it yet.
Mass incarceration intersects with EVERYTHING. If you care about LGBTQ+ rights, gender justice, reproductive rights, censorship, public safety--you care about mass incarceration whether or not you know it yet.
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I will beat this drum forever:
Mass incarceration intersects with EVERYTHING. If you care about LGBTQ+ rights, gender justice, reproductive rights, censorship, public safety--you care about mass incarceration whether or not you know it yet.
Mass incarceration intersects with EVERYTHING. If you care about LGBTQ+ rights, gender justice, reproductive rights, censorship, public safety--you care about mass incarceration whether or not you know it yet.
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Ahead of time, you first have to turn on full encryption on your devices, it’s not that cumbersome—a good guide here:
January 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Ahead of time, you first have to turn on full encryption on your devices, it’s not that cumbersome—a good guide here:
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Zero reason to believe any statement about the latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis from any level of law enforcement or DHS
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Zero reason to believe any statement about the latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis from any level of law enforcement or DHS
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Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
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House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democr
✅Threatens to cut funding to any country that does not support the Israeli genocide in Gaza
✅Bans funding for efforts to combat disinformation
✅Enshrines anti-abortion policy
✅Commits $3.3B in Foreign Military Financing Program funds to Israel
✅Bans funding for efforts to combat disinformation
✅Enshrines anti-abortion policy
✅Commits $3.3B in Foreign Military Financing Program funds to Israel
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democrats voted for this. House democr
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The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
January 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
I mis-read this and thought they got Kratos' voice actor to play him in the show. He would have been perfect.
The actor who voiced Thor in God of War Ragnarök has been cast as Kratos in Amazon Prime's live-action God of War series. gameinformer.com/2026/01/14/t...
January 14, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I mis-read this and thought they got Kratos' voice actor to play him in the show. He would have been perfect.
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so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
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99% chance this is what they mean
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
99% chance this is what they mean
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This is a pretty severe escalation from CBS, just straight up lying like this.
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This is a pretty severe escalation from CBS, just straight up lying like this.
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There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
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“.. Federal agents grab a woman to drag her away from her car, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
“.. Federal agents grab a woman to drag her away from her car, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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My 82 yo mom: “men shouldn’t be in women’s sports; we worked so hard for girls to play sports”
Me: “how did the local hs girls softball team do this year?”
Mom:
Me: “Name one WNBA team”
Mom:
Me: “how did the local hs girls softball team do this year?”
Mom:
Me: “Name one WNBA team”
Mom:
January 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
My 82 yo mom: “men shouldn’t be in women’s sports; we worked so hard for girls to play sports”
Me: “how did the local hs girls softball team do this year?”
Mom:
Me: “Name one WNBA team”
Mom:
Me: “how did the local hs girls softball team do this year?”
Mom:
Me: “Name one WNBA team”
Mom:
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@edzitron.com
Another excellent article from the Times, “the only problem with AI is there might not be enough money in the world to make it good”
Another excellent article from the Times, “the only problem with AI is there might not be enough money in the world to make it good”
January 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
@edzitron.com
Another excellent article from the Times, “the only problem with AI is there might not be enough money in the world to make it good”
Another excellent article from the Times, “the only problem with AI is there might not be enough money in the world to make it good”
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👇🎯 ~1/3 to 1/5 of the electorate in ~every rich democracy today supports far right/authoritarian parties. The difference, in 🇺🇸, is that of our political institutions are deeply minoritarian & antidemocratic (bsky.app/profile/mcop...) & have enabled that minority to become a governing majority.
One-third is the cursèd number in political psychology: in many Western countries over the past century, ~1/3 of the population prefer authoritarianism to democracy.
That's about the proportion of Germans who voted to make Hitler Chancellor & even now in Europe, 1/3 of whites want authoritarianism.
That's about the proportion of Germans who voted to make Hitler Chancellor & even now in Europe, 1/3 of whites want authoritarianism.
January 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
👇🎯 ~1/3 to 1/5 of the electorate in ~every rich democracy today supports far right/authoritarian parties. The difference, in 🇺🇸, is that of our political institutions are deeply minoritarian & antidemocratic (bsky.app/profile/mcop...) & have enabled that minority to become a governing majority.
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preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6