Bess Karner
@knitallama.bsky.social
Fiber artist, queer, socialist
She/They/He
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She/They/He
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We don’t have a federal system, where state govt’s have separate sovereign powers, so that the governors of those states can plead with the President to call off his death squads.
Extrajudicial killing is simply murder. Murder is a crime in Minnesota. The State of Minnesota can—MUST—address it.
Extrajudicial killing is simply murder. Murder is a crime in Minnesota. The State of Minnesota can—MUST—address it.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
We don’t have a federal system, where state govt’s have separate sovereign powers, so that the governors of those states can plead with the President to call off his death squads.
Extrajudicial killing is simply murder. Murder is a crime in Minnesota. The State of Minnesota can—MUST—address it.
Extrajudicial killing is simply murder. Murder is a crime in Minnesota. The State of Minnesota can—MUST—address it.
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A long long tyme ago
Ich kan yet remembir
How the music oft wolde make me smyle
And Ich knewe that yf luck payed me court
Thenne Ich koude make the folk cavort
And mayhap to be mirtheful for a while
Ich kan yet remembir
How the music oft wolde make me smyle
And Ich knewe that yf luck payed me court
Thenne Ich koude make the folk cavort
And mayhap to be mirtheful for a while
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 AM
A long long tyme ago
Ich kan yet remembir
How the music oft wolde make me smyle
And Ich knewe that yf luck payed me court
Thenne Ich koude make the folk cavort
And mayhap to be mirtheful for a while
Ich kan yet remembir
How the music oft wolde make me smyle
And Ich knewe that yf luck payed me court
Thenne Ich koude make the folk cavort
And mayhap to be mirtheful for a while
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Minnesotans “stayed calm” last night and Trump is still talking about the Insurrection Act today.
It’s like an abusive relationship. He will say “look what she made me do,” no matter what she actually did.
It only works if everyone else is willing to blame the victim.
It’s like an abusive relationship. He will say “look what she made me do,” no matter what she actually did.
It only works if everyone else is willing to blame the victim.
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Minnesotans “stayed calm” last night and Trump is still talking about the Insurrection Act today.
It’s like an abusive relationship. He will say “look what she made me do,” no matter what she actually did.
It only works if everyone else is willing to blame the victim.
It’s like an abusive relationship. He will say “look what she made me do,” no matter what she actually did.
It only works if everyone else is willing to blame the victim.
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These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned ...
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
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SO THE OFFICIAL LINE FROM DONNY'S THUGS IS "IT WASN'T MURDER, SO STOP CALLING US MURDERERS OR WE'LL GET MAD AND DO MORE MURDERS." FUCK STRAIGHT OFF, THAT'S SOME EVIL BULLSHIT RIGHT THERE. MANY SAY I HAVE WRITTEN AN ANGRY POST LIKE FEW THOUGHT POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR READING IT HERE: bit.ly/3LwTXnh
January 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
SO THE OFFICIAL LINE FROM DONNY'S THUGS IS "IT WASN'T MURDER, SO STOP CALLING US MURDERERS OR WE'LL GET MAD AND DO MORE MURDERS." FUCK STRAIGHT OFF, THAT'S SOME EVIL BULLSHIT RIGHT THERE. MANY SAY I HAVE WRITTEN AN ANGRY POST LIKE FEW THOUGHT POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR READING IT HERE: bit.ly/3LwTXnh
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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🖋️ “ICE is Trump's Gestapo. What are you doing to stop lawless cruelty and abuse?” hit 2,000 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PXCBUV to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PXCBUV to 50409
ICE is Trump's Gestapo. What are you doing to stop lawless cruelty and abuse?
Text SIGN PXCBUV to 50409 — ICE detention centres are for-profit concentration camps. Reports of brutal cruel, and even life-threatening treatment and scandalous conditions have shocked the world. The number of deaths in ICE detention is the highest ever. ICE is spreading terror and destroying communities, operating outside the law, lying, refusing to accept identity documents; agents are masked. .................This is an abomination. I do not need to catalogue more of the abuses: you should know them.. Please reply to let me know that you are aware of this shocking situation and what you intend to do about it.
resist.bot
January 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
🖋️ “ICE is Trump's Gestapo. What are you doing to stop lawless cruelty and abuse?” hit 2,000 signers!
💬 Text SIGN PXCBUV to 50409
💬 Text SIGN PXCBUV to 50409
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epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
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I hope those kids treasure those memes and take the whimsy and memories of sillier times with them into adulthood like we did with Trogdor The Burninator, hope you keep referencing them in 20 years time kiddos
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I hope those kids treasure those memes and take the whimsy and memories of sillier times with them into adulthood like we did with Trogdor The Burninator, hope you keep referencing them in 20 years time kiddos
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‘People believe this stuff’: AI is a new headache for air disaster investigators
‘People believe this stuff’: AI is a new headache for air disaster investigators
Fake content generated by the technology could spread misinformation and undermine official inquiries, an expert says.
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
‘People believe this stuff’: AI is a new headache for air disaster investigators
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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In case this wasn't.... matchlessly clear... RFK Jr. told the New York Times he's personally responsible for the new CDC website page claiming that vaccines may cause autism. This is a lie and Kennedy employed tortured logic to try to justify it to the paper. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. wants you to know he’s personally responsible for anti-vax misinformation on CDC website
He told the New York Times there’s no proof that vaccines don’t cause autism, which is a lie.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In case this wasn't.... matchlessly clear... RFK Jr. told the New York Times he's personally responsible for the new CDC website page claiming that vaccines may cause autism. This is a lie and Kennedy employed tortured logic to try to justify it to the paper. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Employment lawyer here: the number of male employers who genuinely believe they should be able to sleep with their female employees and pay working mothers less than working fathers is most of them. They genuinely believe that it is an injustice against them that they might face repercussions.
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Employment lawyer here: the number of male employers who genuinely believe they should be able to sleep with their female employees and pay working mothers less than working fathers is most of them. They genuinely believe that it is an injustice against them that they might face repercussions.
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CNN talking about the possibility of violence as a guy in a giraffe costume waddles by
October 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
CNN talking about the possibility of violence as a guy in a giraffe costume waddles by
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a real water is wet scenario here
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
a real water is wet scenario here
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Kimmel: "He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now."
September 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Kimmel: "He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now."
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Pssssssst! Hey!
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September 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Pssssssst! Hey!
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happy LABOR DAY buckaroos. time to celebrate with these classic work trots
September 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
happy LABOR DAY buckaroos. time to celebrate with these classic work trots
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THIS is what our trans siblings want
August 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
THIS is what our trans siblings want
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ever been depressed? smoked? you should still be able to get the updated Covid vaccine for at least one more year
FDA is authorizing anybody with a risk factor from this list to receive the vaccines, as well as anybody 65+.
August 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
ever been depressed? smoked? you should still be able to get the updated Covid vaccine for at least one more year
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Hadn't been on TruthSocial for a while. Didn't realize it's a website wholly subsidized by scamming seniors with Ivermectin ads, which Trump fans apparently still think cures all known illnesses.
August 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hadn't been on TruthSocial for a while. Didn't realize it's a website wholly subsidized by scamming seniors with Ivermectin ads, which Trump fans apparently still think cures all known illnesses.
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ironically, both fields which men then took over and tried for years to kick women out of
we have both computers and science fiction because Byron was so insufferable it inspired all the women around him to come up with elaborate reasons to get away
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
ironically, both fields which men then took over and tried for years to kick women out of