T Karney

I can be found other places with the same handle

[T Karney @pecunium]

If you confess to being a "shitlord", make a point of your "Devil's Advocacy" or other confessions of dishonest motives, you get blocked.

[T Karney @pecunium]

@JohnMiladin @honestmic1176 But he sure as fuck ended it.

[T Karney @pecunium]

@adancingferret @HNTurtledove Jesus Wept.

[M!RI @whitney_jewston]

She:
- invented the wireless radio system which laid the foundation for modern Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
- fled her fascist husband to give his plans to the US while hiding her jewish identity
- performed the first female orgasm on screen
A true hero in brains, beauty, and bravery

["Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @BretDevereaux]

Does that change what America was yesterday? No. Obviously. I'm a historian, I believe in the importance of the past. Nor should past crimes and failures be forgotten.

But I draw from the Athenian example the importance of defining ourselves so as to change our future. end/8

["Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @BretDevereaux]

And there is tremendous power in redefining the core attributes of a community.

People want to fit in! They want to belong.

Succeeding in redefining what we 'are' in that vague, metaphysical sense can exert a real pull on what people *do.* 6/

["Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @BretDevereaux]

But that exercise in self-definition was prescriptive, not descriptive and I think that is too powerful a message for us to give up.

We, not the insurrectionists, not the neo-Confederates, *we* are America, and we get to decide what America is today. 5/

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

Day six of Ukraine’s “special military operation” in Russia. What we know amid the fog of war.
🔴 Ukraine continues expanding its foothold in Kursk westward and eastward. Russian refugees interviewed by Readovka say Ukrainian armor is in Krasnooktyabrskoye on the Psel river and Russian authorities report a Ukrainian probe near Belitsa.
🔴 The area of Ukrainian operations inside Russia is more than 20 miles deep in some places and some 40 miles wide.
🔴 Russia posts footage of several Ukrainian vehicles hit by drones and missiles, but there is no footage of Russian forces regaining any ground or taking Ukrainian POWs.
🔴 New Ukrainian incursions reported overnight in border villages of Belgorod region.
🔴 Russian military bloggers report that Russian units have been moved to Kursk from occupied Donetsk and Kherson.
🔴 The city of Kursk came under a large Ukrainian barrage overnight, one of the shot-down projectiles hit a housing block.
🔴The video, likely filmed a few days ago, shows Ukrainian forces raising the 🇺🇦 flag over the village of Guevo in 🇷🇺 Kursk region.

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

Russian military correspondent Kotenok, describing the situation in the Donetsk direction, said that many forces were transferred to Kursk, which eased the pressure on Ukrainians:

"The Ukrainians do not have any serious defense in this direction and are forced to constantly roll back. Ours are trying not to lose the initiative and move forward, but a significant part of the forces have been transferred, you know where."

[Peter Leonard @Peter__Leonard]

Pavel Kushnir, a 39-year-old pianist, had his funeral yesterday after dying in a pretrial detention centre in Birobidzhan, Russia. He was arrested for posting anti-war videos on YouTube.

[T Karney @pecunium]

@maxjthinks @DannyDrinksWine Why?

It's a great film. Not least because it's about people coming together (which is what people do) and it's a monster movie where the people don't do stupid shit.

[Patrick S. Tomlinson @stealthygeek]

How jet airline thrust reversers work.

[ Dr. Waitman W. Beorn (waitmanwbeorn.com on 🟦) @waitmanb]

Normal people: That breakdancer was hilariously bad.

Conservatives: wOKE acADeMicS wItH tHeiR proNOuNs ANd tHeiR cUlTuRaL sTUdiEs aRE oUt To RUiN tHe World!

[MisterRogersQuotes @MisterRogersSay]

“A sick child is much more than his or her sickness.
A person with a disability is much, much more than a handicap. A pediatrician is more than a medical doctor. You're MUCH more than your job description or your age or your income or your output.”

[Georgia Meadows @MsGrgaMeadows]

Following Imane Khelif's legal complaint, @Keir_Starmer must seriously consider and investigate Rosie Duffield's role in the abuse she faced.

Her lawyer has described the harassment she faced as "misogynistic, racist and sexist." none of which have a place in the Labour Party.

[T Karney @pecunium]

I think letting their Titanic sail on is the plan.

[Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @NotHoodlum]

A defiant Lara Trump: “We don’t give a damn about a letter from Non-American Celine Dion. I’ll sing the song myself. No one can stop this Titanic.”

[T Karney @pecunium]

About 1.5 weeks pay, if you were making 18,000 a year (not a bad salary for the time)

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

The mighty Atari 400. Yours for $549. Software* $39.99.

(*Basic Sociology may require a joystick)

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

The Dragon 32 (1982). Wales's answer to the Apple II it was the size of an oven and came with a God-awful mercury-tilt joystick. It couldn't display lower case which MADE PROGRAMMING VERY SHOUTY!

[T Karney @pecunium]

@Cosmos5950 @JosephPoulin175 @JulieMFaenza @KathrynTewson That, more than all the other tells, is why you aren't convincing people. You tell the wrong sorts of stories, and rather than do something like point to an E0 (or Navy Reg, "Captain"), you try for "Karney is suddenly an expert".

Amateur hour.

[T Karney @pecunium]

@Cosmos5950 @JosephPoulin175 @JulieMFaenza @KathrynTewson So, having known some folks who lost clearances for that sort of shit (or just bouncing a check while their SBI was underway) hearing, "I caused a scene at an airport, and then got an escort because I know the secret phrases"... nope.

If you had, you'd never tell the tale.