Karina Coombs
Karina Coombs
@karinacoombs.com
Writer in Massachusetts interested in pop culture, news, and books. A YIMBY in NIMBYtown.
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Oh to have this amount of patience for other people’s bullshit…
I'm going to try to do this cleanly. Today's right wing governments are networked to each other. Those networks are well-documented. You can read about them in books. Following the elections in one node of that network is good practice for understanding the U.S. node.
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Replying to @thorbenson.bsky.social
I've figured out why Trump is recently so fascinated with examining men's bodies. It isn't homoeroticism, that would be too normal and healthy; he's shopping. He's got a very seasonally themed scheme to replace his failing carcass with a new body constructed to order, and he's looking for parts.
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no matter how sure you are that these guys have broken a whole bunch of laws, you aren't nearly as certain as they are
“Several conservative organizations …— including the Heritage Foundation and American Moment — have pressed White House counsel to either prepare pardons or put in place funding for the legal fees necessary to defend junior staffers from criminal and congressional probes or potential lawsuits.”
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“ICEYE and Nokia signed a letter of intent with Ukraine's Defense Ministry on Oct. 22, formalizing a partnership aimed at developing Ukraine's own satellite communications system.” kyivindependent.com/amid-starlin...
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While the President says this Islamophobic drivel with no pushback, the Democrat Consultant Class is advising Abdul El-Sayed to smile more…
Trump: "If you call somebody from that part of the world 'Mohammed,' you're about 65% sure to get it right. So if you have any problem with names, just call the guy Mohammed, you'll probably be right."
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washington dc is not trump’s personal property and must be given statehood to prevent this kind of abuse in the future
This design appears to completely eliminate the much-beloved loop road and public park at Hains Point, and cut down the cherry trees which line the road. The park is a public space used by tens of thousands of Washingtonians and heavily visited by tourists. /photos not my own.
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Musk has received at least 38 billion in US tax dollars over the last 20 years, with much of it coming in the last five. He is the ultimate welfare queen.
NEW: Elon Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican party. WIRED's tracking his America PAC funding efforts here - read @hugolowell.bsky.social + @dell.bsky.social:
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My favorite bit is when an overly confident politician doesn’t understand how things work. I was once covering a local board for the town paper when an elected official made an inflammatory remark then looked at me and said, “That’s off the record.” My dude, it’s a public meeting. Not how it works.
Found the dude who wrote the original “I do not give Facebook permission to take my data” post.
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TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
This grifter and his wife siphoned hundreds of dollars from the meager bank account of my late grandmother in the 80s. She was devout and incredibly trusting of televangelists (for some reason) and his memory will forever enrage me.
Jim Bakker, televangelist involved in a sex and money scandal who returned to broadcasting after time in prison, has died at 86. David Mark, my @rns.org: religionnews.com/2026/10/06/t...
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Again, you can always detect some faint embarrassment from Democrats when they talk about the ballroom, but “the president demolished a big part of the White House to build himself a palace with bribes from enemy powers” is, by an order of magnitude, the worst corruption scandal in US history
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I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
JD Vance on Angie Nixon: "Get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America"
I remember being at a parent orientation for my new college student and the entire theater erupted in cheers when some school officials emphasized the dangers of AI. This was an entire theater of parents. And my 18 year old and her peers ruthlessly mock the technology. There’s hope.
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“Friction” is humans. There is nothing else to build systems for but humans. They mean a system built for human flourishing won’t survive and they might be right. But not because the agents are so good but because AI is politics.
Funnily enough I was just reading this over on LinkedIn. Obviously the VC world doesn't get this.
He needs to be impeached and his enablers removed and prosecuted for any and all crimes
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