Reposted by Kevin van HaarenEugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 9hWe are about to finally get serious about fighting woke on Mars 2495
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 15hI’ve been a media witness to two federal executions. One was Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The other, a week later, was a drug kingpin named Juan Raul Garza. My conclusion after watching both men die: The death penalty should not exist. Period. It fixes nothing, and it erodes our souls. 441003225
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 23harstechnica.comRFK Jr. says AI backs his anti-vaccine views. We checked—it doesn't.AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy. 87954384
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 26/02/2026…Because, the story goes, we need the votes of people who *don’t* want full trans rights. Because THEY have that purity test, and must be catered to. So trans people and the people who love them should just suck it up and watch their rights taken away. For some mythical voter’s (yep) purity test. 181687213
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 21hYES SEND HIM TO IRAN! No not the military him personally! 000
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 23hGo read Diane’s books! Seriously, they are the best! 220068
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 23hI know we've found some niches where AI seems to be somewhat useful, but replies like these absolutely infuriate me and is a big reason why I refuse to use AI 99% of the time. 010
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 30/09/2026Hey Apple News why do you do this crap? I blocked the channel so I don't want to see any of their crap. Not constant reminders of their crap. 000
Reposted by Kevin van Haareninthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 30/09/2026his mom was the 2019 winner. the big bear genes run deep 1142
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 30/09/2026The MacArthur Fellowship grants this year seem particularly designed to infuriate the right-wing. I'm loving it.npr.orgMeet the 20 scholars and artists who've just won MacArthur FellowshipsA historian who studies wage gaps between races and a saxophonist whose live performances include a chef are among the latest recipients of the philanthropic group's annual, no-strings-attached $800,000 grants. 001
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 29/09/2026Fuckin' Missouri GOP does another shit job. Same old story across the board for these jokers. 000
Reposted by Kevin van Haarenfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My work only requires me to come in 2 days a week but I'm in every day. People think I'm conscientious but I only do it as the work toilets are great and they have fantastic, quilted loo roll. I'd come in weekends to shit then too if I could. 171524
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Covid revisionist history helped MAGA return to power. That’s a major theme of this.mcgill.caEveryone Else Is Lying to You: A Damning Archive of Science Denial“Future generations will know that at least some of us tried to resist the intrusion of quackery into medicine, and they’ll gain some semblance of insight into a confounding reality.” Thus ends the da... 04519
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenHannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 28/09/2026When I set out to fact check “The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs” which argues that harm reduction may increase overdoses, I expected some cherry picking and misdirection. But not to find basic math errors and debunked right wing talking points asserted as fact in the Atlantic’s print edition.whatsitlike.meAtlantic's anti-harm reduction screed riddled with errorsA close read of "The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs" found errors in basic arithmetic as well as more deliberately misleading elements 1021380
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“One such wave hit the northern tip of South America in late August and has begun moving up towards the west coast of the US. That wave could reach California shores within days, and when it does, ocean scientists say it may raise sea levels by up to a foot for months as El Niño.” Oh.theguardian.comConcern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for CaliforniaThe ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast 919546
Reposted by Kevin van Haarennick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays. 4250261993
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 28/09/2026Ugh, Cowboy Junkies updated the album art on The Trinity Session. Not a fan. I wish Apple wouldn't replace album art (this goes for books too, hate it when a book gets a cover with images from the "Now a Movie!") (Original on top, new on bottom) 010
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It wasn't a good day to wheel out ole man Trump 1922719
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenEddie Campbell @eddiecampbell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Three months from now you'll be lamenting that you only got socks and underpants for xmas and wishing you'd signed up for this. www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...kickstarter.comThe Arts of Eddie Campbell, ComickerThe first ever Eddie Campbell Artbook 22511
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 28/09/2026Somehow I'm thinking the original debt was $50 and they kept stacking on late fees until it was $3,596.49. 010
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 28/09/2026Just another way red states fail new moms and babies. Throw them to the curb as soon as possible. thebeaconnews.org/stories/2026...thebeaconnews.orgMissouri doesn't require asking pregnant patients about their mental health. New moms keep dyingAsking the right questions is just the first step. Actually getting support, especially for moms in rural Missouri, is where providers say things get even harder. 000
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 28/09/2026I think we should all agree that when Trump is replaced we remove his name from everything (including seizing any private property with his name) and build one building and name it after him. A public restroom in DC. We can call it the Trump Dump. 000
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenKevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious Can we offer up a tax credit? Little bags of shrooms? Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools? 1072260532
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 28/09/2026Oh my god, it looks like a Russian bot forgot to pay their Claude bill but was still configured to reply to posts about Putin 15562119
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 28/09/2026Racism doesn't distinguish between "legal" and "illegal" they were always going to go after everybody, and you didn't believe us when we told you that. 000
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 28/09/2026My electrical engineering degree had mandatory history credits. I took a history of black America. I was the only white student. One of my better, and useful, classes. 010
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenUSA TODAY Opinion @usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 26/09/2026"This is almost unbearably stupid," writes columnist @rexhuppke.bsky.social. bit.ly/4rGRabV 📸: Evan Vucci/Reuters 2819
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 26/09/2026I had Sprint's ION telephone/internet plan. I liked it a lot. But they never charged me. Used it for a few years. When they shut it down I got some free marketing tchotchkes and a $400 refund check, for a service that never charged me. Anyway, I'm the reason Sprint had to merge with T-Mobile. 010
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation 2938478841
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenDark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 23/09/2026Reminder: Paul Chadwick's early CONCRETE stories finally return to print in a paperback omnibus format, kicking off in June 2027! Pre-order: bit.ly/4ddFx6f Volume 1 of this release collects the first two volumes of Concrete, Depths and Heights. By @paulchadwick.bsky.social 19926
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenComics in the Golden Age @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today is the birthday of cartoonist, illustrator, & animator Winsor McCay (Sept. 26, 1869-July 26, 1934). Best known for the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland and his early work in animation, particularly on Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). 721654
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 26/09/2026When I was in my early/mid 20s, I played pro basketball overseas, relying on the team to navigate everything from housing to phone service to immigration. I had to trust that they — & the country I was essentially an invited guest in — would protect me. Schools here can’t make this promise anymore. 110710
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026guy who fell into a coma after the last episode of fawlty towers wakes up and looks at the internet 17088571743
Reposted by Kevin van Haarenmcc @dryad.technology · 25/09/2026Rent control for domain names when 25813
Reposted by Kevin van HaarenYES PLZ Coffee @yesplz.coffee · 25/09/2026all we ask is that if you bring your own coffee to the interview, it better be really fucking good. 1112
Kevin van Haaren @kevin.crime.group · 25/09/2026What is amazing about eliminating carbon release is just how much can be accomplished after. Cheap energy that can be installed anywhere where needed without a supply chain to fuel it can lift so much of humanity. God I hopw we don't piss it away, we're so close. 010
