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Ken Caine

@gutstringtheory.bsky.social

Environmental sociologist. Tennis, bicycles, and Berners. Reads way too much - or not enough - George Orwell, Jeff VanderMeer, Arundhati Roy, Haruki Murakami, Olga Tokarczuk, Ursula Le Guin, and William Gibson. There's gotta be a pattern there, somewhere.

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I thought this Washington Post headline about Elon Musk needed a bit of context.

07.11.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1095    ๐Ÿ” 367    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.

12 days of work in 107 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

07.11.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18451    ๐Ÿ” 6757    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 663    ๐Ÿ“Œ 336
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Lorenzo Musetti got past Sebastian Korda 6-0, 5-7, 7-5 after saving a match point to stay alive for Turin

Novak Djokovic easily got past Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-4 to move into a 144th ATP Final.

If Musetti wins the final, he advances to Turin

If Djokovic wins the final, FAA advances to Turin.

07.11.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
when work is getting super busy but your shift is almost over - pic of trump staring forward while health emergency happens to the right of him

when work is getting super busy but your shift is almost over - pic of trump staring forward while health emergency happens to the right of him

07.11.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
"i blame biden. he shoulda done a better job explaining how trump's policies were gonna screw people like me. that's why I'm still MAGA"

[pic of guy in maga hat being interviewed]

"i blame biden. he shoulda done a better job explaining how trump's policies were gonna screw people like me. that's why I'm still MAGA" [pic of guy in maga hat being interviewed]

07.11.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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They are so good at this.

06.11.2025 06:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16177    ๐Ÿ” 3591    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 172    ๐Ÿ“Œ 71
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Coffee at Stan's
Alex Janvier ~ Densuline
n.d.

06.11.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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a man wearing a blue yonex jacket is standing on a tennis court ALT: a man wearing a blue yonex jacket is standing on a tennis court
06.11.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If #Mamdani wins in New York, especially if he wins BIG, it would be the most powerful indication weโ€™ve seen that big money, big media & big politics CAN be beat in todayโ€™s USA. That might be the most hopeful & inspiring thing to come out of a depressed & broken United States this year. #VOTEMamdani

05.11.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 314    ๐Ÿ” 57    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

"Free power"

03.11.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the article and sharing your story, Chris. Frightening impacts!
I'm always taken aback at how amazed people are when i tell them I don't drink. The societal pressures and socialization to drink is immense.

02.11.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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two men are sitting next to each other on a tennis court talking ALT: two men are sitting next to each other on a tennis court talking

Us tennis players acting all tough

02.11.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hockey game breaks out at World Series!

02.11.2025 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a bald man wearing a black turtleneck and a suit is smiling and looking at the camera . ALT: a bald man wearing a black turtleneck and a suit is smiling and looking at the camera .

Wow. Sinner dismantles Zverev love and one. It must be the balls

01.11.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Algoma in November
A.Y. Jackson
1935

01.11.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's a very mature win!

01.11.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice consolidated break back to get on serve at 4-4 in the second set!

01.11.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ohtani vs. Scherzer. Oh boy!

01.11.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not sold on Scherzer.
Max: please prove me wrong!

01.11.2025 04:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Halloween gravestone reading โ€œI Did My Own Researchโ€ in a yard with two skeleton arms sticking out of the grass.

Halloween gravestone reading โ€œI Did My Own Researchโ€ in a yard with two skeleton arms sticking out of the grass.

Happy Halloween

31.10.2025 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5896    ๐Ÿ” 1261    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43

Trading is next

01.11.2025 01:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

01.11.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34983    ๐Ÿ” 4167    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1002    ๐Ÿ“Œ 367

Canadians are at war with Donald Trump. They are united in a way Americans will never know.

01.11.2025 00:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2476    ๐Ÿ” 224    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 105    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

In Gaus we Trust.

01.11.2025 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Springer is like my 97 year old New Brunswicker neighbour up on ladder knocking roof shingles back in : when I told her it wasn't safe for her to be up there, she replied that if she died doing what she loved, then it was worth it. True story.

01.11.2025 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd hate to be the person who tries to pull Springer from the game. Him and Scherzer are a different breed.

01.11.2025 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A fun and safe Halloween evening to everyone, especially the kids.

31.10.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7512    ๐Ÿ” 1533    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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My best halloween memory.
Moving into a dodgy apartment 43 years ago with Brit Griffin.
I was a 19. She was 22.
I was sick as a dog and crashed.
Late in the night 3 guys tried to break into the apartment. She put the run on them. She didn't even wake me up.
She was bad-assed then. She still is.

31.10.2025 23:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 666    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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What We Choose to Nazi The Department of Labor is posting Heroic Realism propaganda. What, exactly, are they telling us?

These posters evoke not the New Deal but another thing that starts with N www.thebulwark.com/p/what-we-ch...

31.10.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 455    ๐Ÿ” 154    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

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