Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026if someone burns popcorn at work I should be able to go home 120
Reposted by AlexMara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Naturally, since she was a poet, the poetry section in the Rebel Loon Archives chapter about Renee Good is really moving. This section of a long poem by V.M. Stone really hit me 14812
Reposted by AlexProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026Pregnancy is the only condition where Florida courts have ruled that a mentally competent patient can be forced to undergo unwanted treatment, such as a C-section. (Published March)propublica.orgThey Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a... 31583301
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026of course this guy drives a WRX (complimentary)startribune.comOne Minnesotan’s longshot plan to take down the company behind Flock camerasIn the fight against mass surveillance, there are letter writers, lawbreakers and one maverick IT guy. 011
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026my 7yo was born in the wrong era. he would have loved the Beanie Baby craze. 240
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026conversely my neighbors in Seward were like “this is a society! pull up as far as possible so I don’t have to circle the block after getting home from work!” 010
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026when I moved to north minneapolis my neighbors immediately course corrected me and told me this wasn’t south minneapolis, we don’t block the walkways here 110
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026so much of MPS is run this way. also their new gifted and talented test no longer identifies kids who may be gifted but not english language proficient. new test fails to capture these kids, so there are fewer gifted kids, and then MPS pulled gifted and talented dollars from schools 110
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026went to a bunch of meetings re: class sizes last year and was told the person responsible for projecting the numbers of incoming students is just going off vibes. just plucks a random number out of the air and the result was four classes of Kinder/First with 1 teacher and 31 kids 110
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I loved this book to death. Eventually it was just a loose collection of papers. 040
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I woke up and lay in bed for 20 minutes and then realized it was Sunday not Monday lolol 000
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’m not stunting on anyone, I’m just saying, I love having only one child and being a family of three. 250
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I learned how to do papier-mâché in public school art class and now every halloween I make my kid a cool ass costume. public school rules 093
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I got a letter from my student loan servicer saying I have 60 days to pick a new payment plan, and when I log in it says I have 85 days to pick a payment plan lol 011
Reposted by Alexlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/10/2026if you think about it, winning via a direct connection to the divine father of all creation through His appointed emissary on Earth is a much more egregious cheating scandal than banging on trash cans 532088297
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026why can’t we have anything nice. i can’t even find solace in my stupid nerd hobby of maintaining my plex server because I’ve had two drives shit the bed this month and the cost of storage has tripled in the past couple years. 020
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I love the Wayside School books so much. I’ve been reading my son one and it’s so good. Perfectly captures how strange it is to be a child surrounded by baffling adults and confounding rules. I disliked being a kid but loved these books. 010
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I finally saw this today. It’s incredibly overwhelming (in a good way). 0103
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026cuz there’s draaaaaama! www.startribune.com/french-meado...startribune.comFrench Meadow founder calls sale of Minneapolis restaurant a ‘horrible mistake’In a lawsuit, Lynn Gordon says the buyer behind the Lyndale Avenue location owes $1.7 million and has damaged the beloved brand she spent four decades building. 130
Reposted by AlexNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 29/09/2026bold and wildly inexplicable photo choice here 241366248
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026fwiw though V3 over North doesn’t advertise or price as such, we’ve done a few years of group lessons and often it ends up being a season of 1:1 instruction. 110
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 26/09/2026oh good call! I don’t know what it is, but I like wandering around those stores a lot lol 010
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Twin Cities: are there still any stores out there like Discount 70 and Unclaimed Freight that you can wander around in person? 100
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 26/09/2026 “Textbook capitalist exploitation thrives in peaceful and productive coexistence with the play-drive of the exploited…” -Julian Dibbell 000
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026if I never hear an HR type talk about brain science or neuroplasticity again it will be too soon 051
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I had them do my makeup on my wedding day! It was like $10 pre-tip and looked great. Halfway through I told the person I was getting married and I think it stressed her out which I felt bad about. 020
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026so tired of this “the only moral abortion is my abortion” shit regarding immigration and ICE. this dude still wants to spend state dollars helping ICE kidnap, torture, and kill Kansans. he no doubt believes his daughter-in-law’s fathers story is unique, an aberration. what a spineless loser 060
Reposted by AlexWedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 23/09/2026Brandt: Reasonable requests to reign in MPD spending have gotten "no response." You can't ignore those who control the purse strings without consequences. 1445
Reposted by AlexCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm heading to the Pearsall ICE detention facility to check on Wilber Garces Perez, a man who was shot in the back by an ICE agent in Austin on Sunday. He needs a doctor, not deportation. I'll report back on what I find. 1129781
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026why is the adverb “quietly” in every headline now. none of you people are actually doing anything quietly. 030
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026From the screenshot I would have assumed Becka was on for a cooking segment. 0100
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026yesterday my coworker was talking to me about petty office politics. typically this would be my shit but for the first time in my life I was like “oh I’m paid enough I do not care about this and will not think about it once I leave this building in fact I’m not even going to think about it now.” 080
Reposted by Alexmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 22/09/2026me when i get the $36.52 from my involvement in the class action lawsuit against the company that exposed all of my private data to the entire world 183020322
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I finally looked up the lyrics to Olivia Rodrigo’s “u + me = <3” after hearing a line as “So buy me silver jewelry and all my favorite Calgary” since June. It’s “Cadbury” not “Calgary.”youtube.comu + me = ᐸ3YouTube video by Olivia Rodrigo - Topic 030
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026calling chatgpt “SI” is a bit too on the nose given its body count 020
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026these kids and the mom are so brave. there are so few jobs in the RGV, so I imagine many of these ICE agents are terrorizing their own communities. what a nightmare. 010
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think I may be too impatient for fall sowing but I’m going to try. 140
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I love when you’re doing something like walking back from dropping your car at the mechanic and then suddenly you realize it’s one of the. nicest days of the year and you get to walk home! 110
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026when my son was a toddler he thought The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine was a Little Blue Truck book we were refusing to read him 110
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026whenever someone from robbinsdale talks shit about north minneapolis it’s so crazy to me like you live in a place demonstrably worse than north minneapolis???? 140
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026we need to shut down birdtown until we figure out what’s going on 020
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I’m so excited and scared to go see this. Gotta round up the signal buddies so we can cry together after. 091
Alex @alexpong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026ugh I love seeing all the dead leaves washed out of downspouts. it really tickles me. 000
