Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Even if you wanted to forget that Donald Trump is in the group chat, he would never let you. 191
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If only intelligent humans with uteruses were afforded the same rights of self-regulation. 091
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This was YESTERDAY—September 29, 2026. The entire Republican party is in the Chi Phi group chat. This is effectively an administration-led event. To even allow Brand in the building is absurd. To laugh at his rape joke? Chilling. www.thecut.com/article/russ... 093
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry stepped into the role of Emperor Palpatine on Star Wars: The Clone Wars when Ian Abercrombie died in 2012, making him the original—and actually good—version of this:static.klipy.comPoe Dameron: Somehow, Palpatine ReturnedAlt: Poe Dameron: Somehow, Palpatine Returned 040
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The Meta Perv Glasses ought to be so toxic that allowing them to become associated with the Ray-Ban brand is undesirable for any price. I doubt that's how it will play out, but I'd love to be wrong. Apparently the deal with Luxottica (owner of Ray-Ban and Oakley) runs into 2030. 1234
Reposted by Andrew KarreChildren's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026New Massachusetts law aims to curb book bans in schools and libraries | MetroWest Daily News buff.ly/DvW187c 052
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 13/08/2026"An officer engaged a domestic terrorist with his CTG-5 G.L.O.V.E., but the domestic terrorist moved erratically, and the officer feared the terrorist was reaching for his gun, so the hero-patriot officer had no choice but to neutralize the terrorist."—a White House spokesperson in 2027. 152
Reposted by Andrew KarreMatt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026It’s true that if you don’t count 2/3 of its population, Minnesota would be a red state 321024129
Reposted by Andrew KarreMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026ICE has killed another person.thecityreporter.nycEl Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family SaysThe detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said. 2820471016
Reposted by Andrew KarreDara Moskowitz Grumdahl @deardara.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Mob shit, but the Supreme Court says it’s ok so we live like we own gas stations in Brooklyn in 1950 and wait for the next unimaginable violation 0105
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 30/07/2026On my first day in Major British Writers I at Lawrence University in 1998, Prof. Bertrand Goldgar, cold-opened with a recital of Larkin’s “This Be the Verse.” I can still hear it in his voice now—a treasured memory of college. I took every class he taught. I am so sorry for students in Florida.nytimes.comFlorida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says (Gift Article)South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing. 0115
Reposted by Andrew KarreE.K. Johnston @ekjohnston.bsky.social · 30/07/2026🎶It's been years in the making🎶 0216
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 28/07/2026In 1998, my roommate and I ceased to have a CD player. Instead we had an American Water player. 040
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 27/07/2026In Sept., it’ll have been 10 years since I received BLOOD WATER PAINT by @joymccullough.bsky.social as a sub. Sometime that month, Joy and I had our first call. I believe I was in the upstairs dining area of a Whole Foods in Manhattan. I don’t remember why, but the call went well. 1/4 1113
Reposted by Andrew KarreRandall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 24/07/2026“Trump is our first postliterate president. It is difficult to imagine him being elected leader of a country where information is primarily spread through text. Ahead of the 2024 election, an NBC News poll of 1,000 voters found that Joe Biden had a 49-pt lead among respondents who read newspapers.”theatlantic.comThe End of Reading Is HereOptimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. 1135
Reposted by Andrew KarreShannon Gibney @shannongibney.bsky.social · 20/07/2026“The AP scoured hundreds of court documents and immigration records to reveal several cases of children being permanently, legally taken from their families after initial separations.”thehill.comAP: Migrant children may be adopted after parents are deportedHoles in immigration laws are allowing state court judges to grant custody of migrant children to American families without notifying their deported parents, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.T… 0116
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Whoever’s holding a cute bath picture of baby Pau Cubarsí, now’s the time. 052
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Turning on the Telemundo World Cup broadcast and encountering Tom Cruise… What a world. 030
Reposted by Andrew KarreShannon Gibney @shannongibney.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“The state of our city budget is not great; the police department is, in fact, bankrupting our city, so I don’t know how much money we have to contribute to a mounted patrol unit.”startribune.comMinneapolis city leaders reckon with projected $33 million budget gapCity leaders, like those in neighboring St. Paul, will have to make tough choices if they want to plug the expected budget hole without raising taxes. 042
Reposted by Andrew KarreWhat's Yr Read @whatsyrread.bsky.social · 02/07/2026New Episode: Sex in YA Literature Feat. Editorial Genius @andrewkarre.bsky.social, as well as a discussion of This One Summer by @dirtbagg.bsky.social & Mariko Tamaki and our aspirational adventure to @redemmas.org spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/5Z8jvB3Wr4b 032
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Another Word update, another version where auto-correct is broken in comments—among other things. We'll tell our grandkids about the pre-AI, pre-corporate enshitification years, when occasionally big software companies cared about improving apps for their most skilled users. No one will believe us. 380
Reposted by Andrew Karrevictoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 01/07/2026i kinda love this answer, it’s very illuminating. it’s not about female athletes at all, it’s about the fragile egos of delusional psychopathic parents who want returns on their perceived investments 263872666
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Malik Tillman was born in Germany. JD is still sad and confused. 0101
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Three cheers for Bosnia’s gaffer. I hope he has a yacht to go with that blazer. 010
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The moment where Jude Bellingham hugs the DR Congo keeper after his wonder save is genuinely lovely. Lionel Mpasi was amazing. 081
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I don’t think the US will win the World Cup, but it is delicious to imagine someone explaining to Trump that the source of nearly all of the US’s offense is a poster child for birthright citizenship. 1172
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Every Flo Balogun goal is a goal for birthright citizenship. 072
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 01/07/2026"Kids with full-ride sports scholarships" is up there with "kids at boarding schools" in the rankings of things that are vastly over represented in books and movies. 0133
Reposted by Andrew KarreKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Well it’s a dissent in part and a concurrence in part. (See also: me not being a lawyer.) 1115516
Reposted by Andrew Karreashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 30/06/2026thinking about Dred Scott today in advance of the birthright citizenship decision. the 14th amendment it isn’t just about status or paperwork—it’s about humanity. that all people born here are citizens.* Scott died after being free for just 16 months. he had fought for his daughters, not himself. 5450120
Reposted by Andrew KarreShannon Gibney @shannongibney.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Don’t miss the release of @sunyungshin.bsky.social ‘s new memoir, HEART EATER! It’s groundbreaking, I assure you. 1105
Reposted by Andrew KarreShannon Gibney @shannongibney.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The Midwest Black Book Fair is happening in Minneapolis on August 22! ✊🏽✊🏽🤩 Lots of panels, workshops, readings, discussions are in the works. I’m excited, and hope to see you there. @mnbipockidlit.bsky.social is thrilled to be a Black Literary Partner.midwestblackbookfair.comMidwest Black Book Fair 0249
Reposted by Andrew KarreStacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 24/06/2026even the head quack wants these places to quit lying about diagnosing ectopic pregnancies please DO continue lying about offering support for people who continue their pregnancies, they advise, but they don't want to land on Letitia James' enemies listnpr.orgWhy are crisis pregnancy centers saying they can 'rule out' ectopic pregnancy?Under President Trump, more federal attention and support has gone towards anti-abortion Christian centers. A watchdog group says many of them mislead patients with promises to "rule out" ectopic preg... 2268
Reposted by Andrew KarreShannon Gibney @shannongibney.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Here’s the promo image and details on adoptee-centered events I mentioned in an earlier post, the weekend of September 11! 143
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Before 2026, could you fit all the presidential commentary about the Reflecting Pool on a 3x5 card? Before 2026, you could be a serious, civic-minded American and never think about the Reflecting Pool. Happy birthday, America. No need to send in the clowns, though. We know how the song goes. 081
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Removing the president from office via the 25th Amendment actually requires quite a few steps, but I think reasonable people can agree that if the president spends over a week shrieking about the Reflecting Pool, we get to skip all those steps. 2106
Reposted by Andrew KarreAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026Obama shouts out "those ordinary people in the Twin Cities who braved frigid temperatures, risked their own safety, standing shoulder to shoulder to look our for their neighbors and sometimes for strangers because they knew that was the right thing to do" 356237145664
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 16/06/2026@blackhartstp.com Maybe do another run of St. Paul Liberation Front T-shirts for legal aid? I know I'd buy a few more. 061
Reposted by Andrew Karrefloating in lotus position @gallantdimwit.bsky.social · 16/06/2026So far in this DOJ press conference they've rolled out someone posting "become ungovernable" on Facebook, a Facebook page with a 5th precinct burning shirt as the banner, and an unhinged "Antifa Kyle" video. Taking over-under on how many of these cases get outright dismissed 48415
Reposted by Andrew KarreDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 16/06/2026National Lawyers Guild response: 017253
Reposted by Andrew KarreJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 16/06/2026We've heard reports all morning of anti-ICE observers being arrested or searched around Minneapolis and St. Paul. A legal group says about 15 detained. I'll be covering a first court appearance in St. Paul early this afternoon. There have also been calls for protest. 116551
Reposted by Andrew KarreJason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 16/06/2026ALERT 🚨 Federal agents are being seen across our community as they arrest observers. Let me be clear, alerting our neighbors about ICE activity is not a crime, observing is not a crime, and loving your immigrant neighbors is not a crime. 1/ 3485193
Reposted by Andrew KarreBlack Hart of Saint Paul @blackhartstp.com · 16/06/2026Oh shit the feds about to drop a list of folks we need to buy beer for! Can’t wait. 212020
Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Alex Pretti and Renee Good were executed by federal agents in broad daylight in front of witnesses. The president and his sycophants immediately lied about it. No one has been charged or arrested in their killings. The idea that Minnesotans are being arrested for lawful protests is sickening. 1102
Reposted by Andrew KarreDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 16/06/2026Minnesota US Attorney Dan Rosen having a news conference at 11 a.m. to announced charges against ”antifa.” Probably explains the reports of FBI in area & legal observers being picked up & homes searched. 20512184
Reposted by Andrew KarreMelissa Kaercher @chebutykin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Alright MSP, heads up. The FBI showed up at the house of a friend of mine (a vet with no criminal record) and threatened her vet benefits because she was a legal observer in January. She took no guff and immediately called the ACLU. So, be vigilant for more bullshit, and remember:youtube.comNLG Know Your Rights reminder: Shut the f*** up!YouTube video by National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & MI 113569
Reposted by Andrew Karrenilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The most shadow banned post in the history of posts lol 8491521416
Reposted by Andrew KarreMatthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 15/06/2026“those who received Covid vaccines (either mRNA or another type) had a roughly 38% lower risk of Covid-associated major cardiovascular events.” www.statnews.com/2026/06/15/c...statnews.comCovid vaccination cut risk of adverse heart events, large study findsCovid vaccination was also tied to a nearly 24% reduction in all-cause cardiac events in a large study, surprising researchers. 7669251