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@aritalks.bsky.social
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Writer, basketball fan, and tea enthusiast. She/her. Minneapolis 💙

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 4h
I have no idea how/if it would be possible (maybe only if Phee walks?), but Kelsey Mitchell would be such a good Minnesota Lynx.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
THIS IS SO GOOD
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 02/10/2026
Will is 100% right. Has happened to multiple clients of mine. One judge (not my case) has said that this isn't really release and ordered the person *actually* released. But it's forcing us habeas attorneys to win our cases twice (or more)
On September 9, 2026, Respondents permitted Pablo F. to exit the building where 
he was detained, but he was immediately swarmed by four ICE officers and handcuffed as 
soon as he stepped outside. (Doc. No. 25-3 at 4:48:45–4:49:26.)3
 The officers drove him
to the back of the Whipple building and returned him to a holding cell. (Doc. No. 21 ¶¶ 8–
9; Doc. No. 25 ¶ 5.) During this encounter, officers dislocated Pablo F.’s shoulder. (Doc. 
No. 21 ¶ 7.)4
 Pablo F. now bringsthis Motion seeking to enforce the Court’s Order granting 
the Petition.Again, Respondents make no attempt whatsoever to support their assertion that 
Pablo F. was released. Absent any such argument, the Court cannot agree that a reasonable 
person would have felt free to leave when exiting the detention facility and immediately 
being stopped by ICE officers. Likewise, absent some argument, the Court necessarily 
concludes that Pablo F. was subject to restraints not shared by the public generally when 
he took one step outside of the detention facility and was immediately stopped by ICE 
officers who forcibly returned him to a detention cell. Because Respondents do not make 
any legal argument that Pablo F. was ever meaningfully released from custody, the Court 
grants the motion and orders Pablo F.’s release.6
6 To be clear, Pablo F. is not arguing, and the Court is not concluding, that an order of 
release in a habeas matter renders unlawful any future arrests. Rather, the Court reaches 
the narrow conclusion that because Respondents advance no legal argument in this case to 
support their assertion that Pablo F. was released from custody, and because the 
uncontested facts show that ICE officers immediately swarmed Pablo F. as soon as he 
stepped out of the building, Pablo F. was not released from custody.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
this sucks so much, and I’m like two months away from canceling all my TV subscriptions and putting the money toward patreon creators instead
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
man who would get bucked off a gay bar mechanical bull in 2 seconds:
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think I just have to state once more that I fucking love the Minnesota Lynx, and log off for the night.
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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love this Lynx team and excited for the future but this sucks.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
zero attempts from 3 tonight for Phee. Statistically one of their best offensive options. not sure whether that's on Lib's defense or Lynx anemic offense.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This really might have been the worst possible matchup for the Lynx. damn.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If Ionescu is going to keep her hands down, Miles has to let it fly from 3. Has to.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They absolutely need to do this, but she also has to want it. She hasn't played with that same "give me the ball on the block, and get out of my way" type of confidence since she came back. She needs to find it right now.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The truth is, Miles is a rookie, and it was unrealistic to expect her to lead the team. It has to be Kayla and Phee. The team will win or lose in the second half based on whether those two can get it going.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nia Brodie my beloved (platonic, affectionate)
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well it looked ROUGH out of the gate, but the Lynx are settling in and getting great looks around the rim. If they keep making these quick drives, the perimeter will open up
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Doing the hora (ish) to celebrate Beavers is the most queer Minneapolis thing I could imagine. This is almost as good as the trans picnic/clown event having to merge last weekend because the crossover was so high
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Walter Pickles you will always be famous!
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The good news is, the Lynx play better on the road. They’ll get the next one in NY. The bad news is, they have to win the clincher at home :/
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I have such a love/hate relationship with the best of 3 series. Any team in the WNBA can win on any given night, which is great news for the lower seed and a challenge for the top. 7 games determines the *better* team, but 3 games shows who has more guts—and to win the chip, you gotta take both.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😬
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
my bold literary take is that even though I love Station Eleven very much, I don’t think any of Emily St. John Mandel’s other novels are good actually (I have not yet read Exit Party)
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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ICE.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I can’t lie, as a Lynx fan I’m fucking nervous about this matchup with the way both teams have been playing lately.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Somehow this feels like a buzzy Amy Adams film that she will once again not win an Oscar for.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
so sorry but I haven’t stopped thinking about this
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 21/09/2026
This is happening to my clients. Makes it impossible for me to know if they're still in Minnesota or even in America. ICE can shuttle them around without my knowledge and, unless they get word to me, I have no way to access them as counsel
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
it’s great that the Wolves are Good now, but I kinda miss getting to see Ricky, KLove, and The Godfather for $15 and a can of soup. Lot of families having a wholesome time and you were guaranteed at least one “holy shit!” Rubio moment you’d talk about for a week. Winning is nice tho.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Without looking at the box score, Lynx just missed a ton of shots tonight from all over the floor. A lot of rushed 3s + layups rolling off the rim. And they need to get Phee more looks on the block. They looked rusty tbh, and I think they’ll be fine, but I hate giving NY fuel.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I need Liv going downhill every single possession.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
*whispers* I wish we still had Jess Shep off the bench
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Lynx really need someone to just get hot in the 4th
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Nia!!!
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A “refs you suck!” chant just broke out, we’re so back
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have a new goal in life… getting served a pint by Napheesa Collier is something I can truly aspire to
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terryhorstman @terryhorstman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Minnesotans rejoicing at the Unrivaled news while simultaneously holding back the urge to comment "WE DON'T CALL IT MINNY!!!" under every single Unrivaled social post 🤣
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 17/09/2026
i feel like a message that is missing in the midterms is that….republicans control everything? it feels like a basic thing we should really be saying over and over. this is all their choice. unhappy? look who is in the drivers seat.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Since we're all rightfully shitting on Ed Sheeran, don't forget this gem
'Excuse me, can I have another glass of wine'
'I'm Ed Sheeran'
'Ok Ed get me another glass'
Daily Mail Celebrity • @DailyMailCe...
Ed Sheeran gets mistaken for a waiter by Amy Lee at the #Grammys
dailym.ai/1zAZr2i
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No “it’s not REALLY a comedy!” discourse has confused me more than the “Widow’s Bay isn’t a comedy” discourse. Few shows have made me laugh as much as that one and from a wide variety of joke types!
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I had low expectations for Practical Magic 2, but I did enjoy it! Alas, I had so much trepidation about Nicole’s inability to emote, facially, that I had not considered: Sandra’s is so much worse :/
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THIS IS THE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/09/2026
Jean Smart has won lead actress in a comedy for all five seasons of “Hacks,” becoming the first woman to win an acting Emmy for every season of a multi-season TV series. wapo.st/4xUQv9f
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/09/2026
“Widow’s Bay" breakout star Kate O’Flynn won best supporting actress in a comedy at the 78th Emmy Awards. bit.ly/3URRW9M #APPhoto by Richard Shotwell
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
nightmare blunt rotation
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026
It's about fairness in sports = it's about ethics in journalism.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I went from constantly hearing about the male loneliness epidemic, to now hearing about the masculinity crisis, and I am genuinely asking: has there ever been a time when masculinity wasn’t “in crisis”? Men bullying each other & blaming it on women seems like an American cultural constant. To me!
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
this is bonkers
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An extremely “no shit, Sherlock” finding. If I wait 1.5-2 years and you give me an actual season (14+ episodes), okay. But waiting that long for 8 episodes, 5 of which are filler for a story that should have been a movie… not just audacity but also foolery. You ran your brand into a ditch.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tough game for Dorka this morning, state line looking more like it has in Lynx games. Her skillset gave her a lot of potential, but she’s just too slow against WNBA defenders and she hasn’t really improved since her rookie year. I want it to work for her in MN so badly, but it just… hasn’t.
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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
malicious boy mayor doing what he does best, but it’s cool, he said fuck that one time
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