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Birdy Birdy

@birdwatcher3.bsky.social
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Former journalist (thanks, layoffs). Survived Stage 4 melanoma with help from science and medicine (thanks, Jim Allison). Learning guitar, petting all the cats, petting all the dogs, watching all the birds.

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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
In prep for Jack White (and Black) on SNL tonight, I urge you to watch Jack (White)’s 2020 appearance. It’s hard to describe how much life that incredible set gave me while locked down and terrified. It still resonates loudly and is one of the single-greatest musical moments in SNL history.
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a man playing a guitar in front of a microphone with snl written on the bottom
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Chris Tatak @ctatak.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Northwest Highway near the Arlington Heights Metra stop. #nokings
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S. Lynn @bobbyknowi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
#nokings
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I don’t see anything here to explain the “impersonating a police officer” charge. But also, it’s chilling how the officers play with these people’s lives. Stopped him for a scooter violation, and seem to refer him to ICE on a whim. If they hadn’t, he’d still be alive.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2026
Massie on Newsmax: "We're not getting the answers we need from Pam Bondi. I just spent 3 hours at the DOJ this week looking at the unredacted files. And I'm finding evidence of files they haven't released yet." (Note that the Newsmax anchor agrees with him!)
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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Jake Lang abused a live goat today in his latest stunt in NY. Please report this 🤬💩🍑🕳️ 😩😩😩
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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Someone please take that poor goat away from him. He’s abusing animals as part of his disgusting stunts.
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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I just can't stop thinking about all of the things that are being done by rich, powerful men that can never be undone.
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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The local news had a guy talking at the gas pump about how he didn’t mind paying $3.29/gallon for gas now because it was “$5 or $6 under Biden.” Gas hasn’t been $5 or $6 a gallon in MN for, like ever. It has, however, gone up significantly since Trump launched his illegal war just a few days ago.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Klobuchar also asks Noem if she'll commit to reversing DHS's decision to block Minnesota state and local law enforcement from the investigation into Alex Pretti's killing. She referred that to the FBI.
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
U.S. citizens Leo Venegas, Javier Ramírez & Marimar Martínez are asked to stand while Sen. Blumenthal asks Noem if she’s met the citizens detained by DHS. She didn’t answer. Blumenthal says she can meet these 3 I wrote about all 3 in this @propublica.org story www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
He has no idea what he's done or what to do now. Heavens help us all.
Screenshot of an X post by Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom). The post says Trump is calling journalists to workshop different timelines and goals for his war, listing varying reported aims from the Washington Post, Axios, the New York Times, and ABC, including “freedom for the people” of Iran, ending it in “two or three days,” possibly “four to five weeks,” and mentioning “three very good choices” to take control in Iran before saying those choices were killed. The post concludes that he doesn’t sound convinced and is “throwing spaghetti at the wall,” suggesting he wants to say he solved a long-standing problem.
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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
3/01/26 On Dakota land, a Dakota woman was arrested just for protesting ICE. Manifest Destiny didn’t go away, it just rebranded.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I’m so glad American lives are being sacrificed in pursuit of the fulfillment of Netanyahu’s lifelong dreams. Aren’t you?
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 01/03/2026
video from iceout.org earlier today at the whipple outside minneapolis shows a hennepin county sheriff’s deputy shoving the head of a protestor who was already tackled into the ground we need someone to challenge dawanna witt for sheriff. this brutality happening under her watch is unacceptable
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Liam Davis Temple @liam2manynames.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
From what I saw today firsthand it was the sheriffs today constantly escalating at people protesting peacefully. The sheriffs were masked up like ICE while working hard to agitate and provoke the residents they were sworn to protect, all so they could provide security for ICE who murders people.
Statement on unlawful assembly, arrests at Whipple Building:
This morning, our deputies issued dispersal orders at an unlawful assembly outside the Whipple Building after individuals blocked roadways, blocked access to local businesses, dumped glass into the street, and threw rocks, ice chunks and water bottles at law enforcement creating a serious public safety hazard.
Arrests are being made.
Freedom of speech and peaceful assembly is a right.
Endangering the public is not. Unlawful activity including blocking roads, intentionally creating hazards and assaultive behavior will not be tolerated.
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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The snowplows were there?? Seriously? I'm so glad our tax dollars can pay for cutesy-named plows to participate in fascism.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/03/2026
So, so instructive to compare media response to Afghanistan withdrawal -- months of hysterical garment-rending & catastrophizing, relentless criticism of the admin -- with the response to an unprovoked, unmotivated, illegal war of aggression, ie, "some critics say maybe Trump should have reasons."
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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
As a Minnesotan I can’t help but feel the Iranian people are being told the same lies we are: “We’re here to help… it’s for your own safety… we have to kill some of you and repress the rest, and some of our own will die, but it’s for your own good. Just lock your doors, shut up and you’ll be fine.”
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 27/02/2026
Someone was abducted in St Anthony this morning at 6 AM near 29th Ave & Silver Lake Road. And then at 8 AM we saw at least 5 agents out of their vehicles at 26th & Jackson near Walgreens before they dispersed into the neighborhood. This isn’t over. We still need people keeping watch & staying safe.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Brought to you by the Admin who says “it’s not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein” … a document manifest showing 4 interviews the FBI conducted with a woman who accused the President of sexual abuse as a minor. If there’s nothing to hide, why are they hiding these documents? ⬇️
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 25/02/2026
some YouTube asshole lied about Somalians stealing daycare subsides. so Trump is stealing healthcare from the entire state
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The deliberate, systematic strategy of the Trump regime: Seize people indiscriminately, even if they’re going through the system exactly as they are expected to; detain them under brutally inhumane conditions specifically designed to break them - so that they will give up and waive all legal rights.
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C Williams @craigawilliams.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This happened Sep 9, 2025. The agent that shot the dog would not identify themselves and then hid from the homeowners. Given the months that have passed the family’s attorney and Congresswoman have yet to hear a result of the investigation that CBP was conducting.
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Family demands answers after Border Patrol kills their dog
“He was his best friend,” says the attorney for a distraught El Paso man whose dog was killed inside his own home during an immigration check that found no wrongdoing.
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MyPet Health by Vetcation @vetcation.com · 15/02/2026
oh my god... just saw this, can't believe it...💔
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Dog shot and killed by Border Patrol agent during home search
YouTube video by KVIA ABC-7
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes
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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is SO insane. Not only that the Hennepin County sheriff's office allows this to happen in the courthouse, but also that NOW THE CASE CANNOT BE PROSECUTED because the guy is probably gone forever. JFC.
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nfariousactivities.bsky.social @nfariousactivities.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
StarTribune: The man detained by federal immigration agents was making a court appearance over allegedly driving a vehicle, along with several other occupants, that had 57 lbs of methamphetamine. They would rather nab someone on a civil violation than let Hennepin County try him on 57 lbs of meth!
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Unsourced News @unsourcednews.com · 10/02/2026
Lutnick Admits He Visited Epstein’s Pedophile Island, but Only Because the Lunch Buffet Was Too Good to Pass Up
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Lutnick Admits He Visited Epstein's Pedophile Island, but Only Because the Lunch Buffet Was Too Good to Pass Up - Unsourced News
Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he was fully aware of Epstein’s reputation, but said the lunch buffet “introduced complexities.”
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Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application, company says www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/h...
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FDA refuses to review Moderna’s application for mRNA flu vaccine, company says | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said Tuesday, in another setback for the technology tha...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/02/2026
Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show
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Epstein engineered intimate relationship for Tesla’s Kimbal Musk, emails show
Elon Musk’s younger brother and the woman were involved for about six months between 2012 and 2013 Jeffrey Epstein engineered an intimate relationship between a woman in his network and Kimbal Musk, who is the brother of Elon Musk and on the board of directors at Tesla, according to emails from the Department of Justice’s recent release of documents involving the convicted sex offender. The younger Musk and the woman were involved for around six months between 2012 and 2013, with Kimbal Musk describing them as “dating”. In the lead-up to Musk and the woman’s first meeting, Epstein and his longtime associate Boris Nikolic labored to set them up and bring her to a birthday party Musk was throwing – with Nikolic telling Epstein: “please prepare [the woman] —;)” Continue reading...
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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Ask anyone in construction if construction jobs are way up. Workers (legally here) have literally jumped off rooftops to escape being abducted.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A whole crybaby segment of the U.S. population has never taken a Zumba class, and it shows.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/02/2026
"'There are literally millions of people who rely on immigrants for their basic care needs every single day.'"
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Why Trump’s Attack on Refugees Could Hurt Grandma
It’s immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries who care for our elderly, and nobody’s lining up to take their place.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."

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That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰
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You and Bad Bunny should be deported
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.)  If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 05/02/2026
video sent to me from the hennepin county government center this morning of hennepin county sheriff deputies standing by as plainclothes federal agents detain two people agents have been hanging out in the lobby for days now
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Explain to me why I’m standing in front of my childrens’ schools in subzero weather trying to make sure none of their classmates are kidnapped by armed, masked goons then.
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Birdy Birdy @birdwatcher3.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Fucking absurd, and of course the judge is a Tr*mp appointee.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society. How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?
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daviss @daviss.org · 31/01/2026
"Chanting “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me” sure feels more righteous when thugs have overrun the streets of your city than it did in the ’90s, when that chorus was just as likely to seized by fratty malcontents looking for an excuse to collide with each other."
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Former Alligator Alcatraz detainees give sworn testimony in court about the abuse and horrible conditions they had to endured One witness was missing A Judge had issued a “Convention Against Torture” ruling which prohibited his deportation as he would likely be tortured. ICE deported him anyways:
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Sworn court testimony reveals conditions at hastily assembled Alligator Alcatraz
Former detainees also shared stories of “abuse” and being forced to sign deportation papers.
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