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David Bitner

@bitnerd.missinglink.run
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Geo/Database Engineer @developmentseed.org Trail/UItra Runner/Coach/Race Director @missinglink.run

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 13/02/2026
Minneapolis estimates 76,200 residents are now experiencing food insecurity because of the federal immigration operation. The city also estimates a negative economic impact of at least $203 million.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Imagine seeing photos and videos of ugly old men raping underage girls and thinking, "I need to protect those horrible men at all costs."? Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.
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David Bitner @bitnerd.missinglink.run · 03/02/2026
Look what my sister just made me. So thankful that Liam has been released for now, but it may still just be temporary and many more people are still being taken every day. Keep standing up! #iceoutmn
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Serge Broom @sergebroom.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Art by Lar DeSouza…
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2026
Ilhan Omar: “He was saved by security”
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Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The movement now has its own “Ohio” thanks to Bruce Springsteen‘s “Streets of Minneapolis”: youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It’s easy to forget since he’s still a high public official but Homan straight up took $50,000 in cash from undercover agents on camera and then nothing happened
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Eileen Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
Cumulative US measles cases
As of January 27, there have been more cases than there were by the same week last year.
Fairly horizontal lines for 2023 and 2024, a steep diagonal line for 2025, and a vertical line for ytd 2026. 
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2253 cases
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283 cases
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63 cases
Note: Data updated on January 27, 2026, at 3 p.m. ET.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Johns Hopkins University, Center for Outbreak Response Innovation Graphic: Alex Leeds Matthews and Matt Stiles, CNN
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
While Gregory Bovino and the two CBP officers who shot and killed Alex Pretti have been pulled out of Minnesota, that is not justice. All three were immediately sent back out on the street in another American city to terrorize, and possibly even murder, more Americans. Congress needs to act!
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Henry Howard @henryhoward.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Can't believe this was 40 years ago today. Where were you when the Challenger blew up? www.npr.org/2026/01/25/g... #genX
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40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
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billcsajko.bsky.social @billcsajko.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Ice luminaries on Lake Nokomis, which is on a flight path from MSP airport. #ICEout
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Kash Patel this Sunday: “You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines, to any sort of protest that you want."
Screenshot of an X.com post by Climate Defiance (@ClimateDefiance) reading, “Patricia and Mark McCloskey brought weapons to a protest. They were honored as keynote speakers at the 2020 RNC.” Below is a photo of a man holding a rifle and a woman aiming a handgun, standing outside near a light-colored building.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
👀 Judge Schlitz, the chief federal judge in Minnesota, has ordered the head of ICE, Todd Lyons, to appeal personally in court Friday and threatened him with contempt for the agency’s repeated violation of court orders. “The court’s patience is at an end.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 27/01/2026
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
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Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
-9 feels like sunny and 75 when you are united with your city in support of your neighbors! It was good to show up strong with you today, neighbors. We will not be silenced. And together we will win. ICE OUT NOW!
Photo of Soren with Ward 8 neighbors at 1.23 day of actionPhoto of Soren at 1.23 day of actionPhoto of crowd at 1.23 day of actionPhoto of Soren with DSA members and TCDSA flag at 1.23 day of action
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The Trump administration has removed an exhibit on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, calling it “corrosive ideology.”
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 23/01/2026
Cannot see the end of it.
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Matthew Vinge @mvinge.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs. It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous. "LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!" "ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
Two small children hold signs they made. "LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!" "ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Call to Action: This Friday, Minnesota is being called to stand together in real, visible solidarity. Labor unions, faith leaders, and community organizers are urging people across the state to plan ahead and take part in a Minnesota Economic Blackout do not work, do not attend school, and do not
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Derek Johnson @derekjjohnson.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 13/01/2026
Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
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Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 14/01/2026
Roughly 80% of immigrant-owned businesses along key corridors in Minneapolis and St. Paul have closed in the past week as employees and customers stay home in fear of ICE agents detaining them.
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Immigrant corridors in both Minneapolis and St. Paul nearly shut down by intensifying ICE actions
Revenue down from 50% to 100% at immigrant businesses along Lake Street and in St. Paul’s east side. Businesses say the impact is worse than COVID’s.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 14/01/2026
A Minneapolis man who was arrested by federal agents Monday in south Minneapolis said he was released from custody at the Whipple Federal Building late Monday without a coat or phone.
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Live: Resignations hit DOJ in Minnesota as Trump vows ‘retribution’
Lead fraud prosecutor Joe Thompson announced his resignation from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Minnesota officials also filed a lawsuit against federal authorities, calling for an end to the increased ...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting. Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13/01/2026
PSA: it’s going to be warm enough to chop ice (like actual literal ice) for another hour or two before the temperatures go below freezing and stay there. If you still have ice on your sidewalks or walkways, do your neighborhood pedestrians a solid and clear the way while you still can!
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 13/01/2026
If 3,000 federal agents land in Minnesota, their footprint will be bigger than the 10 largest metro police departments combined.
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ICE's presence in Minnesota dwarf Twin Cities' largest police forces
3,000 agents is more than the 10 largest metro police departments combined.
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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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United States PostgreSQL Association @pgus.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
One week from today, Postgres For All will be presenting “VS Code Tools for Postgres” with Matt McFarland. RSVP today and attend from anywhere! www.meetup.com/postgres-mee... #PostgreSQL #postgres
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VS Code Tools for Postgres, Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup
Let’s dive into the productivity tools and tricks when using VS code to work with Postgres. Matt McFarland is the lead engineer at Microsoft on their VS Code tools for Post
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 29/11/2025
Happy Hmong New Year, Minnesota! Wishing everyone good health, good fortune, and prosperity as we head into a new year.
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Marco Slot @marcoslot.com · 04/11/2025
pg_lake just went open source! (Apache 2.0) pg_lake is a set of extensions (from Crunchy Data Warehouse) that add comprehensive Iceberg support and data lake access to Postgres, with @duckdb.org transparently integrated into the query engine. Announcement blog: www.snowflake.com/en/engineeri...
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Visual Studio Code @vscode.dev · 07/11/2025
Postgres + VS Code fans - this podcast episode is for you! Learn all about building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code 🔗 talkingpostgres.com/episodes/bui...
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Talking Postgres with Claire Giordano | Building a dev experience for Postgres in VS Code with Rob Emanuele
What do guitar busking, geospatial queries, and agentic coding have to do with Postgres? In Episode 33 of Talking Postgres, principal engineer Rob Emanuele at Microsoft shares his winding path from...
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 04/11/2025
Say hi at #FOSS4GNA and grab a zine from our table!
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OpenStreetMap US @osmus.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The OSM US team will share the work of the Trails Stewardship Initiative at #FOSS4GNA next Tuesday (Nov. 4th). Check out the entire schedule: www.foss4gna.org/schedule
FOSS4GNA: OSM US Trails Stewardship Initiative
Tuesday, Nov. 4th at 1:30 pm
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
MAGA: If you want to know what the rest of the world thinks of Donald Trump, here you go. They think he's an idiot and a buffoon. Because that's what he is. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 01/10/2025
DevSeed intern Beatriz Peres used ESA’s new Sentinel-1 Zarr to analyze the 2024 Valencia floods with lightweight, time-series workflows. Her blog shows how Zarr + xarray make flood monitoring faster & more flexible: developmentseed.org/blog/2025-09... #BiDS25 @thrivegeo.bsky.social
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 30/06/2025
I worked at Planned Parenthood. They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.   Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Best cat video of the day
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 31/03/2025
Trans Day of Visibility should be a day of joy, but it feels somber this year. The onslaught of attacks against trans folks seems endless, so I just want to say this: Trans people deserve respect, freedom, and autonomy. They deserve to live their lives as their true selves without fear.
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Friends of the Boundary Waters @bwca.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🌲 ARTISTS WANTED! 🎨 Showcase your BWCA-inspired work in our Ely office! Five spots available May-Sept. Any media welcome (as long as it fits)! ⏰ Apply by MARCH 31ST docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Dr. Brianna R. Pagán @briannaritapagan.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
When my house and community burned - where was the satellite information? A very raw blog post I am putting up so folks in the satellite, geospatial and tech fields can listen firsthand why I think we are failing the situations that need us the most. www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-o...
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When our community burned where was the satellite information?
Video of our home burned down taken by a neighbor after the Palisades Fire. I am writing this as a follow-up to my brief post last week showing a video of our home destroyed by the Palisades fire.
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 07/03/2025
🚀 We’re Hiring: Senior Accountant & Financial Analyst 🌍 Join Development Seed to shape finance processes, support global impact projects, and work with a mission-driven, remote team tackling the world’s toughest challenges. 📍 Remote | 💼 $90k–$125k Apply now: developmentseed.org/careers/seni...
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Kiri Carini @kiricarini.com · 07/03/2025
Please share! 👇 I know the job market is wacky right now with all the unjustly laid off federal employees. Come work with us and continue to make a difference!
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Pete Gadomski @gadom.ski · 06/03/2025
I (and a bunch of other fun folks) are headed to Snowbird, UT 30 April through 02 May for @cloudnativegeo.org's 2025 conference. I'm chatting about "Right-sizing your #stac" and will show off some fun experiments we've been doing at @developmentseed.org Registration: 2025-ut.cloudnativegeo.org
An image of my face and my title that includes the dates of the CNG conference, and includes a registration link
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Development Seed @developmentseed.org · 06/03/2025
Excited to welcome @briannaritapagan.bsky.social as a Technical Project Lead! 🚀🌍 She brings expertise in remote sensing, cloud infrastructure, & geospatial data, across startups, research labs, open-source communities, and NASA. Welcome to the team! 🙌 🔗 developmentseed.org/team/brianna...
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