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Carolyn (she/her)

@carolynlb.bsky.social
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Minnesotan, Methodist, cook, cat lady, healthcare chaplain turned legislative staffer. Opinions = my own

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mothers vaccinated against HPV before pregnancy less likely to give birth prematurely or have an underweight baby, especially if they receive their shots before age 17. study finds. www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
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Mothers vaccinated against HPV before pregnancy less likely to give birth prematurely, study finds
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yup, I know. I misplaced my Covid vax card long ago and I don’t have other physical documentation on me right now.
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Historically the mRNA boosters have hit me much harder with side effects (still vastly preferred to covid obviously)
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I’m realizing now that I didn’t actually notice which type. I just assumed it was one of the mRNA options since i think those are more available? but given my minimal symptoms I’m wondering if it was novavax.
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Got COVID booster and flu shot at clinic hosted at work yesterday and was bracing myself for the usual ~24-36 hrs of fatigue and similar mild symptoms. But surprisingly I'm most just noticing arm soreness.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026
This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 06/10/2026
Cellist Rebecca Arons, who is chair of the negotiating committee, said management “started out with suggesting cuts to the orchestra, and now the suggestion is to keep our salary flat. It has been flat for the last four years.” The opera's 2026-27 season is set to begin on Halloween.
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Minnesota Opera Orchestra musicians vote to authorize strike weeks before season opener
The vote to authorize a strike came after the musicians’ union said the Minnesota Opera declined cost-of-living increases during contract negotiations.
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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The St. Paul-Chicago Amtrak Borealis adds a fourth superliner passenger coach car this week in each direction, because it keeps selling out www.twincities.com/2026/10/05/a...
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Amtrak Borealis adds fourth train car to daily departures
More than 500,000 passengers have ridden the Borealis since it first rolled out of the downtown St. Paul Union Depot in May 2024.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Election 2026: Constitutional Amendment 1 naomikritzer.com/2026/09/30/e...
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Election 2026: Constitutional Amendment 1
This is a statewide vote, and there’s only one constitutional amendment on the ballot despite the number. Here’s the question as it appears: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 Increasing fundin…
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Switched up our theater subscription from MN Opera to Theater Latte Da for 26/27 season, and got home from seeing "Indecent" just a bit ago. Powerful and important to see, but also absolutely gutting.
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Jason DeBoer-Moran @newcoventry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On the job hunt in the Twin Cities? Metro Transit is hiring across a variety of roles. Check out www.metrotransit.org/careers to see all the offerings.
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Metro Transit - Careers
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 01/10/2026
When Matthew Soerens of World Relief tells Christians the Trump administration has banned persecuted Christians, many don't believe him. We talked about why. Listen to the whole conversation: austinkocher.substack.com/p/president-... @matthewsoerens.bsky.social
Quote card. Matthew Soerens, World Relief: “Occasionally, they do not believe this data, because they’ve heard so much rhetoric about Donald Trump being a great champion of persecuted Christians. It just is so dissonant with the rhetoric.” From the conversation President Trump Bans Christians Fleeing Persecution, austinkocher.substack.com
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Project True North @projtruenorth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
During the ICE surge, Lisa Demuth signed a letter thanking ICE and praising Kristi Noem for her "steady leadership."
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Paul Fiesel @pfiesel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pioneer Press uploaded it here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her sexual harassment investigation report
The city of St. Paul released the full, redacted, report Oct. 1, 2026, from an outside investigation commissioned after Police Chief Axel Henry made claims of sexual harassment against Mayor Kaohly He...
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Also extremely annoying when it appears that a city released a report to media but hasn’t posted it to the city’s website (or at least hasn’t posted it in an easily accessible spot)
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Extremely annoying when media outlets report on a lawsuit or report but don’t provide a link to said lawsuit or report.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 01/10/2026
#Recall: Gazelle USA Recalls Urban Arrow Cargo Electric Bikes; The front bolt in the seat post clamping mechanism can break, causing the seat to become loose, posing a fall hazard. Get repair. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...
Recalled electric bikes.
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
so many things to be angry about today!
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Minnesota AG candidate’s stock portfolio presents 174 potential conflicts of interest minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/29/m...
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Minnesota AG candidate’s stock portfolio presents 174 potential conflicts of interest • Minnesota Reformer
If Republican Ron Schutz wins the attorney general’s race in November, he will be responsible for enforcing Minnesota’s laws against the country’s biggest and most powerful corporations. His own perso...
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
We are publishing the name of the alleged shooter because we believe transparency in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s killing is of vital public interest as investigators, lawmakers and the public seek to understand what happened and how ICE operates more broadly in this state. Read more here:
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern” Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
We refuse for this victim to be reduced to just another story.
Cornell has failed to protect its students. Cornell has failed to address the growing issue of sexual assault on campus with its pathetic task force. Cornell has failed the student allegedly raped by those seven men at Chi Phi in October 2024. Cornell has failed her. Cornell has failed us.

To Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar: We know who you are and we refuse to let you benefit from this University's concealment.
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WhinterWeen @whinterqueen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
bismarcktribune.com
ICE surge prompts protest in Bismarck
A weeklong spike in immigration enforcement in the Bismarck area prompted a protest downtown on Friday evening.
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WhinterWeen @whinterqueen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ICE has detained almost 30 people this week in bismarck, nd
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The sweep by agents with U.S Customs and Immigration Enforcement appeared to have begun Monday and lasted at least through the workweek, with nearly 30 people who are allegedly in the U.S. illegally being booked into the Burleigh Morton Detention Center over those five days. Two of the people arrested by ICE were reportedly employees at the Bismarck restaurant Charras, prompting the business to temporarily close.
Several of the protesters said they were spurred to act by the news of the Charras employees being arrested.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?"
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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
there is literally no good reason to be skittish about this issue in this state in this year. NONE.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The thing that's infuriating about our squeamishness about consequences for traitors and corrupt officials is that we are one of the most punitive countries in the world in most other respects.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
Thousands of detained immigrants with “Final Orders of Removal” have had their records hidden or deleted from ICE’s tracking system, leaving families and lawyers unable to locate them.
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ICE wiped thousands of people from its database. Families are paying the price.
Lawyers and loved ones are scrambling to find people suddenly culled from DHS rolls.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
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POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"they're just abducting the worst of the worst" has all but evaporated from their paltry defense of this inhumanity.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Keith sues people like the folks defrauding Somali families for places to live, or mega landlords whose places are slums because they want to squeeze every dollar out of tenants. He sues employers committing wage theft and companies engaged in illegal price fixing. It’s ALL affordability.
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
this is fine dot gif 🫠
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St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry sues Mayor Kaohly Her
The lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and battery comes less than a week after the Saint Paul Human Resources Department claimed an internal investigation found Her had not sexually harassed Henry.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Minnesota is a shit hole that I’m embarrassed to live in. Here’s why Minnesotans should make me their next senator. by Michele Tafoya
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here we go again
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
Man and police officer wounded in gunfire near Ontario synagogue on Yom Kippur
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Man and police officer wounded in gunfire near Ontario synagogue on Yom Kippur
Authorities say a man was critically injured and officer was wounded in exchange of gunfire near a Belleville synagogue
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
you can learn a lot about America by remembering that this man lived through the coronavirus
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
trying to figure out why there’s a massive backup on I-94W going into downtown Saint Paul. Checked the Xcel/Grand Casino Arena calendar and mystery solved: Weezer is playing tonight.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ICE officers reportedly shot and wounded a man today in Austin. Details still coming in. www.statesman.com/news/local/a...
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ICE agent shoots and wounds person in North Austin, officials say
An ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Jesus Christ, this article will enrage you like nothing else
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Tesla driver charged with murdering 2 in San Jose shows no remorse, prosecutors say
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — When Ivana Balistreri and her baby were trapped inside a “fireball,” a Tesla driver who had just crashed into the victims’ car on Highway 87 in San…
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026
"I only thought the leopards would eat the face of trans women" The leopards have already said they want to eat your bodily autonomy! With you standing right there! PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YESTERDAY HAPPENED.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026
Also: I really need people to understand that yes, this will harm gender-nonconforming cis people, but it's also literally everything.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026
Stand in solidarity with them because they're standing there with us, when the people who claim this is for your good are gleefully ripping your rights away, too.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026
THEIR BODIES THEIR CHOICE. Come the fuck on! It's that. simple.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026
LOOK AT THIS FUCKING SHIT. The easiest way to tell that trans women are women is that the right is so desperate to control what they do with their bodies. WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN COMMON.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026
I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation.
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Carolyn (she/her) @carolynlb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also of note: a good chunk of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus attends said church!
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