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Carl Atiya Swanson

@catiyas.bsky.social
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Arts advocate, nonprofit nerd, wordsmith, consultant. Lover of live music, soccer, museums, and my kids. Hit me up at www.castconsulting.co

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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030. trib.al/m96Iu6U
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COMIC: How the census gives your state power (and what Trump wants to change)
The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no
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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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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FUCK ICE. Pay us back.
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New York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Our editorial board on proposed I.R.S. rules that could strip tax-exempt status from school support for Black students. #Editorial #DEI
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EDITORIAL: Weaponizing the IRS is another egregious attempt at systemic racism
Trump administration weaponizes the I.R.S. to revoke tax-exempt status from schools supporting minority students.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 15/09/2026
In today's newsletter: The MN Chamber of Commerce congratulates itself on an award it received for "deescalating tensions" during Metro Surge; a historic Allina doctor walkout; ACLU members talk surveillance. newsletters.minnesotareformer.com/p/daily-refo...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
the man who lunged at dr. amy acton had two guns and a taser. how is that not an assassination attempt?
cleveland.com
Amy Acton was attacked at the Canfield Fair — and both campaigns are responding
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton was attacked Sunday afternoon while visiting the Canfield Fair in Mahoning County, according to her campaign.
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Carl Atiya Swanson @catiyas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In some professional/personal news, I am part of the 2026-2027 Humphrey Policy Fellows cohort! Looking forward to going back to a bit of school and connecting with this group. www.hhh.umn.edu/cspg/policy-...
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Current Policy Fellows
Meet the newest class of Policy Fellows at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Anyway! A marvelous State Fair adventure with (L-R) @chuckwendig.bsky.social, @staciaann.bsky.social, @catiyas.bsky.social, @yocum137.bsky.social, and me. Yes, it was sunny. That’s why we’re squinting.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.
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Carl Atiya Swanson @catiyas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I believe that AI will be helpful to cure cancer, but that’s not lucrative to tech companies, and me, I, personally, am not going to use it to cure cancer. I need AI for literally nothing critical on the consumer end of things that keep on getting pushed onto me.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"The wrong kind of American: The Trump White House needed me—until the fact I am trans became public." In @theatlantic.com (gift) By my @lawfaremedia.org colleague @juliacurlee.bsky.social . www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/08/2026
Because of global cuts to foreign aid, the Gates Foundation has predicted that 2025 will be the first year this century where child deaths will increase.
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USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
The U.S. government has repeatedly insisted that no one — and, particularly, no children — have died because of its funding cuts. But the AP has documented the deaths of women and children from Myanmar to Nigeria.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Dipshit 1 was crazyyyy
Joe Rogan: I was at the White House, so was Shane.

Shane Gillis: Let's stop bringing that up. Back then, when I was taking that picture, I was like, this guy's gonna release the Epstein Files, and no more wars. I like that. Also, I still didn't vote for him.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16/08/2026
Larger theater companies, music venues and museums typically get more attention, but it’s smaller arts organizations that are often closest to and addressing the needs of their local communities. Facing tougher economic pressures today, many are struggling to do that. to.pbs.org/4fNoCIn
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Local arts groups that shape community culture face financial pressure
Larger theater companies, venues and museums typically get more attention. But in cities and rural areas, it’s smaller arts organizations that are closest to and address the needs of their communities...
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Senate primary here in MN tomorrow. Peggy Flanagan wants to dismantle ICE. Angie Craig supported a resolution thanking ICE for their service. Wants to reform ICE. Voted yes on Laken Riley Act, then said whoops. Given what’s happened here in 2026, it’s not all that complicated a choice.
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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This race is going to be close. Uncomfortably close. You can early vote every day through (and including) Monday and then vote in person on Tuesday. I’ve started to early vote for every election, just in case something comes up on Election Day, and they’ll still give you a sticker.
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Racket @racketmn.com · 07/08/2026
See how much $ our staffers made.
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Racket’s Year in Review: August 2025-July 2026 - Racket
Let’s dig into the facts and figures from Racket’s fifth year of operation.
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
If Iran sent a bomb that disabled our water infrastructure, it would be massive news. If the President then took Iran’s side and blamed Minnesota, it would be treason. Why is this buried 2/3 down the @startribune.com page?
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East Bank Neighborhoods @eastbankmpls.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
MPLS Park & Recreation Board seeks input over potential change of use at the Nicollet Island Pavilion Attend our meeting on Tuesday, August 25 at 6 pm and share your thoughts with them. Details: www.eastbankmpls.org/calendar/nic...
Meeting over the future use of the Nicollet Island Pavilion. Meeting is slated for Tuesday, August 25 at 6pm. The building is located on the island, at 40 Power Street.
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Carl Atiya Swanson @catiyas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
What did I know, what did I know Of love’s austere and lonely offices? I mutter to myself as I get on the 8AM Teams call while the rest of my family sleeps.
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Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl @deardara.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Goddamn. Look at this fucking map. I live in the dead center of one of those tear gas clusters; we can now get our soil tested for poisonous tear gas residues.
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disgruntled lesbian of Minneapolis @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Aliveness Project announced the federal government is not renewing one of their largest grants, $450k per year TAP took on most of the fallout following Rainbow Health's closure in 2024, which followed the African American AIDS task force closure earlier that year aliveness.org/cdc_hiv_fund...
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Statement on the CDC's Decision Not to Renew Aliveness Project's Community-Based HIV Prevention Funding - The Aliveness Project
Aliveness Project is deeply concerned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision not to renew the Comprehensive High-Impact HIV Prevention Programs for Community-Based Organizations ...
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RandBall’s Stu @randballsstu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You can talk about butter sculptures and Machinery Hill all you want, but the dark, beating heart of the Minnesota State Fair is this: It's Bourbon Street, by and for Lutherans. There's even hotdish. Free to all subscribers.
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A Guide to the New State Fair Beers
Midwest Excellence, a newsletter by RandBall's Stu (from the internet)
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...
The little girl was still in Bluey pajamas.

No older than 3, she was trying to smell the flowers.

At her side, a pink rolling bag.

Her father, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, had just been fatally shot and yanked from a car he’d been driving. Now, he lay handcuffed in the street, where he would remain for five hours.

 “You took her dad, you took her dad!” a woman nearby yelled, according to Cecelia Humiston, 22, who witnessed the interaction in Biddeford on Monday morning.
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Carl Atiya Swanson @catiyas.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
6,731 days sober today. Sometimes when life gets chaotic and busy, it’s good to remember that I’ve done something consistently, quietly, for quite a long time now. I can, abs you can too.
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Corin Hoggard @corinhoggard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A fellow @uh.edu alum mourns his father, killed by ICE. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Let’s gooooo mobilize.us/s/l9CKOk
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Many over the Money Rally in Saint Paul with Elizabeth Warren & Peggy Flanagan · Peggy Flanagan for Minnesota
Join Senator Elizabeth Warren and Lt. Governor & U.S. Senate Candidate Peggy Flanagan for a rally in Saint Paul! Doors open at 6pm. Rally begins at 7pm. Please allow time to move through security ch...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/07/2026
oh yeah this is a weekend at bernie’s situation
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Carl Atiya Swanson @catiyas.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
How’s Kermit’s man-marking?
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Carl Atiya Swanson @catiyas.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I’m old and online enough to remember Leeds fans getting really pissy about a Minnesota Twins rewrite of Marching on Together. www.balls.ie/football/lee...
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Leeds Fans Cry Foul over Minnesota Twins Version of Marching On Together | Balls.ie
[youtube]]File this one under bizarre. According to a report in the Yorkshire Evening Post, Leeds United fans are up in arms after some dastardly Minnesota Twin...
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Gabriela Lozada @gabrielalozada.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I’ve asked my English friends: the Wonderwall after an England win is new…they stole this from MNUFC
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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/07/2026
let’s fucking go
Bank error in your favor monopoly card but instead it’s fifa corruption in your favor
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“67% of profits went to just 0.1% of accounts” That is all you gotta say
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MPLSART.COM @mplsart.com · 03/07/2026
New Article! @catiyas.bsky.social stopped by After Hours Gallery to check out their latest exhibition. In GUEST, artist Dylan Chazin-Bowman transforms paintings using collaged fabric at After Hours Gallery. Give it a look: www.mplsart.com/written/2026... #mplsart #contemporarycollage #stpaulmn
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Dylan Chazin-Bowman at After Hours Gallery
In GUEST, Dylan Chazin-Bowman transforms paintings using collaged fabric.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/07/2026
would love to see a hostile audit of Freedom 250. hell, would love to see hostile audits of everything even tangentially related to trump. this will produce endless material. you could conceivably bring the administration to an effective halt!
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Racket @racketmn.com · 01/07/2026
This is how right-wing “legal scholarship” works.
racketmn.com
Congrats? Clarence Thomas Repeatedly Quotes U of M Law School Hack in Birthright Citizenship Dissent. - Racket
Plus outside money in MN, protecting history, and a day without "awoo" in today's Flyover news roundup.
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Carl Atiya Swanson @catiyas.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Yan Diomande is very good at football, isn’t he?
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Carl Atiya Swanson @catiyas.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
After the visual cluster that was Japan-Brazil (both in light shirts and dark shorts) these game of bright orange (Netherlands, Côte d’Ivoire) against white (Morocco, Norway) are very pleasing.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 30/06/2026
As the Supreme Court says states can be cruel to trans kids, my message is clear: Here in Minnesota, we stand with and value our trans neighbors and youth.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans lives matter. Trans people will always be here. I’m sending a ton of love to every trans person. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ I’m sickened to see the deliberate, coordinated, & federal assault on the lives of trans people. The SCOTUS ruled 6-3 to uphold state bans on trans athletes, but it doesn’t require them. 1/
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Sahan Journal @sahanjournal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Somali community will come together this weekend for Somali Day celebrations, including an all-day street fair on Lake Street, after a winter in the crosshairs of Operation Metro Surge. By Sara Hussein
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A guide to Somali Independence Day celebrations in Minnesota
The Somali community will come together this weekend for Somali Day celebrations, including an all-day street fair on Lake Street, after a winter in the crosshairs of Operation Metro Surge.
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🐈Rex Parker🐈‍⬛ ✏️ 🧐 @rexparker.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
This is like someone coming up to you, patting you on the back, and saying “I know, I see it too, you’re not insane” (Alex Ross, “The Dream of Reason,” New Yorker 6/22/26) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
You wake up and brace yourself
iment. A.I. systems simulate the expe-
for the barrage of toxic gibberish that constitutes the modern public
rience of talking to an arrogant ten-year-old boy who knows far less than
sphere. Your e-mail is overrun with he thinks he does. When pressed, the spam, scams, and smut. There are voice chatbots admit that they cannot "nat-mails from no one about nothing. A urally understand human morality, dig-
glance at the news reveals that the Pres-
nity, culture, or meaning." It all adds
ident is continuing to spew lies and ob-
up to a continuous discursive tinni-
scenities; that a trillionaire is peddling white-supremacist propaganda on a
tus—a buzz of random, fake, stupid, sinister chatter that nobody wants and
social-media platform he owns; that a nobody can stop.
chart-topping musical artist is praising Hitler, or apologizing for praising Hit-ler, or praising Hitler once again. Publications from the Times on down employ clickbait headlines that treat you like a starving rat in a Pavlovian exper-
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
You paid for a plane with "a level of luxury that nobody has never seen before". And he's apparently taking it with him once he leaves the White House. The plane. The ballroom. The corruption. This guy thinks taxpayers are dopes. Your money is just his to live a life of luxury.
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.
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AI’s biggest casualty could be history itself
The Internet Archive is a vital resource that has helped the search for truth in more than one global event, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, but it is in danger of becoming the latest collateral damage of...
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claudia ✨ @claudiiiii.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
telemundo broadcast goated because the commentators will talk about how this pausa de hidratación is unnecessary because it’s actually very nice outside
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
While the killers of Renée Good and Alex Pretti walk free, the DOJ is busy bringing bogus charges against protesters. The Administration thinks intimidation will make us back down. They keep learning the same lesson: Minnesotans don't scare easily. We organize for our rights ✊🏽
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
aren't (printable) words
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