Reposted by Mestin DendarinAnat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026If you want to know who took your money, it's the people with all of the money. That's how you can tell. Anyone interested in "how Dems lost the working class" hot takes - here ya go: It's the broke-ness, not the woke-ness. 111230
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Went to the Minnesota Arboretum today and saw these lovelies 071
Reposted by Mestin Dendarinconrad 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✝️📿 @conradelliot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The way rape has been politicized since Trump came back to power is terrifying. Giving so much power to known unrepentant rapists has emboldened so much sexual violence. Its terrifying. 031
Reposted by Mestin DendarinAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 07/10/2026Anyway, if you have to cut off family, I know damn good and well that it wasn't done casually. Speaking as a Mom--do what you have to, to live your live with as much peace and happiness as you can. Your parents ought to want that for you, it's not your fault if they don't. 745828
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I don't use wayfinding on my bike - I memorize routes to a new place, sometimes look at pictures that will help my memory. and look at my phone if i get confused. sometimes I even ask people I see if I'm where I think I am! some people are better at this, but we all improve with practice 010
Reposted by Mestin DendarinSimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Take her away, boys." "I thought you said the law was powerless." "Powerless to help you, not punish you." 21010266
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"trans people are saying . . . you get to be visible and unique!" and you will find love as you become yourself 0103
Reposted by Mestin Dendarin🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026we are going to have to find an alternative to meta products for local communities and advertising, right now, it’s almost impossible to do any kind of local business or art project without it, but both their rules and support are so arbitrary and capricious that you can’t rely on them 30998270
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Giving the water of life to my beloved new cilantro, hours before I rip it to shreds and cram it down my mouth 011
Reposted by Mestin DendarinNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026While I have you here, let me also link to an article I wrote years ago about how to talk to your daughters about sexual violence—without blaming them, shaming them, or restricting their freedoms.slate.comWhat You Should Really Say to Your Daughter About Campus Sexual AssaultIt’s not what you might imagine. 434986
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A neighborhood cat who I've met before was crying out my window so I dried her off and now she's cuddling with me 062
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This beautiful song by Obanjayar reminds of Friday, I'm in Love - you know it's obviously poppy and kinda obvious but it's so well done you love it anyway youtu.be/mLrQ_A7mVsw?...youtu.beObongjayar - Just My LuckYouTube video by ObongjayarVEVO 010
Reposted by Mestin Dendarinjon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 31/07/2026Autopsies of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protests often conclude that movements produced tough-on-crime backlash. My new study in Work and Occupations finds a different kind of movement outcome: BLM changed how local reporters cover cops and jails. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 5769281
Reposted by Mestin DendarinMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY 258144216836
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026this is how I feel about spring ... after fall comes my favorite season, winter, but spring precedes the horrible summer. which is now over :) All hail Autumn, the herald of Winter! 010
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026i would let the pizza crusts dry out on top of the fridge and gnaw on them for a snack. granted, this was early high school, so not sure I was a 'kid' at that point. 110
Reposted by Mestin Dendarinbirdo 🏳️🌈 @mercurymn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026democratic candidates know they won’t get more votes if they throw trans people under the bus; they just actually hate trans people and want them under there 012
Reposted by Mestin DendarinThe Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 18/09/2026Another piece we are proud to run because other places wouldn't publish it: @sesmith.lol 's feature about sex workers and how they navigate rapidly shifting algorithms—and why that's bad for everyone: f.mtr.coolSex Workers Versus the AlgorithmNo seriously, fuck the algorithm. 1713
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Look at the resistance locals in Texas are putting up against the Big Bend wall! it's really similar to what happened here in Minneapolis: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...texasmonthly.comInside West Texans’ Relentless Fight Against Big Bend Border Wall ContractorsMan camps housing border-barrier construction workers have arrived in far West Texas. Local businesses are taking sides on whether to serve the newcomers. 030
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I didn't even hear about this attack until today 010
Reposted by Mestin DendarinGenie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 16/09/2026Folks don't hate the NFL enough, tbh 11563811913
Reposted by Mestin DendarinAlex @alexh666.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Cyclists sharing the road: holy shit holy shit please don’t kill me holy shit is it safe to go holy shit please don’t kill me im just trying to get home Drivers sharing the road: GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY RIGHT NOW I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU I WILL BREAK EVERY TRAFFIC SAFETY RULE TO SAVE 5 SECONDS 722040
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I want hormone options that let you try a different gender for a night, a week, a year and forever. I want gender to be so negotiable, you're weird if you don't try some. 15 dicks? sure! foot vagina that gives you a thrill with every step? yes! maximalize the human potential for pleasure 020
Reposted by Mestin DendarinThe Déliquescent Future @bothpithyandangry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026 4705184
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026the only reason I have any money is because I haven't owned a car in 15 years. it's awful that in most American cities, it's super-hard to not own a car. thankfully, I was able to choose Minneapolis where it's not bad. 010
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I'm ok with some stake holdersstatic.klipy.comBuffy Summers: Buffy The Vampire SlayerAlt: Buffy The Vampire Slayer is twirling a deadly wooden stake, looking tough and ready to slay 010
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026i think this is key to why parenting is hard and so many parents fail. the kids can't push back enough (and some parents regard the pushback as immoral) - the power goes to your head, and you don't see them as human. every decision kids make that's contrary to your preference is a betrayal 110
Reposted by Mestin DendarinKaroli @karoli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I don't think enough is being said about the American right wing embracing the Neonazi party in Germany. 89822
Reposted by Mestin DendarinScott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.theguardian.comRevealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newslettersExclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism 2319251220
Reposted by Mestin DendarinDarius Baktash @sol-cantus.myatproto.social · 07/09/2026The reason patriarchal societies demand sex workers existence is because they see sex work as mindless, animal slavery instead of a natural option that anyone can choose in a labor force. Steinem's anti-SW response was to assume that other forms of wage slavery were better. 173
Reposted by Mestin DendarinA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If you object to public-funded housing of homeless people, in the end the objection cannot be the cost, because we pay a premium to be cruel to homeless people. At the bottom of the objection will always sit dehumanizing cruelty and a desire for eradication. 72070431
Reposted by Mestin DendarinCrip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Personally I believe that confronting one's own fears and anxieties related to sex and sexuality has value for every individual and that talking more openly about sex is entirely justified based on that alone. 1111
Reposted by Mestin DendarinGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“Next week, billionaire donors and their puppet politicians will gather at a convention in Dallas to toast their own corruption," said Talarico. "In the shadow of this Billionaire Ball, we'll be collecting food to help Texans struggling with rising grocery prices." 15919333
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Did Central just have a tornado siren? The weather app says it's storming but there's no rain, and just a light wind . . . So confused 000
Reposted by Mestin DendarinLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis. 7779061847
Reposted by Mestin DendarinDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 31/08/20264/ Would be remiss if I didn’t thank @ziibiing.com; learning more every day about how her direct, clear-headed activism moved mountains (of mutual aid) that supported so many targets of fascism & orgs big and small. Minnesota owes her a lot. 1406
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Familiar and terrible things happening in Connecticut: ctmirror.org/2026/08/30/i...ctmirror.orgIn Danbury, some are hiding from ICE. Others are following them.Over the past year, members of Danbury Unites for Immigrants have prepared for the kind of worst-case scenario that played out last week. 06829
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026if i had my druthers, you onry rascals wouldn't act like pots calling the kettle black 000
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry did so many amazing things, but one lesser known thing I loved him for was narrating the Old Kingdom series of necromancer books by Garth Nix. He was incredible! I listened to those books over and over like bedtime stories for years. 150
Reposted by Mestin DendarinMicah @deadserious.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Let me recap: the MPD is 30 million over budget, helped Lang plan his riot, set up barricades for him, let him drive multiple vehicles into a crowded area, one of the cop had their foot run over, and now we can’t press charges because the cops are in on it in the first place. 15515237
Reposted by Mestin DendarinQT 🔞 @forbiddenqt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Legitimately a saved photo because I related to it so much. Fuck. 215742
Reposted by Mestin Dendarinthe kat from HOUSE (1977) @dogunderwater.bsky.social · 25/08/2026kxan.comDolly Parton sends signed, bejeweled guitar to Austin drag performer Brigitte BanditThe year ended on a high note for one local performer after unwrapping a gift sent from one queen to another. 431401079
Mestin Dendarin @crawlbin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Farewell, Dolly. You brought so much beauty to this world. You were an incredible song-writer, singer and such a giving person. thank you, thank you, thank you 1100
Reposted by Mestin DendarinUncleRicoReturns @unclericotnt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026My, my, my the more time flies the more shit stays the same. A cartoon from the 1930s. 31705636