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Jacob

@jacobmcdan.bsky.social
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Union representative, hobby farmer, birder and weather nerd.

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton knew what it was like to struggle as she fought for working families her whole career. From providing free books to kids to giving working women our "9 to 5" anthem, she was an icon and an inspiration. Rest in power to our union sister. We will always love you.
A photo of Dolly Parton sitting at a desk and talking on the phone in a scene from the movie 9 to 5.
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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
JOSHUA BAEZ IS THE FIRST PLAYER IN MLB HISTORY WITH 3 HOME RUNS IN HIS MLB DEBUT!!!!
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Please donate in memory of Alison’s father Goerge and help bring ans wnd to the use if asbesto products. raceroster.com/events/2026/...
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Help Jake raise money for participating in 18th Annual Alton Miles for Meso 5K Race & 3K Fun Run/Walk on September 19, 2026
In honor of my father-in-law George who died from mesothelioma 11 years ago.
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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Absolutely breathtaking view of the Artemis II launch. Wow.
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 27/03/2026
From March 15 through March 26 there have been... More than 100 monthly records & more than 700 daily records broken or tied. Since March 1 there have been more than 1,100 daily records broken or tied across the nation. Some record heat will remain through the weekend for areas of the Southwest.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/03/2026
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine joined Joan Baez and Maggie Rogers for a version of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin' " at the #NoKings rally in St. Paul. 📷️: Neal Justin
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/03/2026
Bruce Springsteen performs "Streets of Minneapolis" at the #NoKings rally in St. Paul. Video by Neal Justin.
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Happy opening day, go cards!
Male cardinal on feeder with trees and barn in the background.Female cardinal with hair tuff spiked up, on a feeder, with a like of wood and barn in the back round.
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Baseball Reference @baseball-reference.com · 26/03/2026
0 DAYS UNTIL OPENING DAY!!! ⚾
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 22/03/2026
The footprint of historic March heat expanded yesterday—intensifying across the Plains while extending as far east as Tennessee. Shown are select cities where March high temperature records were tied or broken last week. For heat safety and awareness, visit heat.gov
Record warm temperatures across the western half of the United States.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/03/2026
Jason Isbell Explains How Music Is Like The News But For Sounds. Subscribe to The Onion at membership.theonion.com/?campaign=7….
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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
If you have a few extra dollars, please help Alison raise money for abortion access, Midwest Access Coalition fund.nnaf.org/fundraiser/7...
Midwest Access Coalition Fund-A-Thon graphic
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
@kzieff.bsky.social Alison want to know when she can get 4 misfits from you .
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
@stateofstlouis.bsky.social happy birthday !!! Here is a picture of Ozzy smelling the butt if Gushers the duck. I hope you enjoy.
A large white dog smelling the butt of a white duck.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Here’s my @thenation.com post on the arrest of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, the violation of the First Amendment, and Trump’s ongoing attempts to change the face of his victims and spark a race war.
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The Trump Administration Arrested Don Lemon Like He Was a Fugitive Slave
Lemon’s arrest is not only a clear violation of the First Amendment but a blatant throwback to the Constitution’s long-discarded Fugitive Slave Clause.
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Elizabeth Leitman @wxliz.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
🧵SPC will be introducing new information in Convective Outlooks starting in early March. The following thread will offer some basic information regarding these changes. The TL;DR: outlook categories are not changing! But there will be more info for peak hazard intensity.
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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)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Come out Sunday night to the St. Louis VA medical center to remember fellow nurse and union member Alex Pretti, murdered by boarder portal.
Flyer for afge memorial for Alex Pretti on February 1st at 6pm at 915 N grand , VA Hospital .
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Come out this week and help crush ICE. 1/27 6pm market and Tucker , ICE out for Alex Pretti 1/28 candlelight vigil for Alex Pretti 6pm Baptist Church Road & South Lindbergh www.indivisiblestl.org/events
Flyer for anti ice protest on January 27th at 6pm the a cover of marker and Tucker in downtown St. Louis .Union Nurses crock crushing ICE for patients.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/01/2026
Thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. The wind chill was 30 below during the march. Hundreds of businesses closed their doors Friday in support of the protest as activists urged Minnesotans to abstain from economic activity.
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Thomas Leeper @thosjleeper.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I guess this post escaped containment, so here's the local media with the partial, constantly updated list of closures. bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
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List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Starting a new thread for West Virginia v. BPJ because BlueSky is starting to time me out of the other one. West Virginia bans trans athletes as well but this time it's been challenged by a minor. Michael Williams, Solicitor General for West Virginia, is arguing on behalf of bigotry.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
ICE just murdered a woman here in Minneapolis. A legal observer. Shot her multiple times while she drove away as ordered. She was a US citizen. Absolute, unequivocal, cold-blooded murder by Trump’s gestapo. Abolish ICE, jail for everyone in charge. This is the lowest bar we accept now.
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Only a 40-50 degree change from 24 hours ago. High of 77 yesterday and now on 14 at my house . www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/exper/change...
Map of lower 48 showing 24hr temperature changes with a large area of -40 to -50 degrees F change over Missouri and sounding areas.
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IEMBot St Louis @lsx.weather.im · 28/12/2025
#LSX issues Record Event Report (RER) at Dec 28, 4:28 PM CST ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT ST. LOUIS... Link
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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DaylightCounter @daylightcounter.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
We start losing daylight in 182 days.
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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I cannot even begin to express what a bad decision this is. Awful.
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I have worked in/ volunteered with/ and studied the disaster nonprofit sector for the past 19 years -- big fan! However, the notion that any disaster nonprofit (and my god, especially any of the Cajun Navy related groups) could do even a fraction of what FEMA does is delusional.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 19/11/2025
A view of this year's extreme sea surface temperatures and recent warming across the North Pacific... 🌊 This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-October period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
Green line graph time series of average sea surface temperature anomalies for each January-October from 1850 through 2025 for only the midlatitude region of the North Pacific Ocean. There is large interannual variability, but an overall long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. 2025 is a record high.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I’m back. substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
Johnny Cash giving a one finger salute Me
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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Friend, author, historian, and fellow nature lover Sarah Kendzior sets the record straight on her BlueSky suspension, which they did a month after so-called offense. This is a seriously fucked up place.
Screenshot 1 from Sarah Kendzior Substack. Photo of Sarah + text:

Sarah Kendzior

I was suspended from BlueSky for defending the honor of Johnny Cash.

I wish I were joking.

In early October, I referenced the "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" lyric of “Folsom Prison Blues" in response to a terrible Wall Street Journal article saying that Johnny Cash was uncool. I quote-tweeted the article and everyone understood the reference. There was no outcry.

I stand by my assessment that Johnny Cash is cool.Screenshot 2 from Sarah Kendzior Substack. Text:

I do not like being the subject of so much attention, especially when I cannot see the discussion. But the BlueSky admins are now claiming that I wrote a post saying, out of nowhere, "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die". They are not posting a screenshot of the actual tweet, which shows that I am quote-tweeting an article about Johnny Cash, and that my post is obviously not a threat but a play on "Folsom Prison Blues."

BlueSky is lying and saying I posted this line on November 10. I did not. I posted it in early October, when the WSJ article came out. You can see that they are lying about the date from this page showing my last

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sarahkendzior.bsky.socialScreenshot 3 from Sarah Kendzior Substack. Text:

I was not given any explanation for my suspension the first two times I inquired. Later I was told it was for the "Folsom Prison Blues" reference, and I asked for clarification but did not receive it. I thought it might be a prank until a reporter reached out this morning and confirmed it.

BlueSky's behavior is bizarre and unwarranted. I have lost access to friends and all my posts and photos. I am incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support here on Substack and also on BlueSky though I cannot see it, because I am suspended.

To quote another Johnny Cash song: "I ain't never done nothin' to nobody/ I ain't never got nothin' from nobody, no time/ And until I get somethin' from somebody, sometime, I don't intend to do nothin' for nobody, no time."Screenshot 4 from Sarah Kendzior Substack. Text:

As for BlueSky...

Photo: Johnny Cash 1969 prison concert photo with Cash giving the middle finger
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MyRadar @myradar.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Folks — what COLOR aurora are you seeing? Send us your reports and please share! This is useful data. Date and times are super valuable too! A lot of y’all are seeing red auroras. You’re seeing the top of the aurora.
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
#aurora
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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Devasted to find out @bsky.app has suspended author and fellow nature lover Sarah Kendzior without explanation substack.com/@sarahkendzior Looking more and more like Bluesky was the wrong post-Twitter choice. I am so angry and upset.
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Sarah Kendzior

I've been suspended from BlueSky. I don't know why. I wasn't online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explanation.

It seems there's a crackdown. If you enjoy my work and want to make sure you can access it, subscribe! It's free - I would never paywall in times of peril - and voluntary paying subscribers keep it going. It would be great to have your support at this time. Thanks!
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Damn was really pulling for the Blue Jays. Hope MLB expands two more teams with one in Canada. Hope the blues can turn it around or it will be a long winter.
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
In 2005, I wrote an article called "Inventing Akromiya" about how the government of Uzbekistan made up a group called Akromiya to justify a massacre of civilian protesters. Twenty years later, the US is more like Uzbekistan, and I wrote "Inventing Antifa": sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/inventing-...
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Inventing Antifa
In 2005, the Uzbek government invented a group called “Akromiya” to justify massacring protesters. Now I worry the US government will do the same.
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No More Kings www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoJ2...
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No More Kings
YouTube video by Pavement - Topic
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court. The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
It's the first Monday in October which means the Supreme Court is back in session. Here's my preview of all the cruelty and evil they will visit upon us this term. My *cover story* in @thenation.com :) www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Supreme Court v. Democracy
The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Frankly, as a journalist, people in power *should* hate me. I don’t understand people who get in this game to kiss the ass of the powerful, instead of staying with their foot up the ass of the powerful
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Jacob @jacobmcdan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Last chance to donate for mesothelioma advocacy in honor of Alison’s late father. You can donate to her here: raceroster.com/events/2025/...
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Help Alison raise money for participating in 17th Annual Alton Miles for Meso 5K Race & 3K Fun Run/Walk on September 20, 2025
This year, we are remembering my dad, George Dreith, who died needlessly from mesothelioma 10 years ago this June. While his diagnosis was devastating, it also made my dad become an advocate for mesot...
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
My first academic article was on the dictatorship of Uzbekistan inventing a group called "Akromiya" that did not really exist but which they used to arrest anyone with whom they disagreed under the pretext of "terrorism". Just bringing this up for no reason whatsoever!
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The Free Speech President has now pulled two of the three major late night hosts off the air through threats and intimidation because of their jokes. Obviously I’m behind Jimmy Kimmel 100% in the face of this fascist garbage. Speech against this admin isn’t just being chilled, they’re freezing it.
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