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K.M. McFarland

@kmcfarland.bsky.social
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Reformed curmudgeon. Dog owner. Occasional writer/editor. Former WIRED/AV Club staff writer.

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K.M. McFarland @kmcfarland.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Agree that it looks great and is expertly constructed, but the story is severely underbaked…and oof the ending. Weirdly got a lot of MIDNIGHT SPECIAL vibes from it, which I did not expect.
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Paul Hudrick @paulhudrick.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Ms. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. She asked for a napkin and told them: "Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you. Please don't let them have the show."
Ms. Omar then turned the crowd. "Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," she said. "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us."
Someone in the crowd later thanked Ms.
Omar for staying and continuing after the assault, which had shaken not only her but the entire room.
"I learned at a young age you don't give in to threats," Ms. Omar said.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Filming the police is not obstruction. Filming the police is not resisting. Refusing to stop filming police is not resisting. Holding onto your phone is not resisting. Federal agents under this admin have zero respect for rights and liberties.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
NEWS: @nationalnurses.bsky.social “demands Congress abolish ICE entirely. We will be doing everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people.”
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National Nurses United (@nationalnurses.bsky.social)
The largest RN union in U.S. history, with more than 225,000 nurses nationwide.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Joanna Robinson @jowrotethis.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
StandwithMinnesota.com
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry. It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026
Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"Just stay cool and don't make trouble until the midterms" is not going to cut it as an opposition response to a murderous regime whose masked thugs are killing people in the streets and then attempting to round up witnesses and destroy evidence.
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
genuinely stunning image

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times
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K.M. McFarland @kmcfarland.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW Criterion 4K when?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/01/2026
The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.
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Sara Libby @saralibby.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
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Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee detained at Los Angeles International Airport
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was detained Wednesday evening at Los Angeles International Airport, his agent Scott Boras told the Chronicle.
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K.M. McFarland @kmcfarland.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Sharks defeat Panthers after FL’s embarrassing groveling at the White House. Warriors drub the feckless Heat. UMiami loses the national title game in their home stadium. A good sports day.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/01/2026
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
"At the end of the day, it's bigger than me. The things that are going through makes people uncomfortable, imagine how (Palestinians) feel?" he said. "That's the biggest thing. I have no affiliation, no connection, to these people - other than the fact that I am a human being. If you have a heart and you're a human being, and you see what's going on in this world, you check yourself real quick.
"I'm sitting here crying about football when there's people dying every single day."
Al-Shaair is the Texans' 2025 Walter Payton
Man of the Year nominee.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
It’s too bad all the Harper’s letter signatories all died in that awful fire or they would be furious
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
friendly reminder The things you believed were right yesterday are still right. They'll be right if they put you in jail. They'll be right if they shoot you. They'll still be right when these people are dead and dusted and gone. which they will be
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
A friendly reminder that no ICE officer has ever been killed in the line of duty in a hostile incident. The industries that illegal immigrants often work in — like landscaping and construction — are far more deadly and dangerous work than being an ICE officer.
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
one small thing im going to do is never forget who the ghouls were during this terrible period of time and never stop talking about it whenever their name comes up
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
After the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop.
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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This is the good stuff. variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
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Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Debut Is an Inauspicious Sign of Where CBS News Is Headed
Tony Dokoupil tripped up over transitions and bulldozed a health expert over vaccines
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We ain't never seeing that CECOT story.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This war is completely illegitimate: 60% of Americans disapprove of going to war with Venezuela—74% disapprove war without Congressional approval. Only 19% are in favor. The people oppose it. Our representatives didn’t approve it. Trump should be removed for this unconstitutional war.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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K.M. McFarland @kmcfarland.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Mine is “He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching Avatars right before she died.”
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K.M. McFarland @kmcfarland.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH: I feel like it’s helpful to think of these films as the sci-fi equivalent of a series like FAST & FURIOUS—ever-expanding cast, final battle set piece that one-ups the last film, asking more and more suspension of disbelief from the audience. (Also, not enough fire!)
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K.M. McFarland @kmcfarland.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Owned and wore out my CD copy of the BATMAN & ROBIN soundtrack—and was sitting in a midnight premiere of THE DARK KNIGHT when the WATCHMEN trailer relaunched this song into public consciousness. Wild stuff.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I don't know what will happen in NYC tonight, but I do know that regardless of outcome, any number of public figures, celebrities, politicians and institutions that oppose Mamdani have done so with a level of rhetorical ugliness, racism, and dishonesty that should neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/10/2025
dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.
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John Dickerson To Depart CBS News In First Major Talent Exit Under New Paramount Owners
John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year.
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Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Just donated here. Gotta support our street vendors while their own government terrorizes them. www.gofundme.com/f/chicago-st...
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Donate to Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund, organized by Maria Orozco
Support Chicago’s Street Vendors We are the Street Vendors Association of Chicago… Maria Orozco needs your support for Chicago Street Vendor Relief Fund
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2025
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/09/2025
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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K.M. McFarland @kmcfarland.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Share your favorite black and white movie.
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a black and white photo of two men with the caption " ser would you like me to suggest what you can do with that offer ? "
ALT: a black and white photo of two men with the caption " ser would you like me to suggest what you can do with that offer ? "
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K.M. McFarland @kmcfarland.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Do you have the guts to accurately portray the game as being unfairly slanted towards Minnesota? Would love a reporter to actually tell the truth of the game.
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K.M. McFarland @kmcfarland.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
WNBA refs never escaping the allegations, this is atrociously slanted against the home team.
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K.M. McFarland @kmcfarland.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Imagine what it would’ve been if the refs were allowed to call fouls on Minnesota! Alas.
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