Reposted by little johnDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 11hDifferences in housing policy post-Surge couldn't be more stark. Both councils passed a temporary 60-day notice requirement for nonpayment evictions. Minneapolis: the mayor vetoed and council centrists refused to override. On pace for record evictions. St. Paul passed it veto-proof. Down 15% YOY 416972
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 4hRacist scaremongering is racist scaremongering whether it's coming from the president, the local cops, Nazi influencers, the local newspaper, or the feds 181
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 4hWhy does the US attorney's office keep radicalizing children? 1156
Reposted by little johnbag of moons 🏳️🌈 @bagofmoons.bsky.social · 5hi don't know how much white people are tracking this but y'all: the degree to which your somali neighbors are scared and hurting right now, and degree to which right wing politicians are going after them in the media and the media is falling for it cannot be overstated 121072
Reposted by little john✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 7hSo they can "monitor" one Somali kid for 2 years, nurture/exploit tendencies & fail to intervene until after they provide a means to carry out a plan... ...but white kids on 4chan or w/e being radicalized into the most obscure cesspools & writing manifestos & whatnot just... Remain a mystery? 26311
Reposted by little johnDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 16hperfect piece of trivia (midwest edition) 2326
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Note that having a DFL legislature and governor would need to be part of this, and that getting more funding for public schools would be very good whether the MPS plan goes through or not. 080
Reposted by little johnceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap 152108202338
Reposted by little johnIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 04/10/2026Confirmed ICE seen skulking around South Minneapolis. Eyes out, whistles up 3358163
Reposted by little johnAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I run a D&D program for kids through our library and (very rarely, thankfully) I deal with parents who are still riding that Satanic Panic, and it is very clear from talking to them that they fundamentally cannot distinguish fantasy from reality. It's not an act. 2595
Reposted by little johnAndrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Show creator Sherwood Schwartz commented in his memoir that there is always a subset of people who will believe everything they see. I think about that a lot. 517648
Reposted by little johnWilly Lee (they/them) @advicepig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Be wary when someone makes an argument based on the needs of a community they are not a part of. 16215
Reposted by little johnIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 02/10/2026Yeah so we all just got tear gassed on the way out of Rocky Horror, be careful downtown 37564112
Reposted by little johnJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And one more time, prescient JP Stevens dissent: “Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law” 4909134
Reposted by little johnJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853432188
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh that lolol. I was just trying to give you grief for not telling about the cats 😂 020
Reposted by little johnChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026During a homicide arrest, police in Portland shot and killed their own K9 dog, Kylo, who was on his last shift before his scheduled retirement. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...oregonlive.comPolice accidentally shot Portland K-9 Kylo during attempted arrest of homicide suspect, police sayPolice also identified the suspect killed. 1197
Reposted by little johnGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026That's a $96,318 fine for being raped. 232016656
Reposted by little johnIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 14780791989
Reposted by little johnHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor 03682776
Reposted by little johnJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Think of any sphere of life. Work. Parenthood. Education. Personal relationships. There is no sphere I can think of in which misogyny is not a constant, enduring, backbone to the major issues. Not just a problem, a fundamental backbone to most of the problems. 316211
Reposted by little johnLydia @lunapuella.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026My husband and his friends realised they thought they were good guys but still made like, ironic-sexist jokes. They introduced the 'sexism snake' where wherever one of them made a sexist comment or joke, the others would just start hissing. Didn't need to get into an argument about it, just hissing. 111099187
Reposted by little johnNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nearly 40% of survivors who report to their schools are pushed out in one way or another—usually, at the urging of school staff who want them to leave. (In comparison, less than 1% of perpetrators are suspended or expelled.) 2313109
Reposted by little johnJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026DID YOU KNOW that my TeePublic shop currently contains NO LESS THAN THREE season-appropriate shirts? HOT DAMN. www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov... 23920
Reposted by little johnEnergy Chris 🚫🧊 @energychris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... How does our strong mayor and his public safety commissioner not get mentioned in an article about the failure of fiscal oversight in the MPD?startribune.comInterim Minneapolis police chief says he inherited a budget ‘mess’Police leaders acknowledged during a City Council budget meeting that overtime was handed out too loosely in years past and said they’re now monitoring it more closely. 1238
Reposted by little johnA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from? 963632664
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was just going to ask you if this was indeed what was happening 120
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026😂 There are a couple of cheers in circulation here that I'd like to squelch (nothing offensive, thankfully, just tiresome) 010
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sometimes I say the latter 😂 (not in real games and not to kids I don't know) 110
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Only one time I heard a coach say this but it's my favorite: "Wait for your tater and mash it" 120
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Protect the plate! Be a hitter! (I hate this one) 110
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026[calls pitcher Pitch] [calls catcher Catch] [calls umpire Blue] [calls coach Coach] 010
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026[coach addresses team as "boys!" Regardless of whether median age is 6 or 46] [umpire addresses players as "gentlemen!"] Nipples to knees! Down down down you're up you're up!! Go two go two go two eat it eat it!! [missed play] Good stop! [to kid behind the missed play] Way to back him up! 220
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here we go, kid! Good eye! Now you've seen it! Just straighten that out! Just get that down! Let's go One Five! [referring to player by uniform number but each digit said separately, not "fifteen"] 210
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Youth baseball spectator checklist / bingo card / drinking game: 110
Reposted by little johnbag of moons 🏳️🌈 @bagofmoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026a thing that needs more media coverage is how many kids end up *back* in public schools after leaving for a charter 34812
little john @littlejohn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I only know what one of these is about and it was so stupid I thought about deleting myself from every social platform 😩 030