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@menaesque.bsky.social
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Gamer, writer, doggy and kitty lover. 30s+.

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Minnesota Sheltie Rescue @mnsheltierescue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
💜 Resources to support you in escaping with your companion animal from a harmful situation: mnsheltierescue.org/resources 💜 May you be safe 💜 Please comment with any additional pet-welcoming resources for survivors in the 5-state area. #DomesticViolenceAwareness #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth
Image of a house with windows and bushes and a black silhouette of a Sheltie on a purple heart on the door, alongside a purple ribbon stating “awareness”. Text: “October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.
npr.org
Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026
"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard!
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Read this and realized I've run into a few of these websites before. In every case, it was a pile of AI slop masquerading as a real website.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Social Security is the largest anti-poverty program in the U.S.⁣ ⁣ In the latest poverty numbers, the Census estimates it kept 28.8 million people out of poverty. More about poverty here: newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
newsletter.platypuseconomics.com
What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?
It’s more complicated than it sounds. Well, sort of.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 16/09/2026
Yet another groundbreaking @ddosecrets.org jawn. Kick them a few bucks here: opencollective.com/ddosecrets
opencollective.com
Distributed Denial of Secrets - Open Collective
We publish data in the public interest.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I asked AT&T Stadium about the Rolling Stone report about how they objected to Macklemore coming to Arlington next month. They didn't comment, but as I've noted they're still hosting Kanye West in November: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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AT&T Stadium, which will host Ye this fall, objected to Macklemore
The Seattle rapper was dropped from Ed Sheeran's stadium tour bill.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/09/2026
New: Before Renée and Alex, ICE fatally shot Mexican immigrant Silverio Villegas González last fall outside Chicago in suburban Franklin Park. One year later, @domguan.bsky.social spent some time with the group of local women tending to his memorial. His family is still demanding answers:
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Growing Where He Died: Silverio Villegas González, One Year Later
One year on from the killing of Silverio Villegas González, a community of Franklin Park women continue the fight to keep his memory alive–through art, flowers, and “a culture of celebrating life.”
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's difficult to convey to people who haven't been paying attention that every single thing they are reading about the immigrant concentration camps has been happening in U.S. jails and prisons since their origin. People were being waterboarded at Auburn prison in the 1850s.
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Prison Culture » Torture & Corporal Punishment in Early 20th Century American Penitentiaries…
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You can also watch this very short film I helped make to have a taste of what happened in this case: vimeo.com/221684059?fl...
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Joan Little - Survived and Punished
In 1974, Joan Little was charged with first degree murder after she stabbed a prison guard who sexually assaulted her at Beaufort County jail. Joan’s case became a national cause for prisoners’ rights...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026
We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.
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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trans Lives Matter. Trans people will always be here. While some politicians are capitulating, throwing trans neighbors under the bus, I want you to know you belong. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Individual trans people NEVER have to shut up and accept disrespect. Never. The people who need to shut up and stop disrespecting trans people are the POWERFUL and these include fucking elected officials. GET IT STRAIGHT IN YOUR MINDS.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anyway, we are NOT throwing our trans siblings under the bus for ANY reason. NO. You can kick rocks.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14/09/2026
it’s so in our faces: these camps are not places people are meant to survive
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Audre Lorde said, “It is easier to demand happiness than to clean up the environment... Let us seek ‘joy’ rather than real food and clean air and a saner future on a liveable earth! As if happiness alone can protect us from the results of profit-madness.”
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Operation Midway Blitz started one year ago yesterday. I wrote about what it was like to follow Greg Bovino and Border Patrol from Chicago to Charlotte, New Orleans, and Minneapolis.
thenation.com
Notes From an ICE Chaser
I followed agents from Illinois to North Carolina to Minnesota. To my surprise, they loved my coverage.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The primary impact of AI is to enable fraud on a massive scale. apnews.com/article/scam...
apnews.com
Scams in the US are at a record high. Yet most victims get no help and some end up losing even more
Virtually every American has been targeted by scammers in some way, exclusive new polling data shows.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Donkeys from Gaza have ended up at a farm in the Netherlands after being taken by the Israeli military and transferred to an NGO. In Gaza, these animals have been a critical lifeline during Israel's genocidal war.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A step by step way to do this in your own town. connectivetissue.substack.com/p/a-neighbor...
connectivetissue.substack.com
A neighborhood microgrant in every town
Microgrants for neighbor gatherings are spreading. Here’s how to launch one where you live — and the theory underpinning our new experiment.
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
shit like this is why i refuse the narrative around MPD being understaffed, underfunded or under-resourced because like another significant chunk of the force is blocking off 7th street especially between chicago & park nobody will explain how they overspent $30 million either
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 03/09/2026
I have long told my clients facing displacement that evictions are a form of violence. An eviction is never the first bad thing to happen to someone, and is often the tipping point that kicks off full-blown crisis and a rapid downward spiral. The shootings today were a tragedy beget by tragedy.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fox host complains about low teen pregnancy rates: "The problem is teens and young adults. From ages 15-19, the fertility rate is down 7%"
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Darcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026
As the academic year kicks off, I want to highlight an important issue that many folks, including some of my colleagues, are not aware of: the new earnings test imposed by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
The 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.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
has a single current NBA player voiced support for the WNBA players dealing with this shit?
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
like hey cool various machine learning tools might have uses in different research fields. let's ignore the fact that even reports like this are hyped up to some extent, that's not how any of these companies are trying to sell it. they are trying to convince people they've built God
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Un Deux Trois Cat:
Disgruntled cat in a box, offering "FREE DIRTY LOOKS" instead of lemonade
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/08/2026
NEW FROM ME: The US Air Force has done dozens of secret ICE flights to Honduras since early June, in the largest and most regular use of their aircraft in Trump's second term. Read it here now, or read it in NYT six months from now. gillianbrockell.com/the-air-forc...
gillianbrockell.com
The Air Force has been doing secret ICE flights to Honduras for months
At least some of the flights were third-country removals, human rights group says.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
the saddest thing about this, Elon, is that you're the richest man alive. You could dress this way. You could hire professional surgeons and nutritionists and trainers to sculpt your body. Those are options for you. But posting is all you know.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Legal documents released today show federal law enforcement officials extensively surveilled public meetings and activists during the ICE surge, and created dossiers on political enemies. I've been busy, but will post some takeaways on this thread soon: (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
Attorney: Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICE
Defense attorney Kevin Riach alleges that just four days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, that Homeland Security Investigations launched Operation Puppet Master. The agency cou...
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is absolutely insane, all of these undercover agents going into churches to surveil constitutionally protected speech. But it really says a lot about how they did all of this and found so little that violated the law. The administration was publicly shamed globally because of this resistance.
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David at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 12/08/2026
Aaron Rodgers is obsessed with his own privacy. His neighbors? Not so much. After moving to a new town, Rodgers used a cutout to secretly fund the local police department’s Flock-style surveillance program. www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodg...
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Aaron Rodgers secretly funded his town's Flock-style cameras
The QB used an LLC to shield his identity.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Voluntarily jumping into the middle of a shark filled ocean off of a goddamn aircraft carrier is one of the most desperate things I've ever heard
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
the crypto industry descended on Minnesota and set a truly astonishing pile of money on fire
Graph showing massive amounts of primary ad spending for Angie Craig vs Peggy Flanagan
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
literally 100% of the bad things about "woke 1" are just shit that sucks about social media. if you're complaining about "Woke" and not Gamergate, it's because you're a disingenuous prick.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 11/08/2026
Don’t hesitate to come to the polls; DOJ monitors will be outside the 100-foot zone, you don’t have to talk, you also don’t have to freak out, if you see them talking to anyone before they vote (they can only do so after) or engaging otherwise, tell the precinct head judge. We’re trained to help.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Since Royce White is currently making news outside of Minnesota because he's pretending he "identifies as a woman" and wants to be considered for the WNBA, let me just give a rundown on why he is a horrific piece of shit to all the non-locals who might not be familiar with his bullshit.
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phoenix @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
WNBA players union leadership released a statement, I suggest everyone read it. This is the message of united union leaders: hate will not be tolerated and trans inclusion IS protecting women’s rights to play sports This is excellently crafted. Proud of Nneka, Phee and the rest of WNBPA leaders
 MESSAGE FROM
WNBPA PLAYER LEADERSHIP
To everyone who loves this game: The WNBPA represents 200+ individual people with different lived experiences, cultures, lifestyles, and opinions.
We embrace justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Those are the values that unite this Union and allow it to protect women's sports while creating transformational change.
Hate, abuse, and demonization of any person or group of people, including transgender people, only fuel fear, division, and harm. We will continue to have hard conversations. But we will not be used as political pawns.
Support the Players. Support the Fans. At games, notify security if you witness hateful, violent, or abusive behavior. Online, report abusive posts and drown out the bots and bad actors. At home, tell your elected officials to strengthen Title IX.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
ICE has killed another person.
thecityreporter.nyc
El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says
The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Minnesota Sheltie Rescue @mnsheltierescue.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
#AnkenyIowa - hoping to reunite: Found - Ankeny, Iowa 7/24/2026 To reclaim, contact Animal Rescue League of Iowa at (515) 262-9503, 5452 N.E. 22nd Street, Des Moines
Image of a black and white Sheltie with mouth open.
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Sylvia at Tono Latino @tonolatino.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
He was here on VACATION. He is not a criminal. He wasn't here trying to steal anything. And he was still targeted by ICE. His name was Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran.
newrepublic.com
Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
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