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Mike Spangenberg

@mikespangenberg.bsky.social
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Minneapolis, MN. Interested in making the world more just and healthy for our kids. Professional experience in education and nonprofits.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 10h
"Executions don't just happen, you know, you have to manage them or else it's all very hurried and awkward and looks uncomfortably like a murder." --Daggerbound, T. Kingfisher
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 11h
The appellate court system had stayed this execution today to allow for additional proceedings. John Roberts’s Supreme Court stepped in and said, “nah, kill her tonight.” This is the result.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 12h
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 11h
Absolutely grotesque that we still have executions in this country in 2026
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15h
The Supreme Court’s majority gave no reason for its literal life-and-death decision to wipe out an appeals court order issued earlier today and which was, on its face, intended to be temporary in nature. Sotomayor wrote tonight’s dissent. Order and dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
The Court's decision to vacate that stay interferes with the Sixth Circuit's routine administrative handling of a capital case and unnecessarily prevents that court from giving due consideration to Pike's claim. Worse, the Court grants such extraordinary relief solely to allow the State to execute Pike before litigation over her conviction has properly run its course in the lower courts. I see no reason to short-circuit the ordinary process of appellate review, particularly in light of the grave consequences of an erroneous de-cision. Tennessee's desire to expedite Pike's execution by a few days or even weeks cannot outweigh her "fundamentalinterest in [her] own life." Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U. S. 1,
9 (1985).
In capital cases, "[a]ppreciation of our own fallibility, and respect for the judgment of an appellate tribunal," demand caution before "acting irretrievably." Bowersox v. Williams,
517 U. S. 345, 347 (1996) (Ginsburg, J., dissenting). Indeed, this Court often states that it is "'a court of review, not of first view?" McLane Co. v. EEOC, 581 U.S. 72, 85 (2017) (quoting Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709, 718, n. 7
(2005)). Today, the Court, as it has too often lately, chooses to overlook that principle precisely when it matters most.
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 11h
My god
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”
Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia “Unites States”
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
christ this infuriates me. ACA bridged the gap between my divorce (with loss of spousal benefits) and medicare eligibility. without it, I would not have had access to health care for eight years.
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Me as a UConn Alum: ”Stewie!!!” Me as a Lynx Fan: “Stewie!!!”
Homer cheeringHomer yelling
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This isn’t “a mess.” It’s theft.
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Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They averaged ~50K per officer in overtime last year. Ridiculous www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
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Interim 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.
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MPD reports directly to Jacob Frey. This is entirely his responsibility.
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ms. maas @msmaas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seriously. Living for the day Frey is held accountable for . . . literally anything
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#OnThisDay Sept 28 1955: The last baseball game is played at Nicollet Park, as the Minneapolis Millers win the Junior World Series 9-4 against the Rochester Redwings. Next season the Millers played at new Met Stadium in Bloomington, and Nicollet Park at 31st Street is demolished.
The front gate of Nicollet Park with crowds entering. Minnesota Historical Society. spectators in packed stands. Hennepin County Library Collections
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I had no idea this existed!
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With all the caveats of what lawn signs are (and aren't), Anders Folk has a noticeably high saturation in Ward 13. Runs the gamut from folks who seem to be Jacob Frey Dems to straight up Republicans. Obviously not surprised he's stronger here but a little surprised by volume.
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 28/09/2026
mukhtar ibrahim, founder of the sahan journal, and ubah ali, a former WCCO reporter, have just launched the somali brief, an independent media outlet where somali americans can tell their own stories www.thesomalibrief.com
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The Somali Brief
The Somali Brief is a digital-first media platform covering the stories shaping Somali American life.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 24/09/2026
Don Jr.-backed drone-parts manufacturer congratulates Eric Trump-backed drone manufacturer on winning a DoD contract.
Unusual Machines
@UnusualMachines
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More momentum for XTEND. 🚀

Congrats to the team on another important U.S. defense milestone. Proud to be an investor and supplier. 🦅

$UMAC $XTND #Drones #DefenseTech
Unusual Machines Inc
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XTEND
@XTEND_XR
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XTEND has been awarded Phase III of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Modular Kinetic Lethal Drone (MKLD) program.

The award follows XTEND’s recent Gauntlet II top-performer selection under the Drone Dominance Program.

Read more: xtend.me/xtend-secures-…
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Team Ilhan @teamilhan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everywhere you look, there are people fighting to make Minnesota the incredible state it is. And we need to keep it that way. Let’s reelect @keithellison.bsky.social to continue being the people’s lawyer.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Eleven days before the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack, Egypt's intelligence chief made a secret mission to Israel to warn officials of a possible assault. He was on the ground just 67 minutes, so intent he had to come in person. Vivian Salama has the receipts. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 26/09/2026
Trying to keep myself accountable for working 3 doorknock shifts a week through Election Day. That’s one reason I’m posting here — another is so you can join me! (The other 2 shifts next week are here: bsky.app/profile/dbra...)
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
Class solidarity.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please help. People's needs always increase this time of year but this year is even greater than usual, and when we run out of tents people are sleeping unsheltered. Finances are tight for everyone but how far are any of us from homelessness?
Weeknight drop-ins have tripled we are tired and out of money. Please donate via the links in our bio so we can continue to support unhoused people.We cannot keep up with the demand caused by current situations in both Minneapolis and St. Paul, we need financial support.$18K would allow us to give out additional $0.10 weekly (tent tarp sleeping bag hygiene kit undies) per week through February.Please help 😢
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Willy Lee (they/them) @advicepig.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Twin Cities, do you have men in your life who you could bully into going through their closet and donating clothes and shoes they don't wear? We are low on men's clothes at @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social drop off locations here linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
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Mutual aid group in Mpls getting basic necessities to our houseless neighbors
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What a terrific roundup of Fall activities from @racketmn.com racketmn.com/fall-arts-gu...
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Fall Arts Guide 2026 - Racket
It's another stacked season of concerts, festivals, movie series, art shows, Oktoberfests, DOGtoberfests, and Halloween happenings.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
I don't have time to write more, but ICE is working to remove people to third countries in violation of D.V.D. v. DHS. I've been up since 5:20 A.M. working with two other attorneys to prevent our client from being shipped out. If you rep someone at risk of third country removal, check on them NOW
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 24/09/2026
started the day at the St. Paul courthouse moving a friend for admission to federal court. ended the day by staying at work until 9pm to file an emergency habeas petition because ICE wants to deport a father before we can do anything about it. this is why need more attorneys to do this work.
Me, popping a half cut-off deuces sign, leaving work after 9pm
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Since Trump took office, the richest 0.1% of Americans have gained more than 8,000 TIMES as much wealth as the bottom 50% of households.
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I sued the insulin cartel and cut the cost of insulin from hundreds per month to just $35. That’s making life more affordable. If you don't think you can make life more affordable, you shouldn't be running, Ron.
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Macintosh Performa circa 1994. The CD-ROM was a *huge* deal. It could play Full Motion Video (FMV)!
Photo of a Macintosh Performa
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Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As a reminder, the BET is set to vote on the City’s maximum levy for next year’s budget at their next meeting, tomorrow Wednesday, Sept 23, more information here: lims.minneapolismn.gov/Board/Agenda...
lims.minneapolismn.gov
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Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Minneapolis residents work hard while property taxes keep increasing, it’s the City’s responsibility to make sure our tax dollars are spent and managed well.
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Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We must contend with the reality that without meaningful reform to the MPD and the needed financial oversight of the department, we will continue to see budget shortfalls and property taxes will continue to go up as a result.
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Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This pattern is resulting in massive overspending by the department and significant budget shortfalls for the City.
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Soren Stevenson @sorenwithward8.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On Friday, three members of the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) released a letter expressing concern about a pattern of unsustainable and unaccountable spending within the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD).
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jacob Frey is responsible for MPD and its spending
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Karin Birkeland and the All of Minneapolis crew will find a way to defend MPD and Jacob Frey in their next newsletter
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Also psyched for the "Prosecute Ice Vote Frazier" lawn sign to arrive 😉
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happily made a contribution to @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social and now bracing for the inevitably egregious way @actblueorg.bsky.social behaves with my contact info. Sigh...
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We had the opportunity to see the tapestry in Bayeux a few years ago. Photography was absolutely prohibited there (though I thought it was for flash exposure), so I’m a little surprised it was ever allowed in London.
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Me, age 15: Weezer rocks <30 years elapse> My kid, age 15: Weezer rocks
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Request for tech help! We’re going to see Weezer tonight, but the terrible Ticketmaster app is showing the tickets as a “past event” so I can’t pull them up. Anyone ever dealt with this??
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NYT - Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where immigrants are being held indefinitely. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/wo...
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Btw Keith’s campaign is holding a meet and greet on the Black Hart patio this Sunday at 1130am. More details to come
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 17/09/2026
indigenous dancers in minneapolis city hall goes so hard. the shadows being created is so cool and love to see the people’s city hall welcoming the people thank you @jchavezmpls.bsky.social
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17/09/2026
After a closer look at the IG report, here are the clues I found indicating an "Alligator Alcatraz" cover-up. FWIW, I don't think the DHS OIG was in the conspiracy, I think they were in way over their heads. prospect.org/2026/09/17/a...
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Alligator Alcatraz’s Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier - The American Prospect
Appalling as photos showing phone booth–sized cages at the Florida camp are, the truth is likely much worse.
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Ben Schleuss @benschleuss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Every once in a while we just have to say it.
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