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Naomi

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I like making things and taking pictures. 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® winner. St. Paul, MN.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
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Naomi @mimiomi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some color from my garden in the approaching autumn.
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When To Stream @whentostream.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
STOP! THAT! TRAIN! (2026) Streaming Now Netflix #StopThatTrain
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
InterRAI isn't even new! This was one of the companies i first learned about via my 1st time working w/ @cdt.org, back in 2020! Go look up "Challenging the Use of Algorithm-driven Decision-making in Benefits Determinations Affecting People with Disabilities"! What are we doing???! archive.is/d5RXZ
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A secretive computer algorithm is taking caregiving money away from disabled people
After Nebraska used a new interRAI tool to slash Medicaid funding for nearly 900 people, NBC News uncovered the hidden logic behind some of the cuts.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
See whole thread. I agree with this conclusion. Have tried to make it myself, but was far too clumsy.
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Deborah E ❤️🧸📿 🌈 ❤️ @deborahe4plus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Folks. Covid is HERE and high or very high in wastewater across most of the country.
COVID 19 Heat Map based on CDC wastewater data .... I'll summarize. As of Sept 14, it's high or very high throughout South, Southwest and CA.
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PSA: No Kings is a coalition, not an org, and it does not do fundraising appeals for itself. Partner orgs raise money for costs we're incurring to put it on. But if you get a text from "NO KINGS" or a PAC you've never heard of before asking for $ that is a scam and you should block/shame away.
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Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP @soumya-goblue.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Haha I love it. Especially the #hospital scene. Completely accurate
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026
ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:
Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?
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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Which is when ICE decided to drive onto the sidewalk and come straight towards the crowd, forcing them to move out of the way or get run over. One woman did have her foot run over. Thankfully she was wearing steel-toed boots or some sort of protective footwear. (Frederick, MD - September 4, 2026)
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Naomi @mimiomi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Resistance crop art at the MN State Fair this year. There was a lot. Made with seeds from crops. 🧵
Death masks made for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Their last words are quoted underneath each mask: “I’m not mad at you“ for Renee and “Are you okay?” For Alex. The masks are made from wild rice standing on end and the background is black lentils.
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Naomi @mimiomi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Resistance crop art at the MN State Fair this year. There was a lot. Made with seeds from crops. 🧵
Death masks made for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Their last words are quoted underneath each mask: “I’m not mad at you“ for Renee and “Are you okay?” For Alex. The masks are made from wild rice standing on end and the background is black lentils.
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Naomi @mimiomi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Spotted at the MN State Fair - this needlework among much resistance art this year.
Needlework with quote from Mariame Kaba: “Hope is a discipline.” @prisonculture.bsky.social
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Naomi @mimiomi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A guy going to the MN State Fair today told me very proudly that he was doing the single dad thing today with a 1-year old and a 3-year old. I just stared at him because I didn’t know if I was supposed to be awed or to clap. Moms do stuff like that all the time. He was so proud of himself.
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“The artist found out that her name was being spread around online."
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Crop artists react after State Fair removes anti-Trump ‘8647’ piece due to harassment
A crop artist asked the Minnesota State Fair to remove their artwork from the crop art competition after they said they received threats for its political content. Many in the crop art community say i...
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Dr. Raven the Science Maven @ravenscimaven.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I am still on the job hunt. It has been a year. I'm a master science storyteller, recognized on Fortune 40 Under 40 and Forbes 30 Under 30 for my ability to make science desirable, and engaging to all. 1/
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 31/08/2026
The phenomenal singer-songwriter Jesse Welles just wrote a song called "The Nerd Reich" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz1...
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The Nerd Reich
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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Naomi @mimiomi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Went to the MN State Fair for a little bit this afternoon. Check out the crowds.
Photo of a sea of people as far as the eye can see.
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 27/08/2026
there are reports of a man in a spiderman costume at the fair yelling something about being governor. That man is Tom Evenstad, a convicted rapist and stalker, who you should avoid at all costs. He's obviously not well, and you should not give him attention.
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indianaarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentuckyarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouriiarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly did what other disaster nonprofits are too chicken shit to do — she gave the families affected by a wildfire a universal basic income. www.bpr.org/news/2018-12...
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How Dolly Parton Gave $12.5 Million And Unprecedented Research To Sevier County
It’s been two years since wildfires burned Western North Carolina and devastated the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Country music superstar Dolly Parton…
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton
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Naomi @mimiomi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh No! And look what her nephew said: “Dolly called me and said she wants to rest in a beautiful bed of plush cotton because after a life of wearing heavy rhinestones, she finally deserves to be comfortable and have some rest.” What a loss. What an amazing woman.
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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Waymo is mass surveillance, behaving just like Flock cameras. They park in busy spaces and record for hours, and the company won't share where that data goes or who they are selling it to. Pass it on.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Chauvin was, in fact, the cause of Floyd’s death. He used a technique that MPD and most other agencies have banned, specifically because it causes death. And the crime for which he was convicted is unintentional second-degree murder, which by definition does not require intent to kill.
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“They immediately said, ‘Do not mention this to anyone.’ They said to keep researching, but don’t say anything about it because they might be watching,“ researcher Tessa Wahlquist said. “They” were members of the Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders administration.
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A researcher at the Old State House discovered slave auctions had once taken place on museum grounds. Her bosses told her to stay silent. - Arkansas Times
“They immediately said, ‘Do not mention this to anyone.’ They said to keep researching, but don’t say anything about it because they might be watching,“ researcher Tessa Wahlquist said. “They” were me...
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 15/08/2026
An undercover federal agent infiltrated a Minneapolis church despite a court order barring immigration enforcement at churches in its network. Newly released documents also show federal agents surveilled the church several times this spring.
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Feds spying in Minneapolis church may have violated court order
Homeland Security spied on a Minneapolis church in May as part of an investigation into alleged anti-ICE activities, potentially violating a court order barring federal agents from enforcing civil imm...
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Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It's important for nice liberals to accept that fascists really mean their rhetoric. They are not just teasing the woke. They really do intend to kill everyone who isn't them including nice liberals, even including some of their own.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/08/2026
New: We pieced together dozens of violent incidents from the ICE agents seen in viral videos from Virginia this week. They've roamed across multiple states, but are most often working in Chicago. We also verified the identity of Martin Lagunas, the fed who pointed his gun at a woman on Monday:
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Chicago ICE team seen threatening drivers has roamed from Illinois to Minnesota to Virginia
A federal agent from Chicago identified by community members as 40-year-old Martin Lagunas was recorded pointing his gun in the face of a Virginia woman on Monday. His team of ICE agents has been docu...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you’ve ever wanted a T-shirt repping a racist Canadian group pushing for mass deportations, your purchase is just a few clicks away — all thanks to Shopify. When I reached out to them, they said "we don’t remove merchants over objections to their worldview.” Wow. My latest for @thetyee.ca:
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Shopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | The Tyee
The $250 billion Canadian company has repeatedly found itself in controversy over its support of ‘free speech.’
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/08/2026
The cut would impact both disabled adults who live with low-income family members and older SSI recipients who live with their adult children on tight budgets. As many as 400,000 people could have their support cut or eliminated, per SSA estimates. (Published April)
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The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
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UmmSqueaky @ummsqueaky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Minnesota will never forget. We will never forgive. Fuck ICE and all the rest. Go get ‘em Peggy. (Art by La Gata Fea Linocut)
A common loon in the middle of a linocut print, its wings spread wide with a banner reading never forget, never forgive.  It grips a Minnesota flag in its talons
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Since Breitbart wrote a piece that largely just quotes this chapter of Let This Radicalize You (which MK and I reprinted here in my newsletter last year), I thought I would reshare the full text with you all. IMO, it's one of the best and most relevant things MK and I ever co-authored.
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Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/08/2026
Peggy Flanagan: "We need to rip ICE apart and stop from them from terrorizing our communities"
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10/08/2026
For my newsletter, I spelled out once simple trick for the WNBA to shut down that transphobic publicity stunt by two former NBA players: www.burnsnotice.com/heres-how-th...
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Here's How the WNBA Can Win the Anti-Trans Controversy
The league has a golden opportunity to make a definitive and educational point about trans athletes–if it has the courage to do it
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Naomi @mimiomi.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Check out this example of shrinkflation. Bought when I used to shop at Target. The smaller bottle is half the size for the same price.
Two bottles of saline nasal spray. The older bottle on the left is 3 ounces and the bottle on the right is 1.5 ounces. Both cost the same. These are the Target brand and were purchased before I stopped shopping there due to their policies.
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Naomi @mimiomi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Anyone else having issues with #Netflix not having all the layers of sound on later in the evening? I have tried to start a new show or movie, say, after 9pm, and the dialogue is missing or layers of the audio are missing. This has happened over multiple days. I’m getting really sick of it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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44 is the one 🕳Talafreako🇨🇱 @jettdash.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Guarantee this new company has ties to djt administration Suddenly paying way more govt $ to a new contractor. Not suspicious at all.
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Pensacola’s 'Sewing Box' loses Blue Angels flight suit contract after 43 years
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- After more than 40 years, a Pensacola business says they will no longer make the Blue Angels' ceremonial flight suits.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/08/2026
A GOP Congressman, Griffith Morgan (Virginia), has introduced a bill to strip people in Guam, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and every other US non-state territory of their birthright citizenship. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
pearson's in st. paul is closing and laying off all its workers
The State Rapid Response Team (SRRT) received a Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. ("WARN") email from St. Paul Candy Company, d/b/a Pearson’s Candy Company (“Company”) informing us of the permanent closure and layoff of approximately 80 employees from their facility located at:

2140 7th St. W, St. Paul, MN 55116
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If there's been an article anywhere that rounded up all the allegations (and miscellaneous other stuff) about Mayor Her, I'm not finding it, so I'm going to make a thread.
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Manda M @bettesays.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A lot of good info in this 14-minute segment from Jana Shortal and Lou Raguse. youtu.be/wPPw0-qqXWs?...
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Inside the allegations against St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her | Breaking the News Plus
YouTube video by KARE 11
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
As I have commented before: Dr Fauci arrived at Wolf Trap with the most elaborate security detail I've ever seen. When I asked why, he told me that there were already at that time 2 people in jail for threats on his life-- ie, tried and convicted of a genuine attempt to kill him.
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The Age (unofficial) @theage.nzcow.com · 28/07/2026
📢 Local needleworkers have waited eight years to see the garment they have helped sew with 380 embroiderers worldwide.
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1 billion stitches, 51 countries: World record red dress on display in Brisbane
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Naomi @mimiomi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My pharmacy can’t get my estrogen patches. What is this fresh hell? How am I supposed to survive summer in menopause?? I’m already barely hanging on thanks to my neck fan. 😩
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Smartglasses are evil perverted surveillance devices and we are NOT a society if we allow them to continue. They need to be outlawed completely
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 16/07/2026
A lot of people are doing testosterone explainers, but you should read the one written by a trans man.
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Heather McCabe @profwaltermac.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I hope people will read this article and truly take in the way anti-trans policies are impacting real people. This is not some academic debate.
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