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Rob Levine

@roblevine82.bsky.social
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Photographer, drone pilot, writer, editor, web developer, media critic (not necessarily in that order). Proprietor at edhivemn.com, roblevinephotography.com, intheairphotography.com, threatenedwaters.com. Minneapolis

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Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 1h
Almost $3 Trillion spent, over 200,000 killed, including 4,500 US soldiers, and for what? Today would be a good day for everyone who insisted in 2003 that we had to invade Iraq to apologize. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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U.S. withdraws forces in Iraq as balance of power shifts to Iran
U.S. military forces departed from bases in Iraq on Wednesday, a milestone in two bloody decades of American involvement.
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 45m
Medicare for All is a far better brand for Democrats than building on the Affordable Care Act. There is an important ideological subtext: Public is not only more socially just than private, it’s also more efficient. buff.ly/rfMA6zY
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The Road to Universal Medicare - The American Prospect
The apparent split between advocates of Medicare for All and a more incremental approach is misleading and easily remedied.
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Adam A. Marshall @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social · 2h
I've attempted to sketch a framework for evaluating the government's use of AI to process FOIA requests. There is potential in this technology to make things better, and also a lot to be scared of. We need to take the risks seriously, and now. Read more here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/pacing-...
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Pacing FOIA’s Frontier
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
Mentions on Fox shows of the very newsworthy confrontation between Schmitt and Jack Smith: Ingraham (7-8pm): 0 Watters (8-9): 0 Hannity (9-10): 0 Gutfeld (10-11): 0 Fox & Friends this AM: 0
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 3h
Here's the thing about "new" tests - are all the "old" tests then invalid? Because if that's the case then these too will eventually be invalidated. These tests became useless long ago minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/30/m...
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Minnesota students’ standardized test scores continue to stagnate • Minnesota Reformer
Fewer than half of Minnesota students who take the state’s standardized test are able to read and do math at grade-level expectations, according to data released Wednesday by the state’s education dep...
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21h
Perfectly innocent bullet, flying along, and then some terrorist throws his body in the bullet's way, totally assaulting the bullet, stopping it from traveling further.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 21h
Gonna be a tough judging contest for Pictures of the Year. Look at these goofballs
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 22h
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Freddy DeBoer: No, American Schools Are Not Failing
Freddy DeBoer challenges the oft-repeated claim that American schools are failing. We have heard the same lament since 1983, when the Reagan administration published a pamphlet titled “A Nati…
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In other words, Republicans waged a multi-front war on Minnesota
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schmitt really setup Klobocop for a layup - and she made it!
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After his "gotcha" turned out to be hilariously wrong, Schmitt affirmed he was glad he called Smith a "dirtbag". Republican douche
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
prescription drug coverage is some of the most demonic shit you will ever encounter in your life. my doctor prescribed me a medication and somehow there are now at least two third-party corporations involved for no apparent reason and nobody knows what is going on or what needs to be done
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John Darwin Kurc @kurc.com · 29/09/2026
Our "Government" has privatized our data. A one-stop portal is what we have. It will get hacked at some point, and don't act surprised! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhYl...
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America.gov is changing how you vote
YouTube video by The Drey Dossier
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The biggest problems are obviously at the top - story selection, editing, headline writing, etc.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So what if it's "defamatory'. The only thing that matters about speech about a public figure is whether it's true or not
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watch as they rehabilitate him on MSNOW. Truly shameful
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Absolutely
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tabke is one of the best! Help him out if you can
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If the City Council hadn't rejected O'Hara we'd never know about this! Frey is SO corrupt 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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EHB on BET @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Many people who were critical of MPD cost overruns were denounced as alarmist or anti-police. Now MPD has admitted to the abuse of overtime hours. I am grateful current leadership is cracking down but deeply frustrated by this betrayal of the public trust and the time it took to get answers.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wild ricing in threatened waters. If you or your org has a need for wild ricing video hmu www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdqL...
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Wild ricing in threatened waters
YouTube video by Rob Levine
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In all the broken and corrupt journalism of our age, education journalism stands out as the worst of the worst. It is completely captured by right wing plutocrats. The biggest liar of them all is the biggest star - Emily Hanford of @mprnews.org paulthomas701128.substack.com/p/broken-new...
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Broken News: The Paradox of Education Journalism Quality
“[Louisa Moats] won the hearts and minds of a certain group of people while drawing the eye roll of others.” Rachael Gabriel
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Attention Minnesota! The Republican Incel Goon Army is returning thehill.com/policy/natio...
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DHS announces nationwide surge in 'sanctuary' cities
DHS said ICE has initiated a “surge in sanctuary cities,” as part of the Trump administration’s continuous crackdown on immigration.
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Mara Abolish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 Minnesota once again in their sights. Buckle up.
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DHS announces nationwide surge in 'sanctuary' cities
DHS said ICE has initiated a “surge in sanctuary cities,” as part of the Trump administration’s continuous crackdown on immigration.
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Larry Rubinow @elrubino.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man? prospect.org/2026/09/29/a...
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Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man? - The American Prospect
OpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did a little remix of clips of wild ricing near the proposed Talon / Rio Tinto nickel mine www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdqL...
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Wild ricing in threatened waters
YouTube video by Rob Levine
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John Darwin Kurc @kurc.com · 28/09/2026
Fascinating Fact: Migrant caravans always seem to start moving from Tapachula to the US southern border when we get close to an election.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This douche is the Speaker of the House! We're governed by malignant idiot psychopaths
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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sept. 28, 1926: A federal appeals court finds the government awarded the Teapot Dome oil lease by fraud, and orders it canceled. The panel in St. Louis links ex-Interior Secretary Albert Fall, who granted the concession, to “a trail of deceit, falsehood, subterfuge, bad faith and corruption.”
Omaha, Neb., Evening BeeFallSinclair
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 28/09/2026
All the coverage of Talarico's supposed "problems" with Black Tx Dems are anecdotes and vibes. Polling now shows him 20 points (20!) ahead of Beto *and Allred* with Black voters, so the metric is "enthusiasm," ignoring Black Dems' reliability at the polls. www.tpr.org/government-p...
from https://www.tpr.org/government-politics/2026-07-09/talarico-polling-stronger-with-texas-black-voters-than-expected-but-enthusiasm-questions-remain

In the end, though, it may simply come down to party loyalty. Blank
said history suggests Democratic support among Black voters tends
to consolidate as Election Day approaches.
"In all of that polling that we've looked at, over many election cycles,
the share of Black voters who support the Democratic candidate
tends to go up the closer we get to Election Day," he said.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bought a bag of broccoli florets at Cub - days from expiration, everything looked good - but it had an extreme broccoli smell! I threw them out.
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Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com · 28/09/2026
Reposting for my midwestern early risers. I wrote about what MPS’s reorganization/closure is likely to do, and about how I can’t figure out why the district is doing it at all. @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social
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MPS: What Is Your Problem??
That's a serious question! Minneapolis Public Schools confronts two simultaneous and related crises: a precipitous and ongoing decline in student enrollment, and a structural budget deficit with a na...
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Mara Abolish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My number one tip to parents is hold off on phones for as long as possible. We did 14. That’s probably not long enough. No way a second grader needs a phone.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a cool wild ricing picture - you get a good sense both of the canoe & of the scale of the bed
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A wildlife mitigation system made up of North America's largest wildlife overpass, five wildlife underpasses and fencing to guide animals to the crossings, has led to a 91% decrease in wildlife collisions.
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Largest wildlife overpass in North America located in Colorado with 91% reduction in collisions: "Big success"
A wildlife mitigation system made up of North America's largest wildlife overpass, five wildlife underpasses, and fencing to guide animals to the crossings has led to a 91% decrease in wildlife collisions.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Almost surreal looking down at wild ricers, bottom right, in a waterway not far from the proposed Talon / Rio Tinto nickel mine
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'll never understand why Traditional Media won't interrogate the social science of Authoritarianism. It explains perfectly the Trump & his followers phenomenon with decades of social science research. Free book to download: theauthoritarians.org
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The Authoritarians
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Harvesting wild rice in threatened waters Jason Barber of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Trisha Perry of the Sandy Lake band of Mississipi Chippewa harvested wild rice earlier this month near the proposed Talon / Rio Tinto nickel mine
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Because of ownership @startribune.com will have a front page fraud story every day now until the election www.startribune.com/what-exactly...
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What exactly was Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's role in the state's fraud response?
Flanagan cites her limited authority as lieutenant governor as a defense against fraud attacks, even as she makes the case that the job prepared her to serve in the U.S. Senate.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In Minnesota, pretty much the only argument charter schools make is they can legally segregate. There are Black charter schools, Hmong charter schools, girls-only charter schools, Asian only charter schools, a charter school for German culture, and on and on. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Justice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases (Gift Article)
Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is the problem with a political party that relies on lying - and media not calling out that lying. The federal government's proclamations are a hall of mirrors. Watch what they do, not what they say.
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Neera Tanden Still Eats Laura Loomer's Ass @leftlimelight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
American capitalism is predatory and we need to move to a more fair economic system.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Muscular Christianity” means that when when you’re glazing the serial predator president who deports refugee children, executes fishermen, and builds idols to himself, you TYPE REALLY HARD.
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Been a busy period for the telephone poles of Powderhorn Park
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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is kind of a crazy picture - this doe has been adopted by the people of this Powderhorn Park alley, and you can't see it in this picture, but they put a splint on one of its legs which apparently was injured
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve now reached the point of “black site” hearings – secret, illegal hearings as part of Trump & Stephen Miller’s wretched crusade to detain & deport our immigrant neighbors. Quite literally: hidden tribunals that disappear people.
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DHS Opens ‘Black Site Docket’ for Immigrants Without Lawyers at 26 Federal Plaza
A reporter from The City Reporter was threatened with arrest while attempting to observe comings and goings from the new courtrooms, which have left advocates mystified and fearing the worst.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/09/2026
Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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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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Rob Levine @roblevine82.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you look closely you can see the ICE OUT sign. Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis.
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