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Sven Frankson

@svenfrankson.bsky.social
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St Anthony Park, St Paul, MN On Mastodon: @Sven@toot.community or @Sven.toot.community.ap.brid.gy

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Very important - today 10/5 is the last day to register to vote if you live in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas
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Rhodium Group @rhg.com · 29/09/2026
A new report from the Climate Impact Lab finds this year’s Super El Niño is projected to lead to 451,000 deaths from extreme hot days, and also identifies the regions where immediate actions could offer the greatest opportunity to save lives. impactlab.org/research/451...
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451,000 at Risk - Climate Impact Lab
Scientists project that global land temperatures will be 1.2°C/2.1° F above normal in the coming months due in large part to the current “Super El Niño” that began in June and is expected to last thro...
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 18/09/2026
The Kennedy Center is made of irreplaceable marble gifted by Italy. Matisse tapestries found throughout were gifted by France. The massive starburst chandelier in the opera hall and the lights along the walkways were gifts from Sweden. The record-breaking stage curtains were a gift from Japan.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PRO PUBLICA: “Don JR’s wedding secretly bankrolled by Russian oligarch close to Putin” 🤔 So weird how this keeps happening 🤷🏼 www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Sven Frankson @svenfrankson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
More evidence that the authoritarianism we fear is already here. If you’re not actively resisting, you’re part of the problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Implementing a universal, single-payer healthcare system would save the U.S. more than $1 trillion and some 114,000 lives every year, according to a recent Yale University preprint study
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Scientists calculated how much money and lives 'Medicare for All' might save—it's a lot
The study has been touted by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as proof of the benefits of a universal, single-payer healthcare system, but the research hasn't been peer-reviewed
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/07/2026
When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth. Feel free to share.
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Casey G. @caseyg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This is a pretty useful little tool. jasminedevv.github.io/AQI2cigarett...
AQI to Cigarette smoke calculator.
335 AQI for 1 hour is like smoking 1 cig.
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Vera Institute of Justice @vera.org · 12/06/2026
Places like Fort Snelling in #Minnesota are increasingly adopting ‘mega master’ hearings, forcing 100+ people to appear before an immigration judge at the same time. Many people targeted are immigrants navigating the complex immigration system without legal representation.
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Fort Snelling joins nationwide trend of holding ‘mega master’ immigration hearings, raising due process concerns
Advocates say the docket of 73 cases put into one 'mega master' hearing at Fort Snelling immigration court is unprecedented.
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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 29/06/2026
“Comparing 1 acre of growing corn for ethanol, to 1 acre of solar panels to charge EVs”
Bar chart comparing annual vehicle miles per acre for corn versus Solar with the Solar being about 70 times greater
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
obviously not the first person to make this observation but the "move along, citizen" shit for regular DC residents is especially galling in context of the pardons for the rioters who broke into the fucking capitol
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/06/2026
Both these headlines are from Texas this month. Texas sentenced anti-ICE protestors to 100 years in prison, but a serial pedophile to only 30 days. This is MAGA exemplified.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
At this point, Trump has been played by pretty much every country in the Middle East, from Israel and Saudi to the UAE and Qatar, and now by Iran itself. He’s like a Baby Huey in a world of grownups. He makes Jimmy Carter look like a canny master of geopolitical maneuvering.
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Sven Frankson @svenfrankson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Minneapolis- any bozo can see it’s a hellscape
Idyllic Minneapolis afternoon with sand volleyball players in the foreground, the Mississippi and the University in the background
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Resist Trump 🤬 🤦🏽‍♂️🇺🇸 💜💙💪🏽 @resist-trumps-rule.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We have to get rid of all the loopholes.
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Sven Frankson @svenfrankson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I’m against the death penalty, but if there is anyone who deserves it, that person is Vance Boelter
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/06/2026
What do you say to that? I usually start by talking about whether there's any economic basis for keeping the AI servers running. AI is - by far - the money-losingest venture in human history, and it's practically impossible to overstate just how *bad* the AI business is. 12/
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The Trace @thetrace.org · 29/05/2026
See how gun violence has marked your corner of the country.
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Gun Violence Map: How Many People Have Been Shot Near You?
Explore data on more than 447,000 shootings in the United States.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 28/05/2026
The Supreme Court is the only court in America with no enforceable code of conduct. I support withholding funding from the Court until the justices adopt a binding code with real recusal review. Congress holds the power of the purse. We should use it. www.notus.org/us-news/samu...
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Samuel Alito’s Son Has Been Quietly Working for Trump’s Treasury Department
Philip Alito has been working as an attorney with the Treasury’s office of the general counsel for months even as the Supreme Court takes up cases involving the department.
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Madeleine L'Engle @tesserwell.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
“The minute anybody starts telling you what God thinks, or exactly why he does such and such, beware.” ~The Moon by Night
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Christian Scheinpflug @chschein.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
That the media and polite society are not treating that like a holocaust and Musk like Hitler just shows how warped things are
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 30/04/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life.
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
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FRONTLINE @frontlinepbs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the violence, protests, and arrests stemming from the federal immigration sweeps across the country. "Caught in the Crackdown" is now streaming on PBS and online.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 13/04/2026
#OtD 13 Apr 1906 Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Samuel Beckett, was born. During the Nazi occupation of France, Beckett joined the French Resistance as a courier. After the war, he was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Médaille de la Résistance for his efforts
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
So far, Vance’s foreign policy record is yelling at Zelensky for not thanking Trump enough, campaigning for AfD in Germany and Orban in Hungary, getting rejected by the Pope on his invite to the US, and failing in the Iran negotiations.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 04/04/2026
A cartoon by Ali Solomon.
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Burke, vt, To kill w/out marks & selling body for med dissection @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid." - Luke 23:55 #GoodFriday #JoyDivision #bleaktheology
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
“Jesus is the King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them. “Even though you make many prayers, God will not listen: your hands are full of blood.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz
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T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A really important observation. The comparison to the Civil War is helpful. By demanding unconditional surrender & to choose the Iranian Shia supreme leader, Trump made the war existential for the Iranian regime. But it’s not for us. That creates an imbalance in pain thresholds in Iran’s favor. 1/5
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Even the conservative Wall Street Journal understands the havoc wealth inequality is wreaking on our economy and society. It’s far past time to unrig the system. www.wsj.com/finance/billionaires-lo…
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Noem tells Sen. Kennedy (R-LA) that President Trump did know she would spend $200 million + on ads featuring her. Kennedy asks why benefitting companies included close allies, like the husband of former DHS spokesperson (see story from @propublica.org colleagues) www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Two categories of analysts who might take a step back, away from the microphone or keyboard, this weekend: —Those who assured us that Trump was the real anti-war candidate. —Those who assured us that invading Iraq was necessary and would work out great.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Support For Attacking Iran: Oppose: 49% Support: 27% YouGov / Feb 23, 2026
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Just a reminder that this happened two days ago. David Ellison is the nepo baby who runs Paramount/Skydance and brought on Bari Weiss to destroy CBS News. He will now run Warner Bros and CNN after the likely merger.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
CNN follows NPR and Politico in finding that DOJ scrubbed the Epstein files of evidence related to a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was 13 years old.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Trump is bragging about working to eliminate fraud. Most of his presidential pardons have been for people convicted of money laundering and fraud to the tune of over $1 billion.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The one person who should’ve been fired for his reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death wasn’t
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
When will anyone ask WHY Judge Aileen Cannon tries always to protect Trump? A woman whose husband worked for New York City mobster and Trump pal John Rosatti, now a judge who consistently rules for Trump. Not one reporter will dig into her history? She's beyond the presumption of normality.
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LindaKK @lindakk.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Bruce Springsteen cover from Ireland. We have friends abroad who hope the US can save ourselves. So humbling. Grateful. youtu.be/H4o0Y4wH7FY?...
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Irish Folk Version)
YouTube video by Ethan Gontar
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 08/02/2026
Minnesota Star Tribune interviews with denomination leaders, churchgoers and former churchgoers in the wake of Operation Metro Surge found that while support remains strong for the president, cracks in the alliance have emerged.
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Evangelicals wrestle with faith and politics as ICE surge continues in Minnesota
Small cracks may be emerging in a denomination known for its staunch support of MAGA.
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Every American needs to watch this:
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The truth that's right in front of our faces. Russia used Epstein to get compromising information on politicians and financiers to use as blackmail to get them to do Vlad's bidding. And Trump eagerly went along. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Epstein's sex empire was 'KGB honeytrap'
The release of more than three million new documents relating to the late sex offender gives credence to claims made by senior security officials: that Epstein was working on behalf of Moscow.
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Sven Frankson @svenfrankson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
When will the enshittification of America end?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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