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Zakisbak @zakisbak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

OMFG that’s like the coolest dream anyone’s ever had!! How spooooky

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 01/08/2026

just said this on another post but it bears repeating: the thing about continuing to give money to any jk rowling properties or the nyt is not that they’re shitty about trans people, which they are. it is that both of these entities MATERIALLY CONTRIBUTE to the legal challenges to trans rights

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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Instead of funding endless wars, the U.S. could fund meaningful ways to increase true human security and wellbeing. Via @stephensemler.bsky.social.

Costs of War contributor Stephen Semler illustrates what the Trump Administration's proposed $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget could fund instead of war.

Chart: What $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon could fund instead

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This headline. You wouldnt know that the "violence" is israeli soldiers and settlers executing palestinians. Its just a generic violence, in the air maybe, that then the israeli military responded to by detaining 70 palestinians suspected of being palestinian

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.northsky.social · 24/07/2026

Minneapolis police getting drones with cameras is just the beginning. Once they get that, the ability to drop “less lethal” weapons from the drone follows, and guess what comes after that! Directly shooting Minneapolis residents from drones. These weapons are tested in the military and brought home.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

this is is. genocidal intent, plus genocidal acts. it's not complicated. it's just gathering evidence, which the UN and many others have done. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

In establishing the genocidal acts, the Commission examined the Israeli military operations in Gaza, including killing and seriously harming unprecedented numbers of Palestinians; imposing a total siege, including blocking humanitarian aid leading to starvation; systematically destroying the healthcare and education systems in Gaza; committing systematic acts of sexual and gender based violence; directly targeting children; carrying out systematic and widespread attacks on religious and cultural sites; and disregarding the orders of the International Court of Justice.

In establishing genocidal intent, the Commission applied the “only reasonable inference” standard set forth by the International Court of Justice in the case of Bosnia v. Serbia. The Commission analysed statements made by Israeli authorities and concluded that those statements are direct evidence of genocidal intent. The Commission also analysed the pattern of conduct of Israeli authorities and the Israeli security forces in Gaza, including imposing starvation and inhumane conditions of life for Palestinians in Gaza, and found that genocidal intent was the only reasonable inference that could be concluded from the nature of their operations.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 21/07/2026

"Cognitive surrender" is a fascinating concept to think about the impact of AI as it exists under reactionary tech Preventing people from thinking for themselves and imagining different worlds is a godsend for authoritarians thenextweb.com/news/wharton...

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Wharton researchers coined 'cognitive surrender' to describe what happens when people let AI think for them

A Wharton study found people accepted wrong AI answers 80% of the time, as apps like Moot now let five AI personas vote on your life decisions.

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SMD's pension @anothersmd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is fucking terrifying

Separate research supports the concern. Anat Perry, a Helen Putnam Fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute and associate professor of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, co-authored a paper in Science examining how sycophantic AI responses erode users’ ability to calibrate their own judgment. The paper found that when AI systems consistently affirm a user’s position, the user’s capacity for independent evaluation degrades over time.

Joanna Stern, NBC’s chief technology analyst and author of “I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything,” has documented the creep of AI dependency in daily life. Her reporting has shown how users begin with low-stakes queries, such as what to cook for dinner or what to wear, and gradually escalate to consequential decisions about careers, finances, and relationships. The trajectory from convenience to reliance is difficult to reverse once established.

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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 10/07/2026

no one should talk to the NYT until they retract their clearly biased and transphobic coverage of trans youth and our community.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Whenever members of Congress are unable to cast votes, they should be required to file illness or injury reports, just like pro athletes, detailing their condition and expected return date

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mollypeonies @mollypeonies.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

20 minutes after ICE shot and killed Renee Good, they gave MPD orders to "hold the perimeter." ICE told MPD they would gather their own evidence. MPD held the perimeter for ICE's crime scene. And then let ICE and evidence leave. And they did it again. And again. by-design.ghost.io/ice-said-it-...

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ICE Said It Would Handle Shootings by Its Own Agents. MPD Held the Perimeters and Helped ICE Leave the Scene.

On the morning Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent, the failure was not that MPD did not show up quickly enough. It was what happened when they did.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This is how it works in normal, proper democracies all the time. We don’t have to tolerate the lies, bullshit, & election night horse race theatrics. We could just count votes & then be done & have all parties accept the results, like happens all the time elsewhere.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I really think that we should start thinking about holding election results until they are all counted, rather than releasing them minute by minute. the gop was not "winning"; it's not a horse race. the election is over. you're just counting ballots. 1

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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

And this is why I had to write this opinion piece

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Not once in this story does @politico.com mention that US factories employ ~89,000 fewer employees than a year ago. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

every time i write about wage theft i do a double take because it's so crazy corporations steal more than $50 bn from workers' paychecks each year, illegally paying workers less than they earned for their labor that significantly exceeds the combined losses from larceny, burglary, & vehicle theft

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

A crucial part of Project 2029 has to be performative trials and draconian sentencing for Trump administration officials up and down the organizational ladder. Treat all of them like Timothy McVeigh so that the gravity of their criminality and treason become enduring images in American history.

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Aunt Fancy @auntiefancy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Sometimes I think about how when my parents were born interstates literally didn't exist but then they did and the entire landscape of the US was completely changed by the time they were adults. So, like, could we just do that for high speed rail?

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

How much did Operation Metro Surge cost St. Paul, Minneapolis and the metro? Researchers looking at everything from lost wages to police overtime, canceled events and construction slowdowns are putting numbers in the hundreds of millions of dollars... and growing. www.twincities.com/2026/03/12/h...

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Here’s early estimates on the cost of Operation Metro Surge for Twin Cities

Northstar Policy Action estimated $106 million in lost wages metro-wide during the first six weeks of the year alone.

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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 11/03/2026

History will look back on the leaders of Minneapolis and what they did to stand up for our residents during and after Trump’s invasion of our city.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 09/03/2026

During the liberation of Dachau and Buchenwald in 1945, many of the camp guards tried to escape by disguising themselves as prisoners or civilians. Newly liberated prisoners recognized several guards immediately, and you can imagine how that ended for them.

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/02/2026

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses
"The legislature did not include a grace period."
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Dylan @tcdylan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I’m just a Minneapolitan, standing in front of a country, asking them to stop platforming our mayor for swearing on tv about ICE and then doing nothing substantive while antagonizing city council members that are

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 19/02/2026

hennepin county sheriff dawanna witt has her department out here wearing “THE OTHERS” patches, taking photos of people and covering their faces behaving like ICE agents. we desperately need someone to run against her this year, this is unacceptable www.instagram.com/reel/DU4Xzi3...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/02/2026

In October 2024, the Georgia secretary of state’s office launched an investigation after receiving numerous reports from residents across several counties saying they’d received partially prefilled absentee ballot applications from Musk’s America PAC. trib.al/n6hAZOC

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Eli Sherman @elitalksmpls.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

There’s a vote in DC tomorrow that would give DHS $11 billion more in funding. Schumer and Jeffries have already walked back any “demands” they had for DHS. I, for one, do not think this timing is just a coincidence. Turn down the temp for the vote. Turn it right back up when the bag is secured.

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Rachel Bean, still sick but less @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Maybe out of town and corporate media people should just listen to the locals who say this occupation crisis is not over instead of basing their assessments on press releases and perceived vibes in the area. Cuz no local would say the emergency is shrinking.

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daviss @daviss.org · 10/02/2026

Bloomington Police just announced they've arrested a Department of Defense employee in a sex trafficking sting. The police chief said his job is to do background checks and security clearance checks on ICE agents.

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵: -The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc

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angela (she/her) @amoridesabike.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

700 agents leaving mn is simply not enough. 2k more losers remain to cause terror. do not let anyone tell you that things are better. it will not be better for a long, long time. again, the voice and power of the people inch progress forward. keep taking care xoxo

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Kay Carvajal Moran @kayforparks.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Dear community-We need your support! I am proud to be bringing forward a resolution alongside Commissioner Frederick to call on Governor Tim Walz to pass an eviction moratorium.

A picture of a flyer with the following info:

RESOLUTION CALLING ON GOVERNOR WALZ TO PASS AN EVICTION MORATORIUM
THROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SUPPORT MINNEAPOLIS FAMILIES

Wednesday, February 4, 2026
2117 West River Rd N, Minneapolis, MN 55422
To testify call before 3pm, (612)230-6400
To submit written comments please email before noon, at OpenTime@minneapolisparks.org

Dear community—We need your support!
I am proud to be bringing forward a resolution alongside Commissioner Frederick to call on Governor Tim Walz to pass an eviction moratorium.
Please contact your Park Board Commissioner, and tell them why it is important to support this resolution.
Now more than ever, every level of government needs to fight back this fascist government. We need to do everything possible from a system standpoint to support our families that are victims of kidnappings, and therefore are facing evictions and housing instability. Thank you all for supporting our neighbors.
We look forward to hearing from you!

Un flyer con information:

RESOLUCIÓN QUE INSTA AL GOBERNADOR WALZ A APROBAR UNA MORATORIA SOBRE LOS DESALOJOS MEDIANTE UNA ORDEN EJECUTIVA PARA APOYAR A LAS FAMILIAS DE MINNEAPOLIS

Miércoles, 4 de febrero de 2026
2117 West River Rd N, Minneapolis, MN 55422
Para testificar, antes de las 3:00PM al (612) 230-6400 Para enviar comentarios por escrito, por favor envíe un correo electrónico antes del mediodía, a
OpenTime@minneapolisparks.org

Querida comunidad-¡Necesitamos su apoyo!
Me enorgullece presentar una resolución con comisionadora Frederick que le pide al gobernador Tim
Walz a aprobar una moratoria sobre los desalojos.
Por favor, contacte su comisionadora de Parques y explíquele por qué es importante apoyar esta resolución.
Ahora más que nunca, todos los niveles de gobierno deben luchar contra este gobierno fascista. Debemos hacer todo lo posible desde el punto de vista del sistema para apoyar a nuestras familias que son víctimas de secuestros y que, por tanto, enfrentan desalojos e inestabilidad habitacional.
Esperamos escuchar de sus ustedes!

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 28/01/2026

i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist. please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.

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reed eliot 🤌 🤌 @reedeliot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Then we must be clearer: We will not elect any Democrat who does not push to abolish ICE That's the platform. That's the whole fucking thing. If you can't do this, you can't govern in these times. Period.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 26/01/2026

how many are leaving and when will the rest

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Who takes notes and does the dishes for the revolution is a political matter. Look around you at your organizing meetings. If women are always the ones keeping minutes, assign a man. If women are always volunteering to get shit going, assign some men.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Unfollowed someone who was going on about how white people need to start shooting back, because that kind of fed posting is either extremely dumb to put online to the point that they're a hazard to other people, or it's an actual fed trying to bait people into posting something they can prosecute.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/01/2026

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.

standwithminnesota.com

Stand With Minnesota

A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Time for everyone paying attention to Minnesota's General Strike to read up on Aquatennial & Bloody Friday - Minneapolis

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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

If you're in Minnesota or other areas experiencing extreme cold during this strike, know how to keep yourself safe at those temperatures.

STAYING WARM IN SUB-ZERO WEATHER
Tips from folks who spend a TON of time outside

Wear Layers
Fleece and wool are the best, but big sweatshirts work great too! Aim for at least 3-4 upper layers and 2-3 lower layers.

Cover Your Face
A buff or a scarf are great to keep the wind off your face.
For extra protection, add a layer of petroleum jelly to any exposed skin

Bring Back Up Layers
Wet or sweaty layers will not keep you warm. Extra socks and extra mittens are great!

Leave Room For Movement
We love layering socks! But too many socks can restrict blood flow! Make sure your feet can more around.

Think about the "in's" & "outs'"
Holding your pee creates a
"thermal burden" for your body. Go to the bathroom before you leave! Also, bring some sugary snacks for some quick energy

MOVE
Jumping jacks, run in place, do a dance. Keeping your body moving is the best way to stay warm.

Put hand and foot warmers on top of your hands/feet. That's where the most blood flows.
Mittens are much better than gloves, keep those fingers together!

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed. Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.

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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Trump is threatening war with Europe. Seems like a pretty easy case to make to the public

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