Dr AbsP
@absp.bsky.social
Former academic, current UX research lead focused on how people communicate online, forever a sociolinguist. Small and loud. She/her
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I deeply appreciate that they looked at an insane sport where people go 80mph down an ice chute and said let’s make it crazier
winter sports rule
winter sports rule
OH MY GOD THEY HAVE TO HIT THIS FOR NEXT PERSON TO GO IN THE LUGE RELAY!!
February 12, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I deeply appreciate that they looked at an insane sport where people go 80mph down an ice chute and said let’s make it crazier
winter sports rule
winter sports rule
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Statement from Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne after announcement that Operation Metro Surge is winding down.
I’ll believe it when I see it. Everything they’ve said about this illegal occupation has been built on a lies.
We need accountability for our neighbors and for this whole corrupt department to be dismantled.
Stay out there, keep your connection to one another, and only believe your eyes.
We need accountability for our neighbors and for this whole corrupt department to be dismantled.
Stay out there, keep your connection to one another, and only believe your eyes.
February 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Statement from Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne after announcement that Operation Metro Surge is winding down.
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
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February 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
can I just say how much I like that color nail polish??
February 12, 2026 at 4:34 AM
can I just say how much I like that color nail polish??
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The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
A high-speed car chase involving a federal agent in St. Paul ended with a multi-vehicle crash and injuries to the fleeing driver, who was taken away in an ambulance. bit.ly/4kvJo0M
📸: Leila Navidi
📸: Leila Navidi
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
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Believe it or not, it’s nice here in winter too 🩵❄️🩵
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Believe it or not, it’s nice here in winter too 🩵❄️🩵
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we got a request today for help from some international students that kind of fall through the gaps of any available assistance programs
want to help pay their rent? it’s only $1200 and I’d love to get it handled instead of leaving them hanging
venmo: @ziibiing
paypal: @StandWithMinnesota
want to help pay their rent? it’s only $1200 and I’d love to get it handled instead of leaving them hanging
venmo: @ziibiing
paypal: @StandWithMinnesota
February 12, 2026 at 3:44 AM
we got a request today for help from some international students that kind of fall through the gaps of any available assistance programs
want to help pay their rent? it’s only $1200 and I’d love to get it handled instead of leaving them hanging
venmo: @ziibiing
paypal: @StandWithMinnesota
want to help pay their rent? it’s only $1200 and I’d love to get it handled instead of leaving them hanging
venmo: @ziibiing
paypal: @StandWithMinnesota
*St Paul this time, but yes
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 AM
*St Paul this time, but yes
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
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My friend was a witness to this. Things are not "winding down" here.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
My friend was a witness to this. Things are not "winding down" here.
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report from St Paul: "Very bad car accident involving ice agent who left the scene"
February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
report from St Paul: "Very bad car accident involving ice agent who left the scene"
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They crush the local economy, deplete city budgets, illegally withhold congressionally allocated funds. In exchange we get masked Texans running wild in the streets, paid for with tax money that was supposed to be used on our healthcare. Thank you to our federal partners.
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 AM
They crush the local economy, deplete city budgets, illegally withhold congressionally allocated funds. In exchange we get masked Texans running wild in the streets, paid for with tax money that was supposed to be used on our healthcare. Thank you to our federal partners.
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Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
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if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
Oh yeah that one is up there too!!
February 11, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Oh yeah that one is up there too!!
Also also we decided Bernie the puppy would be Amy Sedaris if she were a person
On that note, have a good night
On that note, have a good night
February 11, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Also also we decided Bernie the puppy would be Amy Sedaris if she were a person
On that note, have a good night
On that note, have a good night
Oh god I hadn't thought of that in at least 25 years
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Oh god I hadn't thought of that in at least 25 years
In other news, Doris the Large Orange is 14 lbs.
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 AM
In other news, Doris the Large Orange is 14 lbs.
Luge is probably one of the sports that seems scariest to me.
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Luge is probably one of the sports that seems scariest to me.
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Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
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this is incredibly shitty. she was asked to play then they made her leave immediately, accompanied by 2 armed police officers.
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University police escort music professor out of Alex Pretti vigil for wearing ICE OUT sign, ‘You know we aren’t taking sides here.’
What does one wear to the memorial of a killing? Music professor Stephanie Arado, asked by University of Minnesota administrators to perform at a streamed community event for alum Alex...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
this is incredibly shitty. she was asked to play then they made her leave immediately, accompanied by 2 armed police officers.
mndaily.com/top-story/un...
mndaily.com/top-story/un...