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Aly J
@alyj3.bsky.social
· Feb 7
Feels like an appropriate time to highlight this iconic interaction
Naz Reid: “Where’s your clothes????”
Jaylen Clark: (wearing shorts and a tshirt in 35 degree weather) “Bro it ain’t cold outside. I’m a Minnesota boy”
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Naz Reid: “Where’s your clothes????”
Jaylen Clark: (wearing shorts and a tshirt in 35 degree weather) “Bro it ain’t cold outside. I’m a Minnesota boy”
🥹🫶🥹
That sounds so lovely. Take good care of yourself 💙
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
That sounds so lovely. Take good care of yourself 💙
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Renee Good was a poet. I imagine she read Neruda and Angelou, Rich and Rilke, Piercy and Corso.
Three bullets to the face.
Three bullets to the face.
January 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Renee Good was a poet. I imagine she read Neruda and Angelou, Rich and Rilke, Piercy and Corso.
Three bullets to the face.
Three bullets to the face.
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FROZEN PICKLE YELLS AT ICE
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM
FROZEN PICKLE YELLS AT ICE
Plus the debacle with the shot clock 😴
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Plus the debacle with the shot clock 😴
I was thinking the same thing 🫣
January 17, 2026 at 4:42 AM
I was thinking the same thing 🫣
The only thing that works for me is turning my phone off and reading, painting (love me some paint by numbers), or trying to cook something new. A friend just shared this with me and I found it comforting: www.instagram.com/reel/DTT1rC3...
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January 17, 2026 at 4:03 AM
The only thing that works for me is turning my phone off and reading, painting (love me some paint by numbers), or trying to cook something new. A friend just shared this with me and I found it comforting: www.instagram.com/reel/DTT1rC3...
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i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
“The judge also compared the Trump admin’s broader mass-deportation campaign to historic efforts to return formerly enslaved people to their owners under the Fugitive Slave Act, noting an infamous episode…when a marshal was killed…as he guarded a man named Anthony Burns who escaped slavery in VA.”
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
“The judge also compared the Trump admin’s broader mass-deportation campaign to historic efforts to return formerly enslaved people to their owners under the Fugitive Slave Act, noting an infamous episode…when a marshal was killed…as he guarded a man named Anthony Burns who escaped slavery in VA.”
Reagan-appointed US District Judge William Young “used extraordinarily stark language during the hearing, describing Trump as an ‘authoritarian’ while insisting that he was choosing the term carefully, rather than simply using a ‘pejorative.’”
‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations
‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations
A Reagan appointee pointedly rebuked decisions by Trump, Rubio and Noem.
dlvr.it
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Reagan-appointed US District Judge William Young “used extraordinarily stark language during the hearing, describing Trump as an ‘authoritarian’ while insisting that he was choosing the term carefully, rather than simply using a ‘pejorative.’”
Experts in authoritarianism and tyranny: "Fight them at every step. Do not give an inch or you will lose and they will kill you."
Democratic Party leadership:
Democratic Party leadership:
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Is this a hockey team? EWWW
the Florida Panthers are at the White House and ... are they trying to dress like Trump too?
January 15, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Is this a hockey team? EWWW
This is amazing. Thank you 🙏
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
This is amazing. Thank you 🙏
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So distracted by the federal occupation of Minneapolis, haven't been able to tune into news about the potential war with Denmark.
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
So distracted by the federal occupation of Minneapolis, haven't been able to tune into news about the potential war with Denmark.
Untenable. Grotesque. Illegal.
ICE is holding Native Americans hostage as a bargaining chip to raid reservations, saying they won't release them until the tribes give up sovereignty.
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
www.startribune.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Untenable. Grotesque. Illegal.
This makes me want to work with yall even more when Im ready to buy my first home in the next couple years
January 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This makes me want to work with yall even more when Im ready to buy my first home in the next couple years
It’s real and the community is asking people/counterprotestors to stay away bsky.app/profile/jaso...
Please read and share with anyone who might be planning on counterprotesting in Cedar-Riverside this weekend
January 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It’s real and the community is asking people/counterprotestors to stay away bsky.app/profile/jaso...
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A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.
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Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
Is that person even 18???? Wtaf
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Is that person even 18???? Wtaf
It really is just regular residents (us) who are going to save us. No one else is coming. I am so deeply moved
January 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
It really is just regular residents (us) who are going to save us. No one else is coming. I am so deeply moved
This is someone I volunteer with regularly. Can confirm: she’s wonderful and it’s not surprising to see her supporting community
January 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This is someone I volunteer with regularly. Can confirm: she’s wonderful and it’s not surprising to see her supporting community
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Experts in authoritarianism and tyranny: "Fight them at every step. Do not give an inch or you will lose and they will kill you."
Democratic Party leadership:
Democratic Party leadership:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Experts in authoritarianism and tyranny: "Fight them at every step. Do not give an inch or you will lose and they will kill you."
Democratic Party leadership:
Democratic Party leadership:
I don’t have an exact but it was near the end of the stream
January 15, 2026 at 5:18 AM
I don’t have an exact but it was near the end of the stream