Amy
amylibrarian.bsky.social
Amy
@amylibrarian.bsky.social
MN sports, WBB, Reading, Research
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New pic is my elderly dog trying to help me with with a puzzle 🧩. So helpful
Great team win! Go Gophers! γ€½οΈπŸ€πŸ’ͺ
Sometimes it's just your day, today is Mara Braun's πŸ˜‚
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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Hey friends! I’m trying to raise funds for a family in my neighborhood behind on rent. They have a 1-year-old and need at least one month’s worth asap to hold off eviction. If you can help, Venmo me any amount at @Terry-Horstman and I’ll post receipts as soon as funds are dispersed. ✌🏻 #AbolishICE
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
For me, yes. Elementary school even
watching John Green talk about his buddy from high school who is still his friend and I’m curious, is that common for people on here?
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
We need a loon emoji. Please know that I'm doing a loon call right now.
Leon, a George W. Bush appointee famous for his use of the exclamation point, uncorks a few here, and drops in a Bob Dylan quote for good measure. He says Hegseth and the Pentagon have "trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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So grateful to Theo for helping us shine a light on what’s happening in the Twin Cities. Seeing how our community has stepped up makes me immeasurably proud to be a member of this team.

It’s not a privilege I take for granted, and I’m thankful every day to be surrounded by such fantastic people.
β€œIt’s a two-way road. We have a community that supports our soccer team, and we have a soccer team that supports our community.”
πŸ—£οΈ @wesburdine.bsky.social

I wrote about solidarity and soccer as @mnaurorafc.bsky.social puts community first under occupation by ICE.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...
Minnesota women’s soccer team takes strong stance against ICE: β€˜It’s very real and very scary’
Minnesota Aurora has taken multiple actions to oppose ICE in the Twin Cities and support its community.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
πŸ’– @mnaurorafc.bsky.social
Hope to get to more games this year. Bought some merch online last week because of their partnership w/ Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, & then I went to their store on Tuesday to buy more. Love their logo/colors. shops.mnaurora.com/collections/...
February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?

Johnny "Blood" McNally
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?

I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is β€˜strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Woof
February 11, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Jennifer has already paid one rent!

Enter for your chance to win an adorable pet portrait.
Win an 8x8” Custom Pet Portrait!

$10/chance ($20 two chances...so on)
- 100% of funds will go DIRECTLY to people in need via
Adopt-A-Rent Program by Stand With MN.
- Donate via my Venmo @JenniferDavisArt
account.venmo.com/u/jenniferda...
- PUT A GIFT (🎁) EMOJI IN THE NOTES when paying!!!
February 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Win an 8x8” Custom Pet Portrait!

$10/chance ($20 two chances...so on)
- 100% of funds will go DIRECTLY to people in need via
Adopt-A-Rent Program by Stand With MN.
- Donate via my Venmo @JenniferDavisArt
account.venmo.com/u/jenniferda...
- PUT A GIFT (🎁) EMOJI IN THE NOTES when paying!!!
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Definitely seeing/hearing a lot of anti-ICE sentiment in Eagan. I'd like to see a breakdown by 'burb.
New Strib poll confirms my rough guess: 1/3rd of Minnesotans are shitheads who support ICE, but 2/3rds are with us. 69% in the β€˜burbs! (Abolish ICE, like Defund the Police, is a public-opinion loser. Still, 79% say ICE should abolished OR reformed.) www.startribune.com/poll-trumps-... (gift link) 1/
February 11, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.

Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Michael Pretti said his son Alex was β€œan exceptionally kind, caring man.”
β€˜No reason he should have died’: Alex Pretti’s parents open up
In their first sit-down interview, Michael and Susan Pretti avoided recriminations and recalled the son whom Michael called β€œan exceptionally kind, caring man.”
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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Today’s front page of the daily newspaper based in Minneapolis.

I just don’t know if you can play a story this big and still say β€œindirectly” in the headline.
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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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."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Laila Edwards goal! πŸ’
Laila Edwards has become the first Black woman to play for the United States at an Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament.

Edwards has broken a barrier that had stood for nearly three decades since women’s hockey debuted at the Olympics in 1998.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
February 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Oooh good point
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I'm having to skip around article PDFs on the topic of GenAI for the purposes of a hallucinated citations scoping review which has me ctrl F-ing for a few words including citing, cite,.. & I'm seeing a gross number of superlatives-- exciting!, excited! & excitement!. It's cringe, scholars.
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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I’m begging media to not use propaganda (β€œimmigration crackdown”) as truth. You’ve interviewed the people here with authorization (green cards, work permits, asylum applications) and the citizens of color who have been targeted by ICE. You know it’s isn’t an β€œimmigration crackdown.”
Twin Cities home builders are falling behind schedule as the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota has fueled a shortage of roofing, drywall and other construction workers, according to developers and real estate agents.
Twin Cities immigration crackdown delays home construction, slows real estate market
As immigrant workers move or stay home, a shortage of workers in the trades also is affecting the existing home market and rental owners.
www.startribune.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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elle no longer has to worry about keeping it cute for disney and is letting the choppa sing!
February 10, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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β€œCollection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧡
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Thank you for modeling this!
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM