mbbendt
@bendts2cents.bsky.social
American Studies PhDStudent: squeamishly fascinated by religion, capitalism, energy/environment, critical regionalism.
Mom of 2 young adults, 2 cats, about 102 plants.
God-stalker. Grace-freak. Rebel. Union member.
Cats, coffee, chocolate, cheese, chile
Mom of 2 young adults, 2 cats, about 102 plants.
God-stalker. Grace-freak. Rebel. Union member.
Cats, coffee, chocolate, cheese, chile
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bunny says “when the bury you, germinate!"
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January 23, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Copy and paste the bunny and then put something else in their hand
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bunny says “when the bury you, germinate!"
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bunny says “when the bury you, germinate!"
Looking for (m)ice and/or rats to snack on. What a good friend!
Check out this eagle-eyed traffic reporter! We spotted this beauty perched over I-35W in Minneapolis 🦅
Want to see road conditions, traffic impacts and some more wildlife? Explore our cameras on 511mn.org today.
Want to see road conditions, traffic impacts and some more wildlife? Explore our cameras on 511mn.org today.
January 23, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Looking for (m)ice and/or rats to snack on. What a good friend!
It's on my mind a lot how so much of the anti-ice activity relies on things women have been told to do for decades to avoid sexual assault. Whistles. Car alarms. Buddy systems. Check-ins.
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 AM
It's on my mind a lot how so much of the anti-ice activity relies on things women have been told to do for decades to avoid sexual assault. Whistles. Car alarms. Buddy systems. Check-ins.
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New Mexico LGBTQ groups began warning people shortly before marketplace BeWell’s Jan. 15 deadline that two insurers were no longer covering gender-affirming care, such as medication and surgeries.
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Two insurance companies stop covering some gender-affirming care in New Mexico • Source New Mexico
Two insurance companies on New Mexico's health insurance exchange no longer cover certain types of care considered gender-affirming care.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:44 PM
New Mexico LGBTQ groups began warning people shortly before marketplace BeWell’s Jan. 15 deadline that two insurers were no longer covering gender-affirming care, such as medication and surgeries.
buff.ly/ILcD8Is
buff.ly/ILcD8Is
Many of the most compassionate and competent people I know are addicts in recovery! And I am proud to call them my friends and trust them with my life.
that's a bad feeling. when i say RFK Jr. won't see your posts baselessly blaming addiction for his evil, but the rest of us will, this is what i mean. it reinforces norms that harm people like me because we have a disease. please consider not making comments like that—not for his sake, but for ours.
January 23, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Many of the most compassionate and competent people I know are addicts in recovery! And I am proud to call them my friends and trust them with my life.
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Part of the issue is that those most actively protesting and leading mutual aid are women and gender non-conforming people. Both groups are illegible to many as protesters. This helps explain the invisibilization of current protests and resistance.
January 21, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Part of the issue is that those most actively protesting and leading mutual aid are women and gender non-conforming people. Both groups are illegible to many as protesters. This helps explain the invisibilization of current protests and resistance.
Got me all motivated to put in a little extra on the dissertation this week.
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 22, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Got me all motivated to put in a little extra on the dissertation this week.
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Press release: UE Local 1105, Other Organizations at University of Minnesota Join Call for Jan. 23 Shutdown
www.ueunion.org/press-releas... @umnglu.bsky.social
www.ueunion.org/press-releas... @umnglu.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Press release: UE Local 1105, Other Organizations at University of Minnesota Join Call for Jan. 23 Shutdown
www.ueunion.org/press-releas... @umnglu.bsky.social
www.ueunion.org/press-releas... @umnglu.bsky.social
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State budget writers reject request to fund more prison beds in Colorado
State budget writers reject request to fund more prison beds in Colorado
In a 4-2 vote, the Democrats on the JBC voted in a bloc to deny the dollars, complaining that the DOC lacked a plan to address the state's growing prison population,
coloradosun.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:07 AM
State budget writers reject request to fund more prison beds in Colorado
Look, no one hates Americans as much as we hate ourselves. We let our kids get gunned down at school in droves. We leave each other living in tent camps. We die of easily preventable diseases. We refuse to cut carbon emissions.
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Look, no one hates Americans as much as we hate ourselves. We let our kids get gunned down at school in droves. We leave each other living in tent camps. We die of easily preventable diseases. We refuse to cut carbon emissions.
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One of the things people misunderstand about a good system of education is that the capstone payoff is curiosity, not knowledge.
It is more important to learn to want to know things, than it is to learn some set of things.
It is more important to learn to want to know things, than it is to learn some set of things.
Sometimes I forget that the greatest gift we give our students is the example of passionately loving our own curiosity
January 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
One of the things people misunderstand about a good system of education is that the capstone payoff is curiosity, not knowledge.
It is more important to learn to want to know things, than it is to learn some set of things.
It is more important to learn to want to know things, than it is to learn some set of things.
I don't love the way the city alerts frame this as "sensitive populations should limit outdoor activity."
As if getting the sniffles from air full of smoke and particulate matter makes you the problem.
It reminds me of how abusers call you "sensitive" if you complain about them hitting you.
As if getting the sniffles from air full of smoke and particulate matter makes you the problem.
It reminds me of how abusers call you "sensitive" if you complain about them hitting you.
Wondering why I'm all sniffly and then seeing the AQI is 157 this morning. No quantity of allergy meds is going to fix this. BRB, cancelling my exercise plans.
January 21, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I don't love the way the city alerts frame this as "sensitive populations should limit outdoor activity."
As if getting the sniffles from air full of smoke and particulate matter makes you the problem.
It reminds me of how abusers call you "sensitive" if you complain about them hitting you.
As if getting the sniffles from air full of smoke and particulate matter makes you the problem.
It reminds me of how abusers call you "sensitive" if you complain about them hitting you.
Wondering why I'm all sniffly and then seeing the AQI is 157 this morning. No quantity of allergy meds is going to fix this. BRB, cancelling my exercise plans.
January 21, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Wondering why I'm all sniffly and then seeing the AQI is 157 this morning. No quantity of allergy meds is going to fix this. BRB, cancelling my exercise plans.
You can wake me up. I'll have The Best nap later with the sweetest dreams.
Let tonight be a lesson to all of us: Make sure you have established your own, and are aware of your loved ones', advance directives.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
Do you want to be awakened from your slumber when It Happens? Or do you want to find out when you awake naturally and unlock your phone? Let your loved ones know.
January 21, 2026 at 6:02 AM
You can wake me up. I'll have The Best nap later with the sweetest dreams.
Ok cats, you've had enough zoomies. Bedtime was half an hour ago.
January 21, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Ok cats, you've had enough zoomies. Bedtime was half an hour ago.
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omg this is my sweet spot lol
I enjoyed speaking with Graihagh Jackson of the BBC about the adaptations to #ClimateChange that may be embedded within Elizabethan architecture. History, I maintain, is an underused tool for helping us understand the present and imagine possible futures. #EnvHist www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
'The past is an underused tool': An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm
In a deadly cold period known as the Little Ice Age, clever Elizabethan designs kept a magnificent stately home unusually warm – with lessons for how we can heat our own homes better.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 8:25 PM
omg this is my sweet spot lol
I have fond memories of my parents being involved in an action they couldn't take kids to and leaving us w the older teenage children of fellow protestors. It was actually really good for all children involved to get to be a part of community like that.
Childcare is collective action & if you aren't a "go to the march/protest/meeting/hearing" guy (gn), but you *are* an "I'll put on a movie for your kids and mine while you go to the march/protest/etc" guy, you are participating in collective action
It’s been cool to see just how many local businesses are closing on Friday for the ICE out of Minnesota general strike. But…I just got an email from my kid’s daycare that they are also closing in solidarity. I guess I’m not going to the march after all…
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I have fond memories of my parents being involved in an action they couldn't take kids to and leaving us w the older teenage children of fellow protestors. It was actually really good for all children involved to get to be a part of community like that.
I'm in. You?
Tori Amos sets a Popejoy Hall date on her U.S. tour. See when tickets go on sale and how to get seats for the August show.
Tori Amos brings new album tour to Albuquerque this summer
www.abqjournal.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I'm in. You?
What is the best nut and why is pecan the only correct answer
January 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
What is the best nut and why is pecan the only correct answer
But see, I want MORE immigrants.
And I want healthcare.
And I want healthcare for immigrants.
And I want healthcare.
And I want healthcare for immigrants.
January 20, 2026 at 4:53 AM
But see, I want MORE immigrants.
And I want healthcare.
And I want healthcare for immigrants.
And I want healthcare.
And I want healthcare for immigrants.
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
Seems like a real bad idea to have sent the editor of the local paper an email offering a bribe not to write about her experience with your crummy business practices.
Fiber optic frustration: When your internet install comes with a side of sticker shock
Our editor shares how Ezee Fiber left installation unfinished, requiring an electrician at extra cost - a warning for Albuquerque residents considering the switch.
www.abqjournal.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Seems like a real bad idea to have sent the editor of the local paper an email offering a bribe not to write about her experience with your crummy business practices.
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Peter Yazzie, a member of the Navajo Nation, was detained in Phoenix despite showing his birth certificate and Certificate of Indian Blood.
Navajo citizen detained by ICE despite proof of US citizenship
www.abqjournal.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Peter Yazzie, a member of the Navajo Nation, was detained in Phoenix despite showing his birth certificate and Certificate of Indian Blood.
I suspect many people are bamboozled by LLM text generators simply because they can't actually type very well. It looks like a miracle to them to be able to spit out a page of text in a few minutes.
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I suspect many people are bamboozled by LLM text generators simply because they can't actually type very well. It looks like a miracle to them to be able to spit out a page of text in a few minutes.
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Dr. King suffered many bouts of severe depression. His autopsy found that he had a heart consistent with a 60 year old. He was murdered at 39. Stress, threats and exhaustion will do that to a person.
#TheUnSanitizedKing
#TheUnSanitizedKing
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Dr. King suffered many bouts of severe depression. His autopsy found that he had a heart consistent with a 60 year old. He was murdered at 39. Stress, threats and exhaustion will do that to a person.
#TheUnSanitizedKing
#TheUnSanitizedKing