Fred Beukema
@beukema.bsky.social
In Minneapolis. Structural engineer, mostly lapsed improvisor, 3 day Jeopardy! champ. Happily married to a public school teacher. Two kids, a cat, and a dog.
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Gotta see the whole thing “you can peacefully go fuck yourself” is beautiful bsky.app/profile/gigi...
February 13, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Gotta see the whole thing “you can peacefully go fuck yourself” is beautiful bsky.app/profile/gigi...
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“They’re so non-binary!” “How non-binary are they?”
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 PM
“They’re so non-binary!” “How non-binary are they?”
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“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
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CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF!
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
February 13, 2026 at 9:44 PM
CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF!
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
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Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
Both cruel and unusual.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Both cruel and unusual.
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too many liberals on here who think criticizing democrats from a further left position means you are just helping republicans. as if these democrats are above reproach and we should support them unconditionally and not want them to move left as republicans keep shifting the overton window rightward
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
too many liberals on here who think criticizing democrats from a further left position means you are just helping republicans. as if these democrats are above reproach and we should support them unconditionally and not want them to move left as republicans keep shifting the overton window rightward
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Okay but she posted on Reddit after the broadcast that she realized partway through Double Jeopardy that this was her only way to win, and started deliberately picking clues/buzzing in to maximize the odds that they would be tied going into Final. Absolute galaxy brain.
February 13, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Okay but she posted on Reddit after the broadcast that she realized partway through Double Jeopardy that this was her only way to win, and started deliberately picking clues/buzzing in to maximize the odds that they would be tied going into Final. Absolute galaxy brain.
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What I wish I could figure out how to say to kids: how you treat others, esp. along lines of difference (and dynamics of historical power), determines whether your world gets bigger or smaller. Your future expands or contracts with these choices, and I want you to want bigger.
February 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
What I wish I could figure out how to say to kids: how you treat others, esp. along lines of difference (and dynamics of historical power), determines whether your world gets bigger or smaller. Your future expands or contracts with these choices, and I want you to want bigger.
After watching a bunch of mixed doubles curling earlier in the week, 4-person teams just seem like too many people on the sheet.
February 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
After watching a bunch of mixed doubles curling earlier in the week, 4-person teams just seem like too many people on the sheet.
I celebrate this video that also doesn't look like anything to me.
By the power invested in me, I hearby proclaim this woman, "White Woman of Next Month!"
(sorry, you cant have February.)
Not all heroes wear blue jeans
(sorry, you cant have February.)
Not all heroes wear blue jeans
February 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I celebrate this video that also doesn't look like anything to me.
Got a text survey for the Governor race that read like DeMuth's camp put it out. Answered honestly for several pages, but then hit the section about issues for the governor to focus on, and it was almost all GOP-coded options that didn't include actual priorities other than "protect from Trump." 1/
February 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Got a text survey for the Governor race that read like DeMuth's camp put it out. Answered honestly for several pages, but then hit the section about issues for the governor to focus on, and it was almost all GOP-coded options that didn't include actual priorities other than "protect from Trump." 1/
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nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
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We are now here
February 13, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We are now here
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happy birthday gromit 🥹 🎂 🐶
February 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
happy birthday gromit 🥹 🎂 🐶
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God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
Peut-être que cela arrivera aujourd'hui.
It sounds better in French, "Donald Trump défait."
How Trump's withdrawal from Minneapolis is being covered abroad.
In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with:
"Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with:
"Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
February 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Peut-être que cela arrivera aujourd'hui.
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It sounds better in French, "Donald Trump défait."
How Trump's withdrawal from Minneapolis is being covered abroad.
In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with:
"Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
In Le Monde, the lead French daily, the homepage article starts with:
"Two people dead, thousands arrested, two cities shaken, and Donald Trump defeated."
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
February 12, 2026 at 11:19 PM
It sounds better in French, "Donald Trump défait."
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I'm sick that the real leaders will have their stories erased by a white man who did nothing to earn praise. Please please reconsider.
Jason, Elliot, Doron, Ilhan, and so so many others were there when we needed them. He was not.
Jason, Elliot, Doron, Ilhan, and so so many others were there when we needed them. He was not.
February 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I'm sick that the real leaders will have their stories erased by a white man who did nothing to earn praise. Please please reconsider.
Jason, Elliot, Doron, Ilhan, and so so many others were there when we needed them. He was not.
Jason, Elliot, Doron, Ilhan, and so so many others were there when we needed them. He was not.
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Heard a friend say they would tell their kids that the ice cream truck plays music when they're out of ice cream, and I can't stop thinking about it.
February 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Heard a friend say they would tell their kids that the ice cream truck plays music when they're out of ice cream, and I can't stop thinking about it.
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Samesies. I think it’s very important for us to celebrate in their faces
I feel a bit emotionally out of step with most here, but I'm kinda in the mood of "Dance in the streets, but bring your whistles"
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Samesies. I think it’s very important for us to celebrate in their faces
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If you’re coming to the Twin Cities in the next couple of weeks and this drawdown really occurs, good luck getting a rental car that doesn’t smell like body odor, piss, and 45 days of a grown man eating nothing but microwaveable soup.
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
If you’re coming to the Twin Cities in the next couple of weeks and this drawdown really occurs, good luck getting a rental car that doesn’t smell like body odor, piss, and 45 days of a grown man eating nothing but microwaveable soup.