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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Save this, it's perfect.
December 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Save this, it's perfect.
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we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
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Please teach your kids that real people don’t narrate and babble every thought while playing video games - that’s only YouTubers
And you don’t want to sound like those turds
And you don’t want to sound like those turds
December 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Please teach your kids that real people don’t narrate and babble every thought while playing video games - that’s only YouTubers
And you don’t want to sound like those turds
And you don’t want to sound like those turds
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Dear community,
I want to acknowledge what has been a difficult and heavy month that our city has endured. The presence of Federal Agents seperating families is creating a devastating impact on our immigrant communities.
I want to acknowledge what has been a difficult and heavy month that our city has endured. The presence of Federal Agents seperating families is creating a devastating impact on our immigrant communities.
December 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Dear community,
I want to acknowledge what has been a difficult and heavy month that our city has endured. The presence of Federal Agents seperating families is creating a devastating impact on our immigrant communities.
I want to acknowledge what has been a difficult and heavy month that our city has endured. The presence of Federal Agents seperating families is creating a devastating impact on our immigrant communities.
Don't cede the initiative now, Wolves.
December 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Don't cede the initiative now, Wolves.
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it never won’t amaze me how immediately normalized it was that the aspiring dictator of the US got his own social media sandbox where he throws tantrums & declares wars & when he speaks it’s called truthing. it’s like the cake marge makes homer for him to ruin except the letters are sonnenrads.
December 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
it never won’t amaze me how immediately normalized it was that the aspiring dictator of the US got his own social media sandbox where he throws tantrums & declares wars & when he speaks it’s called truthing. it’s like the cake marge makes homer for him to ruin except the letters are sonnenrads.
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I’m from Whoville, and I say kill the Grinch!
December 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’m from Whoville, and I say kill the Grinch!
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And Schrödinger’s Tiny Tim, who both DID and did NOT die,
December 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
And Schrödinger’s Tiny Tim, who both DID and did NOT die,
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Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
December 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
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heads up MPLS & neighbors — from @lydiakauppi.bsky.social:
December 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
heads up MPLS & neighbors — from @lydiakauppi.bsky.social:
Gah. Waited to start making penuche fudge until the wolves game was done and the kids were in bed, and I think I fucked it up and it's unlikely to set right. Was doing this tonight so I could avoid making two kinds tomorrow.
December 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Gah. Waited to start making penuche fudge until the wolves game was done and the kids were in bed, and I think I fucked it up and it's unlikely to set right. Was doing this tonight so I could avoid making two kinds tomorrow.
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via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
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You know, the British Royal Family and Melinda French Gates might not have a ton in common but they both saw all they needed to see quite some time ago about this Epstein business in order to bring the goddamn hammer down.
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
You know, the British Royal Family and Melinda French Gates might not have a ton in common but they both saw all they needed to see quite some time ago about this Epstein business in order to bring the goddamn hammer down.
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
I love this for him.
Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
December 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I love this for him.
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In the last 31 days, since November 22, 2025, 15 ICE deportation flights have loaded at MSP.
Based on the number of DHS/ICE vehicles that have served each flight, and several direct passenger counts, I estimate that a total of 500 or so of our neighbors have been deported in this time frame.
Based on the number of DHS/ICE vehicles that have served each flight, and several direct passenger counts, I estimate that a total of 500 or so of our neighbors have been deported in this time frame.
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In the last 31 days, since November 22, 2025, 15 ICE deportation flights have loaded at MSP.
Based on the number of DHS/ICE vehicles that have served each flight, and several direct passenger counts, I estimate that a total of 500 or so of our neighbors have been deported in this time frame.
Based on the number of DHS/ICE vehicles that have served each flight, and several direct passenger counts, I estimate that a total of 500 or so of our neighbors have been deported in this time frame.
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Both of these things suck.
For your calendars:
Saturday, December 27, 2025 is the last day that The Minnesota Star Tribune will print the newspaper at its plant in downtown Minneapolis.
Sunday, January 4, 2026 is the last day the Northstar Commuter Rail will run, connecting the northern exurbs to downtown Minneapolis.
Saturday, December 27, 2025 is the last day that The Minnesota Star Tribune will print the newspaper at its plant in downtown Minneapolis.
Sunday, January 4, 2026 is the last day the Northstar Commuter Rail will run, connecting the northern exurbs to downtown Minneapolis.
December 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Both of these things suck.
This seems to be the first piece of public evidence suggesting suicidal ideation from Epstein, given the timing and the "as you know by now" bit.
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This seems to be the first piece of public evidence suggesting suicidal ideation from Epstein, given the timing and the "as you know by now" bit.
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Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here.
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here.
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
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O’Hara/Frey’s copaganda campaign also exposes the media’s failure. No one has asked the most basic question: "When officers observe conduct that may constitute felony assault, what is the required process for opening an investigation—and why wasn’t it initiated here?"
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
O’Hara/Frey’s copaganda campaign also exposes the media’s failure. No one has asked the most basic question: "When officers observe conduct that may constitute felony assault, what is the required process for opening an investigation—and why wasn’t it initiated here?"
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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She really wants a pardon for her brother. https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-51280576
Thinking about the Democratic strategists who now have to integrate battling with barbs into their midterms plans
December 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
She really wants a pardon for her brother. https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-51280576
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Google Gemini Pro: please generate a map of the western united states showing cities of over 250K population
December 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Google Gemini Pro: please generate a map of the western united states showing cities of over 250K population
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This just happened today. Posted it on a private forum, but it's an earnest and good moment. Thought I'd share. For context, Greg is my dog.
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This just happened today. Posted it on a private forum, but it's an earnest and good moment. Thought I'd share. For context, Greg is my dog.