Compliment Reuben
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I like you guys. Now if you all would just goddamn wear a respirator inside, maybe I could get out of the house more. But I'm sure you mean it for the best and are just stunningly ignorant, not malevolent.
Right? [padme] Right??
Right? [padme] Right??
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Great distinction. Observers on the ground are bearing witness so we all know what's happening.
Posters obsessing over watching atrocity videos are just self-harming.
Posters obsessing over watching atrocity videos are just self-harming.
To put an even sharper point on it...
The moral call is to BEAR witness, not to consumption.
In other words: to testimony, not passively offering eyeballs to horrific content.
The moral call is to BEAR witness, not to consumption.
In other words: to testimony, not passively offering eyeballs to horrific content.
I say this with love: no.
Every person who doubts the atrocity should witness, so they understand.
There is no need to watch if you read a description of the atrocity, register its moral significance, and commit yourself to speaking out against these horrors.
Every person who doubts the atrocity should witness, so they understand.
There is no need to watch if you read a description of the atrocity, register its moral significance, and commit yourself to speaking out against these horrors.
January 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Great distinction. Observers on the ground are bearing witness so we all know what's happening.
Posters obsessing over watching atrocity videos are just self-harming.
Posters obsessing over watching atrocity videos are just self-harming.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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If you can't stand up for a fellow journalist when she's being ridiculously bullied and demeaned for asking a basic question of a public leader, you sure as hell aren't going stand up for anything as abstract as a national principle or ethos.
American journalism is dying. And with it, our republic.
American journalism is dying. And with it, our republic.
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
If you can't stand up for a fellow journalist when she's being ridiculously bullied and demeaned for asking a basic question of a public leader, you sure as hell aren't going stand up for anything as abstract as a national principle or ethos.
American journalism is dying. And with it, our republic.
American journalism is dying. And with it, our republic.
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it’s still unclear to me whether the insatiable urge to both sides the fuck out of American democracy comes from a banal desire for a larger market share or just old-school discomfort with calling out RW authoritarianism, which somehow feels “uncivil”
Glenn Kessler confirmed as much after he left
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
it’s still unclear to me whether the insatiable urge to both sides the fuck out of American democracy comes from a banal desire for a larger market share or just old-school discomfort with calling out RW authoritarianism, which somehow feels “uncivil”
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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Every bridge sidewalk located in Ward 5 is DDOT's responsibility to clear. Hat tip for CM Nadeau's team for obtaining this resource showing bridge clearance responsibilities by agency for the entire city. www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
ArcGIS Dashboards
ArcGIS Dashboards
www.arcgis.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Every bridge sidewalk located in Ward 5 is DDOT's responsibility to clear. Hat tip for CM Nadeau's team for obtaining this resource showing bridge clearance responsibilities by agency for the entire city. www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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The @democrats.org need to collectively get off X
It’s a criminal porn site and they’re participating and supporting a criminal enterprise.
Enough bullshit revenue generating tweeting..
All of them ..
It’s a criminal porn site and they’re participating and supporting a criminal enterprise.
Enough bullshit revenue generating tweeting..
All of them ..
February 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
The @democrats.org need to collectively get off X
It’s a criminal porn site and they’re participating and supporting a criminal enterprise.
Enough bullshit revenue generating tweeting..
All of them ..
It’s a criminal porn site and they’re participating and supporting a criminal enterprise.
Enough bullshit revenue generating tweeting..
All of them ..
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This is action EVERY city in the country can take. If your hotels cooperate with ICE, goodbye liquor revenue.
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This is action EVERY city in the country can take. If your hotels cooperate with ICE, goodbye liquor revenue.
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Someone said Republicans are school shooters and Democrats are the Uvalde cops and man…
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Someone said Republicans are school shooters and Democrats are the Uvalde cops and man…
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we need every grain of sand in the gears. every single one.
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 AM
we need every grain of sand in the gears. every single one.
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We should invent a United States of America that is good
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
We should invent a United States of America that is good
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and found him using Flock cameras. reminder that it's a viable campaign to pressure city councils to ban Flock cameras right now
a local PD tried to fabricate a criminal investigation against a city resident after he wrote a mild op-ed criticizing the department for investigating a local city councilwoman after a racist crank reported her as an illegal immigrant
A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
and found him using Flock cameras. reminder that it's a viable campaign to pressure city councils to ban Flock cameras right now
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a local PD tried to fabricate a criminal investigation against a city resident after he wrote a mild op-ed criticizing the department for investigating a local city councilwoman after a racist crank reported her as an illegal immigrant
A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
Lenexa police investigated author of column criticizing the department. He's 'pissed off'
A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
www.kcur.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
a local PD tried to fabricate a criminal investigation against a city resident after he wrote a mild op-ed criticizing the department for investigating a local city councilwoman after a racist crank reported her as an illegal immigrant
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A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
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Too many of our Haitian neighbors are stuck in legal limbo. As the fight over Temporary Protected Status continues, we encourage anyone with TPS to use the city’s free immigration legal support and explore every legal pathway available. Call 800-354-0365 to learn more.
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Too many of our Haitian neighbors are stuck in legal limbo. As the fight over Temporary Protected Status continues, we encourage anyone with TPS to use the city’s free immigration legal support and explore every legal pathway available. Call 800-354-0365 to learn more.
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How body cameras played right into police hands — and assist ICE in tracking and kidnapping US residents
@equalityalec.bsky.social
@equalityalec.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
How body cameras played right into police hands — and assist ICE in tracking and kidnapping US residents
@equalityalec.bsky.social
@equalityalec.bsky.social
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I've learned that the MN Sheriffs Association wants to use procurement contracts called "basic ordering agreements" as a way to bypass AG Ellison's advisory opinion that MN police agencies can't legally hold people on immigration detainers beyond when they would otherwise be released from custody.
February 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I've learned that the MN Sheriffs Association wants to use procurement contracts called "basic ordering agreements" as a way to bypass AG Ellison's advisory opinion that MN police agencies can't legally hold people on immigration detainers beyond when they would otherwise be released from custody.
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She could really use about 14 hours of sleep.
February 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
She could really use about 14 hours of sleep.
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Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
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Not one reporter in the room willing to ask to be treated with respect. Not one.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Not one reporter in the room willing to ask to be treated with respect. Not one.
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You have parents in the streets with their kids and protest signs calling for guillotines and Nuremberg 2.0, nobody wants “common sense reform” you dilapidated raisin
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
You have parents in the streets with their kids and protest signs calling for guillotines and Nuremberg 2.0, nobody wants “common sense reform” you dilapidated raisin