Alison
@crimeroomba.bsky.social
Mushroom photographer by day, crisis, de-escalation, and independent living specialist by night. Twin Cities Minnesotan now, but I'm mean because I grew up in New England. 🇵🇸
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Yayoi Kusama
Remember that Thou Must Die
1975
watercolor and collage on paper
Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan
草間彌生
《あなたはいつか死ぬ》
1975 (昭和50年)
水彩、コラージュ・紙
千葉市美術館
Remember that Thou Must Die
1975
watercolor and collage on paper
Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan
草間彌生
《あなたはいつか死ぬ》
1975 (昭和50年)
水彩、コラージュ・紙
千葉市美術館
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Yayoi Kusama
Remember that Thou Must Die
1975
watercolor and collage on paper
Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan
草間彌生
《あなたはいつか死ぬ》
1975 (昭和50年)
水彩、コラージュ・紙
千葉市美術館
Remember that Thou Must Die
1975
watercolor and collage on paper
Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan
草間彌生
《あなたはいつか死ぬ》
1975 (昭和50年)
水彩、コラージュ・紙
千葉市美術館
We did this several times already in the US as signed exact english. Makaton in the US would be yet another opportunity for people to step on the autonomy of Deaf people.
This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We did this several times already in the US as signed exact english. Makaton in the US would be yet another opportunity for people to step on the autonomy of Deaf people.
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I took the Monarca training, and have attended some MIRAC meetings. Do what you can, learn, and stay ready.
Re-upping this with a link that goes to the upcoming trainings in Longfellow, Kingfield and Cathedral Hill since Naomi's link was for an older training. monarcamn.org/training
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I took the Monarca training, and have attended some MIRAC meetings. Do what you can, learn, and stay ready.
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I know there is a lot to doomscroll right now, but you need to plan some sort of offline activity and go do it.
Walking outside, going to a museum, cleaning your home, taking a nap, cooking some food, buying your favorite pastry; lots of options.
It'll feel better than more time on your phone.
Walking outside, going to a museum, cleaning your home, taking a nap, cooking some food, buying your favorite pastry; lots of options.
It'll feel better than more time on your phone.
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I know there is a lot to doomscroll right now, but you need to plan some sort of offline activity and go do it.
Walking outside, going to a museum, cleaning your home, taking a nap, cooking some food, buying your favorite pastry; lots of options.
It'll feel better than more time on your phone.
Walking outside, going to a museum, cleaning your home, taking a nap, cooking some food, buying your favorite pastry; lots of options.
It'll feel better than more time on your phone.
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Just how morally, ethically, intellectually bankrupt do you have to be to argue that 15-year-olds can sell sex but can’t affirm gender
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just how morally, ethically, intellectually bankrupt do you have to be to argue that 15-year-olds can sell sex but can’t affirm gender
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
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I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
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Your periodic reminder that Dazzler of the X-Men was originally designed by John Romita, Sr. to be Black and resemble Grace Jones:
unpublishedxmen.blogspot.com/2013/07/dazz...
unpublishedxmen.blogspot.com/2013/07/dazz...
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Your periodic reminder that Dazzler of the X-Men was originally designed by John Romita, Sr. to be Black and resemble Grace Jones:
unpublishedxmen.blogspot.com/2013/07/dazz...
unpublishedxmen.blogspot.com/2013/07/dazz...
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filament screen // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, november 2025
#collageart #abstract #collage #queerart #artist
#collageart #abstract #collage #queerart #artist
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
filament screen // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, november 2025
#collageart #abstract #collage #queerart #artist
#collageart #abstract #collage #queerart #artist
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like, why would any democrat compromise with the GOP right now? you have a once in a millennium upper hand. every member of trump’s admin who opened that file is complicit. go after them. open investigations. have hearings. say it on the news every night. do something other than roll over for once.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
like, why would any democrat compromise with the GOP right now? you have a once in a millennium upper hand. every member of trump’s admin who opened that file is complicit. go after them. open investigations. have hearings. say it on the news every night. do something other than roll over for once.
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See more Northern lights here: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
In vivid red and green, stunning aurora display sweeps across Minnesota skies
Northern lights lovers didn’t have to go far to see them ripple across the sky Tuesday evening. A show that included vivid red auroras visible to the eye, not just the camera — a relatively rare sight...
www.mprnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
See more Northern lights here: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Aurora borealis last night. Breathtaking.
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Aurora borealis last night. Breathtaking.
THIS IS BAD. It's true, states already struggle with basic special education issues. Effectively, IDEA enforcement will end in some places.
The Trump administration wants to put oversight and enforcement of providing special education onto states. State education departments, many already stretched, are concerned they won't be able to. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/11/r...
Special education enforcement would be up to states under Trump plan • Minnesota Reformer
In its quest to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, the Trump administration wants to let states police themselves when it comes to educating students with disabilities.
minnesotareformer.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
THIS IS BAD. It's true, states already struggle with basic special education issues. Effectively, IDEA enforcement will end in some places.
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I know very little about construction permitting. Anyone know, is this already fully approved? Or would organizing people to contact (who?) or show up to meetings have potential to help keep this out of St Paul?
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I know very little about construction permitting. Anyone know, is this already fully approved? Or would organizing people to contact (who?) or show up to meetings have potential to help keep this out of St Paul?
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They're apparently doing this so they can dump more money into OpenAI.
When you're in a gold rush, sell your massive stake in the shovel factory so you can pour cash into the mine that loses more money annually than most industrialized nations spend on their militaries.
When you're in a gold rush, sell your massive stake in the shovel factory so you can pour cash into the mine that loses more money annually than most industrialized nations spend on their militaries.
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
They're apparently doing this so they can dump more money into OpenAI.
When you're in a gold rush, sell your massive stake in the shovel factory so you can pour cash into the mine that loses more money annually than most industrialized nations spend on their militaries.
When you're in a gold rush, sell your massive stake in the shovel factory so you can pour cash into the mine that loses more money annually than most industrialized nations spend on their militaries.
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I reached out to federal delegation to get some answers on this project. It’s a surprise and a very unwelcome one.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I reached out to federal delegation to get some answers on this project. It’s a surprise and a very unwelcome one.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
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seems bad! as a choice of location, not lost either that the aviation components of the minnesota army national guard are also based at holman field --
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
seems bad! as a choice of location, not lost either that the aviation components of the minnesota army national guard are also based at holman field --
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I will hold you personally responsible for nearly doubling my already unaffordable health insurance premiums for the rest of my life and I will make sure that the financial ruination of millions of Americans is your permanent legacy, @schumer.senate.gov
If Republicans want to talk about long-term fixes to ACA affordability, Democrats are ready.
But in the meantime, doing nothing is derelict. People will go bankrupt, people will lose insurance, and people will get sicker.
Republicans cannot continue doing nothing.
But in the meantime, doing nothing is derelict. People will go bankrupt, people will lose insurance, and people will get sicker.
Republicans cannot continue doing nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I will hold you personally responsible for nearly doubling my already unaffordable health insurance premiums for the rest of my life and I will make sure that the financial ruination of millions of Americans is your permanent legacy, @schumer.senate.gov
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