Deb Gau
@debbigau.bsky.social
Non-adventures in the rural Midwest.
She/they.
She/they.
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Yes, yes, it's a bad idea that will backfire, and it's good to laugh at him, but it's important to also remember the malicious intent of this proposal: he thinks he can get vigilantes to hurt people whose faces he's broadcast on TV.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Yes, yes, it's a bad idea that will backfire, and it's good to laugh at him, but it's important to also remember the malicious intent of this proposal: he thinks he can get vigilantes to hurt people whose faces he's broadcast on TV.
It goes right along with the whole thing about pokeballs - you've got devices that *seem* to be able to convert matter to energy and back, and kids can just buy them with pocket change at the drugstore.
(I know that's not the actual lore. Please don't make me look up the pokemon canon lol.)
(I know that's not the actual lore. Please don't make me look up the pokemon canon lol.)
I think one of my favorite lore implications in Pokemon might be that resurrecting extinct Pokemon is based on technology that's existed for at least 30 years, and has been perfected such that it's boring and commonplace.
In Alola there's a guy doing it out of the back of his van lol
In Alola there's a guy doing it out of the back of his van lol
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
It goes right along with the whole thing about pokeballs - you've got devices that *seem* to be able to convert matter to energy and back, and kids can just buy them with pocket change at the drugstore.
(I know that's not the actual lore. Please don't make me look up the pokemon canon lol.)
(I know that's not the actual lore. Please don't make me look up the pokemon canon lol.)
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
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Short but vital thread! Well said, @kellybarnhill.bsky.social. ⬇️
Good morning friends! Some things to remember when you call your senators today:
1. Renee Good's killer is still at large and has not faced justice
2. Alex Pretti's murderers are still at large, unnamed and still working on our dime.
3. 35 people died in ICE custody last year. 35 shattered families
1. Renee Good's killer is still at large and has not faced justice
2. Alex Pretti's murderers are still at large, unnamed and still working on our dime.
3. 35 people died in ICE custody last year. 35 shattered families
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Short but vital thread! Well said, @kellybarnhill.bsky.social. ⬇️
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"Return CBP to the border"
Now that you have seen what CBP does, why is it okay to have them on the US-Mexico or US-Canada border? Some people say they want "a controlled border" but at what cost to life?
Now that you have seen what CBP does, why is it okay to have them on the US-Mexico or US-Canada border? Some people say they want "a controlled border" but at what cost to life?
January 27, 2026 at 1:23 PM
"Return CBP to the border"
Now that you have seen what CBP does, why is it okay to have them on the US-Mexico or US-Canada border? Some people say they want "a controlled border" but at what cost to life?
Now that you have seen what CBP does, why is it okay to have them on the US-Mexico or US-Canada border? Some people say they want "a controlled border" but at what cost to life?
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A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:27 PM
A lot more people should know about the bravery Marimar Martinez displayed in the midst of Chicago’s occupation and the murder of two observers in MSP. They tried to kill her, shooting her 5 times, and it’s a miracle she’s alive to push for transparency like this after being persecuted by the DOJ.
Welp. I guess I found my local equivalent to the Nisswa "retirees opine on the Twin Cities" watering hole at this burger joint today.
January 26, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Welp. I guess I found my local equivalent to the Nisswa "retirees opine on the Twin Cities" watering hole at this burger joint today.
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I'm losing it over the Toledo Zoo's 8-day-old giraffe Eugene. I understand the giraffes have 15 month gestational periods but my guy looks like the zookeepers have been reading the news to him all 8 days he's been outside
January 25, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I'm losing it over the Toledo Zoo's 8-day-old giraffe Eugene. I understand the giraffes have 15 month gestational periods but my guy looks like the zookeepers have been reading the news to him all 8 days he's been outside
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For those unfamiliar with Edina this is the Minneapolis equivalent of a Westchester socialite walking down Fifth Avenue singing "John Brown's Body."
They got Edina Moms excoriating the Administration and signing off with a a land acknowledgement. They are so fucked lol
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
For those unfamiliar with Edina this is the Minneapolis equivalent of a Westchester socialite walking down Fifth Avenue singing "John Brown's Body."
Today, in cooking to find the barest thread of comfort and focus in the midst of everything going on: red curry with chicken, squash and green beans.
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Today, in cooking to find the barest thread of comfort and focus in the midst of everything going on: red curry with chicken, squash and green beans.
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Please note: As our colleagues at @stateline.org reported earlier this week, footage, documents have often been at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/23/r...
Footage, documents at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents • Minnesota Reformer
As a growing number of encounters between civilians and Department of Homeland Security agents — including the widely scrutinized fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis — are scrutinized in court...
minnesotareformer.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Please note: As our colleagues at @stateline.org reported earlier this week, footage, documents have often been at odds with DHS accounts of immigration enforcement incidents minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/23/r...
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they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll empty a whole goddamn magazine into you while you’re lying on the ground if you don’t cheer them on while they’re fucking doing it.
they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll empty a whole goddamn magazine into you while you’re lying on the ground if you don’t cheer them on while they’re fucking doing it.
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Not sure our brains were made to process extrajudicial executions in the streets in real time
January 24, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Not sure our brains were made to process extrajudicial executions in the streets in real time
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this photo. minneapolis. 💜
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
this photo. minneapolis. 💜
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
Warms my heart to see the All-Seeing Loon of Judgment state flag design is still kicking around out there.
January 24, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Warms my heart to see the All-Seeing Loon of Judgment state flag design is still kicking around out there.
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The last general strike in Minneapolis was in 1934.
It started in May, leading to a series of small battles between strikers and police. The two sides agreed to a contract on May 25.
Employers reneged in July, and police opened fire on protesters who flooded the streets. Two died, 67 were wounded.
It started in May, leading to a series of small battles between strikers and police. The two sides agreed to a contract on May 25.
Employers reneged in July, and police opened fire on protesters who flooded the streets. Two died, 67 were wounded.
January 23, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The last general strike in Minneapolis was in 1934.
It started in May, leading to a series of small battles between strikers and police. The two sides agreed to a contract on May 25.
Employers reneged in July, and police opened fire on protesters who flooded the streets. Two died, 67 were wounded.
It started in May, leading to a series of small battles between strikers and police. The two sides agreed to a contract on May 25.
Employers reneged in July, and police opened fire on protesters who flooded the streets. Two died, 67 were wounded.
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Schools in Saint Paul were closed Tuesday and Wednesday as teachers prepared to do online and in-person teaching simultaneously due to safety concerns about ICE.
Kids in my daughter’s school refer to those two days off as Evil Break.
As in, “So what did you do over Evil Break?”
Kids in my daughter’s school refer to those two days off as Evil Break.
As in, “So what did you do over Evil Break?”
January 23, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Schools in Saint Paul were closed Tuesday and Wednesday as teachers prepared to do online and in-person teaching simultaneously due to safety concerns about ICE.
Kids in my daughter’s school refer to those two days off as Evil Break.
As in, “So what did you do over Evil Break?”
Kids in my daughter’s school refer to those two days off as Evil Break.
As in, “So what did you do over Evil Break?”
Working through some weird feelings I dunno what to do with, so might as well toss them into the Scream Tunnel here.
. . . . . I think my blood sugar meds may have conditioned/pushed my thinking in a strange, disordered-eating direction?
. . . . . I think my blood sugar meds may have conditioned/pushed my thinking in a strange, disordered-eating direction?
January 23, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Working through some weird feelings I dunno what to do with, so might as well toss them into the Scream Tunnel here.
. . . . . I think my blood sugar meds may have conditioned/pushed my thinking in a strange, disordered-eating direction?
. . . . . I think my blood sugar meds may have conditioned/pushed my thinking in a strange, disordered-eating direction?
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Good morning @hulcricket.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Good morning @hulcricket.bsky.social
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The old Minnesota flag was already problematic but it has turned into a hate symbol over time in a way that's very hard to describe to people not immersed in the culture
Vance podium flanked by steroidal SUV’s declaring “Protect the Homeland” and the *old* Minnesota flag.
January 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The old Minnesota flag was already problematic but it has turned into a hate symbol over time in a way that's very hard to describe to people not immersed in the culture
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I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally
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With cuts to NOAA, Texans have taken to alternative methods of predicting winter weather severity.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front.
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
With cuts to NOAA, Texans have taken to alternative methods of predicting winter weather severity.
So I know it'll never go down like this, but the absolute funniest way It Could Happen is if a mob of world leaders collectively snap and just jump him with their bare hands.
Trump threatens all - talks about Switzerland begging him not to increase tariffs and rubbing him a wrong way since the “woman on the phone was so aggressive” and he raised tariffs to 39% and realized the “US is keeping all afloat”.
“I realized without us most of the countries don’t even work”
“I realized without us most of the countries don’t even work”
January 21, 2026 at 2:47 PM
So I know it'll never go down like this, but the absolute funniest way It Could Happen is if a mob of world leaders collectively snap and just jump him with their bare hands.