Joel
@exadyto.bsky.social
Midwestern Californian. Humanities guy. 🏳️🌈
“In that way, the name acquired a quasi-official status. But not for long.”
“In that way, the name acquired a quasi-official status. But not for long.”
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Joel
@exadyto.bsky.social
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This discourse embodies the worst of the post-1970 left: telling people not do something that is effective elsewhere, making hyperlocal claims without explaining what is so unique there, appealing to “local people” with no rigor beyond the anecdotal, and appealing purely to identity when challenged.
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Like, there is just not any kind of coherent ideological definition that places Mandami outside the context of US liberalism. This only makes sense if we're defining these terms solely in the context of cliques and based on affect, style, and which social media faction you associate them with.
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Like, there is just not any kind of coherent ideological definition that places Mandami outside the context of US liberalism. This only makes sense if we're defining these terms solely in the context of cliques and based on affect, style, and which social media faction you associate them with.
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Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.
Excellent article!
Excellent article!
January 26, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment.
Excellent article!
Excellent article!
Troy McClure “Here Comes the Metric System”-ass episode
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 26, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Troy McClure “Here Comes the Metric System”-ass episode
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Wrote this paragraph 17 days ago, about the killing of Renee Good.
January 26, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Wrote this paragraph 17 days ago, about the killing of Renee Good.
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Raskin: "I think the people have Minnesota have shown us with their mass demonstration and general strike the direction that we may need to go in nationally in order to send the message that American society does not accept this authoritarian derailment of the US Constitution."
January 25, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Raskin: "I think the people have Minnesota have shown us with their mass demonstration and general strike the direction that we may need to go in nationally in order to send the message that American society does not accept this authoritarian derailment of the US Constitution."
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No swan lake? Maybe we’ll get Hamilton instead.
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 AM
No swan lake? Maybe we’ll get Hamilton instead.
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oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
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Losing the Post is… wow
NY Post editorial board: "The alacritous and misleading rhetoric coming out of the administration needs to stop ... DHS Secretary Kristi Noem should also take a break from her self-promoting and combative TV hits."
nypost.com/2026/01/25/o...
nypost.com/2026/01/25/o...
What Trump’s next move needs to be in Minneapolis
It’s time to de-escalate in Minneapolis, Mr. President.
nypost.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Losing the Post is… wow
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Here's Apple CEO Tim Cook hanging out with disgraced sex pest Brett Ratner at the Fascist Dementia Pedophile's party for the movie they collaborated on as part of a straightforward bribery campaign to cover up said dying pedophile's sex crimes and ongoing coup of the United States
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Here's Apple CEO Tim Cook hanging out with disgraced sex pest Brett Ratner at the Fascist Dementia Pedophile's party for the movie they collaborated on as part of a straightforward bribery campaign to cover up said dying pedophile's sex crimes and ongoing coup of the United States
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Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."
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tbh I think if this person was attempting to infiltrate they would have deleted their porn replies
January 26, 2026 at 2:27 AM
tbh I think if this person was attempting to infiltrate they would have deleted their porn replies
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lmao this fed is putting in no effort whatsoever.
Do you know any locals’ Signal group chat? I’m kind of antisocial and I’m quite nervous to ask. Like, is there a group chat, maybe like a Democrat group chat or an anti-ice group chat? Thank you. Would you like to move this toward message so nobody else can see it?
January 26, 2026 at 2:08 AM
lmao this fed is putting in no effort whatsoever.
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“Democrat group chat”
Yall can’t even drop the Fox News Speak when you’re pretending to be a liberal.
Yall can’t even drop the Fox News Speak when you’re pretending to be a liberal.
Do you know any locals’ Signal group chat? I’m kind of antisocial and I’m quite nervous to ask. Like, is there a group chat, maybe like a Democrat group chat or an anti-ice group chat? Thank you. Would you like to move this toward message so nobody else can see it?
January 26, 2026 at 2:20 AM
“Democrat group chat”
Yall can’t even drop the Fox News Speak when you’re pretending to be a liberal.
Yall can’t even drop the Fox News Speak when you’re pretending to be a liberal.
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in another episode of "could've been worse", Obama decided to release a statement and the word "training" does not seem to appear in it
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM
in another episode of "could've been worse", Obama decided to release a statement and the word "training" does not seem to appear in it
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From earlier this month, in my latest Governing column I explain why I think short-term rentals and investor-owned single-family properties are mostly bogeymen in the housing affordability conversation www.governing.com/urban/puttin...
Putting Housing in Little Boxes
A century of increasingly restrictive zoning has priced out lower-cost housing, and new limits on how homes are used risk deepening the affordability crisis.
www.governing.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:25 AM
From earlier this month, in my latest Governing column I explain why I think short-term rentals and investor-owned single-family properties are mostly bogeymen in the housing affordability conversation www.governing.com/urban/puttin...
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Been one of the younger members of a large Facebook group of rock music critics and adjacent pop music lovers for 15 years now.
Mostly white men in their 60s and 50s who grew up on The Clash or Hüsker Dü.
Mods just banned a guy who’s been there since the beginning because he’s pro-ICE. Beautiful.
Mostly white men in their 60s and 50s who grew up on The Clash or Hüsker Dü.
Mods just banned a guy who’s been there since the beginning because he’s pro-ICE. Beautiful.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Been one of the younger members of a large Facebook group of rock music critics and adjacent pop music lovers for 15 years now.
Mostly white men in their 60s and 50s who grew up on The Clash or Hüsker Dü.
Mods just banned a guy who’s been there since the beginning because he’s pro-ICE. Beautiful.
Mostly white men in their 60s and 50s who grew up on The Clash or Hüsker Dü.
Mods just banned a guy who’s been there since the beginning because he’s pro-ICE. Beautiful.
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You can pretty easily find posts of people on the right who are pushing for further escalation, because they want more people to die.
these guys are LARPing like siege commanders talking about "supply lines"
rightoids literally cannot comprehend the idea of a community caring for their own; these people live in Minneapolis their supply line is a five minute drive to the grocery store
rightoids literally cannot comprehend the idea of a community caring for their own; these people live in Minneapolis their supply line is a five minute drive to the grocery store
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 AM
You can pretty easily find posts of people on the right who are pushing for further escalation, because they want more people to die.
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RIP John Ater. You were such a Boomer but had a genuine and unique soul.
Not necessarily sapphic But with women as the authors, central characters. Isabelle Allende, Amy Tan, Margarite Attwood, etc. I love good writing and women, at last, are coming to the forefront. (Please don't tell anyone but I think I'm a lesbian trapped in a gay male body...)
January 25, 2026 at 11:54 PM
RIP John Ater. You were such a Boomer but had a genuine and unique soul.
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constantly putting bovino out there to tell obvious and insulting lies to an increasingly unfriendly press and an outright hostile citizenry is a reminder that no one running this show has ever run for elected office
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 25, 2026 at 8:18 PM
constantly putting bovino out there to tell obvious and insulting lies to an increasingly unfriendly press and an outright hostile citizenry is a reminder that no one running this show has ever run for elected office
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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You ungrateful bastards.
The only president to keep the Patriots out of the Super Bowl this century? Joe Biden
January 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
You ungrateful bastards.