Kathy Zurcher
@kazurcher.bsky.social
Systems Thinking, U of IL PhD, Husband Tom, Pups: Ella, Angel🌈 Kitty: Minne. 2 bonus daughters, 8 20-something granddaughters & grandsons, FoTS, BunsenBeaker&Bernoulli, #UglyDogs, @PabloTorre.bsky.social fan. Go Cubs! Love MN.
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Bullshit, then why haven't more white people been detained?
Homan: "When they say 'stop racial profiling' -- that's just not occurring. ICE will briefly detain and question somebody based on reasonable suspicion. It has nothing to do with racial profiling."
February 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Bullshit, then why haven't more white people been detained?
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This is called a community college and if we funded them properly we wouldn't need private individuals to offer these kinds of services.
Schools across the country are offering courses and retreats for people 50+ who want to reinvent themselves and embrace lifelong learning and discovery.
Need a new path in midlife? There's a school for that and a quiz to kickstart it
Schools across the country are offering courses and retreats for people 50+ who want to reinvent themselves and embrace lifelong learning and discovery.
n.pr
February 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This is called a community college and if we funded them properly we wouldn't need private individuals to offer these kinds of services.
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Right after I posed that Murder Kitten would write Presidents Day poems, we got a donation via venmo but I don't know who it is from (no Bluesky handle) so let me know so I can tag you!
February 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Right after I posed that Murder Kitten would write Presidents Day poems, we got a donation via venmo but I don't know who it is from (no Bluesky handle) so let me know so I can tag you!
Sweet Ella is a star! She was included in @weratedogs.com Insta Valentine yesterday! Thanks to @bug-luvs.bsky.social who saw it and mentioned it to me!
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February 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Sweet Ella is a star! She was included in @weratedogs.com Insta Valentine yesterday! Thanks to @bug-luvs.bsky.social who saw it and mentioned it to me!
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There goes @flightriskmushing.bsky.social !
February 14, 2026 at 1:45 AM
There goes @flightriskmushing.bsky.social !
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She's insidious....
Actually she's in her cage having a bedtime snack. She didn't bite anyone today and was only mildly alarmed about women's skeleton.
Curling is still DANGER DANGEE DANGER!
Actually she's in her cage having a bedtime snack. She didn't bite anyone today and was only mildly alarmed about women's skeleton.
Curling is still DANGER DANGEE DANGER!
February 15, 2026 at 3:41 AM
She's insidious....
Actually she's in her cage having a bedtime snack. She didn't bite anyone today and was only mildly alarmed about women's skeleton.
Curling is still DANGER DANGEE DANGER!
Actually she's in her cage having a bedtime snack. She didn't bite anyone today and was only mildly alarmed about women's skeleton.
Curling is still DANGER DANGEE DANGER!
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For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 14, 2026 at 5:59 AM
For the first time since Jan. 5, there were no ICE flights out of Minneapolis Friday, probably because of this ruling.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
Got to have an impromptu celebration IRL tonight with @ottergoose.net and @jjindc.bsky.social🙏.
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I want people to really understand and grapple with how bad it is for victims and all of us to live in a system where sexual violence is not punished, but victims are punished more for coming forward. I need people to see it for what it is so that we can actually do something about it
February 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I want people to really understand and grapple with how bad it is for victims and all of us to live in a system where sexual violence is not punished, but victims are punished more for coming forward. I need people to see it for what it is so that we can actually do something about it
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Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
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“They took my cell phone and cloned it. They actually told me they did that.”
Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant
He was observing after Alex Pretti's killing. Feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.
interc.pt
February 15, 2026 at 1:24 AM
“They took my cell phone and cloned it. They actually told me they did that.”
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That she is. This tells me that activity is going to surge in heavily leaning Democrat areas.
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
That she is. This tells me that activity is going to surge in heavily leaning Democrat areas.
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People think I’m joking but turkeys run the streets like gangsters. Last year, they broke a mailman’s hip!
February 15, 2026 at 3:27 AM
People think I’m joking but turkeys run the streets like gangsters. Last year, they broke a mailman’s hip!
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UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
UCLA said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is backing off.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
Harvard said no to Trump's abusive demands, went to court, and the govt is left sputtering.
Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern giving in was a big mistake. If only there were lessons against appeasing fascists.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
If you’re born here
You’re a citizen too
Violets are blue
If you’re born here
You’re a citizen too
a cartoon character holding a scroll of the u.s. constitution says hello i 'm the u.s. constitution
ALT: a cartoon character holding a scroll of the u.s. constitution says hello i 'm the u.s. constitution
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
If you’re born here
You’re a citizen too
Violets are blue
If you’re born here
You’re a citizen too
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Cardboard cutout Schmieg came to today's Mardi Gras parades and got so many beads ⚜️
February 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Cardboard cutout Schmieg came to today's Mardi Gras parades and got so many beads ⚜️
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Honestly, the way the press refuses to tell the truth about this man is gob-smacking. Every appearance in front of people or cameras is the same theme w variations because he’s a narcissist with dementia. Which makes him doubly unfit. B4, it might have been “campaign-style.” Now it’s just same rant.
February 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Honestly, the way the press refuses to tell the truth about this man is gob-smacking. Every appearance in front of people or cameras is the same theme w variations because he’s a narcissist with dementia. Which makes him doubly unfit. B4, it might have been “campaign-style.” Now it’s just same rant.
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Omg it says I should have a Bichon Frise 😂 can you imagine me hiking, paddleboarding, agility, etc with a bichon?! I’d have to shave its coat at a minimum.
I also noticed that most of the dogs suggested were pretty small
I also noticed that most of the dogs suggested were pretty small
February 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Omg it says I should have a Bichon Frise 😂 can you imagine me hiking, paddleboarding, agility, etc with a bichon?! I’d have to shave its coat at a minimum.
I also noticed that most of the dogs suggested were pretty small
I also noticed that most of the dogs suggested were pretty small
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It only mentions a convention center or a concert venue in definitions of a casino site, and what else COULD be at the casino site. It absolutely doesn't require a convention center be built alongside a casino.
February 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM
It only mentions a convention center or a concert venue in definitions of a casino site, and what else COULD be at the casino site. It absolutely doesn't require a convention center be built alongside a casino.
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A Valentine Poem of Things That Scare Me, for @mackaracka.bsky.social from Waffles
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
A Valentine Poem of Things That Scare Me, for @mackaracka.bsky.social from Waffles
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and they voted and it passed (it still has to cross over and pass the house and the governor still has to sign it) but Northern Virginia does not want a gigantic casino, Fairfax has voted it down via referendum TWICE now and will have to do it a third time. Just the prelim planing for it will be $$$
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
and they voted and it passed (it still has to cross over and pass the house and the governor still has to sign it) but Northern Virginia does not want a gigantic casino, Fairfax has voted it down via referendum TWICE now and will have to do it a third time. Just the prelim planing for it will be $$$
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This Fairfax Co Casino boondoggle is going to make me lose my freaking mind. No one wants it, except two senators, and a bunch of rural Rs who know they will benefit because of the revenue sharing. BTW the site for it is a watershed we monitor, and it is a beautiful, restored spot full of wildlife.
February 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This Fairfax Co Casino boondoggle is going to make me lose my freaking mind. No one wants it, except two senators, and a bunch of rural Rs who know they will benefit because of the revenue sharing. BTW the site for it is a watershed we monitor, and it is a beautiful, restored spot full of wildlife.
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A so-called president has moved on from casinos to farms.
The 10-year chart shows farm bankruptcies:
♦︎ INcreased 2016-2020 under #45 (Trump)
♦︎ DEcreased 2021-2024 under #46 (Biden)
♦︎ INcreased in 2025 under #47 (Trump)
www.agriculture.com/partners-u-s...
The 10-year chart shows farm bankruptcies:
♦︎ INcreased 2016-2020 under #45 (Trump)
♦︎ DEcreased 2021-2024 under #46 (Biden)
♦︎ INcreased in 2025 under #47 (Trump)
www.agriculture.com/partners-u-s...
U.S. Farm Bankruptcies Increased 46% in 2025
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s Samantha Ayoub reported that “the U.S. Courts report that 315 farm bankruptcies were filed in calendar year 2025, up 46% from 2024. While still down from recent h...
www.agriculture.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
A so-called president has moved on from casinos to farms.
The 10-year chart shows farm bankruptcies:
♦︎ INcreased 2016-2020 under #45 (Trump)
♦︎ DEcreased 2021-2024 under #46 (Biden)
♦︎ INcreased in 2025 under #47 (Trump)
www.agriculture.com/partners-u-s...
The 10-year chart shows farm bankruptcies:
♦︎ INcreased 2016-2020 under #45 (Trump)
♦︎ DEcreased 2021-2024 under #46 (Biden)
♦︎ INcreased in 2025 under #47 (Trump)
www.agriculture.com/partners-u-s...
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One thing the ICE masks do is hide that Stephen Miller's white supremacist project relies on brown labor.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSe...
Behind the Masks
YouTube video by emptywheel
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February 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
One thing the ICE masks do is hide that Stephen Miller's white supremacist project relies on brown labor.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSe...
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TODAY: Journalist Don Lemon is set to be arraigned on federal criminal charges in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church.
The case is far from the slam dunk some Justice Department officials have portrayed it to be.
We explain ⬇️⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
The case is far from the slam dunk some Justice Department officials have portrayed it to be.
We explain ⬇️⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
Minnesota FACE Off: A Deep Dive Into the St. Paul Church Protest Case
Unpacking the Don Lemon indictment, its factual allegations, the elements the government must prove to convict, and the potential defenses available to the accused.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
TODAY: Journalist Don Lemon is set to be arraigned on federal criminal charges in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church.
The case is far from the slam dunk some Justice Department officials have portrayed it to be.
We explain ⬇️⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
The case is far from the slam dunk some Justice Department officials have portrayed it to be.
We explain ⬇️⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...