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That her hand picked successor for Hennepin County Attorney was a drunk and had a dubious era that made him unfit for his office.
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
The fact that Klobuchar (whose husband almost died from COVID) and Kaine (who has Long COVID) voted in favor of this ban speaks volumes about how much public health policy has failed, including with Democrats. It's outrageous.
The Senate just passed a reckless amendment to ban mask mandates on public transportation for 2024.
Shamefully, 10 Democrats voted in favor of a ban:
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Brown (D-OH)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Manchin (D-WV)
Rosen (D-NV)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Tester (D-MT)
Shamefully, 10 Democrats voted in favor of a ban:
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Brown (D-OH)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Manchin (D-WV)
Rosen (D-NV)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Tester (D-MT)
February 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Amy Klobuchar is one of the cosponsors of this bill, and I have written to her twice but this is a good thing to bring up.
PS: If you're going to call or write your reps, I would focus heavily on the enforcement mechanism of this bill. It would allow the attorney general of *every single state* to sue over any content they have reason to believe harms kids. This is an open invitation to censorship.
February 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Just saw Klobuchar on MSNBC pushing KOSA. Claimed 30 percent of fentanyl is sold through social media platforms.
Which seems . . . unlikely?
Which seems . . . unlikely?
Microsoft joins Snap in endorsing KOSA, an obviously unconstitutional bill that will do so much obvious harm to the LGBTQ community, that the GOP is gleefully telling people they'll use it to silence such voices.
February 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I haven't done a full comparison of what's talked about here but I don't think there is a lot of overlap between it and what I have linked above.
As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.
Amy Klobuchar’s Record on Trump Is Shameful - Racket
As Minnesota's senior senator runs to replace Tim Walz as governor, her votes and positions on Trump, ICE, and labor should be disqualifying to progressive voters.
racketmn.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I haven't done a full comparison of what's talked about here but I don't think there is a lot of overlap between it and what I have linked above.
If anyone wants more reading on Klobuchar I've got some running lists nested in here.
Sharing again, please add what you want folks to know about Klobuchar
This approval rating being this high makes me mad.
February 10, 2026 at 11:16 PM
If anyone wants more reading on Klobuchar I've got some running lists nested in here.
I have a thread quoted in here and other folks added things as well.
Sharing again, please add what you want folks to know about Klobuchar
This approval rating being this high makes me mad.
February 10, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I have a thread quoted in here and other folks added things as well.
Everyday I am more and more embarrassed that he broke MN containment
February 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Everyday I am more and more embarrassed that he broke MN containment
Reposted by Kennedy reading
Basically anytime you find yourself looking for a synonym for "stupid:"
1. You're probably about to grab an ableist slur, and
2. You should instead find a word that's more precise.
Do you mean ridiculous? Shallow? Specious? Absurd? Careless? Inconsistent? Obvious? Cliched? Watered down?
1. You're probably about to grab an ableist slur, and
2. You should instead find a word that's more precise.
Do you mean ridiculous? Shallow? Specious? Absurd? Careless? Inconsistent? Obvious? Cliched? Watered down?
I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation is brave enough to just be about two messy bitches.
www.vulture.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Basically anytime you find yourself looking for a synonym for "stupid:"
1. You're probably about to grab an ableist slur, and
2. You should instead find a word that's more precise.
Do you mean ridiculous? Shallow? Specious? Absurd? Careless? Inconsistent? Obvious? Cliched? Watered down?
1. You're probably about to grab an ableist slur, and
2. You should instead find a word that's more precise.
Do you mean ridiculous? Shallow? Specious? Absurd? Careless? Inconsistent? Obvious? Cliched? Watered down?
I did just finish another book that talked about her a bit! How to Think Like a Woman by Regan Penaluna. Penaluna studied Philosophy & she talks about what that was like as a young woman & how the works of Wollstonecraft & other women helped her come into her own after she finishes college.
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I did just finish another book that talked about her a bit! How to Think Like a Woman by Regan Penaluna. Penaluna studied Philosophy & she talks about what that was like as a young woman & how the works of Wollstonecraft & other women helped her come into her own after she finishes college.
This book was still really interesting and I'm glad I read it, I think it's a good starting point for me to explore this topic more but I haven't studied this area at all so I can't speak to how accurate it is outside of the few things I've complained about.
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
This book was still really interesting and I'm glad I read it, I think it's a good starting point for me to explore this topic more but I haven't studied this area at all so I can't speak to how accurate it is outside of the few things I've complained about.
Because I had seen some lectures on Mary Shelley already I was able to notice a couple of things incorrect in this book when the author was talking about her, Byron, & Percy.
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Because I had seen some lectures on Mary Shelley already I was able to notice a couple of things incorrect in this book when the author was talking about her, Byron, & Percy.
It does go into that theme a bit! Which is what go me interested in this topic. I read Frankenstein for the first time a few months ago & watched a handful of lectures on it but none of the ones I watched went into this area.
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It does go into that theme a bit! Which is what go me interested in this topic. I read Frankenstein for the first time a few months ago & watched a handful of lectures on it but none of the ones I watched went into this area.
😬This is the book I was reading.
February 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
😬This is the book I was reading.
Just watched Bad Bunny bowl and even though I knew it was coming I still yelled "three points of contact at all times, sir!" when he climbed that pole.
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Just watched Bad Bunny bowl and even though I knew it was coming I still yelled "three points of contact at all times, sir!" when he climbed that pole.
Insert XKCD comic about someone being wrong here.
February 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Insert XKCD comic about someone being wrong here.
Oh goddammit, the author just named the wrong Darwin during the Frankenstein creation/ghost story summer in Sweden. Charles Darwin was like 7 when Mary was coming up with the book, it was Erasmus Darwin they talked about.
Now the author is talking about Byron & Percy's support of the Luddite movement & how that might have played into Mary Shelley's writing of Frankenstein. Calls Victor *Dr* Frankenstein "a 20-something genius just out of college who... tampers with tech he doesn't understand" 🙄
Halfway through the book now and we are finally talking about how the work that women did in the cloth industry was the first to be automated. There has been a bit of talk about Mary Wollstonecraft in earlier parts of the book but I also think he said she only had 1 daughter not 2 so...
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Oh goddammit, the author just named the wrong Darwin during the Frankenstein creation/ghost story summer in Sweden. Charles Darwin was like 7 when Mary was coming up with the book, it was Erasmus Darwin they talked about.
There is for sure a conversation to be had about (mostly white) folks rushing out to get the latest "I'm a good person" symbol, but I don't think that fiber artist are the folks doing that. (I could just be biased having grown up in a fiber art home)
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
There is for sure a conversation to be had about (mostly white) folks rushing out to get the latest "I'm a good person" symbol, but I don't think that fiber artist are the folks doing that. (I could just be biased having grown up in a fiber art home)
Would love to hear more about the Luddite movement/Frankenstein thing but would also love to hear it from someone who has the basic facts of the book correct. Victor was not a doctor and he dropped out of school.
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Would love to hear more about the Luddite movement/Frankenstein thing but would also love to hear it from someone who has the basic facts of the book correct. Victor was not a doctor and he dropped out of school.
Now the author is talking about Byron & Percy's support of the Luddite movement & how that might have played into Mary Shelley's writing of Frankenstein. Calls Victor *Dr* Frankenstein "a 20-something genius just out of college who... tampers with tech he doesn't understand" 🙄
Halfway through the book now and we are finally talking about how the work that women did in the cloth industry was the first to be automated. There has been a bit of talk about Mary Wollstonecraft in earlier parts of the book but I also think he said she only had 1 daughter not 2 so...
It's really annoying reading books about specific historical events that aren't from a feminist/equality point of view.
Starting a book about the Luddite movement and I keep waiting for the author to talk about what the women were doing or how race played into it, not sure that info is coming.
Starting a book about the Luddite movement and I keep waiting for the author to talk about what the women were doing or how race played into it, not sure that info is coming.
February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Now the author is talking about Byron & Percy's support of the Luddite movement & how that might have played into Mary Shelley's writing of Frankenstein. Calls Victor *Dr* Frankenstein "a 20-something genius just out of college who... tampers with tech he doesn't understand" 🙄
Has the 'hey, what's your signal?' replacing 'hey, what's your sign?' joke already been made?
February 9, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Has the 'hey, what's your signal?' replacing 'hey, what's your sign?' joke already been made?
That is the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport thank you very much
February 9, 2026 at 2:23 AM
That is the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport thank you very much
Halfway through the book now and we are finally talking about how the work that women did in the cloth industry was the first to be automated. There has been a bit of talk about Mary Wollstonecraft in earlier parts of the book but I also think he said she only had 1 daughter not 2 so...
It's really annoying reading books about specific historical events that aren't from a feminist/equality point of view.
Starting a book about the Luddite movement and I keep waiting for the author to talk about what the women were doing or how race played into it, not sure that info is coming.
Starting a book about the Luddite movement and I keep waiting for the author to talk about what the women were doing or how race played into it, not sure that info is coming.
February 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Halfway through the book now and we are finally talking about how the work that women did in the cloth industry was the first to be automated. There has been a bit of talk about Mary Wollstonecraft in earlier parts of the book but I also think he said she only had 1 daughter not 2 so...
They lay down with their head tucked in like this sometimes.
Important news everyone: Juno was just laying like this
February 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
They lay down with their head tucked in like this sometimes.