Larry Sanderson
@ls2000.bsky.social
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Minnesota residents and lawmakers say the promised drawdown has not materialized, and they are seeing ICE use more covert tactics to continue operations across Twin Cities suburbs.
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
Minnesota suburbs see ‘stealthier’ tactics as ICE stays active
Minnesota residents and lawmakers say the promised drawdown has not materialized, and they are seeing ICE use more covert tactics to continue operations across Twin Cities suburbs.
sahanjournal.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Minnesota residents and lawmakers say the promised drawdown has not materialized, and they are seeing ICE use more covert tactics to continue operations across Twin Cities suburbs.
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
By @ncsscibelli.bsky.social
Nepali bagpipers and a canoe marathon: photos of the day – Thursday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Eithne Staunton
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Eithne Staunton
www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...
Nepali bagpipers and a canoe marathon: photos of the day – Thursday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Nepali bagpipers and a canoe marathon: photos of the day – Thursday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Eithne Staunton
www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Eithne Staunton
www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...
‘People are in awe’: exhibition unveils ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
A rare gilded and complete Book of the Dead, used by ancient Egyptians to help them to the afterlife, is now on display in Brooklyn
Veronica Esposito
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
A rare gilded and complete Book of the Dead, used by ancient Egyptians to help them to the afterlife, is now on display in Brooklyn
Veronica Esposito
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘People are in awe’: exhibition unveils ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
A rare gilded and complete Book of the Dead, used by ancient Egyptians to help them to the afterlife, is now on display in Brooklyn
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
‘People are in awe’: exhibition unveils ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
A rare gilded and complete Book of the Dead, used by ancient Egyptians to help them to the afterlife, is now on display in Brooklyn
Veronica Esposito
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
A rare gilded and complete Book of the Dead, used by ancient Egyptians to help them to the afterlife, is now on display in Brooklyn
Veronica Esposito
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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All the other countries have consequences for criminals, pedophiles, and insurrectionists. But not here.
We could have nice things, too, if we just stood by our founding principles.
We could have nice things, too, if we just stood by our founding principles.
The former president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, sentenced to life imprisonment for leading an insurrection. www.koreaherald.com/article/1...
Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life for leading insurrection
The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life imprisonment, finding him guilty of leading an insurrection. "It i
www.koreaherald.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:11 AM
All the other countries have consequences for criminals, pedophiles, and insurrectionists. But not here.
We could have nice things, too, if we just stood by our founding principles.
We could have nice things, too, if we just stood by our founding principles.
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I am pleased to see she comments 'potential difficulties remain – including whether the instructions and technology for reading the glass would remain available for future generations' as I was beating my head on the desk, sobbing and laughing hysterically from years of archivists hearing similar.
Features me, commenting: no one "is choosing to build infrastructure that will support the information needs of future generations... we should pour our scant resources into fixing the aftermath of the cyber-attacks on the British Library" instead of this... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Stone, parchment or laser-written glass? Scientists find new way to preserve data
Hard disks and magnetic tape have a limited lifespan, but glass storage developed by Microsoft could last millennia
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:39 AM
I am pleased to see she comments 'potential difficulties remain – including whether the instructions and technology for reading the glass would remain available for future generations' as I was beating my head on the desk, sobbing and laughing hysterically from years of archivists hearing similar.
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Something new: A short video responding to the Trump administration saying that economists whose studies aren’t what they want to hear should be “disciplined” www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzZd...
Now Trumpists are menacing economists
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Something new: A short video responding to the Trump administration saying that economists whose studies aren’t what they want to hear should be “disciplined” www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzZd...
Here's a great costume idea for conventions -- all you need is a couple of woodworking tools! Be great for dieting too!
youtu.be/pMe5toakeS8?...
youtu.be/pMe5toakeS8?...
Making a Schandmantel..
YouTube video by euanthecooper
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February 18, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Here's a great costume idea for conventions -- all you need is a couple of woodworking tools! Be great for dieting too!
youtu.be/pMe5toakeS8?...
youtu.be/pMe5toakeS8?...
In other session news, a bill backed by more than two dozen GOP lawmakers would make protesting in front of someone’s place of residence a gross misdemeanor. Legal repercussions could also include restraining orders, Fox 9 reports. Via MinnPost
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‘Residential protesting’ could be a crime in Minnesota under new GOP proposal
A bill that’s backed by a coalition of GOP lawmakers set to be proposed at the start of the upcoming session would make “residential protesting" punishable under Minnesota law.
www.fox9.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
In other session news, a bill backed by more than two dozen GOP lawmakers would make protesting in front of someone’s place of residence a gross misdemeanor. Legal repercussions could also include restraining orders, Fox 9 reports. Via MinnPost
www.fox9.com/news/residen...
www.fox9.com/news/residen...
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Springsteen planned his opening show in Minneapolis.
We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Springsteen planned his opening show in Minneapolis.
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New subpoenas issued in inquiry on response to 2016 Russian election interference, AP sources say
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New subpoenas issued in inquiry on response to 2016 Russian election interference, AP sources say
The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in an investigation into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump and the U.S. government response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidenti...
apnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
New subpoenas issued in inquiry on response to 2016 Russian election interference, AP sources say
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apnews.com/article/trum...
‘I feel like I’m in a financial prison’: Trump Wall Street plan puts ‘mom and pop’ investors at risk, advocates say
Susan Antilla
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Susan Antilla
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
‘I feel like I’m in a financial prison’: Trump Wall Street plan puts ‘mom and pop’ investors at risk, advocates say
Trump says everyday Americans deserve a chance to buy higher-risk ‘alternative’ investments. Critics say this could lead to big losses for small investors
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
‘I feel like I’m in a financial prison’: Trump Wall Street plan puts ‘mom and pop’ investors at risk, advocates say
Susan Antilla
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Susan Antilla
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
With the Minnesota Legislature set to return, DFLers are on the offensive. Republicans have a leaner agenda.
GOP leaders seek a bonding bill. Democrats want that too, plus an assault weapons ban and immigration enforcement reform.
by Matthew Blake
www.minnpost.com/state-govern...
GOP leaders seek a bonding bill. Democrats want that too, plus an assault weapons ban and immigration enforcement reform.
by Matthew Blake
www.minnpost.com/state-govern...
DFLers are on the offensive as the Legislature returns - MinnPost
GOP leaders seek a bonding bill. Democrats want that too, plus an assault weapons ban and immigration enforcement reform.
www.minnpost.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
With the Minnesota Legislature set to return, DFLers are on the offensive. Republicans have a leaner agenda.
GOP leaders seek a bonding bill. Democrats want that too, plus an assault weapons ban and immigration enforcement reform.
by Matthew Blake
www.minnpost.com/state-govern...
GOP leaders seek a bonding bill. Democrats want that too, plus an assault weapons ban and immigration enforcement reform.
by Matthew Blake
www.minnpost.com/state-govern...
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So far it looks like Trump, Noem, and operation metro surge drained Minneapolis alone—not yet counting St. Paul, Bloomington, etc.— $203 million. This was a MAGA Trump assault on an American blue city. Nothing more. Start seeing it.
www.fox9.com/news/operati...
www.fox9.com/news/operati...
Operation Metro Surge cost Minneapolis at least $203 million, city officials say
Minneapolis officials have released an estimated tab on what Operation Metro Surge has cost city residents so far.
www.fox9.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:21 AM
So far it looks like Trump, Noem, and operation metro surge drained Minneapolis alone—not yet counting St. Paul, Bloomington, etc.— $203 million. This was a MAGA Trump assault on an American blue city. Nothing more. Start seeing it.
www.fox9.com/news/operati...
www.fox9.com/news/operati...
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Happy New Year to all who are celebrating!
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Happy New Year to all who are celebrating!
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My novella THE RAINSEEKERS is out today from Tordotcom! A group of adventurers hope to be the first to feel the rain on Mars.
“A vivid, poignant, and compassionate story about our desperate search for meaning...whether on Earth or far beyond it.” —Veronica Roth
“A vivid, poignant, and compassionate story about our desperate search for meaning...whether on Earth or far beyond it.” —Veronica Roth
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
My novella THE RAINSEEKERS is out today from Tordotcom! A group of adventurers hope to be the first to feel the rain on Mars.
“A vivid, poignant, and compassionate story about our desperate search for meaning...whether on Earth or far beyond it.” —Veronica Roth
“A vivid, poignant, and compassionate story about our desperate search for meaning...whether on Earth or far beyond it.” —Veronica Roth
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www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Italy’s famous Lovers’ Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine’s Day
Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after storm
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after storm
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Italy’s famous Lovers’ Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine’s Day
Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after violent storm
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Italy’s famous Lovers’ Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine’s Day
Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after storm
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after storm
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Carnival, lunar new year and anti-US fervour: photos of the day – Monday
Eithne Staunton
www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...
Eithne Staunton
www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...
Carnival, lunar new year and anti-US fervour: photos of the day – Monday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Carnival, lunar new year and anti-US fervour: photos of the day – Monday
Eithne Staunton
www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...
Eithne Staunton
www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...
Intermittent fasting no better than typical weight loss diets, study finds
Researchers say limited eating approaches such as 5:2 diet not a ‘miracle solution’ amid surge in their popularity
Ian Sample Science editor
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Researchers say limited eating approaches such as 5:2 diet not a ‘miracle solution’ amid surge in their popularity
Ian Sample Science editor
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Intermittent fasting no better than typical weight loss diets, study finds
Researchers say limited eating approaches such as 5:2 diet not a ‘miracle solution’ amid surge in their popularity
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Intermittent fasting no better than typical weight loss diets, study finds
Researchers say limited eating approaches such as 5:2 diet not a ‘miracle solution’ amid surge in their popularity
Ian Sample Science editor
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Researchers say limited eating approaches such as 5:2 diet not a ‘miracle solution’ amid surge in their popularity
Ian Sample Science editor
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
