mjfgates
@mjfgates.bsky.social
Retired. Widower. Formerly "that FC with the voice." One of the most ancient shitposters on the internet.
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An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
via The Economist
January 16, 2026 at 5:20 AM
An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
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Update: A judge has ruled that ICE must release Gibson by noon on Friday.
Good example of the kind of people ICE is extrajudicially targeting. www.minnpost.com/public-safet...
Attorney: No proper warrant for Minneapolis man's arrest in home
The arrest of Garrison Gibson came in a city increasingly on edge after an immigration agent shot and killed Renee Good last week.
www.minnpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Update: A judge has ruled that ICE must release Gibson by noon on Friday.
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I regret B.C.’s decision to end its decriminalization pilot and am disappointed the province has not released an independent evaluation. When governments change course on life-and-death issues, Canadians deserve to see the evidence. See more 👇
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM
I regret B.C.’s decision to end its decriminalization pilot and am disappointed the province has not released an independent evaluation. When governments change course on life-and-death issues, Canadians deserve to see the evidence. See more 👇
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Guillotines
“the agents pressed his face against the pool of blood and did not immediately call paramedics.”
“The other officers were mocking him, saying,
'You're going to lose your eye," she said, recalling what her nephew told her.”
“The other officers were mocking him, saying,
'You're going to lose your eye," she said, recalling what her nephew told her.”
January 16, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Guillotines
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They're big mad that walking like a penguin doesn't look manly enough.
a group of people walking in the snow in front of a parking lot .
ALT: a group of people walking in the snow in front of a parking lot .
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:41 AM
They're big mad that walking like a penguin doesn't look manly enough.
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they’ll blame you for being in their way even when they’re the ones who invaded the neighborhood where your baby was sleeping inside your home
January 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
they’ll blame you for being in their way even when they’re the ones who invaded the neighborhood where your baby was sleeping inside your home
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You would have thought it was Kissinger, but having the actual physical Nobel Peace Prize publicly bartered in exchange for a literal international war is the point at which we can say whatever Alfred Nobel had in mind has run its course and then some, time to pull the plug.
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
You would have thought it was Kissinger, but having the actual physical Nobel Peace Prize publicly bartered in exchange for a literal international war is the point at which we can say whatever Alfred Nobel had in mind has run its course and then some, time to pull the plug.
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Fellas, have you ever considered how awesome it is to be Fred Schneider? Just think about it.
Wow.
Dang.
This is why there are so many covers of B-52s songs...yet not enough. People want a little taste of Fred, if just for a moment.
Wow.
Dang.
This is why there are so many covers of B-52s songs...yet not enough. People want a little taste of Fred, if just for a moment.
"Love Shack" (B-52s cover) • Hannah Waddingham & Brendan Hunt • THUNDERGONG! 2023
YouTube video by Steps Of Faith Foundation
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January 16, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Fellas, have you ever considered how awesome it is to be Fred Schneider? Just think about it.
Wow.
Dang.
This is why there are so many covers of B-52s songs...yet not enough. People want a little taste of Fred, if just for a moment.
Wow.
Dang.
This is why there are so many covers of B-52s songs...yet not enough. People want a little taste of Fred, if just for a moment.
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Californians are NOT going to vote for Gavin Newsom. They're telling you now, with YEARS to go before the election. Fair warning. Please support better candidates, there will be many to choose from.
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Californians are NOT going to vote for Gavin Newsom. They're telling you now, with YEARS to go before the election. Fair warning. Please support better candidates, there will be many to choose from.
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Thought @nytpitchbot.bsky.social had outdone itself, but no, it’s real: NYTimes sent four reporters to a town 150 miles from Minneapolis to interview a group of folks at the Ye Olde Pickle Factory bar while they drink beer at 10am and watch The Price Is Right and share deep political thoughts.
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Thought @nytpitchbot.bsky.social had outdone itself, but no, it’s real: NYTimes sent four reporters to a town 150 miles from Minneapolis to interview a group of folks at the Ye Olde Pickle Factory bar while they drink beer at 10am and watch The Price Is Right and share deep political thoughts.
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I have no idea how many 1,000 person group chats are going right now in Minnesota but there are a lot of them.
People who keep to themselves normally or to their small little group of friends and family are doing mutual aid like whoa. And hitting the streets together even in this cold.
People who keep to themselves normally or to their small little group of friends and family are doing mutual aid like whoa. And hitting the streets together even in this cold.
People starting or joining neighborhood group chats for the first time and getting to know some neighbors for the first time. Others reactivating what they set up in 2020 if they let it go dormant.
January 15, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I have no idea how many 1,000 person group chats are going right now in Minnesota but there are a lot of them.
People who keep to themselves normally or to their small little group of friends and family are doing mutual aid like whoa. And hitting the streets together even in this cold.
People who keep to themselves normally or to their small little group of friends and family are doing mutual aid like whoa. And hitting the streets together even in this cold.
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Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
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When a Whale Dies, This Ecosystem Comes Alive
YouTube video by Animalogic
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January 16, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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protestors have painted what appears to be a tunnel on the side of the mountain, causing ICE agents to run into the mountain at full speed.
disgusting.
disgusting.
January 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
protestors have painted what appears to be a tunnel on the side of the mountain, causing ICE agents to run into the mountain at full speed.
disgusting.
disgusting.
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Last year's arrest of Mahmoud Khalil was more than just a chilling act of political repression, it was an attack on all of our constitutional rights. Now, as the crackdown on pro-Palestinian free speech continues, Mahmoud is being threatened with rearrest. Mahmoud is free—and must remain free.
January 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Last year's arrest of Mahmoud Khalil was more than just a chilling act of political repression, it was an attack on all of our constitutional rights. Now, as the crackdown on pro-Palestinian free speech continues, Mahmoud is being threatened with rearrest. Mahmoud is free—and must remain free.
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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On a whim, listened to my episode of @gohomebible.bsky.social again, and was suddenly reminded that @toriglass.bsky.social, @justingentry.bsky.social and I recorded that in September 2021.
In the intro, we're making a point, "Hey. Three quarters of a million people are dead from COVID... SO FAR."
In the intro, we're making a point, "Hey. Three quarters of a million people are dead from COVID... SO FAR."
January 16, 2026 at 4:20 AM
On a whim, listened to my episode of @gohomebible.bsky.social again, and was suddenly reminded that @toriglass.bsky.social, @justingentry.bsky.social and I recorded that in September 2021.
In the intro, we're making a point, "Hey. Three quarters of a million people are dead from COVID... SO FAR."
In the intro, we're making a point, "Hey. Three quarters of a million people are dead from COVID... SO FAR."
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They don't have brains! They will never feel the sun on their skin!!
The Mythology Of Conscious AI | NOEMA
Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea.
www.noemamag.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:24 AM
They don't have brains! They will never feel the sun on their skin!!
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
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Fascists are pathetic: defector.com/fascists-are...
Fascists Are Pathetic | Defector
Two days before a shouting cluster of its agents surrounded the car of a Minneapolis mother and shot her to death last week, ICE was demanding answers from the Hilton hotel group on X.com. “Why did…
defector.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Fascists are pathetic: defector.com/fascists-are...
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"'Abolish ICE' is no longer just a far-left slogan — it's good politics. God knows why Americans reelected Trump, but they clearly didn’t envision masked goons knocking down doors and disappearing people." — @playtyperguy.com
Democrats need to shut down Trump's terrorist government
Funding the war on their own constituents would be a grave betrayal.
www.publicnotice.co
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 PM
"'Abolish ICE' is no longer just a far-left slogan — it's good politics. God knows why Americans reelected Trump, but they clearly didn’t envision masked goons knocking down doors and disappearing people." — @playtyperguy.com
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begging people not to preemptively hand Trump powers he does not have and has no practical means of accomplishing
the scope of his actual abuses is quite bad enough on its own
the scope of his actual abuses is quite bad enough on its own
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
begging people not to preemptively hand Trump powers he does not have and has no practical means of accomplishing
the scope of his actual abuses is quite bad enough on its own
the scope of his actual abuses is quite bad enough on its own
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Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
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Space Camp is my memoir about going through the Intensive Outpatient Program at the mental hospital and you can read the nearly 200 page story for just $5.
www.patreon.com/posts/comple...
www.patreon.com/posts/comple...
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Space Camp is my memoir about going through the Intensive Outpatient Program at the mental hospital and you can read the nearly 200 page story for just $5.
www.patreon.com/posts/comple...
www.patreon.com/posts/comple...
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"ICE AGENTS VERBALLY ASSAULTED AT MN RESTAURANT"
January 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
"ICE AGENTS VERBALLY ASSAULTED AT MN RESTAURANT"