Jesse Buetow
@mrbuetow.bsky.social
Elementary school teacher, dad to two, avid board gamer, Minnesotan.
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People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to
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Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
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I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
I’ve never seen the northern lights like this. Snack in the middle of the city (St Paul) and the colors were so strong. Even stronger though the camera lens.
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I’ve never seen the northern lights like this. Snack in the middle of the city (St Paul) and the colors were so strong. Even stronger though the camera lens.
I’m reading this series to my class of 5th graders right now. Cannot recommend it enough. It is often hailed as the first existential high fantasy series rather than Christian allegory one. The journey that Taran takes is powerful and one that resonates with my students every time.
TARAN WANDERER by Lloyd Alexander had a HUGE impact on me as a kid. A joyfully democratic instead of a monarchic vision of high fantasy - and life. Tremendously grateful to have read it when I did.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I’m reading this series to my class of 5th graders right now. Cannot recommend it enough. It is often hailed as the first existential high fantasy series rather than Christian allegory one. The journey that Taran takes is powerful and one that resonates with my students every time.
If they vote with Republicans, then they are Republicans. They should be considered to be the enemy and should be voted against at every point. Including this idiot.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
If they vote with Republicans, then they are Republicans. They should be considered to be the enemy and should be voted against at every point. Including this idiot.
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notable that this is what the co-founder of Indivisible is saying
this isn’t going to just be a handful of angry posters trying to organize primaries, you’re going to see real organizational muscle behind this I think
this isn’t going to just be a handful of angry posters trying to organize primaries, you’re going to see real organizational muscle behind this I think
We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
notable that this is what the co-founder of Indivisible is saying
this isn’t going to just be a handful of angry posters trying to organize primaries, you’re going to see real organizational muscle behind this I think
this isn’t going to just be a handful of angry posters trying to organize primaries, you’re going to see real organizational muscle behind this I think
Do you know what you used to be able to do when you turned on the TV? Watch TV. Now I have no idea how to actually watch a regular network channel. Doesn’t seem to be a way to do that on my “smart” tv. Really?
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Do you know what you used to be able to do when you turned on the TV? Watch TV. Now I have no idea how to actually watch a regular network channel. Doesn’t seem to be a way to do that on my “smart” tv. Really?
Called my senators. I’ve never done that before. If this thing passes, I’m going to be PISSED.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Called my senators. I’ve never done that before. If this thing passes, I’m going to be PISSED.
This is me and tomorrow’s F1 race in Brazil. What am I paying for again?
Wow looks like my favorite team is in an entertaining, competitive college football game. If only the YouTube TV package I pay $90/month for allowed me to watch it!
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is me and tomorrow’s F1 race in Brazil. What am I paying for again?
Because 50 is bigger than 30, right? So it has to be better.
Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Because 50 is bigger than 30, right? So it has to be better.
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We can’t say you didn’t know. “Never again” is happening again.
What's being described in this thread 🧵 is a concentration camp right on American soil, with all the horror and injustice that name carries.
What's being described in this thread 🧵 is a concentration camp right on American soil, with all the horror and injustice that name carries.
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We can’t say you didn’t know. “Never again” is happening again.
What's being described in this thread 🧵 is a concentration camp right on American soil, with all the horror and injustice that name carries.
What's being described in this thread 🧵 is a concentration camp right on American soil, with all the horror and injustice that name carries.
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I’ve lost students in my school due to ICE. One of the most respectful students I’ve taught in 20 years. Someone who always helped me translate with students who had limited English. A kid who had the American Dream. He’s a senior. Instead of completing his year, he’s in an ICE facility.
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I’ve lost students in my school due to ICE. One of the most respectful students I’ve taught in 20 years. Someone who always helped me translate with students who had limited English. A kid who had the American Dream. He’s a senior. Instead of completing his year, he’s in an ICE facility.
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Heartbreaking: Under Trump's ICE terror, a 2-year-old Chicago girl was tear-gassed while walking with her mom-burning eyes, screams of
'Ouch! Mommy!' This isn't enforcement; it's state-sponsored child abuse.
'Ouch! Mommy!' This isn't enforcement; it's state-sponsored child abuse.
Chicago residents say kids tear-gassed due to nearby immigration enforcement
A Chicago mother tells NBC News she and her 2-year-old were hit with a chemical agent. Many residents say the city wasn’t a “war zone”— until immigration agents swept through.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Heartbreaking: Under Trump's ICE terror, a 2-year-old Chicago girl was tear-gassed while walking with her mom-burning eyes, screams of
'Ouch! Mommy!' This isn't enforcement; it's state-sponsored child abuse.
'Ouch! Mommy!' This isn't enforcement; it's state-sponsored child abuse.
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
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“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
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Sincerity is not the problem
As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...
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October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
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History teacher, 2062: "Did you ever wonder why we wear inflatable costumes when we vote? Well, let's go back a few decades . . ."
Historians are gonna have such a weird time talking about this moment in history
October 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
History teacher, 2062: "Did you ever wonder why we wear inflatable costumes when we vote? Well, let's go back a few decades . . ."
Holy shit. Just got a message from our School Superintendent telling us that ICE would be targeting children 14+ if unaccompanied and to warn us to be on the lookout. This is so incredibly illegal. Not to mention pure evil.
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Holy shit. Just got a message from our School Superintendent telling us that ICE would be targeting children 14+ if unaccompanied and to warn us to be on the lookout. This is so incredibly illegal. Not to mention pure evil.
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Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
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This is not just a fascist power grab although it is certainly that. It is frothing at the mouth, howling at the moon, eating bugs and bats for breakfast insanity. The question is whether it will produce in us the fear he seeks or the kind of fear that mobilizes us to save ourselves.
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is not just a fascist power grab although it is certainly that. It is frothing at the mouth, howling at the moon, eating bugs and bats for breakfast insanity. The question is whether it will produce in us the fear he seeks or the kind of fear that mobilizes us to save ourselves.
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Clear grounds for removing Trump from office. He’s sending America’s military against a domestic terror organization that does not exist fighting a war that is not happening. He’s gone completely and dangerously mad.
Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."
September 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Clear grounds for removing Trump from office. He’s sending America’s military against a domestic terror organization that does not exist fighting a war that is not happening. He’s gone completely and dangerously mad.
There is no controversy. This is clearly insane.
President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.
Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Ore., to handle 'domestic terrorists'
President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.
n.pr
September 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
There is no controversy. This is clearly insane.
I literally dealt with this exact situation today. The amount of 6-7’s that randomly get blurted out in my room each day is, well, more than 6 or 7. Wait… 🤦♂️ #EduSky
From @principal-lamb.bsky.social : “Here’s how we actually address the 6-7 obsession.”
We’ve seen educators sharing some great strategies. What’s worked for you?
#EduChat #EdChat #EduSky
We’ve seen educators sharing some great strategies. What’s worked for you?
#EduChat #EdChat #EduSky
September 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I literally dealt with this exact situation today. The amount of 6-7’s that randomly get blurted out in my room each day is, well, more than 6 or 7. Wait… 🤦♂️ #EduSky