Colleen Kelly
@onecolleen.bsky.social
Midwest enthusiast | TBI and ECD ultrarare cancer mom | Facts matter
🗞️ Ex @StarTribune, @MiamiHerald, @Mizzou
🏥 Corporate comms 🏙️ Minneapolis
🗞️ Ex @StarTribune, @MiamiHerald, @Mizzou
🏥 Corporate comms 🏙️ Minneapolis
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Colleen Kelly
@onecolleen.bsky.social
· Jul 24
Anya Magnuson - 2025 - Anderson Funeral Home
Share Memories & Support the Family.
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Anya lived fiercely for all of her 27 years. We are devastated.
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Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
Perversion of Justice: Jeffrey Epstein
In her year-long investigation of Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, Miami Herald reporter Julie Brown tracked down more than 60 women who said they were victims of abuse and revealed the fu...
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Someday, someone will do a story about why the Pulitzer jurors never nominated, and the Pulitzer board never awarded, a prize to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the @miamiherald.com reporter who broke the bulk of the Epstein story.
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
www.miamiherald.com/topics/jeffr...
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The only redeeming features of this editorial page these days are the AI summaries of reader comments:
"There is a recurring theme of dissatisfaction with the Washington Post's perceived shift towards right-wing perspectives, with some readers expressing a loss of respect for the publication."
"There is a recurring theme of dissatisfaction with the Washington Post's perceived shift towards right-wing perspectives, with some readers expressing a loss of respect for the publication."
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The only redeeming features of this editorial page these days are the AI summaries of reader comments:
"There is a recurring theme of dissatisfaction with the Washington Post's perceived shift towards right-wing perspectives, with some readers expressing a loss of respect for the publication."
"There is a recurring theme of dissatisfaction with the Washington Post's perceived shift towards right-wing perspectives, with some readers expressing a loss of respect for the publication."
Minneapolis achievement unlocked. Traded in my 26+ year old library card for the new limited edition Prince one. Central library was doing brisk business in these this morning. Plus picked up six books!
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Minneapolis achievement unlocked. Traded in my 26+ year old library card for the new limited edition Prince one. Central library was doing brisk business in these this morning. Plus picked up six books!
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Last month, I *finally* pulled the plug on Amazon Prime 😺Perfect timing as it has increasingly turned into a (more) predatory hellscape filled with fake reviews, search results overrun with sponsored products, and knockoff brands. And now, data shows it's raising prices more than competitors too 👇
Amazon is quietly raising prices much more than its competition.
While many companies are raising prices and blaming tariffs, Amazon prices have skyrocketed by an average of 12.8% this year.
Their biggest competitors, Walmart and Target, have raised prices about 5%.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...
While many companies are raising prices and blaming tariffs, Amazon prices have skyrocketed by an average of 12.8% this year.
Their biggest competitors, Walmart and Target, have raised prices about 5%.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...
Retailers are raising prices to meet tariffs. Amazon is hiking more than others
Prices on Amazon, Walmart and Target have all increased this year as retailers grapple with higher costs due to tariffs.
www.cnbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Last month, I *finally* pulled the plug on Amazon Prime 😺Perfect timing as it has increasingly turned into a (more) predatory hellscape filled with fake reviews, search results overrun with sponsored products, and knockoff brands. And now, data shows it's raising prices more than competitors too 👇
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The current government shutdown is now officially the longest in U.S. history, surpassing the 35-day shutdown of President Trump’s first term. The impact of the shutdown, having lasted 35 full days, has already been felt across the country. nyti.ms/3Xaygvt
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The current government shutdown is now officially the longest in U.S. history, surpassing the 35-day shutdown of President Trump’s first term. The impact of the shutdown, having lasted 35 full days, has already been felt across the country. nyti.ms/3Xaygvt
Although Minnesota SOS website isn't showing any Minneapolis Mayor results, AP is: apnews.com/projects/ele...
2025 Minneapolis mayoral election results
See live results for the 2025 Minneapolis mayoral election.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Although Minnesota SOS website isn't showing any Minneapolis Mayor results, AP is: apnews.com/projects/ele...
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NEW:
A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
NEW:
A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
A dramatic voiceover video the White House and Donald Trump shared last week claiming to show "chaos" in Chicago is littered with outdated footage from Florida, Texas, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and Arizona, an AFP investigation found.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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"Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections?"
Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?
Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections? Am I irrita...
buff.ly
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections?"
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old enough to remember when these same people made a WHOLE HUGE THING about government censoring social media
At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request
The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.
trib.al
October 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
old enough to remember when these same people made a WHOLE HUGE THING about government censoring social media
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A Trump administration official traveling in Minnesota last weekend tapped out sensitive text messages in view of the public, including discussions of sending the 82nd Airborne into Portland, Ore., and his opinion of FBI Director Kash Patel as a “giant douche canoe.”
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
www.startribune.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A Trump administration official traveling in Minnesota last weekend tapped out sensitive text messages in view of the public, including discussions of sending the 82nd Airborne into Portland, Ore., and his opinion of FBI Director Kash Patel as a “giant douche canoe.”
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NEW: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027.
A new report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
By @savmargaret.bsky.social
A new report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
By @savmargaret.bsky.social
Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...
www.propublica.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NEW: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027.
A new report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
By @savmargaret.bsky.social
A new report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.
By @savmargaret.bsky.social
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Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an AI algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients.
Private health insurers use AI to approve or deny care. Soon Medicare will, too.
A pilot program testing the use of artificial intelligence to expand prior authorization decisions in Medicare has providers, politicians and researchers asking questions.
nbcnews.to
September 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an AI algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients.
Sold now. Go Lynx!
September 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sold now. Go Lynx!
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As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended.
It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.
It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.
September 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended.
It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.
It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.
"e-gift card" rebates that make it difficult or impossible to activate and/or use completely online should be banned.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
"e-gift card" rebates that make it difficult or impossible to activate and/or use completely online should be banned.
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Willie at 12:40 a.m.: “Y’all got time for one more?”
September 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Willie at 12:40 a.m.: “Y’all got time for one more?”
This is an amazing tip. Farm Aid is streaming live on YouTube (smart TVs) etc. It’s 2 miles away, but very happy to be able to catch this from my living room. So many great acts still to come.
It’s a @farmaid.org streaming evening! How absolute magic. Highly rec the tune in! Gotta throw it down for the commentary and interviews. Refreshingly awesome conversing. Big gratitude to Willie for being the OG and everyone involved in production of #FarmAid40.
Margo Price is taking the stage now!
Margo Price is taking the stage now!
September 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This is an amazing tip. Farm Aid is streaming live on YouTube (smart TVs) etc. It’s 2 miles away, but very happy to be able to catch this from my living room. So many great acts still to come.
Interesting. No mention at all in this @washingtonpost.com story about the Fox News, "we should totally kill mentally ill homeless people" comments and the lack of accountability or reaction to that from the network or FCC. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Censorship fears deepen after ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel over Kirk comments
Critics accused ABC of bowing to President Donald Trump after it suspended Kimmel’s show over his comments about the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Interesting. No mention at all in this @washingtonpost.com story about the Fox News, "we should totally kill mentally ill homeless people" comments and the lack of accountability or reaction to that from the network or FCC. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
National news pubs hitting it out of the park with relatable home page stories today. Real "finger on the pulse" stuff ...
September 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
National news pubs hitting it out of the park with relatable home page stories today. Real "finger on the pulse" stuff ...
Drivers get named by police (and news orgs other than the Strib) before charges ALL THE TIME. I *wonder* what's different about this case? kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
Volunteer chaplain with Eden Prairie police being investigated in connection with hit-and-run that critically injured toddler
A spokesperson for Eden Prairie police said the chaplain is no longer volunteering with the department pending the results of the investigation.
kstp.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Drivers get named by police (and news orgs other than the Strib) before charges ALL THE TIME. I *wonder* what's different about this case? kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
PSA: Walgreens has appointments starting Sept. 4 all around Minneapolis for Flu & Covid shots. If you're an adult, but under 65, you just self-report the reason for why you qualify.
August 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
PSA: Walgreens has appointments starting Sept. 4 all around Minneapolis for Flu & Covid shots. If you're an adult, but under 65, you just self-report the reason for why you qualify.