Jim Gruman
@opus1993.bsky.social
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Long Jan 1st hike to kick the year off right. Your moment of zen:
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a few things I want people to get from this:
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
January 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
a few things I want people to get from this:
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
Note the dude on the bike in Minneapolis in January
January 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Note the dude on the bike in Minneapolis in January
Instablock
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Instablock
Oh hey @repbillfoster.bsky.social -- let's do this
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Oh hey @repbillfoster.bsky.social -- let's do this
Wasn't on my bingo card
January 16, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Wasn't on my bingo card
Reposted by Jim Gruman
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
Bring back the Jesuits
January 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Bring back the Jesuits
Donald Trump distilled the heart of MAGAism in his Times interview: White people have been badly treated in the post-civil rights era. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump took the tea party’s racial resentment and made it MAGA
Philip Bump: President Trump said the civil rights movement led to white people being “very badly treated.” It is impossible to overstate how important this idea is to his politics.
www.ms.now
January 15, 2026 at 12:31 PM
in Nov'24, voting Evangelicals at 3:1 and Catholics at 2:1 chose animus. When you start from the point that urban america is not sufficiently american, you end up at "you made me beat you." After that, any pretext works
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January 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
in Nov'24, voting Evangelicals at 3:1 and Catholics at 2:1 chose animus. When you start from the point that urban america is not sufficiently american, you end up at "you made me beat you." After that, any pretext works
bsky.app/profile/just...
bsky.app/profile/just...
apologists, mostly.
sucking the oxygen out of the room
sucking the oxygen out of the room
January 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM
apologists, mostly.
sucking the oxygen out of the room
sucking the oxygen out of the room
it's a good thing to be off
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 AM
it's a good thing to be off
Is a webscraped list reliable?
There are bots, etc even on LI
There are bots, etc even on LI
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Is a webscraped list reliable?
There are bots, etc even on LI
There are bots, etc even on LI
A hippie Dubuque region thing with roots in Vatican II that we used to like when back home:
youtu.be/D9Vqty_MXv0?...
youtu.be/D9Vqty_MXv0?...
The Lord's Prayer - "Our Father" [Beck setting] - MerryMichaelmas
YouTube video by MerryMichaelmas
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January 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A hippie Dubuque region thing with roots in Vatican II that we used to like when back home:
youtu.be/D9Vqty_MXv0?...
youtu.be/D9Vqty_MXv0?...
And Spain. Even Italy
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
And Spain. Even Italy
Over on LinkedIn I'm told that the X CSAM drama is another left wing lie. (Kevin Downey/apologists/etc)
Authority types will figure that some AI harassment was deserved.
Authority types will figure that some AI harassment was deserved.
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Over on LinkedIn I'm told that the X CSAM drama is another left wing lie. (Kevin Downey/apologists/etc)
Authority types will figure that some AI harassment was deserved.
Authority types will figure that some AI harassment was deserved.
The US was an early innovator in concentration camps, esp. from the Philippines occupation. A billion dollar private industry now.
a man in a suit is talking to a group of prisoners in a prison cell .
Alt: La bella vita movie - 1997 life is beautiful
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:22 AM
The US was an early innovator in concentration camps, esp. from the Philippines occupation. A billion dollar private industry now.
You're either with the Lord, or against the Lord.
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
Alt: Andor - can anyone be too aggressive in preserving order?
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:15 AM
You're either with the Lord, or against the Lord.
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Who honestly supports this shit?
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Who honestly supports this shit?
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
They gave this woman about 8 conflicting commands, broke her window and drug her out of her car.
kinda morbid.
but then again
my kid brought a SE Asian girlfriend to midnight mass once, and she later said that she couldn't get over the dead man hanging up over the table
but then again
my kid brought a SE Asian girlfriend to midnight mass once, and she later said that she couldn't get over the dead man hanging up over the table
January 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
kinda morbid.
but then again
my kid brought a SE Asian girlfriend to midnight mass once, and she later said that she couldn't get over the dead man hanging up over the table
but then again
my kid brought a SE Asian girlfriend to midnight mass once, and she later said that she couldn't get over the dead man hanging up over the table
sweet memories
Bloom County too. Imagine being ten and having the following poem running through your head
"The wind doth taste of bittersweet, Like jasper wine and sugar. I bet it's blown through others' feet, like those of Caspar Weinberger."
"The wind doth taste of bittersweet, Like jasper wine and sugar. I bet it's blown through others' feet, like those of Caspar Weinberger."
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
sweet memories