Pat Thompson
@pattho.bsky.social
Friends School plant saler, co-op fan, gardener, Transition Town member, recovering grammar curmudgeon. She/her.
DM: another initialism to confuse in this day and age. Hayes Brown posted today something about DMing two different [nouns] and I assumed it meant he was direct messaging, but he meant he was a dungeon master. Another favorite: CRM for both Civil Rights Movement & customer relationship management.
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
DM: another initialism to confuse in this day and age. Hayes Brown posted today something about DMing two different [nouns] and I assumed it meant he was direct messaging, but he meant he was a dungeon master. Another favorite: CRM for both Civil Rights Movement & customer relationship management.
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This permit has raised a lot of red flags, & I appreciate everybody who's reached out to ask questions and sound the alarm. We're working to understand exactly what's happening here. As of right now, we know the Metropolitan Airport Commission has said this is a replacement for a current building,
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This permit has raised a lot of red flags, & I appreciate everybody who's reached out to ask questions and sound the alarm. We're working to understand exactly what's happening here. As of right now, we know the Metropolitan Airport Commission has said this is a replacement for a current building,
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Update:
Because Holman airfield has international flights they must have a customs office.
The building project reported by the city is a replacement of an existing customs office.
I have seen no indication that this project is anything other than a replacement for a very old facility.
Because Holman airfield has international flights they must have a customs office.
The building project reported by the city is a replacement of an existing customs office.
I have seen no indication that this project is anything other than a replacement for a very old facility.
I reached out to federal delegation to get some answers on this project. It’s a surprise and a very unwelcome one.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Update:
Because Holman airfield has international flights they must have a customs office.
The building project reported by the city is a replacement of an existing customs office.
I have seen no indication that this project is anything other than a replacement for a very old facility.
Because Holman airfield has international flights they must have a customs office.
The building project reported by the city is a replacement of an existing customs office.
I have seen no indication that this project is anything other than a replacement for a very old facility.
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wow. WOW.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wow. WOW.
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Looks like this was approved by The Metropolitan Airports Commission’s Planning, Development and Environment Committee - The only thing I can find online about this is here: finance-commerce.com/2025/07/bids...
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Looks like this was approved by The Metropolitan Airports Commission’s Planning, Development and Environment Committee - The only thing I can find online about this is here: finance-commerce.com/2025/07/bids...
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#OnThisDay Nov 11, 1865: Chief Shakopee (Little Six) and Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan (Medicine Bottle), leaders during the 1862 US-Dakota War, are executed at Fort Snelling. They had been captured in Canada by Major Edwin A. C. Hatch, who had no authority to detain them, and returned to Minnesota for trial.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#OnThisDay Nov 11, 1865: Chief Shakopee (Little Six) and Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan (Medicine Bottle), leaders during the 1862 US-Dakota War, are executed at Fort Snelling. They had been captured in Canada by Major Edwin A. C. Hatch, who had no authority to detain them, and returned to Minnesota for trial.
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RIP Chicago-Lake Transit Center
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
RIP Chicago-Lake Transit Center
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I reached out to federal delegation to get some answers on this project. It’s a surprise and a very unwelcome one.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I reached out to federal delegation to get some answers on this project. It’s a surprise and a very unwelcome one.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Some fall color in Saint Paul as the cold descended Saturday. Japanese maple, meadow rue, and probably a Euonymus (burning bush) at a neighbor’s. #FlowerReport
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Some fall color in Saint Paul as the cold descended Saturday. Japanese maple, meadow rue, and probably a Euonymus (burning bush) at a neighbor’s. #FlowerReport
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seems bad! as a choice of location, not lost either that the aviation components of the minnesota army national guard are also based at holman field --
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
seems bad! as a choice of location, not lost either that the aviation components of the minnesota army national guard are also based at holman field --
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
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It is wild, if not surprising I guess, that whether people could fly somewhere at Thanksgiving seemed to have more political effect than whether people could *eat* at Thanksgiving.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It is wild, if not surprising I guess, that whether people could fly somewhere at Thanksgiving seemed to have more political effect than whether people could *eat* at Thanksgiving.
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Bernie endorsed @peggyflanagan.bsky.social for MN Senate and you can be sure as hell that Peggy would've fought for the shut down with her dying breath and Angie Craig would've been the first to fold www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Sanders Looks to Flex the Left’s Power With Senate Endorsement in Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Bernie endorsed @peggyflanagan.bsky.social for MN Senate and you can be sure as hell that Peggy would've fought for the shut down with her dying breath and Angie Craig would've been the first to fold www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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On November 10, 1898, a shocking coup was executed in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white mobs led by former Confederate Col. Alfred Moore Waddell overthrew the city’s elected biracial government and massacred 60 or more Black people.
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
A shocking coup was executed Wilmington, North Carolina.
eji.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On November 10, 1898, a shocking coup was executed in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white mobs led by former Confederate Col. Alfred Moore Waddell overthrew the city’s elected biracial government and massacred 60 or more Black people.
I’m sure this will get *lots* of coverage.
With COP30 underway, Climate Action Against Disinformation releases a report showing how both Big Carbon and Big Tech are sabotaging climate action worldwide. Cites examples of legislation that has been effective in limiting the harms of disinformation.
🚨 Our new report, Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified, is out now. 🚨
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I’m sure this will get *lots* of coverage.
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
Could someone in the UK explain what Panorama supposedly did?
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Could someone in the UK explain what Panorama supposedly did?
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The Trump regime is looking for new ways to kill people.
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Trump regime is looking for new ways to kill people.
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I will not support this bill that completely fails to help Americans afford their health care.
Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.
Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I will not support this bill that completely fails to help Americans afford their health care.
Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.
Trump and R’s have more than doubled Americans’ health care premiums, and for 40 days they have refused to lift a finger to do a thing about it. In fact, they’ve made it worse by taking food from kids.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
Called Klobuchar’s DC office to say don’t vote on a “deal” with liars who will double-cross you. 202-224-3244
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Called Klobuchar’s DC office to say don’t vote on a “deal” with liars who will double-cross you. 202-224-3244
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“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...