Phyllis Brashler
@phyllisb.bsky.social
Information junkie and small time diplomat. Believer in people and public service. Evangelist for St. Paul, MN; sociology; cats; and the Oxford Comma.
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Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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I would really love a reason to just not be furious all of the time.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I would really love a reason to just not be furious all of the time.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Minnesota Senator contacts
Klobuchar
Metro office: 612-727-5220
DC: 202-224-3244
More: www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index...
Smith
Metro: 651-221-1016
DC: 202-224-5641
More: www.smith.senate.gov
Klobuchar
Metro office: 612-727-5220
DC: 202-224-3244
More: www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index...
Smith
Metro: 651-221-1016
DC: 202-224-5641
More: www.smith.senate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Minnesota Senator contacts
Klobuchar
Metro office: 612-727-5220
DC: 202-224-3244
More: www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index...
Smith
Metro: 651-221-1016
DC: 202-224-5641
More: www.smith.senate.gov
Klobuchar
Metro office: 612-727-5220
DC: 202-224-3244
More: www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index...
Smith
Metro: 651-221-1016
DC: 202-224-5641
More: www.smith.senate.gov
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Good morning. I woke up at 7AM and have had a cup and a half of coffee already.
A lot of people outside Minneapolis probably are wondering what's going. What's happened to the "Midwest Mamdani"?
And a lot of people who just learned about us this year are probably confused. It's okay!
A lot of people outside Minneapolis probably are wondering what's going. What's happened to the "Midwest Mamdani"?
And a lot of people who just learned about us this year are probably confused. It's okay!
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Good morning. I woke up at 7AM and have had a cup and a half of coffee already.
A lot of people outside Minneapolis probably are wondering what's going. What's happened to the "Midwest Mamdani"?
And a lot of people who just learned about us this year are probably confused. It's okay!
A lot of people outside Minneapolis probably are wondering what's going. What's happened to the "Midwest Mamdani"?
And a lot of people who just learned about us this year are probably confused. It's okay!
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lmfao what are you doing kentucky?
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
lmfao what are you doing kentucky?
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Bureaucrats may respond to illegitimate regime actions via a array of non-exclusive choices: exit, voice, loyalty and sabotage. Voice includes leaking. If the punishment for leaking abt illegal/immoral behavior is greater than the punishment for the behavior, expect less leaking & more bad behavior
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Bureaucrats may respond to illegitimate regime actions via a array of non-exclusive choices: exit, voice, loyalty and sabotage. Voice includes leaking. If the punishment for leaking abt illegal/immoral behavior is greater than the punishment for the behavior, expect less leaking & more bad behavior
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It sure is one thing to be part of a sea of thousands of people, but to be loud and visible with a handful of other people
on a rural Main Street in Indiana takes fucking COURAGE. I’m so proud of my hometown.
on a rural Main Street in Indiana takes fucking COURAGE. I’m so proud of my hometown.
We won't make the national news bc our crowds were smaller & the photos aren't as impressive to ppl who aren't from here, but I rly hope that ppl in big cities understand that small cities and towns all over showed out today, too.
Some had their largest protests in living memory. Ppl are pissed.
Some had their largest protests in living memory. Ppl are pissed.
October 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It sure is one thing to be part of a sea of thousands of people, but to be loud and visible with a handful of other people
on a rural Main Street in Indiana takes fucking COURAGE. I’m so proud of my hometown.
on a rural Main Street in Indiana takes fucking COURAGE. I’m so proud of my hometown.
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At the Chicago area ICE detention center in Broadview this morning.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
At the Chicago area ICE detention center in Broadview this morning.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
These aren't detention vans—they're vehicles full of Illinois State Police. Local cops are staging for a morning of protest.
Supposedly, demonstrators will be banned from 25th St today. Fence on Beach came down a few days ago.
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So I’ve been following an undercover ice vehicle from Franklin Ave South towards the Greenway for the last five minutes or so roughly 12:30 PM central time this is a picture of the vehicle and the inhabitants of the car who opened the window when they saw I was taking photos of them.
October 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So I’ve been following an undercover ice vehicle from Franklin Ave South towards the Greenway for the last five minutes or so roughly 12:30 PM central time this is a picture of the vehicle and the inhabitants of the car who opened the window when they saw I was taking photos of them.
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I hope @dewayneforminneapolis.com doesn't mind me retelling a story he told me when we first met last winter. I kept it to myself because he wasn’t telling it publicly but he mentioned it yesterday. It’s one of the things that’s leading me to rank him first. A hope-its-ok-and-I-get-right 🧵:
Yesterday, I hosted an incredible event, "Ward 8 for a New Mayor." We talked about why we need a new mayor and then @jazzformayor.bsky.social , @omarfatehmn.com , and @dewayneforminneapolis.com laid out why they should be our next mayor. I came away excited about all of them and will rank all three!
October 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I hope @dewayneforminneapolis.com doesn't mind me retelling a story he told me when we first met last winter. I kept it to myself because he wasn’t telling it publicly but he mentioned it yesterday. It’s one of the things that’s leading me to rank him first. A hope-its-ok-and-I-get-right 🧵:
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really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people
October 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people
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Reminder that MAHA is an explicitly socially Darwinian, supremacist, eugenics movement that is building the infrastructure for social murder at scale under the mantle of “public health”
MAHA is explicitly inverting public health into eugenics and preventable mass death.
MAHA is explicitly inverting public health into eugenics and preventable mass death.
Here’s all you need to know about her without the sanity filter of WaPo editors:
www.importantcontext.news/p/trumps-new...
www.importantcontext.news/p/trumps-new...
October 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Reminder that MAHA is an explicitly socially Darwinian, supremacist, eugenics movement that is building the infrastructure for social murder at scale under the mantle of “public health”
MAHA is explicitly inverting public health into eugenics and preventable mass death.
MAHA is explicitly inverting public health into eugenics and preventable mass death.
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I’m not crying, you’re crying
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I’m not crying, you’re crying
Ooooh this will be great to visit when I eventually am forced back to the office!
This is incredibly cool news for downtown Saint Paul and I’m delighted especially for Galvan Foods, who make some of the best tacos in town.
www.stpaulpublishing.com/farmers-mark...
www.stpaulpublishing.com/farmers-mark...
Farmers Market opening new indoor site downtown; will offer fresh food daily
For the past two months the St. Paul Farmers Market has been busy refurbishing the former Black Dog Café space at 308 Prince St. E. to turn it into a year...
www.stpaulpublishing.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Ooooh this will be great to visit when I eventually am forced back to the office!
Vile. Absolutely vile.
My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Vile. Absolutely vile.
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cool free tool here if you want to get quick information about a bunch of different climate interventions, along with some estimates about their effectiveness. probably good for students too
The Explorer is live. It’s free. And it’s built to help anyone — from investors to practitioners to community leaders — focus on the solutions that matter most.
👉 Explore today: www.drawdown.org/explorer
@globalecoguy.bsky.social
#DrawdownExplorer #ClimateSolutions #ProjectDrawdown
👉 Explore today: www.drawdown.org/explorer
@globalecoguy.bsky.social
#DrawdownExplorer #ClimateSolutions #ProjectDrawdown
September 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
cool free tool here if you want to get quick information about a bunch of different climate interventions, along with some estimates about their effectiveness. probably good for students too
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This is another absolute banger from @wired.com and it’s huge to boot. I don’t even think I’m halfway through. You should subscribe to wired. www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is another absolute banger from @wired.com and it’s huge to boot. I don’t even think I’m halfway through. You should subscribe to wired. www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
Would be great to get primary prevention into high gear, if we could only figure out how to adequately staff, fund, and sustain public health in these times. These deaths are inevitable if we continue to gut governmental public health.
The projected rise in global cancer deaths
1990 —5.9 million
2023—10.4 million
2050—18.8 million
is yet another reason we need to get primary prevention into high gear, which is now possible but not getting done
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
1990 —5.9 million
2023—10.4 million
2050—18.8 million
is yet another reason we need to get primary prevention into high gear, which is now possible but not getting done
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
September 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Would be great to get primary prevention into high gear, if we could only figure out how to adequately staff, fund, and sustain public health in these times. These deaths are inevitable if we continue to gut governmental public health.
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Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.
white cis men blocking people of color and other members of vulnerable communities because their risk factor is a lot different than ours is peak white nonsense.
It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.
It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.
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The first public media station to go dark thanks to Trump’s cutoff of federal funding to public media is a 70 year old station in Pennsylvania. https://loom.ly/IjOHdzI
‘The news devastated me’: Pennsylvania NPR station will be first in the US to go dark following Trump’s cuts
A public media organization in a university town just a few hours northwest of Philadelphia is set to be the first in the country to go dark after the Trump administration stripped away federal funding for NPR and PBS.
www.spokesman.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The first public media station to go dark thanks to Trump’s cutoff of federal funding to public media is a 70 year old station in Pennsylvania. https://loom.ly/IjOHdzI
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Weaponized unreality is about to crush people under its fully authoritarian weight
As first reported by @jackjenkins.me here is the wild video of Prestonwood Baptist Pastor Jack Graham playing an AI generated Charlie Kirk speech in which a fake Kirk says he knew he might be killed for "speaking up in this cultural moment, and I'd do it all over again."
September 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Weaponized unreality is about to crush people under its fully authoritarian weight