Sam Ferree
@samferree.bsky.social
People say I have an "NPR accent" and that when I say f*ck you can hear the "c" and the "k." I write grants, stories, reports, essays, and scripts. I will show you fear in a handful of deadlines. Development Manager with Escape Artists Foundation. He/Him
Denis Villeneuve: Yeah, I’ll do the rest of the Frank books. For the right price.
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Denis Villeneuve: Yeah, I’ll do the rest of the Frank books. For the right price.
You can’t really “disagree” with a perspective unless you understand it, and you can’t understand it unless you can argue persuasively for it. If you don’t, that’s not disagreement, that’s prejudice.
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
You can’t really “disagree” with a perspective unless you understand it, and you can’t understand it unless you can argue persuasively for it. If you don’t, that’s not disagreement, that’s prejudice.
Sees ICE, "Get a real job!"
December 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Sees ICE, "Get a real job!"
Why does any immigrant community congregate in one place or another in America? Because that's where the jobs and opportunities were when they arrived. That's as true for Somalis as it was for Scandinavians in the mid 19th century.
How Minnesota became the center of the Somali diaspora
Minnesota is home to more than 80,000 ethnic Somalis, the largest community outside of Africa.
sahanjournal.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Why does any immigrant community congregate in one place or another in America? Because that's where the jobs and opportunities were when they arrived. That's as true for Somalis as it was for Scandinavians in the mid 19th century.
Anyone else feel like the last 10 years have been stolen from them?
December 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Anyone else feel like the last 10 years have been stolen from them?
The loss of local news media is not just a problem because it makes it harder for people to understand local issues in context. In the absence of context, people experience local problems as a consequence of national politics.
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The loss of local news media is not just a problem because it makes it harder for people to understand local issues in context. In the absence of context, people experience local problems as a consequence of national politics.
The reason pretty much all European Americans are here is because our ancestors came from countries that were "shitholes" at the time. They were, by and large, refugees fleeing war, famine, and persecution. A lot of them were criminals or declared enemies of the states they left.
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The reason pretty much all European Americans are here is because our ancestors came from countries that were "shitholes" at the time. They were, by and large, refugees fleeing war, famine, and persecution. A lot of them were criminals or declared enemies of the states they left.
Rest in Play, Tom Stoppard.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Rest in Play, Tom Stoppard.
Visiting friend: “Why are there two I-35s?”
Me: “Because Minneapolis and Saint Paul can’t share and it will be a cold day in hell before either let the other have it.”
Me: “Because Minneapolis and Saint Paul can’t share and it will be a cold day in hell before either let the other have it.”
November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Visiting friend: “Why are there two I-35s?”
Me: “Because Minneapolis and Saint Paul can’t share and it will be a cold day in hell before either let the other have it.”
Me: “Because Minneapolis and Saint Paul can’t share and it will be a cold day in hell before either let the other have it.”
Every American conservative perspective eventually just devolves into, “You just don’t understand my argument.”
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every American conservative perspective eventually just devolves into, “You just don’t understand my argument.”
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said, “I have notified child protective services and the local humane society that you are consistently and lethally negligent of your monkeys.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said, “I have notified child protective services and the local humane society that you are consistently and lethally negligent of your monkeys.”
We should assemble fans of Welcome to Night Vale to follow ICE around pointing and gravely intoning, “Interloper.”
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We should assemble fans of Welcome to Night Vale to follow ICE around pointing and gravely intoning, “Interloper.”
Why I would make a lousy politician: (Knocks door) “I’m a policy and political junky and would hate this job. Please don’t vote for me. I will represent you if I have to. Have a good day.”
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Why I would make a lousy politician: (Knocks door) “I’m a policy and political junky and would hate this job. Please don’t vote for me. I will represent you if I have to. Have a good day.”
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Bloomington Police partnered on “Operation Creep” with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and police from Eden Prairie, Roseville and Richfield, as well as MSP Airport Police. The man arrested is a civilian ICE employee.
Twin Cities ICE employee among 16 arrested in child sex trafficking sting
A Twin Cities-based employee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is among 16 men arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor following a sting operation by police in suburban Minneapolis.
www.mprnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Bloomington Police partnered on “Operation Creep” with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and police from Eden Prairie, Roseville and Richfield, as well as MSP Airport Police. The man arrested is a civilian ICE employee.
Senate Democrats: That was worse than a crime. It was a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Senate Democrats: That was worse than a crime. It was a mistake.
@smith.senate.gov and @amyklobuchar.com thank you for not betraying us.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
@smith.senate.gov and @amyklobuchar.com thank you for not betraying us.
It’s time for a hostile takeover of the Democratic leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It’s time for a hostile takeover of the Democratic leadership.
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
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Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
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“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“People are blaming republicans for food prices and flight cancellations and health insurance costs and are furious about gilded ballrooms and Gatsby parties and the president is falling asleep on tv and is the most deeply unpopular president in history, time to cave” is a hell of an argument
What the hell do you think you’re doing, @schumer.senate.gov? Are you seriously arranging another surrender when you have leverage? Please resign. You have proven again and again that you are not up to the critical role of leading the opposition party when the country needs it most.
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What the hell do you think you’re doing, @schumer.senate.gov? Are you seriously arranging another surrender when you have leverage? Please resign. You have proven again and again that you are not up to the critical role of leading the opposition party when the country needs it most.
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I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
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 9:04 PM
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Most political journalists are preoccupied with the election results, but there's something really interesting going on within the right wing echo chamber. Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes has resulted in a heated debate about whether and how to denounce them.
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Most political journalists are preoccupied with the election results, but there's something really interesting going on within the right wing echo chamber. Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes has resulted in a heated debate about whether and how to denounce them.
Somehow, I had not heard of Christopher Buehlman's *The Lesser Dead* and picked it up on a whim after finishing *Buffalo Hunter Hunter* by Stephen Graham Jones where he mentions being inspired by the former in the epilogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Somehow, I had not heard of Christopher Buehlman's *The Lesser Dead* and picked it up on a whim after finishing *Buffalo Hunter Hunter* by Stephen Graham Jones where he mentions being inspired by the former in the epilogue.