Sam Kavanaugh
@samkavanaugh.bsky.social
Jeopardy champ, blossoming debutante on the warpath
Newly rebooted in Duluth
Newly rebooted in Duluth
There’s a proposal to build an enormous data center in a neighboring town, and I have never seen a level of unity like the opposition to it. Politically this is a very purple area but people on the left right and center are coming together in opposition.
www.pineknotnews.com/story/2025/1...
www.pineknotnews.com/story/2025/1...
Data center opposition continues to blossom
It took just five days. On Oct. 7, Saul and Emily Helgeson started a Facebook group titled "Stop the Hermantown Data Center," which they described as a centralized group for all things regarding the "...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
There’s a proposal to build an enormous data center in a neighboring town, and I have never seen a level of unity like the opposition to it. Politically this is a very purple area but people on the left right and center are coming together in opposition.
www.pineknotnews.com/story/2025/1...
www.pineknotnews.com/story/2025/1...
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Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder & joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily & I must return the gift.
~Robin W. Kimmerer
🖤🤍
#StunDay
#ClassicMono
#Mammals 🌿
~Robin W. Kimmerer
🖤🤍
#StunDay
#ClassicMono
#Mammals 🌿
October 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder & joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily & I must return the gift.
~Robin W. Kimmerer
🖤🤍
#StunDay
#ClassicMono
#Mammals 🌿
~Robin W. Kimmerer
🖤🤍
#StunDay
#ClassicMono
#Mammals 🌿
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Google’s AI overview for the search “kodiak bear size” features a diagram that compares it to the abominable snowman
September 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Google’s AI overview for the search “kodiak bear size” features a diagram that compares it to the abominable snowman
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Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough
September 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough
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My dad first signed up for Twitter to follow live sports and he’s a freak about U of I. One day he said to me “Twitter is abuzz about Illini golf,” and I was like dude you only follow Illini sports accounts. And that’s how every reporter feels Charlie Kirk was the most important person in the world.
September 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
My dad first signed up for Twitter to follow live sports and he’s a freak about U of I. One day he said to me “Twitter is abuzz about Illini golf,” and I was like dude you only follow Illini sports accounts. And that’s how every reporter feels Charlie Kirk was the most important person in the world.
Great write up on the piece of media that has consistently fed my curiosity more than any other.There’s no better way to learn something than to find in it that contagious joy of discovery, and no better way to live than to seek discovery in the way this show exemplified.
wrote a little bit about the greatest to ever do it
Thank You, Melvyn Bragg | Defector
Melvyn Bragg, host of the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time since its very first episode back in 1998, has greeted me in the same delightfully brusque manner hundreds and hundreds of times. Hello. In ...
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September 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Great write up on the piece of media that has consistently fed my curiosity more than any other.There’s no better way to learn something than to find in it that contagious joy of discovery, and no better way to live than to seek discovery in the way this show exemplified.
Update: they are technically still covering them (maybe?), but won’t cover covid shots specifically at CVS. They will still cover flu shots there though, so this is just some pre-compliance bullshit
As of this morning, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is not covering Covid vaccines.
Had one of the new ones scheduled with CVS, who just called me to say they couldn’t do it. I’m even one of the approved risk groups listed by the vichy CDC, but it seems they don’t care. @bluecrossmn.bsky.social
Had one of the new ones scheduled with CVS, who just called me to say they couldn’t do it. I’m even one of the approved risk groups listed by the vichy CDC, but it seems they don’t care. @bluecrossmn.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Update: they are technically still covering them (maybe?), but won’t cover covid shots specifically at CVS. They will still cover flu shots there though, so this is just some pre-compliance bullshit
As of this morning, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is not covering Covid vaccines.
Had one of the new ones scheduled with CVS, who just called me to say they couldn’t do it. I’m even one of the approved risk groups listed by the vichy CDC, but it seems they don’t care. @bluecrossmn.bsky.social
Had one of the new ones scheduled with CVS, who just called me to say they couldn’t do it. I’m even one of the approved risk groups listed by the vichy CDC, but it seems they don’t care. @bluecrossmn.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As of this morning, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is not covering Covid vaccines.
Had one of the new ones scheduled with CVS, who just called me to say they couldn’t do it. I’m even one of the approved risk groups listed by the vichy CDC, but it seems they don’t care. @bluecrossmn.bsky.social
Had one of the new ones scheduled with CVS, who just called me to say they couldn’t do it. I’m even one of the approved risk groups listed by the vichy CDC, but it seems they don’t care. @bluecrossmn.bsky.social
One of my little moments of joy today: the dragonflies are migrating overhead, and the nighthawks have followed.
August 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
One of my little moments of joy today: the dragonflies are migrating overhead, and the nighthawks have followed.
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Yes, but it doesn’t matter. Even if we get a competent and trustworthy government again for some period, everyone should know that it can’t last unless structural and constitutional reforms are made. The fascists are among us and unless they are structurally disempowered, they’ll be back.
August 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Yes, but it doesn’t matter. Even if we get a competent and trustworthy government again for some period, everyone should know that it can’t last unless structural and constitutional reforms are made. The fascists are among us and unless they are structurally disempowered, they’ll be back.
Early harvests. Pomme, pomme de terre
August 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Early harvests. Pomme, pomme de terre
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The integrity of the midterm elections is the last big test of the system’s ability to restrain a dictator. Don’t ask what comes after that.
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www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cross-the-...
Cross the Courts Off the List
We have enough information to conclude that the law won't save us.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The integrity of the midterm elections is the last big test of the system’s ability to restrain a dictator. Don’t ask what comes after that.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cross-the-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cross-the-...
I follow the NBA, but intentionally do not follow the draft or offseason trades because getting GM-brained about my team can really sap the enjoyment out it for me. Plus it’s so fun every season to be like “who the heck is this guy!” and “Kevin Durant is a Piston now??”
June 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I follow the NBA, but intentionally do not follow the draft or offseason trades because getting GM-brained about my team can really sap the enjoyment out it for me. Plus it’s so fun every season to be like “who the heck is this guy!” and “Kevin Durant is a Piston now??”
Zero respect for the federal department head resigning in the face of doge attacks. If you actually believed in the mission you would use your power to throw sand in the gears, fight for it while you can. Stepping away keeps your hands clean while stranding everyone else. Pure cowardice.
February 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Zero respect for the federal department head resigning in the face of doge attacks. If you actually believed in the mission you would use your power to throw sand in the gears, fight for it while you can. Stepping away keeps your hands clean while stranding everyone else. Pure cowardice.
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I mean, literally, the answer to this is "I am federally prohibited from telling you anything about my students without a subpoena or judicial warrant; if you have a subpoena or judicial warrant, please submit it to [Legal Officer/Office] to ensure it is in compliance with all relevant federal laws"
If you have students who are trans no you don’t. If you have students of color who may be affected by ICE no you don’t. If anyone asks you gender or racial the makeup of your class you don’t have to tell them.
Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.
Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.
1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I mean, literally, the answer to this is "I am federally prohibited from telling you anything about my students without a subpoena or judicial warrant; if you have a subpoena or judicial warrant, please submit it to [Legal Officer/Office] to ensure it is in compliance with all relevant federal laws"
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There’s been a pretty deafening silence from Dems so I don’t really expect much, but on an opposition level, people really need to start getting over the fact that “that’s not legal” is not a defense against fascism. And that stopping the tides of fascism often involves the doing “illegal” things.
January 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
There’s been a pretty deafening silence from Dems so I don’t really expect much, but on an opposition level, people really need to start getting over the fact that “that’s not legal” is not a defense against fascism. And that stopping the tides of fascism often involves the doing “illegal” things.
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consider looking up and sharing the information around the rights everyone still has if they encounter ICE or other law enforcement.
here's the more MN specific info:
here's the more MN specific info:
January 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
consider looking up and sharing the information around the rights everyone still has if they encounter ICE or other law enforcement.
here's the more MN specific info:
here's the more MN specific info:
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Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
January 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
What's the longest (non-iterative) sentence you can make using entirely the wrong homophones? So far I've got:
"Wheel bee grate too here, kernel!"
(Presumably in response to the Colonel asking you if it's worth listening to your band tonight)
"Wheel bee grate too here, kernel!"
(Presumably in response to the Colonel asking you if it's worth listening to your band tonight)
January 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
What's the longest (non-iterative) sentence you can make using entirely the wrong homophones? So far I've got:
"Wheel bee grate too here, kernel!"
(Presumably in response to the Colonel asking you if it's worth listening to your band tonight)
"Wheel bee grate too here, kernel!"
(Presumably in response to the Colonel asking you if it's worth listening to your band tonight)
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Via @maketheroadny.bsky.social: If ICE shows up, know your rights.
“ICE does not have the right to enter your home without a valid warrant signed by a judge.”
maketheroadny.org/we-protect-us/
“ICE does not have the right to enter your home without a valid warrant signed by a judge.”
maketheroadny.org/we-protect-us/
January 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Via @maketheroadny.bsky.social: If ICE shows up, know your rights.
“ICE does not have the right to enter your home without a valid warrant signed by a judge.”
maketheroadny.org/we-protect-us/
“ICE does not have the right to enter your home without a valid warrant signed by a judge.”
maketheroadny.org/we-protect-us/
The lists that rahaeli maintains are so helpful in their specificity. Worth checking out if you want to block (for example) a bunch of accounts that spam get-rich-quick schemes
The blocklists I maintain are not lists of "bad people" or "bots" (which, when used by that crowd, essentially means "bad people") or "people I disagree with". They are lists of people engaged in specific harmful behavior, no matter what their motive for engaging in that behavior is.
December 29, 2024 at 6:09 PM
The lists that rahaeli maintains are so helpful in their specificity. Worth checking out if you want to block (for example) a bunch of accounts that spam get-rich-quick schemes
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Feel good story you need in your life.
Hungry #otters as #conservation experts, solving invasive species issues. 🧪🌍 #wildlife
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Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and hungry otters
West coast states are spending millions to protect their inland waterways from invasive crabs. In some places, otters are just eating them.
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December 27, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Feel good story you need in your life.
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December 19, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving
December 20, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving