Sara 🏳️🌈
@saralovesyou.bsky.social
Minneapolis, nonsense, higher ed, tech, genealogy, and Minnesota in general. PhD in education. Have been called “secretly nice.” Saved a child care center, ran a tech conference. I make excellent pierogi and strudel.
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Sara 🏳️🌈
@saralovesyou.bsky.social
· Sep 3
Syndicate & Hague
Digging into Minnesota genealogy and history, and how our past still affects us today.
www.syndicateandhague.com
Hey look! I have a website now. It will have other things eventually, but for right now it has three posts about what I'm calling the St. Paul Death Register Project.
More will come--including MN-specific genealogy work.
More will come--including MN-specific genealogy work.
If you saw my post yesterday, I specifically noted how vulnerable the graduate student instructors were. And here we are.
That “essay” was drivel. It was not even worthy of a middle school diary entry. I would have failed it too.
That “essay” was drivel. It was not even worthy of a middle school diary entry. I would have failed it too.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
If you saw my post yesterday, I specifically noted how vulnerable the graduate student instructors were. And here we are.
That “essay” was drivel. It was not even worthy of a middle school diary entry. I would have failed it too.
That “essay” was drivel. It was not even worthy of a middle school diary entry. I would have failed it too.
Question for Minneapolis/St. Paul folks—
My father wants to turn my grandma’s old piano into a bookshelf. It’s a sentimental item, probably 100-110 years old, and has a sound board that’s too damaged to repair.
Do you know of people who do custom projects like this? Recommendations welcome.
My father wants to turn my grandma’s old piano into a bookshelf. It’s a sentimental item, probably 100-110 years old, and has a sound board that’s too damaged to repair.
Do you know of people who do custom projects like this? Recommendations welcome.
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Question for Minneapolis/St. Paul folks—
My father wants to turn my grandma’s old piano into a bookshelf. It’s a sentimental item, probably 100-110 years old, and has a sound board that’s too damaged to repair.
Do you know of people who do custom projects like this? Recommendations welcome.
My father wants to turn my grandma’s old piano into a bookshelf. It’s a sentimental item, probably 100-110 years old, and has a sound board that’s too damaged to repair.
Do you know of people who do custom projects like this? Recommendations welcome.
The thing about right wing claims of bias in higher ed is that right wing students who can actually write a coherent paper do fine. The ones who go to the press with their gripes tend to reveal that they aren’t actually good at doing the work of school.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The thing about right wing claims of bias in higher ed is that right wing students who can actually write a coherent paper do fine. The ones who go to the press with their gripes tend to reveal that they aren’t actually good at doing the work of school.
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My grandmother never spoke of her childhood in England's most notorious workhouse, Mint Street in Southwark. The memories were too painful, the stigma too great. I set out to discover her journey by visiting Southwell in Notts., and found a story, too.
elizabethstjohn.substack.com/p/entering-t...
elizabethstjohn.substack.com/p/entering-t...
Entering the Workhouse
The first step in discovering my grandmother's past
elizabethstjohn.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My grandmother never spoke of her childhood in England's most notorious workhouse, Mint Street in Southwark. The memories were too painful, the stigma too great. I set out to discover her journey by visiting Southwell in Notts., and found a story, too.
elizabethstjohn.substack.com/p/entering-t...
elizabethstjohn.substack.com/p/entering-t...
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Update on Fried, the Kingfield Opossum: she leaves a zigzag tail print in the snow!!
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Update on Fried, the Kingfield Opossum: she leaves a zigzag tail print in the snow!!
I know I’m middle aged, but my Iron Range uncle’s parents were from Ukraine, my grandfather was from Croatia, my mom’s grandma never spoke English, my 2nd gen uncle still speaks Finnish. The Range has a lot of people like that. I hope more conversations like below are happening.
Extended fam in Hibbing asked about St Paul ICE raids at dinner yesterday. So we told them about @katiestp.bsky.social arrest at Bro-Tex.
2 takeaways:
1) Thankful to have supportive family
2) A *lot* more people in small places are aware of & repulsed by ICE than we probably give them credit for
2 takeaways:
1) Thankful to have supportive family
2) A *lot* more people in small places are aware of & repulsed by ICE than we probably give them credit for
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I know I’m middle aged, but my Iron Range uncle’s parents were from Ukraine, my grandfather was from Croatia, my mom’s grandma never spoke English, my 2nd gen uncle still speaks Finnish. The Range has a lot of people like that. I hope more conversations like below are happening.
Sahan Journal’s reporting on this is very good (and makes SPPD’s behavior look even worse). I feel so badly for everyone who is enduring these violations.
Family of man swept up in St. Paul raid say agents had no warrant
A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members of a second man swept up in the operation say they were taunted and humiliated during a ...
sahanjournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Sahan Journal’s reporting on this is very good (and makes SPPD’s behavior look even worse). I feel so badly for everyone who is enduring these violations.
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The observations of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission chairperson are amazingly damning
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The observations of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission chairperson are amazingly damning
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This excellent-looking new book has one of the best throwback/retro book cover designs I've seen—down to faux foxing (if that's the term for light staining) at the edges
"Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries" (MHS Press) by Drew M. Ross, design by @wah-o.bsky.social
"Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries" (MHS Press) by Drew M. Ross, design by @wah-o.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This excellent-looking new book has one of the best throwback/retro book cover designs I've seen—down to faux foxing (if that's the term for light staining) at the edges
"Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries" (MHS Press) by Drew M. Ross, design by @wah-o.bsky.social
"Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries" (MHS Press) by Drew M. Ross, design by @wah-o.bsky.social
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
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Shit St Paul ICE agent aims gun
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Shit St Paul ICE agent aims gun
Pie discourse? We make my grandma’s strudel recipe. Usually one apple, one cheese.
Strudel for Thanksgiving is the best.
Strudel for Thanksgiving is the best.
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Pie discourse? We make my grandma’s strudel recipe. Usually one apple, one cheese.
Strudel for Thanksgiving is the best.
Strudel for Thanksgiving is the best.
Because I like looking at the policy, this looks like it violated multiple in the sections on p. 7-8.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Because I like looking at the policy, this looks like it violated multiple in the sections on p. 7-8.
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NEW: ICE had initially planned a limited pilot program to hire bounty hunters and private investigators for immigrant tracking.
The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor.
From @dell.bsky.social
The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor.
From @dell.bsky.social
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NEW: ICE had initially planned a limited pilot program to hire bounty hunters and private investigators for immigrant tracking.
The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor.
From @dell.bsky.social
The agency has now scrapped that plan and is going all-in, removing the program’s spending cap and offering up to $280M to any given contractor.
From @dell.bsky.social
In four days there’s another training in St. Paul—Monarca has ramped up its efforts and has made a lot available.
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In four days there’s another training in St. Paul—Monarca has ramped up its efforts and has made a lot available.
It’s not the main problem with reckless use tear gas (in my opinion, all use of that by police is unacceptable), but its danger to people with asthma and other conditions makes it a serious threat to health.
But it’s harmful to everyone and should not be used ever.
But it’s harmful to everyone and should not be used ever.
U of M study shows little research available on the long-term effects of tear gas use
University of Minnesota Medical School graduate students analyzed and summarized literature on the health effects of chemical demonstration control agents, such as tear gas, including the studies whic...
med.umn.edu
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It’s not the main problem with reckless use tear gas (in my opinion, all use of that by police is unacceptable), but its danger to people with asthma and other conditions makes it a serious threat to health.
But it’s harmful to everyone and should not be used ever.
But it’s harmful to everyone and should not be used ever.
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I want to point out a new resource page on Monarca website.
Small (or large!) businesses can post signs saying ICE/CBP must have a warrant to enter premises.
Also Know Your Rights signs for targeted people.
PDFs of signs and KYR cards. Plaster these puppies everywhere.
monarcamn.org/resources
Small (or large!) businesses can post signs saying ICE/CBP must have a warrant to enter premises.
Also Know Your Rights signs for targeted people.
PDFs of signs and KYR cards. Plaster these puppies everywhere.
monarcamn.org/resources
Resources — Monarca
monarcamn.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I want to point out a new resource page on Monarca website.
Small (or large!) businesses can post signs saying ICE/CBP must have a warrant to enter premises.
Also Know Your Rights signs for targeted people.
PDFs of signs and KYR cards. Plaster these puppies everywhere.
monarcamn.org/resources
Small (or large!) businesses can post signs saying ICE/CBP must have a warrant to enter premises.
Also Know Your Rights signs for targeted people.
PDFs of signs and KYR cards. Plaster these puppies everywhere.
monarcamn.org/resources
We got a ton of our stuff at target (household, groceries, pet, clothing) and not only are we spending less on random stuff this year, but our Target spending of about $500/mo on those four categories is spread out across other stores now (Cub, Costco mostly).
ALSO, today’s 1,200 word front page story by the Strib’s retail reporter (the Strib doesn’t have a labor reporter) devotes exactly one sentence to Target’s blunders, implying that the boycott was brief.
I wonder whether the retail reporter ever reads the letters to the editor; this one ran on Sat.
I wonder whether the retail reporter ever reads the letters to the editor; this one ran on Sat.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We got a ton of our stuff at target (household, groceries, pet, clothing) and not only are we spending less on random stuff this year, but our Target spending of about $500/mo on those four categories is spread out across other stores now (Cub, Costco mostly).
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I think it’s a good sign with my genealogy skills that an educational infotainment video account talked about something and I was like—that sounds very off.
A very small amount of poking around and I was proven right—but boy do stories have a way of snowballing and becoming “truth.”
A very small amount of poking around and I was proven right—but boy do stories have a way of snowballing and becoming “truth.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I think it’s a good sign with my genealogy skills that an educational infotainment video account talked about something and I was like—that sounds very off.
A very small amount of poking around and I was proven right—but boy do stories have a way of snowballing and becoming “truth.”
A very small amount of poking around and I was proven right—but boy do stories have a way of snowballing and becoming “truth.”
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That's a good idea
“When families are going around the table and saying one thing they are grateful for, they could also talk about one thing they want to do to give back to Mother Earth or one thing they want to do to support the tribes in their area.” —Tayler Gutierrez
Native Artists Reflect on the Legacy of Thanksgiving
"Revolution is a daily practice — a life choice. Not a selfie at a protest," says Onondaga artist Frank Buffalo Hyde.
hyperallergic.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
That's a good idea
My family is hilarious. The neighbors are out with them now too.
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My family is hilarious. The neighbors are out with them now too.
New think piece idea: is Blue Sky dead, or do you just not have enough opossum content on your account?
Current household discussion, Minneapolis please weigh in:
We’ve discovered that an opossum is nesting under our shed. What would you do?
Options are:
1. It’s your neighbor now and eats ticks and your child will never forgive you for evicting “the bean.”
2. Evict it.
We’ve discovered that an opossum is nesting under our shed. What would you do?
Options are:
1. It’s your neighbor now and eats ticks and your child will never forgive you for evicting “the bean.”
2. Evict it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
New think piece idea: is Blue Sky dead, or do you just not have enough opossum content on your account?
Current household discussion, Minneapolis please weigh in:
We’ve discovered that an opossum is nesting under our shed. What would you do?
Options are:
1. It’s your neighbor now and eats ticks and your child will never forgive you for evicting “the bean.”
2. Evict it.
We’ve discovered that an opossum is nesting under our shed. What would you do?
Options are:
1. It’s your neighbor now and eats ticks and your child will never forgive you for evicting “the bean.”
2. Evict it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current household discussion, Minneapolis please weigh in:
We’ve discovered that an opossum is nesting under our shed. What would you do?
Options are:
1. It’s your neighbor now and eats ticks and your child will never forgive you for evicting “the bean.”
2. Evict it.
We’ve discovered that an opossum is nesting under our shed. What would you do?
Options are:
1. It’s your neighbor now and eats ticks and your child will never forgive you for evicting “the bean.”
2. Evict it.
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New evolution in supposedly-membership-based academic/professional org being hostile to its own members:
A presenter agreement that not only has the presenter agree the org is the sole owner of all presentation materials, but that ALL COMMUNICATIONS are confidential, including the agreement.
A presenter agreement that not only has the presenter agree the org is the sole owner of all presentation materials, but that ALL COMMUNICATIONS are confidential, including the agreement.
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New evolution in supposedly-membership-based academic/professional org being hostile to its own members:
A presenter agreement that not only has the presenter agree the org is the sole owner of all presentation materials, but that ALL COMMUNICATIONS are confidential, including the agreement.
A presenter agreement that not only has the presenter agree the org is the sole owner of all presentation materials, but that ALL COMMUNICATIONS are confidential, including the agreement.