SGS
@sgswritereditor.bsky.social
Writer, editor, reader, baseball fan, jigsaw puzzle fan, #postcardstovoters activist, travel partner of #Quirk. BlueSky's least competent lurker.
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· Nov 11
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This is a good way for non-locals to learn/remember how to pronounce his name! It's helpful!
✨ you made it to another Shut the Fuck up Frey-day! ✨
January 30, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is a good way for non-locals to learn/remember how to pronounce his name! It's helpful!
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many people are saying (all around the world, of all ages)
(in Minnesota it's both our "hello" and "goodbye" among other things.)
(in Minnesota it's both our "hello" and "goodbye" among other things.)
Younger kid's whole middle school walked out today in solidarity with Minnesota. Apparently there were 13 year olds getting up and making impromptu speeches. They didn't prep a chant in advance, so they settled on "F*ck ICE"
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
many people are saying (all around the world, of all ages)
(in Minnesota it's both our "hello" and "goodbye" among other things.)
(in Minnesota it's both our "hello" and "goodbye" among other things.)
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All I am saying is if I had inflicted a plague of bigoted grifters onto my country and had gotten filthy rich doing it, I would be at a fucking minimum out there calling them out and helping take them down.
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 AM
All I am saying is if I had inflicted a plague of bigoted grifters onto my country and had gotten filthy rich doing it, I would be at a fucking minimum out there calling them out and helping take them down.
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also, are there no rich introverts or something bc how are these people socializing this much?
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 AM
also, are there no rich introverts or something bc how are these people socializing this much?
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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HELLO
Every elected should be acting like a community organizer/mutual aid organizer all the damn time in 2026.
Every elected should be acting like a community organizer/mutual aid organizer all the damn time in 2026.
realizing that democrats could be using their ginormous fundraising apparatus to send out links to rent funds or even, hell, frontline orgs is just so annoying
January 30, 2026 at 4:14 AM
HELLO
Every elected should be acting like a community organizer/mutual aid organizer all the damn time in 2026.
Every elected should be acting like a community organizer/mutual aid organizer all the damn time in 2026.
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MINNESOTA
“'Thank you, thank you',” she said. 'I will let them know that you guys came out here and are so supportive of us.'
With those words, the woman in El Potro closed the door and stepped back inside."
A couple of hours north of the Cities ⬇️
“'Thank you, thank you',” she said. 'I will let them know that you guys came out here and are so supportive of us.'
With those words, the woman in El Potro closed the door and stepped back inside."
A couple of hours north of the Cities ⬇️
ICE arrests at Brainerd restaurant prompt vigil with faith leaders, community members
Signs in the windows of the popular downtown Mexican place offered words of thanks for community support and announced the business’ indefinite closure.
www.kaxe.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
MINNESOTA
“'Thank you, thank you',” she said. 'I will let them know that you guys came out here and are so supportive of us.'
With those words, the woman in El Potro closed the door and stepped back inside."
A couple of hours north of the Cities ⬇️
“'Thank you, thank you',” she said. 'I will let them know that you guys came out here and are so supportive of us.'
With those words, the woman in El Potro closed the door and stepped back inside."
A couple of hours north of the Cities ⬇️
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The outside world is focusing on Minneapolis, and that's definitely where the occupation is most forceful.
But it's not *just* Minneapolis. It's the entire Twin Cities metro, and beyond to places like Brainerd.
It's really all of Minnesota.
But it's not *just* Minneapolis. It's the entire Twin Cities metro, and beyond to places like Brainerd.
It's really all of Minnesota.
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The outside world is focusing on Minneapolis, and that's definitely where the occupation is most forceful.
But it's not *just* Minneapolis. It's the entire Twin Cities metro, and beyond to places like Brainerd.
It's really all of Minnesota.
But it's not *just* Minneapolis. It's the entire Twin Cities metro, and beyond to places like Brainerd.
It's really all of Minnesota.
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For decades, Catherine O'Hara did so many great things but SCTV is my foundation. It is my comedy lodestar. It sent me on my path in life. If you've ever laughed at anything I've ever been a part of, Catherine and her cohorts are in the DNA of that laugh.
January 30, 2026 at 8:42 PM
For decades, Catherine O'Hara did so many great things but SCTV is my foundation. It is my comedy lodestar. It sent me on my path in life. If you've ever laughed at anything I've ever been a part of, Catherine and her cohorts are in the DNA of that laugh.
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A message from the Public Library Association Board regarding federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis and PLA 2026 Conference
americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/informzdatas...
americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/informzdatas...
PLA Stands With Minneapolis
americanlibraryassociation.informz.net
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
A message from the Public Library Association Board regarding federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis and PLA 2026 Conference
americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/informzdatas...
americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/informzdatas...
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DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 AM
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
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Chat, is it good when an administration is arresting notable dissenters on trumped up charges?
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Chat, is it good when an administration is arresting notable dissenters on trumped up charges?
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Hey there, Bluesky. If you want to see the conversation I and @chriswarcraft.bsky.social had last night at the Ann Arbor library, here it is. We talk about writing, libraries, politics and lots of other things. Conversation starts around 8:50 and runs for an hour.
www.youtube.com/live/TBxGoPN...
www.youtube.com/live/TBxGoPN...
A Conversation with Former NFL Pro Chris Kluwe and Sci-Fi Author John Scalzi
YouTube video by Ann Arbor District Library
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Hey there, Bluesky. If you want to see the conversation I and @chriswarcraft.bsky.social had last night at the Ann Arbor library, here it is. We talk about writing, libraries, politics and lots of other things. Conversation starts around 8:50 and runs for an hour.
www.youtube.com/live/TBxGoPN...
www.youtube.com/live/TBxGoPN...
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As a SoCal raised kid, Minnesota was one of the most welcoming places I’ve ever experienced. Snowmobiles, sushi, Thai food, samosas, hot dish from the neighbors, it was so much more metropolitan than what I expected.
Yeah, it has its regressive parts, but the cities are the American dream.
Yeah, it has its regressive parts, but the cities are the American dream.
This again is why Minnesota is nucleus of repression and the resistance. This largely white place - far from the "coastal elites" - has the nerve to attempt true multi-racial democracy, enacting progressive policies, having highest voting participation and quality of life indicators. How dare they.
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 31, 2026 at 12:44 AM
As a SoCal raised kid, Minnesota was one of the most welcoming places I’ve ever experienced. Snowmobiles, sushi, Thai food, samosas, hot dish from the neighbors, it was so much more metropolitan than what I expected.
Yeah, it has its regressive parts, but the cities are the American dream.
Yeah, it has its regressive parts, but the cities are the American dream.
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Posting a photo of Rod Carew every day until ICE is out of Minneapolis (and St Paul). #Twins
#Minnesota
#Minnesota
January 30, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Posting a photo of Rod Carew every day until ICE is out of Minneapolis (and St Paul). #Twins
#Minnesota
#Minnesota
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The way things are right now in MN the best advertising you can do for your business is doing something like this.
(Yeah there are haters out there but they mostly don't actually go here.)
(Yeah there are haters out there but they mostly don't actually go here.)
January 30, 2026 at 11:43 PM
The way things are right now in MN the best advertising you can do for your business is doing something like this.
(Yeah there are haters out there but they mostly don't actually go here.)
(Yeah there are haters out there but they mostly don't actually go here.)
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Adults when I was a kid: "You'll grow more conservative as you get older."
45-year-old me:
45-year-old me:
a man is standing in front of a large fire with the words `` burn it all down '' below him .
Alt: A man swearing a jean jacket, black t-hirt, and gloves is standing in front of a blue truck and behind a fire in a barrel. His hands are spread triumphantly behind the fire. The caption reads "BURN IT ALL DOWN"
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Adults when I was a kid: "You'll grow more conservative as you get older."
45-year-old me:
45-year-old me:
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I think about this post at least once a week
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I think about this post at least once a week
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just because the clown car is moving very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
As you like reminding people "Just because the clown car is moving very fast does not mean it isn't full of clowns."
January 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
just because the clown car is moving very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
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the entire goal here is to terrify people into submission, to push civil society to a point where nobody fights back or even protests what they’re doing
does it look like that’s working to you? or does all of this just keep making people angrier?
does it look like that’s working to you? or does all of this just keep making people angrier?
January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
the entire goal here is to terrify people into submission, to push civil society to a point where nobody fights back or even protests what they’re doing
does it look like that’s working to you? or does all of this just keep making people angrier?
does it look like that’s working to you? or does all of this just keep making people angrier?
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there’s been an assumption that when Dems take power again they will keep ICE funded at these ridiculous levels forever and they are now on record voting to end that
they’ll need to go much further than that but it’s a start - and I sure don’t see the politics of ICE improving between now and then
they’ll need to go much further than that but it’s a start - and I sure don’t see the politics of ICE improving between now and then
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:49 PM
there’s been an assumption that when Dems take power again they will keep ICE funded at these ridiculous levels forever and they are now on record voting to end that
they’ll need to go much further than that but it’s a start - and I sure don’t see the politics of ICE improving between now and then
they’ll need to go much further than that but it’s a start - and I sure don’t see the politics of ICE improving between now and then
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This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
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I hope people outside Minneapolis realize how miserable all of this is and we want it to all go away. We just want to talk about the weather.
January 30, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I hope people outside Minneapolis realize how miserable all of this is and we want it to all go away. We just want to talk about the weather.
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Same with the "need body cams" folks. They were recorded! In one case he was filming it himself!
Anyway. Not saying anything you folks don't know.
Venting. Wheeeeeee!
Anyway. Not saying anything you folks don't know.
Venting. Wheeeeeee!
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Same with the "need body cams" folks. They were recorded! In one case he was filming it himself!
Anyway. Not saying anything you folks don't know.
Venting. Wheeeeeee!
Anyway. Not saying anything you folks don't know.
Venting. Wheeeeeee!