YellowPup
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YellowPup
@yellowpup.bsky.social
Wag more, bark more, and be excellent to each other. Real person for real people. I stop for animals. #Manatee #LeftIsBest #RushFamily pro: he/him
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I was an English major and I hated prose fiction. Literary novels are a tremendous bore.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
Insanity
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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🗃️ Socialist of the Day: Jason Chavez is a Minnesota politician and a Minneapolis City Council Member. Chavez is a member of the DSA as well as the Democratic Farmer Labor Party. Chavez won his seat in 2021. Chavez’s parents left Mexico to escape poverty and violence and immigrated to Minnesota.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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New from me:
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization
What research tells us about national security under authoritarianism
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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The American people are just an ATM to the oligarchs at this point.

Withdrawals only.
"The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant has been awarded a $1 billion federal loan guarantee that will enable it to shift onto taxpayers some of the risk of its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft for its data centers."
Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island
The plan to reopen Three Mile Island to supply Microsoft with power wins a federal loan guarantee, shifting some of the risk onto taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The media is gonna say the Epstein Files were released and leave this part out of it
The Epstein Files bill grants Attorney General Pam Bondi the authority to "withhold or redact" any material that could endanger "national security" or "jeopardize an active federal investigation."
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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This is so beast mode
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."

www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
www.reddit.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Archaeologists Discover an Ancient Roman Snack Bar in the Ruins of Pompeii
Archaeologists Discover an Ancient Roman Snack Bar in the Ruins of Pompeii
Have you ever wondered what generations hundreds or thousands of years hence will make of our strip malls, office parks, and sports arenas? Probably not much, since there probably won’t be much left. ...
www.openculture.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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County Executive-Elect Zahilay's Mass Layoff Proposal Shocks Some Longtime Staff
The layoffs aren't unusual for a new executive, Zahilay's team says—it's just that the county hasn't had a new leader in 16 years. publicola.com/2025/11/18/c...
County Executive-Elect Zahilay's Mass Layoff Proposal Shocks Some Longtime Staff - PubliCola
The layoffs aren’t unusual for a new executive, Zahilay’s team says—it’s just that the county hasn’t had a new leader…
publicola.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Russian strikes have caused catastrophic damage to Ukraine's energy infrastructure, destroying almost 70% of the country's generation capacity, according to the think tank Green Deal Ukraina.
Destroy. Fix. Repeat: Russia is creating a devastating doom loop inside Ukraine’s energy system
Within weeks of Russia's full-scale invasion, Oleksiy Povolotskiy found himself suddenly in charge of the recovery office at one of Ukraine's largest energy companies. His task: source replacements fo...
kyivindependent.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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"Some funds going to victims" is a hell of a phrase.
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.

At least three weeks
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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On this week's episode of Seattle Nice, we'll be talking to Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson. f you have questions for Seattle's next mayor, respond to this post and we may ask them on the pod!
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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I literally called it
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Mike Newcome filed paperwork late last week to begin building his campaign as a Forward Independence Party candidate. He said Monday that he has already put $100,000 of his own money into the effort and would likely make more sizable infusions next year.
Third-party governor candidate Newcome enters Minnesota race with big personal money infusion
A third-party candidate for Minnesota governor says he believes voters are itching for a big change in 2026.
www.mprnews.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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NPR doing both sides bullshit after being defunded is just sad to witness
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The Ecuadorian consulate is on central in northeast! We love our Ecuadorian neighbors!
I simply adore my Ecuadorian neighbors!

A reminder that crossing the border and claiming asylum is a legal way to emigrate to the United States. The fascists are trying to undo the process and people are in limbo.

Grateful for this reporting @sahanjournal.bsky.social
Minnesota’s Ecuadorian community is flourishing, but its future is uncertain
Ecuadorians fleeing gang activity and violence in their country have built new lives in Minnesota, but Trump’s immigration policies are making it more difficult for them to stay.
sahanjournal.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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People who won't do the easy things, don't do the hard things.
November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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“Unrecognizable.” Marc Benioff’s Moral Collapse In the Era of Trump Fascism

gift link to @washingtonpost.com story:
wapo.st/49hcy0h
How a tech billionaire philanthropist got caught between Trump and San Francisco
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff quickly retracted a controversial call to deploy the National Guard in San Francisco. Some city leaders aren’t ready to move on.
wapo.st
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM