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Naz Reid backtaps a Jaden miss, Wolves go around the horn and Naz buries a three
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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I repeat. 🏀
amandamusings.bsky.social Amanda @amandamusings.bsky.social · 2d
JADEN MCDANIELS 🏀
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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JADEN MCDANIELS 🏀
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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I ❤️ Jaylen Clark. 🏀
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Never see them this well in MG.
Northern lights Northern lights
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Triple double! 🙌🏻🏀
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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@wolvesradio.bsky.social get off twitter and share those stats over here 🏀
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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This play 🤌🏻
cjzero.bsky.social CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · Nov 4
Conley flips it over his shoulder to TSJ who drives and slams
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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What a devastating decision. I hate everything.
lexmcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · Nov 3
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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This series has everything.
a man is sitting at a desk with his hands folded
Alt: Stefan from SNL
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November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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NAZ REID 🌪️
November 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Legend! 106, my goodness. Her laugh was infectious.
October 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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#NoKings #Mpls #Commons 1:20pm photo cred: @nichelle02.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Starting now: No Kings Minneapolis
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Team MVPhee. What a leader.
dr-thompson.bsky.social Daniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · Sep 30
Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview.

She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky
September 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Please stop the in-game coach interviews. 🙄 @espn.com #lynx
September 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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“It was a situation where it’s an opportunity that you can’t pass up mixed with a beautiful situation you don’t want to say goodbye to and you don’t want to let go of."

MN loves you @themichaelgrady.bsky.social.
September 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Lots of people angry that I’m saying everyone should serve in the military could maybe read the op-ed and see I’m not.
September 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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RIP to a real one youtu.be/Qeemjaosp-E?...
Watergate - Dahlberg scene
YouTube video by International School History
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September 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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From the first sentence on. Boom. Well done, @stribrooks.bsky.social
startribune.com Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · Sep 11
“Workers enjoyed a bit of power after the pandemic. Big employers like the University of Minnesota are acting like those days are gone for good,” writes columnist Jennifer Brooks.
Brooks: Striking university workers hope students miss them — or at least the work they do
Workers enjoyed a bit of power after the pandemic. Big employers like the University of Minnesota are acting like those days are gone for good.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Kamala Harris: “‘It’s Joe and Jill’s decision.’ We all said that, like a mantra, as if we’d all been hypnotized. Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness. The stakes were simply too high. This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego”
The Constant Battle
The first excerpt from 107 Days
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September 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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This is good.
mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · Sep 7
You deserve a break on Sundays that doesn’t break the bank.
September 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Holy shit. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 28
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back.
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
My resignation letter from CDC. Dear Dr. Houry, I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business. I am happy to stay on for two weeks to provide transition, if requested. This decision has not come easily, as I deeply value the work that the CDC does in safeguarding public health and am proud of my contributions to that critical mission. However, after much contemplation and reflection on recent developments and perspectives brought to light by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., I find that the views he and his staff have shared challenge my ability to continue in my current role at the agency and in the service of the health of the American people. Enough is enough. While I hold immense respect for the institution and my colleagues, I believe that it is imperative to align my professional responsibilities to my system of ethics and my understanding of the science of infectious disease, immunology, and my promise to serve the American people. This step is necessary to ensure that I can contribute effectively in a capacity that allows me to remain true to my principles. The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people. The data analyses that supported this decision have never been shared with CDC despite my respectful requests to HHS and other leadership. This lack of meaningful engagement was further compounded by a “frequently asked questions” document written to support the Secretary’s directive that was circulated by HHS without input from CDC subject matter experts and that cited studies that did not support the conclusions that were attributed to these authors. Having worked in local and national public health for years, I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people. It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC. The lack of communication by HHS and other CDC political leadership that culminates in social media posts announcing major policy changes without prior notice demonstrate a disregard of normal communication channels and common sense. Having to retrofit analyses and policy actions to match inadequately thought-out announcements in poorly scripted videos or page long X posts should not be how organizations responsible for the health of people should function. Some examples include the announcement of the change in the COVID-19 recommendations for children and pregnant people, the firing of scientists from ACIP by X post and an op-ed rather than direct communication with these valuable experts, the announcement of new ACIP members by X before onboarding and vetting have completed, and the release of term of reference for an ACIP workgroup that ignored all feedback from career staff at CDC. Their desire to please a political base will result in death and disability of vulnerable children and adults. Their base should be the people they serve not a political voting bloc. I have always been first to challenge scientific and public health dogma in my career and was excited by the opportunity to do so again. I was optimistic that there would be an opportunity to brief the Secretary about key topics such as measles, avian influenza, and the highly coordinated approach to the respiratory virus season. Such briefings would allow exchange of ideas and a shared path to support the vision of “Making America Healthy Again.” We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us. Unvetted and conflicted outside organizations seem to be the sources HHS use over the gold standard science of CDC and other reputable sources. At a hearing, Secretary Kennedy said that Americans should not take medical advice from him. To the contrary, an appropriately briefed and inquisitive Secretary should be a source of health information for the people he serves. As it stands now, I must agree with him, that he should not be considered a source of accurate information. The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines favoring natural infection and unproven remedies will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer. I believe in nutrition and exercise. I believe in making our food supply healthier, and I also believe in using vaccines to prevent death and disability. Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun. The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud. I am resigning because of the cowardice of a leader that cannot admit that HIS and his minions’ words over decades created an environment where violence like this can occur. I reject his and his colleagues’ thoughts and prayers, and advise they direct those to people that they have not actively harmed. For decades, I have been a trusted voice for the LGBTQ community when it comes to critical health topics. I must also cite the recklessness of the administration in their efforts to erase transgender populations, cease critical domestic and international HIV programming, and terminate key research to support equity as part of my decision. Public health is not merely about the health of the individual, but it is about the health of the community, the nation, the world. The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the opportunities for growth, learning, and collaboration that I have been afforded during my time at the CDC. It has been a privilege to work alongside such dedicated professionals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of communities across the nation even when under attack from within both physically and psychologically. Thank you once again for the support and guidance I have received from you and previous CDC leadership throughout my tenure. I wish the CDC continued success in its vital mission and that HHS reverse its dangerous course to dismantle public health as a practice and as an institution. If they continue the current path, they risk our personal well-being and the security of the United States.
August 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Of all the photos posted by the Strib related to the shooting at Annunciation Church, this was the one that got me the most. Maybe because we cant see the (presumably) mom’s face, so it seems more universal? arc.stimg.co/startribunem...?
An image from the aftermath of the shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis. In the foreground is a woman running in the middle is a street. She is running away from the camera, towards a school in the background. She has her wallet in her hands, and also her shoes, which she presumably took off so she could run faster. You can see the bottom of one of her feet, and dirt is visible (again, presumably from running barefoot).
August 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM