Leo
@dbotter.bsky.social
Enjoy baseball, music and animals. Interested in politics and philosophy. Trained in mechanical engineering (thermal) and journalism. I believe in human dignity.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Joan Jett throwing gas??!!?!!
December 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Joan Jett throwing gas??!!?!!
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
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Because I’m bored: Professional Athletes as Public Transit Vehicles
December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Because I’m bored: Professional Athletes as Public Transit Vehicles
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People should post this dog instead of that Norman Rockwell guy
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
People should post this dog instead of that Norman Rockwell guy
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How come Norwegians are getting all these Oscar nominations and they’re also good at sex and have trillions of dollars? How does this make any sense
December 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
How come Norwegians are getting all these Oscar nominations and they’re also good at sex and have trillions of dollars? How does this make any sense
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Very cool video (credit to the amazing u/ogasawarabaseball on Reddit) of what looks to be the first home run in South Sudan’s national baseball team history, hit by captain Biol Atem at the U-15 Baseball World Cup Africa Qualifier.
December 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Very cool video (credit to the amazing u/ogasawarabaseball on Reddit) of what looks to be the first home run in South Sudan’s national baseball team history, hit by captain Biol Atem at the U-15 Baseball World Cup Africa Qualifier.
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To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
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Woke up to a new De La Soul album and a David Byrne Tiny Desk (including "Nothing but Flowers"). All right.
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
www.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Woke up to a new De La Soul album and a David Byrne Tiny Desk (including "Nothing but Flowers"). All right.
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Remembering Gordon Parks on his birthday 🎂
📷 Anthony Barboza, 1980s
"I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera."
📷 Anthony Barboza, 1980s
"I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera."
November 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Remembering Gordon Parks on his birthday 🎂
📷 Anthony Barboza, 1980s
"I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera."
📷 Anthony Barboza, 1980s
"I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera."
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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Hale School Checkers Tournament (1947)
5207 11th Ave. S (Frederickson);
Source: Hennepin County Library
Students at Hale Elementary School play checkers in a tournament outside. 5-year-old Charlene Fredrickson blows a bubble while beating her brother, Bobby Fredrickson (back to camera), in a ...
5207 11th Ave. S (Frederickson);
Source: Hennepin County Library
Students at Hale Elementary School play checkers in a tournament outside. 5-year-old Charlene Fredrickson blows a bubble while beating her brother, Bobby Fredrickson (back to camera), in a ...
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hale School Checkers Tournament (1947)
5207 11th Ave. S (Frederickson);
Source: Hennepin County Library
Students at Hale Elementary School play checkers in a tournament outside. 5-year-old Charlene Fredrickson blows a bubble while beating her brother, Bobby Fredrickson (back to camera), in a ...
5207 11th Ave. S (Frederickson);
Source: Hennepin County Library
Students at Hale Elementary School play checkers in a tournament outside. 5-year-old Charlene Fredrickson blows a bubble while beating her brother, Bobby Fredrickson (back to camera), in a ...
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Dorothy Arnold-1939
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Dorothy Arnold-1939
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As a kid I really liked the comic strip "Tiger".
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
As a kid I really liked the comic strip "Tiger".
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
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We’re in the “data-centers-are-stealing-your-water” — tonight, on the local news — part of the AI cycle.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We’re in the “data-centers-are-stealing-your-water” — tonight, on the local news — part of the AI cycle.
@conorsen.bsky.social
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In 1972, a cat commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These kittens promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune.
#cats #kittens #caturday
#cats #kittens #caturday
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
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It's fascinating. The deficit of one sector emerges as the surplus of another. Basically, 30% of wealth is held by the top 1%, 67% by the top 10%, and just 2.5% by the bottom 50% of households. One sector rises to the extent the others sink.
Not politics. Just accounting.
Not politics. Just accounting.
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's fascinating. The deficit of one sector emerges as the surplus of another. Basically, 30% of wealth is held by the top 1%, 67% by the top 10%, and just 2.5% by the bottom 50% of households. One sector rises to the extent the others sink.
Not politics. Just accounting.
Not politics. Just accounting.
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Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” was released on this date in 1971.
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” was released on this date in 1971.
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Read this classic quote by my friend the late journalist Dan Baum:
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Read this classic quote by my friend the late journalist Dan Baum:
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net