David Erickson
@derickson.bsky.social
Sr. Director of AI & Emerging Technologies, guitarist, MN Vikings & Twins fan, curious customer.
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David Erickson
@derickson.bsky.social
· Oct 22
#ProtestSong
They call truth the enemy and flood our feeds with lies,
Ban books our children read, redraw lines to shrink our size;
Trumpist rallies, strongman pomp, a counterfeit parade;
We link our arms, we meet the dawn, still here, undismayed. 🧵 1/8
They call truth the enemy and flood our feeds with lies,
Ban books our children read, redraw lines to shrink our size;
Trumpist rallies, strongman pomp, a counterfeit parade;
We link our arms, we meet the dawn, still here, undismayed. 🧵 1/8
This election guide for the Southwest Metropolitan suburbs of the Twin Cities, #MN includes candidate listings for Mayoral, City Council, and School Board races, as well as referenda on the ballot.
Check it out if you live in the Southwest suburbs.
Also includes a Rank Choice Voting explainer.👇
Check it out if you live in the Southwest suburbs.
Also includes a Rank Choice Voting explainer.👇
Southwest Metro MN November 4, 2025 Elections
Southwest metro election information & a Rank Choice Voting explainer
swcrier.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This election guide for the Southwest Metropolitan suburbs of the Twin Cities, #MN includes candidate listings for Mayoral, City Council, and School Board races, as well as referenda on the ballot.
Check it out if you live in the Southwest suburbs.
Also includes a Rank Choice Voting explainer.👇
Check it out if you live in the Southwest suburbs.
Also includes a Rank Choice Voting explainer.👇
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New from me: TikTok ignored repeated questions about whether and how they share data with ICE. Also, earlier this year, they quietly updated their policies about what happens when law enforcement asks for your data. 1/
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
TikTok Won’t Say If It’s Giving ICE Your Data
Changes to TikTok's policies make it easier for the company to share users’ personal information with governments. TikTok did not respond to questions about the changes.
www.forbes.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
New from me: TikTok ignored repeated questions about whether and how they share data with ICE. Also, earlier this year, they quietly updated their policies about what happens when law enforcement asks for your data. 1/
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
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In the midst of a government shutdown, and in the face of fundamental challenges to the rule of law and to democratic accountability, the House of Representatives--the people's house, the heart of our democratic republic--hasn't cast a vote since Sep. 19. An extraordinary failure of responsibility.
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In the midst of a government shutdown, and in the face of fundamental challenges to the rule of law and to democratic accountability, the House of Representatives--the people's house, the heart of our democratic republic--hasn't cast a vote since Sep. 19. An extraordinary failure of responsibility.
#ProtestSong
They call truth the enemy and flood our feeds with lies,
Ban books our children read, redraw lines to shrink our size;
Trumpist rallies, strongman pomp, a counterfeit parade;
We link our arms, we meet the dawn, still here, undismayed. 🧵 1/8
They call truth the enemy and flood our feeds with lies,
Ban books our children read, redraw lines to shrink our size;
Trumpist rallies, strongman pomp, a counterfeit parade;
We link our arms, we meet the dawn, still here, undismayed. 🧵 1/8
October 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
#ProtestSong
They call truth the enemy and flood our feeds with lies,
Ban books our children read, redraw lines to shrink our size;
Trumpist rallies, strongman pomp, a counterfeit parade;
We link our arms, we meet the dawn, still here, undismayed. 🧵 1/8
They call truth the enemy and flood our feeds with lies,
Ban books our children read, redraw lines to shrink our size;
Trumpist rallies, strongman pomp, a counterfeit parade;
We link our arms, we meet the dawn, still here, undismayed. 🧵 1/8
Good point 👇
My critique of the people who write on vaccine hesitancy is that while I understand it in terms of the individual people trying to navigate information, there should be much more focus on anti-vaccine activism. Hesitancy isn’t a natural outcome of anything, it is influenced.
September 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Good point 👇
If you live in the Southwest Metro #Minnesota, Chaska is the location for the longest-lasting weekly pro-democracy rally. Every Saturday, 1-2 pm at the corner of Hazeltine Blvd and Highway 41. 🧵 1/3
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If you live in the Southwest Metro #Minnesota, Chaska is the location for the longest-lasting weekly pro-democracy rally. Every Saturday, 1-2 pm at the corner of Hazeltine Blvd and Highway 41. 🧵 1/3
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Biggest story in the world, told in the mainstream press perfectly well:
AP/PBS headline: TRUMP'S MOVES AGAINST MEDIA OUTLETS MIRROR AUTHORITARIAN APPROACHES TO SILENCING DISSENT
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
AP/PBS headline: TRUMP'S MOVES AGAINST MEDIA OUTLETS MIRROR AUTHORITARIAN APPROACHES TO SILENCING DISSENT
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Trump's moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent
Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that...
www.pbs.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Biggest story in the world, told in the mainstream press perfectly well:
AP/PBS headline: TRUMP'S MOVES AGAINST MEDIA OUTLETS MIRROR AUTHORITARIAN APPROACHES TO SILENCING DISSENT
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
AP/PBS headline: TRUMP'S MOVES AGAINST MEDIA OUTLETS MIRROR AUTHORITARIAN APPROACHES TO SILENCING DISSENT
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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This is a very insightful piece by Kahlil Greene explaining why Gen Z isn't buying the canonization of Charlie Kirk.👇
Millions of Gen Z’ers Don't "Feel Bad" About Charlie Kirk's Murder. Here’s Why.
The online reaction to Charlie Kirk's assassination reveals a generational (and partisan) disconnect on issues of gun violence, systemic injustice, and the nature of political hatred.
open.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is a very insightful piece by Kahlil Greene explaining why Gen Z isn't buying the canonization of Charlie Kirk.👇
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Matt Bai: To put a happier, less discomfiting spin on the exhibits in this museum would make us more like Russia or China or North Korea, or any other country where history becomes a strongman’s self-serving fairy tale that no one outside the country believes. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | What the Smithsonian taught me about Trumpism
Trying to sanitize the American story is the antithesis of what makes the country exceptional.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Matt Bai: To put a happier, less discomfiting spin on the exhibits in this museum would make us more like Russia or China or North Korea, or any other country where history becomes a strongman’s self-serving fairy tale that no one outside the country believes. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Didn't that magazine make a loud statement about how it would never bow to trump?
BREAKING: Vanity Fair staffers threatened to walk-out if the magazine puts Melania Trump on the cover.
August 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Didn't that magazine make a loud statement about how it would never bow to trump?
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The Iowa Senate seat that Democratic candidate Catelin Drey flipped tonight has been in GOP hands for 13 years.
Not anymore.
Not anymore.
August 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Iowa Senate seat that Democratic candidate Catelin Drey flipped tonight has been in GOP hands for 13 years.
Not anymore.
Not anymore.
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An estimated 218,000 people in the U.S. are stateless or are at risk of becoming so. As a result of President Trump's aggressive policies, people without any citizenship are more vulnerable than ever.
Living in the shadows: Why stateless people fear Trump's immigration crackdown
An estimated 218,000 people in the U.S. are stateless or are at risk of becoming so. As a result of President Trump's aggressive policies, people without any citizenship are more vulnerable than ever.
n.pr
August 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
An estimated 218,000 people in the U.S. are stateless or are at risk of becoming so. As a result of President Trump's aggressive policies, people without any citizenship are more vulnerable than ever.
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I've been building around WordPress to create a social network based on RSS. I want to get out of being controlled by billionaire-owned sites. I have a feeling we may need a good backup given where we are now.
August 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I've been building around WordPress to create a social network based on RSS. I want to get out of being controlled by billionaire-owned sites. I have a feeling we may need a good backup given where we are now.
Thugs.
August 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thugs.
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Fox News falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
August 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Fox News falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
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He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
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The fun never stops... wIth the Blame Game!
July 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The fun never stops... wIth the Blame Game!
❤️
Flower drawing in progress. Im not that fast, it’s a timelapse.
August 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Des Moine, Iowa. Who is he?
August 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Des Moine, Iowa. Who is he?
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Since President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner over a weak jobs report, we’ve been thinking a lot about the trustworthiness of U.S. economic data. China can offer a glimpse of what happens when that trust erodes.
Today on Make Me Smart 👇
Today on Make Me Smart 👇
China has an economic data problem. Is the U.S. next?
Marketplace's China correspondent Jennifer Pak shares her experience with unreliable government statistics.
mktplc.org
August 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Since President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner over a weak jobs report, we’ve been thinking a lot about the trustworthiness of U.S. economic data. China can offer a glimpse of what happens when that trust erodes.
Today on Make Me Smart 👇
Today on Make Me Smart 👇
Trump cuts in the line: “Texas, deal me five more seats.”
Abbott stacks the deck—thirty days, repeat, repeat.
No new shuffle, same old count, switch the cards mid-hand,
Move the borders, move the voters, make the House your brand.
#OneMillionRising
Abbott stacks the deck—thirty days, repeat, repeat.
No new shuffle, same old count, switch the cards mid-hand,
Move the borders, move the voters, make the House your brand.
#OneMillionRising
August 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Trump cuts in the line: “Texas, deal me five more seats.”
Abbott stacks the deck—thirty days, repeat, repeat.
No new shuffle, same old count, switch the cards mid-hand,
Move the borders, move the voters, make the House your brand.
#OneMillionRising
Abbott stacks the deck—thirty days, repeat, repeat.
No new shuffle, same old count, switch the cards mid-hand,
Move the borders, move the voters, make the House your brand.
#OneMillionRising
Protest songs at www.Movements.Rocks
#OneMillionRising
#OneMillionRising
August 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Protest songs at www.Movements.Rocks
#OneMillionRising
#OneMillionRising
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“He said DACA was canceled, that I would stand no chance in stay in the country.”
That’s the lie an ICE agent told “Edgar,” a DACA recipient, during his detainment months ago.
This administration terrorizes our communities with deception. They lie because cruelty is the point.
That’s the lie an ICE agent told “Edgar,” a DACA recipient, during his detainment months ago.
This administration terrorizes our communities with deception. They lie because cruelty is the point.
DACA recipient with no criminal record detained by ICE
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
youtu.be
August 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“He said DACA was canceled, that I would stand no chance in stay in the country.”
That’s the lie an ICE agent told “Edgar,” a DACA recipient, during his detainment months ago.
This administration terrorizes our communities with deception. They lie because cruelty is the point.
That’s the lie an ICE agent told “Edgar,” a DACA recipient, during his detainment months ago.
This administration terrorizes our communities with deception. They lie because cruelty is the point.
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Camus: Under conditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have fought to find light.
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Camus: Under conditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have fought to find light.