Charles Gimon
@gimonca.bsky.social
If nobody has posted a racist slur in your neighborhood in the last few days, Nextdoor's algorithm will extend its search radius to more distant neighborhoods until it finds one for you.
December 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If nobody has posted a racist slur in your neighborhood in the last few days, Nextdoor's algorithm will extend its search radius to more distant neighborhoods until it finds one for you.
Also applies to Nextdoor.
December 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Also applies to Nextdoor.
Still like this one decades later.
December 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Still like this one decades later.
If not Walz, who? Asking that in seriousness, not as an automatic Walz supporter.
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
If not Walz, who? Asking that in seriousness, not as an automatic Walz supporter.
I took a bus downtown and saw it, there were a decent number of spectators for a cold, holiday evening. Mood among some in the crowd was...quietly upbeat? There were glowing bits of paper floating through the air, one guy pointed up laughing and yelled "hey, there goes my mortgage!"
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I took a bus downtown and saw it, there were a decent number of spectators for a cold, holiday evening. Mood among some in the crowd was...quietly upbeat? There were glowing bits of paper floating through the air, one guy pointed up laughing and yelled "hey, there goes my mortgage!"
The Uniform Congressional District Act of 1967 bans doing this for House districts. But like you say, local governments can face VRA challenges for at-large districts.
I'm assuming Louisiana v. Callais probably wouldn't change this? Or do we have enough info to know yet?
I'm assuming Louisiana v. Callais probably wouldn't change this? Or do we have enough info to know yet?
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Uniform Congressional District Act of 1967 bans doing this for House districts. But like you say, local governments can face VRA challenges for at-large districts.
I'm assuming Louisiana v. Callais probably wouldn't change this? Or do we have enough info to know yet?
I'm assuming Louisiana v. Callais probably wouldn't change this? Or do we have enough info to know yet?
Well, there's some definite projection going on there, too.
November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Well, there's some definite projection going on there, too.
"Box shaped districts" prioritize cows over people. It's another sinister way of making land ownership more important than citizenship. Representation is for people, not farmland.
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Box shaped districts" prioritize cows over people. It's another sinister way of making land ownership more important than citizenship. Representation is for people, not farmland.
Cloudflare went out drinking last night, still hung over this morning.
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Cloudflare went out drinking last night, still hung over this morning.
Hot take number 2:
I hope I don't have to worry about a simmering rift between Ellison (who I'm a big fan of) and University-associated cocktail party types. It's important to keep a DFLer in the AG office in 2026. I wouldn't want to see backstage sabotage that upends that race next year.
I hope I don't have to worry about a simmering rift between Ellison (who I'm a big fan of) and University-associated cocktail party types. It's important to keep a DFLer in the AG office in 2026. I wouldn't want to see backstage sabotage that upends that race next year.
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Hot take number 2:
I hope I don't have to worry about a simmering rift between Ellison (who I'm a big fan of) and University-associated cocktail party types. It's important to keep a DFLer in the AG office in 2026. I wouldn't want to see backstage sabotage that upends that race next year.
I hope I don't have to worry about a simmering rift between Ellison (who I'm a big fan of) and University-associated cocktail party types. It's important to keep a DFLer in the AG office in 2026. I wouldn't want to see backstage sabotage that upends that race next year.
Hey, I used to work there, until not long ago!
Hot take number 1:
I'm often skeptical of reporting that comes out of the Strib nowadays, but Snowbeck, the author on this article, is super legit IMHO. He knows the landscape and does the hard work in this area.
Hot take number 1:
I'm often skeptical of reporting that comes out of the Strib nowadays, but Snowbeck, the author on this article, is super legit IMHO. He knows the landscape and does the hard work in this area.
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Hey, I used to work there, until not long ago!
Hot take number 1:
I'm often skeptical of reporting that comes out of the Strib nowadays, but Snowbeck, the author on this article, is super legit IMHO. He knows the landscape and does the hard work in this area.
Hot take number 1:
I'm often skeptical of reporting that comes out of the Strib nowadays, but Snowbeck, the author on this article, is super legit IMHO. He knows the landscape and does the hard work in this area.
I'm slightly more worried about how the center in the DFL has been increasingly dumping on the left-wing base. Those voters won't switch to Republicans, of course, but they could always stay home.
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I'm slightly more worried about how the center in the DFL has been increasingly dumping on the left-wing base. Those voters won't switch to Republicans, of course, but they could always stay home.
IIRC, no Republican has won a statewide race since 2006. I mean, yes, every streak has to come to an end sometime...I just don't see it happening yet. Things could shift over the next year, of course.
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
IIRC, no Republican has won a statewide race since 2006. I mean, yes, every streak has to come to an end sometime...I just don't see it happening yet. Things could shift over the next year, of course.
My hot takes: I don't think it's just anti-Trump, I think the hot issues moving people will put Demuth on the wrong side of a lot of formerly swingable suburban voters. Having a friendly face won't get past that. Agree that it would still be a close race.
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
My hot takes: I don't think it's just anti-Trump, I think the hot issues moving people will put Demuth on the wrong side of a lot of formerly swingable suburban voters. Having a friendly face won't get past that. Agree that it would still be a close race.
One of the most bizarre spectacles of "alternate history" ever put on film.
November 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
One of the most bizarre spectacles of "alternate history" ever put on film.
I got doorknocked today, didn't realize someone was at the door, they dropped lit instead.
Thing is, they left a Frey piece and a Shelly Madore one.
Punchline: I'm deep, deep in W1 and will be voting for Elliot Payne anyway.
Thing is, they left a Frey piece and a Shelly Madore one.
Punchline: I'm deep, deep in W1 and will be voting for Elliot Payne anyway.
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I got doorknocked today, didn't realize someone was at the door, they dropped lit instead.
Thing is, they left a Frey piece and a Shelly Madore one.
Punchline: I'm deep, deep in W1 and will be voting for Elliot Payne anyway.
Thing is, they left a Frey piece and a Shelly Madore one.
Punchline: I'm deep, deep in W1 and will be voting for Elliot Payne anyway.
Anyone supporting Vermeule is in violation of any oath they've taken to uphold the United States Constitution.
There may be other violations in scope as well, that might not be the only one.
There may be other violations in scope as well, that might not be the only one.
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Anyone supporting Vermeule is in violation of any oath they've taken to uphold the United States Constitution.
There may be other violations in scope as well, that might not be the only one.
There may be other violations in scope as well, that might not be the only one.
Or Brian Strahan, who...well, who knows where he lives at all?
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Or Brian Strahan, who...well, who knows where he lives at all?
My local Cub didn't even have a stack of paper Stribs at the special service desk last Sunday, fwiw. Not sure if that's a one-time thing, or ongoing.
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My local Cub didn't even have a stack of paper Stribs at the special service desk last Sunday, fwiw. Not sure if that's a one-time thing, or ongoing.
Oh, wow, major cringe. Good notes, though. It's a comprehensive list of what's wrong with people who live in the corporate leadership bubble instead of reality.
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Oh, wow, major cringe. Good notes, though. It's a comprehensive list of what's wrong with people who live in the corporate leadership bubble instead of reality.
I thought it was really, really good. You landed on the same ranking that I did, but with much better and more detailed analysis. I have a "special circle" of like-minded people on Facebook that I shared it with.
October 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I thought it was really, really good. You landed on the same ranking that I did, but with much better and more detailed analysis. I have a "special circle" of like-minded people on Facebook that I shared it with.
Still very early, and just a single poll, but interesting. In the limited polling so far, Husted doesn't have the strength of a normal incumbent. Worth continuing to monitor, this race could heat up.
October 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Still very early, and just a single poll, but interesting. In the limited polling so far, Husted doesn't have the strength of a normal incumbent. Worth continuing to monitor, this race could heat up.