Tom Absorbing
@nonabsorbing.bsky.social
most of these are towel
he/him
So Mpls
he/him
So Mpls
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When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.
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“A man - a man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part - of - a - team.”
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“A man - a man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part - of - a - team.”
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When troops are deployed overseas in places they absolutely should not be because of a warmonger ass president, and they are killed by someone who acted on their own accord, we typically don’t have a problem blaming the U.S. commander in chief
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When troops are deployed overseas in places they absolutely should not be because of a warmonger ass president, and they are killed by someone who acted on their own accord, we typically don’t have a problem blaming the U.S. commander in chief
"I get up when I want except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen."
“Romping with my school-chums in the fens and spinneys, when the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame”
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"I get up when I want except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen."
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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
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Welcome to America. Where you can commit warcrimes on protestors and nothing happens! As long as you’re willing to put someone else under your boot!
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Welcome to America. Where you can commit warcrimes on protestors and nothing happens! As long as you’re willing to put someone else under your boot!
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
I'll steal some gas
Fix my motor
Turn on my Beatles tape
And get you out of my head
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LBW...
Fix my motor
Turn on my Beatles tape
And get you out of my head
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LBW...
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'll steal some gas
Fix my motor
Turn on my Beatles tape
And get you out of my head
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LBW...
Fix my motor
Turn on my Beatles tape
And get you out of my head
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LBW...
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
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something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
something i'll note is that if nuzzi ran catch-and-kill ops for rfk jr and lizza knew this prior to him being appointed as HHS, and instead of telling anyone, he decided to save it for his substack long after rfk jr had made communicable disease into federal policy, that's completely fucked
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What RFK Jr. doesn’t want you to know is that in 2019, his anti-vax nonsense caused a measles outbreak in Samoa that infected 5700 and killed 83 people, most of them children.
RFK Jr. wants you to know that he’s personally responsible for the anti-vax misinformation on the CDC's website
RFK Jr. wants you to know he’s personally responsible for anti-vax misinformation on CDC website
He told the New York Times there’s no proof that vaccines don’t cause autism, which is a lie.
www.motherjones.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What RFK Jr. doesn’t want you to know is that in 2019, his anti-vax nonsense caused a measles outbreak in Samoa that infected 5700 and killed 83 people, most of them children.
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today we asked our Political Action Crew (9th-12th graders) about third spaces in our community (North Minneapolis).
what do u notice? what do u wonder?
what do u notice? what do u wonder?
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
today we asked our Political Action Crew (9th-12th graders) about third spaces in our community (North Minneapolis).
what do u notice? what do u wonder?
what do u notice? what do u wonder?
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DHS claimed an incident on Oct. 3 showed agents were in danger of being "rammed."
In fact, body cams "suggest[] that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
In fact, body cams "suggest[] that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
![Defendants also highlighted an October 3, 2025 video, presumably to show that agents driving the streets faced constant danger from cars ramming them on purpose. Axon Body 3. Video. But instead of leaving this impression, the video, which almost entirely consists of a view of the back seat of the car and some dialogue about how the agent’s “body cam is on” and he is “still recording,” suggests that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force. Id. This also calls into question Hewson’s testimony that motorists have rammed into agents every day during the operation. [FN 8]
[FN 8] 8 The Court acknowledges that at times agents have dealt with aggressive drivers. See, e.g., Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-23. But this has not been the norm in the videos that the Court has viewed, with agents instead often treating cars that are merely following them but not driving aggressively as potential threats. See, e.g., Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-23_1011_D01A31902 at 2:00–3:20 (showing an agent stating to a woman who had been behind his vehicle and gotten out to video agents as they stopped at the exit of an alley that “if you keep following us, we’re going to arrest you, you’ve been warned,” but nothing prevented the agents from continuing to drive); Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-23_1012_D01A45488 at 2:00–2:45 (showing that, despite having a clear path to continue driving, an agent gets out of his vehicle and tells a woman in the car behind him who was honking that “You know what you’re doing is illegal and you could be arrested for impeding law enforcement. I’m just warning you . . . following law enforcement, honking, and harassing agents is impeding law enforcement”); Axon_Body_4_Video_2025-10-25_1045_D01A36942 at 3:42–3:50 (Agent (tapping on glass of a car behind agents’ vehicle): “Stop following us.” Bystander: “They’re allowed to follow you.” Agent: “No they’re not.”).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifvyjcsr7lb6a65impvn6jer5hiorc5r4isr7hwbeussapmkqhnqi@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
DHS claimed an incident on Oct. 3 showed agents were in danger of being "rammed."
In fact, body cams "suggest[] that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
In fact, body cams "suggest[] that the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
Does this count as a rare Huss?
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Does this count as a rare Huss?
When I was in college I was driving from IL to Mpls and my transmission died on me just outside of Madison. Car got towed to a shop run by an older guy from Northern England.
Anyway one of my favorite records was in the tape deck when that happened. RIP Mani www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbyr...
Anyway one of my favorite records was in the tape deck when that happened. RIP Mani www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbyr...
The Stone Roses - This Is the One (Audio)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
When I was in college I was driving from IL to Mpls and my transmission died on me just outside of Madison. Car got towed to a shop run by an older guy from Northern England.
Anyway one of my favorite records was in the tape deck when that happened. RIP Mani www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbyr...
Anyway one of my favorite records was in the tape deck when that happened. RIP Mani www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbyr...
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Stalemate at a four-way stop where the three drivered cars are waving wildly at the Waymo to go first.
Excited to see what happens when a Waymo is stuck behind a Minnesotan driver who won’t pull into the intersection on a green light when they’re trying to make a left turn.
Minnesota law neither prohibits nor specifically allows automated vehicles to conduct testing on streets in Minnesota, a MnDOT spokesperson said.
“We expect this to come up during the next legislative session and look forward to being included in those discussions,” spokesperson Anne Meyer said.
“We expect this to come up during the next legislative session and look forward to being included in those discussions,” spokesperson Anne Meyer said.
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Stalemate at a four-way stop where the three drivered cars are waving wildly at the Waymo to go first.
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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Now charter schools are literally trying to kill us all
"The steepest drops in kindergarten MMR rates have been in private and charter schools, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health."
www.startribune.com/minnesota-no...
"The steepest drops in kindergarten MMR rates have been in private and charter schools, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health."
www.startribune.com/minnesota-no...
www.startribune.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Now charter schools are literally trying to kill us all
"The steepest drops in kindergarten MMR rates have been in private and charter schools, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health."
www.startribune.com/minnesota-no...
"The steepest drops in kindergarten MMR rates have been in private and charter schools, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health."
www.startribune.com/minnesota-no...
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They started dismembering him while he was still alive
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
They started dismembering him while he was still alive
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People heading for the 7 Train after a 12-1 loss at Citi Field
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
People heading for the 7 Train after a 12-1 loss at Citi Field
-Joe Ades selling peelers
-O'Connors in Park Slope, the greatest bar on Earth
-Waterfront Ale House on Atlantic Ave
-When the Fulton Street station in the financial district was like five different exits with five different names
-Maspeth Ave White Castle
-Sound and Fury Records
-O'Connors in Park Slope, the greatest bar on Earth
-Waterfront Ale House on Atlantic Ave
-When the Fulton Street station in the financial district was like five different exits with five different names
-Maspeth Ave White Castle
-Sound and Fury Records
I'm not going to read the NYT story but I do want to hear what other people would put in their "Lost New York" takes, mine would include Dr Zizmor ads and the free transfer between the Broadway G/Lorimer JMZ stops
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
-Joe Ades selling peelers
-O'Connors in Park Slope, the greatest bar on Earth
-Waterfront Ale House on Atlantic Ave
-When the Fulton Street station in the financial district was like five different exits with five different names
-Maspeth Ave White Castle
-Sound and Fury Records
-O'Connors in Park Slope, the greatest bar on Earth
-Waterfront Ale House on Atlantic Ave
-When the Fulton Street station in the financial district was like five different exits with five different names
-Maspeth Ave White Castle
-Sound and Fury Records