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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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Monsters. They've abolished universal newborn Hep B vaccination, in an 8-3 vote. Since 1991, that dose prevented 6M+ infections, almost 100k deaths, & millions of chronic liver disease/cancer cases.
This is class warfare via crimes against public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
This is class warfare via crimes against public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Monsters. They've abolished universal newborn Hep B vaccination, in an 8-3 vote. Since 1991, that dose prevented 6M+ infections, almost 100k deaths, & millions of chronic liver disease/cancer cases.
This is class warfare via crimes against public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
This is class warfare via crimes against public health.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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this is your fault, Bill
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
this is your fault, Bill
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
personally, specifically, your fault
you could have blocked this guy, you more than anyone had the power, and you chose not to do it
you own this and I hope you choke on it
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i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
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Japan understands the true spirit of Christmas
November 29, 2023 at 2:18 AM
Japan understands the true spirit of Christmas
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Instead of watching Stranger Things, maybe we should start building stronger things, like the rule of law and a commitment to democratic norms
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Instead of watching Stranger Things, maybe we should start building stronger things, like the rule of law and a commitment to democratic norms
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Happy Thanksgiving, please rise for the national anthem
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, please rise for the national anthem
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Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today, in Utah, homeowners *or renters* can simply buy a solar panel at Costco, take it home, and plug it in to a wall socket, like an appliance. It just sits there & trims about 15-20% off a residential power bill. If you move to another apt., you can take it with you.
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If we’re gonna keep the skyways in Minneapolis, at least do something like this.
This pedestrian bridge between a parking garage and a Home2 Suites by Hilton does *not* need to go this hard.
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
If we’re gonna keep the skyways in Minneapolis, at least do something like this.
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It's a censorship engine designed to promote ideas that Elon Musk likes and suppress ideas that Elon Musk does not like. I really don't get why this evident fact - that Musk openly admits! - is so hard for so many people to understand
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It's a censorship engine designed to promote ideas that Elon Musk likes and suppress ideas that Elon Musk does not like. I really don't get why this evident fact - that Musk openly admits! - is so hard for so many people to understand
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This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
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Game 3 between Minnesota and Seattle will go down as one of the best playoff matches in MLS history ✍️
@tombogert.bsky.social @mattdoyle.bsky.social
@tombogert.bsky.social @mattdoyle.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Game 3 between Minnesota and Seattle will go down as one of the best playoff matches in MLS history ✍️
@tombogert.bsky.social @mattdoyle.bsky.social
@tombogert.bsky.social @mattdoyle.bsky.social
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URGENT BOLLARD ALERT.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
URGENT BOLLARD ALERT.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
SDOT is going to the Pike Place Market Historical Commission next Wednesday to get initial guidance on the "physical protective barriers" planned ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
The board is getting its temperature taken on a "hybrid approach" of bollards and vehicle barricades.
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
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I know some folks were asking for something like this (@meshm.bsky.social iirc) So I made a quick dot density map of the first choice Minneapolis mayoral results. This allows you to see two things that choropleth maps can't show... umn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I know some folks were asking for something like this (@meshm.bsky.social iirc) So I made a quick dot density map of the first choice Minneapolis mayoral results. This allows you to see two things that choropleth maps can't show... umn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapview...
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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New bikeways that have opened (or are very close to opening) in Minneapolis this year:
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New bikeways that have opened (or are very close to opening) in Minneapolis this year:
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
- Hennepin Avenue S
- University Avenue SE
- 24th Street E
- 1st Avenue S
(1/2)
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New Yorkers vote today if you haven’t and you get this
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
New Yorkers vote today if you haven’t and you get this
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"When you open me, you might be looking for a spot where someone, anyone, ideally the doctor, explains me to you. It gives me more pleasure than I care to admit that there will be none of that here."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
I’m Your Uploaded Bloodwork Results, and No, I Will Not Explain Myself to You
I’ve finally arrived. That’s right, it’s me, your bloodwork results, in your inbox three days after that chatty nurse couldn’t find your vein and l...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"When you open me, you might be looking for a spot where someone, anyone, ideally the doctor, explains me to you. It gives me more pleasure than I care to admit that there will be none of that here."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
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star trek: tng, but Computer has an obsequious attitude like ChatGPT
picard: tea, earl grey, hot
computer: a nice hot earl grey sounds like an excellent choice! it's aromatic, a little citrusy, and will do a lot to perk you up. it's certainly easier on your body than coffee! if you want to maximi
picard: tea, earl grey, hot
computer: a nice hot earl grey sounds like an excellent choice! it's aromatic, a little citrusy, and will do a lot to perk you up. it's certainly easier on your body than coffee! if you want to maximi
October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
star trek: tng, but Computer has an obsequious attitude like ChatGPT
picard: tea, earl grey, hot
computer: a nice hot earl grey sounds like an excellent choice! it's aromatic, a little citrusy, and will do a lot to perk you up. it's certainly easier on your body than coffee! if you want to maximi
picard: tea, earl grey, hot
computer: a nice hot earl grey sounds like an excellent choice! it's aromatic, a little citrusy, and will do a lot to perk you up. it's certainly easier on your body than coffee! if you want to maximi