Spamantha Risk
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I never thought I'd be able to claim "have never particularly enjoyed wacky animal content" as an advantage in our rapidly changing society, but here we are
This is such an issue, one I got conned by recently (the "animal shelter lets dogs choose" video) and I'm not sure how useful their guidelines are for identifying the fakes.
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I never thought I'd be able to claim "have never particularly enjoyed wacky animal content" as an advantage in our rapidly changing society, but here we are
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This is such an issue, one I got conned by recently (the "animal shelter lets dogs choose" video) and I'm not sure how useful their guidelines are for identifying the fakes.
Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends.
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
scz.org/blog/the-rea...
The Reality of AI Animal Content – Sedgwick County Zoo
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen them – bears bouncing on trampolines, apes caught on doorbell cameras, or “rescued” wild animals acting in ways that seem too good to be…
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December 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is such an issue, one I got conned by recently (the "animal shelter lets dogs choose" video) and I'm not sure how useful their guidelines are for identifying the fakes.
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“We had to kill the survivors in the water with a missile because they might flip the shards of the boat, continue to the US, and sell drugs” is not really any different than “We had to kill the entire village because the children might grow up and join the Vietcong,” except much less plausible
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“We had to kill the survivors in the water with a missile because they might flip the shards of the boat, continue to the US, and sell drugs” is not really any different than “We had to kill the entire village because the children might grow up and join the Vietcong,” except much less plausible
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The Metro E Line is shaping up to be the #1 transit route for cinephiles. You can go from The Main Cinema in Marcy-Holmes to the Lagoon in Uptown to the Mann Theatre at 50th & France to the AMC Southdale 16. That's pure magic right there.
The Twin Cities' newest bus rapid transit line launches this weekend, with the E Line running between Southdale Center in Edina and the University of Minnesota.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
So long, Metro Transit Route 6; Hello, E Line, Metro Transit's new rapid bus line
The E Line will be the agency’s third such line to open this year.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The Metro E Line is shaping up to be the #1 transit route for cinephiles. You can go from The Main Cinema in Marcy-Holmes to the Lagoon in Uptown to the Mann Theatre at 50th & France to the AMC Southdale 16. That's pure magic right there.
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Neighbors: if you need 1-2 whistles, please pick them up at one of these great neighborhood businesses hosting whistles!
Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel
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Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel
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December 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Neighbors: if you need 1-2 whistles, please pick them up at one of these great neighborhood businesses hosting whistles!
Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel
1/2
Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel
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Great Moments in Immigration Enforcement
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
South Minneapolis restaurant says ICE entered without warrant, staff push back
ICE's presence is keeping many on edge, including one Minneapolis restaurant, which says it had its first ICE encounter since opening more than a decade ago.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Great Moments in Immigration Enforcement
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
"I asked them if they had a judicial warrant. They said they didn't need one. I said yes you do."
Employees then captured video of agents leaving and turning the wrong way on a one way street.
youtu.be/C9t9HE9vmX0?...
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By my admittedly rushed math, it seems like Fateh needs about 71% of the Davis/Jazz vote to break his way. Seems tough, but not impossible
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
By my admittedly rushed math, it seems like Fateh needs about 71% of the Davis/Jazz vote to break his way. Seems tough, but not impossible
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Clarifying question: Does needlessly keeping food from working families make us great? Or is it keeping it from seniors on fixed incomes?
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Clarifying question: Does needlessly keeping food from working families make us great? Or is it keeping it from seniors on fixed incomes?
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Don’t stream fascism. Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, helping tear families apart. Cancel your subscription and make Spotify listen — the power belongs to the people: indivisible.org/canc...
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Don’t stream fascism. Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, helping tear families apart. Cancel your subscription and make Spotify listen — the power belongs to the people: indivisible.org/canc...
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
I don't actually believe that any company is "humbled and proud" that I would consider applying to work for them. Please stop saying dumb junk like this in these emails and just tell me what I need to do or say to get a job.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I don't actually believe that any company is "humbled and proud" that I would consider applying to work for them. Please stop saying dumb junk like this in these emails and just tell me what I need to do or say to get a job.
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If your SNAP benefits get cut off and you need help finding food in Minnesota use this to find help.
www.hungersolutions.org/find-help/
www.hungersolutions.org/find-help/
Find Help - Hunger Solutions
How can we help you? Prefer to talk to a person? Call the HelpLine at 1-888-711-1151.
www.hungersolutions.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
If your SNAP benefits get cut off and you need help finding food in Minnesota use this to find help.
www.hungersolutions.org/find-help/
www.hungersolutions.org/find-help/
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The huge size of the Minneapolis #NoKings march is hard to depict because it's circling 20 blocks of the central downtown core. This is the front when the back was still over at US Bank stadium and hadn't started moving yet.
October 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The huge size of the Minneapolis #NoKings march is hard to depict because it's circling 20 blocks of the central downtown core. This is the front when the back was still over at US Bank stadium and hadn't started moving yet.
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i know people are eager to show MPD working with ICE but you really gotta slow down and verify info before sharing it. what are MPD supposed to do if they get called in, just not respond? but if they do, then it gets painted as ICE collaboration based on photos without info. dangerous stuff here
Yes the homeowner called 911 because people in camo and guns we’re running around in their yard
October 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
i know people are eager to show MPD working with ICE but you really gotta slow down and verify info before sharing it. what are MPD supposed to do if they get called in, just not respond? but if they do, then it gets painted as ICE collaboration based on photos without info. dangerous stuff here
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Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
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This is notable because the government isn’t supposed to indefinitely hold people in immigration detention just for funsies if it doesn’t plan to remove the person any time soon. Abrego’s counsel has raised SCOTUS case law to that effect in seeking his release
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The government said it was going to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda. Then it said Eswatini.
But today, a DOJ attorney just told a federal judge that they haven't formalized a plan for removal yet. They apparently haven't even contacted Eswatini about the plan to remove Abrego there.
But today, a DOJ attorney just told a federal judge that they haven't formalized a plan for removal yet. They apparently haven't even contacted Eswatini about the plan to remove Abrego there.
O'H: YH, we--
J: is that a no?
O'H: respondents haven't formalized a poarticular plan for removal yet. gov'ts position is taht under Zadvydas govt has 6 months
J: so answer is no?
O'H: i can't make that representation. we dont know.
J: then answer is no.
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J: is that a no?
O'H: respondents haven't formalized a poarticular plan for removal yet. gov'ts position is taht under Zadvydas govt has 6 months
J: so answer is no?
O'H: i can't make that representation. we dont know.
J: then answer is no.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is notable because the government isn’t supposed to indefinitely hold people in immigration detention just for funsies if it doesn’t plan to remove the person any time soon. Abrego’s counsel has raised SCOTUS case law to that effect in seeking his release
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The regime's desire for authoritarianism is bottomless, but their capacity is not. Not even close.
They rely on bluster and memes to make up the difference. The threat is real, but less powerful than they say.
Freedom-loving Americans outnumber them by a lot. Communities can resist. Like this one:
They rely on bluster and memes to make up the difference. The threat is real, but less powerful than they say.
Freedom-loving Americans outnumber them by a lot. Communities can resist. Like this one:
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The regime's desire for authoritarianism is bottomless, but their capacity is not. Not even close.
They rely on bluster and memes to make up the difference. The threat is real, but less powerful than they say.
Freedom-loving Americans outnumber them by a lot. Communities can resist. Like this one:
They rely on bluster and memes to make up the difference. The threat is real, but less powerful than they say.
Freedom-loving Americans outnumber them by a lot. Communities can resist. Like this one:
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There are any number of legitimate reasons to use the passive voice, including not knowing who did the action you’re describing, or the whom is more interesting/germane than the who.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
October 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
There are any number of legitimate reasons to use the passive voice, including not knowing who did the action you’re describing, or the whom is more interesting/germane than the who.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
Exonerating the Gestapo is not one of those legitimate reasons.
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If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
Does anyone have any insight into how many Frey voters are planning to rank other candidates? Are most of them 100% Frey or bust? Or is there an “anyone but Fateh” contingent who would rank Davis or Hampton second?
October 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Does anyone have any insight into how many Frey voters are planning to rank other candidates? Are most of them 100% Frey or bust? Or is there an “anyone but Fateh” contingent who would rank Davis or Hampton second?
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One more thing: Being a "Debate me!" guy is not the same as genuinely believing in diversity of opinion; it comes from a belief that you can crush dissent by winning every argument, often with sophistry. Kirk started a McCarthyite website that targeted professors on the left. He was no pluralist...>
September 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
One more thing: Being a "Debate me!" guy is not the same as genuinely believing in diversity of opinion; it comes from a belief that you can crush dissent by winning every argument, often with sophistry. Kirk started a McCarthyite website that targeted professors on the left. He was no pluralist...>
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I agree with Patrick intellectually, but practically I think any statement - especially from the Right - that violence is un-American is good right now, however untrue it is.
Speaker Johnson saying "This is not who we are" is about the dumbest thing someone could say at this moment. This is exactly who were have become, often several times a week.
September 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I agree with Patrick intellectually, but practically I think any statement - especially from the Right - that violence is un-American is good right now, however untrue it is.
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Reminder - There was a call for anyone who could to go donate blood in the Twin Cities as there was a critical level of supply. With two mass casualty events in two days those levels are going to be even lower. So anyone who can please donate blood. www.mbc.org/donate-blood...
Memorial Blood Centers provide most of the blood to local hospitals. www.mbc.org/donate-blood...
August 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reminder - There was a call for anyone who could to go donate blood in the Twin Cities as there was a critical level of supply. With two mass casualty events in two days those levels are going to be even lower. So anyone who can please donate blood. www.mbc.org/donate-blood...
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara gave details about the deadly shooting:
“During the mass, the gunman approached on the outside, on the side of the building, and began firing a rifle through the church windows towards the children sitting in the pews at the mass."
“During the mass, the gunman approached on the outside, on the side of the building, and began firing a rifle through the church windows towards the children sitting in the pews at the mass."
Live: Minneapolis says shooter ‘contained’ as police respond to gunfire at church
Dozens of squads en route to Annunciation Church, casualties reported.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara gave details about the deadly shooting:
“During the mass, the gunman approached on the outside, on the side of the building, and began firing a rifle through the church windows towards the children sitting in the pews at the mass."
“During the mass, the gunman approached on the outside, on the side of the building, and began firing a rifle through the church windows towards the children sitting in the pews at the mass."