fuck sam altman forever for taking away the last places where we could engage in good faith: the creative arts, which should be a testament to human ingenuity. i am so mad that everything i read or listen to or admire is now tainted with doubt. do you understand? he is a thief of joy and i HATE HIM
Wrote about the idea of a small-d democratic backburn to slow and eventually stop autocratic advances in the US
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The fan behind coach Finch understands it.
I think a lot about how we could just close like 20-30% of Minneapolis residential streets to cars, or make them annoying to drive on (e.g. much narrower) and it would barely impact commute times/convenience for most people while significantly improving their quality of life
You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
"Every bombed village is my hometown" - James Baldwin And every dead child is my child. Every grieving mother is my mother. Every crying father is my father. Every home turned to rubble is the home I grew up in. Every brother carrying the remains of his brother across borders is my brother. Every sister waiting for a sister who will never come home is my sister. Every one of these people are ours, Just like we are theirs. We belong to them and they belong to us.
A Baltimore-based thread to explain one singular, overriding reason why American journalism is incapable of compassing and explaining the astonishing misrule and the implosion of all our governing norms. To wit:
A few decades ago, as a police reporter covering the Baltimore department, a new...
thank you @reportermark.bsky.social for taking me to immigration court at whipple to observe. more people should be going if they can to witness the system up close
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The fact that nobody seriously believes there is an institution in this country that will check the president—that we’re all just sitting here hoping that he gets distracted and fails to follow through on his genocidal threats—is the most damning indictment of our political system I’ve seen yet.
Man i really wish democrats would spend every day talking about how republicans are chickenshit cowards and lapdogs for doing whatever Trump wants. Because someday they’re going to gaslight the public about all this
Democrats should be saying "we are coming back into power and when we do, every commander and officer who participated is getting sent to the Hague" and instead they are talking about tax breaks.
There is no “they” in “They will fix it.” It is only us. Thanks @dbrauer.net
It’s day 124 of the ICE occupation of MN.
We’ve spent 124 days protecting our neighbors in the streets, building mutual aid networks to keep neighbors fed and housed, and building the community we all deserve. And we’re still doing it.
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I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.
It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
Thursday, April 9, 2026 "Special Meeting" 4:00 PM Charter Commission Special Meeting Location: Room 350, Public Service Center250 S 4th St, Minneapolis, MN 55415 Description: The Commission maintains the home rule charter for the people of the City of Minneapolis. This special meeting is being called to receive and file amendment proposal and draft ballot language related to government structure.
The Charter Commission is meeting Thursday, April 9 at 4 PM, in Room 350 of the Public Service Center. The meeting is being held to finalize the language of an amendment relating to government structure, including which department heads are subject to council confirmation. (1/5)
As the newest Charter Commissioner, coming in at the very end of an almost four-year process, I'm not optimistic that I'll be able to convince the group to make any major changes to the proposal, but I will be coming with some targeted amendments.
Walter Hudson should voluntarily surrender his permit to carry for breaking the law. More on the official consequences Hudson and Engen should face for misconduct on the job.
I mean, I think the truth is worse and darker: Iran's leaders and the Iranian people find themselves essentially in the vice-grip of a mad god: Trump acts without reason or sense or moral concept, but he can at a whim inflict terrible death and suffering upon them and does so. More or less at random
Via a press release, Cedrick Frazier, candidate for Hennepin County Attorney, has laid out his plans to prosecute ICE agents.
My take: a lot of this is just an explanation of how prosecution works, but it's very important for Frazier to explain that to the public. And there are a few notable items
After ICE came to Minneapolis, ProPublica journalist Peter DiCampo saw his community step up to patrol the streets, drive strangers to work and provide aid to families in hiding. These are his neighbors, in their city, in their own words: propub.li/3Oekpn9
It’s day 119 of the ICE occupation of MN.
Rent is due Wednesday - so many neighbors are still trying to get back on their feet after more than three months in hiding.
Please give if you can
StandWithMinnesota.org
It's just a fantastic story about the part of Minnesota few of us have seen highlighted during this strife. I'm proud to show it to you today and I hope you give it some time.
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White woman with short hair, a rebel loon shirt, and a whistle speaks from the stage at No Kings St Paul.
It was an incredible honor to represent tens of thousands of rapid responders across Minnesota who have spent the last 118 days standing up for our neighbors.
Here’s my speech from yesterday at No Kings St. Paul.
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If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today.
That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right
Online leftists: It's just a bunch of wine moms. They aren't doing enough.
Media: Bunch of wine moms. It's ineffective.
Meanwhile: Wine moms out there creating community, gathering people together, exposing them to other orgs, giving them opportunities to hear about new ideas. Holding it down.
New Yorkers, join us in the first ever Mayor’s Municipal Madness: a competition of city fixes where everyone wins.
Pick your fix and vote here:
nyc.gov/madness
In three months, @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social has:
-Vetoed an eviction extension that'll cause mass homelessness of our immigrant neighbors
-Never stepped out on a patrol during federal occupation
-Private meeting with Tom Homan with records deleted
-Told ICE to fuck off, did nothing about it
1. The largest medical organization in the United States, the American Medical Association, has reaffirmed that gender affirming care for trans youth is medically necessary.
It disavowed the New York Times reporting.
Incredible development for trans youth.
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This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation.
I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment.
This summary is just fantastic.
as the official spokesperson of the SD62 Give Ilhan Omar a Gundam subcaucus, I would like you to know that this is specifically an effort to give Ilhan Omar a *Gundam.* Not a Jaeger, not a Voltron, not a Powerzord. a GUNDAM
