Briar

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Minnesota enthusiast.

DOES want universal health care and ice cream. DOES NOT understand The Matrix.

Very poor at time management.

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And a person who called other people "unhuman," which is incredibly disturbing and who should be called out constantly as depraved and unworthy to hold ANY office.

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Tinman contra la caste

Marketing also requires special permission under HIPAA's regs.

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Ashley Fairbanks

Salty is waiting for his evening carrot.

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Little known fact: Alvin had to wear this A on his shirt cause he was an adulterous whore

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The New York Times

Unbelievably bad journalism. Gads.

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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless

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Sam Bergman

Thank you for not posting a picture of the bucket

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Being really annoying is praxis. Phone, email, fax, show up in person if that’s an option. Just don’t let up until you’re too irritating to ignore.

the unexpected thing about Talking To Your Representatives is that it can actually work, if enough people are similarly mad about the same thing. you won’t get the elected on the phone. but they will hear about it from their annoyed staff, who might not have time to do anything else

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RedwoodGirl (she/her) 💖💜💙

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Reply Guy

I forgot how many shirts this weirdo wears!

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Alexandra Petri

This is so so so bad.

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Taniel

Worst and most harmful decision since Dobbs?

This is appalling. And stupid. And ahistorical. And just so so so stupid....

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters issued this memo today requiring teachers in all schools to keep a Bible in their classroom and teach from it as a historical document. (Via KOCO 5 News)

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Indigiqueer Hummingbird

Tilia in Linden Hills is consistently very delicious. Lots of road construction nearby so they would appreciate the business and biking is best way to get there right now.

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Incidentally, when Trump says that student debt forgiveness is "vile," remember that he has declared bankruptcy for his companies six times to get out of paying debt.

Honestly, this is almost the most Republican thing ever: “I will make life much harder on a bunch of Americans in a way that will not benefit any of you in the slightest.”

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Steph Sleeper

I don't have a cat but being in the hospital that much is terrible so here are two cat- related items you might like?

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Seth Masket

Is that *rust* on the back of the silver one, or do I just *want* it to be?

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Daniel Sohn

Yes, and almost all cops are suburban cops. In Minneapolis i think something like 5% of the force resides in the city... one of many giant problems with MPD.

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John Scalzi

Yeah, i think i still have a Spoutible account but have never posted (and never go there). I an pretty sure i only follow you here, and can't recall why i started following, but glad i did.

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quick13

This seems super crappy

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Clark Starr

What on earth?!

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WaPo is about to get Spanfellered, which is never a good thing. www.sfgate.com/news/article...

The Washington Post is about to embrace the darknesswww.sfgate.com SFGATE columnist Drew Magary on a major shakeup at the Washington Post after executive editor Sally Buzbee was unceremoniously forced out.

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NEW: I tried to sum up the free fall at the Washington Post, with its publisher trying to bribe an NPR reporter and forcing out an executive editor who wouldn’t cover up his alleged misdeeds. Plus, how silence allows the right wing takeover of media to fester. www.thehandbasket.co/p/washington...

This (what is happening, not Marisa's excellent writing about it) is awful. Billionaires are a scourge, and billionaires owning media companies are a fixing awful shitshow. What a nightmare.

i wrote about how fascist billionaires and their minions are destroying media and how we need to keep making their lives miserable to stop the rot

The Washington Post is in fascist-guided free fallwww.thehandbasket.co Former Murdoch employees have taken over. Now corruption and scandal abound.

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Brandon Williams

Ugh i just bought a subscription to LightRoom. :( All I want is basic photo editing!!!

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When we talk about "taxing rich people" there's folks who think we're talking about Aunt Edna who has the second summer home. The astronomical levels of "rich" that now exist are almost unfathomable to people. It's the stuff of vast empirical dynasties. We're talking about taxing emperors.

The ultra-wealthy will often take whole fleets of cars with them when they travel, loading vehicles, along with motorbikes and other toys, onto chartered cargo aircraft that follow their private jets. This is how they do it: cnn.it/3X8V14a

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Chris Steller

I always thought it was "the advice that is said to her"??

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Are you ready to get buzzed on boba? New news in food, closings, openings, and coming soon:

A Speakeasy With Spiked Boba, a New Cannabakery, and More May Restaurant News - Racketracketmn.com It's the May edition of the Racket Restaurant Roundup.

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I cannot control my wretched flagwife. Anyway here’s my ruling on abortion: no one can have one.