Ryan Kopperud

God I love the Twin Cities so much.

Heaven or Minnesota.

I was having a conversation with my future grandchildren about what it was like to live under fascism, but they were only the idea of my grandchildren, or maybe one of many possible versions of them? like I'm living outside of time and space and can't find my way back to my body. is sharepoint okay?

me? oh yeah, fine. I'm doing great. just sort of left my body for a second to observe the current moment and my place in it from a high angle, sort of like what I imagine you'd see from a spy satellite? but one that can look through time? but yeah, I'll have that report done by the end of the day

I have friends everywhere.

Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.

Hey quick question, is it normal for a sitting president to need to take three cognitive tests in less than a year or nah? Surely just standard procedure, we all do that, right?

Screenshot of Sen. Mark Kelly’s statement on the invasion of Venezuela.

"The President of the United States just overthrew a foreign ruler and explained to the American people that this is about taking control of the oil reserves of a foreign nation."

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.

I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

Impeach and convict now. This is illegal under international and U.S. law and a violation of his oath of office. Only Congress has the power to declare war.

The only relevant question when it comes to political consequences though is how many (or any really) elected republicans will agree.

Something I don't think folks have fully clocked is the degree to which just about everyone under the age of 45 in any natsecs adjacent space to the left of groypers is flatly saying "this is illegal as shit, that's all there is to it"

Yep there’s no legal justification here. Either we have laws or we don’t.

They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” - Isaac Asimov

The consumer backlash once people realize how far-reaching and broad the language is will be immense. Legislators will rue the day they misunderstood the impact of the hemp ban on farmers, jobs, consumers, and the economy.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

At some point or another, even briefly, processors and manufactures will have to have in their possession an illegal amount THC in their product. Which means federally the production of CBD will become illegal. CBD dog treats, tinctures, lotions, you name it, will become technically illegal to make.

The biology of farming this crop certifies the destruction of the whole domestic farming industry. Stated levels are so restrictive that CBD products will not be able to come from farmers. They will never be able to grow the crop to be low enough in THC to then be able to process out just CBD.

This is unfortunately patently false, and people will start to realize it as the impact of this language starts to settle in.

AND IT HAS MY NAME ON IT TOO

Learning you’re on BlueSky and a Wolves fan at the same time, both of which are excellent pieces of information.

I have never in my entire basketball watching life seen a coach that deep down the bench near the corner and that close to a shooting player. Absolutely asinine that he was even near Ant, much less under his dismount. Ridiculous.

Thank you!

Can you link the article that quote is from? Not to prove it’s real, I just wanna read it.

Damn, take good care homie. My first was last April. Bad week, but the longer you can stay horizontal and drink gallons of water, you’ll be good. Catch you on the flip side.

For those that don’t know, there’s an organization dedicated to helping people do just this.

It’s called Run For Something, and they have tons of resources for understanding what you can run for, where, and how.

runforsomething.net