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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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"they are called SKEETS" written in a banner format. Yes, Bluesky posts are called skeets, and I will die on this hill.

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

This is disability visibility.

Mamdani listened. He didn’t pander or talk over the disabled journalist.

He acknowledged his concerns and gave real responses about how he plans to fix them.

1 in 4 Americans has a disability, it’s a huge number of voters.

Don’t ignore us!

Is that from being unable to afford to feed ourselves or?

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Minneapolis, Sticker, originally seen 28 November 2021 Main text: “Don’t Comply w/Frey” Top small text: “Ope, That Was F#@ked” Bottom small text: “Become Ungovernable”

I need to see these around again.

Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it

South Minneapolis, Boneshaker books, free zine shelves. Zine, “If You See Something, Do Something: 12 things to do instead of calling the cops” Stickers, “Don’t Rank Frey,” atop image of a broken chain-link fence”

Voted. Walked over to Boneshaker Books after.

His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

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A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control

New awareness campaign

South Minneapolis, sticker on a One Way sign. Picture: line drawing of a switchblade. Text: “Defend trans kids”

4 Days to Election Day: A reminder that Ward 10 candidate Lydia Millard will pretend to be whoever you need her to be.

Note: They may look like cheap stage monitors, but they cost $30k.

North Minneapolis, parking lot of the MPD Police Academy. MPD SWAT BearCat APC(s) with mounted LRAD. Screenshot of LRAD product page. Wikipedia description of LRAD: “A long-range acoustic device (LRAD), acoustic hailing device (AHD) or sound cannon is a specialized loudspeaker that produces sound at high power for communicating at a distance. It has been used as a method of crowd control, which has caused permanent hearing damage, having an extremely high decibel capacity (up to 160 dB measured at one meter from the device).”

I don’t recall MPD having LRADs, but there they are atop SWAT RVs. Photos from the parking lot of the police academy. They were also seen tooling around that neighborhood with the back doors open while fully armed and armored.

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Crop Art Exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair. Marvin the Martian by Ann Peters of Minneapolis.

[Yes, I am only now getting around to working on photos taken at the Fair]

I don’t recall, day of, noticing the raised lettering text in the background….

South Minneapolis, sticker on a lamp post. Image: Jacob Frey’s mug Text: “DON’T RANK”

South Minneapolis, sticker on the back of a sign. Image: Line art depicting a heiling PF member being kicked in the face. Text: “Kick Patriot Front Nazis Out of Our Neighborhood”

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances It reads: "This man is your FRIEND He fights for FREEDOM" The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

Lydia Millard has very little public track record and little of substance to say when it comes to policy.

It makes it hard to know what she’s about.

But her donors - from landlords with copious property violations to GOP donors - paint a pretty clear picture.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Pete Hegseth at today’s address standing in front of an American flag with added text: “Secretary of Warcrimes”

Every weekend night around 8-9pm the new bike lanes on Hennepin Ave are closed by officers working off duty security for Reign nightclub.

Uptown Minneapolis September 2025

South Minneapolis, Whittier neighborhood. Sticker on the back of a street sign. Text: “Evict Frey”

For 7 years, Mayor Frey has lied. He lied about no-knock warrants and Amir Locke died. He lied and said there were only 27 unhoused people in the city—facts prove him wrong. He even vetoed the Uber/Lyft wage bill after vowing to support it. Minneapolis needs a leader, not a liar.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Launch Pattern-book in the US!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Join us for readings, discussion, and effervescence as Nina MacLaughlin (Wake, Siren; Summer Solstice; Winter Solstice) launches Éireann Lorsung's newest collection, Pattern-book (Carcanet, 2025). Ab...

ahem there is finally going to be a zoom launch on US time and it's next Sunday, 5 October, at 2 p.m. Central (3 Eastern, 1 Mountain, noon Pacific, 8 p.m. UK/Ireland, 9 p.m. CET, please extrapolate elsewhere from there)

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you'd be very welcome
bring a short poem you love