Sam

Joe is the funniest Minnesotan.

“That’s what happens when school boards get taken over by Crichton fundamentalists.” Andre Ferguson, Cupcake Filler

Stephen King Most Banned Author In U.S. Schools
https://theonion.com/stephen-king-most-banned-author-in-u-s-schools/

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

more like tim cuck, am I right

Post!

I'm not sure about the iPad app but I use Openvibe because it remembers the last part in my feed. It also integrates mastodon.

fun little reminder that the Trump administration actively hates the American people and will seize every possible opportunity to make our lives worse

To slow down fast walkers?

I've sat outside the Bryant Lake Bowl on nice days a couple of times this summer and have been amazed at how many scooters use the west bus only lane, going both directions! I saw a couple of ride share bikes too but don't remember any people using their own bikes.

It's much worse now! The 90 degree turns to miss the bench on the south side is terrible.

WNBA trade grades: Report cards for every major deal The Lynx added DiJonai Carrington as WNBA contenders upgrade their rosters before the Aug. 7 trade deadline.

Grading the Minnesota Lynx loading up for the playoffs by adding DiJonai Carrington from the Dallas Wings: www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Bentornato!

Marie-Thérèse, Face and Profile, by Pablo Picasso, 1931, 📸 via @pbs.org

Losing to the sky isn't helping that!

Don't look at what happened yesterday!

Anywhere but here!

Wonder what an extra $50 million in youth programming could’ve done in Minneapolis over the past couple years (the same amount we’ve increased the budget for MPD, only to see crime rates stay higher than peers)

DEI all-star

Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident

Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident theonion.com/conscie...

Marx predicated all this in the 1800s. In order to sustain itself, capitalism must keep the workers divided, else risk them uniting against the capitalists. As resources become increasingly constrained due to hoarding, the discomfort of the workers becomes more extreme, thus so must the division.

New Bomb Capable Of Creating 1,500 New Terrorists In Single Blast

theonion.com/new-bom...

Epstein associate endorsements for NYC Mayor:

Cuomo: 3
Zohran: 0

This is less important than a lot of these but age discrimination for insurance covering hearing aids was banned in this session and that's why I'm wearing this $50k hearing aid.

A tie’s width or a haircut can be “outdated.” Miasma theory is complete horseshit that only lunatics believe. The people who sanewash this shit are pathetic. bsky.app/profile/npr....

But the bluesky bubble!

They really ruined fun for the rest of us.

👀 We've got the ~distributions~ on Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."

Upshot:
It takes a lot of money from the lowest 10% of earners and gives a bunch to the top 10%.

Expressed in 2 ways here:
- Dollar amounts
- % of household resources (more in thread)

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This quote captures the empty Christianity of so Republicans perfectly: “The role of the church – the role of people of faith – is to care for our neighbors. Yes,” said Rep. Isaac Schultz, R-Elmdale Township, during the House floor debate. “But not in this instance, specifically.”

Open Borders by Bryan Caplan | Open Library Open Borders by Bryan Caplan, Zach Weinersmith, Oct 29, 2019, First Second edition, hardcover

To the extent you feel people can still be reached with ideas, we wrote the pro-immigration, pre free movement case in a handy comic book form, available free at your local library: openlibrary.org/books/OL2824...

Turns out, "MPD will not assist ICE" comes with a lot of very specific caveats. MPD will absolutely assist ICE with crowd control. MPD will absolutely assist on raids that include ICE but are, after the fact, declared to not be ICE. Watch what is being promised. Ask for more.