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Michael Norton Dando

@mbdando.bsky.social

Comics. Hip hop. Education. Associate Prof of English Education @ St. Cloud State University (skeets = me).

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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 30642    πŸ” 13178    πŸ’¬ 594    πŸ“Œ 1617

When the message starts to really break through.

05.02.2026 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man playing an accordion that says roland on the front ALT: a man playing an accordion that says roland on the front

You know who’s NOT on the Epstein List? Weird AL.

03.02.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a striped sweater covering his mouth with his hand and the words pretends to be shocked below him ALT: a man in a striped sweater covering his mouth with his hand and the words pretends to be shocked below him

I’m starting to think that letting game show hosts with no training, experience, or empathy run the country was a bad call.

03.02.2026 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."

apnews.com/article/immi...

02.02.2026 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 13414    πŸ” 7018    πŸ’¬ 709    πŸ“Œ 479

Can someone let Tom know, please? He’s very concerned with this kind of talk so I’m told.

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Full Bad Bunny speech

02.02.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5429    πŸ” 1706    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 204
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Folds on the Kennedy Center 3 weeks ago: I was sick to my stomach when I quit because I knew they were going to run it into the ground. No one that they were appointing had any experience in arts administration, but that was never the point. The point was to take that, run over it, and move on.

02.02.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11134    πŸ” 3007    πŸ’¬ 265    πŸ“Œ 104

Heads up.

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Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."

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30.01.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 27934    πŸ” 9221    πŸ’¬ 361    πŸ“Œ 762

btw the civility panic a few years ago was about precisely this: the ability to have polite conversations about how black people are racially inferior in public without criticism or backlash bsky.app/profile/hann...

31.01.2026 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6852    πŸ” 1774    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 28

"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.

29.01.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3231    πŸ” 997    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 38
DARVO - Wikipedia

If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 97220    πŸ” 40951    πŸ’¬ 4306    πŸ“Œ 5386

Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them:

1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens

2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar

3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia

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This is my favorite SpongeBob song!

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Little Miss Noem
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Great, another viral song about Kristi Noem πŸ˜‰

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I feel like there are a number of world war 2 stories that have scenes like this.

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1/27/2026 - Minneapolis

ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone

They did not have a warrant

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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

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A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line

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Keep it up!

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Or, and hear me out, ABOLISH ICE!

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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE

Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

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They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.

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DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.

DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will β€” now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

25.01.2026 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 16089    πŸ” 5228    πŸ’¬ 326    πŸ“Œ 249

Spoke to Greg Ketter, owner of DreamHaven Books, just now. He’s grateful for all the book orders & knows the store’s site is struggling w/ the demand. Employees coming Monday to reboot the site & pack orders. There are so many that it may take a few extra days so please be patient & keep fighting. ✊🏽

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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.

wapo.st/49Zqv1L

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Same energy

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