@absp.bsky.social
Former academic, current UX research lead focused on how people communicate online, forever a sociolinguist. Small and loud. She/her
Passing along this short survey about accommodations in academia. I think it took less than 10 min? Y'all should complete this.
17.02.2026 00:32 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0It’s day 76 of the ICE occupation of
MSP.
ICE is still here - we still have vastly more agents on the ground than we did in late November.
And those agents are still kidnapping our neighbors and terrorizing neighborhoods.
Stay vigilant, and let’s pay rent for March 1 for everyone who needs it.
It's that the shooting while skiing one? 😂 I have no idea how one gets into luge or skeleton. "hey it sounds kind of fun to lay down on a tiny sled and hurtle down an icy cement tube. You know what would make that better? HEAD FIRST"
16.02.2026 04:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Great cause, if u are available, participate in the Hells Kitchen benefit as well for Mercado Central tomorrow from 9am-4 pm in DT Minneapolis
See you there!
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
15.02.2026 18:24 — 👍 2669 🔁 1025 💬 42 📌 81They aren’t going anywhere.
15.02.2026 16:15 — 👍 618 🔁 175 💬 12 📌 4Thank you! 😊
15.02.2026 16:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I got a new tattoo today, so of course I was reminded of the guy from grad school who looked like John Denver and revealed that he has a huge back piece, and that it was a graffiti-style cartoon DJ
15.02.2026 05:04 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I'm so sorry 💜
15.02.2026 05:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I deeply appreciate that they looked at an insane sport where people go 80mph down an ice chute and said let’s make it crazier
winter sports rule
Statement from Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne after announcement that Operation Metro Surge is winding down.
12.02.2026 17:58 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
can I just say how much I like that color nail polish??
12.02.2026 04:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
11.02.2026 21:26 — 👍 4840 🔁 1270 💬 55 📌 72Believe it or not, it’s nice here in winter too 🩵❄️🩵
12.02.2026 04:06 — 👍 151 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 0*St Paul this time, but yes
12.02.2026 04:14 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
09.02.2026 01:58 — 👍 17997 🔁 3590 💬 151 📌 302Nooooooo
11.02.2026 17:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My friend was a witness to this. Things are not "winding down" here.
11.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 24 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0
Nina's Coffee Cafe, Western Avenue North, Saint Paul, MN, USA Description: Very bad car accident involving ice agent who left the scene
report from St Paul: "Very bad car accident involving ice agent who left the scene"
11.02.2026 15:50 — 👍 1945 🔁 738 💬 90 📌 54They crush the local economy, deplete city budgets, illegally withhold congressionally allocated funds. In exchange we get masked Texans running wild in the streets, paid for with tax money that was supposed to be used on our healthcare. Thank you to our federal partners.
11.02.2026 02:58 — 👍 576 🔁 155 💬 3 📌 10Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
11.02.2026 11:03 — 👍 6136 🔁 2243 💬 296 📌 131if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
11.02.2026 15:58 — 👍 7465 🔁 1451 💬 67 📌 43Oh yeah that one is up there too!!
11.02.2026 15:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Also also we decided Bernie the puppy would be Amy Sedaris if she were a person
On that note, have a good night
Oh god I hadn't thought of that in at least 25 years
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