Your friend CJ

Your friend CJ

@xturtle.bsky.social

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Your friend CJ reposted

Men who look like this give off rapist vibes, amirite? You'll be at the gym and they'll just stare for wayyy too long with their creepy predator gaze. (Calm down, it's just a joke)

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AND ONLY GOING UP, BABY! 🏀 #WNBA #OliviaMiles #Lynx

WNBA@wnba.com

NO ROOKIE HAS SCORED MORE 👏 With her first point today, Olivia Miles passes Caitlin Clark (769) for the most points scored by a rookie in WNBA history. #WNBASeason30 | 2026 Postseason Push | DraftKings

I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel problems. The doc just straight up said "you can't use your hands." No driving, no typing (I was in grad school), no using door handles. I was supposed to get dictation software (in 2003, this was expensive and inaccurate) and rely on the kindness of strangers.

Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social

A question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"

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This man dispatched gangs of armed thugs to my city where they terrorized my neighbors for three months, abducted young children, and shot two random people to death.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump jokes about serving a third term — and gets laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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I legit thought this was an ad for DSA. Incredible how much DSA has completely shifted the political debate. Republicans are no longer setting the terms.

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Breaks my heart for Minneapolis that this politically expedient & baseless message is being made by some leaders. Officers showed up under a minute. No evidence that drones would have prevented this What would have reduced harm & led to prevention & is evidence backed is COMPREHENSIVE GUN CONTROL.

Wedge LIVE!™@wedge.live

Move over, police horses. Every big crime from now on is an opportunity for the mayor to complain about a lack of 911 drones.

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I cannot explain to you how deeply terrifying and anger-inducing it is to have cops and national guard marching down your street after dark and despite constantly posting about occupied Memphis no one gives a shit. yes, I mean my actual street where I live. I live posted it.

shawn@mulchy.bsky.social

there's (rightfully) been a lot of attention paid to la, chicago, minneapolis, and dc, but the the joint federal-local task force in memphis is uniquely horrifying in ways not seen in other cities. this is at least the fourth person shot during the task force's monthslong occupation.

Had a great time birding with nerds today!

CONvergenceLive!@convergencelive.bsky.social

Birding with Nerds starts at 12:30 on the Greenway stairs! There are extra pairs of binoculars for all to share as we walk through Loring Park looking for our feathered friends. #cvg2026 -AJ

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Abolish ICE.

Adam Steinbaugh@adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social

After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi. This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel. They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

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someone should tell hegseth that disease has taken out more soldiers than any armament

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Your periodic reminder that people are *more* abusive online when they're using their "real names" than when they're using a persistent pseudonym and this effect has been replicated in literally every study that has ever been done

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social

I remain of the view that regulation of social media is better than a ban for young people. But I also pretty much agree with all these proposals.

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Q: How is DOJ defining 'antifa'? ROSEN: What is antifa goes beyond I think the scope of what this indictment is Q: Is that a crime to be affiliating with a group, if it is even a group? ROSEN: It's a crime to conspire for the purpose of impeding or injuring federal officers

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it’s a tight, top-down conspiracy ...but also somehow 97 decentralized chats, orgs, members, and parents trying to help neighbors, conspiratorially it’s led by hardcore antifa operatives ...but also they spend 99% of their time creating new Signal chats, arguing about vetting & coordinating parking

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Oh, so they have NOTHING nothing

Your friend CJ reposted

"It’s time for Minnesota governments to reopen the sidewalks and figure out how to house folks somewhere that doesn’t result in the erosion of public space." THIS. Always this. Leaders actually believe that closing off public spaces is a _solution_. It's not! It never will be!

Bill Lindeke@blindeke.bsky.social

I get steamed about this kind of crap. These bridges and sidewalks are bare minimum mobility for people screwed by freeway infrastructure. www.minnpost.com/cityscape/20...

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ProPublica used leaked tax returns to calculate that through complex tax avoidance schemes, Jeff Bezos pays a tax rate of 0.98% www.propublica.org/article/the-... So if we doubled the taxes he pays, that would mean he'd still be paying less than 2%.

propublica.orgThe Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income TaxProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

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Minnesota's "Hennepin County Attorney’s Office issued a nationwide arrest warrant on Monday for the ICE agent who allegedly shot a Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and then lied about the circumstances that led to the shooting."

startribune.comICE agent charged in shooting of man in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro SurgeThe Hennepin County Attorney’s Office issued a nationwide arrest warrant for Christian Castro in the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis.

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Follow-up: ♦️There were FBI investigations of BOTH candidates in the 2016 election. Why did you broadcast the (largely bogus) one on Hillary, and keep secret the (enormously important) one on Trump? Asking Comey that question would have been #journalism.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

WELKER: Your decision to reopen Clinton email investigation days before voters went to polls -- knowing what you know now, would you make same decision? COMEY: I think so W: Do you think your decision played a role in Trump's election? C: I hope not. My goal that year was to stay out of politics

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Donor-advised funds (Fidelity, Schwab) are NOT letting clients donate to Southern Poverty Law Center. This is pretty much what Putin did in Russia, he de-legitimizied nonprofit organizations that didn't fit the fascist goals of the regime. I'll give SPLC non-tax-deductable $, they need it now

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still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

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Jason Chavez@jchavezmpls.bsky.social

While Mayor Frey travels the country accepting awards on the backs of immigrants, he’s back in Minneapolis vetoing the very policies meant to protect them. 1/ www.startribune.com/frey-again-v...

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Jennifer Matarese@trollprincess.bsky.social

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

This is unequivocally a step forward and Frey's opposition is based in his corporate interests, not care for citizens.

Robin for Ward 2@robin4mpls.bsky.social

On Thursday, City Council passed the Care Over Criminalization ordinance to protect public health and bring our city into compliance with MN law. People struggling with addiction shouldn't have to choose between a clean needle and jail time—which is exactly why Minnesota updated our laws in 2023.

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I hate that the @startribune.com went with the discarded needle on the street image. That’s the status quo- where people ditch the needle because they’re afraid of being caught with it. If it’s not a crime to have it, and you can turn it in for safe disposal & access resources, that’s a win

Robin for Ward 2@robin4mpls.bsky.social

On Thursday, City Council passed the Care Over Criminalization ordinance to protect public health and bring our city into compliance with MN law. People struggling with addiction shouldn't have to choose between a clean needle and jail time—which is exactly why Minnesota updated our laws in 2023.

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"Joy is resistance" is not just a platitude, it's actual fucking praxis

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Trust me, disabled people feel this hostility acutely.

Places Journal@placesjournal.bsky.social

"Benches are where optimistic visions of civic life meet reality. To remove them, or to curate who gets to sit, is to abandon the work of defining a civic ideal and determining, together, how to live up to it." NEW: Why benches are slowly disappearing from public spaces — and why we need them back: