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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 5h

There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.

Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 6h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 6h

“The government does not track how often immigration agents hold Americans.

“So ProPublica created its own count.”

Thank you @propublica.org

(Bookmark for those friends and family who insist this isn’t happening)

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 7h

This isn't the fault of the writers who were forced to do this, but there is a direct line from this to modern fascism (cf Bollea v. Gawker, GamerGate, the sheer number of early 2010s writers who became right wing influencers and politicians, etc).

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h

I think a lot of people don’t realize how insanely pervasive and coercive the early 2010s “the only way to make it as a young writer is to publish insanely confessional, raw online essays about your darkest secrets and trauma” culture was.

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Robin for Ward 2 @robin4mpls.bsky.social · 7h

After shorting it over $3 million dollars, he shamelessly ran campaign ads touting its success. Of course the ad omits that while Frey thought the program was good enough to campaign on, it wasn’t priority enough to fully fund.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 17h

holy shit this isn’t true

how do you read a wikipedia page this incorrectly???

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social

finding out that talia jane was raised in a political cult which eventually started an extortion ring which murdered five people, and that her mother went to prison for this, has a lot of explanatory power
October 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM & Everybody can reply

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🦇MarniBOO!🦇 @silentmachine.bsky.social · 9h

I've talked to a few people who lived in some buildings during the shuffle. It's not been good. The companies taking over are even worse, and I dont mean just maintenance. Whoever bought the buildings at 26th and Blaisdell (Judith's Court) are breaking occupancy laws.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12h

Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 9h

Ah the landlord shuffle. Great way to reset all those violations, it can't possibly be New Landlords fault and who can prove it was Old Landlord's fault?

Wonder how much of the portfolio has been shuffled to shell LLCs partially owned by Rubin or his assignees

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Morgan/Ziggy @zigwigdesign.gay · 4d

catsitting for our former next door neighbor who lives in a Mint Properties building. in the year or so since we moved out, a bird has taken up residence in a hole in wall of the front lobby. that's fun! festive! very normal!

close-up of a small gray/brown bird settled into a hole in some wooden beams dividing windows. sprayfoam is haphazardly applied near the hole.

tail feathers of a small gray/brown bird sticking out of a hole in some wooden planks dividing windows

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 10h

not uncommon for mint properties. renters in this city know to avoid them, they're notorious

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 10h

Good morning I’m in @theverge.com profiling @ekkoastral.bsky.social @jael.bsky.social and some other cool trans musicians who are bringing the organizing energy they learned from being trans online to music venues across the country. These musicians are meeting the moment.

The DIY and IRL energy of punk rock mutual aid

Bands like Ekko Astral are bringing the urgency of online solidarity into the mosh pit.

www.theverge.com

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Davide Mastracci @davidemastracci.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: I’ve published an article containing the names and profiles of 49 Canadians who have served in the Israeli military since October 7, 2023.

www.readthemaple.com/these-49-can...

These 49 Canadians Have Served In Israel’s Military Since Oct. 7

The Maple has identified 49 Canadians who have served in the Israeli military since Oct. 7, 2023.

www.readthemaple.com

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 10h

The crisis of American masculinity, neatly summarized in four sentences from this interviewee

Thomas Amato @tjamato88.bsky.social · 11h

yikes

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 12h

after surrendering to the Tarrant County Jail 8/13 on a bogus warrant, Big Tex was slapped with 3 ludicrous charges. only a year ago, he’d been exonerated on false charges stemming from an arrest 2-1/2yrs ago when he put his body between drag show attendees & neo-nazis.

check out fundraiser below!

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 20h

Not for standing up to ICE, probably for some dweeb fraud charges or something.

Glad they talk tho. It's important to preemptively exercise those spousal conversations about testifying when you are concerned about *possible* arrest

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 23h

frey says he has had to talk with his wife about what they’ll do if he gets arrested by the federal government

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 20h

Didn't he just shoot down Community Opportunity to Purchase because he thought that locals are unprepared for the realities of business or some garbage like that

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 23h

frey talking about ownership opportunity fund to help business owners own not just business but the underlying real estate

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

fateh says DC was still chocolate city when he was born there, but it isn’t anymore, and he doesn’t want to see that happen to north minneapolis

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 20h

Apparently Mr. Strong Mayor hasn't gobbled up enough power from other elected bodies now he wants to run the schools with his flimsy fist too

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

question: how will you partner with MPS to help kids thrive?

frey: “that’s the right question.” says answer that the mayor doesn’t control the public schools is “a cop out”

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Michael Senters the Sigillite, ABD. (Yang Wen-li stan) @mikesenters.bsky.social · 20h

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 20h

This is why I would trade Frey for a different moderate (like Jazz) in a heartbeat.

molly @mabbattista.bsky.social · 22h

At the Ward 8 for a New Mayor rally last Saturday, Commissioner Angela Conley said the county's been trying to work with the mayor on homelessness for seven years and he's shut them out.

taylr @taylordahlin.com · 1d

frey is talking about working with county partners extensively…

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Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · 21h

I too have not, nor have ever, thought bad things about said litigious gentleman, whomst we must thank the Almighty courts have never judged 🙏

Nor would I refer to him as a parasite 🪱, nor a 'slumlord millionaire'

Owning more units than our public housing is good

Praise our propertied lords!

Minneapolis for the Many @mplsforthemany.com · 1d

Please direct any questions regarding this statement to our attorney Daniel Suitor, [email protected]

A few weeks ago, Minneapolis for the Many made social media posts and emails describing Jim Rubin, of Mint Properties, as a “negligent” landlord and stated that he “is singlehandedly responsible for hundreds of property violations.” We retract those statements and sincerely apologize to Mr. Rubin. He has never been held negligent in his duties as a landlord by a court, nor is it fair to say he is personally responsible for every property violation found at his company’s properties. Mr. Rubin has a history of purchasing, renovating, and operating older buildings which often includes inheriting major maintenance backlogs. Mr. Rubin’s efforts to create naturally occurring affordable housing in Minneapolis are laudable and much appreciated. Minneapolis for the Many regrets the implication that Mr. Rubin could be considered a “slumlord” or “negligent landlord.”

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 1d

California keeps passing overwhelmingly popular bills by wide margins and Gavin Newsom, who sucks, keeps vetoing them https://ogletree.com/insights-resources/blog-posts/california-governor-vetoes-bill-that-would-have-required-employers-to-provide-notice-of-ai-use/

California Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Required Employers to Provide Notice of AI Use - Ogletree

On October 13, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation that would have regulated employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated decisionmaking technologies in employment-related decisions, citing concerns about “overly broad restrictions” on employers’ use of the technology. The legislation, passed on the heels of the finalization of two separate sets of state AI regulations, would have added to California’s increasingly complicated web of overlapping and sometimes inconsistent laws and regulations concerning such technology.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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