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Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social · 8h

3) Grove said the paper loses 20 percent of print subs a year. He also said print subscribers were the “most loyal.” So how many digital subs does the paper lose a year, and why would you deprioritize your most loyal readers (unless you fundamentally view them with contempt)?

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 16h

How about a press conference made up of Democratic leadership near the White House with the demolished East Wing in the background, talking about the government shutdown and Trump's warped priorities and demolition of public goods, including not just the East Wing but health care and so much else?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

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Lars Negstad @larsn.bsky.social · 18h

We deserve answers.

"By the time Brooklyn Park police pulled up to the Hortmans’ home, the assassin was at their door and the deadly shootings were underway. Why was no one dispatched to their house sooner?"
www.startribune.com/olson-hope-h...

Olson: Hope Hoffman’s 911 call raises questions about police response to lawmaker shootings

From columnist Rochelle Olson: "The haunting question: Why weren’t the Hortmans warned?"

www.startribune.com

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Lars Negstad @larsn.bsky.social · 2d

Who even is this platner

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 3d

Canvas, the course management platform used by my university (and many others), has been down all day due to the AWS outage. It has prompted some good discussions about how much critical infrastructure is now outsourced to a few companies.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say

Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’ * Business live – latest updates Experts have warned of the perils of relying on a small number of companies for operating the global internet after a glitch at Amazon’s cloud computing service brought down apps and websites around the world. The affected platforms included Snapchat, Roblox, Signal and Duolingo as well as a host of Amazon-owned operations including its main retail site and the Ring doorbell company. Continue reading...

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 4d

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 5d

The huge size of the Minneapolis #NoKings march is hard to depict because it's circling 20 blocks of the central downtown core. This is the front when the back was still over at US Bank stadium and hadn't started moving yet.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 6d

Trump's "Big Beautiful" Law included a $50B rural health fund, added at last minute to win votes from Rs who worried Medicaid cuts would hurt rural hospitals
Much of this "rural health fund" $ is instead being awarded on things like whether states cut food aid and add the Presidential Fitness Test

States Jostle Over $50B Rural Health Fund as Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Trigger Scramble - KFF Health News

States are battling for their piece of $50 billion in federal rural health funding, but it’s not just hospitals vying for the money. Tech startups and policy demands are raising the stakes as Medicaid...

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Lars Negstad @larsn.bsky.social · 12d

Uff da

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13d

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 13d

The most galling fact about obsolete Democratic spending is that instead of helping build up a center-to-left ecosystem, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚.

Most Dem ads go to local TV news. They are putting billions of dollars in the pockets of Fox, Sinclair, Nexstar, etc!

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Lars Negstad @larsn.bsky.social · 13d

MN should follow NM's lead - free child care for all www.governing.com/policy/free-...

Free Child Care for All Is Impossible? Don’t Tell New Mexico.

The only state with such a program didn’t get there overnight. Years of action at the state Capitol and the ballot box set the stage. It’s a lesson for lawmakers in other states facing the fiscal chal...

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Lars Negstad @larsn.bsky.social · 15d

c'mon mn say hell no to Waymo

Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social · 15d

Well, here it comes: @toreyvanoot.bsky.social reports that Waymo has hired lobbyists in Minnesota and been talking to state lawmakers, looking for legislative approval to operate in MN

www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16d

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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EHB for BET! @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 18d

One of many incredible moments at yesterday’s Bench-Raising. Thanks so much to everyone who made this vision come true!

Now imagine what we can do when the whole city works together. Follow along and help us build a city budget that works for everyone!

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Lars Negstad @larsn.bsky.social · 19d

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Lars Negstad @larsn.bsky.social · 19d

Solid recs. But with the BET endorsement going awry wasn’t sure.

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Lars Negstad @larsn.bsky.social · 19d

Trenchant must-read

Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight

“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.

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Lars Negstad @larsn.bsky.social · 19d

who are you liking for Mpls Park Board at large @dbrauer.net @naomikritzer.bsky.social?

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 21d

Greedy data centers won’t bring their own power to the grid, so drive up electricity bills for everyone. Here’s a sample:

Bar chart showing the increase in wholesale energy prices in major American cities between 2020 and 2025.

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Lars Negstad @larsn.bsky.social · 21d

Minnesota should end inefficient mortgage interest tax break, spend directly on housing instead minnesotareformer.com/2025/10/01/m...

Minnesota should end inefficient mortgage interest tax break, spend directly on housing instead • Minnesota Reformer

Instead of subsidizing debt, we could directly attack the real barriers to homeownership.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 22d

But also we’re terrified of the subway

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 22d

Lisa Cook survives! So our new jurisprudence will likely be: Unitary Executive On Steroids* **

*for this president
**except at the Fed because something something.

www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23d

This piece is fantastic, arguing that the path forward is to stick to a real moral center and pull others in, not to compromise your values away.

“You don’t buy into the MAGA lies to get supporters. You give them a vision of what you support, and you call them to it.”

kottke.org @kottke.org · 23d

I really appreciated this thoughtful piece about Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ezra Klein. Andrea Pitzer says “lost” folks like Klein “don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history and what it is exactly that they’re doing”. [degenerateart.beehiiv.com]

You don’t have to swallow frogs

Klein and Coates show that if you don’t know what your core beliefs are, you’re going to get played.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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