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EmKay Kettleson-Anderson

@mkettleson.bsky.social

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She/They #Minnesota now. Whole decades in #OrangeCountyCA, #WheatonIL, & #OmahaNE. Invested in people, community, data, the scientific method, history, & the future. Real justice is distributive not punitive. Born in St Paul, but love Minneapolis too.

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EmKay Kettleson-Anderson @mkettleson.bsky.social · Nov 17

The key to sanity — whether in difficult times or in easy times — is to keep your eyes on your best path forward, keep taking your own next indicated step, and keep taking the hands of those willing to walk that path together

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Mary Turck @maryturck.bsky.social · 2h

In today’s immigration news:
• Horror Stories and Fascism: Lessons from Anne Frank; deporting Afghan refugees; U.S. history lessons; arresting U.S. citizens; more
• In the Courts: Saying no to warrantless arrests
• Resistance and Protest: California laws; “No ICE” business signs; neighbors
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Immigration News: October 15, 2025

Bystander video, posted on X, shows two sisters with DACA being dragged out of their car, thrown on the ground, and handcuffed by masked, plainclothes federal agents. In today’s immigration n…

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EmKay Kettleson-Anderson @mkettleson.bsky.social · 18h

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D’Angelo: 14 Essential Songs

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EmKay Kettleson-Anderson @mkettleson.bsky.social · 18h

I am so sorry!

EmKay Kettleson-Anderson @mkettleson.bsky.social · 1d

How are we with caffeine these days? (Asking as I drink a Celcius Sparkling Orange even tho I slept well.)

I completed 5 years of being mostly off caffeine & actually also lost any extra pounds on me.

3 months of increasing my caffeine, and I have gained about 7 pounds.

Maybe time to stop this.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 2d

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Rafi @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 1d

I know we’re all deep in MLB playoff headspace right now, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that a guy on the Canucks fully jackknifed his stick into another players bozack, and then high-sticked a ref *in the face* on his way to the box.

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Crystal Lewis @crystallewis.bsky.social · 1d

AI recommended some journal articles that were impossible to locate. I asked for more details and received a response that said, "Not all of the articles are real." (DIRECT QUOTE.)

Yall, the chatbot lied, became aware of its own lie, and then came right out and told me that it lied.

What a world.

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Sara 🏳️‍🌈 @saralovesyou.bsky.social · 1d

The trailer for this looks very interesting — and a reminder that a TPT passport membership gets you on demand streaming via your donation.

And honestly, there are a slew of offerings that are useful for talking with your kids (what I always think about) regarding US or MN history.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

So I’ve been following an undercover ice vehicle from Franklin Ave South towards the Greenway for the last five minutes or so roughly 12:30 PM central time this is a picture of the vehicle and the inhabitants of the car who opened the window when they saw I was taking photos of them.

Photo of a license plate reading PY352 Minnesota license plate and it is an undercover vehicle

Two very tasty ice undercover agents in their undercover vehicle waving to the camera

More blurry image of the driver of the vehicle a very, very bald, very angry, looking older gentleman

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Never stop being you, Portland!

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Portland’s Mascot March: Protesters Turn ICE ‘War Zone’ Into Spectacle | APT

YouTube video by APT

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EmKay Kettleson-Anderson @mkettleson.bsky.social · 2d

Ouch

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 2d

In Minnesota we celebrate Indigenous People’s Day instead.

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d

Good Place:

Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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EmKay Kettleson-Anderson @mkettleson.bsky.social · 2d

Do you have a working carbon monoxide alarm? If your furnace is running at night or if you use other appliances, you could be sick from CO poisoning

EmKay Kettleson-Anderson @mkettleson.bsky.social · 2d

The article advocates immediate refrigeration.

Rice that is not refrigerated right after cooking usually grows bacillus cereus rather than clostridium botulinum (the cause of botulism), but is a huge risk directly correlated with how long the rice is left at room temperature prior to refrigeration.

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EmKay Kettleson-Anderson @mkettleson.bsky.social · 2d

I am sorry for your loss regardless, but

I read down your timeline trying to discover who Mathew is. I googled news.

who did you lose?

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Jason Chavez @jchavezmpls.bsky.social · 7d

Dear neighbor,

I’m excited to share that the City of Minneapolis has installed a new NARCAN® vending machine in Ward 9. You can find this new vending machine in Phillips at Fire Station 5 (2700 Bloomington Ave South). 1/

Jason taking a phone at fire station 5 and the new NARCAN vending machine

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

My uber driver: So ICE shot things at you and now you’re checking into their hotel? What if they shoot things at you in the hotel?

Like please let them tear gas me in the lobby of the Hilton.

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Alex Oatley 🖖 @alexoatley.bsky.social · 8d

#AIwaste #ClimateChange

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.

YouTube video by MIT Technology Review

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Vic Thorstenson @vthorstenson.bsky.social · 2d

In observance of all the TV stations interrupting local news to broadcast the US President's live remarks to the Israeli Knesset, here's a rusty old Rambler.

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 2d

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 2d

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 2d

This book is one of the ones that’s regularly worth recommending.

Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · Nov 6

I wrote 'Resisting AI' (subtitled 'An Anti-fascist approach to Artificial Intelligence') to help preempt the kind of convergence of far right politics and the tech sector that we are waking up to today. The struggle against fascistic solutionism continues. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai

Resisting AI

Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed. Calling for the restructuri...

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Jonathan Stegall @jonathanstegall.bsky.social · 2d

I tend to assume everybody who lives here already knows this, but I realized recently that it’s not necessarily common knowledge that there is an ICE field office near Fort Snelling, a similar distance from Minneapolis to Broadview from Chicago.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 2d

10/ After his refusal, Davis watch Frey slow-walk or outright not institute the committee’s reforms. Frey contests this & touts the work group, but it’s significant that Levy-Armstrong, no friend of progressives, has endorsed Davis for mayor. (Davis is a good progressive!) So, that’s the backstory!

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 2d

9/ That’s right — Jacob Frey wanted a “black friend” to run cover for him. Davis refused; the mayor acted like Davis owed him something for appointing him to the committee, in a cynically transactional calculation that twisted Davis’s volunteer public service into political fealty.

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