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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 4h

This is not how science is supposed to work: @lizzylawrence.bsky.social interviews #FDA staffers on how the agency is being asked to investigate issues of interest to Health Secretary Kennedy. “It’s like the tail wagging the dog.... Go find data to support this." www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/f...

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 5h

This is so much worse. These books are turned spines in. You’re seeing the pages. No way to know which book. All you can see is the height and thickness.

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LynnBlewett @lynnblewett.bsky.social · 7h

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OuterBoroPrincess @outerbororoyal.bsky.social · 8h

Whoever approved the use of that photo has a different agenda.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23h

The man who now owns this magazine was interviewed by the NYT recently.

He “did not have a negative word to say about Trump or his policies. ‘I fully support the president. I think he’s doing a great job.”

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 7h

It is weird to see people you knew in high school being creepy in the paper.

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 7h

Snax now are better than snax in the uncertain future.

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 8h

“But college scholarships!” Unpopular opinion: you’re better off going to college to be a student rather than having a coach own your free time and risking losing your funding if you get injured.

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 8h

The thing about this is that being rich or being tall is a much greater advantage than being trans. If they really want to fight for equal opportunity to “compete” (by which they apparently mean “win”), fight for no private camps or separate height classes.

Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 19h

The Strib’s Karen Tolkkinen has devoted column after column after column to her stubborn belief that trans kids are destroying opportunities for girls to compete in sports at school.

It’s her weird mission. She’s fucking obsessed.

Anyway, great letter from Max Maher today.

Karen Tolkkinen's column "Transgender athletes should not compete with girls, but everyone deserves a place to play" (StarTribune.com, Oct. 9) builds its case on emotion, not evi-dence. She acknowledges that "nobody knows how common" transgender athletes are in Minnesota, yet argues for restrictive policies anyway. That's not fairness; that's fear.

There's also no evidence that transgender participation has taken opportunities from anyone. The Minnesota State High School League already reviews eligibility case by case to ensure both inclusion and competitive balance. The system is working as intended - quietly and responsibly.

The idea that girls are being forced to sacrifice is a political talking point, not a measurable fact. What's really being asked of us is whether we believe every student deserves a place to belong, even those whose identity or experience we may not fully understand.

High school sports were never just about winning. They teach teamwork, discipline and self-respect, lessons that lose meaning if we start excluding students who simply want to play. Protecting opportunity for all young people is how we strengthen fairness, not weaken it.

MAX MAHER, Plymouth

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 8h

It’s safe to go back to sleep, Obi. No siblings to fight over food.

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 8h

This is a deeply creepy thing that one of the candidates (Folk) said. I know at least one who I will not be voting for.

His love of criminal law has focused on both sides of the equation. He said some of the most intense experiences of his career have been standing alongside criminal defendants who are being sentenced to prison. "You can hear their heart beat," Folk said.

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Kat Rohn @rohnkat.bsky.social · 18h

It’s noteworthy that at this rate Karen’s columns on the subject will very soon outnumber the trans girls playing at even remotely competitive levels in this state.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 19h

The Strib’s Karen Tolkkinen has devoted column after column after column to her stubborn belief that trans kids are destroying opportunities for girls to compete in sports at school.

It’s her weird mission. She’s fucking obsessed.

Anyway, great letter from Max Maher today.

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 9h

💪
Tell Aug I said hi

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 9h

The internet says there was at one time a store called Beeswax Candles and Gifts at 3001 Hennepin

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 9h

If the answer is anything other than yes, they’re lying

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 9h

Sorry, I don’t remember the candles. But was the sock store called Sox Appeal? I got many good comedy socks there

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 9h

I’ll be an official Twin Cities member! In navy!

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mollypeonies @mollypeonies.bsky.social · 17h

I made them in a bunch of different "styles" here! antifalilacs.threadless.com

AntifaLilacs's Shop | Featuring custom t-shirts, prints, and more

Antifascism and Lilacs

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 21h

I don’t think these are the correct shoes for these pants.

Zoom in on picture of a man’s lower legs clothed in charcoal grey joggers and shiny black loafers

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23h

Minneapolis’ first all-Indigenous firefighter crew hopes to inspire kids and adults in the community.

“That made a huge difference in the community for them to see a Native man with long hair that looks like me on a fire rig going to 911 calls,” Johnny Crow said.

Minneapolis firefighters form first all-Native American crew

Besides responding to blazes on Engine 10, they hope to inspire Indigenous kids and adults in the community.

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 23h

Is this the prize?

The AI generated white and gold toilet shaped like a carrousel horse. You sit in the saddle area to do your business.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Ihre Papiere, bitte! Trump's secret police gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on his person when he was stopped. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that legal experts widely believe is unlawful.

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 1d

His hour long infomercial, paid for by undisclosed business interests, dumping all over Mayor Frey's enemies, with subjects who participated because they were told it would help the mayor, should not be interpreted as an attempt to influence next month's city election.

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Vic Thorstenson @vthorstenson.bsky.social · 1d

Since WCCO TV is owned by the CBS News and Stations Division, I don't think I'll be wasting my time watching until they clean up their act.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 1d

Just like @unidosmn.bsky.social has trained us to do 🤘🏻

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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