Joel Cunningham
@joelevard.com
writing, editing, existential dread
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Oh no not this storied institution that … has only existed for 25 years due to an overreach by the federal government in the wake of a national tragedy
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Oh no not this storied institution that … has only existed for 25 years due to an overreach by the federal government in the wake of a national tragedy
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Just got back from seeing MELANIA for the second time. It's amazing all the things you notice on repeat viewing (especially after you learn the dinosaur twist)
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Just got back from seeing MELANIA for the second time. It's amazing all the things you notice on repeat viewing (especially after you learn the dinosaur twist)
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I'm reiterating what other Minnesotans are saying: no matter what the news is reporting, nothing has tangibly changed on the ground. ICE is still out patrolling the streets, they're still looking for people to abduct, and they're still threatening observers. Do not let up the pressure.
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I'm reiterating what other Minnesotans are saying: no matter what the news is reporting, nothing has tangibly changed on the ground. ICE is still out patrolling the streets, they're still looking for people to abduct, and they're still threatening observers. Do not let up the pressure.
Amazon has eliminated 30,000 jobs in the past three months (despite making a profit of $42 billion over the past two quarters) because it needs to invest $125 billion to build AI data centers, plus more to automate its warehouses, so it can eliminate thousands more jobs.
This is peak capitalism.
This is peak capitalism.
Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Amazon has eliminated 30,000 jobs in the past three months (despite making a profit of $42 billion over the past two quarters) because it needs to invest $125 billion to build AI data centers, plus more to automate its warehouses, so it can eliminate thousands more jobs.
This is peak capitalism.
This is peak capitalism.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact
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Reposted by Joel Cunningham
"I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend."
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend."
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
My not-so-hot take is that American brains started* cooking when cable outlets turned news into entertainment by favoring commentary over reporting
*I don't really mean "started" but you know what I mean
*I don't really mean "started" but you know what I mean
This does not sound good: "Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News." By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 4:39 PM
My not-so-hot take is that American brains started* cooking when cable outlets turned news into entertainment by favoring commentary over reporting
*I don't really mean "started" but you know what I mean
*I don't really mean "started" but you know what I mean
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We profiled refugees who:
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
We profiled refugees who:
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
Arrived in the country legally.
Applied for green cards.
Were arrested by ICE and detained.
One refugee who was arrested found out they got their green card after being released.
This is an unprecedented operation.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
We must defend the status quo at any cost! Even if we have to make the status quo worse we will defend it with at least a portion of our lives!
We’re seeing a lot of the same dynamic nationally that happened here in MN post-George Floyd murder. The mass outcry across the world led to justice promised- then in time that was consciously morphed into a lot of toothless “reforms” that were easily ignored. Defund became extra-fund! (as you know)
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
We must defend the status quo at any cost! Even if we have to make the status quo worse we will defend it with at least a portion of our lives!
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If I'd gone into a coma on Jan. 6 (the day before Renee Good was murdered), and I woke up this morning, and you told me that Trump was sending Tom Homan to Minnesota, and it was intended as a moderating, calming move...let's just say I'd have questions.
January 27, 2026 at 11:42 AM
If I'd gone into a coma on Jan. 6 (the day before Renee Good was murdered), and I woke up this morning, and you told me that Trump was sending Tom Homan to Minnesota, and it was intended as a moderating, calming move...let's just say I'd have questions.
We looked at them with our eyes open
January 27, 2026 at 3:53 AM
We looked at them with our eyes open
Narcissists want to be liked. Hard to feel you are liked once it becomes obvious everyone hates you.
Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
January 26, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Narcissists want to be liked. Hard to feel you are liked once it becomes obvious everyone hates you.
"I'm a stupid baby!" is a weird campaign slogan
Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing
January 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
"I'm a stupid baby!" is a weird campaign slogan
I went on a budget plan last year to spread the winter gas costs throughout the year. Keeping the house 2 degrees cooler (66 during the day, 62 overnight) we've already blown through our summer surplus and I had to pay an extra $50 last month.
Apparently our electricity bills are going through the roof and this is partly related to data centers that hog huge amounts of electricity to generate information. I, for one, feel hopping mad about this. The companies that are using the data centers should bear the cost.
time.com/7355839/why-...
time.com/7355839/why-...
5 Big Reasons Why Electricity Prices Are So High Right Now
The average U.S. household is projected to spend nearly $1,000 this winter to heat its home.
time.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I went on a budget plan last year to spread the winter gas costs throughout the year. Keeping the house 2 degrees cooler (66 during the day, 62 overnight) we've already blown through our summer surplus and I had to pay an extra $50 last month.
CAUTION PSA: This is what happens when you try to clean your ears with a hand mixer.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) The anti-ICE protesters are paid, people in Minnesota are really happy ICE is there. The protesters are liberal media, Nazis, anarchists, communists, people who hate the flag, God, veterans, capitalism and democracy! Woke-a-topia!
January 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM
CAUTION PSA: This is what happens when you try to clean your ears with a hand mixer.
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an instructive example of just how much things shifted for congressional Republicans between the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti: Minnesota Rep. Michelle Fischbach's responses to each incident www.axios.com/2026/01/26/i...
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 AM
an instructive example of just how much things shifted for congressional Republicans between the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti: Minnesota Rep. Michelle Fischbach's responses to each incident www.axios.com/2026/01/26/i...
Telling on themselves about how little they think about mutual aide and caring for the people around them.
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Telling on themselves about how little they think about mutual aide and caring for the people around them.
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My anecdotal sense is that something has broken through to the general public since yesterday. I have noted 5 posts on Fedbook from people I know who NEVER post anything they consider "political." All of them have posted some version of "enough is enough."
January 25, 2026 at 10:26 PM
My anecdotal sense is that something has broken through to the general public since yesterday. I have noted 5 posts on Fedbook from people I know who NEVER post anything they consider "political." All of them have posted some version of "enough is enough."
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Impeach Kristi Noem. Abolish ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Impeach Kristi Noem. Abolish ICE.
If you call us bloodthirsty thugs who will gun Americans down in the street we have no choice but to do it!
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 12:31 AM
If you call us bloodthirsty thugs who will gun Americans down in the street we have no choice but to do it!