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Michael Hartford
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Ní chuirfidh mé m’asal amuigh nuair a bhíonn brón orm. https://www.michael-hartford.com/

Will block Nazis, crypto, bad AI, and scammers on sight, no apologies, no quarter.

He/him.
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
But no more of this.
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
mhartford.bsky.social
Run, Hunter, RUN! This was not the movie I expected but I loved it (and the cinematography - wow!) boxd.it/bRgD0B
A ★★★★★ review of Swallow (2019)
Not at all what I expected - beautifully filmed and surprisingly affecting
boxd.it
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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amandaweavernovels.com
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
mhartford.bsky.social
I’m watching “Swallow” (2019) - seems appropriate for Thanksgiving - and the color design is amazing
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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theonion.com
Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life https://theonion.com/man-getting-high-and-eating-taco-bell-thousands-of-mile-1845721340/
Man Getting High And Eating Taco Bell Thousands Of Miles Away From Family Having Best Thanksgiving Of Life
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"

Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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talkwordy.bsky.social
this offends me as an irish-american
Screenshot of a headline that reads “ Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family”
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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chrisrstrib.bsky.social
Protect Minnesota journalists who are protecting your simple right to know/see what’s going on. @spj-posts.bsky.social

www.mnspj.org/2025/11/26/m...
MNSPJ condemns St. Paul police attacks on journalists – Minnesota SPJ
www.mnspj.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
mhartford.bsky.social
Scouting is co-ed and inclusive worldwide (except Saudi Arabia and the UAE and a few such places) and has been for decades; Scouts US has been playing catch up but has done well accommodating everyone
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d
Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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dbrauer.net
St. Paul Ward 7 council member Cheniqua Johnson Annan issued a statement last night:
Yesterday was an awful and heartbreaking day for the East Side & our entire city. No matter the explanations offered or the intentions behind events, the impact remains the same: trust between our community, our Saint Paul Police Department & the City has been broken. Yes, Trump's HSI & ICE federal agents once again set out to terrorize. This time, however, what I hear loud and clear is the community vocalizing their anger, pain, hurt & trauma due to actions taken today by officers of our SPPD. We must hear them. We must acknowledge that. Throughout the day & evening, I received countless messages, videos & emails from community members. Leaders, City employees, school staff & residents all voiced their frustration, disbelief, and pain at our Council's Truth-in-Taxation hearing. Driving to the scene yesterday, several of my colleagues encouraged me to turn around because, at 39 weeks pregnant, I was told the situation had escalated so severely that it would have been too dangerous for me and my son. How? How did it get that far? That is completely unacceptable. Our City has ordinances, and SPPD has policies and standards in place truly designed to protect all of our residents. We have handled many protests—many tough days for our city-that simply do not turn into what we saw on the East Side yesterday. That is why yesterday felt so devastating. So many of the things I have seen and heard are in complete conflict with all of that. Harm was felt, damage was done, and our community deserves clarity, accountability & reassurance that their city sees them and stands with them. This cannot be our new norm. My office will be joining my colleagues in seeking answers to the questions our community has raised. We will work to ensure that a thorough review is conducted and that, where appropriate, accountability follows. Our separation ordinance and use-of-force policies exist for a reason-they reflect our values as a city-and they must always be upheld. They are not optional.
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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ianwhitney.bsky.social
Sent to me, ICE truck currently downtown Minneapolis 3rd & Hennepin near Gay 90s. I've called Monarca, but putting here as well. Maybe folks that spread news of St. Paul raid today can repost @naomikritzer.bsky.social @mauratwit.bsky.social @unicornriot.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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mcsweeneys.net
"Stuffing is wet bread with pieces of wet celery stuck to it. Everyone says they love it, but they never prepare it on any other day of the year. The majority of the other side dishes are factory-rejected baby food."
How to Give Thanks by Cooking Food No One Knows How to Cook and Eating Food No One Likes to Eat
To remind everyone how grateful we should be for all the readily available, appealing food that is easy to prepare and that everyone enjoys eating,...
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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quick13.bsky.social
Well, hey, look at that #StPaul #Police is looking for feedback on how they are doing, you too can take the survey here: www.stpaul.gov/departments/...
Police Community Feedback Survey
Please include as much information as possible. Thank you for visiting your Saint Paul Police Department survey page. Your feedback is important to us as we work to make your police department the bes...
www.stpaul.gov
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
mhartford.bsky.social
@mayorcarter.bsky.social
whisperingpines.bsky.social Minnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.social · 2d
Shit St Paul ICE agent aims gun
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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saralovesyou.bsky.social
Because I like looking at the policy, this looks like it violated multiple in the sections on p. 7-8.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
mhartford.bsky.social
Hey @mayorcarter.bsky.social did you get a badge number for the cop point-blank hitting someone with pepper spray? This is NOT someone who should be on the force for one more minute
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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beccasaintpaul.bsky.social
SPPD should be ashamed. They were fucking gleeful out there.
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
mhartford.bsky.social
I'm not crying at a web comic, YOU'RE crying at a web comic ...
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
mhartford.bsky.social
One of the greats; if you see Udo Kier in the credits, even in a tiny role, you're guaranteed a wild ride. "Blood for Dracula" is a must-see, but not for the faint of heart (or good-of-taste ...)
fangoria.bsky.social FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 4d
We’re crushed to hear the news that the great Udo Kier has passed at the age of 81. As iconic as he was prolific, Kier’s contributions to the genre span nearly 300 screen credits, from BLOOD FOR DRACULA to BACURAU and beyond. Our condolences go out to his friends, family and legions of fans.
Young Udo Kier wearing his vampire teeth with blood on his lips in Andy Warhol's Blood for Dracula. The color still has been rendered black and white for a memorial post.
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.

Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "AI doesn't care if you live or die." Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "talk to humans" Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "Fuck this!" Sign for a "Friend" ad defaced with graffiti reading "you don't have to accept this future."
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
mhartford.bsky.social
I have very good typing skills, but even more, I have very good laziness skills, and when I learned I could automate a lot of my office admin work with WordPerfect macros, I managed to turn typing into programming. Good timing, too, since typing ceased to be a job soon thereafter.
recursecenter.bsky.social Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 16d
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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alanbaxter.bsky.social
Three panel Cyanide and Happiness cartoon. Panel 1: two people say Happy birthday, Jerry! to a man with hat and suit. Panel 2: one says What do you give to the man who has everything? Panel 3: suited man unwraps a guillotine.
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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tkingfisher.com
This is what it sounds like, when spuds fry…
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
mhartford.bsky.social
I am solidly team-Polish-gentleman-with-a-white-radish
joannechocolat.bsky.social Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 5d
In Tesco’s this afternoon: an elderly Polish man at the self-checkout, trying to buy a pint of milk and a white radish. There is no picture for the radish on the machine. The assistant doesn’t know what it is. She asks a colleague: “It’s a white radish.” There is no entry for it on the machine.
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM