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Pete Nikolai
@neatpickleye.bsky.social
Program Administrator for State of Minnesota. I will probably post about pro wrestling, politics, music and comics, in that order.

Thanks for stopping by. Thanks for breaking my cow lamp.
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WE HATE LABOR LAWYER'S except this one
Labor organizer’s greatest ire is reserved for timid labor lawyers who are too scared to support action.

Meg Luger-Nikolai is THE exception to that rule, the best labor lawyer I know and a helluva human being, and now she’s running for the Minnesota House. Please support her!

www.megfor64a.com
Meg Luger-Nikolai
www.megfor64a.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Meg is seeking the DFL endorsement.

Showing an ability to raise money is a big deal for winning the endorsement. It’s one of the reasons why pro-corporate types get endorsed so much.

Help a real champion of working families win by helping her demonstrate she can raise money, too!
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Labor organizer’s greatest ire is reserved for timid labor lawyers who are too scared to support action.

Meg Luger-Nikolai is THE exception to that rule, the best labor lawyer I know and a helluva human being, and now she’s running for the Minnesota House. Please support her!

www.megfor64a.com
Meg Luger-Nikolai
www.megfor64a.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I am biased but I can also tell you first hand that @megl.bsky.social is a whip smart, committed Democrat who has spent her career fighting for public schools, workers, and students.
Meg Luger-Nikolai
www.megfor64a.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü is the only acceptable national anthem.
10 Better Choices for the National Anthem Than the Actual National Anthem:

1. Seven Nation Army
2. Fight the Power
3. Piano Man
4. We Can Work It Out (Stevie Wonder Version)
5. Back on the Chain Gang
6. The Chain
7. Runnin' Down a Dream
8. Let's Go Crazy
9. I Love Rock 'n Roll
10. Believe
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Riddle me this, how in the fuck is this making our communities any safer? This ICE agent sprays this disabled woman directly in the face in St Paul, Minnesota with pepper spray and then throws her to the ground. I hope she sues the hell out of ICE for this‼️#Abolish 🧊🧊🧊
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Tim and Dead Man's Pop box sets recontextualized poorly recorded albums.

The best stuff on the Let It Be box set is just the original album.

The sound quality of the Cubby Bear set is not the best, especially compared to what Numero Group did for the Husker Du live sets on the Miracle Year.
Just learned there's a new remaster of the Replacements' LET IT BE, complete with a disc of alternate takes and covers and another disc of a live show from 1984.
Hey Good Lookin' (Live at Merlyn's, Madison, WI) [2025 Remaster] by The Replacements on Apple Music
Song · 1984 · Duration 2:47
music.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Linda McMahon is the first name listed. Her wealth today comes entirely from TKO stock, which means WWE fans are helping fund the Trump Administration. That's why good people don't support that company.
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Catching some z’s which is more catches than the Vikings had. Boom! Roasted!!
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Bo Nix is the Denver Broncos quarterback. And more than that, he’s a damn good human being.

More prominent men should be taking a public stance against Traitor Trump’s sexism and misogyny. All men, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Not me. Stealing PPVs is wrong. Pay full price.
Its early but who's everyone thinking will steal the show tonight? #AEWFullGear
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Its early but who's everyone thinking will steal the show tonight? #AEWFullGear
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I am paying full price though HBOmad. Pirating ppvs is wrong.
Its early but who's everyone thinking will steal the show tonight? #AEWFullGear
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Meg is a good friend and, more importantly, one of the sharpest and most informed folks I know.
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
Insanity
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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This is what competitive authoritarianism looks like - regime ally trying to purchase media and remove critical voices
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, honoring the trans, nonbinary, and Two-Spirit individuals who were killed in acts of anti-trans violence.

To our trans neighbors: I will always stand with you against violence and continue to fight for a world where you can live with dignity, safety, and respect.
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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How can someone watch Mercedes Moné and all she gave Red Velvet (and other opponents) and complain about how selfish Moné is?!?

They are simply just looking at all the belts and not watching her matches.

Mercedes Moné is great.

#wrestlesky
#AEWCollision
#AEWDynamite
#AEWFullGear
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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So I say this as a proud academic labor union member who believes deeply in the importance of tenure to the academic mission:

FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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DON'T CALL IT A RECESSION. CALL IT "QUIET TIME."
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Corruption just sounds warmer on vinyl.
There’s also a $150 record player that shows the unaltered presidential seal

3/
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Good decision there by the Vikings to have a great punt return and rely on the running game. Make the offense JJ-proof
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM