LibrarianWriterGeek
@sctadsen.bsky.social
Librarian, writer, geek - not necessarily in that order. He/Him
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Personal website: SCTadsen.com
LibrarianWriterGeek on Twitch and YouTube
Personal website: SCTadsen.com
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
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Every single reporter there needs to hold the line on this too.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
Just to get ahead of this: Print the post out and bring it to the next Mike Johnson presser. You already know what his move will be. There’s no excuse to not be prepared for it.
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Every single reporter there needs to hold the line on this too.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
Don't throw him a lifeline with another question if he dodges. Have each other's backs and demand he answer the question.
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Faculty and staff need to be fluent in the language and techniques of univ budgets. Budgets are how an institution's mission is operationalized. But they're arcane documents, cloaked in obscurantism. And upper admin and boards use that opacity to do all sorts of shit, unaccountable and unfettered
People should take a page out of New School faculty's book and start doing forensic accounting for their own institutions using public documents
There is an absolute fucking scandal going down at The New School, wherein at appears that the university is funnelling to a MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL’S BOARD while purging faculty and staff.
This should be headline news.
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This should be headline news.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Faculty and staff need to be fluent in the language and techniques of univ budgets. Budgets are how an institution's mission is operationalized. But they're arcane documents, cloaked in obscurantism. And upper admin and boards use that opacity to do all sorts of shit, unaccountable and unfettered
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Tyranny
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Tyranny
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Operation Metro Surge is state-sanctioned racial profiling used as a tool of political intimidation.
But Somali Minnesotans aren’t intimidated, we’re brave and resilient, and our neighbors have our back.
We don’t cower to bullies.
But Somali Minnesotans aren’t intimidated, we’re brave and resilient, and our neighbors have our back.
We don’t cower to bullies.
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Operation Metro Surge is state-sanctioned racial profiling used as a tool of political intimidation.
But Somali Minnesotans aren’t intimidated, we’re brave and resilient, and our neighbors have our back.
We don’t cower to bullies.
But Somali Minnesotans aren’t intimidated, we’re brave and resilient, and our neighbors have our back.
We don’t cower to bullies.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.
This one isn’t downloadable but if you have TikTok go watch it. Well worth your time www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr4gRL7v/
@Mercado Media video credit #minnesota #illinois #louisiana #america
TikTok video by June Osborne
www.tiktok.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I genuinely don't know if this is a "Minnesotan" thing or an "old guy of a certain age" thing but in case it's Minnesotan and people need an anger translator: this guy is so angry he could just about set something on fire with his mind.
We're heading into the last few weeks of the year, but I'm not taking a break just yet!
Tonight, we're finishing off the Dragon Age II DLC, Mark of the Assassin.
Streaming in about 15 minutes!
Tonight, we're finishing off the Dragon Age II DLC, Mark of the Assassin.
Streaming in about 15 minutes!
a video game character is jumping in the air with a sword
ALT: a video game character is jumping in the air with a sword
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
We're heading into the last few weeks of the year, but I'm not taking a break just yet!
Tonight, we're finishing off the Dragon Age II DLC, Mark of the Assassin.
Streaming in about 15 minutes!
Tonight, we're finishing off the Dragon Age II DLC, Mark of the Assassin.
Streaming in about 15 minutes!
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
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NEW: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence that UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
An investigation by ProPublica and @chronicle.com reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
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Musk is just straight up white nationalist now.
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Musk is just straight up white nationalist now.
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
(And helpfully decoding that Western Civilization=Whites)
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from detention.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
December 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from detention.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
Grand jury failed to induct Tish James for a second time.
Indiana Republican senate votes down redistricting.
Trump failed at authoritarian consolidation and he's losing his grip on power.
We're going to win.
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King: you know we haven't seen JK Rowling in a while
King: is she still tweeting?
Barker: ha ha ha oh steve
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha ha
King: what's so funny?
Barker: ha ha ha!
King: c'mon i want to know the joke
King: is she still tweeting?
Barker: ha ha ha oh steve
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha ha
King: what's so funny?
Barker: ha ha ha!
King: c'mon i want to know the joke
December 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
King: you know we haven't seen JK Rowling in a while
King: is she still tweeting?
Barker: ha ha ha oh steve
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha ha
King: what's so funny?
Barker: ha ha ha!
King: c'mon i want to know the joke
King: is she still tweeting?
Barker: ha ha ha oh steve
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha
Barker: ha ha ha ha ha ha
King: what's so funny?
Barker: ha ha ha!
King: c'mon i want to know the joke
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So this take is spreading around a lot, and I want to put a little caution.
The NDAA is a bill that passes yearly, only applies to this year.
The “definition of sex” applies only to athletics and only to military cadets, so not other athletes.
It is still a bad bill, for many reasons.
The NDAA is a bill that passes yearly, only applies to this year.
The “definition of sex” applies only to athletics and only to military cadets, so not other athletes.
It is still a bad bill, for many reasons.
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
So this take is spreading around a lot, and I want to put a little caution.
The NDAA is a bill that passes yearly, only applies to this year.
The “definition of sex” applies only to athletics and only to military cadets, so not other athletes.
It is still a bad bill, for many reasons.
The NDAA is a bill that passes yearly, only applies to this year.
The “definition of sex” applies only to athletics and only to military cadets, so not other athletes.
It is still a bad bill, for many reasons.
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This is so fucking ugly.
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is so fucking ugly.
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Look out. #Supergirl lands in theaters June 26.
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Look out. #Supergirl lands in theaters June 26.
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Ossoff: "If you'd asked me 6 months ago, I might've told you that what concerned me was people feeling such despair that they were paralyzed. Now the risk is complacency."
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Ossoff: "If you'd asked me 6 months ago, I might've told you that what concerned me was people feeling such despair that they were paralyzed. Now the risk is complacency."
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Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
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The White House surely wants to see one of these ICE crackdowns lead to violent pushback. They've got untrained unqualified goons acting with impunity. It seems deliberately designed to provoke an incident.
But do the goons get this? Do they know the big plan is to get a couple of them killed?
But do the goons get this? Do they know the big plan is to get a couple of them killed?
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, said agents told her in the truck that if she didn’t watch herself “they were going to pull me over to the side of the road and give me this OC,” law enforcement shorthand for pepper spray.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The White House surely wants to see one of these ICE crackdowns lead to violent pushback. They've got untrained unqualified goons acting with impunity. It seems deliberately designed to provoke an incident.
But do the goons get this? Do they know the big plan is to get a couple of them killed?
But do the goons get this? Do they know the big plan is to get a couple of them killed?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene horse traded her vote on the NDAA for a floor vote for a felony ban on gender affirming care for trans youth that would criminalize parents and doctors for providing evidence based lifesaving care for their children.
December 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene horse traded her vote on the NDAA for a floor vote for a felony ban on gender affirming care for trans youth that would criminalize parents and doctors for providing evidence based lifesaving care for their children.