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hi from Minneapolis. these folks are catastrophically overthinking it; the immediate need when agents hit a block is for people that speak *any* language to know it's not safe to go out. that need is far more pressing than whatever this infantilizing "actually it's racist to make noise" shit is.
January 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM
hi from Minneapolis. these folks are catastrophically overthinking it; the immediate need when agents hit a block is for people that speak *any* language to know it's not safe to go out. that need is far more pressing than whatever this infantilizing "actually it's racist to make noise" shit is.
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Something to be said about how Subway Builder is the transit analogue to Streetmix in terms of advocacy (crayon of routes or street config). Of course Remix offers both design tools for enterprise, but the transit could probably be replicated as a free tool like Streetmix!
January 18, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Something to be said about how Subway Builder is the transit analogue to Streetmix in terms of advocacy (crayon of routes or street config). Of course Remix offers both design tools for enterprise, but the transit could probably be replicated as a free tool like Streetmix!
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This is who voted against establishing DHS
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is who voted against establishing DHS
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Kind of wondering how long we have before they decide to try to forcibly quarter themselves in a hotel.
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Kind of wondering how long we have before they decide to try to forcibly quarter themselves in a hotel.
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ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 4:42 PM
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
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My naturalized Chinese father-in-law didn’t know that ICE/CBP was targeting Asian communities in Minnesota as well, and now gets to go and shove that in the faces of the MAGA Chinese members of his WeChat groupchats who think they’re going to be safe as the right kind of minority
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
My naturalized Chinese father-in-law didn’t know that ICE/CBP was targeting Asian communities in Minnesota as well, and now gets to go and shove that in the faces of the MAGA Chinese members of his WeChat groupchats who think they’re going to be safe as the right kind of minority
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discovered a pretty critical coding error in The Human Body where sometimes the way to feel better when you feel too bad to work out is to work out. this is suboptimal for user experience of The Human Body
January 17, 2026 at 1:53 AM
discovered a pretty critical coding error in The Human Body where sometimes the way to feel better when you feel too bad to work out is to work out. this is suboptimal for user experience of The Human Body
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5,000 protestors and 500 state security personnel killed in a few weeks is a lot.
And there’s a good chance the number of protestors Iranian forces have killed is decently higher than that.
No one knows where this will end up, but it’s very serious unrest, deadlier than some armed conflicts.
And there’s a good chance the number of protestors Iranian forces have killed is decently higher than that.
No one knows where this will end up, but it’s very serious unrest, deadlier than some armed conflicts.
Iranian official says verified deaths in Iran protests reaches at least 5,000 reut.rs/3ZiPI21
Iranian official says verified deaths in Iran protests reaches at least 5,000
An Iranian official in the region said on Sunday the authorities had verified at least 5,000 people had been killed in protests in Iran, including about 500 security personnel, blaming "terrorists and armed rioters" for killing "innocent Iranians".
reut.rs
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
5,000 protestors and 500 state security personnel killed in a few weeks is a lot.
And there’s a good chance the number of protestors Iranian forces have killed is decently higher than that.
No one knows where this will end up, but it’s very serious unrest, deadlier than some armed conflicts.
And there’s a good chance the number of protestors Iranian forces have killed is decently higher than that.
No one knows where this will end up, but it’s very serious unrest, deadlier than some armed conflicts.
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A joke for the history buffs:
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
January 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM
A joke for the history buffs:
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
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I feel like this pretty much sums up the rot at the core of American civic life as a whole.
“Hold the fuck up, cowboy. I signed up for the great power, not the great responsibility when I signed up for the church/media/government/think tank complex/etc.”
“Hold the fuck up, cowboy. I signed up for the great power, not the great responsibility when I signed up for the church/media/government/think tank complex/etc.”
can u imagine being not only a baptized christian but an ordained priest and then, when NPR asks you about the Bishop of New Hampshire's comments last week, what you find to say is "I didn't sign up to be a martyr"??
January 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I feel like this pretty much sums up the rot at the core of American civic life as a whole.
“Hold the fuck up, cowboy. I signed up for the great power, not the great responsibility when I signed up for the church/media/government/think tank complex/etc.”
“Hold the fuck up, cowboy. I signed up for the great power, not the great responsibility when I signed up for the church/media/government/think tank complex/etc.”
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hey train perverts wanna see the shinkansen cloaca
January 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
hey train perverts wanna see the shinkansen cloaca
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Of course it’s a joke, why would we praise someone who goes to great efforts and endures great risks to defend the rights of others?
Heaven forbid, his example might inspire others!
Heaven forbid, his example might inspire others!
wait are you guys actually praising stancil? i thought it was a joke
attempting to turn stancil into a hero is one of the worst bluesky trends I’ve ever encountered
January 18, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Of course it’s a joke, why would we praise someone who goes to great efforts and endures great risks to defend the rights of others?
Heaven forbid, his example might inspire others!
Heaven forbid, his example might inspire others!
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these people are the scrapings from the bottom of the septic tank
There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
January 18, 2026 at 12:57 AM
these people are the scrapings from the bottom of the septic tank
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It’s unironically the best car ever made
the fit was always a fantastic car and more people need to say it
January 18, 2026 at 5:31 AM
It’s unironically the best car ever made
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please god can we crack Ohio suburbia
Klein: Were Medicare and Medicaid mistakes?
Ramaswamy: I believe they were. With the benefit of retrospect, particularly Medicaid.
Ramaswamy: I believe they were. With the benefit of retrospect, particularly Medicaid.
January 17, 2026 at 8:57 PM
please god can we crack Ohio suburbia
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one of the best things about this whole nightmare has been watching a whole bunch of folks who have clearly never been seriously political in their lives standing up and going, no, absolutely the fuck not, we’re not letting this happen
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 18, 2026 at 2:47 AM
one of the best things about this whole nightmare has been watching a whole bunch of folks who have clearly never been seriously political in their lives standing up and going, no, absolutely the fuck not, we’re not letting this happen
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A lot of ppl have this fantasy idea that we can fix everything by having the government get nasty toward tech companies. But while Silicon Valley's elite corporate leadership does need to be put in its place, the underlying problem is one of governance failure leading to rule by connected oligarchs.
January 18, 2026 at 4:44 AM
A lot of ppl have this fantasy idea that we can fix everything by having the government get nasty toward tech companies. But while Silicon Valley's elite corporate leadership does need to be put in its place, the underlying problem is one of governance failure leading to rule by connected oligarchs.
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This greatly exaggerates how well-managed the initial adoption of the internet was. It was full of bullshit hype and deliberate fraud as much as real novelty and innovation.
Our issue is that we're now multiple major IT innovation cycles into Congress having no fucking idea how to legislate for it.
Our issue is that we're now multiple major IT innovation cycles into Congress having no fucking idea how to legislate for it.
It the tech was developed more along the lines of how the internet protocols were developed before it became a consumer product. Where you had groups of experts figuring out the ways the tech could be best implemented.
It would have avoided a lot of the misinformation that exists
It would have avoided a lot of the misinformation that exists
January 18, 2026 at 4:41 AM
This greatly exaggerates how well-managed the initial adoption of the internet was. It was full of bullshit hype and deliberate fraud as much as real novelty and innovation.
Our issue is that we're now multiple major IT innovation cycles into Congress having no fucking idea how to legislate for it.
Our issue is that we're now multiple major IT innovation cycles into Congress having no fucking idea how to legislate for it.
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The act of decelerating and cycling doors has more of a proportional stop penalty than the marginal rider. Consolidating downtown stops is important for guaranteed speed, consolidating outer stops is important for making routes more resilient to bunching
January 18, 2026 at 3:10 AM
The act of decelerating and cycling doors has more of a proportional stop penalty than the marginal rider. Consolidating downtown stops is important for guaranteed speed, consolidating outer stops is important for making routes more resilient to bunching
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We should reassign Kacsmaryk to an uninhabited island in Alaska, where he has jurisdiction over all maritime law cases arising from a one square foot landlocked area therein.
Whatever we do with the Supreme Court, we can at least pack the Northern District of Texas. Congrats on your three dozen new colleagues in Amarillo.
Judge Kacsmaryk writes to say that the First Amendment only protects "public discourse necessary to self-government," as he slurs drag and holds it not protected.
January 18, 2026 at 3:31 AM
We should reassign Kacsmaryk to an uninhabited island in Alaska, where he has jurisdiction over all maritime law cases arising from a one square foot landlocked area therein.
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Consolidating stops that are often skipped also increases the chance of multiple people being picked up at a single location rather than needing to stop in two consecutive locations. It is especially beneficial to delete minor stops that are adjacent to major stops where buses usually stop.
January 18, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Consolidating stops that are often skipped also increases the chance of multiple people being picked up at a single location rather than needing to stop in two consecutive locations. It is especially beneficial to delete minor stops that are adjacent to major stops where buses usually stop.
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On stops often skipped by buses, the existance of frequent stops exacerbates the feedback loop of bunching. The later a bus is, the more likely someone is waiting at each stop, which makes the bus slower, and makes it even later.
Remember that speed and reliability are two sides of the same coin
Remember that speed and reliability are two sides of the same coin
January 18, 2026 at 2:42 AM
On stops often skipped by buses, the existance of frequent stops exacerbates the feedback loop of bunching. The later a bus is, the more likely someone is waiting at each stop, which makes the bus slower, and makes it even later.
Remember that speed and reliability are two sides of the same coin
Remember that speed and reliability are two sides of the same coin
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As far as being mealy-mouthed, “open borders” isn’t even an accurate description of Dem policy. Phrasing things as moderate, common sense policies even if they are radical changes does not preclude plain speaking. Avoiding loaded terms isn’t dishonest.
January 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM
As far as being mealy-mouthed, “open borders” isn’t even an accurate description of Dem policy. Phrasing things as moderate, common sense policies even if they are radical changes does not preclude plain speaking. Avoiding loaded terms isn’t dishonest.
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You’re never going to stop the other side from saying bad things, but you can influence how likely people are to find those things credible. If you embrace them, they’re more likely to find them credible. Republicans don’t say “Democrats call us fascist, so we should call ourselves that.”
January 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM
You’re never going to stop the other side from saying bad things, but you can influence how likely people are to find those things credible. If you embrace them, they’re more likely to find them credible. Republicans don’t say “Democrats call us fascist, so we should call ourselves that.”
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I speak Midwestern:
🟢 “Hey man, you sure about that?”
🟡 “Take it easy, buddy”
🟠 “It’s time for you to head home my friend”
🔴 “I don’t plan to let you do that”
⚫️ [you are under the ice in a lake that will not thaw until Memorial Day]
🟢 “Hey man, you sure about that?”
🟡 “Take it easy, buddy”
🟠 “It’s time for you to head home my friend”
🔴 “I don’t plan to let you do that”
⚫️ [you are under the ice in a lake that will not thaw until Memorial Day]
If a Minnesotan says to you, "I don't plan to let you do that," run.
January 18, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I speak Midwestern:
🟢 “Hey man, you sure about that?”
🟡 “Take it easy, buddy”
🟠 “It’s time for you to head home my friend”
🔴 “I don’t plan to let you do that”
⚫️ [you are under the ice in a lake that will not thaw until Memorial Day]
🟢 “Hey man, you sure about that?”
🟡 “Take it easy, buddy”
🟠 “It’s time for you to head home my friend”
🔴 “I don’t plan to let you do that”
⚫️ [you are under the ice in a lake that will not thaw until Memorial Day]