Peter Steward Scholtes
@petescholtes.bsky.social
I’ve written and taught. Profile photos from Sapsucker Farms Yellow Belly Cidery, Mora, Minnesota, USA, 2022. He/him.
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Stepped into another world yesterday at Soulspace Sanctuary for farm animals in Wisconsin, where Mary Bue played to a crowd that included a nearby roaming donkey and honking peacock, and Stephanie Winter’s Mere Kats covered Kirsty MacColl’s “They Don’t Know” as chickens socialized across species!
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His father Mohamed Fateh Al Ahmed, who arrived in Australia from Syria two months ago, said his son had migrated to Australia in 2006, had taken citizenship and owned a fruit and produce store in Sydney.
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‘Hero’ who tackled Bondi gunman draws global praise
Ahmed al Ahmed disarmed one of the shooters in deadly Sydney attack
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December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
His father Mohamed Fateh Al Ahmed, who arrived in Australia from Syria two months ago, said his son had migrated to Australia in 2006, had taken citizenship and owned a fruit and produce store in Sydney.
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Gift Article New York Times
INSPIRATION
THIS HOW ITS DONE
GOVERNMENT OF BULGARIA RESIGNS
#NOKINGS
#INDIVISIBLE
#HANDSOFF
#GOODTROUBLE
#WOMENSMARCH
#50501
Et al
Gen Z tipped the scales
#Freedom
#Bulgaria
#Free
#NoGrift
#NoGraft
#NoKings
#DontFeedThePiggy
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
INSPIRATION
THIS HOW ITS DONE
GOVERNMENT OF BULGARIA RESIGNS
#NOKINGS
#INDIVISIBLE
#HANDSOFF
#GOODTROUBLE
#WOMENSMARCH
#50501
Et al
Gen Z tipped the scales
#Freedom
#Bulgaria
#Free
#NoGrift
#NoGraft
#NoKings
#DontFeedThePiggy
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
‘Don’t Feed the Pig’: The Anti-Corruption Call That Helped Topple a Government
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December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Gift Article New York Times
INSPIRATION
THIS HOW ITS DONE
GOVERNMENT OF BULGARIA RESIGNS
#NOKINGS
#INDIVISIBLE
#HANDSOFF
#GOODTROUBLE
#WOMENSMARCH
#50501
Et al
Gen Z tipped the scales
#Freedom
#Bulgaria
#Free
#NoGrift
#NoGraft
#NoKings
#DontFeedThePiggy
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
INSPIRATION
THIS HOW ITS DONE
GOVERNMENT OF BULGARIA RESIGNS
#NOKINGS
#INDIVISIBLE
#HANDSOFF
#GOODTROUBLE
#WOMENSMARCH
#50501
Et al
Gen Z tipped the scales
#Freedom
#Bulgaria
#Free
#NoGrift
#NoGraft
#NoKings
#DontFeedThePiggy
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/w...
‘Veraza and his wife poured water on their crying baby’s face and rushed to the hospital. A doctor called in a poison control specialist for an expert opinion because they’d never seen such a young person pepper sprayed, Veraza said.’ Washington Post, December 7. archive.is/F1zp8
December 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
‘Veraza and his wife poured water on their crying baby’s face and rushed to the hospital. A doctor called in a poison control specialist for an expert opinion because they’d never seen such a young person pepper sprayed, Veraza said.’ Washington Post, December 7. archive.is/F1zp8
Such a great movie — still sitting with the kindness, confrontation, and naked bellies spilling out everywhere.
December 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Such a great movie — still sitting with the kindness, confrontation, and naked bellies spilling out everywhere.
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Today on #asthecrowflies: The murder was more interested in eating than storytime. (I just got this beautiful picture book as a gift and they didn't even care that it is about them! At least Fake Sneezing Crow stopped by to amuse me.)
December 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today on #asthecrowflies: The murder was more interested in eating than storytime. (I just got this beautiful picture book as a gift and they didn't even care that it is about them! At least Fake Sneezing Crow stopped by to amuse me.)
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Heard about this from friends in the area. People also got on the phones to the office of the property developer and were like “you better run ICE off your private property right now if you want people to buy/rent your housing stock.” There -are- things you can do even if you can’t get in the street
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Heard about this from friends in the area. People also got on the phones to the office of the property developer and were like “you better run ICE off your private property right now if you want people to buy/rent your housing stock.” There -are- things you can do even if you can’t get in the street
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Oh yeah, it's always time to reshare this amazing mix for the holidays. If you haven't heard this, absolutely treat yourself. @liledit.bsky.social took a look back at what it is and how it happened the other year.
December 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Oh yeah, it's always time to reshare this amazing mix for the holidays. If you haven't heard this, absolutely treat yourself. @liledit.bsky.social took a look back at what it is and how it happened the other year.
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It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through.
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through.
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
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When I lived in LA 97-99 (and you may recall this @davidjroth.bsky.social), Rob Reiner led the smoking ban in bars. I couldn’t believe bars could exist without cigs. And I don’t even smoke.
He kickstarted all of it. I still go to bars. I never have to Febreez my clothes.
So, also that.
He kickstarted all of it. I still go to bars. I never have to Febreez my clothes.
So, also that.
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
When I lived in LA 97-99 (and you may recall this @davidjroth.bsky.social), Rob Reiner led the smoking ban in bars. I couldn’t believe bars could exist without cigs. And I don’t even smoke.
He kickstarted all of it. I still go to bars. I never have to Febreez my clothes.
So, also that.
He kickstarted all of it. I still go to bars. I never have to Febreez my clothes.
So, also that.
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I love this dopey brilliant movie so damn much, RIP Rob
December 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I love this dopey brilliant movie so damn much, RIP Rob
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In order for his casualness to work here and at many other points throughout the movie, Marty diBergi as a character needed to be in the moment. Whether a bit was improvised or a reworked, carefully honed moment, Reiner brought it. Asking this question just right is what makes *that* punchline.
"Why don't you just make 10 louder and make 10 be the top number and make that a little louder?"
😭😭😭
😭😭😭
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
In order for his casualness to work here and at many other points throughout the movie, Marty diBergi as a character needed to be in the moment. Whether a bit was improvised or a reworked, carefully honed moment, Reiner brought it. Asking this question just right is what makes *that* punchline.
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Its Criterion reissue in September is utterly essential. It is a truly complete official presentation, pulling together the in and out-of-character commentaries, all the ancillary stuff, all looking great, with even more outtakes than ever. You need it. Just get it. Honor the man and the work.
December 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Its Criterion reissue in September is utterly essential. It is a truly complete official presentation, pulling together the in and out-of-character commentaries, all the ancillary stuff, all looking great, with even more outtakes than ever. You need it. Just get it. Honor the man and the work.
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the good that you do persists in this world
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the good that you do persists in this world
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A weeklong accounting of the best music of 2025 begins today with my list of the year's best singles. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/t...
The best singles of 2025
What looks like my last golden era of radio listening ended in 2023 when I stopped concentrating on what Y-100 or Power 96 played and when songs, oblivious to trends and their own disposability, sq…
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December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A weeklong accounting of the best music of 2025 begins today with my list of the year's best singles. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/t...
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One of the victims of the antisemitic massacre in Australia was a Holocaust survivor. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Holocaust survivor, London-born rabbi and 10-year-old girl among victims of Bondi beach terror attack
At least 16 people including one of the alleged gunmen died at the shooting in Sydney on Sunday, aged between 10 and 87
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December 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One of the victims of the antisemitic massacre in Australia was a Holocaust survivor. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Sometimes, I think about the amount of people who died by suicide because of chatbots and how our government is not regulating its use. Instead, Trump is trying to ban states from enacting their own regulatory laws on AI. So many things to be angry about in 2025, but this one is in my top five.
December 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sometimes, I think about the amount of people who died by suicide because of chatbots and how our government is not regulating its use. Instead, Trump is trying to ban states from enacting their own regulatory laws on AI. So many things to be angry about in 2025, but this one is in my top five.
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yo la tengo at bowery ballroom, hanukkah night 1.
opening act: @SunRaUniverse
comedian: jon glaser
mix CDR by daniel clowes
post show DJ: ira o
benefitting housing justice for all
#nyc
opening act: @SunRaUniverse
comedian: jon glaser
mix CDR by daniel clowes
post show DJ: ira o
benefitting housing justice for all
#nyc
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
yo la tengo at bowery ballroom, hanukkah night 1.
opening act: @SunRaUniverse
comedian: jon glaser
mix CDR by daniel clowes
post show DJ: ira o
benefitting housing justice for all
#nyc
opening act: @SunRaUniverse
comedian: jon glaser
mix CDR by daniel clowes
post show DJ: ira o
benefitting housing justice for all
#nyc
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After President Donald Trump used the word "retarded" recently, social media posts including the term tripled, fueling a trend that has disability advocates on edge. #disabilities #rword
'R-Word' Use Surges Following Trump Post
After President Donald Trump used the word "retarded" recently, social media posts including the term tripled, fueling a trend that has disability advocates on edge.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
After President Donald Trump used the word "retarded" recently, social media posts including the term tripled, fueling a trend that has disability advocates on edge. #disabilities #rword
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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Why is this tiny gesture so funny
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Why is this tiny gesture so funny
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A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A beautuful thread about Rob Reiner.
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Respect. #Budapest
🇭🇺Massive demonstrations in Budapest, Hungary against the Viktor Orbán’s regime.
Protesters carried toys and torches under the banner “Protect the children!” showing solidarity with children who became victims of abuse in the state care system
Protesters carried toys and torches under the banner “Protect the children!” showing solidarity with children who became victims of abuse in the state care system
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Respect. #Budapest
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Fearing they are about to be kidnapped, Minnesota man and woman drive straight to a police station, with Trump secret police agent in the car. The agent, who’s on “temporary detail for an operation,” did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.” Total insanity.
FBI: Man, woman drive to police station with Homeland Security agent trapped in vehicle
A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fearing they are about to be kidnapped, Minnesota man and woman drive straight to a police station, with Trump secret police agent in the car. The agent, who’s on “temporary detail for an operation,” did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.” Total insanity.
With protesters in front of ICE in St. Paul today.
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
With protesters in front of ICE in St. Paul today.
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ICE is here. They’re invading our state, kidnapping our neighbors, and brutalizing Minnesotans.
We need our leaders to lead, through words AND action. Tim Walz, where are you?
The time has come to step up or step aside. They’re already escalating - what are you afraid of?
@governorwalz.mn.gov
We need our leaders to lead, through words AND action. Tim Walz, where are you?
The time has come to step up or step aside. They’re already escalating - what are you afraid of?
@governorwalz.mn.gov
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ICE is here. They’re invading our state, kidnapping our neighbors, and brutalizing Minnesotans.
We need our leaders to lead, through words AND action. Tim Walz, where are you?
The time has come to step up or step aside. They’re already escalating - what are you afraid of?
@governorwalz.mn.gov
We need our leaders to lead, through words AND action. Tim Walz, where are you?
The time has come to step up or step aside. They’re already escalating - what are you afraid of?
@governorwalz.mn.gov