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🗽🏳️‍🌈Socialist. Environmental ecology nerd: soil science & limnology lover. Aloof spouse, dog parent- READ BANNED BOOKS. Public comment on project proposals, protect the environment.
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doronclark.bsky.social
Once again, the President is trying to divide instead of unite. His purported attempt to remove Temporary Protected Status for Somalis specifically in Minnesota should not be tolerated and is likely illegal.

You can help: speak up and attend training like Monarca’s Upstander training.
Monarca Upstander training | long Sunday, November 23, 2025 four We are coming together to build power, stand with our neighbors, and shine a light on these injustices. Learn how to support Port, immigrant communities, and become part of Unidos’ rapid response network. Together, we can ensure No one faces this threat alone. Registered to attend our Longfellow training – location details provided in registration.
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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motherjones.com
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”

Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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smith.senate.gov
Photo of Mike Johnson looking very nervous/uncomfortable.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
polychromic.bsky.social
I tried to order from rise (medical 💚) and it wouldn't show me the *real gummies* only the ∆9 shit, so I clicked previous orders, and was able to access the real-real that way! Their website sucks tbh, but beboe is on sale and... I need that shit to stay soft in this world.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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alchemystic666.bsky.social
Colonization systematically gaslights indigenous people out of our teachings and prophecies then proves us correct via science is still so funny to me.
bitch u THOT?!
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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mauratwit.bsky.social
If you were exposed to chemical agents today:

From Let This Radicalize You
and legs will help some CS gas to come off your a Carefully shake out your hair. Any clothing that ma been contaminated should be discarded. Carry an exte. of clothes (loose, like sweats) so that clothes that were c taminated can be removed and discarded. If you must k vour clothes, wash them several times in cold water, separ. from any other clothes. Run the empty washer a few times afterwards, as the chemicals can remain in the washer. Chemical Exposure Aftercare There are different kinds of tear gas and pepper spray, with different chemical properties, concentrations, and reactions. Some RCAs use a combination of chemicals. For example, Clearout is a brand of aerosol grenade containing chemicals that are in both tear gas and pepper spray. Different kinds of chemical weapons require different treat-ments. For example, flushing eyes and skin with large amounts of water can help with decontamination after CS tear gas exposure. On the other hand, water can exacerbate the irritation caused by CR tear gas and some other types of chemical agents. People react differently to various remedies, and as a result there's a range of sometimes conflicting information. You may have heard about using milk and diluted baby shampoo. Some people report that this helps, but studies show it is no better than water alone. Which remedy should you use? It can be difficult to know, so pay attention to each person's needs, responses, and reactions in the moment. When possible, and if necessary, seek medical support after an exposure. Look for medic stations at protests and try to locate them ahead of time. The following are remedies, treatments, and tips that have been used in various movements to address RCA exposure. In addition to these guidelines, we recommend you talk to your medic team for their advice. • Blow your nose, rinse your mouth, cough, and spit. Try not to swallow. When coughing, contain infectious droplets by coughing into a tissue, and move away from others. • Appendix: Navigating Police Use of Chemical Weapons • 241 If a tissue isn't available, cough into your elbow or the in- • side of your shirt to minimize transmission of COVID-19. Fan and blow onto eyes and face before rinsing or flushing eyes. Carry a battery-operated portable hand fan if pos-sible. Carefully shake one's head and hair. Tear gases are composed of solid particles, many of which can be blown or shaken away when dry. • Stretch out and wave limbs after RCA exposure, before rinsing or wiping skin. • Use large amounts of water. Many of these chemical agents come in the form of crystals, which react with water. Using small amounts of water (such as a wet towel or shirt) immediately after exposure to CS gas is likely to reactivate these crystals and may prolong the effects. In response to a CS exposure, skin should be washed with soap and large amounts of water. Shower first in water that is as cold as possible (to keep pores closed), and then in warm water. Do not take a bath. • Always irrigate from the inside corner of the eye towards the outside, with head tilted back and slightly towards the side being rinsed. • Do not wear contacts if you are at risk of being exposed to chemical weapons. Contact lenses have been known to trap the chemicals against your eyes, which could damage the cornea. You must remove the lenses or get someone to remove them for you, with CLEAN, uncontaminated fingers. Destroy the lenses after exposure. When using an inhaler after an exposure, do not contaminate the inhaler. Carry an inhaler in a zip-top plastic bag to minimize possible contamination, and use it with a clean uncontaminated hand. Additional Solutions and RCA Remedies Antacid solution: Protesters commonly recommend solutions of 50 percent water and 50 percent aluminum hydroxide or magnesium
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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wesburdine.bsky.social
About 30 cars of ICE and DEA agents staging st Newell park in St. Paul
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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doronclark.bsky.social
Today and every day, remember that trans rights are human rights.
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
polychromic.bsky.social
Went to our local red cup rally to support our favorite barista, there were other unions (mfe, SEIU) there in solidarity and to speak. I overheard a person from DSA biked to St Anthony from Uptown to picket/march. Lots of folks honking in agreement as they drove by too 💚
sbworkersunited.org Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 12d
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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lookitup.baby
I don’t know, I feel like making the one thing illegal that’s keeping millions of people from snapping right now might not be the wisest move
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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avocadoplex.bike
Also, due process is about how you're treated by the government, it's not about whether or not you deserve to be given a platform or leadership position. People use "due process" as a shield for everything and that is not what it is.
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 11d
richard carlbom was asked about cyndy martin remaining on the CRBC and basically said “due process exists in this country.”

i don’t think there is any dispute cyndy martin hit and killed that teenager with her car and didn’t call 911 until the next morning, regardless of the criminal trial
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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skwinnicki.bsky.social
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"

guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
Basic light pollution diagram showing four different streetlight set ups ranging from more light pollution on the left to less light pollution on the right. The most pollution option, labelled "very bad" is a street lamp with a round uncovered bulb on top, making a sphere of light in the air. The next option, labelled "bad" has a tiny cap on top, that limits the upward pollution a bit. The "better" option is mostly uncovered on top, limiting pollution above the streetlight. The final option, labelled "best" has a full shroud overtop, limiting the light to only below the streetlight, where it is needed for pedestrians and vehicles.
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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smith.senate.gov
ALSO: Cannabis should be legalized federally too.
smith.senate.gov Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 11d
Leave our breweries alone.
Photo of MN THC beverages in front of the “Come and take it” flag.
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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kristopher.setnes.net
Here is a time-lapse of the November 11, 2025 aurora from Bloomington, MN.

#astrophotography #aurora
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
This is pretty significant and that it’s been 11 years since they tried to build on Maunakea and Kanaka Maoli protectors have successfully impeded them is a major victory for traditional knowledge keepers and people fighting for Kanaka sovereignty. 🔭🧪

www.tmt.org/news/708
TMT Explores a Promising Path Forward in Spain TMT International Observatory LLC (TIO LLC) announced today that in response to the generous offer from the Spanish Ministry of Science, it is exploring a promising avenue for a new observatory based in Spain. While the Members of TO LLC continue discussions regarding the TMT site, this represents a prospective opportunity to allow TO LLC to proceed with the TMT project. For this reason, TO LLC will jointly develop with the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities a detailed roadmap toward the potential realization of the TMT at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma, Spain). TMT
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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celestelabedz.bsky.social
Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
www.aurorasaurus.org
Aurorasaurus - Reporting Auroras from the Ground Up
Friends, see my real-time #aurora report on the aurorasaurus.org map! Follow us on www.facebook.com/aurorasaurus.org. Reporting #northernlights and #citizenscience from the ground up since 2012!
www.aurorasaurus.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
polychromic.bsky.social
I REALLY needed the sky to show me something pretty. 🌌 Wow!
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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leighfinke.bsky.social
I reached out to federal delegation to get some answers on this project. It’s a surprise and a very unwelcome one.

No home for ICE and CBP in Saint Paul.
pattho.bsky.social Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 14d
From a St Paul Dept of Safety and Inspections email: construction permit for a new $11m CBP building construction permit at 670 Bayfield Street next to the downtown StP airport. Note location right near the runways. "Great" place to deport from! @mollycoleman.bsky.social @melvincarter.bsky.social
Screen shot of DSI mailing showing permit info described in the post. Date 11/4/25, Contact company Shaw Lundquist Associates. Satellite view of the location next to the Saint Paul airport, next the end of a runway.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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dexanderson.com
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:

The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.

Join me: abetterdfl.org.
A blue and white gradient with the words "The DFL has a transphobia problem. And we're gonna fix it."
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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peggyflanagan.bsky.social
In this moment, we need Democrats to fight for more than a return to the status quo. We need to build a country where all families can thrive - not just billionaires.

So today, I'm laying out my priorities - I hope you'll visit my website and learn more: peggyflanagan.com/priorities/
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Pope Leo:
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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johnrogers.bsky.social
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
marklemley.bsky.social Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 19d
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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doctorvive.bsky.social
Today feels like a good day to remind everyone that there is literally no empirical evidence that economic growth will just continue if the world heats up to, say, 3°C by 2100.

Continued growth is just *assumed* in every economic model of the relationship between temperatures and growth.

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The word "growth" is a core term in the language of climate politics. As we just saw, climate economists estimate the costs of climate damages relative to the amount of economic growth they project into the twenty-first century, and by and large they assume that such growth will continue no matter how hot and chaotic the planet gets. Their belief in a future of continued economic growth enables another idea sometimes used to justify sustaining the fossil- fuel economy: the idea that economic growth is itself a climate-change solution, a form of environmental protection that will shield the prosperous from climate devastation. This belief is so bipartisan, so ubiquitous, that it's not quite accurate to call it propaganda. It's best understood as a *myth*. This myth is often taken for reality by both fossil-fuel partisans on the right and climate-conscious progressives on the center-left.
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM