Saraidh
@saraidh.bsky.social
Longtime book, history and fiber geek, now with added democracy activism and Minnesota legislature nerdery.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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yall i don't think the gop gerrymandering is gonna work
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
yall i don't think the gop gerrymandering is gonna work
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If you’re wondering if you should shovel before bed or wait til morning, it’s perfectly still and 28 degrees in the Twin Cities right now, and tomorrow there will be 40 mph winds
(do it now) #mnwx
(do it now) #mnwx
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
If you’re wondering if you should shovel before bed or wait til morning, it’s perfectly still and 28 degrees in the Twin Cities right now, and tomorrow there will be 40 mph winds
(do it now) #mnwx
(do it now) #mnwx
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A huge night for Democrats:
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A huge night for Democrats:
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
—They flip Miami's mayorship.
—They flip a state House district in Georgia that had voted Trump by 13%.
—They keep Albuquerque's mayorship, while the liberal faction flips city council.
—And they get big overperformances (+18 & +22) in 2 Florida specials.
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When I was starting out as an erotica writer, I hung out a lot with an older gay man who'd been writing smut forever. He told me that without straight women writing gay paperbacks in the 1950s, gay culture as we know it might not exist. He insisted gay men owed these ladies a huge unpayable debt.
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
When I was starting out as an erotica writer, I hung out a lot with an older gay man who'd been writing smut forever. He told me that without straight women writing gay paperbacks in the 1950s, gay culture as we know it might not exist. He insisted gay men owed these ladies a huge unpayable debt.
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@jorkussmellington.bsky.social On coffee (and really, I would say most other food-related questions OTHER than unchecked consumption of red meat, which the biggest single food-related source of emissions and unsustainable use of land/water resources), this post makes an excellent point!
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
@jorkussmellington.bsky.social On coffee (and really, I would say most other food-related questions OTHER than unchecked consumption of red meat, which the biggest single food-related source of emissions and unsustainable use of land/water resources), this post makes an excellent point!
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Most definitely!
And we’ve got a new curriculum that addresses AI specifically:
And we’ve got a new curriculum that addresses AI specifically:
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction
A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.
Thebullshitmachines.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Most definitely!
And we’ve got a new curriculum that addresses AI specifically:
And we’ve got a new curriculum that addresses AI specifically:
Now I'm trying to come up with candidates for the likeliest possible D&D nerds in Congress.
For any Dimension 20 nerds out there, we WILL be bringing the dome to Capitol Hill if I win.
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Now I'm trying to come up with candidates for the likeliest possible D&D nerds in Congress.
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
Having lunch at a family owned Mexican restaurant in NE Minneapolis because immigrants are great, actually. Also the food is really good.
December 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Having lunch at a family owned Mexican restaurant in NE Minneapolis because immigrants are great, actually. Also the food is really good.
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Vaccines are the greatest public health success story in history.
So much death and suffering can be stopped entirely, or dramatically reduced.
And people are just throwing it away.
So much death and suffering can be stopped entirely, or dramatically reduced.
And people are just throwing it away.
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Vaccines are the greatest public health success story in history.
So much death and suffering can be stopped entirely, or dramatically reduced.
And people are just throwing it away.
So much death and suffering can be stopped entirely, or dramatically reduced.
And people are just throwing it away.
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ICE has been conducting many raids in Shakopee and we must organize to help protect our friends and neighbors.
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
ICE has been conducting many raids in Shakopee and we must organize to help protect our friends and neighbors.
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The interesting thing about the TN-07 vote is that Van Epps doesn’t seem like a terrible candidate—the 15 point swing in favor of Democrats isn’t primarily a candidate effect.
If 2026 is anything close to a +15 environment for Democrats, it’s going to be the biggest wave election in a long time.
If 2026 is anything close to a +15 environment for Democrats, it’s going to be the biggest wave election in a long time.
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The interesting thing about the TN-07 vote is that Van Epps doesn’t seem like a terrible candidate—the 15 point swing in favor of Democrats isn’t primarily a candidate effect.
If 2026 is anything close to a +15 environment for Democrats, it’s going to be the biggest wave election in a long time.
If 2026 is anything close to a +15 environment for Democrats, it’s going to be the biggest wave election in a long time.
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Minnesota cities as Muppets:
Stillwater:
Stillwater:
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Minnesota cities as Muppets:
Stillwater:
Stillwater:
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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a thing to ask yourself re: the GOP's electoral position is what could happen over the next year that could *improve* its position? and what could trump do, plausibly, that might *boost* his numbers with the public?
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
a thing to ask yourself re: the GOP's electoral position is what could happen over the next year that could *improve* its position? and what could trump do, plausibly, that might *boost* his numbers with the public?
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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Ds don't seem to be getting what they need out of Nashville. But if the margin lands at R+3, that's a D+19 shift from 2024 -- we're not talking a wave, we're talking tsunami
again @gelliottmorris.com says behn still has a chance but damn 3 points in this district is 🦇💩
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Ds don't seem to be getting what they need out of Nashville. But if the margin lands at R+3, that's a D+19 shift from 2024 -- we're not talking a wave, we're talking tsunami
The particulars are different, but hell yeah, same.
Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The particulars are different, but hell yeah, same.
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59 special elections
49 Dem over-performances
27 of 28 Repub-held districts were Dem over-performances
6 R=>D flips
0 D=>R flips
0 D under-performance by>7
36 R under-performance by>7
49 Dem over-performances
27 of 28 Repub-held districts were Dem over-performances
6 R=>D flips
0 D=>R flips
0 D under-performance by>7
36 R under-performance by>7
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
59 special elections
49 Dem over-performances
27 of 28 Repub-held districts were Dem over-performances
6 R=>D flips
0 D=>R flips
0 D under-performance by>7
36 R under-performance by>7
49 Dem over-performances
27 of 28 Repub-held districts were Dem over-performances
6 R=>D flips
0 D=>R flips
0 D under-performance by>7
36 R under-performance by>7
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for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
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Whatever you think about the downsides of the modern world, you can't deny that the bit where pretty much all the babies get to live is fucking awesome.
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Whatever you think about the downsides of the modern world, you can't deny that the bit where pretty much all the babies get to live is fucking awesome.
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I know its a day late for this but I'll say it anyway:
I'm thankful for the immigrants in across my community and state, what they bring to the economy, the jobs they fill, the joy they bring, everything.
I'm thankful for the immigrants in across my community and state, what they bring to the economy, the jobs they fill, the joy they bring, everything.
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I know its a day late for this but I'll say it anyway:
I'm thankful for the immigrants in across my community and state, what they bring to the economy, the jobs they fill, the joy they bring, everything.
I'm thankful for the immigrants in across my community and state, what they bring to the economy, the jobs they fill, the joy they bring, everything.
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There is no constitutionally legitimate scenario in which we are being de facto governed by the White House Deputy Chief of Staff using a half-dead president as his sock puppet. We went out of our way to amend the Constitution on precisely this point.
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
There is no constitutionally legitimate scenario in which we are being de facto governed by the White House Deputy Chief of Staff using a half-dead president as his sock puppet. We went out of our way to amend the Constitution on precisely this point.