Matt P
@scifi451.com
Fan of Apple, Tech, baseball, hockey, board games and science fiction.
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Well I mean I guess it’s kind of nice of them to clarify that yes, this whole thing is just political punishment and extortion.
Pam Bondi's conditions for Minnesota: 1) give us all your state data on your food programs, including SNAP 2) repeal all your sanctuary policies in the state (since it has led to "so much crime and violence") and 3) hand over your state voting rolls. Letter here: www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
Minneapolis shooting: AG Pam Bondi gives Gov. Walz conditions for ICE to leave Minnesota
www.fox9.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Well I mean I guess it’s kind of nice of them to clarify that yes, this whole thing is just political punishment and extortion.
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After George Floyd's murder I was on a call with my employer's editors talking about how newsgathering after police shootings and during protests. At one point I said, are we issuing any guidance around not repeating police statements until we have more information?
Silence.
Stop. Doing. This.
Silence.
Stop. Doing. This.
Incredibly telling to watch which supposed “news” outlets and “journalists” are doing stenography for the DHS after they have been caught repeatedly lying to the press in the immediate aftermath of these incidents.
January 24, 2026 at 5:39 PM
After George Floyd's murder I was on a call with my employer's editors talking about how newsgathering after police shootings and during protests. At one point I said, are we issuing any guidance around not repeating police statements until we have more information?
Silence.
Stop. Doing. This.
Silence.
Stop. Doing. This.
Great thread. Good information if not in Minnesota and wondering.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 23, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Great thread. Good information if not in Minnesota and wondering.
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A new Storm of Spoilers is here and we're digging into the first episode of #AKnightoftheSevenKingdoms. Deep cut lore, tonal shifts, Dunk, Egg, The Laughing Storm! Da7e and Neil dig into it all...
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/883685...
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/883685...
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Season 1, Episode 1, "The Hedge Knight"
This week, Da7e and Neil return to Westeros to meet Ser Dunk and his new friend Egg as they make their way to a tourney and HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms gets underway.
audioboom.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:25 PM
A new Storm of Spoilers is here and we're digging into the first episode of #AKnightoftheSevenKingdoms. Deep cut lore, tonal shifts, Dunk, Egg, The Laughing Storm! Da7e and Neil dig into it all...
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/883685...
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/883685...
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250 businesses
When we started this list of Minnesota businesses taking part in the Jan. 23 economic blackout we didn't realize quite what an undertaking it would be, but we are now at more than 250 and counting.
Keep 'em coming!
Keep 'em coming!
List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:59 AM
250 businesses
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This is the right question. I’m a caucus convener and will get on this with leadership.
those of us on bluesky are a bubble. we can say we all need to show up, but what is the DFL doing to make caucuses safe for vulnerable people? we can’t go virtual. so what’s to prevent ICE from showing up?
feels like we’re gonna have very white caucuses and it’s all just gonna benefit angie craig
feels like we’re gonna have very white caucuses and it’s all just gonna benefit angie craig
The DFL seats won't be of much value unless we all go to our caucuses next month and then do the work to rebuild the party and the party platform from the inside.
It is long, slow, tedious, and usually boring work, but it needs to be done.
It is long, slow, tedious, and usually boring work, but it needs to be done.
January 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This is the right question. I’m a caucus convener and will get on this with leadership.
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How soon until Jon Voight gives away his Best Actor Oscar?
January 16, 2026 at 7:59 AM
How soon until Jon Voight gives away his Best Actor Oscar?
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Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
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My favourite award season losers (but red carpet winners)
January 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
My favourite award season losers (but red carpet winners)
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My first time recapping for AVC, and the show is a doozy. Yep, I am covering Industry! www.avclub.com/industry-sea...
Industry introduces new digs, and some familiar faces, in a propulsive premiere
Industry introduces new digs, and some familiar faces, in a propulsive premiere
www.avclub.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM
My first time recapping for AVC, and the show is a doozy. Yep, I am covering Industry! www.avclub.com/industry-sea...
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There will be a glut of memory in no time as the AI bubble comes apart.
And they know it. Memory manufacturers will very much take advantage, but they’re smart enough to see that this is a bubble with an underlying technology lacking real utility.
And they know it. Memory manufacturers will very much take advantage, but they’re smart enough to see that this is a bubble with an underlying technology lacking real utility.
AI Is Causing a Memory Shortage. Why Producers Aren’t Rushing to Make a Lot More.
Sandisk, Western Digital, Seagate and Micron need to keep undershooting demand.
www.wsj.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:06 PM
There will be a glut of memory in no time as the AI bubble comes apart.
And they know it. Memory manufacturers will very much take advantage, but they’re smart enough to see that this is a bubble with an underlying technology lacking real utility.
And they know it. Memory manufacturers will very much take advantage, but they’re smart enough to see that this is a bubble with an underlying technology lacking real utility.
Such an amazing play
"If that's not a highlight reel goal I don't know what is"
Minnesota's Abbey Murphy beats her defender with a lacrosse move, then slides it over for Bella Fanale to score
Minnesota's Abbey Murphy beats her defender with a lacrosse move, then slides it over for Bella Fanale to score
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Such an amazing play
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The Dodgers have paid grown men millions of dollars to do what Decoy will do for free. ❤️
![Same_Woodpecker_2847 . 2d
I was actually taking a stadium tour with my son today and decoy came out and greeted us all before Shohei came out to work out. Decoy then proceeded to take a dump in left field and Shohei saw this, ran back to the clubhouse, got a bag and cleaned it up
[Picture of decoy pooping]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cilflthhvjzz6dz6k765zjwa/bafkreigixqgjcmkrtizwxbskuoz2omyn4a4l7ivnstxb26d42bvlclc5he@jpeg)
January 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The Dodgers have paid grown men millions of dollars to do what Decoy will do for free. ❤️
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I've never read it, so you know what? I downloaded a PDF and will rectify that oversight.
Hey everybody, it’s the 250th anniversary of Common Sense, whose luminous author Tom Paine, figured centrally in the American Revolution, the Enlightenment and the movement for Democracy still sweeping the Earth. The times hath found us.
January 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I've never read it, so you know what? I downloaded a PDF and will rectify that oversight.
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Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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Jan. 9, 1776: A 47-page pamphlet is published in Philadelphia that will alter the course of history. “Common Sense” by an anonymous writer calling himself “An Englishman”—Thomas Paine—takes up the once-unthinkable idea of American independence and concludes: “ 'TIS TIME TO PART.” 1/10
January 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Jan. 9, 1776: A 47-page pamphlet is published in Philadelphia that will alter the course of history. “Common Sense” by an anonymous writer calling himself “An Englishman”—Thomas Paine—takes up the once-unthinkable idea of American independence and concludes: “ 'TIS TIME TO PART.” 1/10
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@governorwalz.mn.gov conservation officers? The fuck are we doing?
NOW: Minnesota Conservation Officers, Minnesota State Patrol and Minneapolis Police pushing out hundreds of protesters after declaring an unlawful assembly.
Protesters had been holding a noise demo at a downtown hotel they believe ICE agents are staying at.
Protesters had been holding a noise demo at a downtown hotel they believe ICE agents are staying at.
January 10, 2026 at 6:13 AM
@governorwalz.mn.gov conservation officers? The fuck are we doing?
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This morning at the Whipple building I watched an ICE goon fall on our real, straight-from-the-sky, Minnesota ice. I have no video of it, but I need the world to know it happened.
January 8, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This morning at the Whipple building I watched an ICE goon fall on our real, straight-from-the-sky, Minnesota ice. I have no video of it, but I need the world to know it happened.
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Long may the Skarsgård Dynasty reign.
For about 1:26, #SentimentalValue star Stellan Skarsgård had absolutely no idea that his son Alexander Skarsgård is fully breathing down his neck at the #CriticsChoiceAwards on Sunday evening.
For about 1:26, #SentimentalValue star Stellan Skarsgård had absolutely no idea that his son Alexander Skarsgård is fully breathing down his neck at the #CriticsChoiceAwards on Sunday evening.
January 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Long may the Skarsgård Dynasty reign.
For about 1:26, #SentimentalValue star Stellan Skarsgård had absolutely no idea that his son Alexander Skarsgård is fully breathing down his neck at the #CriticsChoiceAwards on Sunday evening.
For about 1:26, #SentimentalValue star Stellan Skarsgård had absolutely no idea that his son Alexander Skarsgård is fully breathing down his neck at the #CriticsChoiceAwards on Sunday evening.
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Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
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What. In. The. Actual. Fuck.
According to New York Times, Trump is claiming to have captured Maduro. Absolutely shocking (and very illegal)
if true.
Every country needs to see the USA as a rogue state going forward.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
if true.
Every country needs to see the USA as a rogue state going forward.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
What. In. The. Actual. Fuck.
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This is so dope
Minnesotans when a Metro Transit bus is stuck: Let’s get to work!
Minnesotans when an ICE vehicle is stuck: 🍿
Minnesotans when an ICE vehicle is stuck: 🍿
January 3, 2026 at 4:49 AM
This is so dope
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The owner sold it to private equity, and people have got to stop doing that if they want brands that last.
After 20 years of shaping American dessert culture, Sprinkles has officially closed all of its stores nationwide, marking the end of a brand that not only helped spark but also outlasted the U.S. cupcake craze.
Sprinkles, known for celeb fans and cupcake ATMs, shuts down abruptly
Sprinkles, a pioneer in the U.S. cupcake craze, has closed all its stores nationwide after 20 years.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:13 AM
The owner sold it to private equity, and people have got to stop doing that if they want brands that last.
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Sheesh - Matty Beniers shootout winner was filthy
January 3, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Sheesh - Matty Beniers shootout winner was filthy