megs ✨
@megsf.bsky.social
misplaced Minnesconsinite // language & travel nerd // #uglydogs // #afseffect
I think you’re a good American if you love immigrants and a bad American if you don’t. really that simple
Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 2d agoi had to do two separate stops and am now in a car with a guy named Muhammad who i think is speaking a Turkic language and is listening to country music about Jesus. I love this country
In a shocking turn of events that no one could have predicted, giving the cat exactly what he wants every time he yowls has not resulted in decreased yowling
King Woman update of the day: he finally stopped running around long enough for me to get a decent pic of him. he’s so handsome 🩵
megs ✨@megsf.bsky.social · 5d agohe does have beautiful eyes 🩵🩵
King Woman update of the day: he finally stopped running around long enough for me to get a decent pic of him. he’s so handsome 🩵
megs ✨@megsf.bsky.social · 5d agohe does have beautiful eyes 🩵🩵
Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
say hello to my new foster his name is King Woman I can’t tell if he likes me or not… 😂
sometimes her lips get stuck on her teefs (but worth it for the snacks) #MonaMonday (with a surprise husky appearance!)
sometimes her lips get stuck on her teefs (but worth it for the snacks) #MonaMonday (with a surprise husky appearance!)
🔥🌡️ Chicago, brace for a sizzler! Heat Advisory in effect until 9 PM CDT. Expect heat index values up to 100-110. Stay cool, hydrated, and check on your neighbors.
Ruin a book by adding a word: Are you there God? It's me, Margaret Thatcher.
Angry Algonquin@angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 2w agoRuin a book by adding a word: IT Sucks
🔥 @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The only minority destroying America is billionaires: Trans people aren’t taking away our healthcare. Muslims aren’t defunding our schools. Immigrants aren’t cutting taxes for themselves + their rich friends… It’s billionaires & their puppet politicians.”
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.
Autistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuse
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop,…
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We need to regulate the height of vehicles in the country. This truck outside my building is massive. I’m 5’10” and the hood is at my neck! You could fit a school bus worth of children in his blind spots.
if you're going at the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl in such a way that it gets you carded, please get in touch
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoScalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"
The United Way of Northeastern Minnesota said Friday that supplies and volunteers for the area are in a good place. But there's still plenty people outside the Boundary Waters can do to help.
How to help as wildfires continue to burn in Minnesota
Tips from area leaders coordinating emergency response and people on the ground.
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NEW: We reported two years ago that Chicago police had made 200,000 secret traffic stops, failing to disclose them as required by law. Chicago police then admitted the problem, & promised to 'fix' it in a legislative hearing. We just investigated again: The problem... got WORSE.
Chicago Police Promised to 'Fix' Secret Traffic Stops. A Year Later, the Problem Has Only Gotten Worse. - Bolts
This story was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and Injustice Watch, a nonprofit news organization in Chicago focused on issues of equity and justice in the court system. In... Read More
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Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.
ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer
An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
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ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:
no one wants to consider my insane pitch which is to eliminate timezones across the planet so we’re all on the exact same time and force everyone to change their conception of what a day is
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3w agoThe House overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill to make daylight saving time permanent
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
The fact that J.K. Rowling successfully bullied Amnesty International into taking down a report that accurately called out her attack on trans people, especially trans women, is so repulsive and such a display of the power of her money, and her choice to put her vast fortune behind persecution.
Amnesty removes report that called JK Rowling's centre 'anti-rights'
Amnesty International UK has removed a report which labelled JK Rowling's sexual abuse crisis centre Beira's Place as "anti-rights".
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