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Driftless Thinking

@mndriftless.bsky.social

Nerd by birth, HHS wonk by trade. Cis, white, 🏳️‍🌈↙️↙️↙️ Trying to do better every day, because as Baldwin said, all children are our children. The profile picture is not recent. 🧊 delenda est

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Grudgie the Whale@grudgie.bsky.social · yesterday

One of my great frustrations with the media is they know Trump is full of shit on things like this. But because they don’t know if he’s lying or delusional they type up neither possibility. But they should be loudly writing that those are the only two possibilities and both are disqualifying!

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News@froomkin.bsky.social · yesterday

NEW: The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump’s grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there: presswatchers.org/2026/08/the-...

Lisa Needham@snipy.bsky.social · yesterday

honestly can't stress enough, as a former family law attorney, how depressingly common Max Miller's behavior and words are, right down to the petty fixation on custody procedure and rules when faced with allegations of shocking violence.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Rep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."

Molly Coleman@mollycoleman.bsky.social · 24h ago

Based on the overwhelming consensus that I’ve heard in both public feedback and private conversations from government officials, service providers, encampment residents, and public health experts, I do not believe we are prepared to responsibly close the encampments beginning tomorrow.

St. Paul prepares to clear homeless encampment amid questions

On July 8, citing a growing number of fires, fatal overdoses and reported sexual assaults, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her announced plans to close the city’s three largest homeless encampments on a rolling...

twincities.com

Driftless Thinking@mndriftless.bsky.social · 4d ago

The burglary of my home is absolutely part of what radicalized me and hardened my stance as ACAB. SPPD put a known perjurer (see link) in charge of the investigation. No charges filed.

She Was a Teenager When a Renegade Cop Framed Her. Will She Finally Get Justice?

Hamdi Mohamud was just a teenager when Weyker falsely accused her of witness tampering more than a decade ago.

yahoo.com

Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 4d ago

people love to leave out that you can’t really do serious harm reduction without also housing people wild, that people ALSO need a safe place to sleep, to eat, to have stability, in addition to needing safe injection sites and clean needles almost like we should call things…basic..needs…

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d ago

It was inevitable that reactionary centrists would turn against harm reduction and call for a return to mass incarceration

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Naomi Kritzer@naomikritzer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Anyway. I feel like some of the more damning details (unwanted touching, commenting on another woman's breasts in the locker room) are being lost in the hilarity over "weinering." Her's behavior was wildly inappropriate with multiple people in multiple situations.

Driftless Thinking@mndriftless.bsky.social · 6d ago

This Mute is rated E for Everyone Who Downplays Sexual Harassment Because it’s Cringy or there are Cops Involved. Our principles about what moral leadership look like are not dependent on who is targeted or if there are ulterior motives.

Luke Mielke@juke-box85.bsky.social · 6d ago

From the Star Tribune Hotdish today: "Through July, Senate Democrats spent far more defending Latz in a safely Democratic district than in any November battleground." $40k could have gone a long way in a swing seat to hold the DFL Senate majority.

According to campaign finance reports released this week, the Senate DFL Caucus has spent more than $40,000 backing Latz. That spending has frustrated some activists in Latz's district, who argue party leaders shouldn't spend tens of thousands of dollars trying to influence the outcome of a safe-seat primary after local delegates failed to unite behind a candidate. It’s by far the largest investment any legislative caucus has made in a primary this cycle and a notable expenditure for a party that has otherwise reserved its spending for competitive seats in the general election. Through July, Senate Democrats spent far more defending Latz in a safely Democratic district than in any November battleground.