Stacey Burns
@wentrogue.bsky.social
Once inspired the NYT Science Times to "try harder.” Now I post about my cats from my perch in the Witch District of Minneapolis. she/her Stop an ICE-inflicted eviction: https://givebutter.com/corcoran-neighbor-fund-2026
While it's good to hear there was considerable pushback on this, just imagine what kind of discriminatory bullshit goes on privately when homeowners like this feel so empowered to publicly disparage their renter neighbors about attending a public neighborhood event.
Bill Childs@billchilds.bsky.social · 3h agoWell, yes, you are correct that this sounds rude and anti-renter. What a jackass
It’s the 50th anniversary of the time Eric Clapton went onstage and told everyone who wasn’t British to leave the room and the country, and was the impetus for Rock Against Racism
under communism i will run the film school where all students watch the entire filmography of preston sturges like this:
Preaching to the choir. Also: join the choir, if you haven’t already!
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 4h agoI wrote about how weird and bad it is to have a future AG going around claiming he'll make Dobbs "permanent in every single state"—unless he understands Dobbs to be a national abortion ban, and thinks his job is to force states to comply
Of the things that online advertisements have tried to sell me, perhaps the most baffling in its premise is "ear plugs to wear during conversation." A real "Fuck it, Five Blades" moment at the ear plug factory marketing meeting.
cannot think of a more ringing endorsement than "Anders Folk: the Republican ICE defense lawyer's choice for a DFL Hennepin County Attorney" www.kare11.com/article/news...
I wrote about how weird and bad it is to have a future AG going around claiming he'll make Dobbs "permanent in every single state"—unless he understands Dobbs to be a national abortion ban, and thinks his job is to force states to comply
Todd Blanche Is Claiming That He Can Ban Abortion In Any State
As he fights to be confirmed as attorney general, Blanche is trying to appease Christian-right groups with wild legal theories about restricting abortion.
newrepublic.com
Awooo We live in a failed country Awooo we can't let our city fail Aaaawooooo
Back to the regularly scheduled awoooos, to everyone’s liking
Ask for what you really want. For example: don’t paint yourself into a corner where some namby pamby politician can claim to support “reproductive rights” when you want to ensure that everyone who needs an abortion can get one without any obstacles
M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social · 4h agoSome things I've learned about legislative advocacy, and I think my record speaks for itself. 1. Start by asking for everything you want. Stop preemptively negotiating against yourself. The process of passing the bill will whittle it down. Why started with a whittled down product?
my cat has a real “ARE YOU DEAD??” energy when she stands on me in bed every morning that I really appreciate
i love sleeping in when you have a cat. i love this small creature that thinks the best way to determine if i am dead is to stand on me.
Convinced Kaoly Her is going ahead with this encampment sweep this morning despite almost everyone in the know telling her to delay because she thinks she’d otherwise appear politically weak. It’s awful of the mayor to put vulnerable people at greater risk just to try and save her political career.
MPR News@mprnews.org · 9h agoKat Donnelly, a nurse with Healthcare for the Homeless, spent Tuesday scrambling to refill medications and make sure patients knew where to find her ahead of the Pig's Eye Park encampment closure Wednesday morning.
“My dear boy, why don't you try acting?” – Laurence Olivier to Dustin Hoffman, who had stayed up for 72 hours straight in preparation for a scene in Marathon Man
regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸@ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 23h agoanya taylor-joy says women don't method act because we have things to take care of and can't lose our minds or be assholes
C-SPAN has Ken Paxton event on and this man is spectacularly uncharismatic, you mean to tell me THIS is the true avatar of Texan fascism?
It’s now at least 20 anti-abortion judges mainedems.org/susan-collin...
Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · 2mo agoSusan Collins has confirmed at least 16 anti-abortion judges in Trump’s second term. Some Mainers may think their reproductive and civil rights are safe and still vote for her, but any of these freaks could tee up a SCOTUS case that takes the entire country backwards mainedems.org/susan-collin...
![screenshot, Maine Democratic Party:
Collins Confirms Two More Anti-Choice Judges
Susan Collins just voted to confirm Tony Mattivi and Anthony Powell to lifetime seats on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
[then a list showing 14 more, split across two screenshots]
Collins has continued to “rubber stamp” Trump-appointed anti-choice judges who have advocated for and defended near-total abortion bans in states. In the past few months alone Collins confirmed:
Whitney Hermandorfer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, who was lead counsel in a case defending Tennessee’s total abortion ban.
Maria Lanahan to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, who defended Missouri’s near-total abortion ban, and helped author and argue Missouri’s complaint seeking to restrict the use and access to mifepristone, a common medication abortion pill.
Jennifer Mascott to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, who urged the court to overturn Roe and return it to the “dustbin of history,” then praised the Dobbs ruling, testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee defending the Court’s decision to leave in place Texas’ extreme abortion ban.
William Mercer to the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, who “has repeatedly supported anti-abortion bills.”
Chad Meredith to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, who is staunchly anti-abortion and has even defended abortion restrictions in Kentucky.
Jordan Pratt to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, who authored an amicus brief in support of Florida’s abortion ban where he called abortion “barbaric.”
Rebecca Taibleson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, who testified that she believed the three-year-old Dobbs decision that gutted federal protections to abortion was “controlling precedent and settled law.” In addition to clerking for Brett Kavanaugh, Tabileson testified in front of the Senate to de…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fdfjfnhhyeo4hsmoxpeazsg/bafkreif4k66fmxo5z4qmtaydwrxgmeqmwghjjn72yzo3dsqzruyrk72dom)
It’s Amy Coney Barrett all over again. Collins, facing reelection, will vote no on an anti-abortion nominee who gets confirmed anyway
Alice Miranda Ollstein@alicemiranda.bsky.social · 23h agoBREAKING: Susan Collins cited our report on Blanche's promise on a private call with religious activists to restrict abortion pills in announcing today she will not vote to confirm him. www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...
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 · 24h agoRep. 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."
lotta people weighing in with their feels as Big Ball Knowers on how WNBA players would fare against hypothetical male squads showing their whole ass here by not knowing that W teams have had all-male scrimmage squad opponents for years.
At least a few people who listen to this report are going to look into becoming couriers themselves — bringing mifepristone and misoprostol to the U.S. for distribution to states where abortion has been criminalized. Highly recommend (and there’s a transcript, for the podcast-averse):
Reveal@revealnews.org · yesterdayAbortion rates were expected to tank after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Instead, medication abortion became easier to get – and it changed everything. 🎧 The new abortion battleground; this week on Reveal
"The E-Line draws about 5,600 riders daily—nearly double what Metro Transit expected." www.fox9.com/news/6-month...
6 months in: Minneapolis E-Line nearly twice the riders Metro Transit expected
Metro Transit’s E-Line is marking six months on the road, and business owners are weighing in on the changes it has brought to their neighborhoods.
fox9.com
Yes. And if you read this piece from The Nation, it appears demonstrating against this facility could easily get you imprisoned for decades. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans
Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.
thenation.com
Stacey Burns@wentrogue.bsky.social · yesterdayMore retribution for Minnesotans who are resisting ICE
My neighbor who loves work was laid off a few months ago and is visiting food shelves now after being cut off from food assistance while seeking a new job. He’s also taking in a boarder and doing odd jobs for pay. Feels very Depression era.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRollins: "For those who love work and celebrate work and want people to work and not be on food stamps, it's a pretty big win when we've moved 5 million people off food stamps, y'all."
Alas, after 15 years of service, our champ of a rice cooker has twinkled its last little star. I feel like we should play a high pitched electronic Taps for it
Stacey Burns@wentrogue.bsky.social · 2y agoWe all clap when the Zojirushi rice cooker announces that the rice is ready
winona is tearing down every flock camera in it's reach and appleton is welcoming private prison overlords to inhumanely house immigrants against their will. i hate this dichotomy.
