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Xordrew Decker

@zenpylon.bsky.social

Software engineer, branching out into electronics. Pianist and meditator. Working in the Advanced Nano/micro Systems Lab at https://cui.umn.edu/. beep boop

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CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo

Simon Fisher@profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“Humans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords kiki & bouba with spiky & round shapes, respectively...We tested the bouba-kiki effect in baby chickens. Similar to humans, they spontaneously chose a spiky shape when hearing a kiki sound & a round shape when hearing a bouba.”😲🧪

Matching sounds to shapes: Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks

Humans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords “kiki” and “bouba” with spiky and round shapes, respectively, a phenomenon named the bouba-kiki effect. To explore the origin of t...

science.org

Jacqueline Sweet@jsweetli.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.

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Heather Randell@heatherrandell.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Strib has identified him. Alex Pretti. Another 37-year-old executed for standing up for our immigrant neighbors. For shame. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Sources identify man shot as Alex Jeffrey Pretti of south Minneapolis The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis this morning has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to sources familiar with the investigation. Pretti, 37, has an address listed in south Minneapolis. At a news conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the man who was shot was a 37-year-old white man with no serious criminal history and a record that showed some parking tickets. Law enforcement sources said Saturday their records show Pretti had no serious criminal history.
Xordrew Decker@zenpylon.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Just sent this email to the University of Minnesota's President, Rebecca Cunningham, to express disappointment and frustration at their milquetoast response to a violent, federal occupation.

Dear President Cunningham, I am writing to express my deep disappointment and frustration at the University's response to the current federal occupation of Minnesota. We have witnessed repeated acts of violent lawlessness at the hands of ICE and CBP, in addition to structural threats such as politically motivated investigations and cancelled funding. Countless citizens are bravely standing up in the face of depraved injustice. Neighbors are meeting, planning, and organizing to meet the needs of vulnerable populations here. Parents of school children are standing guard *to protect children from abduction*. Meanwhile, I have not seen a single email from the Office of the President meaningfully address the present situation. For example, the most recent email simply gestures to the "weight we are carrying", without specifically mentioning what that refers to - that ICE has shot and killed a member of our community. That citizens are being violently detained. That legal status is being ignored. That our vulnerable neighbors are being deported without due process. Now, more than ever, we need our institutions to stand strong with our community and to push back against the growing threat of fascism, both globally and here at home. Instead, the University has sent platitudes with vague allusions to safety and community. This is not solidarity. The University must communicate publicly and explicitly about the Trump administration's threats to higher education, its disregard for the law, and its increasing violence. If not for the University community, then for the University's own survival. Businesses are closing, workers are striking, and the University has demonstrated a reprehensible lack of courage. As a community, we need to know that you understand the gravity of the situation. We need to hear you to clearly lay out what is at stake and how you will help protect our most vulnerable. The faculty, students, staff, and all community members who make the University what it is are relying on you. Don't fail us. Sincerely, Andrew Decker B.A. Philosophy (U of MN,TC) Master's Student, Electrical Engineering (U of MN,TC)
Daniel Suitor@danielsuitor.com · 7mo ago

Someone who claims to have witnessed the incident says - car was blocking ice - they told them to move - "something happened' - ICE shot into the car as it was driving away - passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead There is video and I have seen it

Daniel Suitor@danielsuitor.com · 7mo ago

ICE reportedly shot someone at Portland and 33/34. Mspt saying bullets, could be less lethal 20+ agents on site, MPD and ambulances responding. Helicopters overhead

David Gilbert@davidgilbert.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government.... On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

time.com

Rev. Angela Denker@angeladenker.bsky.social · 11mo ago

An Update: I received an email canceling my contract as a columnist at @startribune.com after sharing this story publicly. (I had written columns past the one-year contract already + been asked to continue on in July).

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Rev. Angela Denker@angeladenker.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hours after Charlie Kirk was shot, I emailed my editors at a major American newspaper a potential column focused on the role of Christian Nationalism + radicalization of young white Christian men. They killed it. This is what they published instead. The last line: The Show Must Go On.