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If you've read that Atlantic story by Annie Lowrey about why ranked choice voting sucks, I'm telling you she's wrong. And I know this because I did something in 2017 Annie did not for this story - I talked to a mathemtician.

submitted 17 hours ago • 68 comments

This sweet, sad marshmallow really needs a foster! Thumper is having a hard time at the shelter, often squishing himself into corners or under blankets to feel safer. He lost his home for the 2nd time in 2 years after his adopter became too ill to care for him & is so stressed he's barely eating 🧵

submitted 17 hours ago • 42 comments

four of Brad Lander's political opponents praising him and speaking out in his defense shows that not only does this crew understand the stakes but also the incentive structure created for candidates by ranked choice voting is dope

submitted 22 hours ago • 17 comments

I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

submitted 22 hours ago • 538 comments

If random men in masks claiming to be ICE agents try to grab me, and they’re not really ICE, I have the legal right to defend myself against them, yes? And if they are ICE, I don’t? So how am I supposed to tell the difference? I’m supposed to give my masked kidnappers the benefit of the doubt??

submitted 21 hours ago • 177 comments

Having a bit of a hard time with the concept that if a guy in a police uniform who has a police vehicle shows up I should lock the doors and call 911, but if a guy in a ski mask with an hGH gut appears to be kidnapping my neighbor, I shouldn’t ask who he is if I don’t want federal charges.

submitted 21 hours ago • 508 comments

So I just want to be clear that the gentile President's anti-immigrant goons illegally assaulted and kidnapped the leading Jewish candidate for Mayor in New York City for walking into a federal building for the crowd that is keeping track of The Antisemitism Problem

submitted 22 hours ago • 100 comments

Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.

submitted 22 hours ago • 710 comments

felt compelled to look up ICE authority for warrantless arrests if I'm reading this correctly, the circumstances under which ICE can arrest a citizen are basically limited to 'I literally saw you commit a felony and you're about to escape and no one's gonna be able to get a warrant' this aint that

submitted 23 hours ago • 50 comments

These staffers are such fucking cowards, trying to do this anonymously while the deranged dictator starts a war and people die from government incompetence and abuse.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

I wrote about how the 2020 protests hurt Trump politically. I also wrote about how counternarratives about left-wing violence are just spin — and wildly at odds with the reality of extremist violence. Gift link: wapo.st/3SOEv6e

submitted 1 day ago • 57 comments

The President does not have the authority to make this decision. There is no imminent threat to America from Iran. He cannot take this action without congressional authorization. I will not vote to give him that authority, and I likely represent the majority of Congress.

submitted 1 day ago • 237 comments

I was in 6th grade when I saw this movie for the first time, and I will happily rewatch it any time.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

It has been four days since Kristi Noem, the head of the department of homeland security, said this in public. If meant literally, it describes the end of democracy in California. If not meant literally, would be nice for that to be clarified and for the troops to leave. bsky.app/profile/just...

submitted 1 day ago • 29 comments

✨👏🏾STANDING OVATION👏🏾✨

submitted 1 day ago • 45 comments

Among other things Melissa Hortman, murdered along with her husband yesterday by a far-right assassin, was a climate champion throughout her political career. I found a few things to that effect.

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

It's always the ones you least respect!!! If I had a nickel for every time a book banner turned out to be the pedophile they accuse librarians and authors and educators of being...

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

Independent journalists are more critical than ever:

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Mike Lee should be censured and removed from office for this depraved conduct unbecoming a senator.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The felon and his thugs are auctioning off the nation for parts to billionaires.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Alright everyone, one last push. If you or anyone you know is: - LGBTQ+ - 13-24 years old - In the US Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health. It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :) trvr.org/survey2025

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

I’m doing a fundraiser over the next 10 days to help the SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition, a nonprofit based in LA, save its mobile shower program. More info below but—if you donate enough, I’ll send you a video message or a custom painting like this one. Please share! gofund.me/f7cc66ff

submitted 8 days ago • 66 comments

This is journalism malpractice 101, and it should be taught in J-schools as such. What in bloody hell does "widely accepted mean"? It's not "widely accepted". It's true. The other alternative is false. Full stop.

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments

Why you need to rank Mamdani — even if he’s at #5 — in addition to not ranking Cuomo www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency. The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?

submitted 3 days ago • 289 comments

it is Illegal to not enjoy this. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 3 days ago • 158 comments

Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.

submitted 4 days ago • 52 comments

The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible

submitted 3 days ago • 308 comments

Proud of Minnesotans

submitted 3 days ago • 130 comments

The fact that people turned out in huge numbers to protest in Minnesota even after a right-wing chud assassinated a Democratic member of the legislature is a good example of why we are going to win.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

submitted 3 days ago • 52 comments

Minnesota has exceptional local news. @mprnews.org and @startribune.com know their communities and will steer you right.

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

Literally the first thing I teach students is it’s not a database. Like Janet is Not a Girl. I think it’s dangerous, exploitative, and poisoning the information landscape with slop, and it is for sure scamming to get VC funding and a Ponzi scheme, but it is also not a database.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

We hit our goal for our 2nd minor patient of the week! Thank you to all who shared and boosted. $5,900 from PSAF is going to fund this young person’s abortion. But we are closed for the rest of June, because even before this appointment we pledged over double our budget.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Your daily reminder that Trump has not invoked the Insurrection Act, and therefore any use of military forces to engage in the ordinary business of domestic law enforcement is illegal. I do not think saying so has any magical power but think it’s worth noting so I will continue to do so.

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

i don’t need my law degree to tell you that telling a police officer to “honor your oath bitch” is protected first amendment speech this dude needs to sue expeditiously

submitted 4 days ago • 46 comments

We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo. We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social

submitted 4 days ago • 301 comments

Here, have some genuinely great news: In a unanimous decision, SCOTUS rules in favour of disability protections, and a reasonably low standard of proof for disability-based discrimination.

submitted 5 days ago • 10 comments

Excited to see that black people performing country music are only eligible for 3/5ths of a Grammy

submitted 5 days ago • 135 comments

NBC ran The Apprentice for 15 years.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

hey look a list of 75 people to primary clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025158

submitted 5 days ago • 33 comments

Come on New York

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Idk man but when the administration that tried to reject humanitarian aid for Los Angeles when it was burning tries to justify their illegal military occupation by saying they aren’t going to let LA burn it kinda sounds like bullshit

submitted 6 days ago • 290 comments

This is every EdTech product out there right now, for real

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

#uglydogs Thanks to those who have signed for their help in trying to keep Alyson's elderly and disabled mom from being evicted. If you haven't already and can sign and repost, that would be great!

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments