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scotthume.bsky.social
He/ Him Minnesota based father and husband, Minnesota Twins fan, Star Wars (and Trek) fan, local school board member. #AFSUSA staff #AFSeffect Trying my best to make the world a somewhat better place for all.
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Love that Gail’s auto correct seems to have changed Garfunkel & Simon to Simone. She must have been thinking of the classic Garfunkel and Simone song, “You’re so Vain” when that happened

Wild that EM keeps calling Social Security the biggest Ponzi scheme in history when the US health insurance industry is right there.

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

Years ago, I got rid of old #StarTrek books that I hadn’t looked at for years. Later, I realized that my signed Trek photos were in one of the books. I spent a lot of time looking for them in other books, boxes, etc and never found them. Today, I opened a different book and the pictures were there!

Wondering what happened to my favorite podcast, #TrialByContent? I miss hearing @da7e.bsky.social @jowrotethis.bsky.social and Neil talking pop culture each week. Now more than ever

This man continues to be a national treasure. Also, I like the return of the no beard look!

Quickly becoming apparent to me why Shane Gillis was fired from SNL before his first episode as a cast member. This dude is not funny

No. Just no.

Every week for the next 194 weeks. We can do it.

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

Important read if you need to get remotivated today.

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

The noise level in current news is absurdly high, deliberately so, filled with absurdities designed to distract. Don’t lose sight of the fact that unelected oligarchs are actively and illegally seizing control of the Federal government, including the Treasury department and Social Security.

“Musk was widely seen as operating with a level of autonomy that almost no-one can control.” When your elected officials can’t control your oligarchs… congratulations, you’re now Russia.

We just published a 3,000 word feature on Elon Musk's incursion into the federal government. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.

Investigators now say control tower staffing was "not normal" at the time of Wednesday night's deadly midair collision.

Relevant clip in todays world

Looks like the Twins have joined Bluesky with an official team account: @twins.com Just added them to the 'starter pack' of my favorite Twins-related accounts to follow: go.bsky.app/7MyGRMz

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

We all need a little laughter to be able to get through the day at this point. Thank you, Gail, for doing what you can

In a functioning democracy, a president who -tries to seize Congress's constitutional spending powers -attempts to rewrite the Constitution unilaterally -pardons violent insurrectionists who attacked the government -fires the Inspectors General and DOJ prosecutors would face immediate impeachment

I will always remember being in my 8th grade science class when I heard the news. What a tragic day and I don’t know that our space program ever fully recovered from it

Excellent day two at #TwinsFest. Highlight was hitting a hole in one on the mini golf course in the #MNTwins locker room and getting a picture with Torii Hunter immediately after (while wearing my Hunter jersey). Ready for the new season to get started ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️

How does terrorizing farm workers, school kids and hard working immigrants make America great, especially when you release and pardon violent insurrectionists? White Nationalism is Nazism.

Had a great time last night at #twinsfestlive! Looking forward to another day at Target Field today to get pumped for the new season. #weregonna #wintwins #mntwins

We don’t normalize Nazis.

Today is a good day to remind myself (and anyone who needs it) of this amazing excerpt from @tessagratton.bsky.social ‘s #StarWars novel, Temptation of the Force. I have thought a lot about this paragraph and its power and turn to it when I need a spark of hope. Hang in there, friends.

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

In a statement released Monday, President Biden said the pardons "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing." President-elect Trump has criticized many of the officials Biden pardoned.