Fred Beukema
@beukema.bsky.social
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In Minneapolis. Structural engineer, mostly lapsed improvisor, 3 day Jeopardy! champ. Happily married to a public school teacher. Two kids, a cat, and a dog.
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saralovesyou.bsky.social
I’m personally too angry about this to manage any expression of that on here.

However, it is worth making sure your red state family (if you have them) know about this. There are an awful lot of families who rely on this who just have no idea what they set us all up to experience.
leahmcelrath.bsky.social
⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
10:21 AM • 10/11/25 • 2.1K Views
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
It’s this multiple times a day
They don't even bother to lie badly anymore.
I suppose that's the final humiliation.
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
The Army isn't being paid because the President doesn't want anyone to know about his connections with Jeffrey Epstein and since Trump also dismantled the whole "protect people from fraud" part of the government it seems like this is all entirely his fault and people should write on it and say so
aphclarkson.bsky.social
If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure
beukema.bsky.social
Hard to call it empty virtue signaling when it comes at the cost of bringing right-wing hell down upon yourself.
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trustedreveler.bsky.social
LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
beukema.bsky.social
Sub-snowplow-ass name. And that's saying something.
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whetmoser.com
one thing that’s definitely new over the past decade or so is the number of bumper stickers and signs threatening to kill you
beukema.bsky.social
I'm in Milwaukee for a Pokemon tournament this weekend, which means that because of living in Minneapolis all my life, tonight will be the first time I will be in the same city as an MLB Division Series Game 5.
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ohrobin.bsky.social
“Machado’s politics are steeped in violence. She has called for foreign intervention, even appealing directly to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the architect of Gaza’s annihilation, to help ‘liberate’ Venezuela with bombs under the banner of ‘freedom.’”
'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | Common Dreams
As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention...
www.commondreams.org
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mplsalex.bsky.social
I dunno, feels like reaching the “hiding your neighbors from the masked secret police” stage of things in like 9 months doesn’t bode well for the next couple of years.
beukema.bsky.social
Oh! I missed that in that penultimate paragraph! Good.
beukema.bsky.social
This makes me really mad, and I want this antisocial POS to get caught.
beukema.bsky.social
From April 8, 2025, across the street from the Justice Page Middle School parking lot.
Signs high on a telephone pole accusing Emily Koski and Angela Conley of making kids sick.
beukema.bsky.social
This is photoshopped. The original is Ingrid Seynhaeve.
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taylordahlin.com
finally some of the ward 11 story can be told, thanks to jamison whiting’s campaign manager bowen- there is a man stealing jamison’s yard signs, defacing them, and putting them back up. he has done this to other politicians like emily koski, angela conley

secure.actblue.com/donate/bowen...
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johnmoe.bsky.social
I’m old enough to remember when the Republicans would not want to put a Qatari air force facility in Idaho.
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saralovesyou.bsky.social
I think that’s the thing I’m maddest at the mayor and the more conservative wing of our city for doing. The mayor didn’t need to use that time as a way to scare people during the 2021 election. That was a choice and the city’s residents have been paying for it. So we already have that as baseline.
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Well that's some wildly depressing information that was not in AP's write-up

"I totally support his strategy, and I’ve said on behalf of the Venezuelan people that we are very grateful. I think it is the right thing to do. It’s courageous. It’s visionary."

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Nobel Peace Prize winner hailed Trump as ‘visionary’ just days before her victory
Maria Corina Machado was given the award for promoting democracy in Venezuela and says that the US president is the country’s best chance for regime change
www.the-independent.com
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saralovesyou.bsky.social
Between the Tolkkinen article and this, let me just note:

The biggest differentiator in elite sports is money. Money, money, money. Money.

Off season sports clubs are pricey, and you have to do them if you’re going to be the best.

But most sports aren’t elite sports because this is a straw man.
beukema.bsky.social
This and any century.