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Ethan Pants (he/him)

@ethanpants.bsky.social

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East Coast born, Minneapolis living//Ward 1. Visibly able, white, queer & trans, parent, spouse. I’m trying, I promise. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 25d

My main squeeze sent me this from the garden today!

Female eastern tiger swallowtail: deep black and blue butterfly spread its wings over a red sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia).

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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 4h

The next statewide Minnesota DFL precinct caucuses are scheduled for Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 7:00 p.m

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 5h

Also, this song really great for remembering we’re magic and they are scared of how incredible we are. youtu.be/iC-_lVzdiFE?...

Florence + The Machine - Spectrum

YouTube video by FlorenceMachineVEVO

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 5h

Just happy to be the 69th repost. 🦄🏳️‍🌈

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 12h

“F**k ICE forever.”

— Chappell Roan at her show in Pasadena

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 5h

(I know)

Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 5h

It’s a tough time to be a human. Knowing you are there too, doing the best you can (it’s all we can do), makes me feel better. ❤️‍🩹

Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 5h

I’m up! What does support look like now? 🤲🏼

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 5h

What book?

a woman says i don 't know her on a tv show

Alt: Mariah Carey shakes her head and says “I don’t know her.”

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 5h

When I say she follows me everywhere I go, I mean she follows me. Everywhere I go. Like in the house.

Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 12h

I realize I don’t *look* psyched but that’s because of *gestures around*.

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 12h

Psyched about my new shirt from @sweatermuppet.bsky.social ! Get yours here: www.bonfire.com/pluckii/

Me wearing black glasses, a San Diego hat, and a red tshirt that says “don’t want to see trans people? Pluck out your eyes.”

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 15h

If it weren’t for all these dang Ring cams, I could pull a hilarious prank there tonight.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 18h

If the Trump administration said the sun rises in the West, the New York Times would run a dozen "who can say?" articles by the end of the week.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 19h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18h

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 18h

AI slop

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 1d

How do I let it be known that I’ll hide my neighbors without letting my conservative neighbors know I’ll hide our neighbors?

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry caps lock excitement

Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 1d

ECUATORIANO VEGETARIANO!!

Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 1d

..and dill!

Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 1d

It’s everything or nothing. 🥯

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 1d

The bit about MPD being present was confirmed by three neighbors. Jacob Frey continues to lie and O’Hara continues to help ICE. Neighbors assumed at first it was a car crash based on how the squads and SUVs were parked.

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Ethan Pants (he/him) @ethanpants.bsky.social · 1d

My taste buds fell asleep as I read this.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

When Cynthia Nixon ran for governor her bagel order was a city-wide scandal for WEEKS

They called it her Howard Dean scream.

(plain cream cheese, lox, tomatoes, red onion, and capers on a cinnamon raisin bagel)

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