Aaron Blackshear
@aaronblackshear.bsky.social
Anxious Minnesotan. Actuary turned basketball data analyst. Bike lane protector
I do not speak for my employer the bad opinions are mine alone
I do not speak for my employer the bad opinions are mine alone
Pinned
I don't know what's happening with that whole thing to have any strong opinions other than if you are using pre-existing beef or hatred of someone to meddle with the ongoing local resistance to ICE please go walk into the river
January 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I don't know what's happening with that whole thing to have any strong opinions other than if you are using pre-existing beef or hatred of someone to meddle with the ongoing local resistance to ICE please go walk into the river
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Oh, ok.
Ernesto Padron, a Border Patrol Agent from Brownsville, TX, was arrested in 2010 for possession of CSAM. A case backlog meant the statute of limitations expired before he could be tried. In 2020 Padron was hired at a Texas migrant shelter where he worked directly with unaccompanied migrant children
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Oh, ok.
Everyone involved in this gets the “get the hell out of here Dennis!” treatment for the rest of their lives
No restaurants for ICE. No fast food for ICE. Hell, I’d like to suspend their rations altogether. Kick them out of grocery stores, don’t even let them buy Oreos. Get out, stay out, or starve.
ICE is upset that ICE isn't welcome in restaurants after ICE ordered food at a restaurant, ate it, then arrested restaurant employees, and ICE believes this is someone else's fault, do I have that right?
January 29, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Everyone involved in this gets the “get the hell out of here Dennis!” treatment for the rest of their lives
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nintendo is going to drone strike the data center responsible for this
Google’s new world AI model tool let me generate a bunch of Nintendo-inspired games. Including one featuring Link with a paraglider! Gift link: www.theverge.com/news/869726/...
January 29, 2026 at 5:52 PM
nintendo is going to drone strike the data center responsible for this
We are never getting out of this housing shortage
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 5:42 PM
We are never getting out of this housing shortage
The year of Linux on the desktop
scoop: Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows. The head of Windows tells me Microsoft will focus on "addressing pain points we hear consistently from customers." Full details in my Notepad newsletter this week, gift link here 👇 tinyurl.com/win11trust
Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows
2026 is all about improving Windows
tinyurl.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The year of Linux on the desktop
I wonder where the “you are disrespecting a future US Army soldier” kid is now
January 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I wonder where the “you are disrespecting a future US Army soldier” kid is now
Not a fan of this. Specifically for this current crisis, but also in general. We don’t need more people carrying guns
Minneapolis firearm instructors see surge in interest amid ongoing turmoil
“Most are people afraid of ICE."
“Most are people afraid of ICE."
Minneapolis firearm instructors see surge in interest amid ongoing turmoil
Five firearm instructors in the Minneapolis area said sign-ups for safety training, which is required for permit holders, have grown in the past two weeks.
www.nbcnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Not a fan of this. Specifically for this current crisis, but also in general. We don’t need more people carrying guns
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We’re all stressed out, being kept up all night by helicopters, watching our neighbors get abducted while working our asses off trying to stop it from happening, and trying to parent and do our jobs while under siege. Please give your friends and colleagues in MN some grace right now. It’s a lot.
January 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
We’re all stressed out, being kept up all night by helicopters, watching our neighbors get abducted while working our asses off trying to stop it from happening, and trying to parent and do our jobs while under siege. Please give your friends and colleagues in MN some grace right now. It’s a lot.
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Hey friends.
Edison mutual aid is running out of funds. Can you please give or share if you can? Needs are astronomical.
@ziibiing.com I haven’t checked if this one is in your list. Please add, gracias!
Edison mutual aid is running out of funds. Can you please give or share if you can? Needs are astronomical.
@ziibiing.com I haven’t checked if this one is in your list. Please add, gracias!
Sharing a local school fundraiser for students and families that have had to be in hiding for weeks. We have a robust system for getting mutual aid to families in need.
Please help.
www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=...
Please help.
www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=...
January 29, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Hey friends.
Edison mutual aid is running out of funds. Can you please give or share if you can? Needs are astronomical.
@ziibiing.com I haven’t checked if this one is in your list. Please add, gracias!
Edison mutual aid is running out of funds. Can you please give or share if you can? Needs are astronomical.
@ziibiing.com I haven’t checked if this one is in your list. Please add, gracias!
This MFer said "in theater", they have librarians and knitting clubs blowing whistles at them
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This MFer said "in theater", they have librarians and knitting clubs blowing whistles at them
Oh no not whistles!
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Oh no not whistles!
The downside of legalization is it becomes just another business, and then shady people who only care about making a buck will poison you. If you buy vapes you have to be really careful
NEW: ProPublica and @denvergazette.com set out to see whether claims of widespread substitution of hemp for marijuana were accurate.
After testing 14 vapes at dispensaries, this is what we discovered:
After testing 14 vapes at dispensaries, this is what we discovered:
We Tested Vapes in Colorado for Signs of Hemp. This Is What We Found.
ProPublica and The Denver Gazette set out to test whether claims of widespread substitution of hemp for marijuana were accurate, purchasing vapes at dispensaries across the Denver area.
www.propublica.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The downside of legalization is it becomes just another business, and then shady people who only care about making a buck will poison you. If you buy vapes you have to be really careful
Five jobs I’ve had
Janitor at kohls
Stockroom at the gap outlet
Forklift driver
Actuary
Basketball data nerd
Janitor at kohls
Stockroom at the gap outlet
Forklift driver
Actuary
Basketball data nerd
5 jobs I’ve had
- sandwich artist
- farmers market fruit stand worker
- software intern (actually just data entry then they tried to make me a db admin and I sucked at that so they fired me)
- software engineer intern (for real)
- software developer
I’m so boring lol
- sandwich artist
- farmers market fruit stand worker
- software intern (actually just data entry then they tried to make me a db admin and I sucked at that so they fired me)
- software engineer intern (for real)
- software developer
I’m so boring lol
five jobs i've had
- bagger
- cashier
- janitor
- barista
- software engineer
- bagger
- cashier
- janitor
- barista
- software engineer
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Five jobs I’ve had
Janitor at kohls
Stockroom at the gap outlet
Forklift driver
Actuary
Basketball data nerd
Janitor at kohls
Stockroom at the gap outlet
Forklift driver
Actuary
Basketball data nerd
Annual notice of how old you are: If Dazed and Confused came out today it would be about 2009 and they'd be listening to blog rock. They would jump in a Honda Element and play some Grizzly Bear
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Annual notice of how old you are: If Dazed and Confused came out today it would be about 2009 and they'd be listening to blog rock. They would jump in a Honda Element and play some Grizzly Bear
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An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
I might be in a "man with a cold" situation here, everyone's pain threshold is different, but I'm like Caroline Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie ready to cut this tooth out of my mouth
January 29, 2026 at 3:16 AM
I might be in a "man with a cold" situation here, everyone's pain threshold is different, but I'm like Caroline Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie ready to cut this tooth out of my mouth
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The tweet of this lousy era we can't get out of x.com/dhm/status/8...
January 29, 2026 at 1:42 AM
The tweet of this lousy era we can't get out of x.com/dhm/status/8...
They're the same picture
January 29, 2026 at 2:54 AM
They're the same picture
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the Democrats should announce that they will not renew any contracts with XAI, Palantir, Tesla, or SpaceX and bankrupt the fucking tech right. announce that you have the votes to ban crypto too.
New: Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46%
the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
wapo.st/3LYTef1
the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
wapo.st/3LYTef1
Tesla bet big on Elon Musk. His politics continue to haunt it.
Tesla struggles to regain its footing in the electric vehicle market, hindered by Elon Musk’s political activity, impacting its stock price and performance.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 10:40 PM
the Democrats should announce that they will not renew any contracts with XAI, Palantir, Tesla, or SpaceX and bankrupt the fucking tech right. announce that you have the votes to ban crypto too.
I need to figure out how to get one of these shots for myself without getting my ass beat too bad
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 29, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I need to figure out how to get one of these shots for myself without getting my ass beat too bad
The Super Bowl commercials are going to be unbearable
holy f*ck
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January 28, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The Super Bowl commercials are going to be unbearable