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
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Alright now I'm OK with a cage fight at the White House. Ilhan vs. Drunk Dumb Guy
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Alright now I'm OK with a cage fight at the White House. Ilhan vs. Drunk Dumb Guy
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I'm anti-carceral but pro-consequences, so my stance is that they shouldn't charge him with anything if he's willing to stand and take the one to the teeth Representative Omar was ready to hand out.
January 28, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I'm anti-carceral but pro-consequences, so my stance is that they shouldn't charge him with anything if he's willing to stand and take the one to the teeth Representative Omar was ready to hand out.
Ilhan squared up on that dude she’s a real one
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Ilhan squared up on that dude she’s a real one
Ended up at the emergency dentist Sunday morning and had to get an emergency root canal because it was infected, and now I have something to wish on all these ICE chuds.
First time in my life I thought about trying the good pain meds, but I would be Jared Leto in Requiem for a Dream in 3 months
First time in my life I thought about trying the good pain meds, but I would be Jared Leto in Requiem for a Dream in 3 months
My crown popped off so now I have a toothache and I’m chewing on one side of my mouth until Monday, channeling this rage at Kristi Noem
January 28, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Ended up at the emergency dentist Sunday morning and had to get an emergency root canal because it was infected, and now I have something to wish on all these ICE chuds.
First time in my life I thought about trying the good pain meds, but I would be Jared Leto in Requiem for a Dream in 3 months
First time in my life I thought about trying the good pain meds, but I would be Jared Leto in Requiem for a Dream in 3 months
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This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry must be destroyed.
2. ICE is buying your private location data from sleazy data brokers through a legal loophole. I've had a bill to stop this since 2021. I'm renewing my push to get it passed into black letter law as soon as possible.
Wyden, Paul and Bipartisan Senators Reintroduce the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
www.wyden.senate.gov
January 27, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry must be destroyed.
The second claim is not true. You know we can see your replies right?
January 27, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The second claim is not true. You know we can see your replies right?
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This was on Saturday @mattmfm.bsky.social. I'm begging well-meaning people to stop posting misinformation like this. It doesn't help and can do real harm. If you're not from here, you especially don't understand that.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This was on Saturday @mattmfm.bsky.social. I'm begging well-meaning people to stop posting misinformation like this. It doesn't help and can do real harm. If you're not from here, you especially don't understand that.
He really thought he was cooking with this Can't Hardly Wait "Aman-duh!" ass joke, go sit your ass down somewhere
Jeffries: "Do we think that the Trump Dept of Injustice is gonna actually conduct a credible investigation? These extremists and political hacks at the DOJ have been weaponizing the criminal justice against Donald Trump's enemies."
January 27, 2026 at 7:37 PM
He really thought he was cooking with this Can't Hardly Wait "Aman-duh!" ass joke, go sit your ass down somewhere
He says database but it's probably something really dumb like a spreadsheet in Sharepoint. Everyone is making their own edits and inserting columns. Highlighting cells yellow to flag things instead of adding data
Chad saved a local copy and re-uploaded and now it's out of sync
Chad saved a local copy and re-uploaded and now it's out of sync
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 7:21 PM
He says database but it's probably something really dumb like a spreadsheet in Sharepoint. Everyone is making their own edits and inserting columns. Highlighting cells yellow to flag things instead of adding data
Chad saved a local copy and re-uploaded and now it's out of sync
Chad saved a local copy and re-uploaded and now it's out of sync
Since Tom and his database are back in the news...
Here Tom I'll help you with your database:
INSERT INTO agitators
(full_name, age, city, offense, appearance)
VALUES
(
'Aaron Blackshear'
, 48
, 'Minneapolis, MN'
, 'said come get me Tom Homan you little bitch'
, 'stunningly handsome, how does he do it, my gosh I'm swooning'
)
INSERT INTO agitators
(full_name, age, city, offense, appearance)
VALUES
(
'Aaron Blackshear'
, 48
, 'Minneapolis, MN'
, 'said come get me Tom Homan you little bitch'
, 'stunningly handsome, how does he do it, my gosh I'm swooning'
)
They're going to start using the Kirk witch hunt strategy.
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Since Tom and his database are back in the news...
This would be great actually. I work remote, my employer is not here, the government telling them I am doing this would back me up when I've taken time off from working to help
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This would be great actually. I work remote, my employer is not here, the government telling them I am doing this would back me up when I've taken time off from working to help
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
One of my more admirable traits* is that when someone says “whoa Aaron you went a little too far” I take that as a signal to go further.
That is the energy we need now. Do not let up. Celebrate the small win, then keep it going, go harder. We are going to win
* yes my wife finds me annoying
That is the energy we need now. Do not let up. Celebrate the small win, then keep it going, go harder. We are going to win
* yes my wife finds me annoying
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
One of my more admirable traits* is that when someone says “whoa Aaron you went a little too far” I take that as a signal to go further.
That is the energy we need now. Do not let up. Celebrate the small win, then keep it going, go harder. We are going to win
* yes my wife finds me annoying
That is the energy we need now. Do not let up. Celebrate the small win, then keep it going, go harder. We are going to win
* yes my wife finds me annoying
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Let this first bite only make us hungrier
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Let this first bite only make us hungrier
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All of this happened with basically no help from elected officials of the opposition party. This was entirely the people.
January 26, 2026 at 8:56 PM
All of this happened with basically no help from elected officials of the opposition party. This was entirely the people.
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you work for a company whose co-founder said it was created to "blow up commies", who tf did you think you were going to be helping?
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
you work for a company whose co-founder said it was created to "blow up commies", who tf did you think you were going to be helping?
Hahahahaha eat shit Greg
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Hahahahaha eat shit Greg
Keep it all going, it’s not over, but we are going to win
“Minnesota Vikings radio broadcaster taking leave of absence after mocking ICE protestors.”
“On Monday, Paul Allen apologized for what he called a ‘cheap one-liner’ in which he called protestors ‘paid’ and wondered aloud if they would get ‘hazard pay’ to be out in inclement weather.”
“On Monday, Paul Allen apologized for what he called a ‘cheap one-liner’ in which he called protestors ‘paid’ and wondered aloud if they would get ‘hazard pay’ to be out in inclement weather.”
Minnesota Vikings Radio Broadcaster Taking Leave of Absence After Mocking ICE Protestors
A Minnesota sports radio personality is apologizing and taking a leave of absence, he announced Monday, Jan. 26, after he called into question the intentions of ICE protestors in Minneapolis.
people.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Keep it all going, it’s not over, but we are going to win
Anyone and everyone who helped them: we will not forgive or forget
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Anyone and everyone who helped them: we will not forgive or forget
Chief O'Hara should put the roids to good use and challenge Bovino to solve this one on one, like Jon Snow to Ramsay Bolton
January 26, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Chief O'Hara should put the roids to good use and challenge Bovino to solve this one on one, like Jon Snow to Ramsay Bolton
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![VOLITION [Easy: Failure] – You wake up in your Hilton suite to a cacophony of whistles and horns. Half drunk and half hungover, you hastily throw on your tactical gear. It feels heavier than you remember. You stumble outside. The cold hits you like a brick. What are you doing here in this dismal city? Home is warm. Home is safe. Home is a thousand miles away. Tucking your shotgun between your legs, you fumble with a tear gas canister like a child learning how to tie their shoes. The gun goes off and you shoot yourself in the balls.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eqh433fdh2bqhvt455e3tg67/bafkreiahrbfuw4v4so56ikp2pxf5n253bs5pd5gq37l7nqsitkwynw56hy@jpeg)
I'm telling you, the Twin Cities are teeming with stories exactly like this
January 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I'm telling you, the Twin Cities are teeming with stories exactly like this
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pretty incredible story in here about how you can go from sitting on your couch to radicalized and in the streets in record time:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
pretty incredible story in here about how you can go from sitting on your couch to radicalized and in the streets in record time:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...