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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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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*MICROSOFT 2Q AZURE & OTHER CLOUD REV EX-FX +38%, EST. +38%
January 28, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The Super Bowl commercials are going to be unbearable
The Starter jacket is what got me
January 28, 2026 at 3:40 PM
The Starter jacket is what got me
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?