Scott
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hard to overstate how this is going to slow the economy
Was talking to a friend with lupus who is going to wind up going from $400 to over $1000 to keep her PPO plan and her current care team.
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
hard to overstate how this is going to slow the economy
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I wrote this as a TIMELY submission for @mcsweeneys.net
… six months ago.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-v...
… six months ago.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-v...
I Vow to Fight Autocracy with Unprecedented Levels of Finger Wagging
“Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader in the Senate, has reportedly been criticized by some of the party’s state governors for not resisting Donald...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I wrote this as a TIMELY submission for @mcsweeneys.net
… six months ago.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-v...
… six months ago.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-v...
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Mr Master Negotiator over here
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Mr Master Negotiator over here
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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People have for real gone from "My neighborhood is a community of which I am a member, and sometimes my neighbors may mildly annoy me" to "My neighborhood is a curated consumer experience I bought into by owning property here, and I can complain to the management if my experience is unsatisfactory."
Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
People have for real gone from "My neighborhood is a community of which I am a member, and sometimes my neighbors may mildly annoy me" to "My neighborhood is a curated consumer experience I bought into by owning property here, and I can complain to the management if my experience is unsatisfactory."
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Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Zoning Practice magazine devotes an entire issue to *checks notes* pickleball noise
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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DON'T YOU DARE!!
Government funding deal includes a provision that will ban all those hemp-based THC drinks www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
New Government Funding Bill Would Shut Down Growing Hemp Industry
The bill would end the shutdown, but it would shut down a growing hemp industry.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
DON'T YOU DARE!!
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“This thing is definitely bad for us but no one can say what it is”
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target. n.pr/4qMrN7P
People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“This thing is definitely bad for us but no one can say what it is”
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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
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"PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE"
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE"
Looking through 80 years of Minneapolis history, it looks like the minimum for a successful mayoral candidate is about 8 years in state/local politics or a term on city council. Relative to historical standards, the mayoral challengers in 2021 and 2025 were light on experience.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Looking through 80 years of Minneapolis history, it looks like the minimum for a successful mayoral candidate is about 8 years in state/local politics or a term on city council. Relative to historical standards, the mayoral challengers in 2021 and 2025 were light on experience.
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People on here are always complaining about leaf blowers, but it’s by far the easiest way to blow your leaves onto your neighbors lawn.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
People on here are always complaining about leaf blowers, but it’s by far the easiest way to blow your leaves onto your neighbors lawn.
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my ideal response to AI and crypto is a lot closer to an air strike than a bailout
“It’s not that I’m for austerity, it’s just that I’m against bailing out AI, crypto, private assets/university endowments, and I’m fine with canceled Thanksgiving flights and missed paychecks as long as Republicans take the blame for it.”
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
my ideal response to AI and crypto is a lot closer to an air strike than a bailout
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The more people who crash into the traffic calming, the more necessary it was.
That’s two in the first 20 day
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The more people who crash into the traffic calming, the more necessary it was.
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That’s two in the first 20 day
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
That’s two in the first 20 day
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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🏆 Congratulations Ward 12, you produced highest number of voters this year.
Total votes cast by Minneapolis ward (roughly equal populations - 33k):
W1 13,038
W2 6,955
W3 13,737
W4 6,935
W5 5,037
W6 7,797
W7 13,285
W8 12,276
W9 8,417
W10 11,367
W11 14,202
W12 17,168
W13 16,951
Total votes cast by Minneapolis ward (roughly equal populations - 33k):
W1 13,038
W2 6,955
W3 13,737
W4 6,935
W5 5,037
W6 7,797
W7 13,285
W8 12,276
W9 8,417
W10 11,367
W11 14,202
W12 17,168
W13 16,951
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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![Mamdani entered New York City politics as a volunteer for Ali Najmi's campaign in the 2015 special election for the 23rd district of the City Council.[26] Mamdani was inspired to join Najmi's campaign after learning that he was supported by Heems, a New York rapper of Indian descent and co-founder of alternative hip hop group Das Racist.[50][62] Specifically, Mamdani attributes his involvement in local politics to a 2015 The Village Voice article about Najmi and Heems, whom he described as one of his favorite rappers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gm7sjspffd7vkywbzn6rnwtb/bafkreifppaiaijzsliy3spmj4hcz6xik2b2w5zxs5ifk5go6dnxzibj4da@jpeg)
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Becka Thompson talking about "skills and temperaments" is something. The real "low information voters" are the ones who put Becka over 30%.
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Becka Thompson talking about "skills and temperaments" is something. The real "low information voters" are the ones who put Becka over 30%.
Chowdhury was one of two council members to get more than 10,000 first-choice votes (Palmisano was the other). She got more votes than the winners of Wards 4, 5, and 6 combined. She's got this job as long as she wants it. Carol's cohort is neither silent nor a majority
The Carols of Nextdoor had a silent majority theory that higher turnout would take down Chowdhury. I don't know if pro-Chowdhury or anti-Thompson sentiment got people to the polls, but the 35% increase in turnout went almost entirely for Chowdhury (around 85%).
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Chowdhury was one of two council members to get more than 10,000 first-choice votes (Palmisano was the other). She got more votes than the winners of Wards 4, 5, and 6 combined. She's got this job as long as she wants it. Carol's cohort is neither silent nor a majority
I don't blame her for dropping out, but I do think Koski could've won
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I don't blame her for dropping out, but I do think Koski could've won