Ben
@detben.bsky.social
Midwest princess 🍂
I have friends everywhere.
I have friends everywhere.
@softnotweak.bsky.social any plans to port spirit swap to iOS?? Ty :)
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
@softnotweak.bsky.social any plans to port spirit swap to iOS?? Ty :)
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👀 Looks like the husband of the woman ICE abducted called his lawyer, lawyer called the cops, then the police chief went and got her & took her home
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
![Screenshot from the quote skeeted article reading as follows:
The husband told MPR News that after his wife was taken into custody, he called his attorney, and soon after, he got a call from St. Peter Chief of Police Matt Grochow, whom he said he has known for years.
“I was talking to him, kind of venting some of my frustrations,” the man said, adding that he urged the chief to have his officers just be more visible during the federal enforcement actions. “If [local police] were present and they could see you, I promise you their behavior more than likely, or hopefully, would, you know, be appropriate and law abiding.”
The husband says he talked to the chief for a while and “we had a good conversation.”
“He asked me, ‘what was your wife's name’? I told him my wife's name. He said, ‘was she picked up in a bronco?’ And I said, ‘I'm not sure, but it was an SUV, dark colored. I'd have to look at my video.’ He goes, ‘I think I got her. I'll call you back’.”
The husband said a few minutes later, the chief called again, “and said, I got her or I'm bringing her home.”
“I was just so relieved that she got released and was able to come home,” he said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/bafkreigyienimomaibubdhiar3ijsvfacklpw2tqbnjnbphxenb5yvegk4@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 4:29 PM
👀 Looks like the husband of the woman ICE abducted called his lawyer, lawyer called the cops, then the police chief went and got her & took her home
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
Article says it may be the first time local Minnesota PD "intervened in a federal law enforcement action" since Trump started terrorizing the state
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
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It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.
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A new study from Anthropic finds that gains in coding efficiency when relying on AI assistance did did not meet statistical significance; AI use noticeably degraded programmers’ understanding of what they were doing. Incredible.
The latest from Anthropic: using Anthropic's products makes you worse at your job
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 PM
A new study from Anthropic finds that gains in coding efficiency when relying on AI assistance did did not meet statistical significance; AI use noticeably degraded programmers’ understanding of what they were doing. Incredible.
Goodbye to a great actress 😎
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Goodbye to a great actress 😎
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Rest in peace.
a woman in a black sequined jumpsuit is walking through a foggy forest .
Alt: Catherine O’Hara in a black sequined jumpsuit is walking through a foggy forest .
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Rest in peace.
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Catherine O’Hara, who starred in legendary films “Beetlejuice” and “Home Alone” before taking a star turn as Moira Rose on “Schitt’s Creek,” has died. She was 71. https://cnn.it/4t7OhRR
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Catherine O’Hara, who starred in legendary films “Beetlejuice” and “Home Alone” before taking a star turn as Moira Rose on “Schitt’s Creek,” has died. She was 71. https://cnn.it/4t7OhRR
Oh I’m not taking this Cathrine O’Hara news well
January 30, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Oh I’m not taking this Cathrine O’Hara news well
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it turns out that the fascists were the real threat to free speech all along, not some cringe Oberlin students
Anyway congrats to our Free Speech Champions(tm) who helped usher in the most censorious American government since the Palmer Raids
January 30, 2026 at 1:50 PM
it turns out that the fascists were the real threat to free speech all along, not some cringe Oberlin students
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The Republican governor of Ohio is literally scrambling to set up humanitarian aid for children whose parents are about to be forcibly torn from them www.liberalcurrents.com/terror-retur...
January 30, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The Republican governor of Ohio is literally scrambling to set up humanitarian aid for children whose parents are about to be forcibly torn from them www.liberalcurrents.com/terror-retur...
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Hundreds of Michigan State University students voiced their concerns and anger over the practices of Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota and across the country Thursday afternoon at the Hannah Administration Building before taking to the streets.
Hundreds of MSU students take to streets to march against ICE practices - The State News
Hundreds of Michigan State University students voiced their concerns and anger over the practices of Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota and across the country Thursday afternoon at the Hannah Administration Building before taking to the streets.
statenews.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Hundreds of Michigan State University students voiced their concerns and anger over the practices of Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota and across the country Thursday afternoon at the Hannah Administration Building before taking to the streets.
@spartanpod.bsky.social hate to break the news but AG is not voted on in the primaries but are picked at party conventions. Btw go to the convention.
And omg plum you cannot vote for Dugan - he’s just going to split the vote and we will end up with a gop governor.
And omg plum you cannot vote for Dugan - he’s just going to split the vote and we will end up with a gop governor.
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM
@spartanpod.bsky.social hate to break the news but AG is not voted on in the primaries but are picked at party conventions. Btw go to the convention.
And omg plum you cannot vote for Dugan - he’s just going to split the vote and we will end up with a gop governor.
And omg plum you cannot vote for Dugan - he’s just going to split the vote and we will end up with a gop governor.
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This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
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Looking forward to the day when we win hard enough to not need articles like “what are the paramilitaries spraying at you?: a helpful guide”
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Looking forward to the day when we win hard enough to not need articles like “what are the paramilitaries spraying at you?: a helpful guide”
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is just what my soul needs rn
January 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is just what my soul needs rn
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"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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Minnesota lawmakers have pleaded with the Trump administration to withdraw ICE agents from the state.
But why can’t they do more?
The answer is deeply unsatisfying, troubling, and well worth understanding at this critical moment for our country’s future:
But why can’t they do more?
The answer is deeply unsatisfying, troubling, and well worth understanding at this critical moment for our country’s future:
Why Minnesota Can't Do More to Stop ICE
Democratic lawmakers have few options that wouldn't trigger something like civil war.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Minnesota lawmakers have pleaded with the Trump administration to withdraw ICE agents from the state.
But why can’t they do more?
The answer is deeply unsatisfying, troubling, and well worth understanding at this critical moment for our country’s future:
But why can’t they do more?
The answer is deeply unsatisfying, troubling, and well worth understanding at this critical moment for our country’s future:
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We really don't need to hear ICE's side on these things on the mainstream media, particularly if there is video because...we have eyes.
All platforming them does is give the false impression of a debate and disseminate their lies to a larger audience.
All platforming them does is give the false impression of a debate and disseminate their lies to a larger audience.
BOVINO: He was in the scene actively impeding and assaulting law enforceme--
BASH: But he wasn't impeding. He was filming, which is a legal thing to do in the United States
BOVINO: Dana, let's not free frame adjudicate this now
BASH: But he wasn't impeding. He was filming, which is a legal thing to do in the United States
BOVINO: Dana, let's not free frame adjudicate this now
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
We really don't need to hear ICE's side on these things on the mainstream media, particularly if there is video because...we have eyes.
All platforming them does is give the false impression of a debate and disseminate their lies to a larger audience.
All platforming them does is give the false impression of a debate and disseminate their lies to a larger audience.