Don Sheldon 🌱
@donsheldon.bsky.social
My family revitalizes abandoned homes, maintains them, and rents them fairly. I'm very proud of our work.
We also play games of all descriptions, especially on a table.
I like math and science most, but am interested in everything.
He/Him/His
We also play games of all descriptions, especially on a table.
I like math and science most, but am interested in everything.
He/Him/His
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Don Sheldon 🌱
@donsheldon.bsky.social
· Nov 9
They say posting your art is the best thing to do here when you first start. My art is a card game called The House of Wisdom. It's about the amazing discoveries of the Islamic Golden Age; things that you know about, but maybe don't know where they came from.
To whom it may concern,
Good job arresting journalists in an attempt to silence them. It gained them all at least one more follower.
Good job arresting journalists in an attempt to silence them. It gained them all at least one more follower.
January 30, 2026 at 6:18 PM
To whom it may concern,
Good job arresting journalists in an attempt to silence them. It gained them all at least one more follower.
Good job arresting journalists in an attempt to silence them. It gained them all at least one more follower.
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Georgia Fort & Don Lemon were arrested for documenting ICE protests in MN. This admin is trying to intimidate and silence journalists who are doing their job & exposing abuses of power.
The blatant assault on the press & on the First Amendment are unconstitutional & are eroding our democracy.
The blatant assault on the press & on the First Amendment are unconstitutional & are eroding our democracy.
Journalists Georgia Fort, Don Lemon among 4 arrested over protest during St. Paul church service
The arrests are tied to a demonstration at a church that has a pastor who is also an ICE official.
www.startribune.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Georgia Fort & Don Lemon were arrested for documenting ICE protests in MN. This admin is trying to intimidate and silence journalists who are doing their job & exposing abuses of power.
The blatant assault on the press & on the First Amendment are unconstitutional & are eroding our democracy.
The blatant assault on the press & on the First Amendment are unconstitutional & are eroding our democracy.
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Journalism is not a crime.
The Justice Department should investigate the federal agents who killed US citizens in broad daylight, not arrest reporters like Don Lemon. He should be released.
It's a spine-chilling assault on press freedom and threatens the public's right to know.
The Justice Department should investigate the federal agents who killed US citizens in broad daylight, not arrest reporters like Don Lemon. He should be released.
It's a spine-chilling assault on press freedom and threatens the public's right to know.
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Journalism is not a crime.
The Justice Department should investigate the federal agents who killed US citizens in broad daylight, not arrest reporters like Don Lemon. He should be released.
It's a spine-chilling assault on press freedom and threatens the public's right to know.
The Justice Department should investigate the federal agents who killed US citizens in broad daylight, not arrest reporters like Don Lemon. He should be released.
It's a spine-chilling assault on press freedom and threatens the public's right to know.
If we go even one day without doing dishes the whole house implodes. Guess what you can't do without water?
January 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
If we go even one day without doing dishes the whole house implodes. Guess what you can't do without water?
They only nice thing, and it is really nice, about the kids being off school all week because of the weather is that I can sleep in. But now that same weather seems to have caused a water main break so I'm home with two extra people and no water.
January 30, 2026 at 1:37 PM
They only nice thing, and it is really nice, about the kids being off school all week because of the weather is that I can sleep in. But now that same weather seems to have caused a water main break so I'm home with two extra people and no water.
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Tough choices! I'm gonna go with "I Am Dragging My Anchor."
January 30, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Tough choices! I'm gonna go with "I Am Dragging My Anchor."
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Seems like the exact wrong time to look for ways to compromise with Republicans and exactly the right time to go for the jugular and secure the thousand year woke dynasty
Pew has Trump's approval at 37%. And:
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
"Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans."
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans
Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.
www.pewresearch.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Seems like the exact wrong time to look for ways to compromise with Republicans and exactly the right time to go for the jugular and secure the thousand year woke dynasty
%So cool% that immigration agents are more likely to be criminals than the immigrants they illegally target.
"CBP’s arrest and misconduct rate is 5x higher than other federal law enforcement agencies—and over the last decade, the arrest rate of CBP [officers and agents] (.5%) has been HIGHER than the arrest rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States (.4%)." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 AM
%So cool% that immigration agents are more likely to be criminals than the immigrants they illegally target.
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
In case it wasn't clear, the reason he wants to control social media (through Musk, Zuckerberg, the TikTok division and sale, etc.) is to make it easier to lie to you. Twitter made the Arab Spring possible and the fascist-in-chief doesn't want that here.
The Trump administration's attempts to insist its dark conspiracy theories are true have run aground in the face of Minnesotans' care for one another, writes @kellyweill.bsky.social
Why Conspiracy Theories About the Minnesota Protests Are Falling Flat
In Ward 3, the Minneapolis neighborhood where ICU nurse Alex Pretti was...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
In case it wasn't clear, the reason he wants to control social media (through Musk, Zuckerberg, the TikTok division and sale, etc.) is to make it easier to lie to you. Twitter made the Arab Spring possible and the fascist-in-chief doesn't want that here.
This is way, way, way worse than I understood it to be. Natural gas power plants are between half and just as bad as coal plants in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. And then there's the inevitable methane leaks.
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:36 PM
This is way, way, way worse than I understood it to be. Natural gas power plants are between half and just as bad as coal plants in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. And then there's the inevitable methane leaks.
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Pittsburgh has nearly 2,000 condemned properties, two thirds of which have an inspection score that indicates they are structurally compromised and dangerous.
Maps: Pittsburgh has more decaying homes than it can demolish
Pittsburgh saw a three-year surge in demolitions of abandoned structures, but without federal funds disrepair is outpacing the wrecking crews.
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Pittsburgh has nearly 2,000 condemned properties, two thirds of which have an inspection score that indicates they are structurally compromised and dangerous.
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and as everyone knows, if you kicked a car, it justifies your street execution by death squads
BBC News says it has authenticated a video that shows Alex Pretti kicking and damaging a vehicle used by federal agents nearly two weeks before he was fatally shot in Minneapolis. [Mediaite]
BREAKING: BBC Confirms Authenticity of Viral Video Appearing to Show Alex Pretti Kicking Agents’ Car 11 Days Before Shooting
After much speculation online, the BBC has confirmed the authenticity of new viral footage appearing to show Alex Pretti kicking an agent's car on Jan. 13 — 11 days before he was shot to death by Bord...
www.mediaite.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:39 AM
and as everyone knows, if you kicked a car, it justifies your street execution by death squads
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Live your life such that Bruce Springsteen does not write a protest song about how terrible you are
January 28, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Live your life such that Bruce Springsteen does not write a protest song about how terrible you are
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Bruce Springsteen released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” on Wednesday in response to two fatal shootings by federal immigration enforcement agents in the city this month.
Bruce Springsteen Releases ‘Streets of Minneapolis,’ a Song Protesting ICE
The lyrics criticize President Trump and include references to Alex Pretti and Renee Good, who were fatally shot by federal agents this month.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Bruce Springsteen released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” on Wednesday in response to two fatal shootings by federal immigration enforcement agents in the city this month.
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WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...
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Love that we're all committed to fighting ICE by
STOPping what we're doing
COLLABORATE ing with our neighbors, and
LISTENing to those effected most by fascists
STOPping what we're doing
COLLABORATE ing with our neighbors, and
LISTENing to those effected most by fascists
January 28, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Love that we're all committed to fighting ICE by
STOPping what we're doing
COLLABORATE ing with our neighbors, and
LISTENing to those effected most by fascists
STOPping what we're doing
COLLABORATE ing with our neighbors, and
LISTENing to those effected most by fascists
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In front of every VA this weekend.
January 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM
In front of every VA this weekend.
In mathematics the integers (0, 1, -1, 2, -2...) are written as a special Z, like this: ℤ. I always assumed it was the natural numbers (ℕ) sideways.
TIL today: This was first codified by Ernst Zermelo, named, not for himself, but for the German word zählen which roughly means "to count."
TIL today: This was first codified by Ernst Zermelo, named, not for himself, but for the German word zählen which roughly means "to count."
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
In mathematics the integers (0, 1, -1, 2, -2...) are written as a special Z, like this: ℤ. I always assumed it was the natural numbers (ℕ) sideways.
TIL today: This was first codified by Ernst Zermelo, named, not for himself, but for the German word zählen which roughly means "to count."
TIL today: This was first codified by Ernst Zermelo, named, not for himself, but for the German word zählen which roughly means "to count."
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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Veteran: "My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Veteran: "My nation is under attack."
Incredible person. Indelible Mark on the world. Largely ignored for too long. Think of her the next time you arrive anywhere you haven't been before.
She was almost 90 before she received any recognition for her work. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...
Gladys West, Unsung Figure in Development of GPS, Dies at 95
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Incredible person. Indelible Mark on the world. Largely ignored for too long. Think of her the next time you arrive anywhere you haven't been before.
10/10, no notes.
"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 1:40 AM
10/10, no notes.