Kate
@dubchi5.bsky.social
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Kate
@dubchi5.bsky.social
· Apr 26
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Finally getting the bug to work on my photography and design again. Honestly just so I can order notebooks with some of my own photography and art, but you know. www.redbubble.com/people/dotla...
This thread is super interesting.
It took me a while to decide to write about this, because it seems so outlandish that I was sure there must be a mistake. But a body of evidence is starting to chip at my skepticism, so here goes:
How does this fox know where the mouse is?
Because the fox senses the earth’s magnetic field.
1/9 ⚛️🧪
How does this fox know where the mouse is?
Because the fox senses the earth’s magnetic field.
1/9 ⚛️🧪
February 9, 2026 at 4:17 AM
This thread is super interesting.
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You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
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super bowl ads were more fun when they weren't a parade of modern horrors imo
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
super bowl ads were more fun when they weren't a parade of modern horrors imo
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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My almost 105 year old abuelita-in-law is VERY excited for Bad Bunny. She came from the island, and for her entire life, she’s been an American citizen! Voted for FDR! 🇵🇷🇺🇸
February 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
My almost 105 year old abuelita-in-law is VERY excited for Bad Bunny. She came from the island, and for her entire life, she’s been an American citizen! Voted for FDR! 🇵🇷🇺🇸
Right now, finishing anything chores, a workout, a book, a show, etc. feels like a huge accomplishment. It feels like Covid again where people are being forced to act like nothing is wrong and there isn’t mass trauma taking place.
February 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Right now, finishing anything chores, a workout, a book, a show, etc. feels like a huge accomplishment. It feels like Covid again where people are being forced to act like nothing is wrong and there isn’t mass trauma taking place.
This book was awesome, and dare I say enlightening ;)
I loved this book, and I would love to talk to someone else who has read it about the surprise ending, so please read it!
fyi mine and @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is on sale as an ebook for only $4.99!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
February 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
This book was awesome, and dare I say enlightening ;)
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I loved this book, and I would love to talk to someone else who has read it about the surprise ending, so please read it!
fyi mine and @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is on sale as an ebook for only $4.99!
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
A New History of Medieval Europe
bookshop.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I loved this book, and I would love to talk to someone else who has read it about the surprise ending, so please read it!
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My office has been flooded with reports of the cruel, unsafe, unlawful conditions inside of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis.
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
Rep. Morrison details her oversight of the federal Whipple building
YouTube video by Rep. Kelly Morrison
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
My office has been flooded with reports of the cruel, unsafe, unlawful conditions inside of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis.
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
It’s really just the strangest timeline where I tell my husband that an elected representative was attacked at her town hall, go through the story of what happened, and then proceed to ask him what we need from the grocery store.
January 28, 2026 at 4:51 AM
It’s really just the strangest timeline where I tell my husband that an elected representative was attacked at her town hall, go through the story of what happened, and then proceed to ask him what we need from the grocery store.
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Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
Okay, so this is an authoritarian playbook trick, once the evidence is overwhelming say everyone needs to wait for the official investigation then either fix it or attack it when its completed. Same shit Russian pulled with MH17 and chemical attacks in Syria, very predictable.
Reporter: Will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretti for calling him an assassin?
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
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Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Missed making a book rec yesterday but definitely have one for today. The Holocaust by Bullets is one of the books that really opened my eyes about the true horrors of what happened during WWII. It is very well written and accessible for all readers.
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Missed making a book rec yesterday but definitely have one for today. The Holocaust by Bullets is one of the books that really opened my eyes about the true horrors of what happened during WWII. It is very well written and accessible for all readers.
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you should not share a post that's a screenshot without a link to a news item. you should not share a post that's a video or picture without some kind of sourcing. we're in a new bad era and these are now basic practices.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
you should not share a post that's a screenshot without a link to a news item. you should not share a post that's a video or picture without some kind of sourcing. we're in a new bad era and these are now basic practices.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
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The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
I never stopped listening to Flobots and I’m glad. It would be awesome if they could come to MN with their new music.
January 26, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I never stopped listening to Flobots and I’m glad. It would be awesome if they could come to MN with their new music.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
Today’s book recommendation. Also written by a former professor. I’m trying to post relevant books that are not on 700 other book recommendation lists.
January 25, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Today’s book recommendation. Also written by a former professor. I’m trying to post relevant books that are not on 700 other book recommendation lists.
I want to know how I’ve been to easily over a dozen bookstores since I moved here and haven’t been to this one. Guess I know what’s on my to do list.
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I want to know how I’ve been to easily over a dozen bookstores since I moved here and haven’t been to this one. Guess I know what’s on my to do list.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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Tell people. I’ll get them the book one way or another. I’ll donate. I’ll send.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Tell people. I’ll get them the book one way or another. I’ll donate. I’ll send.
Our Senators seem pretty great at sending off a quick social media quote and soliciting donations. Not so great at doing anything of actual consequence. They have no plan. They’re doing what corporations are doing and hope this all blows over and they’re not impacted.
What's the plan, Chuck? I run a fake news website. You're the Senate Minority Leader. What's the plan?
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Our Senators seem pretty great at sending off a quick social media quote and soliciting donations. Not so great at doing anything of actual consequence. They have no plan. They’re doing what corporations are doing and hope this all blows over and they’re not impacted.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.