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Erik Vorhes

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I love accessibility, bread, CSS, dead languages, inclusive design, literature, & type. MN Aurora FC fan & community owner; Loons & Lynx & Wolves & (for some reason) Werder Bremen fan. He / him / his. Hwæt.

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Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · Nov 6

I’m reminded that we are a nation that filled in public pools rather than share them.

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 12h

"For more than two-thirds of the products we analyzed, a single serving contained more lead than CR’s food safety experts say is safe to consume in a day—some by more than 10 times."
...the manosphere is making a lot more sense to me now

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 15h

My baby turns 11 next month, what the heck!

Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 15h

I have agreed. Oh no, what has happened.

Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 15h

Sometimes it’s good to get back to fundamentals (or dig in for the first time) — this is a fantastic way to do that with JavaScript.

Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 22h

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Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 1d

Is today June 10, 2020?

Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 1d

Totally fair!

Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes the best jpeg is the one you can afford.

Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t read it from the screenshot, but it seems kinda plausible. Here’s a photo I took in Dublin this past June:

A street sign in Dublin. Irish: plás mic aongusa. English: Magennis Place.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 1d

The Strib’s Karen Tolkkinen has devoted column after column after column to her stubborn belief that trans kids are destroying opportunities for girls to compete in sports at school.

It’s her weird mission. She’s fucking obsessed.

Anyway, great letter from Max Maher today.

Karen Tolkkinen's column "Transgender athletes should not compete with girls, but everyone deserves a place to play" (StarTribune.com, Oct. 9) builds its case on emotion, not evi-dence. She acknowledges that "nobody knows how common" transgender athletes are in Minnesota, yet argues for restrictive policies anyway. That's not fairness; that's fear.

There's also no evidence that transgender participation has taken opportunities from anyone. The Minnesota State High School League already reviews eligibility case by case to ensure both inclusion and competitive balance. The system is working as intended - quietly and responsibly.

The idea that girls are being forced to sacrifice is a political talking point, not a measurable fact. What's really being asked of us is whether we believe every student deserves a place to belong, even those whose identity or experience we may not fully understand.

High school sports were never just about winning. They teach teamwork, discipline and self-respect, lessons that lose meaning if we start excluding students who simply want to play. Protecting opportunity for all young people is how we strengthen fairness, not weaken it.

MAX MAHER, Plymouth

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Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 1d

AND YET YOU USE PRESENT TENSE DOT DOT DOT INTERESTING

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 1d

Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.

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ben goshorn @thesoccergoose.bsky.social · 2d

There is a form to make known how you feel about MLS using AI for recaps. It takes two seconds and has a section where you can let them know in your own words why you’re opposed to the league using any form of AI.
www.mlssoccer.com/feedback/rec...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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kim-mn.bsky.social @kim-mn.bsky.social · 3d

IMLS’s new team decided that nearly all of the $14.1 million allocated to the Nat'l Leadership Grants for Libraries(in 2025) is going to 1 recipient, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Co.

So instead of our taxes going to support our libraries, we're paying for a UFC fight on the white house lawn.

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 3d

It's October 2025 and the federal government is shut down.

So what's currently going on at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)? Well, a lot of money seems to be "missing," among other things.

buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

buttondown.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 4d

B Corp?

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 4d

Hey Minnesota: ICE is now on the ground in NE Minneapolis. See thread. Stay alert everyone!

Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 4d

Thread on ICE in holland, Northeast Minneapolis the morning of 10/10/2025.

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Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 4d

I’m gonna miss that byline. Wherever you end up next, they’ll be fortunate to have you!

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VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 5d

Chicago October 2025: "Are the helicopters over my house this evening because of the Cubs playoff game or is it the federal government doing extrajudicial kidnappings?"

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Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 4d

What is this from?

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Erik Vorhes @erikvorhes.bsky.social · 5d

Is Inchy Brak in this scenario or

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote about the bizarrely credulous way the New York Times’ flagship podcast “The Daily” presented Russell Vought, how it is indicative of blind spots and fallacies that undermine the public response to Trumpism - and what we actually need to understand about this dangerous man:

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 5d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile debuts tonight on The Onion's YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET.

Finally somebody will release some dang Epstein Files if you know what I'm sayin'!!!

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