Jennifer Linde
@jensprite.bsky.social
UMN prof married to cranky poet ▪︎ middle-aged cat lady ▪︎ 〽️ Go Blue! ▪︎ I was on Jeopardy!, it was fun ▪︎ this timeline sucks
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Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
February 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
watching now 🌻
sad news! I was obsessed with Harold & Maude as a teen and definitely need to rewatch it very soon 😔
RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.
February 15, 2026 at 2:09 AM
watching now 🌻
this is so much bullshit, I cannot
Instead of pandemic preparedness, NIAID senior adviser John Powers wants the institute to focus on "people preparedness," he said.
"One way for people to be prepared [for pandemics] is to be healthier, eat better and exercise, so you’re less likely to get sick or have a poor outcome.”
"One way for people to be prepared [for pandemics] is to be healthier, eat better and exercise, so you’re less likely to get sick or have a poor outcome.”
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
this is so much bullshit, I cannot
funny, they're kind of doing all of that?
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
funny, they're kind of doing all of that?
sad news! I was obsessed with Harold & Maude as a teen and definitely need to rewatch it very soon 😔
February 12, 2026 at 1:31 AM
sad news! I was obsessed with Harold & Maude as a teen and definitely need to rewatch it very soon 😔
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If ICE were doing targeted pickups they would've been in and out in a week. We all know this. The math ain't mathin'
February 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
If ICE were doing targeted pickups they would've been in and out in a week. We all know this. The math ain't mathin'
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on benito, and america
The Deeper Meaning of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
The Puerto Rican rapper’s performance wasn’t a crossover event. It was something better.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
on benito, and america
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I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We hit 'em. And we want to hit 'em right, sir, and we want to hit them from the top! East, west, north, south. Sir, they won't know what the hell! And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years."
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
June 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
the feds are lying and I've lost track of how many constitutional violations they're committing on our dime
‘No humanity’: Detainees describe conditions inside Whipple Federal Building
Immigration sweep brings overcrowded rooms and overflowing toilets. Lawyers say they can’t visit their clients. The Department of Homeland Security says “all detainees receive full due process.”
www.startribune.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
the feds are lying and I've lost track of how many constitutional violations they're committing on our dime
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
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I wish we had an alternative to being governed by senile pedophile Adolf Hitler.
January 31, 2026 at 5:50 AM
I wish we had an alternative to being governed by senile pedophile Adolf Hitler.
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Please yell at your congressional representatives to impeach Pam Bondi. I'd do it too, but my congresswoman nearly threw a punch at a guy just after calling for it herself
January 30, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Please yell at your congressional representatives to impeach Pam Bondi. I'd do it too, but my congresswoman nearly threw a punch at a guy just after calling for it herself
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"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM
"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.
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Homan’s message was crystal clear: Unless Miller, Noem and Homan go the problem will remain, our rights will be trampled, innocent people will suffer and die. They don’t feel any remorse or regret for the pain they have inflicted, the damage they have done.
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Homan’s message was crystal clear: Unless Miller, Noem and Homan go the problem will remain, our rights will be trampled, innocent people will suffer and die. They don’t feel any remorse or regret for the pain they have inflicted, the damage they have done.
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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
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coolest part about minnesota is that people, unprompted except by state violence, will leave their homes to stand up for neighbors that they've never met, and maybe never will. we're pretty introverted but we hear the bell when it rings.
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
coolest part about minnesota is that people, unprompted except by state violence, will leave their homes to stand up for neighbors that they've never met, and maybe never will. we're pretty introverted but we hear the bell when it rings.
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In a world heavy with sorrow, we hunger for what sustains us: joy like bread, hope like water, kindness like shelter. Each act of compassion becomes a small rebellion against despair—a deliberate choice to build bridges where others erect walls.
January 26, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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imagining how hollow and miserable one has to be to see what’s happening in mpls and come to the conclusion that we are being paid to care about our neighbors.
January 25, 2026 at 10:18 PM
imagining how hollow and miserable one has to be to see what’s happening in mpls and come to the conclusion that we are being paid to care about our neighbors.
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."-Elie Wiesel
January 25, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."-Elie Wiesel
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