Rob Levine
@roblevine82.bsky.social
Photographer, drone pilot, writer, editor, web developer, media critic (not necessarily in that order). Proprietor at edhivemn.com, roblevinephotography.com, intheairphotography.com, threatenedwaters.com. Minneapolis
What gets me about this Mississippi reading hoax is that it takes some of the worst scores and practices in the nation and says we all should emulate that! Like in what civilizational realm do Minnesotans wish their state was more like Mississippi?
The Mississippi reading "miracle" cited by @startribune.com YESTERDAY - eighth grade reading scores in Mississippi are now lower than they were in 1992 - more than 30 years ago!
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What gets me about this Mississippi reading hoax is that it takes some of the worst scores and practices in the nation and says we all should emulate that! Like in what civilizational realm do Minnesotans wish their state was more like Mississippi?
The Mississippi reading "miracle" cited by @startribune.com YESTERDAY - eighth grade reading scores in Mississippi are now lower than they were in 1992 - more than 30 years ago!
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Mississippi reading "miracle" cited by @startribune.com YESTERDAY - eighth grade reading scores in Mississippi are now lower than they were in 1992 - more than 30 years ago!
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AI tools entering schools come from a small group of firms that set the terms of access, define the rules of interaction, and influence how knowledge circulates. This is colonialism. educationfutures.com/post/how-big...
How Big Tech is silently colonizing education
Educators face a growing sense of concern about artificial intelligence. New tools enter classrooms faster than policies can adapt.
educationfutures.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
AI tools entering schools come from a small group of firms that set the terms of access, define the rules of interaction, and influence how knowledge circulates. This is colonialism. educationfutures.com/post/how-big...
The two charter schools where the state's "most prolific" child abuser ever worked - Excell Academy & Best Academy - combined received millions of dollar from business philanthropy led by the Minneapolis Foundation. Media will not tell you this
www.fox9.com/news/aaron-h...
www.fox9.com/news/aaron-h...
Life in prison for Minnesota’s ‘most prolific’ child abuser
A former Twin Cities area teacher and coach convicted of sexually abusing more than a dozen young boys spanning multiple schools was sentenced Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole a...
www.fox9.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The two charter schools where the state's "most prolific" child abuser ever worked - Excell Academy & Best Academy - combined received millions of dollar from business philanthropy led by the Minneapolis Foundation. Media will not tell you this
www.fox9.com/news/aaron-h...
www.fox9.com/news/aaron-h...
While @startribune.com tells giant lies about education in Mississippi, media based there tell a very different story
mississippitoday.org/2025/09/25/m...
mississippitoday.org/2025/09/25/m...
The grades are in: Mississippi schools backslide on academic progress - Mississippi Today
New accountability scores show a decline in academic performance, interrupting steady progress of an education system that is sometimes called the “Mississippi Miracle.”
mississippitoday.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
While @startribune.com tells giant lies about education in Mississippi, media based there tell a very different story
mississippitoday.org/2025/09/25/m...
mississippitoday.org/2025/09/25/m...
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KSTP meteorologist posting AI videos on Twitter of what he says is what Minneapolis will look like if his forecast is correct is really something… not a valid weather news source going forward imo
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
KSTP meteorologist posting AI videos on Twitter of what he says is what Minneapolis will look like if his forecast is correct is really something… not a valid weather news source going forward imo
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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Imagine being so afraid to walk out the door that you text friends for backup. That's what ICE and Trump's vicious raids have done—kids feel hunted just trying to get home from school. Leadership by terror, not protection. It's brutal, and it's breaking communities.
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Imagine being so afraid to walk out the door that you text friends for backup. That's what ICE and Trump's vicious raids have done—kids feel hunted just trying to get home from school. Leadership by terror, not protection. It's brutal, and it's breaking communities.
Republican death cult
Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Republican death cult
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You: feds are kidnapping people in St. Paul
Strib: Get a load of these protestors acting out www.startribune.com/protesters-c...
Strib: Get a load of these protestors acting out www.startribune.com/protesters-c...
www.startribune.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
You: feds are kidnapping people in St. Paul
Strib: Get a load of these protestors acting out www.startribune.com/protesters-c...
Strib: Get a load of these protestors acting out www.startribune.com/protesters-c...
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Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
Basic truths about the horrors of Republican governance that @mprnews.org & @startribune.com will never tell you
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats ‘barely exist’, experts say
Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled ‘ridiculous’ as experts say no active threat posed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Basic truths about the horrors of Republican governance that @mprnews.org & @startribune.com will never tell you
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Free book idea: Republicans' new Dark Age
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Free book idea: Republicans' new Dark Age
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If you asked everyone in the country, “Quick, name two charismatic people with a much needed perspective who have been shut out of The Discourse,” Prince Andrew and Martin Shkreli would get more votes than these two.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
If you asked everyone in the country, “Quick, name two charismatic people with a much needed perspective who have been shut out of The Discourse,” Prince Andrew and Martin Shkreli would get more votes than these two.
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The Atlantic & Vanity Fair only ever assign RFK Jr profiles to people who want to fuck him because nobody else can stomach the idea of lying to help him. He's an elderly nepobaby on a mission to kill as many children as possible before he dies, to leave the world more plague-ridden than he found it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Atlantic & Vanity Fair only ever assign RFK Jr profiles to people who want to fuck him because nobody else can stomach the idea of lying to help him. He's an elderly nepobaby on a mission to kill as many children as possible before he dies, to leave the world more plague-ridden than he found it.
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
Musk is so twisted
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Musk is so twisted
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Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
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NYT: “.. a major defeat for the president’s effort to make the criminal justice system do as he pleases.”
@nytimes.com @jamescomey.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
@nytimes.com @jamescomey.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
NYT: “.. a major defeat for the president’s effort to make the criminal justice system do as he pleases.”
@nytimes.com @jamescomey.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
@nytimes.com @jamescomey.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Not sure going after uber patriot fighter pilot astronaut is good politics
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for possible military law violations after he joined a video urging U.S. troops to refuse "illegal orders."
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Not sure going after uber patriot fighter pilot astronaut is good politics