Salena
@salena.bsky.social
Minnesotan, mom of 3, Senate DFL staff.
My 3 year-old is all in on Santa this year, and today when I asked what Santa and his reindeer do on Christmas she said “Go to the MOON!!!!”
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
My 3 year-old is all in on Santa this year, and today when I asked what Santa and his reindeer do on Christmas she said “Go to the MOON!!!!”
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Google 2005: Do no evil
Google 2025: give us unlimited access to your entire life or we'll turn off the 'sort' function.
Google 2025: give us unlimited access to your entire life or we'll turn off the 'sort' function.
I turned off Gmail’s new default setting that uses your inbox to train AI, which removed all sorts of functionality that never required AI before, including inbox sorting. Went from 5 unread to like 10,000 instantly lol.
I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.
I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Google 2005: Do no evil
Google 2025: give us unlimited access to your entire life or we'll turn off the 'sort' function.
Google 2025: give us unlimited access to your entire life or we'll turn off the 'sort' function.
Let’s show some respect for the OG MTG.
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Let’s show some respect for the OG MTG.
On a short road trip and we crossed some rumble strips and 3y/o said “Why car farting dada!”
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
On a short road trip and we crossed some rumble strips and 3y/o said “Why car farting dada!”
I turned off Gmail’s new default setting that uses your inbox to train AI, which removed all sorts of functionality that never required AI before, including inbox sorting. Went from 5 unread to like 10,000 instantly lol.
I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.
I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I turned off Gmail’s new default setting that uses your inbox to train AI, which removed all sorts of functionality that never required AI before, including inbox sorting. Went from 5 unread to like 10,000 instantly lol.
I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.
I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.
Another NYT banger.
RFK promoting disproven conspiracy theories about vaccines is not him “challenging scientific orthodoxy”…it’s him pushing lies that will kill people!
RFK promoting disproven conspiracy theories about vaccines is not him “challenging scientific orthodoxy”…it’s him pushing lies that will kill people!
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Another NYT banger.
RFK promoting disproven conspiracy theories about vaccines is not him “challenging scientific orthodoxy”…it’s him pushing lies that will kill people!
RFK promoting disproven conspiracy theories about vaccines is not him “challenging scientific orthodoxy”…it’s him pushing lies that will kill people!
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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My "The president doesn't want to execute members of congress" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
*LEAVITT: TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My "The president doesn't want to execute members of congress" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
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As Congress considers blocking states from regulating AI, Minnesotans are already seeing real-world harm targeted at our children, and even our elections. DFLers are standing up to prevent these abuses when the federal government won’t.
States must retain the power to protect their people.
States must retain the power to protect their people.
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As Congress considers blocking states from regulating AI, Minnesotans are already seeing real-world harm targeted at our children, and even our elections. DFLers are standing up to prevent these abuses when the federal government won’t.
States must retain the power to protect their people.
States must retain the power to protect their people.
Question for the collective on social media and accessibility:
On Facebook and IG I know that Reels get better engagement, so social managers are making static graphics into Reels with minimal animation, but when I do that I can’t find a way to add alt text to the Reel. Am I missing it?
On Facebook and IG I know that Reels get better engagement, so social managers are making static graphics into Reels with minimal animation, but when I do that I can’t find a way to add alt text to the Reel. Am I missing it?
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Question for the collective on social media and accessibility:
On Facebook and IG I know that Reels get better engagement, so social managers are making static graphics into Reels with minimal animation, but when I do that I can’t find a way to add alt text to the Reel. Am I missing it?
On Facebook and IG I know that Reels get better engagement, so social managers are making static graphics into Reels with minimal animation, but when I do that I can’t find a way to add alt text to the Reel. Am I missing it?
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All of you reposting that Nuzzi article: "good God this is horrible. Here look at it! Share it with everyone you know!"
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
All of you reposting that Nuzzi article: "good God this is horrible. Here look at it! Share it with everyone you know!"
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THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.
I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
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Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
In law school I had a professor who referred to the use of passive voice as “weasel words.” This is a heaping pile of weasel words.
“ended up having sex”??? How does someone’s brain even weasel their way into writing that sentence?
“ended up having sex”??? How does someone’s brain even weasel their way into writing that sentence?
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
In law school I had a professor who referred to the use of passive voice as “weasel words.” This is a heaping pile of weasel words.
“ended up having sex”??? How does someone’s brain even weasel their way into writing that sentence?
“ended up having sex”??? How does someone’s brain even weasel their way into writing that sentence?
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'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean.
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here
This Wicked Part 2 promo is really
elaborate.
elaborate.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This Wicked Part 2 promo is really
elaborate.
elaborate.
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If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.
These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.
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Dick Durbin suffers from a terminal case of Senate Brain, in which the big prize is a handshake deal with your distinguished colleagues where they'll allow you to hold a meaningless vote that you can then point to with pride to your constituents as they go broke from crushing medical bills.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Dick Durbin suffers from a terminal case of Senate Brain, in which the big prize is a handshake deal with your distinguished colleagues where they'll allow you to hold a meaningless vote that you can then point to with pride to your constituents as they go broke from crushing medical bills.
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Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
Yes.
Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Yes.
It’s been 5 days since resounding electoral wins for democrats, so it’s about time to cave to the party everyone just voted against!
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It’s been 5 days since resounding electoral wins for democrats, so it’s about time to cave to the party everyone just voted against!
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schumer: don't worry, I've got us right where they want us
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
schumer: don't worry, I've got us right where they want us
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.