Sean Ryan
@seanrr.bsky.social
STP via MPLS. streets are for people.
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Minnesota democrats issued a statement attacking their opponent solely on the basis of his criminal defense work. They essentially cite fulfilling the requirements of our Constitution as evidence of lacking a moral compass. A reminder that the erosion of the rule of law can come from all directions.
December 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Minnesota democrats issued a statement attacking their opponent solely on the basis of his criminal defense work. They essentially cite fulfilling the requirements of our Constitution as evidence of lacking a moral compass. A reminder that the erosion of the rule of law can come from all directions.
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Primary them all
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Primary them all
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Move Minneapolis is the transportation organization taken under the umbrella of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce in 2019, then milked for cash under CEO Jonathan Weinhagen. Now being thrown in the trash after the Met Council found questionable spending of grant money.
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Move Minneapolis is the transportation organization taken under the umbrella of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce in 2019, then milked for cash under CEO Jonathan Weinhagen. Now being thrown in the trash after the Met Council found questionable spending of grant money.
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Are we allowed to use “Abolish ICE” yet?
Sound the alarms: it’s snowplow-naming season!
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Are we allowed to use “Abolish ICE” yet?
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This is gonna sound a bit [bong rip] but it's weird how a SCOTUS this brazenly fucked still functions as the be-all end-all of American law, like there's no mechanism available to just be like "hey, this court is *obviously* just making shit up, so, no thank you."
It feels like a cheat code.
It feels like a cheat code.
March 6, 2024 at 9:32 PM
This is gonna sound a bit [bong rip] but it's weird how a SCOTUS this brazenly fucked still functions as the be-all end-all of American law, like there's no mechanism available to just be like "hey, this court is *obviously* just making shit up, so, no thank you."
It feels like a cheat code.
It feels like a cheat code.
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Don’t lie, Lisa. I’ve got receipts.
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Don’t lie, Lisa. I’ve got receipts.
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You want to find Fraud in Minnesota - look no further than Parochial, Charter, Private schools. Its RAMPANT!!!
A political action committee called Excellence Minnesota collected a $157,000 war chest to spend in support of right-wing school board candidates across four Minnesota school districts. They are likely to target other races in 2026, legal fellow @ksteinberg29.bsky.social writes.
Opinion: How much does it cost to buy a Minn. school board race?
A political action committee called Excellence Minnesota collected a $157,000 war chest to spend in support of right-wing school board candidates across four Minnesota school districts. They are likel...
sahanjournal.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You want to find Fraud in Minnesota - look no further than Parochial, Charter, Private schools. Its RAMPANT!!!
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I thought St Paul didn't mess around because Rick Varco is the entire city DFL party and holds every seat on the charter commission. You have a Strong Varco system of government. Very efficient.
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I thought St Paul didn't mess around because Rick Varco is the entire city DFL party and holds every seat on the charter commission. You have a Strong Varco system of government. Very efficient.
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if you’re a business owner in the twin cities, please refuse to allow ICE to enter your business. they want to come terrorize our home and neighbors in the winter? let them freeze. they can piss their pants for warmth.
December 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
if you’re a business owner in the twin cities, please refuse to allow ICE to enter your business. they want to come terrorize our home and neighbors in the winter? let them freeze. they can piss their pants for warmth.
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This story didn't get enough attention. A serial charter school teacher is Minnesota's most prolific child molester ever. The schools he taught at are projects of business philanthropies like the Minneapolis Foundation run by RT Rybak
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
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This story didn't get enough attention. A serial charter school teacher is Minnesota's most prolific child molester ever. The schools he taught at are projects of business philanthropies like the Minneapolis Foundation run by RT Rybak
www.fox9.com/news/aaron-h...
www.fox9.com/news/aaron-h...
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The white, suburban leadership of the DFL is dying to wash their hands of Ilhan and the Somali community. Ilhan and other Somali pols' turnout machine in Minneapolis has saved them over and over again and they still primary her every year. It's embarrassing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The white, suburban leadership of the DFL is dying to wash their hands of Ilhan and the Somali community. Ilhan and other Somali pols' turnout machine in Minneapolis has saved them over and over again and they still primary her every year. It's embarrassing.
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NBC News reports a senior law enforcement official confirmed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation is now underway.
ICE operation in Minneapolis now underway
NBC News reports a senior law enforcement official confirmed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation is now underway.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NBC News reports a senior law enforcement official confirmed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation is now underway.
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At the end of her video, that clip is outside a building at Lake and Blaisdell. So as I said earlier—Lyndale/Whittier neighborhoods are going to be seeing ICE.
This fight has never been about undocumented people. Take a look at how they are treating American citizens.
December 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
At the end of her video, that clip is outside a building at Lake and Blaisdell. So as I said earlier—Lyndale/Whittier neighborhoods are going to be seeing ICE.
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This is my "Dutch Auction" theory of authoritarianism.
It's no coincidence, for example, that the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazi top leadership signed off on the Final Solution, took place just after the military tide turned outside Moscow, and the U.S. declared war on Germany.
It's no coincidence, for example, that the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazi top leadership signed off on the Final Solution, took place just after the military tide turned outside Moscow, and the U.S. declared war on Germany.
The most dangerous moment in every authoritarian regime is when it realizes that its power has crested and is now falling. This is when they realize that if they are to achieve their maximalist ambitions, now they have to throw the dice — because no matter how bad the odds, their odds are best now.
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is my "Dutch Auction" theory of authoritarianism.
It's no coincidence, for example, that the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazi top leadership signed off on the Final Solution, took place just after the military tide turned outside Moscow, and the U.S. declared war on Germany.
It's no coincidence, for example, that the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazi top leadership signed off on the Final Solution, took place just after the military tide turned outside Moscow, and the U.S. declared war on Germany.
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I feel like it is very hard to function on a daily basis if you think too hard about how many things in the US are completely falling apart and/or actively being destroyed right now, which is one upside to being recently laid off
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I feel like it is very hard to function on a daily basis if you think too hard about how many things in the US are completely falling apart and/or actively being destroyed right now, which is one upside to being recently laid off
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I am struck by the way the local press is referring to the use of “less lethal weapons” on lawful protesters as if this is a good thing. And my next thoughts are Black Panthers, Kent State, AIM. Precedent doesn’t make violence against dissent legal or right.
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I am struck by the way the local press is referring to the use of “less lethal weapons” on lawful protesters as if this is a good thing. And my next thoughts are Black Panthers, Kent State, AIM. Precedent doesn’t make violence against dissent legal or right.
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This is the same asshole that arrested me at Brotex. Out there racking up those FTCA complaints…
If I pointed a loaded assault rifle at someone in the street with the obvious intent of intimidating them, I would be arrested and charged with assault (or worse).
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This is the same asshole that arrested me at Brotex. Out there racking up those FTCA complaints…
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there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
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anyone claiming DOGE was a failure or that it was not effective is lying to your face and trying to build an narrative, not being honest. Doge exceeded all expectations for exactly what it was designed to do which is destroy the bureaucratic state and capture trillions of dollars in data.
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
anyone claiming DOGE was a failure or that it was not effective is lying to your face and trying to build an narrative, not being honest. Doge exceeded all expectations for exactly what it was designed to do which is destroy the bureaucratic state and capture trillions of dollars in data.
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I wonder if tech creeps are gonna do what the automotive industry did when they invented the crime of jaywalking to shift the blame for safety issues onto the public
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I wonder if tech creeps are gonna do what the automotive industry did when they invented the crime of jaywalking to shift the blame for safety issues onto the public
Oh, Shelly Leeson is taking extra racist credit for the TPS announcement
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Oh, Shelly Leeson is taking extra racist credit for the TPS announcement
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Another example relevant to Rethinking I-94 of how removing roads doesn't lead to complete gridlock because people adapt by taking fewer trips, with no negative impact on the economy. @mndot.mn.gov uses traffic models that don't readily allow for this possibility of traffic evaporation.
Every time
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Another example relevant to Rethinking I-94 of how removing roads doesn't lead to complete gridlock because people adapt by taking fewer trips, with no negative impact on the economy. @mndot.mn.gov uses traffic models that don't readily allow for this possibility of traffic evaporation.
Hmmm, I twas to be an architect. Got to school, flunked first semester. Dragged through another 4 years but ran out of money. Bussed tables, then server/ bartender. Creative knowledge and general wits led me to design a full build out for a local hospitality company.
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Hmmm, I twas to be an architect. Got to school, flunked first semester. Dragged through another 4 years but ran out of money. Bussed tables, then server/ bartender. Creative knowledge and general wits led me to design a full build out for a local hospitality company.
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I have largely gotten over the American insistence on not asking for help. It's dumb, it's inefficient, and it's wildly counterintuitive to human nature - we're not meant to function as standalone individuals (and almost never do, in reality).
So when I need help, I almost always will ask for it.
So when I need help, I almost always will ask for it.
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I have largely gotten over the American insistence on not asking for help. It's dumb, it's inefficient, and it's wildly counterintuitive to human nature - we're not meant to function as standalone individuals (and almost never do, in reality).
So when I need help, I almost always will ask for it.
So when I need help, I almost always will ask for it.