Shane Gerlach
@shanegerlach.bsky.social
Addiction Counselor. Director Emeritus SiouxperCon. South Dakota Humanities Scholar. Recognized in 605 Magazine 2024 best of South Dakota, honored as Public Citizen of the Year by National Association Social Workers 2025. Blue Dot. Ally & Advocate.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
Reposted by Shane Gerlach
If this is even close to being true, it's over the GOP. Losing a majority of whites? That's so rare that this would be political earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, and perfect storm all rolled up in one cataclysmic event.
Generic Ballot Polling Among White Voters:
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
If this is even close to being true, it's over the GOP. Losing a majority of whites? That's so rare that this would be political earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, and perfect storm all rolled up in one cataclysmic event.
The Department of Education will no longer consider several degrees as "professional," including degrees in nursing, physician assisting, physical therapy, audiology, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology.
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The Department of Education will no longer consider several degrees as "professional," including degrees in nursing, physician assisting, physical therapy, audiology, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology.
Our mission at @siouxpercon.bsky.social has always been rooted in creating community, and that's why we think it's a pretty fun fact that this year's event 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 generated over $𝟭.𝟳𝟱 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 in economic impact right here for Sioux Falls, supporting over 1,000 jobs locally.
#Geeklife #fanconvention
#Geeklife #fanconvention
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Our mission at @siouxpercon.bsky.social has always been rooted in creating community, and that's why we think it's a pretty fun fact that this year's event 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 generated over $𝟭.𝟳𝟱 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 in economic impact right here for Sioux Falls, supporting over 1,000 jobs locally.
#Geeklife #fanconvention
#Geeklife #fanconvention
Long thread about #SouthDakota Incarceration
South Dakota has one of the highest #incarceration rates in the United States with over 3800 People incarcerated in Prisons and thousands more in county jails.
3815 Adult offenders in Prison
3109 On parole
5424 On Probation
Over 25000 booking into jail
South Dakota has one of the highest #incarceration rates in the United States with over 3800 People incarcerated in Prisons and thousands more in county jails.
3815 Adult offenders in Prison
3109 On parole
5424 On Probation
Over 25000 booking into jail
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Long thread about #SouthDakota Incarceration
South Dakota has one of the highest #incarceration rates in the United States with over 3800 People incarcerated in Prisons and thousands more in county jails.
3815 Adult offenders in Prison
3109 On parole
5424 On Probation
Over 25000 booking into jail
South Dakota has one of the highest #incarceration rates in the United States with over 3800 People incarcerated in Prisons and thousands more in county jails.
3815 Adult offenders in Prison
3109 On parole
5424 On Probation
Over 25000 booking into jail
Reposted by Shane Gerlach
Family farmers are being crushed by Trump. Listen to farmers in South Dakota-they don't need talking points, they don't need scripts. This is their life, and they are hanging on to protect it and to put food on tables.
Thanks to the DNC for this 8-minute doc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjyU...
Thanks to the DNC for this 8-minute doc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjyU...
Cattle Farmers Explain Trump's Argentina Bailout
YouTube video by The Democrats
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Family farmers are being crushed by Trump. Listen to farmers in South Dakota-they don't need talking points, they don't need scripts. This is their life, and they are hanging on to protect it and to put food on tables.
Thanks to the DNC for this 8-minute doc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjyU...
Thanks to the DNC for this 8-minute doc.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjyU...
Reposted by Shane Gerlach
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Let’s Go!! South Dakota
@allison605.bsky.social
This is EXACTLY what South Dakota needs!!! We’ve had some old white Republican man since the 70s and the only break in that cycle was the degenerate Noemskull 😡 Excuse me while I share this news 👏🏻 EVERY 👏🏻SINGLE 👏🏻 DAY!!!! 🎊 Change is possible if we all believe it is!!
This is EXACTLY what South Dakota needs!!! We’ve had some old white Republican man since the 70s and the only break in that cycle was the degenerate Noemskull 😡 Excuse me while I share this news 👏🏻 EVERY 👏🏻SINGLE 👏🏻 DAY!!!! 🎊 Change is possible if we all believe it is!!
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Let’s Go!! South Dakota
State prison offender dies at Mike Durfee State Prison - Dakota News Now
The South Dakota Department of Corrections said on Sunday that an inmate has died at the Mike Durfee...
https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/11/16/state-prison-offender-dies-mike-durfee-state-prison
#HandsOff #NoKings
The South Dakota Department of Corrections said on Sunday that an inmate has died at the Mike Durfee...
https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/11/16/state-prison-offender-dies-mike-durfee-state-prison
#HandsOff #NoKings
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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I have it on dubious authority the tariff refund checks are on their way, right after the DOGE checks, which will be issued after the release of Trump’s healthcare plan…in two weeks.
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I have it on dubious authority the tariff refund checks are on their way, right after the DOGE checks, which will be issued after the release of Trump’s healthcare plan…in two weeks.
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Why Are There So Many Missing Kids In South Dakota? youtu.be/n2rhWta70N0?...
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Why Are There So Many Missing Kids In South Dakota? youtu.be/n2rhWta70N0?...
Since July 1, 2024 there have been 26 deaths in the #SouthDakota state penitentiary. Since the start of the new fiscal year on July 1, 2025, there have been 7 deaths.
What are we doing?
southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/high-...
What are we doing?
southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/high-...
High prison death toll continues after 33-year-old man found unresponsive in cell • South Dakota Searchlight
An inmate died in Department of Corrections custody, adding another name to a list of in-custody deaths that's higher than the state has seen in recent memory.
southdakotasearchlight.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Since July 1, 2024 there have been 26 deaths in the #SouthDakota state penitentiary. Since the start of the new fiscal year on July 1, 2025, there have been 7 deaths.
What are we doing?
southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/high-...
What are we doing?
southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/high-...
The real danger isn’t just the blatant corruption, it’s the fucking normalization of it all.
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The real danger isn’t just the blatant corruption, it’s the fucking normalization of it all.
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
-Jimmy Carter
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Jimmy Carter
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
-Jimmy Carter
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Jimmy Carter
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Out of the 30 states Trump carried in 2024, 25 of them are more reliant on SNAP than the national average.
November 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Out of the 30 states Trump carried in 2024, 25 of them are more reliant on SNAP than the national average.
A surprising number of my male clients on State Parole, Court Probation or Federal Probation are pro-Trump. As Cognitive Behavior Therapist I challenge Cognitive Distortion by presenting facts. With many of them about to lose SNAP on top of stagnant wages, they are finally pissed at Trump/GOP.
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A surprising number of my male clients on State Parole, Court Probation or Federal Probation are pro-Trump. As Cognitive Behavior Therapist I challenge Cognitive Distortion by presenting facts. With many of them about to lose SNAP on top of stagnant wages, they are finally pissed at Trump/GOP.
Reposted by Shane Gerlach
Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact:
TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.
TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.
October 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Every mention of SNAP being frozen should include this simple fact:
TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.
TRUMP is CHOOSING TO CANCEL FOOD ASSISTANCE. There are literally emergency dollars available to keep SNAP funded.
Reposted by Shane Gerlach
Nearly 75,000 South Dakotans — roughly one in 12 residents — will lose #SNAP food assistance benefits if the federal government #shutdown persists into next week, state officials acknowledged.
South Dakota doesn't have a plan to cover federal food assistance for 75,000 if shutdown continues • South Dakota Searchlight
Nearly 75,000 South Dakotans — roughly one in 12 residents — will lose food assistance benefits if the federal government shutdown persists into next week, state officials acknowledged Monday.
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Reposted by Shane Gerlach
AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
AOC: The problem is that the Trump administration, they think that destroying our health care, making sure that housing is too expensive to live in, that jacking up the cost of our groceries—they think all of this is about hurting Democrats. What they are doing is hurting Americans
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Silence is not neutral. It is compliance.
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Silence is not neutral. It is compliance.
As the Holiday Season Approaches I am sure many #SIouxperCon fans sit and wonder aloud "What can we get the first family of SPC, Shane, Donelle and Derek?"
We have attempted to make the choices easy for you.
First off here is Siouxper Shane's Siouxper Wish List.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
We have attempted to make the choices easy for you.
First off here is Siouxper Shane's Siouxper Wish List.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As the Holiday Season Approaches I am sure many #SIouxperCon fans sit and wonder aloud "What can we get the first family of SPC, Shane, Donelle and Derek?"
We have attempted to make the choices easy for you.
First off here is Siouxper Shane's Siouxper Wish List.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
We have attempted to make the choices easy for you.
First off here is Siouxper Shane's Siouxper Wish List.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Results from today's MRI
Today's tests confirm disruptions in the lymphatic system, indicating neurodegenerative disease, indicating Parkinson's.
No official diagnosis yet. Still "Parkinsonism Disorder caused by Graves and Radioactive Iodine.
More tests to come.
Just booked CAT Scan for Thursday.
Today's tests confirm disruptions in the lymphatic system, indicating neurodegenerative disease, indicating Parkinson's.
No official diagnosis yet. Still "Parkinsonism Disorder caused by Graves and Radioactive Iodine.
More tests to come.
Just booked CAT Scan for Thursday.
a man in a hospital gown is laying in a bed with #manifest written on the bottom right
ALT: a man in a hospital gown is laying in a bed with #manifest written on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Results from today's MRI
Today's tests confirm disruptions in the lymphatic system, indicating neurodegenerative disease, indicating Parkinson's.
No official diagnosis yet. Still "Parkinsonism Disorder caused by Graves and Radioactive Iodine.
More tests to come.
Just booked CAT Scan for Thursday.
Today's tests confirm disruptions in the lymphatic system, indicating neurodegenerative disease, indicating Parkinson's.
No official diagnosis yet. Still "Parkinsonism Disorder caused by Graves and Radioactive Iodine.
More tests to come.
Just booked CAT Scan for Thursday.
Reposted by Shane Gerlach
South Dakota #NoKings
Again we say: NO KINGS 🚫👑 Save the date, our next national day of action is October 18th.
Find events planned for across South Dakota and nationwide at nokings.org
Join the 50501 movement! Visit www.fiftyfifty.one
#50501Movement #50501southdakota #fiftyfiftyone #nokingsinamerica #NoKings #October18
Find events planned for across South Dakota and nationwide at nokings.org
Join the 50501 movement! Visit www.fiftyfifty.one
#50501Movement #50501southdakota #fiftyfiftyone #nokingsinamerica #NoKings #October18
October 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
South Dakota #NoKings