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I feel bad for posting this because as soon as I did I had to put the phone down for a hour and a half and I fear I’ve just done psychic damage to a number of people I like.

Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 14h

Literally 20 years of the entire budget of Saint Paul shipped off to bail out some Memeified Right Wing maniac half a world away.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US has finalized a plan to give $20 billion to Argentina.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 23h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 22h

This kicks ass.

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Kevin McClean @kevinmcclean.bsky.social · 22h

Not too surprising (Jim Lee once upon a time helped creat Image Comics, expressly because comics creators weren't getting enough money and respect in the early 90s) but heartening to hear in these enshittening times

DC Comics declares it will never use generative AI

www.avclub.com

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 23h

If the federal government functioned even a little bit my job would be Mickey Mouse level “Golly Goofy where do you think we should add the new bike racks at the new library?”

Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 23h

It’s budget season in Saint Paul and we have a school funding referendum on the ballot and I just have to watch the Feds spend all our money on helicopters circling nothing.

floyding @floyding.bsky.social · 23h

I have a good friend who lives in Portland and he said he and his wife counted five black hawk helicopters circling the city at their daughter’s soccer game last night. thank you mister president.

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 23h

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 23h

Administrative code!

Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 1d

Left to Right:

Bucket Truck
Choo Choo
Bulldozer
Forklift
Steamroller

Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 1d

What’s awesome about this review is that the guy doesn’t know he perfectly understood the play; but he did!

Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 1d

After this batch I’ll have saved 46 of the little bastards.

Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 1d

Cuddle puddle

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 1d

This one is naughty and stinky.

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 1d

I just love her.

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly Parton doing the “I lived bitch.” meme is really improving a Wednesday.

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 1d

Link please.

Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 2d

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 2d

Matt is right. Vote yes on admin cites. youtu.be/wyftZfy3-Bo

St Paul 2025 Election Roundup + City Question #1 (w/ Matt Privratsky)

YouTube video by Wedge LIVE!

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 3d

If you made it this far here’s a pic of my fattest kitten pooping. He is singing while he does it. His name is Bulldozer.

A guinea pig? (Unclear) pooping in a litter box.

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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 3d

Republican Mike, don't hire me. I was always shit at driving plow and spent too much time dicking around with the hydraulics. I am pretty good with a shovel though.

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