Elle Ess
@viamarsala18.bsky.social
Minneapolitan. Occasionally lawyerly. Union member and supporter. LGBTQIA+ supporter. She/her.
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Elle Ess
@viamarsala18.bsky.social
· Nov 9
If you are a new follower to me, here’s what you need to know:
I live in Minneapolis and love it here
I equally love demonizing people like Jacob Frey, Michael Rainville, and Brian O’Hara who make this a bad place to live
I was formerly a prosecuting attorney and now do agency work for the state
I live in Minneapolis and love it here
I equally love demonizing people like Jacob Frey, Michael Rainville, and Brian O’Hara who make this a bad place to live
I was formerly a prosecuting attorney and now do agency work for the state
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PLEASE donate to our Venmo! We have trusted friends and collaborators bringing heat sources to as many people as we can find but we are running out of money and it is unbearably cold. Your neighbors need your help.
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
Hey Minneapolis, these temps are brutal.
@supplydepotmpls.bsky.social provides critical resources to people experiencing food and housing insecurity.
Donations make an immediate, tangible difference in the well-being of your neighbors and community:
opencollective.com/sanctuarysup...
@supplydepotmpls.bsky.social provides critical resources to people experiencing food and housing insecurity.
Donations make an immediate, tangible difference in the well-being of your neighbors and community:
opencollective.com/sanctuarysup...
SanctuarySupplyDepot - Open Collective
The Sanctuary Supply Depot is a central hub that fascilitates the collection and distribution of basic survival supplies for our unhoused neighbors.
opencollective.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
PLEASE donate to our Venmo! We have trusted friends and collaborators bringing heat sources to as many people as we can find but we are running out of money and it is unbearably cold. Your neighbors need your help.
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
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I see that yet again the mythical good guy with a gun has failed to save us. i sure hope he shows up soon. maybe at the next one
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I see that yet again the mythical good guy with a gun has failed to save us. i sure hope he shows up soon. maybe at the next one
My kid went through what some would call a “klepto phase” at school where the day he learned he had pockets he’d stuff them full of tiny toys from daycare. Every morning I’d come back with whatever he’d stolen the night before.
December 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My kid went through what some would call a “klepto phase” at school where the day he learned he had pockets he’d stuff them full of tiny toys from daycare. Every morning I’d come back with whatever he’d stolen the night before.
I found rocks in my work laptop bag the other week😩 I wondered why it was so heavy! I used to wait til he went to bed and then I’d open the back door and whip rocks into our landscaping
December 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I found rocks in my work laptop bag the other week😩 I wondered why it was so heavy! I used to wait til he went to bed and then I’d open the back door and whip rocks into our landscaping
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I mentor some CS students who are constantly applying for tech jobs. The interviews are multi-round processes involving having to solve coding problems in front of an interviewer or recruiter, timed. They aren’t going to interview someone without a degree who lists “Windows” as their skill set lol
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I mentor some CS students who are constantly applying for tech jobs. The interviews are multi-round processes involving having to solve coding problems in front of an interviewer or recruiter, timed. They aren’t going to interview someone without a degree who lists “Windows” as their skill set lol
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every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
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Reiner as both a political and cultural figure is a grand lesson in how art matters. It’s not just the “art films” that matter, it’s the fun stuff too, the silly stuff, the seemingly inconsequential. It all matters because we matter, it’s all that deep because so are we.
December 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Reiner as both a political and cultural figure is a grand lesson in how art matters. It’s not just the “art films” that matter, it’s the fun stuff too, the silly stuff, the seemingly inconsequential. It all matters because we matter, it’s all that deep because so are we.
I’ll be queueing up spinal tap tomorrow for sure.
HBOMAX - Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap II, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
NETFLIX - Stand By Me
HULU/DISNEY+ - The Princess Bride
PARAMOUNT+ - When Harry Met Sally
PRIME - And So it Goes, Shock and Awe
ROKU - North
HOOPLA - Alex & Emma, Rumor Has It..., The Magic of Belle Isle, LBJ, God & Country
NETFLIX - Stand By Me
HULU/DISNEY+ - The Princess Bride
PARAMOUNT+ - When Harry Met Sally
PRIME - And So it Goes, Shock and Awe
ROKU - North
HOOPLA - Alex & Emma, Rumor Has It..., The Magic of Belle Isle, LBJ, God & Country
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I’ll be queueing up spinal tap tomorrow for sure.
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HBOMAX - Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap II, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
NETFLIX - Stand By Me
HULU/DISNEY+ - The Princess Bride
PARAMOUNT+ - When Harry Met Sally
PRIME - And So it Goes, Shock and Awe
ROKU - North
HOOPLA - Alex & Emma, Rumor Has It..., The Magic of Belle Isle, LBJ, God & Country
NETFLIX - Stand By Me
HULU/DISNEY+ - The Princess Bride
PARAMOUNT+ - When Harry Met Sally
PRIME - And So it Goes, Shock and Awe
ROKU - North
HOOPLA - Alex & Emma, Rumor Has It..., The Magic of Belle Isle, LBJ, God & Country
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
HBOMAX - Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap II, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
NETFLIX - Stand By Me
HULU/DISNEY+ - The Princess Bride
PARAMOUNT+ - When Harry Met Sally
PRIME - And So it Goes, Shock and Awe
ROKU - North
HOOPLA - Alex & Emma, Rumor Has It..., The Magic of Belle Isle, LBJ, God & Country
NETFLIX - Stand By Me
HULU/DISNEY+ - The Princess Bride
PARAMOUNT+ - When Harry Met Sally
PRIME - And So it Goes, Shock and Awe
ROKU - North
HOOPLA - Alex & Emma, Rumor Has It..., The Magic of Belle Isle, LBJ, God & Country
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We have received so many donations and we are still almost out of blankets AGAIN. If you have extras, if you can go to the Goodwill By the Pound locations, if you can find a bag sale, we give them out at the same rate as we are getting them in, it is dangerously cold out.
Sanctuary Supply Depot is keeping our neighbors warm! Who can join me in sending some $ to fill their Venmo back up so they can keep going?
PLEASE donate to our Venmo! We have trusted friends and collaborators bringing heat sources to as many people as we can find but we are running out of money and it is unbearably cold. Your neighbors need your help.
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
@supplydepotmpls 💕💸
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We have received so many donations and we are still almost out of blankets AGAIN. If you have extras, if you can go to the Goodwill By the Pound locations, if you can find a bag sale, we give them out at the same rate as we are getting them in, it is dangerously cold out.
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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Goddamn, these people are beautiful. What beautiful people. It makes me cry.
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Goddamn, these people are beautiful. What beautiful people. It makes me cry.
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You all already know what I think about municipal plowing so I’ll just add: we don’t get be “Bold North” or Winterapolis, or get cold place bragging rights if it’s only for people who drive cars. That’s it.
Montreal and Quebec and Winnipeg are showing us how it can be done, we have not even tried.
Montreal and Quebec and Winnipeg are showing us how it can be done, we have not even tried.
December 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
You all already know what I think about municipal plowing so I’ll just add: we don’t get be “Bold North” or Winterapolis, or get cold place bragging rights if it’s only for people who drive cars. That’s it.
Montreal and Quebec and Winnipeg are showing us how it can be done, we have not even tried.
Montreal and Quebec and Winnipeg are showing us how it can be done, we have not even tried.
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all the wrong people are dying
January 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
all the wrong people are dying
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Its absolutely heartbreaking how many gofundmes there are to support the families of victims of ICE.
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Its absolutely heartbreaking how many gofundmes there are to support the families of victims of ICE.
Ugh
BREAKING
Two people have been found dead at the home of director and actor Rob Reiner.
The LA Fire Department said the ages of the two victims is 78 and 68 which matches the ages of Rob and his wife Michele.
Full Story: bit.ly/497DhMd
Two people have been found dead at the home of director and actor Rob Reiner.
The LA Fire Department said the ages of the two victims is 78 and 68 which matches the ages of Rob and his wife Michele.
Full Story: bit.ly/497DhMd
December 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ugh
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My re-election kickoff is Tue Dec 16 5:00 - 6:30 PM (new earlier time!).
RSVP for location: [email protected]
On Tuesday, we’ll work on keeping our neighbors safe - brief know your rights training - and work to ensure the promise of Minnesota is fulfilled.
DoronForSenate.org
RSVP for location: [email protected]
On Tuesday, we’ll work on keeping our neighbors safe - brief know your rights training - and work to ensure the promise of Minnesota is fulfilled.
DoronForSenate.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
My re-election kickoff is Tue Dec 16 5:00 - 6:30 PM (new earlier time!).
RSVP for location: [email protected]
On Tuesday, we’ll work on keeping our neighbors safe - brief know your rights training - and work to ensure the promise of Minnesota is fulfilled.
DoronForSenate.org
RSVP for location: [email protected]
On Tuesday, we’ll work on keeping our neighbors safe - brief know your rights training - and work to ensure the promise of Minnesota is fulfilled.
DoronForSenate.org
Nothing in this world would make me convict either of them. The guy jumped into her car after not identifying himself
Please read this Facebook post from Darnella Frazier about her sister Rekeya, who is in federal custody.
For those who don't know, Darnella was the girl who shared the first viral video of George Floyd's murder.
For those who don't know, Darnella was the girl who shared the first viral video of George Floyd's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Nothing in this world would make me convict either of them. The guy jumped into her car after not identifying himself
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We put the bar in Hell (literally just say that Somalis aren’t garbage?) and people in positions of public trust still can’t meet it.
www.startribune.com/opinion-trum...
www.startribune.com/opinion-trum...
Opinion | Trump’s anti-Somali rhetoric is repugnant. Minnesota leaders’ silence is worse.
Rep. Tom Emmer and House Speaker Lisa Demuth know the truth about their Somali constituents. But in today’s GOP, they are trading courage for political survival, Mukhtar M. Ibrahim writes.
www.startribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We put the bar in Hell (literally just say that Somalis aren’t garbage?) and people in positions of public trust still can’t meet it.
www.startribune.com/opinion-trum...
www.startribune.com/opinion-trum...
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Ryan Seacrest doesn’t look like he does to not get the Flickerman nod
December 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Ryan Seacrest doesn’t look like he does to not get the Flickerman nod
Cub foods has injera, don’t tell Fox News
December 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Cub foods has injera, don’t tell Fox News