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
Let’s not forget Brian O’Hara’s Very Serious Boy pressers where he told us all to call MPD when ICE comes.
Now none of us who have been here have done that because it’s insane, but if you thought it was a good idea, do you see now why it is not??
Now none of us who have been here have done that because it’s insane, but if you thought it was a good idea, do you see now why it is not??
Disheartening to see federal agents take two neighbors on 29th & Pillsbury. Chemical irritants were used on observers by them.
MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.
MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Let’s not forget Brian O’Hara’s Very Serious Boy pressers where he told us all to call MPD when ICE comes.
Now none of us who have been here have done that because it’s insane, but if you thought it was a good idea, do you see now why it is not??
Now none of us who have been here have done that because it’s insane, but if you thought it was a good idea, do you see now why it is not??
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This is Jacob Frey’s MPD.
Disheartening to see federal agents take two neighbors on 29th & Pillsbury. Chemical irritants were used on observers by them.
MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.
MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.
December 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is Jacob Frey’s MPD.
Then where the fuck is she??? I’m serious. We are out here fighting for our lives and what hole is she about to crawl out from? If she wants to run she needs to be out in the streets, in jeans and a hoodie, fighting ICE with us wherever they are. Come be the people you don’t understand
Kamala Harris is reportedly preparing for another White House run, per Axios.
December 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Then where the fuck is she??? I’m serious. We are out here fighting for our lives and what hole is she about to crawl out from? If she wants to run she needs to be out in the streets, in jeans and a hoodie, fighting ICE with us wherever they are. Come be the people you don’t understand
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All in the Family was lights-out hilarious and even if I hadn’t loved watching old reruns with my parents growing up, I’d have loved watching that show. If you haven’t seen it you ought to find it.
December 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
All in the Family was lights-out hilarious and even if I hadn’t loved watching old reruns with my parents growing up, I’d have loved watching that show. If you haven’t seen it you ought to find it.
There are states that criminalize possession of controlled substances when it’s located in your blood stream 🫣 that means in some states they’d weigh your outside drugs and your inside drugs too, it’s bananas
State v. Tanna leads us to add a rule to our list:
Rule # 2 of destroying evidence: If you’re going to try to eat the methamphetamine in your possession during your arrest, make sure you succeed in eating enough to avoid the weight necessary for a first-degree possession charge.
Rule # 2 of destroying evidence: If you’re going to try to eat the methamphetamine in your possession during your arrest, make sure you succeed in eating enough to avoid the weight necessary for a first-degree possession charge.
![While Deputy K. accompanied Tanna to the back of the car, he “noticed several items sticking out of [Tanna’s] pocket, including a clear plastic bag.” When the deputy asked about the plastic bag, Tanna indicated it was marijuana . . . . Tanna then attempted to run around the passenger side of the car and away from Deputy K.
Deputy M. stepped in and grabbed Tanna, who “tense[d] up” and “attempted to bring his . . . right hand up.” As Deputy M. and Tanna continued to struggle, Deputy K. saw Tanna put a small plastic bag in his mouth and noticed that the bag “was fully into his mouth and there was chewing going on and that white substance or crystal substance was falling from his mouth.” Both deputies attempted to pull the item from Tanna’s mouth while he was pressed against the car. Deputy M. also saw Tanna “chewing” with “stuff falling out that was white” that the deputy believed was methamphetamine. Tanna was taken to the ground but continued resisting and “start[ed] spitting.” At some point during the struggle, the small plastic bag came out of Tanna’s mouth. Eventually, the officers were able to handcuff Tanna after one officer threatened to use a taser.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:osddisjyzzqy6h5754lnw4s2/bafkreia5hlx5dwmfgforul3vvwhxufeaj6dcponewzpkbhqi5almb3q74u@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There are states that criminalize possession of controlled substances when it’s located in your blood stream 🫣 that means in some states they’d weigh your outside drugs and your inside drugs too, it’s bananas
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"tyrannosaurus rex" is kinda one of the craziest called shots of all time if you think about it some dude in 1905 was like 'this was definitely the most badass dinosaur so I will name it as such' and 120 years of research and new discoveries keeps proving him right.
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"tyrannosaurus rex" is kinda one of the craziest called shots of all time if you think about it some dude in 1905 was like 'this was definitely the most badass dinosaur so I will name it as such' and 120 years of research and new discoveries keeps proving him right.
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MPD will say that in these situations they aren’t “assisting” ICE. But the fact of the matter is that their vision of “public safety” entails preventing folks from interfering with ICE operations. This might theoretically reduce violence against protestors, but only because *it helps ICE.*
Disheartening to see federal agents take two neighbors on 29th & Pillsbury. Chemical irritants were used on observers by them.
MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.
MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.
December 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
MPD will say that in these situations they aren’t “assisting” ICE. But the fact of the matter is that their vision of “public safety” entails preventing folks from interfering with ICE operations. This might theoretically reduce violence against protestors, but only because *it helps ICE.*
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i hope when It Happens, whatever It is takes out everyone around him in a blast radius too
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
i hope when It Happens, whatever It is takes out everyone around him in a blast radius too
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MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, a freshman who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon, was one of two students who died after being shot in a Brown University classroom, his sister told the Globe.
MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, Brown freshman who dreamed of becoming a doctor, died in shooting, his sister says - The Boston Globe
“We want to show everyone how amazing of a person he was,” his sister Samira Umurzokova told the Globe.
trib.al
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, a freshman who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon, was one of two students who died after being shot in a Brown University classroom, his sister told the Globe.
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BREAKING: Authorities have identified the gunman in Friday's shooting at Stewartville High School as a 19-year-old former student-wrestler.
Details: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/gunman-in-stewartville-high-school-shooting-idd-as-former-student-wrestler
Details: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/gunman-in-stewartville-high-school-shooting-idd-as-former-student-wrestler
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BREAKING: Authorities have identified the gunman in Friday's shooting at Stewartville High School as a 19-year-old former student-wrestler.
Details: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/gunman-in-stewartville-high-school-shooting-idd-as-former-student-wrestler
Details: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/gunman-in-stewartville-high-school-shooting-idd-as-former-student-wrestler
Haunt the worst case of breakthrough heartburn I’ve had maybe ever. PPI is not able to stop it. And I don’t have sick time to go lay down because if I do, I won’t have sick time for surgery in February.
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Haunt the worst case of breakthrough heartburn I’ve had maybe ever. PPI is not able to stop it. And I don’t have sick time to go lay down because if I do, I won’t have sick time for surgery in February.
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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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
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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.