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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 2h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1h

Dropout Drive. Honestly not a terrible idea to name a decrepit, poorly lit alley on every campus something like that.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 6h

But the narrower, small-ball demands (healthcare $, not commitment to procedural fidelity to the law & Constitution) may in fact have expanded at least the potential scope of their eventual win. If they get the health $, which seems likely, that means nothing without anti-rescission commitments.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 6h

My worry was in the other direction. “Republican disarray” was their normal state as far as actually doing legislative work goes, so it didn’t take much to foresee that continuing. I’ve worried that Dems have so narrowed their asks that they risk minimizing their eventual win. But!

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 10h

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 7h

“I’m land rich but cash poor,” wealthy farmers like to say. My brother, that’s how capital works. That’s what wealth is. Elon f’ing Musk doesn’t have a vault of dollar bills, he has assets against which he can borrow to create cash when needed.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 7h

Like, the point can’t be to have no farmers. But if the point is to have few farmers, and for those few, consolidated farmers to be rich, mission accomplished.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 7h

In WWII, we had 7 million farms. Today we have fewer than 2 million. The average farm is now >460 acres. Farmers have been voting themselves off the land & into bankruptcy for 50 years now, and the few remaining farmers are mostly wealthy. I feel like we’re pretty much at the end stage of the thing.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 7h

It’s harvest time in my corner of rural Wisconsin and the Department of Agriculture has effectively ceased to exist here.

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 7h

A reminder that the #shutdown affects workers all across the country — not just in Washington, D.C.

Behind every furlough are families missing paychecks, communities losing vital services, and everyday Americans feeling the ripple effects.

More from Boise State political scientist Charlie Hunt

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 7h

I’m middle aged and childless, and I favor spending that supports families and children. Such programs almost always makes society a better place for me to live in.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks to the Supreme Court, it cannot be a crime for the government to fail to protect anyone from harm. DeShaney v. Winnebago County (1989) settled it - even if the mayor or governor actually failed to protect ICE personnel, that’s not a crime.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 23h

I don’t think the people shooting priests think they’re the good guys

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight’s rooting interest. Also Go Jays!

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

They do in fact eat us if given the chance. About once a decade, an American is killed and eaten by pigs. The numbers are low, but they’re not zero!

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Terrific article. Thanks for sharing it! “Proof” is also the name of a terrific 1991 Australian drama about a blind photographer, starring Hugo Weaving, Geneviéve Picot & Russell Crowe.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Current mood.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

However long it takes a baseball manager to ask someone to review the replay of a play, that many seconds minus 2 should be the number of seconds a manager has to appeal a play. Also MLB should have remote officials constantly reviewing calls.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Memorial patches: Brewers, A-plus, one of the best of all time. Cubs, C-minus, why even bother.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

I mean they got the number of wings right? But literally nothing else about the aircraft or the clothing of the supposed Wright brothers. Two 1930s working dudes flying a 1920s airplane.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

“Check swing” actually just means shitty swing like 90% of the time. If a check swing isn’t the rare masterpiece of a restrained swing decision, I want to see it called a strike. Punish batters who think that bullshit is worth attempting.

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R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

The Brewers really need an M logo on their home caps. The ball-in-glove is better road cap logo, and anyway works better on yellow than on blue. The late Motre Bame-era M in current team colors would be perfect. For example …

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 1d

Prediction: US bounced out of the tournament in the group stage so decisively that FIFA ends automatic qualification for the host.

R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.social · 2d

*Correction: 3-D chess.

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