Shane Hotakainen
@coldbringer.bsky.social
Nerdy lefty elder punk and vegan from Minneapolis. I’m also a tabletop gamer especially RPGs. Currently GMing Dragonbane and soon Daggerheart. Playing Perils and Princesses
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The only way Russia can win in Ukraine is if they destroy the will of the population to live or defend. This is why it deploys millions of bots and thousands of propagandists across every nation and language. They lie to create despair, disillusionment, and turn populations against Ukraine.
December 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The only way Russia can win in Ukraine is if they destroy the will of the population to live or defend. This is why it deploys millions of bots and thousands of propagandists across every nation and language. They lie to create despair, disillusionment, and turn populations against Ukraine.
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NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
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Recreating this legendary Peanuts scene. Yeah hoe!
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Recreating this legendary Peanuts scene. Yeah hoe!
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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Judge Wolf says that “what we have now under President Trump is utterly inconsistent with equal justice under law.”
Judge Mark Wolf on why he resigned:
What we have now under President Trump is utterly inconsistent with equal justice under law. I watched, virtually day after day, his direction to the DOJ to prosecute his perceived political enemies and to insulate his friends, his family….
What we have now under President Trump is utterly inconsistent with equal justice under law. I watched, virtually day after day, his direction to the DOJ to prosecute his perceived political enemies and to insulate his friends, his family….
December 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Judge Wolf says that “what we have now under President Trump is utterly inconsistent with equal justice under law.”
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Breaking news: The Trump administration plans to shift the federal government away from directly recommending most vaccines for children and suggest parents consult with doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Breaking news: The Trump administration plans to shift the federal government away from directly recommending most vaccines for children and suggest parents consult with doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
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Breaking news: Denmark has officially labeled the United States a national security risk.
Let that sink in. A longtime NATO ally — one of our closest partners — now sees America as a source of instability.
This is where we are. I don’t even recognize this country anymore.
Let that sink in. A longtime NATO ally — one of our closest partners — now sees America as a source of instability.
This is where we are. I don’t even recognize this country anymore.
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Breaking news: Denmark has officially labeled the United States a national security risk.
Let that sink in. A longtime NATO ally — one of our closest partners — now sees America as a source of instability.
This is where we are. I don’t even recognize this country anymore.
Let that sink in. A longtime NATO ally — one of our closest partners — now sees America as a source of instability.
This is where we are. I don’t even recognize this country anymore.
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The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The US is down at least $30 billion in tourism for 2025. International boycotts and a loss in appeal to visit due to Donald Trump has resulted in millions of trips canceled.
@inbedwiththeright.bsky.social ok I listened to the new episode. I had no idea how bonkers The Farm was I feel bad for buying their cookbook in the 90s.
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@inbedwiththeright.bsky.social ok I listened to the new episode. I had no idea how bonkers The Farm was I feel bad for buying their cookbook in the 90s.
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Is this how the Department of “War” works now?
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Is this how the Department of “War” works now?
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Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
My audiobook reread of #LordOfTheRings with #TheReturnOfTheKing I can’t explain how much more I’m getting out of this read compared to reading the book on paper. Yay #dyslexia - the poetry and beauty of the language truck comes through.
#LotR #Tolkien #audiobooks
#LotR #Tolkien #audiobooks
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My audiobook reread of #LordOfTheRings with #TheReturnOfTheKing I can’t explain how much more I’m getting out of this read compared to reading the book on paper. Yay #dyslexia - the poetry and beauty of the language truck comes through.
#LotR #Tolkien #audiobooks
#LotR #Tolkien #audiobooks
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It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's amazing how so many billionaires - who have WAY more money than they could possibly need in 500 lifetimes - REALLY want to avoid paying small slivers of tax money to benefit a common good like social safety services for less fortunate countrymen within the society that made them billionaires.
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So proud of New Yorkers who trapped hundreds of ICE goons in a federal garage and stopped a big roundup of Canal Street vendors.
(For those who don’t know, Canal Street in Chinatown is known for mainly African vendors of knock off swank goods. It’s where ladies from Long Island buy their “Prãda.”)
(For those who don’t know, Canal Street in Chinatown is known for mainly African vendors of knock off swank goods. It’s where ladies from Long Island buy their “Prãda.”)
Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So proud of New Yorkers who trapped hundreds of ICE goons in a federal garage and stopped a big roundup of Canal Street vendors.
(For those who don’t know, Canal Street in Chinatown is known for mainly African vendors of knock off swank goods. It’s where ladies from Long Island buy their “Prãda.”)
(For those who don’t know, Canal Street in Chinatown is known for mainly African vendors of knock off swank goods. It’s where ladies from Long Island buy their “Prãda.”)
Why does late November always make me want to reread the Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit? I suspect Rankin and Bass in my childhood and Peter Jackson in the 00s have a lot to do with it!
#JRRTolkien #LotR #books
#JRRTolkien #LotR #books
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Why does late November always make me want to reread the Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit? I suspect Rankin and Bass in my childhood and Peter Jackson in the 00s have a lot to do with it!
#JRRTolkien #LotR #books
#JRRTolkien #LotR #books
Ok doing another #LotR reread. I will die on the hill that Tom Bombadil should have been left out of Fellowship. Jackson had the right idea!
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Ok doing another #LotR reread. I will die on the hill that Tom Bombadil should have been left out of Fellowship. Jackson had the right idea!
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I.C.E. is a government-run domestic terror organization.
Here they are, kidnapping a father while his children plead for his life.
Here they are, kidnapping a father while his children plead for his life.
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I.C.E. is a government-run domestic terror organization.
Here they are, kidnapping a father while his children plead for his life.
Here they are, kidnapping a father while his children plead for his life.
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Megyn Kelly is not just problematic in her defense of Trump and Epstein…she is emblematic of the decline in humanity infesting the Republican Party. The double standard for the definition of a child. The excuses…the rot at the center of the GOP.
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Excusing Abuse as Political Strategy
Megyn Kelly and the rot within the GOP
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Megyn Kelly is not just problematic in her defense of Trump and Epstein…she is emblematic of the decline in humanity infesting the Republican Party. The double standard for the definition of a child. The excuses…the rot at the center of the GOP.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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It begins. Clearly incriminating evidence against president of the United States.
Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011:
"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."
Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011:
"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It begins. Clearly incriminating evidence against president of the United States.
Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011:
"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."
Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011:
"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."
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See more Northern lights here: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
In vivid red and green, stunning aurora display sweeps across Minnesota skies
Northern lights lovers didn’t have to go far to see them ripple across the sky Tuesday evening. A show that included vivid red auroras visible to the eye, not just the camera — a relatively rare sight...
www.mprnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
See more Northern lights here: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Someone really needs to run with this analogy…
Trump is like a toddler: time he spends asleep is to be prized, not resented. Every minute he sleeps is a minute he is not tantruming or breaking things or smearing his own shit on things.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Someone really needs to run with this analogy…