Erik The Grebo
@erikthegrebo.bsky.social
I live a dual-life. By day I'm a web programmer, making tools or something. By night I'm making fart sounds with synthesizers. They/them.
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If you want to do this in Minnesota specifically for your LGBTQ+ siblings, might I recommend ABetterDFL.org in this trying time?
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you want to do this in Minnesota specifically for your LGBTQ+ siblings, might I recommend ABetterDFL.org in this trying time?
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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no kidding. the progressive bloc held onto power, all winning by 17+ pts. two new conservatives (warren and shaffer) won narrowly and will be by far the most vulnerable incumbents come 2029. BET stayed progressive. parks had a progressive pro-union wave.
And also, if they wanted moderation, why did they put Wonsley and Chavez back in? Why Soren? They had moderate options and in most cases picked someone else at the council level.
this analysis is strange in that it doesnt answer the fundamental question about Minneapolis voters - if Frey's multiple lies and polarizing ways were truly against their values and they were tired of it, why did they not choose Davis? www.startribune.com/jacob-frey-r...
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
no kidding. the progressive bloc held onto power, all winning by 17+ pts. two new conservatives (warren and shaffer) won narrowly and will be by far the most vulnerable incumbents come 2029. BET stayed progressive. parks had a progressive pro-union wave.
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🧵🧵have a lot of thoughts about the Fateh loss, and most of them are that he lost because of racism and xenophobia.
We invited all 3 rank for change campaigns to Micah’s lemonade stand fundraiser for the Supply Depot. Omar and Dewayne came. I was happy to let the campaigns use photo/video 1/
We invited all 3 rank for change campaigns to Micah’s lemonade stand fundraiser for the Supply Depot. Omar and Dewayne came. I was happy to let the campaigns use photo/video 1/
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🧵🧵have a lot of thoughts about the Fateh loss, and most of them are that he lost because of racism and xenophobia.
We invited all 3 rank for change campaigns to Micah’s lemonade stand fundraiser for the Supply Depot. Omar and Dewayne came. I was happy to let the campaigns use photo/video 1/
We invited all 3 rank for change campaigns to Micah’s lemonade stand fundraiser for the Supply Depot. Omar and Dewayne came. I was happy to let the campaigns use photo/video 1/
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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Hey folks! I've got two players in the queue, and need at least one more before we can kick this thing off. Because times are ridiculously tough for everyone right now, I've lowered the price to $5 and made the next session free for the first few iterations of this. Hope you'll consider joining us!
Want to learn to play @deltagreen.bsky.social? I'll be running introductory sessions on @startplaying.bsky.social on Wednesday evenings. Those who join will be guided through character creation and the introductory scenario Last Things Last. startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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Want to learn how to play Delta Green? Join us for a playthrough of "Last Things Last," an introductory scenario featured in Delta Green's "Need to Know" quickstart rulebook. Vince, a Handler with o...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Hey folks! I've got two players in the queue, and need at least one more before we can kick this thing off. Because times are ridiculously tough for everyone right now, I've lowered the price to $5 and made the next session free for the first few iterations of this. Hope you'll consider joining us!
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My gut reaction, looking at this map, is the people who encounter the homelessness epidemic everyday voted to remove Jacob from office.
Those who don’t encounter this problem day to day had other concerns not addressed by the other campaigns.
Those who don’t encounter this problem day to day had other concerns not addressed by the other campaigns.
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My gut reaction, looking at this map, is the people who encounter the homelessness epidemic everyday voted to remove Jacob from office.
Those who don’t encounter this problem day to day had other concerns not addressed by the other campaigns.
Those who don’t encounter this problem day to day had other concerns not addressed by the other campaigns.
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*cough* minneapolis *cough*
I think people ignore how many Mamdani style candidates that have ran across the country and were very popular, but the establishment Democrats organized themselves to crush them. I could be wrong, but I think most progressive initiatives and politicians get blocked by Democrats nationwide.
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
*cough* minneapolis *cough*
At some point tonight the fourth @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social sign disappeared.
Could have been a volunteer picking them up after the Election but it’s more likely that the unhinged person stapling paper plates adorned with faces and altered campaign signs to telephone poles took it.
Could have been a volunteer picking them up after the Election but it’s more likely that the unhinged person stapling paper plates adorned with faces and altered campaign signs to telephone poles took it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
At some point tonight the fourth @jamisonwhiting.bsky.social sign disappeared.
Could have been a volunteer picking them up after the Election but it’s more likely that the unhinged person stapling paper plates adorned with faces and altered campaign signs to telephone poles took it.
Could have been a volunteer picking them up after the Election but it’s more likely that the unhinged person stapling paper plates adorned with faces and altered campaign signs to telephone poles took it.
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Hampton's eliminated ballots sent 6,623 votes to Frey and 5,661 to Fateh.
Davis's eliminated ballots sent 4,727 to Frey and 12,607 to Fateh.
Kinda what I expected from Hampton ballots but yeah. We needed 4,174 of these Hampton/Davis ballots to go to Fateh for a different outcome.
Davis's eliminated ballots sent 4,727 to Frey and 12,607 to Fateh.
Kinda what I expected from Hampton ballots but yeah. We needed 4,174 of these Hampton/Davis ballots to go to Fateh for a different outcome.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Hampton's eliminated ballots sent 6,623 votes to Frey and 5,661 to Fateh.
Davis's eliminated ballots sent 4,727 to Frey and 12,607 to Fateh.
Kinda what I expected from Hampton ballots but yeah. We needed 4,174 of these Hampton/Davis ballots to go to Fateh for a different outcome.
Davis's eliminated ballots sent 4,727 to Frey and 12,607 to Fateh.
Kinda what I expected from Hampton ballots but yeah. We needed 4,174 of these Hampton/Davis ballots to go to Fateh for a different outcome.
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In 2021 Frey got 61,620 first place votes.
Yesterday he got 61,340.
Owning the local media landscape really did work well for him.
Yesterday he got 61,340.
Owning the local media landscape really did work well for him.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In 2021 Frey got 61,620 first place votes.
Yesterday he got 61,340.
Owning the local media landscape really did work well for him.
Yesterday he got 61,340.
Owning the local media landscape really did work well for him.
@gailsimone.bsky.social - I’m just now hearing reports that Cyclops’ “beams” are from the Punch Dimension.
Fakey or a True?
Fakey or a True?
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
@gailsimone.bsky.social - I’m just now hearing reports that Cyclops’ “beams” are from the Punch Dimension.
Fakey or a True?
Fakey or a True?
Apparently a few “moderate Democrats” on Nextdoor are very upset at being Blocked by @taylordahlin.com
Big Wedge Money strikes again.
Big Wedge Money strikes again.
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Apparently a few “moderate Democrats” on Nextdoor are very upset at being Blocked by @taylordahlin.com
Big Wedge Money strikes again.
Big Wedge Money strikes again.
@iamadot.bsky.social and I were the 98th and 99th people to vote at the polling location this morning.
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
@iamadot.bsky.social and I were the 98th and 99th people to vote at the polling location this morning.
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YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE
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Great work to whomever put up these signs around the Franklin / Hiawatha fence labyrinth.
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Great work to whomever put up these signs around the Franklin / Hiawatha fence labyrinth.
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I’m asking everyone to vote for a new Mayor by Tuesday and rank all 3 of Omar Fateh, Dewayne Davis, and Jazz Hampton in whichever order you prefer. I’ve worked at City Hall for the last 4 years and from my personal experiences I believe the City desperately needs a new mayor.
Long thread 🧵
Long thread 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m asking everyone to vote for a new Mayor by Tuesday and rank all 3 of Omar Fateh, Dewayne Davis, and Jazz Hampton in whichever order you prefer. I’ve worked at City Hall for the last 4 years and from my personal experiences I believe the City desperately needs a new mayor.
Long thread 🧵
Long thread 🧵
I’ve come to believe that Nextdoor is largely used by the 20 most vocal people you’d never want to share oxygen with - much less a city block or ward.
What a place.
What a place.
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’ve come to believe that Nextdoor is largely used by the 20 most vocal people you’d never want to share oxygen with - much less a city block or ward.
What a place.
What a place.
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“FUCK AI” is turning into a movement.
After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”
After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”
November 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“FUCK AI” is turning into a movement.
After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”
After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”
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Yasmin Hyder is a max donor to a bunch of Minneapolis candidates, including Jacob Frey, Elizabeth Shaffer and Lydia Millard.
Her 14 McDonald’s are also currently under a consent decree with the state of Minnesota after “sexual abuse of a 14-year-old worker” at one of her restaurants.
Her 14 McDonald’s are also currently under a consent decree with the state of Minnesota after “sexual abuse of a 14-year-old worker” at one of her restaurants.
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Yasmin Hyder is a max donor to a bunch of Minneapolis candidates, including Jacob Frey, Elizabeth Shaffer and Lydia Millard.
Her 14 McDonald’s are also currently under a consent decree with the state of Minnesota after “sexual abuse of a 14-year-old worker” at one of her restaurants.
Her 14 McDonald’s are also currently under a consent decree with the state of Minnesota after “sexual abuse of a 14-year-old worker” at one of her restaurants.
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steve minn has said that he voted for donald trump three times, and his company lupe developmment gave safer hennepin $25k for them to send mailers calling for republicans to vote for jacob frey
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
Here is who is funding Safer Hennepin, who is calling for Republicans to vote for Jacob Frey, and some history on the PAC -
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Safer Hennepin PAC: Calls for Republicans to Vote for Jacob Frey
In addition to chairing the new PAC We Can Do Better Mpls, Lawrence Wright is also the treasurer for Safer Hennepin, a PAC first registered in 2019 under the name "Cannabis for Economic Growth," chair...
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November 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
steve minn has said that he voted for donald trump three times, and his company lupe developmment gave safer hennepin $25k for them to send mailers calling for republicans to vote for jacob frey
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
the media not writing about the conservative DFL / republican alliance this year is a failure!
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Network Executive: No no listen this whole thing you put in where he literally bulldozes the White House?? The symbolism is too over the top! We need some nuance!!
Screenwriter for 2025 The Series: *sweating* So, uh, did you *coughs* *takes a long drink of water* did you read the Halloween episode?
Screenwriter for 2025 The Series: *sweating* So, uh, did you *coughs* *takes a long drink of water* did you read the Halloween episode?
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Network Executive: No no listen this whole thing you put in where he literally bulldozes the White House?? The symbolism is too over the top! We need some nuance!!
Screenwriter for 2025 The Series: *sweating* So, uh, did you *coughs* *takes a long drink of water* did you read the Halloween episode?
Screenwriter for 2025 The Series: *sweating* So, uh, did you *coughs* *takes a long drink of water* did you read the Halloween episode?