Kurtis (he/him/his)
@kurtisgsp.bsky.social
Cat-lover, singer, lawyer, gamer. In recovery, mentally ill, getting stronger, helping people. https://mentalmeow.wixsite.com/mental-meow
My boss literally suggested I get a chilled face roller for the massive bags under my eyes.
Symptom /= Cause
Symptom /= Cause
December 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My boss literally suggested I get a chilled face roller for the massive bags under my eyes.
Symptom /= Cause
Symptom /= Cause
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Health insurance premiums for Anoka-Hennepin educators rose 22% this spring. In other districts, it's even worse. This is unsustainable.
Tell legislators to create a statewide insurance pool for school staff: edmn.me/3R1sf1d #mnleg #edmnvotes
Tell legislators to create a statewide insurance pool for school staff: edmn.me/3R1sf1d #mnleg #edmnvotes
December 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Health insurance premiums for Anoka-Hennepin educators rose 22% this spring. In other districts, it's even worse. This is unsustainable.
Tell legislators to create a statewide insurance pool for school staff: edmn.me/3R1sf1d #mnleg #edmnvotes
Tell legislators to create a statewide insurance pool for school staff: edmn.me/3R1sf1d #mnleg #edmnvotes
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
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Have you submitted Abolish ICE yet?
Sound the alarms: it’s snowplow-naming season!
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
Have a pun that sparkles? A masterpiece? A name that’ll make Minnesota proud? Submit your ideas online by Dec. 19 at noon: mndot.gov/nameasnowplow
December 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Have you submitted Abolish ICE yet?
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Everyone submit "Abolish ICE".
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Everyone submit "Abolish ICE".
Options for January 20th and 29th, too. See thread.
Happy Friday, friends!
I'm going to be hosting CAUCUS TRAININGS in January! Over Zoom! If you're in Minnesota and interested in participating in DFL caucuses, here's your chance.
JANUARY 12TH AT 6PM: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I'm going to be hosting CAUCUS TRAININGS in January! Over Zoom! If you're in Minnesota and interested in participating in DFL caucuses, here's your chance.
JANUARY 12TH AT 6PM: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Caucus Training for A Better DFL. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
This training will go over the caucus process, the resolutions process, and how you can participate.
us06web.zoom.us
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Options for January 20th and 29th, too. See thread.
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Happy Friday, friends!
I'm going to be hosting CAUCUS TRAININGS in January! Over Zoom! If you're in Minnesota and interested in participating in DFL caucuses, here's your chance.
JANUARY 12TH AT 6PM: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I'm going to be hosting CAUCUS TRAININGS in January! Over Zoom! If you're in Minnesota and interested in participating in DFL caucuses, here's your chance.
JANUARY 12TH AT 6PM: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Caucus Training for A Better DFL. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
This training will go over the caucus process, the resolutions process, and how you can participate.
us06web.zoom.us
December 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Happy Friday, friends!
I'm going to be hosting CAUCUS TRAININGS in January! Over Zoom! If you're in Minnesota and interested in participating in DFL caucuses, here's your chance.
JANUARY 12TH AT 6PM: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I'm going to be hosting CAUCUS TRAININGS in January! Over Zoom! If you're in Minnesota and interested in participating in DFL caucuses, here's your chance.
JANUARY 12TH AT 6PM: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Went to the office today for a meeting to discuss our team's (soon to be a dozen people) values. We each wrote a few on our own with the idea of listing them all and synthesizing into our values. We generated the list and started point out themes.
My boss put the list into some AI bot. #notmyvalues
My boss put the list into some AI bot. #notmyvalues
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Went to the office today for a meeting to discuss our team's (soon to be a dozen people) values. We each wrote a few on our own with the idea of listing them all and synthesizing into our values. We generated the list and started point out themes.
My boss put the list into some AI bot. #notmyvalues
My boss put the list into some AI bot. #notmyvalues
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It's Trans Day of Remembrance. Today we remember those who were taken from us far too soon because of transphobia in the world.
For many of us, we are misgendered even in death, and disallowed from being who we actually are even when we are no longer here. This is why we remember our dead.
For many of us, we are misgendered even in death, and disallowed from being who we actually are even when we are no longer here. This is why we remember our dead.
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's Trans Day of Remembrance. Today we remember those who were taken from us far too soon because of transphobia in the world.
For many of us, we are misgendered even in death, and disallowed from being who we actually are even when we are no longer here. This is why we remember our dead.
For many of us, we are misgendered even in death, and disallowed from being who we actually are even when we are no longer here. This is why we remember our dead.
"Anybody who has a voice or a soapbox in this country needs to draw a line in the sand and say that it is not acceptable for the President of the United States to call on the murder of his political opposition."
My single voice is only one, and my soapbox is small, but we all must say this.
My single voice is only one, and my soapbox is small, but we all must say this.
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Anybody who has a voice or a soapbox in this country needs to draw a line in the sand and say that it is not acceptable for the President of the United States to call on the murder of his political opposition."
My single voice is only one, and my soapbox is small, but we all must say this.
My single voice is only one, and my soapbox is small, but we all must say this.
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This Transgender Awareness Week, we celebrate the resilience, courage, and beauty of the trans community. Your lives matter, your stories matter, and your right to thrive and exist authentically is non-negotiable.
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This Transgender Awareness Week, we celebrate the resilience, courage, and beauty of the trans community. Your lives matter, your stories matter, and your right to thrive and exist authentically is non-negotiable.
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
We stand with you today and every day🏳️⚧️
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fuck. A trans high school freshman in Iowa died by suicide a day after a substitute teacher in his school insisted on misgendering him. He was relentlessly bullied about his gender.
'You are enough.' Transgender Iowa student's family speaks out about bullying after suicide
Urbandale High School freshman Miles Phipps death by suicide has pushed his family to speak out about the lasting harm caused by bullying.
www.desmoinesregister.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
fuck. A trans high school freshman in Iowa died by suicide a day after a substitute teacher in his school insisted on misgendering him. He was relentlessly bullied about his gender.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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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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Reminder that in Minnesota, you have the right to vote on the same day you register. We are not a voter ID state. You can vote if you've lived in Minnesota for 20 days and are old enough: www.sos.mn.gov/elections-vo...
Your neighbor/friend can also vouch for you.
Your neighbor/friend can also vouch for you.
Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State
Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State
www.sos.mn.gov
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Reminder that in Minnesota, you have the right to vote on the same day you register. We are not a voter ID state. You can vote if you've lived in Minnesota for 20 days and are old enough: www.sos.mn.gov/elections-vo...
Your neighbor/friend can also vouch for you.
Your neighbor/friend can also vouch for you.
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The America I dream of is one in which all of today's fascists are successfully ostracized out of society, have no jobs, have no prospects, and in order to stay alive they are forced to rely on the universal and well-run public safety net programs that make America great.
November 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The America I dream of is one in which all of today's fascists are successfully ostracized out of society, have no jobs, have no prospects, and in order to stay alive they are forced to rely on the universal and well-run public safety net programs that make America great.
Pepper & Twix's 13th Adoptiversity. Seven homes, five jobs, multiple surgeries for all three of us, and a host of life changes.
But just like it's always been, the boys sit on my lap while I play video games.
But just like it's always been, the boys sit on my lap while I play video games.
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Pepper & Twix's 13th Adoptiversity. Seven homes, five jobs, multiple surgeries for all three of us, and a host of life changes.
But just like it's always been, the boys sit on my lap while I play video games.
But just like it's always been, the boys sit on my lap while I play video games.
40 million people eating and not paying for it *is* absolute insanity...
Because no human being anywhere should starve for lack of ability to pay. Living is a human right.
Because no human being anywhere should starve for lack of ability to pay. Living is a human right.
one of the most deeply infuriating aspects of american politics is close to half of americans would love if 20% of the country starved to death
October 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
40 million people eating and not paying for it *is* absolute insanity...
Because no human being anywhere should starve for lack of ability to pay. Living is a human right.
Because no human being anywhere should starve for lack of ability to pay. Living is a human right.
@goeksnet.bsky.social What timing!
What To Know About Data Centers https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-data-centers/
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
@goeksnet.bsky.social What timing!
"Organizing is a war for neural pathways[...] all you are doing is strengthening bunches of neurons[...] Non-ideological voters [...] believe all kinds of crazy conflicting shit. It's just how it works. The goal of politics is to strengthen beliefs that resonate and align with yours." 🧵worth a read.
Going to take a swing, again, at what I think is the one biggest thing the establishment DC Searchlight Abundance mod blogger Argument blob (aka everyone with money and audience, sigh) is getting wrong:
Their model of how voters' brains work is not how voters brains actually work. 🧵
Their model of how voters' brains work is not how voters brains actually work. 🧵
The "partisans" (so many questions) are not wrong, moving to the center is not the Way to Win, and hello @nytimes.com Ed Board. Apparently we are at the phase of responding to an argument without responding to the actual argument. Our first time being subeditorialized! Fun.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Organizing is a war for neural pathways[...] all you are doing is strengthening bunches of neurons[...] Non-ideological voters [...] believe all kinds of crazy conflicting shit. It's just how it works. The goal of politics is to strengthen beliefs that resonate and align with yours." 🧵worth a read.
It's been a little bit, but today seems a good day for this:
I am a musician whose voice joins others to inspire hope.
I'm grateful for spending my birthday with extremely talented musicians doing the same.
I can make the world better by singing the message that every voice matters.
I am a musician whose voice joins others to inspire hope.
I'm grateful for spending my birthday with extremely talented musicians doing the same.
I can make the world better by singing the message that every voice matters.
Sing Democracy 250 | Commemorating the 250th anniversary of Declaration of Independence
Inviting high school, college, and community choirs in every state to inspire through music a deeper sense of responsibility and unity among all citizens of this nation. As we commemorate the 250th an...
www.singdemocracy250.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It's been a little bit, but today seems a good day for this:
I am a musician whose voice joins others to inspire hope.
I'm grateful for spending my birthday with extremely talented musicians doing the same.
I can make the world better by singing the message that every voice matters.
I am a musician whose voice joins others to inspire hope.
I'm grateful for spending my birthday with extremely talented musicians doing the same.
I can make the world better by singing the message that every voice matters.
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Whoa! SNAP! How is Trump gonna recover from this?!?! The gloves are OFF.
September 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Whoa! SNAP! How is Trump gonna recover from this?!?! The gloves are OFF.