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Red Undie Run 2025
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i am dropping my anonymity for a few days to raise money for the aliveness project!
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
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I was let go after AI was introduced to take over my role, it wasn't stated or framed that way, but it is what it became. Now, the team in another country paid pennies on the dollar are costing the company millions in missed SLAs because of the AI tool being borderline useless and prone to failure.
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I was let go after AI was introduced to take over my role, it wasn't stated or framed that way, but it is what it became. Now, the team in another country paid pennies on the dollar are costing the company millions in missed SLAs because of the AI tool being borderline useless and prone to failure.
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Anecdotally outside of Twitter, I've been noticing the "AI is here to stay" contingent getting more quiet with their proclamations. I think it's beginning to dawn on some of them that they built their beds in a burning house.
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Anecdotally outside of Twitter, I've been noticing the "AI is here to stay" contingent getting more quiet with their proclamations. I think it's beginning to dawn on some of them that they built their beds in a burning house.
wow looks like i am wayyyy off consensus for WAKE UP DEAD MAN. y’all have fun loving it 👀 (another hot take: THE GLASS ONION is by far my favorite of the three)
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
wow looks like i am wayyyy off consensus for WAKE UP DEAD MAN. y’all have fun loving it 👀 (another hot take: THE GLASS ONION is by far my favorite of the three)
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“erstwhile wunderkind”
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“erstwhile wunderkind”
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Having been a daily rider for the last 15 yrs it really is a wonder how quickly things have shifted in the last 5 yrs
As a Northeast resident, though, it feels as if the AAA plan has simply pretended we don't exist. Still not a single complete low-stress bikeway in the entire neighborhood
As a Northeast resident, though, it feels as if the AAA plan has simply pretended we don't exist. Still not a single complete low-stress bikeway in the entire neighborhood
Minneapolis has been named one of the world’s most bike-friendly cities! A new report covering 100 cities in 44 countries ranked Minneapolis as the #2 biking city in the U.S., #5 in North America and #44 globally. Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2025/november/2025-bike-friendly-city/
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Having been a daily rider for the last 15 yrs it really is a wonder how quickly things have shifted in the last 5 yrs
As a Northeast resident, though, it feels as if the AAA plan has simply pretended we don't exist. Still not a single complete low-stress bikeway in the entire neighborhood
As a Northeast resident, though, it feels as if the AAA plan has simply pretended we don't exist. Still not a single complete low-stress bikeway in the entire neighborhood
northwestern university is an especially cowardly institution. we always knew, but the last few years have really driven it home.
Northwestern bent the knee, choosing to give in to extortion at the expense of academic freedom.
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
Among the provisions:
-Pay a big bribe
-Give the govt data on students
-Validate BS about "fighting antisemitism"
-Be cruel to trans students
What to do about Vichy universities (now, later, or both)?
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
northwestern university is an especially cowardly institution. we always knew, but the last few years have really driven it home.
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
absolutely pathetic
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
absolutely pathetic
here’s the scuttlebutt from little falls. rep. kresha, whom i did tae kwon do with + whom i have despised for over a decade since he started peddling anti-trans bathroom bill shit, has been under fire for a few years from the antivaxxer far-right. he won his 2024 primary by 35 votes and is retiring.
Embattled GOP state lawmaker announces he will not seek reelection in 2026 | AlphaNews.org
State Rep. Ron Kresha, a seven-term member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2026.
alphanews.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
here’s the scuttlebutt from little falls. rep. kresha, whom i did tae kwon do with + whom i have despised for over a decade since he started peddling anti-trans bathroom bill shit, has been under fire for a few years from the antivaxxer far-right. he won his 2024 primary by 35 votes and is retiring.
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have you seen how many streets are in minneapolis?? what, you want the city to own plows?? and hire (and train??) people to drive them around five times a year?? that is going to cost millions and millions of dollars to maintain!! totally ridiculous!! cars can just stay put until the snow melts
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
have you seen how many streets are in minneapolis?? what, you want the city to own plows?? and hire (and train??) people to drive them around five times a year?? that is going to cost millions and millions of dollars to maintain!! totally ridiculous!! cars can just stay put until the snow melts
wow now do cars
Colorado pumps brakes on e-bikes as teens go full throttle with little federal oversight
Colorado pumps brakes on e-bikes as teens go full throttle with little federal oversight
With popularity exploding as a quick way for kids to get around, serious injuries on e-bikes is emerging as a major public safety problem.
coloradosun.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
wow now do cars
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i am dropping my anonymity for a few days to raise money for the aliveness project!
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
Red Undie Run 2025
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November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i am dropping my anonymity for a few days to raise money for the aliveness project!
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
even if you just want to reward me for my minneapolis election-knowing, here’s your chance!!
i am dropping my anonymity for a few days to raise money for the aliveness project!
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
Red Undie Run 2025
{{MetaTags.description}}
give.aliveness.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
even if you just want to reward me for my minneapolis election-knowing, here’s your chance!!
i am dropping my anonymity for a few days to raise money for the aliveness project!
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
Red Undie Run 2025
{{MetaTags.description}}
give.aliveness.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i am dropping my anonymity for a few days to raise money for the aliveness project!
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
i’m doing the red undie run and will be nearly-nude in the cold next week running a mile so please send some donations my way!
thank you to @dbrauer.net for getting me to my $200 goal! (that was my #mplswins prize)
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This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
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It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
was i right
vanity fair gutted little gold men two separate times and fired katey rich and richard lawson and david canfield so they could hire the least ethical journalist alive to be an editor
pretty bad decisions!!!! that will quite obviously end up very badly!!!!
pretty bad decisions!!!! that will quite obviously end up very badly!!!!
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
was i right
how about after an election? any follow-up on the weinhagen/frey connections?
It isn’t my story but I would say that if we’re going to imply that the mayor is in some way connected to this person’s very serious alleged crimes two weeks before an election we should probably have evidence to support that imo
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
how about after an election? any follow-up on the weinhagen/frey connections?
we need a spokesman who functions ONLY as an empty suit 😎😎😎😎 this is the key to winning 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Pete would be excellent in the role. In order to keep things fair, he would need certain perameters:
1) can’t comment on any Dem primary or runoff between Dems
2) won’t weigh into intra-party policy disputes
3) won’t use the platform to uplift any donor or specific special interest
We need
1) can’t comment on any Dem primary or runoff between Dems
2) won’t weigh into intra-party policy disputes
3) won’t use the platform to uplift any donor or specific special interest
We need
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
we need a spokesman who functions ONLY as an empty suit 😎😎😎😎 this is the key to winning 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
my dad has four grandkids in the house and he is currently wrestling with the carbon monoxide detector. it is 4am. a good omen for the day???
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
my dad has four grandkids in the house and he is currently wrestling with the carbon monoxide detector. it is 4am. a good omen for the day???
does steven not realize that if he or kristina doesn’t win immunity they’re gonna go 3-3-2 and the idol won’t help? lol/yikes #survivor49
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
does steven not realize that if he or kristina doesn’t win immunity they’re gonna go 3-3-2 and the idol won’t help? lol/yikes #survivor49
someone from woodbury was incensed on here a while back, saying that there was no DFL bench in SD47 and that republicans were going to win the seat after nicole mitchell’s resignation
amanda hemmingsen-jaeger won by 20+ pts and her house seat isn’t even being contested by republicans
pretty wrong!
amanda hemmingsen-jaeger won by 20+ pts and her house seat isn’t even being contested by republicans
pretty wrong!
The filing period for MN HD 47A and 64A special elections closed 5pm on 11/25 and the withdrawal period 5pm on 11/26. From what's been posted, it's impossible to say whether anyone withdrew, but even without that it seems that the MNGOP decided not to contest 47A. www.sos.mn.gov/election-adm...
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
someone from woodbury was incensed on here a while back, saying that there was no DFL bench in SD47 and that republicans were going to win the seat after nicole mitchell’s resignation
amanda hemmingsen-jaeger won by 20+ pts and her house seat isn’t even being contested by republicans
pretty wrong!
amanda hemmingsen-jaeger won by 20+ pts and her house seat isn’t even being contested by republicans
pretty wrong!
i am putting a LOT of faith in the #survivor49 episode being good tonight. given the preview showing some shocked jurors, i hope we’re getting an idol steal (sophi from christina) or a pivotal extra vote in a 5-4
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
i am putting a LOT of faith in the #survivor49 episode being good tonight. given the preview showing some shocked jurors, i hope we’re getting an idol steal (sophi from christina) or a pivotal extra vote in a 5-4
if i tweeted incessantly like a resistlib account for 24 hours would you block me
WE ARE THE PIGGIES WHO WILL NOT STOP OINKING!!!!
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
if i tweeted incessantly like a resistlib account for 24 hours would you block me