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Daniel Allen
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Comm. college admin. Pol Sci prof. Husband/Dad. Army vet. Interested in education, nat. sec., and the economy. Opinions mine. Living in Michigan.
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phillewis.bsky.social
Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
My father and mother, Mark Hortman and Melissa Hortman, and their dog Gilbert, were killed by a man who believed conspiracy theories and fake news. Words matter. Sharing fake news is dangerous. One part of my grief journey has been understanding the last conversation with my mother. She loved her job. People respected her job and what she did at her job. When I called her after the legislative session ended, I asked why she voted for the bill mentioned in the video shared by President Trump, and she wept. That bill and her vote had nothing to do with fraud. She voted for that bill because it was the only way to avoid a government shutdown. She had seen the impact of shutdowns: people lose their health care, their jobs, and in some cases, from a story she told me, have taken their own lives. She was in a very tough position on that vote. She had never really voted against her conscience like that. It was emotional and extremely difficult. Her struggle with that vote makes this conspiracy all the more painful for me. I am asking President Trump to remove the video that he shared and apologize to me and my family for posting this misinformation and for using my mother's own words to dishonor her memory. My sister Sophia Hortman (Sophie) asked me to share this on her behalf, she is off social media: "The video shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social is a painful, false twisting of my mother's final vote. The vote she made was incredibly difficult for my mother; it was not a vote made lightly or with malice in her heart. She made the decision to prevent a government shutdown because she believed our great state protects and helps Minnesotans. We must create a society in which we do not harbor hatred and violence toward our political opponents, and this video promotes a false narrative which fuels the flames of political division. The video being shared by the president is another hurdle our family must overcome in grieving the loss of my parents, Mark and Melissa, and their beloved Gilbert. I ask President Trump to please consider the pain and sadness we have faced, and to honor the spirit of the holidays we have just spent without our parents by taking down the post on Truth Social." Please share our message and help us ask the President to take this down.
January 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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vtben.bsky.social
Hoosiers are 1-0 under Mayor Mamdani
January 2, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Go Army! Beat Navy!
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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ramzy.bsky.social
Fine. Okay. I'll coach Penn State.
December 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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colindickey.com
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
vulture.com Vulture @vulture.com · Nov 26
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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cmonmaque.bsky.social
God has let Bolsonaro slip the icy cold grip of death time and time again just so this moment can happen
miamidsa.org Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · Nov 26
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We’re allowed to have one.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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themorrancave.bsky.social
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?

This.

This is what you get.
X Post by Michael Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State: "We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry."
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Every time I’m about to just give up hope, someone gives me a new reason to believe. The children once again lead the way.
beckyhammer.bsky.social Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · Oct 30
My 8yo told me she had a dream that she went "taco treating," which is where you go door to door and people give you tacos
October 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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fsu-engineer.bsky.social
Best Gameday sign I’ve seen so far today:

“Vandy beat my mom’s cancer”
October 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
As an alum, this nonsense is the most Vandy thing ever.
October 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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stateofthecity.bsky.social
So celestial an article...
Thomas Paine's "American Crisis" note on the 'summer soldier and the sunshine patriot'
October 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I do…what I feel like.
edmlawyersteve.bsky.social Steve Smith @edmlawyersteve.bsky.social · Oct 1
This is a trick question for an elder millennial: the entire teleplay of every Simpsons episode from seasons 3 through 8 lives rent-free in all of our heads.
rockshrimp.bsky.social Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · Oct 1
what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.
October 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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mariabustillos.com
For the zillionth time, they called this thing PALANTIR and just like it says on the tin it is an evil thing created by an evil being and has driven its possessors insane
May 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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volts.wtf
The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
March 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My students in Texas warned me of the power of Buc-ee’s. That’s why I picked CSU in my bracket.
sickoscommittee.org Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · Mar 21
Probably should have expected Colorado State to win. They went to Buc-ee’s Last week.
Niko Medved @coachNikoMedved • 5d A MWC Championship means we need a Championship level SNACKTIME!! #TeamTogether BUC-EE'S
March 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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sickoscommittee.org
Pac-12 Football is BACK
nauerbach.com Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.com · Mar 20
Gonzaga 27, Georgia 3.

That is a real score.
March 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Paywall, but you can get the gist.
March 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Interesting local story after a recent Vance visit to the area.
March 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Finally deactivated my account on the former bird site. I missed the ability to get news quickly there. It has been unusable for a while. Crazy to think I had the account for so many years! Still not totally sold on here, but the bar is pretty low.
February 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Was my favorite player for a long time. As a kid, it was Alan Trammell. As an adult, definitely Ichiro.
January 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The giant Pop Tart holding the sign exhorting me to follow my dreams as it was lowered into the giant toaster was the best thing I’ve seen in a long while on TV.
December 29, 2024 at 12:34 AM
GO ARMY! BEAT NAVY!
December 14, 2024 at 5:03 PM