Dave Sweeney
@woofda.bsky.social
Community planner. Musician. Minnesodad.
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
They think it’s Call of Duty. They think it’s fucking fun. They taunt the protestors. “Boo hoo” snowflakes, we killed one of yours. These men are despicable.
January 24, 2026 at 5:26 PM
They think it’s Call of Duty. They think it’s fucking fun. They taunt the protestors. “Boo hoo” snowflakes, we killed one of yours. These men are despicable.
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After the shooting, bystanders gathered, screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them “cowards,” telling them to go home. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, “Boo hoo.”
HS' McLaughlin told AP that person had a firearm with 2 magazines & that the situation was “evolving.”
HS' McLaughlin told AP that person had a firearm with 2 magazines & that the situation was “evolving.”
Federal officers shot another person in Minneapolis amid immigration crackdown, governor says
Minnesota's governor says federal officers have shot another person in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Democratic Gov.
apnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
After the shooting, bystanders gathered, screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them “cowards,” telling them to go home. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, “Boo hoo.”
HS' McLaughlin told AP that person had a firearm with 2 magazines & that the situation was “evolving.”
HS' McLaughlin told AP that person had a firearm with 2 magazines & that the situation was “evolving.”
Minneapolis is a war zone. FUCK ICE
January 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Minneapolis is a war zone. FUCK ICE
Caleb Williams with the play of the year, again.
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Caleb Williams with the play of the year, again.
If You Think This Instrument Is Hard to Play, Try Building One www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/a...
Fantastic piece! And what a cool craft! (This from a guy who thinks woodwinds are lame.)
Fantastic piece! And what a cool craft! (This from a guy who thinks woodwinds are lame.)
If You Think This Instrument Is Hard to Play, Try Building One
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:52 AM
If You Think This Instrument Is Hard to Play, Try Building One www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/a...
Fantastic piece! And what a cool craft! (This from a guy who thinks woodwinds are lame.)
Fantastic piece! And what a cool craft! (This from a guy who thinks woodwinds are lame.)
LOL he has such tiny hands.
January 14, 2026 at 5:06 AM
LOL he has such tiny hands.
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
If it wasn’t obvious before, it’s clear now. This administration is evil. These people are rotten to the core. They have lost their souls. It makes me sick.
January 8, 2026 at 2:12 AM
If it wasn’t obvious before, it’s clear now. This administration is evil. These people are rotten to the core. They have lost their souls. It makes me sick.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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My wallpaper is mocking me. Sigh…
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My wallpaper is mocking me. Sigh…
One of the most frustrating things about parenting a 3YO is she demands help doing things she’s perfectly capable of doing herself and adamantly refuses help for things that are beyond her ability.
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
One of the most frustrating things about parenting a 3YO is she demands help doing things she’s perfectly capable of doing herself and adamantly refuses help for things that are beyond her ability.
Happy solstice, pagans! On the one hand, winter is merely beginning (supposedly). On the other, it’s all downhill from here. Up north, I’ll be enjoying my 8 hours and 32 minutes of sunshine.
December 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Happy solstice, pagans! On the one hand, winter is merely beginning (supposedly). On the other, it’s all downhill from here. Up north, I’ll be enjoying my 8 hours and 32 minutes of sunshine.
“Gun violence has no place in this country” except that it pretty clearly does.
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“Gun violence has no place in this country” except that it pretty clearly does.
Just lowered my Thursday PB by almost a minute.
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Just lowered my Thursday PB by almost a minute.
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The last time Indiana won an outright Big Ten title, 1945, the leading rusher was George Taliaferro.
The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.
The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The last time Indiana won an outright Big Ten title, 1945, the leading rusher was George Taliaferro.
The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.
The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.
I am that fat dad on the treadmill running to collective soul.
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I am that fat dad on the treadmill running to collective soul.
Drake Maye’s deep ball doesn’t miss.
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Drake Maye’s deep ball doesn’t miss.
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It is looking more and more like AI is going to level off and become a paywall-ridden dump as corps scramble to turn a profit
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
A new study argues that the algorithms driving tools like ChatGPT impose a hard limit on originality. By prioritizing probable answers, these models are structurally confined to producing amateur-leve...
www.psypost.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It is looking more and more like AI is going to level off and become a paywall-ridden dump as corps scramble to turn a profit
The best RB in the NFL? Whoever is playing the Bills.
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The best RB in the NFL? Whoever is playing the Bills.
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A cleaning woman showed up at the wrong house with her husband. Someone inside shot through the door, striking 32-year-old María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez in the head, killing her.
The Indianapolis suburb is called Whitestown.
The Indianapolis suburb is called Whitestown.
Cleaning Woman Killed Through Door After Arriving at Wrong Home, Police Say
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A cleaning woman showed up at the wrong house with her husband. Someone inside shot through the door, striking 32-year-old María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez in the head, killing her.
The Indianapolis suburb is called Whitestown.
The Indianapolis suburb is called Whitestown.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
My 13YO carved a “6-7” pumpkin. Legitimately terrifying.
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
My 13YO carved a “6-7” pumpkin. Legitimately terrifying.