Fellow Connections players: WTF was that purple category today??

My semi annual PSA: Make sure any ceiling fans are turning clockwise to help keep your house warm! Most fans have a switch.

Trying to get this straight. Republicans in Minnesota won’t condemn an obviously fascist thing, i.e. calling an entire ethnic group “garbage,” because they were accused of being fascists in the past?

Mandy Patinkin reposted a video I edited for work which I will be telling people for the rest of my life probably.

I visited the Capitol Christmas tree today It’s been almost 6 months since Melissa Hortman was taken from us so brutally. In grief there’s a certain kind of absurdity to how life and work and politics just keep going despite everything that has happened.

Don’t lie, Lisa. I’ve got receipts.

I'm excited to be hiring a Social Media Strategist for the Senate DFL! We're seeking candidates who are experienced in managing professional accounts across platforms, and is skilled in developing creative video content. Apply below, and reach out with questions! mnsenate.exacthire.com/job/189361

Paid Leave in MN starts Jan 1! If you welcomed a baby in 2025 you can apply to take bonding leave in 2026! Check out www.paidleave.mn.gov This huge win is thanks to DFLers and only DFLers. No Republicans voted for it and they spent the last two years trying to destroy it before it even started. 🫶🏼

We have compiled immigration related resources to help Minnesotans navigate their rights and next steps. Only federal elected officials have the ability to intervene on behalf of detainees. Find federal congresspeople below. senatedfl.mn/immigration-...

The Trump administration targeting Somali Minnesotans is not about finding criminals, it is an effort to sow chaos, scare people, and demonize immigrants and Muslims. We stand with our Somali communities.

I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape

If you guys are not watching Target swag bag haul videos…

The federal government is making open threats of genocidal violence now from its social media platforms. This is a literal turner diary or siege level Neo Nazi call to action and is an attempt to foment violence against anyone who is not white, male and Christian.

So this may seem obvious to you and me, but it's important to repeat and underscore to every normie we can: Trump's goal was always to end *legal* immigration for anyone he deems not white. A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.

My 3 year-old is all in on Santa this year, and today when I asked what Santa and his reindeer do on Christmas she said “Go to the MOON!!!!”

Google 2005: Do no evil Google 2025: give us unlimited access to your entire life or we'll turn off the 'sort' function.

Let’s show some respect for the OG MTG.

On a short road trip and we crossed some rumble strips and 3y/o said “Why car farting dada!”

I turned off Gmail’s new default setting that uses your inbox to train AI, which removed all sorts of functionality that never required AI before, including inbox sorting. Went from 5 unread to like 10,000 instantly lol. I guess I’ll be unsubscribing from literally everything! Enshittification.

Another NYT banger. RFK promoting disproven conspiracy theories about vaccines is not him “challenging scientific orthodoxy”…it’s him pushing lies that will kill people!

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

My "The president doesn't want to execute members of congress" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

As Congress considers blocking states from regulating AI, Minnesotans are already seeing real-world harm targeted at our children, and even our elections. DFLers are standing up to prevent these abuses when the federal government won’t. States must retain the power to protect their people.

Question for the collective on social media and accessibility: On Facebook and IG I know that Reels get better engagement, so social managers are making static graphics into Reels with minimal animation, but when I do that I can’t find a way to add alt text to the Reel. Am I missing it?

All of you reposting that Nuzzi article: "good God this is horrible. Here look at it! Share it with everyone you know!"

THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY. CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY. I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.

Seriously, what is wrong with these people?

In law school I had a professor who referred to the use of passive voice as “weasel words.” This is a heaping pile of weasel words. “ended up having sex”??? How does someone’s brain even weasel their way into writing that sentence?

'Matt Gaetz Raped A Homeless Teenager' is what you mean. A teenager with a homeless parent? What? The fuck? Did she have a home and not allow her parent to live in it? Ended up having sex with? What? Yeah clearly you guys been caping for pedos long enough and you understand the assignment here

This Wicked Part 2 promo is really elaborate.

Just unbelievable! #nothernlights

If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.

Dick Durbin suffers from a terminal case of Senate Brain, in which the big prize is a handshake deal with your distinguished colleagues where they'll allow you to hold a meaningless vote that you can then point to with pride to your constituents as they go broke from crushing medical bills.

Let me get this right… a sufficient number Senate Democrats appear to be willing to reopen government to alleviate air travel for upper & upper-middle income people at the expense of access to healthcare for lower income people. Yes?

Yes.

It’s been 5 days since resounding electoral wins for democrats, so it’s about time to cave to the party everyone just voted against!

schumer: don't worry, I've got us right where they want us

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

Dems in ARRAY

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

Someone sped loudly by on a big motorcycle this afternoon and my toddler happily said, “Mama! A scooter!” and I just wish that guy knew that.

Me opening my work computer to find 15 tabs still open from Friday: “Well those are non of my business.”

I’m “Oooooh, Costco got new carts!” years old.

this is exactly what's happening

Fact Check: True, for once.

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

Just realizing that I got Halloween spirit week at daycare mixed up and sent my 3 year old in Mummy PJs today when that actually starts next week…

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation Depraved. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

My 7y/o just said “Trump is worse than Mayor Humdinger!” #elementaryschoolzinger #IYKYK