@kenmartin.bsky.social this is how Democrats lose credibility. I thought you would know better and would have been on top of this a long time ago.

Today's murder courtesy of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

-22°C, not factoring in windchill. Minnesota FTW.

As long as everybody's talking about Denmark, here's a fun fact! Denmark is ranked by GEFRI as having the most future-ready education system in the world. gefri.educationfutures.com/countries/DNK

If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status. Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

Many friends asking what it is like in Minnesota right now. This video-clip tells. Masked men w/ guns in ordinary places (gas stations, grocery stores, cruising streets) intimidating ordinary people & instilling fear. As a terrorism expert, I think about the logic of government instilling fear.

Exclusive: IMF's Georgieva says central bank independence critical, backs Powell reut.rs/3NtsrYv

If that isn’t shaped like a K, what is it?

Notes from an editor: If you're going to submit a literature review, at least include citations to literature reviewed.

Kimmel last night, after playing sound from Minneapolis Mayor Frey: @jimmykimmel.com

This is Trump’s masked ICE agent, who shot the woman in Minneapolis, fleeing from the scene about 90 seconds after the shooting. You can hear a witness yelling, “Don’t let the murderer leave.”

This is madness.

Zohran Mamdani on why improving quality of life for New Yorkers isn't about money, but about will

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On Sunday, @60minutes.bsky.social pulled a segment on torture against US deportees in CECOT, El Salvador's mega prison. Curious what the story said? Read HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social's report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

At the top of the Global Education Futures Readiness Index, Denmark leads at 81.98, with Korea close behind at 79.60. Singapore (78.63), Switzerland (78.09), the Netherlands (77.84), Hong Kong (77.86), and Sweden (77.30) also sit in the top tier. educationfutures.com/post/2025-ge...

ICE agents tackled & arrested a 20 y/o Somalian-American man in Minneapolis Tuesday & “detained him for about two hours for no apparent reason other than his ethnicity. The man who was arrested said that the agents had trouble finding the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at Ft. Snelling.”

“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.” Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.

ICE is not making Shakopee safer. End Operaton Metro Surge now.

Trump’s xenophobic comments about Somalis in Minnesota are disgusting, hateful, and unbecoming of the President of the United States. I’m proud to stand alongside @ilhanmn.bsky.social and the Somali community. Read her op-ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/opinion/ilhan-omar-somalia-trump.html

AI tools entering schools come from a small group of firms that set the terms of access, define the rules of interaction, and influence how knowledge circulates. This is colonialism. educationfutures.com/post/how-big...

My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?

Imagine if this was your idea of a good time. Wow.

At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers. This is today's actual house editorial.

Anybody else notice the crazy ton of trackers the post office places in its website? cc @rogueusps.bsky.social

Quite the space weather this evening over Minnesota.

So.... my Facebook feed is getting flooded with AI generated videos, promoting/celebrating right-wing violence. Somebody is paying for this, and Facebook made the decision to let the content run.

What happens when we gamify cheating in schools with AI? This “ethical cheating” transforms curiosity and mischief into critical literacy. Educators can integrate the platforms into their classrooms through guides, activities, and resources that connect play, analysis, and technological ethics.

Education under threat: Is innovation the key to resilience? Read my blog! www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/opinion-and-...

The guy on the floor is America.

“ @fightforthefuture.org highlights Flock's involvement in releasing surveillance footage to ICE… escalating raids & deportation operations…Flock has also provided data to law enforcement to investigate people traveling out of state seeking abortion medical care.“ www.cnet.com/home/securit...

GEFRI en Argentina: "El Gefri invita a leer la educación no como un área aislada, sino como el núcleo de la capacidad de adaptación de un país. Desde esa perspectiva, Argentina combina una población preparada con un Estado poco apto todavía para sostener esa preparación en el tiempo."

C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) from Eagle Lake Observatory last night.

US consumer with a correction for @reuters.com here: Colombia does not pay the Trump tariffs for imports to the US. We do.

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇 Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it. Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Take some time this weekend to get caught up in our #OptOutOctober series, where we’re providing daily tips to reclaim your privacy, one small task at a time. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Ice Fishing in Portland

Nice chart.

On social media Wednesday night, after Kimmel’s suspension was announced, The Onion’s Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social wrote: “[it’s] Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love.”

Not mentioned in this column: firearm suicide rates in rural areas of Minnesota are 1.5 to 2 times higher than in urban areas, but keep slinging that bucolic bullshit. 988 works everywhere. Please call if you need help.

Why are education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa consistently failing to deliver? This data-driven analysis argues we must move beyond simply boosting enrollment and instead focus on building resilient, trustworthy systems. educationfutures.com/post/school-...

I have a feeling people will be reading about the Munich Agreement tonight. Here's the Wikipedia page, saving you the Google search: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_...

Columbia should have asked their history department how well appeasement works.

So nice to see the points of Manifesto 25 translated into Czech! spomocnik.rvp.cz/clanek/24197...

Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.

In response to Thomas Arnett's thoughtful piece on AI and student motivation, I challenge the assumption that motivation is something extrinsic that needs to be managed. educationfutures.com/post/motivat...

Rep Hortman was also an advocate for better gun safety regulations

Part 17 in my weekly poster series of 2025 #art #punk