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@Minnesota411988
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Minnesotan. Old. Likes reading paper books. Avoids social media other than here.
Heidi Li Feldman
DB 🌱💦Imagine if someone photocopied every book in the public library, burned the library down, and then opened a subscription service for the copies.
That's the AI business model.
And here's how they're pitching their slop to us.
Sam Altman: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a metre."
Minnesota Spy ClubMay 9, 1921: Sophie Scholl was born on this date in 1921. She was a central member of the anti-Nazi White Rose group in wartime Germany. She was captured, charged with high treason for distributing anti-war literature, & beheaded along with her brother, Hans. Since the 1970’s her antifascist resistance has been recognized and honored.
Sean CastenIf SCOTUS isn't political, why are the reconstruction amendments viewed so differently by Republican appointed judges (who seem confused as to what race was being protected by the framers of those parts of the Constitution)?
If SCOTUS isn't political, why did McConnell block Garland's appointment and hold the spot for Kavanaugh? Why did all the RW judges work on the Bush v Gore case to use the courts to force a political outcome in an election?
There you have it. In one exchange, central issues being fought in a so-far cold Second American Civil War are on full display at the Supreme Court. The issue of white supremacy is of course at play because tonight’s developments relate to Callais. But in Alito’s response to Jackson is an equally central issue: patriarchy. 11/
All of this has happened on the shadow docket. So the Roberts Court has ok’d election cancellation without merits briefing, oral argument, etc.
This would be extraordinary and pernicious enough. But because Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented and pointed out how exceptional and dangerous the Court’s order is, Alito, joined by Gorsuch and Thomas, wrote an opinion basically calling her uppity. 4/
The only way we are going to overcome the fundraising advantage of conservative Democratic candidates is to band together in support of very strong progressive Democrats running in primaries. That’s the dynamic Peggy Flanagan faces. 2/ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/02/tina-smith-endorses-lt-gov-peggy-flanagan-in-minnesota-senate-race-00759890
Helping me support Peggy Flanagan achieves many things at once. A few:
-she is a true progressive and will be a great U.S. Senator from MN
-helps empower the sitting Democratic Senators who are going to the mat for Flanagan as part of overall effort to move the Party toward robust progressivism
-show solidarity in the empowerment of indigenous women in U.S. politics, from Haaland in NM to Flanagan in MN, and beyond
Donate any amount at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/05072026santafe?refcode=Feldman 6/6
Natasha 
🇪🇺🇮🇪A binman in Turkey’s capital found a bag of thrown-away books on his rounds and couldn’t bring himself to take it to the dump. He kept it. Other workers started doing the same. The pile has now grown into a public library of over 9,000 books, run by sanitation workers, in an old brick factory 📚
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/europe/garbage-collectors-open-library-with-abandoned-books
