NotNowCait

NotNowCait

@nowcait.bsky.social

She/her. Minneapolis 💜 Books and politics and people

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I have been having a lot more sourceless anxiety lately, when usually my med does a good job of limiting me to Actual Things Happening Anxiety (tm) and let me tell you it is straight up not a good time. I do not want to go back to ye olde anxiety I already have enough new anxiety thanks

The illegal astroturf PAC Anti-Klobuchar mailers are so infuriating 😩 1) you don’t even go here, 2) we’re not fucking stupid, 3) STOP SENDING MAILERS

Yes I am in a stress state of relistening to a childhood fav for the zillionth time, and yes fuck ass Audible labeled it “historical fiction” 😐😐😐 It. Has. A. Dragon. And a basalisk. And magic. Not to mention you know, an entirely made up world 😭

If this is an LLM error (probably is) it’s anextra shitty LLM considering it has the whole Kindle and Audible catalog mined plus god knows how much stolen book content. Because, again, these asshats don’t put *any* rules in place for accuracy because they think “I don’t know” ruins their street cred

What. The. Fuck. Our strong mayor needs to explain how this is not him deliberately sabotaging our upcoming election.

Serafina@serafinas.bsky.social

I should have mentioned that my office is Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services. The Mayor's budget eliminates seven staff members less than two weeks before an anxiety-inducing midterm. No more high school election judge program. No more voter outreach.

Is there a limit to news orgs humiliating themselves? Apparently not. Like, fuck the WSJ but they aren’t usually this stupid

MPR News@mprnews.org

Peggy Flanagan provided evidence of her Phi Beta Kappa membership after a Wall Street Journal report questioned her academic credentials. The honor society confirmed the DFL U.S. Senate candidate has been a member since 2002.

It’s really cool that we have at home speedy covid, flu, and rsv combo tests. (But I wish they were cheaper and also that I didn’t have to take one 😂)

I hate this because it’s generally 1) a racist dogwhistle, or 2) gaslighting you about what “real” MN wants. Bitch, I was born in rural MN too I can promise you we are not ✨realer✨ than “urban 😱” people or immigrants

Naomi Kritzer@naomikritzer.bsky.social

Question for MSPsky: do you have an emotional reaction when one candidate at a forum makes a point of noting that *they* have lived in (MN / Minneapolis / St. Paul) for their *whole entire lives* while their opponent is a transplant?

I just feel sick every time I think about how they’re literally trying to strip the citizenship of a fucking congresswoman. I want Ilhan Omar to be *safe*, and this is so far from that; and also really triples down on how unsafe my neighbors and friends and family are too

I can’t articulate how furious news about Ilhan’s home being invaded by the DOJ makes me. I guess that, in addition to political revenge and election interference, is Trump’s goal. But they’ve fucking miscalculated because Ilhan’s constituents overwhelmingly love her. We got her. She’s OURS.

Sean Lim@seanlimmn.bsky.social

WE STAND WITH ILHAN 🩵

Ah yes, Oct 10 in Minneapolis. 83 degrees and windy. Two middle schoolers in shorts and tshirts across the street, trailing their friend in a cow costume

Did anyone else get this weird mailer from “Citizens for Public Safety Transparency LLC” which I can find nothing on??? Klobuchar is a cop lover for sure, and yet somehow I doubt someone from Walker is really worked up federal oversight of Henn Cty prosecutors at this moment in time 🤨

On our walk Pippa and I found 1 lost dog (reunited with owner), 2 kids skipping with their parents, 1 elderly couple strolling, 1 kid rollerblading and 1 kid scootering in the street street with adults, like 4 other people walking their dogs, and maybe 10ish bikers and walkers. MPLS IS BEAUTIFUL

Altho there were also a lot of squirrels chucking acorns down at the street and we had a near miss. Is that the hellscape these racist clowns are talking about

I *passionately* wish that demented mother fucker would keep our name out of his fucking mouth. Our Somali neighbors ARE Minnesotan, and we will continue defending our neighbors to the end of time. Just fuck all you miserable racists pricks and may you get exactly what you deserve

I watched not one bit of world cup this summer and yet I still find myself yelling “pausa de hidratacion!!!!” Every time my dog takes a water break while we play

NotNowCait reposted

Kristi Noem characterized Renee Good as a “domestic terrorist” — and and Lisa Demuth thanked her

Project True North@projtruenorth.bsky.social

During the ICE surge, Lisa Demuth signed a letter thanking ICE and praising Kristi Noem for her "steady leadership."

Ah yes the part where my little meat brain is starting to feel things instead of just problem solve Have to admit that it’s actually really fucked up someone smashed my window for no reason! And I am upset!!! No this was not a violent offense yes I love Minneapolis AND this is antisocial bullshit

I’m very lucky to have auto glass coverage and yet I still have to get it fixed and figure out how to clean up the fucking glass and how am I supposed to do that well enough my dog won’t immediately find a piece in the lot to step on and hurt herself 😭

Pippa says the real tragedy is I made four different phone calls this morning about it and that is Not. Cool. She is taking an emergency snooze to recover. Sound up for little snores

Me: haha I wonder why my head feels weird today, did news about the merger stress me so much it affected me??? Also me: *realizes she forgot to take last night’s meds at 4:51 pm the next day*

I feel like maybe we need to work towards a state law that requires us to have a recall process for elected officials. Would an actual recall be very hard to achieve probably? Yes, and a high bar wouldn’t necessarily be bad?? But there have been too many instances of local shit lately

Thinking of Nicole Mitchell specifically as well as Kaohly Her. I feel like two incredibly recent “fireable offenses” and realizing there’s literally no recourse for constituents is A LOT

Please help @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social help our neighbors. Literally *always* a good place to give what you can, and they also have a patreon you can give to monthly 💜

Sanctuary Supply Depot@supplydepotmpls.bsky.social

Please help. People's needs always increase this time of year but this year is even greater than usual, and when we run out of tents people are sleeping unsheltered. Finances are tight for everyone but how far are any of us from homelessness?

Some of y’all really think rape and sexual assault are good as long as they happen to the right people and that’s fucking sick

Putting together a family reunion movie poll really brings home 1) how hard family pleasing movies are and 2) that I apparently haven’t seen a new movie in like 10 years 😭