#MNS 2020

[qbdatabase]

Yours Celestially by Al Hess After divorce, death, and having his reformatted soul uploaded into a new body, Sasha expected resurrection to be a fresh start. His time spent in digital Limbo with the program’s cheeky AI guardian angel, Metatron, was cathartic, but what good is a second life when he has all the same problems from before he died? View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

[nando161mando]

George Floyd Protests - Minneapolis, MN [Twitter Archive, June 12, 2020]

[clairity-org]

Jim Denomie, Mona Lisa as a Blue-eyed Witch, 2020, Oil on canvas, 8/19/23 #artsmia by Sharon Mollerus

[dreamiara]

jebać pis❤️

i konfederacje!!

[neil-gaiman]

one time at an American Gods signing in MN, we asked you if Tori would be the voice of the Tree

you said, and I quote, "If she isn't, I shall grumble."

did you grumble, Neil?

well, did you?

Why would I have grumbled?

Well, why?

There's more information at the BBC website.

But these days you need to get it from an audiobook site or buy it on CD or Vinyl.

[traumasurvivorshelpingsurvivors]

Struggling with self-compassion?

Recommended Reading:

Bluth, K. (2017). The Self-Compassion Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness and Compassion Skills to Overcome Self-Criticism and Embrace Who You Are. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Brach, T. (2003) Radical Acceptance: Embracing your life with the heart of a Buddha. New York: Bantam.

Brach, T. (2020). Radical Compassion. NY: Penguin.

Brown, B. (2010). The Gifts of Imperfection. Center City, MN: Hazelden.

Desmond, T. (2015). Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy: Mindfulness-Based Practices for Healing and Transformation. Norton.

Germer, C. K. (2009). The mindful path to self-compassion: Freeing yourself from destructive thoughts and emotions. New York: Guilford Press.

Germer, C. K. & Neff, K. D. (2019). Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion program: A guide for professionals.  New York: Guilford Press.

Gilbert, P. (2009). The compassionate mind. London: Constable.

Hickman, S. (2021).  Self-Compassion for Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.

Neff, K. D. & Germer, C. K (2018). The Mindful Self-Compassion workbook: A proven way to accept yourself, find inner strength, and thrive.  New York: Guilford Press.

Neff, K. D. (2021). Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive. New York:  Harper Wave.

Neff, K. D. (2011).  Self-Compassion: The proven power of being kind to yourself.  New York:  William Morrow.

Pollak, S. (2019). Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture your child by caring for yourself. New York: Guildford Press.

Shapiro, S. (2020).  Good Morning I Love You.  Boulder, Sounds True.

Silberstein-Tirch, L. (2019) How to Be Nice to Yourself: The Everyday Guide to Self Compassion. San Antonio, TX: Althea Press

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Beltzner, E. (2019).  How to tame the tumbles:  The mindful and compassionate way.  Ontario: Mosaic Press.

Garcia, G. (2017). Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion. Gabi Garcia Books.

Marlowe, S. (2016). My new best friend. Summerville, MA: Wisdom Publications.

O’Leary, W.  (2023).  It’s OK: Being kind to yourself when things feel hard.  Bala Kids.

Source

[gusty-wind]

This is AtlasIntel's current projection for November. They were the most accurate pollster in 2020. They have the Don winning in a landslide, with an earth-shattering 340 EVs, including NH, MN and VA! They also have Trump winning the popular vote by 3 percentage points!

Remember though, this map will not happen if you stay home! Go vote (early if possible), and take frens and family with you! Make it too big to rig!

🚨 PLZ. VOTE EARLY TO WIN 🚨

[loki-erlking]

I understand where you're coming from with that post and obviously battleground states matter the most of all. But the truth is that any state could flip depending on how many people choose to vote. There have been historic red or blue states that flip and can change the outcome of an election. And truth be told, I'm in a deep red state where a lot of Republicans have told me they didn't vote because it was going to be red anyway so there was no point standing out in the cold when it wouldn't matter. Imagine how many of those people are on either party, and what could happen if enough of them sat out and enough of the opposing side stepped up then any state could flip. It's not likely but it's not impossible. And with the extremely low democratic voter turn out in comparison to 2020, it was absolutely up to people to vote blue to swing the election and because they didn't. We once again have Donald Trump as president. Especially people who did not show up to vote (because they chose not to obviously, not because they were unable to for legitimate reasons) it's absolutely their fault we're in this situation because the Republicans were going to vote for the fascist, and people didn't do what they could to stop that fascist from winning

Aye, I see your point, I do. And on a certain level I agree with it. But I also know what I physically see in my home state of MN.

When I say that it was completely red outside of the 2 main metro areas, that is not a joke. I've lived in the metro for the past 5 years now, and the people here are much more diverse and socially aware of the problems that plague this country. But I also grew up in the sticks up north before that. For the 2016 and 2020 elections all I saw where Trump signs. All I heard customers talking about while I served them food was how much they love Trump and he is gonna save America. And most of these people where older folks, farmers, etc... and it still didn't matter. MN was always gonna be blue. As it has been for the past 52 years. So in my home state, knowing people, even relatives who voted for Trump, 3rd party, or not at all. I don't feel angry with them, because even though Trump won, they personally didn't make it happen. Our 10 electoral votes went to Kamala.

For the states that went red though like Texas, and down in the Bible belt. (A place that I honestly can't view without biased due to northern pride) I'm sure that tons of educated and caring people went out and voted Blue. But in those places, racism, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia and transphobia run rampant. I personally never expected them to be anything other than red.

No it's the swing states that are to blame in my opinion. They could have changed things and they didn't.

So in conclusion (for me) I feel no anger towards the red voters in my state as their votes didn't matter. And I feel sorrow and pitty for the blue voters in the Red states for the same reason, and I pray to the old gods that yall most at risk are able to take measures to protect yourselves and your loved ones.

[uwmspeccoll]

Yet Another Wood-engraved Feathursday

CINDY KOOPMAN

This 10 x 8 in (20.4 x 20.32 cm) wood engraving entitled Grasshopper (because, after all, there are some grasshoppers in it) by Minnesota artist Cindy Koopman is very reminiscent of our daily experience here in Special Collections. Every day, sometimes three or four times a day, the green roof outside our windows gets visited by a gang of 3-7 crows that investigate the undergrowth, jump and flutter about, toss random objects into the air, and on occasion actually take a slide down the solar panels on the roof just for fun! They are endlessly fascinating, and every day when they arrive all work stops in Special Collections and the entire staff line up along the windows to watch crows be crows for five minutes or so. It's just a part of our workday, but also one of its highlights.

Cindy Koopman is a Minnesota artist with an MFA in printmaking, and is a faculty member at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN. This print was selected for inclusion in the Fourth Triennial Exhibition 2020-2022 of the American wood engravers society, the Wood Engravers’ Network (WEN), and the image is from the catalog for that traveling show.

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[mariacallous]

I'm going to enjoy watching the GOP try their absolute hardest to cast normie liberal Walz as "the most far-left Marxist Leninist Maoist Commie" alive, and America's Coach Walz is just going to turn to the camera while he's out fishing and is like, "Get a load of these weirdos, would ya."

Plus, Walz has spent so much time around the GOP in Nebraska and Minnesota that he knows how to handle them.

Mankato, where he's from, is in MN's 1st Congressional District, which has a Cook PVI rating of R+7. The 1st district went for Trump in 2020 54%-44%...but it went Walz 52%-45% in 2022 and Walz 50%-47% in 2018, and Walz was the only statewide Democrat to win the district. The only other Dem to successfully carry the 1st was Amy Klobuchar in 2018, 54%-42%.

[qbdatabase]

Always the Almost by Edward Underhill Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson has two New Year’s resolutions: 1) win back his ex-boyfriend (and star of the football team) Shane McIntyre, and 2) finally beat his slimy arch-nemesis at the Midwest’s biggest classical piano competition. Then Miles meets the new boy in town, Eric Mendez, who's out, queer, and asks his pronouns. View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

[earlycuntsets]

pt. 3 (parts 1, 2, 4)

earlycuntsets.org sourced - where I got all my mcr pictures

first of a series. due to tumblr limits on how many links you can post. this full idea will be continued on future posts. here is 2007-2010. this is pictures. will make a separate post for youtube/recordings.

been needing to fully source my website so here we go! wanted to share with other kool mcr fans.

old fansites/website appearances:

12/17/2010 the night 87x stole christmas detroit mi - ken settle & schwegweb.com (ken settle)

12/18/2020 the edge jingle bell rock toronto ca - popmatters (mcrmy ecuador) & aux.tv

02/13/2011 birmingham uk -blackvelvetmagazine

03/05/2011 barcelona spain - in headphones (mcrmy ecuador)

04/09/2011 denver co - reverb (mcrmy ecuador)

04/12/2011 minneapolis mn - citypages (mcrmy ecuador)

04/15/2011 chicago il - chicago now (mcrmy ecuador) & j.l. hopper

04/17/2011 cleveland oh - radio 92.3 (mcrmy ecuador)

04/23/2011 nyc ny - QRO magazine

05/07/2011 sayreville nj - thenjunderground

05/15/2011 bbc r1 big weekend carlisle uk - country grind slideshow

05/18/2011 orlando fl - ishotyourband.com & jencray.com

05/21/2011 & 05/22/2011 dallas tx - blackvelvetmagazine

05/28/2011 la ca - theaudioperv & sarah dope (deviantart)

07/10/2011 live at t in the park balado uk - thisfakediy

09/01/2011 auburn wa - suzi pratt

flickrs:

12/12/2010 101 rex the halls san diego ca - natalie, brittney denaux,

12/14/2010 st louis mo - todd owyoung, kingdead, todd morgan, jane bush,

12/15/2010 chicago il - ashley osborn, famousliving.dead, liz kannenburg, danigio,

12/18/2010 the edge jingle bell rock toronto ca- megan shauna

12/31/2010 carson daley nye - alexis siracusano

02/12/2011 london uk - lucy roth & emma webb

02/16/2011 dublin ireland - ian keegan

02/18/2011 manchester uk - michelle heighway, kay elliot, frankie cooksie, helena hurricane

02/19/2011 nottingham uk - simplificity

2/21/2011 cardiff uk - holly jenkins

02/22/2011 newcastle uk - sinead granger

02/24/2011 london uk - lucy roth (planetary go mv show)

02/26/2011 tilberg netherlands - rene sebastian

03/01/2011 paris france - jem & dianthallr

03/05/2011 barcelona spain - ruben navarro, elsa nieto, javier bragado domingo

03/07/2011 milano italy - rodolfo sassano, emanuela silm rillo,

03/12/2011 mtv winter valencia spain - laura s.c., ana barettino, grace dirnt, jose fernandez,

03/18/2011 stockholm sweden - victor lundmark

03/31/2011 oakland ca - scernea

04/02/2011 vancouver ca - ashley tanasiychuk, anil sharma,

04/03/2011 seattle wa - ciera walters

04/08/2011 salt lake city ut - sparkk&fade & alex young

04/09/2011 denver co - michael fajardo

04/11/2011 toronta ca - tony felgueiras

04/13/2011 milwaukee wi - echolalia

04/15/2011 chicago il - amelia l, danigio

04/16/2011 grand rapids me - stephanie weier

4/22/2011 nyc nc - brittany vero

04/23/2011 nyc ny - brittany vero, amy winkler, ludovica ciccarelli, tyler olson, robert polanco

05/07/2011 sayreville nj - future daydream

05/15/2011 holmdel nj - michael dubin

05/10/2011 washington dc - specimenlife, kell

05/15/2011 bbc r1 big weekend carlisle uk - chealsea cochrane, sabrina lr,

05/17/2011 ft lauderdale fl - maysa askar & marc schiller

05/21/2011 dallas tx - thunderkiss

06/24/2011 dcode festival madrid spain - juan rodriguez talavera, juan perez- fajardo, patygelduck

06/26/2011 imola italy - giacomo astorri,

06/27/2011 vienna austria - jeremy kruezmayr & steph fiorese

06/29/2011 volt festival sonpron hungary - zalaihirlap (mcrmy ecuador)

07/07/2011 oeiras portugal - palco principal

07/27/2011 vienna austria - inkbotkowalski

08/13/2011 hershey pa - alicia brown

instagram:

05/05/2011 boston ma - rich g

looks like there will be a part four to complete the timeline. damn the link limits

part 4 here

[socialistexan]

People on TV talking about how "oh Walz only outran Biden by a fraction of a percent in 2022" seem to forget one thing: BIDEN WON IN 2020.

Why is running close to the guy that won a bad thing? Also, like, winning by 8% in Minnesota is pretty damn solid. Hilary Clinton won it by less than 2%. Obama won MN by 7% in 2012. Biden out ran both the polling and conventional wisdom in 2020

It's kind of absurd. In that same election, Tina Smith won her Senate seat by 5%. And Walz won by that same margin in a year that was *more tough* for Democrats in 2022. If you actually look at the numbers, its much more impressive.

Also anyone saying "oh but BLM burning Minneapolis blah blah blah," as if that wasn't an ineffective message in 2020 *when the protests were happening*

[welcometoqueer]

anything to be hopeful about?

I've made myself sick the past few days out of fear, and I know a lot of people are probably feeling even worse.

ty.

I’m so sorry you’re going through that, I know it’s rough. There are some things to be hopeful about though!

Trump can’t pardon himself from state convictions, that falls on the state.

The State of New York is still prosecuting and sentencing Trump. If he is sentenced he would have to spend the 4 years of his presidency in jail.

Arizona Attorney General, Kris Meyes, said “As you know, I have a fake electors case in Arizona and have no intention of giving that case up –– I have no intention of dropping that case." She still plans to pursue the case against Trump’s allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election.

As votes continue to be counted, Dems have gained multiple seats in the Senate. Democrats have taken seats in: AZ, CA, CT, DE, MA, MD, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NV, NY, RI, VA, WA, WI. Still the minority but there’s less of an overwhelming majority. In the senate seats so far are 46 (D) - 53 (R).

Dems have also gained multiple seats in the House which has lessened the majority somewhat. So far House seats are 204 (D) - 214 (R).

With more seats in the House and Senate, there will be more pushback against proposals by the republicans.

[beardedmrbean]

An associate college professor who was appointed to the Minnesota State Department of Education by Gov. Tim Walz called for the U.S. to be "overthrown" and "deconstructed" in a video posted over two years ago. Walz is now the vice presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. 

Brian Lozenski, Ph.D., is an associate professor of urban and multicultural education in the Education Studies Department at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to his personal blog.

He is also affiliated with several organizations, such as the Education for Liberation Network, or EdLib MN, Network for the Development of Children of African Descent, and the Twin Cities Solidarity Committee.

Lozenski was appointed to the state’s department of education by Walz to help write the framework of ethnic studies standards, as well.

TIM WALZ'S SCHOOL LUNCH FIASCO GOT SCAMMED FOR $250 MILLION RIGHT UNDER HIS NOSE

In a video first reported on by the National Review and posted to YouTube on June 19, 2022, by The Solidarity Network, Lozenski spoke about his research with a panel. He even touched on Critical Race Theory, a school of thought that generally focuses on how power structures and institutions affect racial minorities. The video was removed from YouTube late Wednesday evening.

"We don’t use critical race theory in school," Lozenski said. "The first tenet of critical race theory is that the United States, as constructed, is irreversibly racist. So, if the nation state, as constructed, is irreversibly racist, then it must be done with. It must be overthrown.

"We can be like, ‘Oh no, critical race theory is just about telling our stories and diversity,’" he added. "It’s not about that. It’s about overgrowth. It is insurgent."

HARRIS NOW MUM ON REPARATIONS SHE SIGNALED SUPPORT FOR IN 2020 WHITE HOUSE RUN

Lozenski also told the panel they need to be more honest with that idea because many people do not understand critical race theory.

"It’s an anti-state theory that says the United States needs to be deconstructed, period," Lozenski said.

Fox News Digital has reached out to both Walz and Lozenski for comment on the statements the department of education appointee made.

According to a Wall Street Journal article last month, the Walz administration in Minnesota has relied on committed political activists like Lozenski to design and guide the implementation of the state’s education agenda.

One of the groups Lozenski is part of, EdLib MN, is focused on becoming a political force in Minnesota and to "contend with the status quo of colonial education that prioritizes Eurocentric curricula," according to its website.

[swiftthisway]

Former Loverfest post with Swifties’ Eras Tour dates…

🚨ATTENTION ALL SWIFTIES🚨

Taylor M&Gs may not be happening (stay safe and healthy @taylorswift 🫶🏼❤️) but that doesn’t mean impossible things don’t happen at a Taylor Swift concert ✨

Please feel free to join this post by adding a selfie, tour costumes etc and your tour information. I will be reblogging this throughout tour in hopes of helping @taylornation and tumblr mutuals find you!

Because we could leave the Christmas lights up ‘til March 2023!

@becauseoftswift (on top of the Lover camper, rt side):  Las Vegas NV, March 24, Section 129, Row 10, Seats 15 & 16; Los Angeles, CA, August 3, Floor - Q, Row 4, Seats 3 & 4; Los Angeles CA, August 8, Section C 244, Row 9, Seats 9 through 13; Never met @taylorswift

@swiftthisway (on top of the formerly stolen lullabies truck):  Los Angeles CA,  August 3, Floor - Q, Row 4, Seats 3 & 4; Los Angeles CA, August 8, Section C 244, Row 9, Seats 9 through 13; Met Taylor in 2017, but the rest of my group has not

2020 wasn’t what Taylor or Swifties wanted but we’ll take The Eras Tour with or without its head!

@nola-swiftie(middle,purple camper):  Glendale Swift City AZ, March 18, Floor - F, Row 19, Seats 25 & 26; Houston TX, April 22, Section 110, Row EE, Seat 9; Atlanta GA, April 28, Section 314, Row 18, Seat 22; Atlanta GA, April 29, Floor - N, Row 5, Seat 22; Minneapolis MN, June 24, Section 215, Row 13, Seat 17; Denver CO, July 15, Section 110, Row 7, Seat 5; Never met Taylor

@pharmaswift (right, purple camper):  Glendale Swift City AZ, March 18, Floor - F, Row 19, Seats 25 & 26; Los Angeles CA, August 4, Section N, Row 2, Seats 3 & 4; Never met Taylor

13 Days until The Eras Tour and Taylor’s still The woMan!

@ileftanote (pink butterfly):  East Rutherford NJ, May 27, Section 12, Row 17, Seat 14; East Rutherford NJ, May 28; Chicago IL, June 4; Never met Taylor

And there’s a lot of cool chicks out there!

@swiftliv​: Cincinnati, OH, July 1, Section P, Row 2, Seats 5 & 6; Never met Taylor

@taylorswift @taylornation