Tootfinder

Genuinely torn about this. Keeping people safe from a roving right-wing murderer does seem prudent. But I don’t want to send out the message that this is a way to get a protest cancelled.
❝The No Kings coalition that organized protests across the US today is cancelling all demonstrations in Minnesota that have not already started after two lawmakers were shot, Reuters reports.
Indivisible said on Bluesky: “Governor Walz has recommended that we cancel No Kings events across Minnesota because the individual who assassinated a Democratic lawmaker is still at large.”❞
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/14/trump-birthday-military-parade-no-kings-protest-live-updates

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Sea Lemon:
🎵 Cynical
#SeaLemon
https://sealemonmusic.bandcamp.com/track/cynical
https://open.spotify.com/track/1JlzSXVFPWy6zu7GaLRj0N

"Scientists warn against attempts to change definition of ‘forever chemicals’"
#PFAS #ForeverChemicals

I wrote about why Zohran Mamdani's free bus fare policy is a good idea actually, and the difference between thinking about transit as a consultant versus as a voter and activist.
(public replies to this toot will appear as comments)
https://scott.mn/2025/06/11/consultant

Consultant's mindset, or why Jarrett Walker is wrong about free buses

News report about flyers found for No Kings events in shooter’s car
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/no-kings-protests-canceled-in-ne-minneapolis-after-targeted-shootings-at-lawmaker-homes/

""Thousands of demonstrators turned out to protest the trump Administration in St.Paul on Saturday, even as dozens of other "No Kings" events across Minnesota were canceled after two lawmakers and their spouses were shot overnight in what Gov. Tim Waltz called "targeted political violence."

‘No Kings’ rally held in St. Paul; other MN events canceled after lawmaker shootings
The event at the State Capitol in St. Paul appeared to be going ahead as planned.

Under a new cybersecurity blueprint, the European Union will work more closely with national militaries and the NATO defense alliance to respond to large-scale cyberattacks.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-arms-cyber-council-military-c…

Europe arms itself against cyber catastrophe
EU to train with militaries, industry and NATO to better fend off large-scale cyberattacks.

In the wake of the official MN Capitol rally being cancelled, lots of neighborhood protests springing up in its place. Judging by local reaction, that MAGA serial killer is going to cause •more• protest, not less. This makes me feel better about the decision to cancel the big one (which, per the previous post, I am truly torn about).

Minnesota political assassin
57-year-old Vance Boelter,
was twice appointed to the nonpartisan Governor’s Workforce Development Council

-- in 2016 under former Gov. Mark Dayton
and again in 2019 under Gov. Tim Walz.
His most recent term expired in January 2023.

57-year-old suspect sought in targeted shootings of Minnesota state lawmakers
Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.

Trump dismisses the prospect of canceling the parade because of weather. (David E. Sanger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/14/us/trump-parade
http://www.memeorandum.com/250614/p63#a250614p63