Colleen Kelly
@onecolleen.bsky.social
Midwest enthusiast | TBI and ECD ultrarare cancer mom | 🗞️ Ex @StarTribune @MiamiHerald @Mizzou
🗒️ Corporate comms 🏙️ Minneapolis
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Colleen Kelly
@onecolleen.bsky.social
· Jul 24
Anya Magnuson - 2025 - Anderson Funeral Home
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Anya lived fiercely for all of her 27 years. We are devastated.
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Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
www.propublica.org
September 12, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
(Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
The fact that many news orgs are credibly discussing the $5K "dividend" by Trump if GOP wins mid-terms is rage inducing. Of course, no mention of the promised $5K "DOGE dividend" that didn't happen, or the $2K "tariff rebate" everyone was getting. He might as well be promising fairies & pots of gold
September 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The fact that many news orgs are credibly discussing the $5K "dividend" by Trump if GOP wins mid-terms is rage inducing. Of course, no mention of the promised $5K "DOGE dividend" that didn't happen, or the $2K "tariff rebate" everyone was getting. He might as well be promising fairies & pots of gold
Good news. Sanity has prevailed. This has been cancelled: bsky.app/profile/kyle...
This seems:
(A) dumb
(B) likely to induce panic & 911 calls
(C) an odd use of military escorts
(D) all of the above
(A) dumb
(B) likely to induce panic & 911 calls
(C) an odd use of military escorts
(D) all of the above
"[T]he flyover was planned at the request of United leadership in Denver...the flyover is part of a private remembrance ceremony for United employees that is not open to the public." www.9news.com/article/news...
September 9, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Good news. Sanity has prevailed. This has been cancelled: bsky.app/profile/kyle...
This seems:
(A) dumb
(B) likely to induce panic & 911 calls
(C) an odd use of military escorts
(D) all of the above
(A) dumb
(B) likely to induce panic & 911 calls
(C) an odd use of military escorts
(D) all of the above
"[T]he flyover was planned at the request of United leadership in Denver...the flyover is part of a private remembrance ceremony for United employees that is not open to the public." www.9news.com/article/news...
www.9news.com
September 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
This seems:
(A) dumb
(B) likely to induce panic & 911 calls
(C) an odd use of military escorts
(D) all of the above
(A) dumb
(B) likely to induce panic & 911 calls
(C) an odd use of military escorts
(D) all of the above
Anthropic safety researcher says AI has greater than 10% chance of “killing all humans” within next decade. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/a...
Anthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quits
An Anthropic safety researcher said there is a greater than 10% chance AI could "kill all humans" after a former colleague quits over safety concerns.
www.cnbc.com
September 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Anthropic safety researcher says AI has greater than 10% chance of “killing all humans” within next decade. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/a...
Reposted by Colleen Kelly
Anika Wells said social media "platforms and tools have infiltrated our daily lives in ways that we could never have imagined. Some good, but some with terrible consequences. And there is a global reckoning coming for Big Tech.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
Australian Social Media Users Could Get Power to Switch Off Algorithms
Technology companies have been “running real-time, unregulated product testing on Australians” for too long, communications minister says.
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Anika Wells said social media "platforms and tools have infiltrated our daily lives in ways that we could never have imagined. Some good, but some with terrible consequences. And there is a global reckoning coming for Big Tech.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
Highly recommended excursion with Paddle Bridge tonight on the Mississippi River. 10/10
September 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Highly recommended excursion with Paddle Bridge tonight on the Mississippi River. 10/10
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NEW: In internal meetings, top USPS officials expressed concerns about new mail voting rules.
One repeated concern regarded how to avoid invalidating an entire batch of ballots if one voter among thousands couldn’t be confirmed as eligible. www.propublica.org/article/mail...
One repeated concern regarded how to avoid invalidating an entire batch of ballots if one voter among thousands couldn’t be confirmed as eligible. www.propublica.org/article/mail...
New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement
In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.
www.propublica.org
September 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
NEW: In internal meetings, top USPS officials expressed concerns about new mail voting rules.
One repeated concern regarded how to avoid invalidating an entire batch of ballots if one voter among thousands couldn’t be confirmed as eligible. www.propublica.org/article/mail...
One repeated concern regarded how to avoid invalidating an entire batch of ballots if one voter among thousands couldn’t be confirmed as eligible. www.propublica.org/article/mail...
Welp, so far, Tom Tom navigation has kept Lake Ontario as its real name, so I guess that's my new directions / map app ... (MapQuest was just too clunky and filled with ads)
September 2, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Welp, so far, Tom Tom navigation has kept Lake Ontario as its real name, so I guess that's my new directions / map app ... (MapQuest was just too clunky and filled with ads)
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Red State Universities: we believe in indoctrination and job training
Students: we hate that is there another option?
Blue State Universities: we promise to have no values except job training.
It ain’t enough. My latest. Gift link.
Students: we hate that is there another option?
Blue State Universities: we promise to have no values except job training.
It ain’t enough. My latest. Gift link.
Perry: Republicans fought ‘indoctrination.’ Now they’re telling students what to study.
The conservative attack on higher education in states like Iowa is hard to watch. But it also provides an opportunity for blue states like Minnesota.
www.startribune.com
August 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Red State Universities: we believe in indoctrination and job training
Students: we hate that is there another option?
Blue State Universities: we promise to have no values except job training.
It ain’t enough. My latest. Gift link.
Students: we hate that is there another option?
Blue State Universities: we promise to have no values except job training.
It ain’t enough. My latest. Gift link.
While the government takes away food aid to children, this is what we have millions for?
Of course. Of course they did. Their only function is to instill fear and inflict pain indiscriminately, and these will do both.
ICE awards $16.7M contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks - InDepthNH.org
ICE moved forward with the purchase despite opposition from civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress, who said ICE officers cannot be trusted to use them appropriately.
indepthnh.org
August 28, 2026 at 1:26 AM
While the government takes away food aid to children, this is what we have millions for?
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The way Kenny Rogers’ whole face lights up the moment he hears Dolly Parton’s voice coming from offstage.
August 25, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The way Kenny Rogers’ whole face lights up the moment he hears Dolly Parton’s voice coming from offstage.
Reposted by Colleen Kelly
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Minnesota voters, a federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list.
The DOJ is now 0-23 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
The DOJ is now 0-23 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
August 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Minnesota voters, a federal court dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit seeking access to the state's unredacted voter registration list.
The DOJ is now 0-23 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
The DOJ is now 0-23 in its sweeping legal hunt for states' private voter data.
Reposted by Colleen Kelly
EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
August 17, 2026 at 2:25 PM
EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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Just setting our money on fire for no reason at all.
Exclusive | Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions
The Navy spent years fighting the president’s push to go back to steam catapults.
www.wsj.com
August 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Just setting our money on fire for no reason at all.
"Last year was the seventh straight year of record overtime costs (for police); the last time the city stayed within its overtime budget was 2018."
Interesting fact: 2018 was also the first year Jacob Frey took office as mayor of Minneapolis.
www.startribune.com/mayor-frey-2...
Interesting fact: 2018 was also the first year Jacob Frey took office as mayor of Minneapolis.
www.startribune.com/mayor-frey-2...
Minneapolis mayor proposes millions in cuts, over 100 job cuts and 11.3% property tax increase
That would be the biggest property tax increase in Minneapolis in at least 26 years. The owner of a median-valued home of $351,400 would pay $409 more a year.
www.startribune.com
August 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"Last year was the seventh straight year of record overtime costs (for police); the last time the city stayed within its overtime budget was 2018."
Interesting fact: 2018 was also the first year Jacob Frey took office as mayor of Minneapolis.
www.startribune.com/mayor-frey-2...
Interesting fact: 2018 was also the first year Jacob Frey took office as mayor of Minneapolis.
www.startribune.com/mayor-frey-2...
I thought playing pickleball outside this afternoon for an hour "wouldn't be much worse" than playing a couple weeks ago when it was 92. I was sadly, and (nearly) dangerously wrong.
July 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
I thought playing pickleball outside this afternoon for an hour "wouldn't be much worse" than playing a couple weeks ago when it was 92. I was sadly, and (nearly) dangerously wrong.
Reposted by Colleen Kelly
Jeffrey Epstein models Zuckerberg's Meta glasses. Spoof advertisements featuring the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein wearing Meta’s AI glasses have been installed at bus stops across London in a guerrilla campaign protesting against privacy risks. The activist group Everyone Hates Elon
Spoof Epstein ads go up around London in protest against Meta AI glasses
The activist group Everyone Hates Elon targets smart glasses in a guerrilla campaign over privacy risks and non-consensual recording
www.thetimes.com
July 27, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Jeffrey Epstein models Zuckerberg's Meta glasses. Spoof advertisements featuring the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein wearing Meta’s AI glasses have been installed at bus stops across London in a guerrilla campaign protesting against privacy risks. The activist group Everyone Hates Elon
D. All of the above/below
July 8, 2026 at 1:36 AM
D. All of the above/below
Welp. Cancelled the downgraded Lynx seats. World Cup and Door Dash with daughter, it is.
July 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Welp. Cancelled the downgraded Lynx seats. World Cup and Door Dash with daughter, it is.
lol. StubHub just exchanged them, without my consent, to seats 20 rows back — and called it an upgrade! Dying
I’m caught in a StubHub / AXS / ticket transfer loop hell for tonight’s Minnesota Lynx game, and it’s super frustrating. Especially since it was a huge birthday splurge for daughter — front row seats.
July 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
lol. StubHub just exchanged them, without my consent, to seats 20 rows back — and called it an upgrade! Dying
I’m caught in a StubHub / AXS / ticket transfer loop hell for tonight’s Minnesota Lynx game, and it’s super frustrating. Especially since it was a huge birthday splurge for daughter — front row seats.
July 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I’m caught in a StubHub / AXS / ticket transfer loop hell for tonight’s Minnesota Lynx game, and it’s super frustrating. Especially since it was a huge birthday splurge for daughter — front row seats.
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It is time once again to discuss the Most Dad Things we have done in the past year. A couple of reminders:
- gender is a social construct, anyone can do Dad Things
- you need not be a parent to do a Dad Thing
- the definition of a Dad Thing is entirely subjective and maybe made up
I’ll go first:
- gender is a social construct, anyone can do Dad Things
- you need not be a parent to do a Dad Thing
- the definition of a Dad Thing is entirely subjective and maybe made up
I’ll go first:
June 21, 2026 at 1:09 PM
It is time once again to discuss the Most Dad Things we have done in the past year. A couple of reminders:
- gender is a social construct, anyone can do Dad Things
- you need not be a parent to do a Dad Thing
- the definition of a Dad Thing is entirely subjective and maybe made up
I’ll go first:
- gender is a social construct, anyone can do Dad Things
- you need not be a parent to do a Dad Thing
- the definition of a Dad Thing is entirely subjective and maybe made up
I’ll go first:
Didn't realize until today that one of the scientists kicked out of the diabetes conference was from the University of Minnesota. Well done, sir! arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
Diabetes org apologizes for ejecting scientists over criticism of Trump
For days after the stunning incident, the ADA had doubled-down on the choice.
arstechnica.com
June 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Didn't realize until today that one of the scientists kicked out of the diabetes conference was from the University of Minnesota. Well done, sir! arstechnica.com/health/2026/...