"It's time to center people's humanity" THIS THIS IS WHAT I KEEP INSISTING And if you won't find a candidate willing to do that barest minimum, your candidates and your party don't deserve our votes You cannot build a better world without this

Springsteen, 1/17/26, surprise appearance at NJ benefit. Dedicates “Promised Land” to Renee Good and spits 🔥, again. youtu.be/XGybr8FIi98?...

“protesters” are not “clashing” with law enforcement. violent federal agents have waged war on minneapolis and regular people are telling them to get the fuck out. and last time i checked being in a group chat doesn’t mean you’re in a professional organization. it means you have friends.

i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.

ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.

These times are filled with horrors and inspiration. Devastating defeats and historic victories. Altogether, it's exhausting. That's why we must find joy. I find joy in 10,000+ crows going to roost at dusk. Tonight was one of the best nights yet. Higher resolution: youtu.be/URWxDikio5Q 🪶

This is light-hearted and doesn't touch on cases of fuckaroundits, but maybe it'll spark joy. Mid 90s local PBS. youtu.be/oiSzwoJr4-0

Anyway this is why I’m in Metairie on a rainy Saturday bc I’ve never gotten out here in all the times I’ve been here #gramparsons

Purified his ass with the waters of Lake Minnetonka

He gave a bunch of Nazi salutes and out came the super soakers (pic from Mpls subreddit)

If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵

Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk

me, being normal as usual.

Powderhorn Art Sled party in the middle of an occupation. Losers can’t stop us.

Running Nazis out of town and then whimsical cardboard sleds at Powderhorn - you just have to love Minneapolis.

At the Powderhorn Art Sled Rally in Minneapolis, bowling pins with the names of politicians (Erdogan, Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, etc.) sledded down then were demolished by a big, slow-moving ball.

that’s right

If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before) Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

No no no

“don’t take the bait!!!” THEY’RE PEOPLE BEING TERRORIZED BY ARMED FEDERAL AGENTS, NOT TROUT

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

The call is for a one day stoppage of all work, school, and consumption on Jan 23rd. Minneapolisunions.org is a regional group of unions connected with the AFL-CIO. Calls for it started a few days ago from a handful of local unions and this marks a major expansion. It has a lot of potential to grow.

They have quite an operation going. www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.

And if you haven’t gotten started yet, there’s an online training coming up in 45 minutes that’s well worth your time, even if you never end up patrolling on ICE Watch: zoom.us/webinar/regi... These are not recorded but there will be another training on Monday (will link in the next post)

relatedly please send funds to @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social. ICE might suffer in this weather but our unhoused neighbors definitely will without support!!!!

Minnesotan born and raised, You Betcha!

Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...

It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.

At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely. That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.

“My deputies don’t wear masks, but once you pass this law, I will not only allow them but I will encourage them to do so…just to see what you do.” “If you try to remove me from office, thousands of people will surround the city council building and prevent that from happening.”

My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support. PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities- Venmo @powwowgrounds www.powwowgrounds.com

It's day 45 of the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities. Today a 97 year old grandmother asked for supplies to help us pack whistles. There's a place for everyone in this movement. ICE OUT.

Jesus. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

We must all have ways to hold, release, some of the devastation and fury in these times of terror and rage. When we do, we may have more capacity for useful action. Because we must take action. But we must have capacity. Some words, and some resources:

Virginia's legislative session only started yesterday, and it was a very big day. The House already passed four constitutional amendments on Day 1: —protect abortion rights —repeal the same-sex marriage ban —allow mid-decade redistricting —greatly expand voting rights restoration. Next: Senate.

Whenever elected Democrats are like "there's nothing we can do to stop this," they fail to grasp that what voters want isn't even for them to work miracles as much as it is for them to just 𝘵𝘳𝘺. Like hey, just 𝘵𝘳𝘺 to do something. Be active. It's a shockingly low bar to clear and yet...

Can verify, it’s driving my dog crazy. Explosions every few minutes. They’re rattling my walls.

God save our Broiler Pan Queen.

every time i log on something horrible is happening but also people are trying really hard to help

Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...

Friends—I need you to connect to your rapid response in your city. Your ICE watch. If you don’t have one, start one. I’m watching Minneapolis and we need to be prepared for what comes next. Know the activists in our neighborhoods. If you don’t know your rights now is the time to learn. Have a plan.

See that larger white blob at lower left, and the smaller blob to its right? That's Earth and the Moon. Photographed from the orbit of Mercury.

A single federal agent with a long gun just walked through the crowd, slipped on the ice on his way under the police tape. Dropped his loaded clip.

This is brilliant!

My 7yo niece came home from school with a drawing of herself fighting ice in her backyard with a knife

We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.