My big "old man" thing is going to be telling my grandkids that I remember when if a product or service didn't work you could contact someone who works there and they would help you fix it

ICE lowering admissions requirements to kidnap our neighbors while mocking parents who want their kids to learn more. If that's not the conservative movement in this country in a sentence I don't know what is.

BREAKING: DOJ is suing Minnesota over its state hiring policies, asserting that its affirmative action programs violate Title VII. Notably, the AG is seeking a three-judge district court panel (which would include one Eighth Circuit judge) for the case.

1. ICE should not exist. It is a burden morally and financially. 2. QR codes are easily damaged with markers. 3. Many people do not possess a smart phone. 4. ICE will cover codes as police do with badge numbers. 5. QR codes are nearly impossible to scan while in motion. 6. You ain't slick.

wdym it took a week to go from announcing the program to starting the program

Delta reported that it sold more premium flight tickets last year but fewer of their cheap flight tickets. What does that mean? The rich are doing better than ever, but everyone else is getting squeezed. Even other corporations are noticing the trend. Here’s why it's dangerous for the economy.

"whiskey fridays" might be a real test for the trump era "never back down or apologize, even when everyone thinks your idea is stupid" axiom. they have plenty of time to shut the thing down before anyone sees it but it feels way more likely they'll blunder through just to prove they're in charge

Motion to establish a Byzantine style western capitol out here in Cascadia and reboot a science based CDC.

There's a reason why Black people can make a joke at any time about anything. We've been surviving white people for hundreds of years now. Black joy is in spite of that. Above that. Beyond that. You're a full human even if the world wants you to be only fear and nothingness. Eat. Laugh. Fight.

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I choose being a human over being a professional. Being a professional would mean taking that AI job. Being a professional would mean sucking up to demonstrably terrible people. I’m human, and as such I refuse to do those things. And I will likely lose more than I win as a result. Happily.

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Major, multi-carrier cellular outage in the United States right now. No cellular internet or signal in Maryland where I am. I've never seen anything like this before.

These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country

some of you (not in portland) have expressed disbelief about the satire-levels of whiteness in that piece. i assure you, portland is really like this lol

Be careful, California. It's a good idea to mask when you're in crowds, wash your hands, and be extra careful. I know a couple people who have had this flu, and they said it was worse than Covid. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Ope, it's after 1 p.m. in Minnesota. Have you had lunch yet? On your way? Have something cooking? Do you have meds you take in the middle of the day? Other stuff you've gotta do to take care of yourself? Drink some water, take a few deep breaths. You've got this.

Folks in the US still like to treat the whole Greenland invasion stuff as sufficiently unserious to engage with, but it is sufficiently serious that NATO allies are actively deploying tripwire forces to deter the US. That is *already* a political and actual cost to them, and to US relationships

Ken got a list of "Major USBP-Supported Operations," some of which we already new about and were widely announced by DHS ("Operation At Large" and "Operation Tidal Wave" to name two), others which are new to me. What is a lot more interesting to me is the very small number of apprehensions.

Can double confirm. ICE vehicles were circling the Chinese immersion school in our neighborhood within the past hour.

This is horror movie shit.

This SHOULD clear it up for anyone thinking he doesn't want to be a dictator.

the federal government is now kidnapping native americans and holding them hostage in exchange for i.c.e. cooperation agreements with their tribes

The amount of organizing happening in a VERY short period of time is truly mind boggling. I've seen things come together in hours that, in the nonprofit & education spaces, would take weeks or MONTHS of planning and coordination. So, so proud of the Twin Cities right now.

This is why *everyone* should be in a union. If you’re not in one, organize. Collective bargaining and action is the ONLY way we secure and keep our rights.

As recently as 2015, this would have been the end of a presidency. In 2026, it's a Tuesday.

The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system. To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.

Check out our animated trailer, and start your engines… Bloom&Blight: Persephone drops January 22nd! 🏁✨

Spotlight: Carmen Holiday (s/h) Persephone Protocol veteran, Carmen has seen her team through thick and thin. Losing teammates, races, and even her partner, everything has changed these last few seasons. Carmen's here to keep the light on & keep her team moving towards victory, whatever it takes.

Games can't happen without facilitators 😤 New GM's and producers, don't be shy, this is a great chance to have an awesome table experience! #BlackSky #ttrpg

Targeting by the FDA. Toothpaste investigations. Medicaid changes that threaten to limit access. Even as critics of water fluoridation point to other sources of fluoride as an alternative — usually in the name of individual choice — many are creating barriers to these same products. My new story:

I considered postponing my gig at the club Berlin in Minneapolis this Thursday ( Yonci will DJ before & after) but Fuck ICE if people can stand up, hit the streets & deal with the American Gestapo I can stand up & make music

None if this trash is ever inevitable and you can help crush this surveillance creep tech by calling it surveillance creep tech.

This week, 404 Media obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer. Watch now:

If ever there was something that demands faster action to shutter an agency, surely it's the routine abductions, abuse, murder, trauma, and Kavanaugh stops. Absurd that the regime believes it has any moral authority to shame Iran as it regularly violates its own Constitution

Shouldn't it be a bigger story that the immigration cops are seizing and imprisoning people who CANNOT POSSIBLY BE IMMIGRANTS

The truth is, poverty is an unforgivable crime. My child is dying before my eyes because of poverty If I had enough money,I could have saved his life I see the world saving the lives of animals while my child, who is supposed to be human, will die without anyone saving www.muslimgiving.org/mohmed0

sound familiar? history echos

For the morning crowd: the full notes/slides/report-back from last night’s workshop on how artists can respond to this moment BEYOND our art. Even if you couldn’t make it, there is some really useful, practical stuff in the notes:

🚨New details on “Operation PARRIS” are emerging. Groups on the ground estimate that at least 100 people with full refugee status have now been arrested and sent to Texas to be detained for interrogation about their status and possible removal proceedings. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

Help our unhoused Minneapolis neighbors in need. During the Siege and not during the siege. Willy is 💯 trustworthy and about this work.

ICE funding already exceeds the point where, if it was redeployed to other areas, it could fully remove homelessness in the United States more than twice over. $42.5bn/year vs an estimated $20bn/year to solve homelessness.

Every single local grade school in my city has community safety patrols to defend children & their parents against ICE. Most are founded by &/or partnered with school boards. These are not extremist, violent positions. These are working people protecting their loved ones from the American gestapo.

A letter from one of the Graduate hotel managers on the UMN campus to their staff said: "No One needs to know that we have served ICE/DHS in the hotel. Again, they are just like any other guest." Too bad our partners at @umnsds.bsky.social already knew and led a crowd tonight in making some NOISE.

Bari Weiss eating shit over and over and over has been a small pleasure in the wasteland.

Did someone say cookies? www.erininthemorning.com/p/2026-trans...

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Let me give you a thought experiment: Imagine not just a ban on qualified immunity for authority, but a reversal; a new legal framework, under which authority bears greater responsibility than civilians in matters involving force—as it should. www.the-reframe.com/absolute-imm...

Hey y’all! REMINDER: I am LEGALLY OBLIGATED to award at least one scholarship to a Louisiana woman. And no Louisiana women have applied. This happens every year where we have to beg women in my own state to apply and Idk why. We’re in our 6th cycle! Come get this money! ThurmanPerryFoundation.org