Time to call your reps again. 5 calls hasn't got a script up yet, but I'm sure they will soon. Or write your own. Either way, pick up that phone and start hassling.

Folks, the cops were the ones arresting the clergy, not ICE. They are not on our side. I'm going to hold your hand while I say this: they're all the baddies.

Paul Bunyan sez FUCK ICE.

I get the impulse to say "where were you all this time?" because I feel that way, too. It's frustrating because yes, historic and continuing harms... Organizers and activists I respect are asking us to say "Welcome to the fight." Of course, they're right. May the spirit of MN prevail everywhere.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.

you, too, can have the discord emoji

Seeing the NYT switch to active voice feels like watching a seal holding back the apocalypse crack

Genuinely the only thing keeping me going—but it really is keeping me going—is how good it is to see people link arms and push for this to end. I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.

Today's pigeons are carrying the weight of my anger and grief, and I think they're doing a pretty good job considering.

I saw this a million years ago and could not stop laughing.

This is what love looks like.

If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.

I don't have a kid, but I whole heartedly agree. Vaccines aren't just for you or your kid. It's for the community. I have relatives who are immunocompromised and cannot get a lot of vaccines. They rely on me and others to get vaccinated to keep them safe. Vaccines are community work.

General strike today across the US in solidarity with Minnesota! This is your chance to demonstrate real collective power! Do not miss it!!

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In the interest of accuracy, I should mention that the "5k ticks per season" datum is inaccurate, based on observations of animals in captivity. But what they DO eat is "literally anything else in your yard that wants to bite or poison you." Spiders, scorpions, venomous snakes, rodents, the works!

The cat is out of the bag! I’m so excited and incredibly honored to co-create NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH with amazing @sarahgailey.bsky.social ! coming this April!🎉🎉🎉🔪🍅 Pre-orders are open now! www.boom-studios.com/archives/sar...

Gonna be hard to top "You get a new third thing, bitch" for best sentence of the year.

No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive.

saving this

The Canucks showed the Skip kiss on the arena center screen, then flashed to Robbie sitting in the crowd. Robbie rose and ripped off his special pride jersey to reveal 🥁🥁 a Scott Hunter #21 Admirals jersey underneath. (I actually love this more than LIFE, hear me!) 😍😍 #HeatedRivalry

I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally

i'm way less scared of civil war ii erupting than i am of absolutely nothing changing as things get worse and worse & the entire media apparatus pivots to pretending that using 5-year olds as bait to try and lure people out of their houses before also arresting the 5-year olds is normal

I have spent a lot of time and effort separating myself from violence. It is an important part of that work to know precisely where that separation ceases to apply

So you agree? AI doesn't do anything useful?

heartening thread here. there is real, meaningful work we can do to protect our communities, we can learn how to do it from each other, and we don't have to do it alone.

There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy

🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:

Holy fucking shit this is awesome use this now cybernews.com/security/dev...

General Strike.

I called my rep and they are a hard no. Have you called your house rep yet? reps.fyi

I gotta go eat brownies and hang with people I love because they kidnapped a baby and I'm gonna lose it thinking about all the other children they've taken that I don't know about. Be kind to yourselves and your neighbors. I'll also share this in case you're able to help www.standwithminnesota.com

Today's pigeons are doing that thing pigeons do where they take turns keeping watch for each other while they eat.

Here is my experience and opinion. PEOPLE GENERALLY WANT TO HELP But most of the time, people don't know how to help, or what to do. This is why people say things like 'most people are sheep' it's not ...it's not really an insult. It's the reality. This is something people CAN DO.

I feel seen

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

Great feedback, team. Keep it up.

A lot of you need to learn the difference between "I'm not interested in this story" and "no human being could possibly want to create or read/watch this story and its existence is a personal insult against me."

If you don’t want ICE on your block but think “Abolish ICE” is too extreme, you desire a terrorized “other”…just not where it inconveniences you. If you are, say, a mayor or politician with this view, then you want freedom from terror while also wanting the option to set terror upon others.

i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory

Ahaha *SOB* How to Become a Professional Writer www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how... TBF, the paragraph about novelists doesn’t resonate as much for genre authors, but allll the rest is way too real!

Weber State with a "WTF did I just watch? (Complimentary)" to win the partner stunt competition at nats www.instagram.com/reel/DTmAnJx...

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But what about the inevitability of AI? 😂

This book banning bill would set the precedent that the Miller Test is irrelevant, which will legally imperil creators nationwide, especially queer creators. It died last year and it's shambling corpse has been trotted out to horrify us anew this year. If you're in FL pls call your state reps.

Here’s the thing about alt text: it helps everyone! Sometimes, I don’t know what is in a photo without it. Plus, it’s fun! I won’t share anything without it. Most people here do the same. Join us.

A reminder that you can, and should, turn on the setting (in your settings, natch) that forces you to use ALT text on photos. It's under Settings / Accessibility --

this is, literally, a wild ride

now THIS is a good sample size