I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.

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This. Fuck, this so often

Saw a lot of headlines saying "wikipedia is embracing ai" being tossed around tabloids, and I'm pretty sure they were maliciously written to make you feel a certain way about Wikipedia. What's actually happening is that wikipedia is demanding payment for data scraping and the corpos don't like that.

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Holy shit. Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

The Bushtit is a good candidate for #birdoftheday #shortbeak, I think. #birds #nature #bushtitoftheday

we are still years out from the Democratic primary, and I think it is genuinely deranged that there’s people out there who believe there’s no other choice and thus we must rally around the flag of, all people, Gavin Fucking Newsom to save the republic

It is 2026 and there is zero practical or strategic reason to genuflect before the feet of notorious dead-eyed chucklefuck Gavin Newsom

Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out. They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?

we have a level of this in LA from the last time they were here in force and I expect it to kick back in serious gear the second they send another surge if your city hasn’t been hit yet now is the time to lay the groundwork, and thankfully there are a ton of examples out there at this point

i don't really give a shit if consultants think being anti-ICE is "good messaging" or whatever when people are actively being shot, beat, gassed and jailed.

There were only 226 homicides in LA last year. The homicide rate of 5.9 victims per 100,000 residents marked the lowest since 1959 when it was 5.5. “However, there were 47 officer-involved shootings in the city in 2025 compared to 29 the prior year, an increase of 62%.”

I've not been posting much of my #miniaturepainting lately, but every Tuesday I've been going to my friend's place to paint some product for her small business! She vends at local fairs and cons. A couple sets I've painted are for sale on her website! tinyurl.com/5dxkn3je tinyurl.com/2peywrbt

Minnesotans are fighting back against ICE and right-wing media propaganda in the most American ways possible: peaceful protest, Pickle Rick costumes, and tossed lunch meat

ICE in Minnesota is reminiscent of the firehoses used during the Civil Rights era. Images are compelling evidence that words can't compete with

I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things. This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.

Worth every second

yeah for those outside, I think it's worth noting this dynamic is real — MPD is not exactly beloved in aggregate by any stretch of the imagination but the overwhelming presence of the federal goons has made their actual jobs very difficult, gotten their leaves canceled, and generally pissed them off

To the people out of state who keep saying “why won’t the local cops stop ICE” you need to understand that ICE is overwhelmingly the largest force on the ground in Minneapolis. They outnumber Minneapolis cops four to one. They’re more likely to stop the cops than the other way around

Thread of remote ways to support Minneapolis

Comm, a study of “Truth Coming Out of Her Well” by Jean-Léon Gérôme

Thank you guys for all the amazing fan art for El Guapo vs The Narco Vampires! I will happily repost all of it!!! Here's my line up of all the main characters in case it helps you. youtu.be/O-zZqrdybGE?...

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Me:

Laura Jedeed on applying for a job with ICE: "I expected them to Google me, and they didn't ... they sent me a final job offer ... what's disturbing is we don't know who is wearing these masks with guns in our city. We don't know if they have domestic violence convictions."

For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org

For #BirdOfTheDay theme #LongBeaks Sword-billed Hummingbird #Colombia #birds #hummingbirds #nature

Let’s talk about abolishing ICE. Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.” /1

I’ll never forgive them for doing this to my city

The reality is that ICE and DHS actually CAN and ARE attacking people who are exercising their rights. I say this NOT to dissuade anyone from exercising those rights, but to challenge @tedlieu.bsky.social and other politicians to do more to protect those rights than post this kind of thing.

Trump is ordering his untrained goon army to go into states that did not vote for him to kill and maim people. That is the story. If this is about "border protection," from "drug fueled" countries in South and Latin America: why isn't ICE in Texas or Arizona or fucking FLORIDA. Oh wait, I know!

One thing you can do today is buy a friend's book. Who cares if you even read it. Just buy to support art. Fascists hate poetry and short stories and books about joy and memoirs about compassion etc. Let's go.

Want to help folks being terrorized by ICE in Minnesota? Well look at this google doc someone made. Lots of GoFundMe's that haven't met their goals yet. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

2/2 Bodega cat. Has other plans for this afternoon.

99% chance this is what they mean

#PortfolioDay I'm late, but hi!

The Last Aurochs

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

to be honest I've always found it kinda fun to end up being a little bit crappy at whatever I try to do... Takes a lot of pressure off, and I feel like everyone can tell when you're doing something just for the love of the game

I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder. Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.

protesters are not “clashing” with federal agents. they are fighting back against a deadly siege.

Work From Home Even if you can’t risk hitting the streets, there are other important ways to contribute to community safety efforts. Read the full article:

Fiery-throated Hummingbird #CostaRica #birds #hummingbirds #nature

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The Lapine Deck 🐇: The Emperor

TOMORROW Tuesday, January 13th IS #PORTFOLIODAY! yout.be/09cs_chctNk Want to combat AI scraping? Try this: 🔸Nightshade and Glaze your images 🔸Images should be web-sized and watermarked 🔸Crop images shared to social media 🔸Keep your portfolio behind a password or paywall Good luck! 💛