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In loving memory of Alex Pretti, no longer a stranger, but my brother. Murdered by our federal government in the fight against fascism. Remember him. I’m not very good at making graphics, but I needed to do something for his spirit.

ah ha. So in WtA we have now met a Finnish NPC who speaks no English. FORTUNATELY my character speaks Icelandic/Old Norse and... apparently "Jag ocksa talar svenska" would be "Eg tala lika saensku" in Icelandic/Old Norse. So communication is NOT gonna happen.

We had 50K people downtown yesterday, no ICE and zero incidents. ICE is the fucking problem.

With ICE, it’s mandated attacks on immigrants. But they are perfectly willing to jump down the queue and kill a white middle-class American when it’s convenient. Don’t assume you’ll be last on the list.

We’ve got fascists and not-fascists. That’s the political binary now. There is no “bipartisanship” with fascists.

Moments before the first shot is fired, this federal agent can be seen retreating with a gun. It appears to match the general appearance of the firearm posted by DHS, including the red dot sight. This agent’s back is turned when the first shot occurs. x.com/BillMelugin_...

(Im on mobile atm, and my blog article is in drafts as Im overhauling it with better sources/quotes from Fango issues) But you can see it at 23 minutes in here: youtu.be/z6LhJPAfPVM?...

SNOW PREDICTED, oil on canvas

Cost Savings xkcd.com/3197/

ARTE

Bay Leaves~ bay leaves~ give me the magic stew~ I'm so CRAZY~ adding just two of you~

You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️‍⚧️ But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold. So take care of yourself. Your soul is beautiful.

Something to do when I get to work tomorrow

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller January 23,1953

Colorado has confirmed it will not release wolves this winter after federal officials halted the planned relocation of wolves from Canada. The USFWS stated that the transfer would violate an existing legal agreement with CPW and the federal agency. Read more: https://bit.ly/4r8baT8

*taps the sign*

WA state pals: there is currently a state bill (HB2641) that will ban certain federal officers (ICE) from employment at any state law enforcement. Read the bill here: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202... Comment here: app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2641 Share and comment!

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We've made this Sinister Minnesotans shirt from our Stan Kelly comic this week. Net proceeds from this shirt will be donated to local organizations doing their part to keep Minnesotans safe and send ICE agents home to ruin their own fucking communities. Fuck ICE and stay strong, Minneapolis.

kelty comic this week about to make the onion store a zillion dollars

suspicious hotdish is what my husband calls my—

Nothing brings a friend group together like Murder. 🎨: @deegeemin.bsky.social

I make 1 (ONE!) Werewolf: The Apocalypse character and the floodgates open i guesss fuckkk

Earlier this month, a journalist recorded a PPB officer repeatedly punching a protester who was already restrained. The following day, a protester recorded a PPB officer defending the ICE shooting of Renée Good. Through record requests, we ID'd the officers, who it turns out, might be related. (1/3)

I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.

I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.

But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes. What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one

I don't want to paint a rosy picture, because it's a city under siege. People are being abducted all the time. One person told me about watching 1-2 abductions a day, just in her own work following ICE.

Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."

Another person put it: "we're Minnesotans. We're excited to get out our real winter gear out of the box for the year." He was an audio engineer whose kid went to school in the area. No way in hell was he going to let anyone come for the kids on his watch.

Today I talked with a 76 year old who'd been standing in the cold for hours guarding her neighbors. I was getting kind of chilly, even in the new winter gear i bought for this trip (and I live in the goddam mountains myself). She didn't even have a hat on.

Before I came, I asked a local friend if the cold (it's going to be -20 or so in the coming days) would stop people from coming out. "No, we'll be there. It's ICE who can't handle it."

It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle. There are a few basic skills involved, and so people teach each other those skills, and people are collectively refining them.

I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.

Half the street corners around here have people--from every walk of life, including republicans--standing guard to watch for suspicious vehicles, which are reported to a robust and entirely decentralized network that tracks ICE vehicles and mobilizes responders.

I got in late last night. First thing this morning, I saw cars following an ice vehicle down the street, honking at it. Later, we didn't drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility... let that sink in)

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Fun fact: when bluesky was invite-only, we got our invite from AOC

We owe much to the United Farm workers!

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UPDATE: Now, 215 Minneapolis General Strike solidarity actions are being held around the country. This could create serious momentum for strikes in other cities where ICE attacks. paydayreport.com/minneap/

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

The one conservative joke is "I identify as an attack helicopter," while the one liberal joke is "lol these guys are homogays who suck cock because they're gay"

In lieu of today's Jack Smith testimony, I am going to once again *urge you* to listen or read up on Sascha Riley's account of Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, and Donald Trump's assaults of them.

This man should find no place to rest his head, no good meal to eat, no warmth in cold -- not a moment of comfort in the rest of his miserable, well, I would say life, but what kind of life is this? To be so cruel, so callous, so empty. So let's go with "rest of his miserable existence."

BREAKING: The House Natural Resources Committee voted to send HR 4255, the Mexican gray wolf delisting bill, to the full House. The bill relies on misinformation when making the claim that Mexican gray wolves have met recovery criteria. Urge your Rep. to OPPOSE this bill: https://bit.ly/466LD4G