ICE is out of control. They are the source of the violence and can never be its remedy. In the short term, the only answer is for them to cease operations in Minnesota and leave. Immediately. In the slightly longer term, ICE must be dismantled and abolished. They cannot be reformed.

YOu cannot protest peacefully enough to stop violence from people who don't want peace

So not only are they shooting our citizens they are setting the city on fire. #MFD did respond. Someone get an Air Quality check in #Minneapolis with the volume of Flash Bangs & Chemical Irritants.

This is tremendous reporting, i highly recommend reading the thread and following Heather. The judge says federal agents have lied under oath and one hopes she’s in her windup now to throw the goddamn book at them

This judge may be the angriest person in America. This thread blew my hair back.

It’s 10pm and the sky is still light; the western edge of the time zone is crazy

I just got carded at the grocery store & I’m honestly shocked to learn that pointing to your prominent gray streak “isn’t an acceptable form of ID”???

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

Da POPE

Happy Blerthday, @blairbraverman.bsky.social!

Coworker: Did you ever hear about the woman who couldn’t understand how small dogs & big dogs could be the same species until she realized they all had the same nose? Dog noses are unique. Me: What about bears? Coworker: What? Me: Bears have dog noses. Coworker: *googles* Coworker: Dammit Molly.

Raven is a beloved member of the #UglyDogs community and a lovely soul. Please help if you can. 💜

Attention: Musk’s staffers are now seeking access to a sensitive Medicare database as part of their crackdown on undocumented immigrants. DOGE was never about saving the U.S. money—it’s about building a government-run machine to weaponize personal data.

We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

My friend @kenbrosky.bsky.social who lives and teaches in Wisconsin, made a film about the dismantling of the community colleges (by state GOP) there, mostly affecting rural areas. This is well worth your time, and possibly a test case for other states. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GIc...

Just read the whole thread.

Madison!

"We are the guardrails now" – the Raging Grannies (including my mom!) - at Hands Off protest in Madison

The #HandsOff Rally in Madison was GARGANTUAN and ELECTRIC. Heartening and energizing!!!

RIP, National Endowment for the Humanities

Today, all staff at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) were placed on administrative leave, raising questions about how the agency will disperse congressionally appropriated funds to museums and libraries across the US. Just how much of the federal budget goes to IMLS? 0.0046%

Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies. In Denmark: - Health care and college are free.   - The starting wage is $22/hr. - Paid parental leave is 1 year. - Paid vacation is 6 weeks.   - All workers get pensions.

@darthbluesky.bsky.social Hi Darth, we missed you!

Do you value your library? Trump just ordered the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the key source of federal support for libraries. Libraries are vital social infrastructure, the foundations of an open, democratic society. Gutting them means gutting our own communities.

The real Best Picture winner in our hearts...

These are brown shirts, and this is Nazi behavior. We are not in a fight between right and left anymore. This is a fight between Americans and those who would bend the knee to a king. If you care about the soul of this country, we have to stand for each other.

February 1 marks the end of the hunting season in Spain, which means that thousands of galgos—Spanish greyhounds bred for hunting—will be abandoned on the streets today… if they’re lucky. 🧵

Buy your favorite non-profit employee a drink today. They’ll need it.

Please send this information to any trans writer you know. We need their voices now more than ever.

My mother: “The meteorologist said we’re supposed to get 6-8 inches of snow, but you know men, they say 6-8 inches when they mean 3-4.”

I referenced the gif of “that giggling cartoon dog” and none of my friends knew who I meant. Rotten little millennials, how dare you not get my pop culture reference from… *quick google*… 1968???

Writing alt text makes me feel like a Martian. “A human creature wraps its limb around another human. They experience joy?”

The ratio of Days I Am Getting a Massage to Days I Am Not Getting a Massage is really out of whack.

Overheard at the airport: “I wish I could find a red-headed au pair!”

What a gift that one of my favorite authors is also one of my favorite people. Can’t wait to get my hands on the finished version of this!

Oh no I just googled Lady Miss Kier and somehow she’s sixty American years old ☠️

This is the worst sentence I’ve read since I stopped teaching freshman comp.

Me: After you die, you can send me two dollar bills to let me know you’re still around. My dad: Okay, but how will I send them to you? Me: I don’t know, use your ghost powers!

Alfie tried to use his witchy powers to bring all the children to our house but the cold seems to have kept them away ☹️

Okay I redeemed myself by identifying a child as a Gryffindor. (The parent called “you’re the first person who’s gotten that right!” & I said “hi Mrs. Weasley!”)

Oh geez, I just called a kid a shark but I think he was actually a pterosaur. I RUINED HALLOWEEN!

“Quokkumentary” was RIGHT THERE

Spending my one wild and precious life trying to wrap my head around the Monty Hall problem

The other night I left my mom alone with my boyfriend for less than five minutes and when I came back she was telling him about sneaking pot brownies into a 3D porn theatre in the 70s

Saw the Oppenheimer sequel tonight. I had no idea that guy put a band together. Good for him.

Anyway what I wanted to tell you is that a teenager at the pet store let me hold a ferret & somehow I never fully understood that ferrets are just weasels that live in your house.

FINE I’m here