So we all know that ICE hasn't really left, right? They're just moving out of the metro where there fewer eyes and whistles. The Hampton in Brooklyn Park is packed with SUVs. Good grief

a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.

The death penalty results is so many miscarriages of justice that any truly civilized nation would stop using it, not expand it.

Born to be a poet, forced to be a soldier, because of a king

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When the city said they made no agreements for the "drawdown" I thought it was suspiciously specific wording. Apparently they did make agreements, just not with a specific quid pro quo.

ICE needs security forces? ICE agents will be out and about? They're not leaving? Being out and about means you have to be there. Now they're going to have security forces? ICE will have bodyguards? It almost sounds like they're adding more people.

City limits sign University Avenue, Saint Paul April 19, 1929 Detail of image via Hennepin County Library; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...

This is one of the most depressing things I've ever read

We can do this!

“A 2010 study found the average Wikipedia contributor was in their mid-twenties; today, many of those same editors are now in their forties or fifties.”

CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.

lesbians reskeet if you agree

the number of fortune 500 companies that have been telling their six remaining human employees “before you do anything, ask yourself: ‘could AI have done that?’” is nonzero. i’ll tell you that for free. congratulations to everyone who was working real hard to destabilize the concept of “truth.”

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

Less than a hundred years ago, from 1931-1934, Minneapolis residents threatened and assaulted a Black family that had the temerity to not live in the "right" neighborhood. It only ended because they moved. Their child had to be escorted by police to go to school. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...

Animation of all fed activity from Dec 1st through Feb 11th. The source data are a combo of both rapid response networks' data and IceOut's.

Tom Homan: "I'm not going to sit here and say anybody did anything wrong and that, you know, they were, you know, unprofessional." Today at Homewood Suites in New Brighton, MN:

Assuming the street numbers are the same now as then, 8th Ave S is not Chicago Ave and has been for a very long time. Unsurprisingly, I can't find any permits for this building (it was erected before permits were a thing here). The site is either parking, light rail, or Vikings stadium now.

Also the "you done messed up" Duh. Oood.

People think one has to be mentally ill to fall for a GPT illusion or a cult, but that's manifestly untrue. Cults draw people in by providing a place they feel they can belong. It's a seduction, and while it works best on the lonely *anyone call fall for a cult.* Cults don't look evil at first (1/?)

A 45-point swing among independents is *crazy* for one year.

Does anyone know what's going on that's brought the news chopper to Phillips? It seems to be centering its passes over Bloomington and 26th or Little Earth.

This house cost $20,000 in 1883 to build, more than 20x (probably 30x or so) the cost of most houses. Construction costs have gone up all out of whack with inflation, given that an average house is about $300K to build today it would probably be $10-15 million.

For no particular reason, thinking about how the Minneapolis Aquatennial was concocted by business men in 1940 to water down the memory of a 1934 Union victory that happened in spite of violent and deadly opposition

There's a real Cargo Cult Mamdani thing going on with Frey right now. Yes, liking the city is a good thing in a mayor. But it works for Mamdani because (1) he actually does like his city, unlike Frey who clearly does not, and (2) his actions are rooted in that, not just expressive gestures.

my fam was lucky enough to see a statue of him in Dublin last summer and I have thought about his words a lot as of late “…the deep sympathy for the slave, and the strong abhorrence of the slaveholder, everywhere evinced… the spirit of freedom that seems to animate all with whom I come in contact”

Where was literally any of this milquetoast energy a week or a month ago? Instead we got lectures and tear gas. And why do people need to do grocery runs for their neighbors, Frey?

Okay, last episode of Murder She Wrote for the night, and it's the obligatory hypnosis episode. This is one of those tropes that just bores me.

Hackers (despite not having seen it in at least 15 years)

Yes to all the dude, but I use friendo when someone mildly annoys me in traffic. "My dude," however, is a sign that you done fucked up and I'm about to tell you why.

Awww, this episode is the last one for my favorite side character in Murder, She Wrote. At least he didn't die?

Oh look at that, another amazing sunset from Minneapolis, the city of sunsets and heroes!

I could share some city hall facts but that's boring. Across the street was Flour City Brush company! Who doesn't love the sound of that? They have a 1935 catalog! archive.org/details/Flou... The catalog has some super neat art in it. And all the brushes! Acid brushes! Flue brushes! Vat brushes!

Reupping for the evening crowd. We've raised a couple hundred more for this family today. I know lawyer-much money can seem like a big ask, but if people can chip in even a couple of bucks hopefully we can at least help the family find out which hellhole ICE has her in.

Hi friends, there is a south Mpls neighbor in need of funds for their asylum case. They received a court summons today & need an attorney to help. @danielsuitor.com has given some pro bono resources but we think they will need paid representation. Please see images for details & how to help.

This is almost 1 in 5 Minneapolites (about 18%).

I just want to hang out with friends over drinks.

This is now the intersection of I-394 and Highway 100. Wayzata Blvd's original alignment was replaced by I-394, and The Belt Line was the colloquial term for TH 100 before the creation of the 494-694 loop.

Why doesn't Frey have the faith of his convictions and tell us, the voters, what he really thinks?

This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.

Hey folks, I know there's a lot of needs out there but my neighbor's wife was taken at her asylum appointment and their lawyer can't find her. This was vetted by a friend whom I trust. www.gofundme.com/f/dona-para-...

This is very careful wording. No deals to end the operation doesn't mean no deals without an explicit quid pro quo. Also, for fucks sake @minneapolismn.gov why can't you add goddamn alt text?

This is a great example of something this administration does that is so unbelievable, it undermines your credibility to report it. They couldn't have done this, could they? Could they? Could they?

This was an early breathalyzer. It couldn't exactly quantity how much ethanol was in one's system, but the chemical in it turned purple and more purple meant more drunk. The name Drunkometer is objectively hilarious and awesome.

I not only had my usual coffee but two shots of espresso today, brain go brrrrrrrr

Non-MN folks, know that the vast bulk of the resistance here is care work like this: distributing food, shoveling snow, driving people places. Most has to be done in strict secrecy, & even what’s public is quiet. The resistance you see in videos is just the tip of an gigantic iceberg of solidarity ❤️‍🔥

More rebel loons have been added to this thread of excellent not at all A.I. loons since I last looked at it. 😍

They're clearing unhoused folks from Cedar Ave under the bridges today. Talked to one of the garbage guys who says the city didn't even let them come by and pick up garbage bags for the last month. The city created a health crisis by refusing to help the unhoused with their trash.

I would love to see some comprehensive reporting on what, exactly, the governor, mayor, police departments and sheriffs DID concede to ICE. Because these negotiations still seem extremely vague and unclear.