I honestly miss optimism.

Do thou, too, remain warm among ice.

It's the PTO moms and spreadsheet dads and other random-ass Minnesotans concerned for their neighbors. There is no one central organizing org, just a ton of people who give a shit. It's both beautiful that it's happening and laughable that anyone thinks there's some broader apparatus at work.

You can't legislate this problem away because we have a lawless executive that ignores laws it doesn't like

Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.

this is a small thing but it would be nice to feel good about paying taxes. i would like to write a check to the government and think about kids going to school and freshly paved roads not all the death squads my income helps fund.

People have been killed over this.

NYT says ICE shot him in the back: An “agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range… A third agent unholsters a weapon. Both agents appear to fire additional shots into Mr. Pretti as he lies motionless… At least 10 shots appear to have been fired…” 🎁🔗

I saw the video of this morning’s murder, and the amount of distance between what’s in the video and what the administration is trying to claim happened is so vast that you literally will not believe me until you see it with your own eyes.

Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position

Hell is empty and all the devils are here

Sarah is always a joy to read. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-nation-o...

Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.

This is a gorgeous essay. “So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”

HEADS UP: DO NOT TRUST BLINKMOON. IT'S A SCAM. blinkmoon.com

If you work for ICE, quit now. Your chances for future employment, meaningful friendships, and frankly, not getting shanked in prison are already pretty slim, but if you quit RIGHT NOW you might avoid the worst of what is coming. Especially if you blow some whistles, and then testify.

Reminder that TikTok in the US is now owned by explicitly Trump allies www.wired.com/story/tiktok... #tiktok #privacy

Tomorrow, the Democratic Party of Evanston members will vote to endorse candidates. Unfortunately, the DPOE misrepresented us on the ballot, didn’t tell us, and still has not issued a formal correction. So we’re doing it ourselves:

Galaxy brain take from Jassy, here. www.seattletimes.com/business/ama... #tech #layoffs #amazon

I don’t know how we’re supposed to stay non-violent when they are doing shit like this.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Cannot see the end of it.

this photo. minneapolis. 💜 📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune

Who does this help? Who is this for? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

When I wrote this story a few months ago it didn’t feel nearly as on the nose as it does today. This shit is all moving so fast. joshsutphin.com/fiction/we-a...

I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.

I just thought everyone should see this

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

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Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)

This scam with my name attached started the day after articles quoted me about instagram adding their own sensationalistic and often inaccurate headlines to insta posts in google searches. I do not send emails to strangers out of the blue pushing my wares, so to speak.

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

You fuckers never had social permission in the first place, that’s the whole *point*

I endorse this post

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.

Okay but Fantasy Life on the Switch is giving me a whole kind of joy I didn’t realize how badly I needed

Look how they massacred my boy 😭 #gamedev #unity3d #capitalism

This isn’t law enforcement. It’s terrorism. Now, what does the maga crowd think we should do to terrorists?

Sometimes I think I should’ve bought a gun years ago, and I hate so much that it’s come to that. A lot of people need to see the inside of a cell over this.

One of the things people misunderstand about a good system of education is that the capstone payoff is curiosity, not knowledge. It is more important to learn to want to know things, than it is to learn some set of things.

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The older I get the more intensely I believe that merely being able to sincerely say “I was wrong, I fucked up” inoculates one against so many kinds of wildly destructive personal evil

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Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗

Why am I even awake right now 😂

This is very funny and oh god I’m way too online aren’t I

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