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Some folks could really benefit from reading Carol Anderson's book on the ways the Second Amendment has historically been a tool of white supremacy, become some of the takes are...lacking. (And I guess Dr. Anderson isn't on here?) www.bloomsbury.com/us/second-97...

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

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

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

Farm workers in solidarity with Minnesota #ICEOUT #ICEOutOfMN

Marcella Hazan's tomato sauce never disappoints cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015...

Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.

Kudos to the Star Tribune giving Liam top billing over Vance.

Public trust in science and technology is a serious, growing problem, especially now. Instead of trying to solve it with better communication, we should adopt a more inclusive approach to innovation that takes low-tech, incremental, and system-wide solutions seriously. My new piece @science.org 👇🏽🧵

Solidarity from the beavers.

Current* conditions near Whitefish, MI:

Re the February Dear Colleagues letter that threatened funding for schools & universities over DEI-related efforts: ‘[Ed Dept]…moved to dismiss its appeal. It leaves in place a federal judge’s August decision finding that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment & federal procedural rules.’

An update from late #Caturday evening. Echo has had enough of today.

Minneapolis is such a great, vibrant community, awash in kindness, creativity, and warmth. I can't wait to visit again.

In Holding It Together, I trace this lie--that anyone in the US can be rich/famous--from Poor Richard's Almanac (Franklin) to Ragged Dick (Alger) to The Power of Positive Thinking (Peale) to The Secret (Byrne) and Your Best Life Now (Osteen). www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

Current* conditions near Whitefish, MI:

So moved by the people of Minnesota who—drawing on LA, Portland, Chicago, DC etc—are writing a shining new chapter in the history of nonviolent resistance. The rest of us need to be taking notes—and helping them! www.standwithminnesota.com

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...

"For three years now, we’ve heard arguments about making education and work more purposeful, more meaningful, so students and employees don’t simply offload their thinking to a machine. I’ve made such arguments many times, but I’m also beginning to see how far removed from reality this is."

This kind of messaging is intended to drown moms in research, risk, and responsibility. The goal is to keep them so anxious and so busy that they can't work for pay--especially not in high-powered "mens" jobs--or get involved in any kind of efforts to push for progressive change.

Solar power is liberating--if Gandhi were alive today, he'd be showing people how to set up panels billmckibben.substack.com/p/solar-as-s...

At my request, the University of Michigan is hosting a public community open house to share updates and get feedback on the proposed computing and AI center. This is an important opportunity to hear directly from the university and project leaders and to make your voice heard.

Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota: youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU

This is one of the most effective things within municipalities’ power to protect their residents from ICE. A 287g agreement enables police officers or sheriff’s deputies to act as immigration agents, which means they can stop and arrest people without a reason beyond immigration enforcement.

🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.

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Get in, we're posting boardwalks.

The reports coming out of Minnesota of the brutality of ICE terror are harrowing. What's clear to me, however, is that the people are rising up to resist this violence head on. Resistance is everywhere. We may be on our own, but we are not alone. "Every time a whistle blows, they don’t win."

Abolish ice is about to become a centrist position

Luke Shaefer named Chief Executive of Health, Human Services, and Poverty Solutions for the City of Detroit as part of Mayor Mary Sheffield's incoming administration. 🎉 Read more: https://myumi.ch/e32Py

My home river? The Huron.

I think she'd be our first indigenous woman senator, and I also think she's kind of great (and who can resist "fish family freedom" as a slogan?).

I can't improve on what Ricky Revesz said here: "The idea that E.P.A. would not consider the public health benefits of its regulations is anathema to the very mission of E.P.A." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

With this big, round wings, great gray owls have a very slow flight. They can almost hover in place while they use their ears aided by their huge facial disc to pin-point their prey under the thick snow. #birds 🌿

DHS invading Minnesota in winter

"A broad national coalition... is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10, and Sunday, January 11. In less than 24 hours after the announcement, there are already 1000 events anticipated nationwide." Find a local event here: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=29132

The everyday courage of normal people is breathtaking

The middle school choir is singing "Seize the Day," from Newsies, and I'm just over here trying not to bawl.

If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.

Great news for exploration: Schmidt Sciences is funding the Lazuli space telescope, bigger than Hubble, that will include a coronagraph to separate the light of a planet from its nearby star. Schmidt is also supporting 3 innovative ground-based astronomy arrays. 🧪🔭 arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

The Great Lakes in Winter are one of the great neglected natural wonders of the world.

New neighbors have moved in and are already doing a tear down

Discerning a sense of size from macro photographs is hard. Camponotus intrepidus, for example, is one of Australia’s largest sugar ants at slightly under an inch long. But did you see the little Pheidole ant at her heels?

Very much looking forward to this exciting new contribution to migration history in the US!

We're hiring! Senior position in the learning sciences. "We seek a scholar whose research has focused on the development & application of learning technologies to achieve just & equitable educational learning opportunities, teaching practices, policies, & systems." careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

This is a great summary, and I hope that everyone will read the whole speech.

Why are minerals so central to geopolitics? How green are electric cars? Why is anti-mining protest increasing? Can the inequalities of the global economy be transformed? I tackle these topics in my book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism 👀 September 2025 @wwnorton.bsky.social