These programs save money by keeping people in their own homes instead of in hospitals, residential facilities, and assisted living. Cutting them is the definition of penny wise and pound foolish!

"The budget proposal would also create a cap for MassHealth dental benefits at $1,000." What is someone supposed to do if they need a root canal or wisdom teeth extraction? Cosmetic care isn't covered; people aren't getting dental work done for fun. Dental care is health care!

BIRD ON SUNRISE! 🪶

Treating children as property of their parents is not public health as I understand it. But is the MAHA/MAGA position, as they roll back decades of progress 🔗 full post 🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149300...

hey if you want to help people in Minnesota pay rent when they can't work due to the federal government occupying their city for the purpose of oppression, ethnic cleansing and terrorism, here's a place to donate chuffed.org/project/1671...

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Ilan Wurman's anti-birthright citizenship Supreme Court amicus. I won't mince words. He bastardizes the common law. It is a methodologically bankrupt approach to the history of Anglo-American constitutionalism. It is little more than preening to gain someone's favor, but certainly not a scholar's.

Definite uptick in Bluesky content aggregators taking legit clips regarding Minnesota from a few days or weeks ago and posting them without any sort of timestamp context, which gives the impression of them happening today, which then gets clicks. Be vigilant with what and how you share.

every Signal chat of laypeople is losing their minds over the wildest opsec advice imaginable and every Signal chat of security professionals is like “dude wtf” The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense

Holy shit yes

Reposting this petition to Mayor Parker saying exactly this, in case Philly people want to sign (or write your own letter) resist.bot/petitions/PF...

May as well dive right in. Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball? According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’” Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...

Waabooz is also doing one raising money for the family of Renee Good: waaboozcosmetics.com/products/cha...

Really, Hello Kitty Island Adventure??

And Pahlish, also MN based, have Melt Ice for sale and the proceeds go to the family of Renee Good.

If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund

If you want to learn about the viciously racist history of Border Patrol, I recommend Kelly Lytle Hernandez's "Migra!" It's really fascinating because Hernandez looks at the class and race implications of border patrol and who joined. www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...

This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D. Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate." I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0

BABY BIRD BREAK

Haven't even started reading this book yet, but it's already making me happy. What a gorgeous cover!

We want to hear from you if you've seen federal agents detain someone in #Maine, if you know someone who is in #ICE custody, or if you have faced repercussions for observing their activities. If you prefer to contact a specific reporter or editor, you can via email or Signal. Click to learn more 👇

🚨 call to defend Trans kids and keep their healthcare intact! 👇🏻

Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...

Make sure you give your librarians some love and respect. #librarians #kurtvonnegut

This was a needed exhibit, in place for over 15 years. Removed this past month. It included Oney Judge's story, a woman enslaved (& stalked after escape) by President George Washington. (Image = exhibit art panel; photo taken by William Fischer, Jr., 2017)

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HI THERE HAVE SOME WATER TAKE A LIL BREAK LOOK AT HOW PRETTY I AM

We’re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow. Here it is:

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

So. To date, I have seen ONE Dem Rep in Congress call for ICE to be abolished. Ilhan Omar. Not defunded. Not trained and restrained. ABOLISHED. Are there any others? If so, post them and let's get a count on the number of Dems in Congress.

Every time there's a Smell in the house...

Guys Bari Weiss is very bad at her job and all but the reason 60 MINUTES aired a clip show tonight is because it was airing against the NFC Championship Game and I'm pretty sure they do this every year in which the NFCCG is the latter time slot

THE ICE BREAKER SCHEDULE IS OUT oengus.io/marathon/ice... Join us on Friday, Jan. 30th starting at 11:00am ET for a weekend full of the best speedruns we could find in support of Minnesota against ICE!

I'm not going to ask if you're doomscrolling. Everything is hard right now. But you still need to eat some food, drink a glass of water, as well as time to rest and recover. Try not to stay up too late tonight. Sleep deprivation will make everything you need to do harder, including helping others.

One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."

looking at reddit.com/r/all right now is wild. 80% of the posts are anti ice from every kind of subreddit like NBA, climbing, nursing, batman, catbongos and music

for example

This is for all you Homer-brained individuals out there. You know who you are.

I just thought everyone should see this

...and of course, you can still donate to and support the work of Neighborhood House (supporting immigrants and refugees on St. Paul’s West Side) here; they have a link to donate, crisis response resources, and more: neighborhoodhousemn.org

Watching The Little Foxes while I do my nails. Bette Davis does the "I'm not as young as I was" thing, looking in the mirror while holding a picture of herself when she was younger. She was 32 years old during filming.

“fuck ICE” “and also with you”

25 years together be like.

The full story from my colleagues: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

"Some people seem to think of hope as ​'wishful thinking,'” Mariame Kaba writes. "For me hope is a discipline, a practice that I engage in daily." "Action is a practice of hope. Put another way, hope is generated through action."

CONTINUE TELLING EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT AI IS THE STUPIDEST SHIT EVER IT IS WORKING CONTINUE TO MAKE ART YOURSELF CONTINUE TO WRITE THINGS THAT INSPIRE YOU THE WHOLE POINT OF BEING ALIVE IS TO CREATE COOL SHIT AI STRIPS US OF THE POINT OF BEING HUMAN

RT if you don't even know how the hell to open a ChatGPT tab

In pursuit of organization, and to not confuse that our purpose is to continue pushing handmade goods primarly, the .925 sterling I sourced has been put on its own page: www.peculiarityshop.com/goblinhoard

The Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104) is in the Virgo cluster & is 1 of the most massive objects in that group, equivalent to 800 billion suns. It's 50,000 light-years across & is 30 million light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA/ESA & The Hubble Heritage Team More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...