Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors! It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.

In a surprise appearance in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen denounced the Trump administration’s ICE deployments and dedicated a song to Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month.

This is one hundred percent true. Government programs that provided aid and subsidies, and were de facto white-only, were popular across party lines and widely accepted before the Civil Rights movement. When open discrimination in their application was outlawed, the pullback began.

Minneapolis/Saint Paul neighborhoods are everything that people pretend small towns are. The local library has a “block party kit” you can take out to shut down your block. You walk to your local stores & you know the barista’s name. Neighbors take care of each other

“ICE needs to be totally torn down… People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Trump.”

For the season 2 finale of Palm Royale, Kristen Wiig and Ricky Martin perform (the end of) the title song from the 1964 B'way flop _I Had a Ball_. (The last minute or so appears to be one continuous take?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbGg...

Update: The admin is moving to quickly deport witnesses who saw ICE detainee die. They say the man was just trying to get his meds. ICE guards shackled him Then they choked him. The admin moved to deport the witnesses — right after they spoke to WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

YES. One of the central aims of the third year seminar I teach is for students to be able to identify and analyse this kind of language in practice.

"Clash" has become the most common word used to hide state violence. It's certainly mealy-mouthed; but not neutral. It's the "both sides" of coverage of even mild discord on the streets. At its worst, agents shoot a person but members of the public also "clash" with them by yelling mean words?

Publishers, editors, journalists, do your damn job ––> tell the truth with what is *known.* Don't try to make it smooth and injure the truth. Random example: After a crash, 27 federal agents in tactical gear lobbed 5 tear gas canisters at 117 onlookers.* ("protesters" only if you know all were)

News outlets, STOP using hackneyed and misleading language to describe govt violence. "Protesters clashed with federal agents" In Minneapolis, in 100+ videos during the past 6 weeks, time and again, we see a bunch of folks just standing around being unprovokedly SET UPON by federal agents.

A man who was charged with a felony for allegedly shining a laser pointer at Trump's helicopter was acquitted in 35 minutes

me: *wins a major award* mutual: me: *gets hospitalized * mutual: me: *makes a silly joke about Star Trek* mutual: FIRST OF ALL

This David French article shows the analytic peril of ignoring the way normal policing and repression work in communities of color. The so-called "dual state" he's highlighting (laws applied unequally, non-compliance met with violence) is *exactly* what Black Lives Matter was protesting.

they never say this kind of thing about osha violations

How it started/how it's going

Only makes sense as a way to declare you oppose the American public.

it's more or less impossible to find issues that poll this badly and he's decided to make it a major, public priority www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...

onion headline in real life

A joke for the history buffs: Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

In this administration anytime you’re asking “can xxx do this” the answer is a question… “Who is going to stop them.”

We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate

But yes to in-depth reporting produced thanks to the blood, sweat, and tears of human beings—like this story I wrote.

Since this post is taking off, please say abso-fucking-lutely not to "news" sites that use "generative AI" to create articles...

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Yep. Yep.

Will Stancil is someone I've clowned on for being a fucking clown Meanwhile his personal actions and activism against ICE are just stunningly righteous and good and I will stab a bitch for clowning on him for any of that.

I keep thinking about them saying "haven't you learned [from Renee Good's murder]" and... they don't understand why people are still coming out after they've shown they can and will kill us, because they're cowards, and they don't understand what it's like not to be a coward

As screenwriter of the Labubu movie I want to clear up some misconceptions. Yes, technically they do eat human flesh, but only necrotic tissue around wounds. Doctors use them to clean up injuries and promote positive health outcomes. Labubus are humanity’s allies, except for evil Labubus of course

like “If I were you I would merely defeat the US government by force of arms” is not a great plan under any circumstances but I can’t help but notice the people saying this are also leaving the actual details of the plan to the rest of us

Bluesky posters will be like you “you think massive universal legal resistance with total support from the population works? that pales in comparison to my strategy, winning a shootout with an ICE army” and then not win a shootout with an ICE army

This is for a Creative Writing Workshop, so I like to remind the students that they have some skin in the game.

Forced face scanning of a U.S. citizen with zero cause, just bald racial profiling. This is tech fascism.

Fact check: true

No mothafucka next question

Anytime an offensive player has to leave the game for a concussion from a helmet to helmet hit, the defensive player that hit him should be removed as well.

Minnesotans: The MN National Guard is on standby and distinguishable by high-visibility reflective vests. This is how Guard members are identified vs federal agents, who do not wear these vests. Knowing the difference matters for public safety. Please share. Source: Minnesota National Guard

Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.

The "ICE is using military tactics suited for a warzone, not for American streets" rhetoric kinda misses the point that warzones are not naturally occuring. The US military creates war zones from residential neighborhoods and the tactics are not more justifiable just because it's overseas

Bluesky is a sports app now. I don't make the rules.

Please, never be shy telling an author you loved their books. It’s seriously what gets us through.

it’s one of those fundamentally cursed hospitality violations that you read about in ancient texts

This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality

Running Nazis out of town and then whimsical cardboard sleds at Powderhorn - you just have to love Minneapolis.

I sincerely will never forget the first time I saw “clash between police and protesters,” after watching law abiding people, who’d followed every direction given, attacked with tear gas and violence. Then watched fry cooks and student teachers called “paid agitators.”

Explain to me why now... January 2026, I have to decide between Newsom and MAGA? My PRIMARY election is set (it could change) for June of 2028. 18 months away. Why in the name all that's holy should I think Newsom is inevitable (so far his political savvy has been for shit, as this shows)?

Bluesky 2023: you're watching sportsball during a time of worldwide democratic decline? interesting. Bluesky 2026: GO BILLS KEEP POUNDING BEAR DOWN FUCK THE PACKERS SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS ABOLISH ICE

Truly damning investigative reporting in @rollingstone.com on how Danish researchers long favored by RFK.Jr for their studies which cast doubt on vaccines,secured a no bid grant to fund the unethical trial in Guinea Bissau. This read is worth your time. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...