good morning, hey btw this was secretly a subskeet because it's true for you, too. perfection is not a prerequisite for love. you are worth loving just as you are. 💙

Uhhhhhhh guys I take three prescriptions and two are at least partially for off-label uses. In fact that's how my providers and I picked them -- we prioritized drugs that helped with the problem at hand *and* were likely to come with benefits for other issues.

Things in Minnesota have resumed to the point where Trump-appointed judges can act like Trump-appointed judges again

Who do I talk to about getting "ICE-hating harpy" on a t-shirt?

BIRRIA ON EVERYTHING! I've never been disappointed by anything stuffed with birria and cheese.

Happy "None of Us Will Be Shoveling This Snow" Day for all who celebrate, which is all of us.

I wonder what you'd see if you look at data for Minnesota in the last 5 months. What would we say about our fellow Minnesotans, and what would we say about other Americans?

Dispatches from Minnesota: A small victory today, my local taco truck reappeared.

Nothing floated here will bring people back. Why would I shop somewhere that actively disrespects me and the people I care about? Why would I shop at a store that cares so little for its employees that it allows a militia to beat up workers at their jobs (one of them a minor child)?

Dispatches from Minnesota: I can't even find words for how royally fucked everything coming out of our federal administration is. It feels like they're engaging in war crimes abroad to distract from the war they're waging against their own citizens.

a reminder that because shit is so fucked, your nervous system (and mine ofc) is really amped up, and that means everything you take in is turned up to 11, in terms of how you process and understand it. worth giving yourself some breaks regularly.

i must not discourse. discourse is the mind-killer. discourse is the little-death that brings total obliteration. i will permit it to pass over me and through me because i have shit to do. when the discourse has gone there will be nothing. only all the shit i have to do will remain.

The dildo store is out here doing more than Mayor of Minneapolis yet again. @smittenkittenmn.bsky.social has secured a match of up to $250K in Rental Relief Funds from the Wilson Foundation. Donate & share! LFG!!! ❤️‍🔥 www.gofundme.com/f/smitten-ki...

When this ICE shit started, a mutual I’d never met asked how to help. I sent him to a friend’s kid’s preschool that was struggling to find patrollers. He’s been there almost daily, even in brutal cold, at a school where he didn’t know anyone, to keep folks safe. We finally met and got beers tonight.

What are your plans this weekend? How are you going to serve your community? How are you going to feed your soul to survive the week ahead? So far my plans involve Too Good To Go bakery, a discount grocery store, and making art.

To the folks who are newly following, welcome and I'm sorry in advance. One day I'll go back to my usual Bluesky diet of DnD memes and asking other digital archivists highly niche questions.

the rent fund for students at my alma mater has $36,000 in rent requests for tomorrow and only $7,500 in the bank if we raised $10,600 with a crystal shrek what kind of crazy thing do i need to do to raise $28,500?

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

“I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love!” Literally.

“If you just did what I told you to do, then I wouldn’t get angry and have to hit you” - Feds to MN

The Republican party is just the 'Pretend To Beat Up Minnesota While Minnesota Continues To Make You Eat Shit' Party until further notice

Coffee helped a little. What really helped was going out and doing stuff to support my community. MN might be largely on its own, but there are so many more of us than there are of them. We know from experience that we can do difficult things together, and we can do this too.

Me, anytime I post something seen by more than 13 people

Dispatches from MN: it's getting really hard, guys. The media has left, the donations are drying up, and ICE is still here kidnapping people. It's hard not to be resentful that other people have the option of setting this aside for.other things.

please enjoy this dot matrix printer audio 🥰

ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

Also who the fuck is verifying this? Is it the same people who pretend their car is broken down in order to grab random people? Is it the people who said we’re only here for violent criminals? Or the people who said Alex Pretti brandished his gun?

This morning while the USA plays Canada for the gold medal, ICE is still stalking Shakopee neighbors at apartments and mobile home communities.

You are almost certainly not aware of the full extent of what the government is doing in Minneapolis, and what it portends for all of us if they succeed. lnk.thebulwark.com/46kVMuT

Holy crap, yeah. It didn't take me very long to let go of any ideas that my activism could be "perfect" or even "good" (and one person can never be "enough" in this). But THIS. This is it.

It is unfortunately kinda my job to at least understand it (working in digital archives and all that), I can tell you that understanding how it works does not make it any more appealing. It honestly makes it *less* appealing in most cases.

If you support this, you are not a good person. It isn't complicated. It isn't nuanced. Good people don't lock up children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

What "drawdown"?

Relevant for my MN pals in our context as well

"if you make ICE follow the constitution, they can't do what they're doing" yeah, buddy. that's kinda the point.

The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.

ICE is still here, we're still fighting. They're switching plates on their cars (illegal) to make themselves harder to track, but calling them police on them results in absolutely fuck-all. Same with calling about their reckless driving.

*stares at the camera in Minnesotan*

It's been said before but I'll say it again: there are so many more interesting & accurate ways to mock fascists & racists. Using body size, disability, etc aren't any more hurtful to your targets, but it absolutely DOES contribute to the continued marginalization of people you (should) care about.

This is pretty much the plan for making it through Monday.

A year and a half ago, Trump referred to Minnesota as ‘Hell On Earth.’ Now the world gets to see how wonderful our state is. Its beauty exists because Minnesotans chose to protect it.

NEW: Minneapolis residents aren't buying that ICE is finally ending its campaign of terror in their communities, despite border czar Tom Homan declaring the surge is over. “This is a good day for sure, but I don’t trust the fuckers." www.huffpost.com/entry/what-m...

what's up I've been on Finch for over 4 years, AMA

I don’t care where Bovino is right now. This is excellent.

My dude, this is not over and you know that. Neighbors are still living in fear right now. There's not some switch that gets flipped and suddenly everything is fine.

Until every taqueria is open and partying without fear of ICE, I'm not letting off the gas

Encouraging our Chicago allies who survived Operation Midway Blitz to please post here about that post-”drawdown.” IIRC heat died down but ICE is back doing same shady shit only shadier. Celebrate the win (when it actually happens, not just a liar‘s words) but know this is a strategic retreat.

So (1) the 'drawdown' or whatever fuckery Homan is talking about at his press conference right now [I'm not listening, I'll read after] IS NOT REAL AND CANNOT BE TRUSTED and (2) if/when ICE actually leaves, it's still only the beginning of the legal, economic, and psychological battle.

There are those of us still trying to to make new connections, connect existing threads, continuing to make it work as best as we can as the support lines thin out. We hope more step in, but it is all we can do right now to keep it together.

Me yesterday: is it the lack of sleep? The fascist occupation?? Dehydration??? The 2+ week family emergency? Hunger???? The migraine-triggering weather????? WHO KNOWS, either way I win an all-day headache + migraine!