I did a 1 year long independent study about Japanese mass incarceration a few years ago and I was surprised to learn this. Blogged a bit about the use of "concentration camps" here: www.usprisonculture.com/2013/09/26/s...

PMC COVlD Report, Week of Feb 16, 2026 (U.S.) 14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave. Minnesota may be at an all-time high. THREAD 1 of 4 🧵

Mercado Central still has s ways to go (but they're up over $300,000!) Please keep sharing their campaign too! www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...

Jin putting the extended Super Tuna version on his love songs playlist is so on point 🤣💜 & V adding Ella 🥹 I love seeing all of their musical tastes, going to be so fun to listen to each one of their playlists!

BTS IG just dropped links to member-curated playlists on YouTube Music. Since these apps make it really hard to pull up the PL in the app, I searched for love songs BTS, then scrolled to the Featured Playlists filter.

Oh right - happy Valentine’s ♥️

I know there are a lot of mutual aid asks coming out of Minneapolis right now, but both of my kids graduated from South High and it would mean a lot to me for people to contribute to this rent fund for my fellow South families. I’ll match the first $1000 if you post receipts. Tiger Pride 🧡🖤

if he just asked each of those CEOs to donate $1 million to a rent fund, we would be able keep people housed but no we will get a concert and merch and more dramatic portraits of jacob

Good 🧵 Speaking from experience, ending up with Long Covid is devastating. Stay safe, Minnesota!

Breaking: The CDC reports SARS-CoV-2 levels *quadrupled* in Minnesota in the past week. Using harmonized wastewater estimates, we project 1 in 12 people in Minnesota are actively infectious. This is equivalent to a 59% chance of exposure in a room of 10 people....

so many families are in awful positions because ICE’s bullshit has collapsed the already fragile social safety net. this family is living in their van in minnesota in winter. they’ve applied for help at over a dozen orgs and are still unhoused. with babies.

"These connections could be the beginning of something so much bigger than getting ICE off our streets, if we want them to." www.firewalledmedia.com/p/wont-you-b...

I woke up to people shouting in the alley behind our house & I thought ICE was there but it was workers arguing, whew, & then saw the GQ interview with BTS & slingshotted so quickly from alarm to joy that I feel emotionally hungover & I didn't even get out of bed yet

So many quotable passages in this lovely interview! Love that the reporter used the fan chant & their mom is Army, that JK snacked through the interview, the clear respect for them as artists & people, a brief recap of their history, the glimpses into their songwriting camp in LA, this is great 💜🤩💜

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Hey all, close friend to us posted this gofundme for a Dad who has been detained by ICE today. Please support and share. Any little bit helps to get him home. gofund.me/90ae801f9

There’s another big Northeast Minneapolis Food Drive coming up this weekend!🥫🛒 Saturday, February 14th, 9-10am drop off window + three volunteer shifts. We’re still in need of folks to purchase & drop off supplies! link has specific items you can claim 📋 sign up to help out: signup.com/go/zLkNpRp

🚨🚨 The funding cliff for DHS is *TOMORROW* February 13th. Votes in the Senate are expected soon. Demand your reps vote NO on any DHS funding bill or CR that fails to rein in ICE and Border Patrol's violent lawlessness. Info, numbers, script @ 5calls.org punchbowl.news/article/bord...

left this up overnight and you guys DID send enough to pay two rents 😭 so instead of having to find six families to adopt rents today, I only need four 🥰

Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here. Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

This morning Tom Homan announced operation metro surge would end soon. I’ll believe it when I see it. We still need people out and staying vigilant until every last agent is gone and everyone wrongly taken to Texas or anyone else is back home.

Just b/c Tom Homen says ICE is withdrawing doesn't mean they're all leaving. The timing is sus with the vote this week on DHS & ICE funding, too. Call your reps TODAY & demand they block funds for ICE. They'll keep taking people all over the country. 5Calls has a good script, link below

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.

If you read one thing today, please read this 🧵, the whole thing

Live streamings & movie theater viewings & JK happiness, feeling loved & spoiled 💜🥹💜

North Minneapolis is resilient. They have been rallying together to support one another in a completely grassroots and community-led effort to keep one another safe. They asked me to share this hoping to prevent the displacement of more families in North Minneapolis. gofund.me/ca75a5b42

I just learned how to cast to my tv so I can rewatch In the Soop & am feeling ridiculously proud 🤩😂 I miss the Weverse tv app, tho. Also miss posting about BTS 😭

This is an incredibly important thread. Other lawyerly folks I know have been saying similar (and sometimes even more horrifying) things. This is straight-up war crime territory, and it’s happening all around the USA. It will come for you if you allow it to continue. Burn ICE to the ground.

Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.

www.instagram.com/p/DUmMFIaEwp_/ lol, Jin voted ideal son-in-law for Seollal by 9,683 people Correct.

This is true (and not confined to Minneapolis)

I received this link from a friend, and I think a lot of us inside and outside Minneapolis need it. livfamilyservices.com/blog/u796mrip

Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.

Minnesota is currently under an economic blockade. So @amyklobuchar.com what are you gonna do? How many businesses are we going to lose without a bailout?

I wish we had a mayor with courage, gumption, & smarts, Instead, we have Mayor Frey 😑

Here is the full story, they’re stopped two special ed busses in Saint Paul and now the school district is taking two days off so that teachers can prepare virtual options for the indefinite future. Special ed kids cannot go to school safely without being hassled by armed and masked federal goons.

The ‘abolish ICE’ door is cracked open and every one of us needs to push and keep pushing. “Liam’s father, Adrian Conejo Arias, said the family was in hiding. He cited a bomb threat at his son’s former elementary school and ICE agents patrolling the Columbia Heights home they no longer live in.”

Please don’t forget about us and our neighbors! standwithminnesota.com

Nine-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra, from Colombia, drew a portrait of herself and her mother wearing their detainee ID badges. A note on the side said, “I am not happy, please get me out of here.” www.propublica.org/article/life...

Super cool thread!

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Another addition to the website to help us built *systems* and not just have me trying to do everything alone: If you'd like to adopt a rent that you can either *cover immediately* and fundraise for, or just pay outright, please fill out this form and we will contact you via Signal.

Yeah I’ve seen “progressives” in other cities saying the blockades are a step too far… ICE agents drive like they’re in GTA. Even beyond the kidnapping and the murder, they‘re speeding and crashing their cars everywhere. With zero consequences.

Alex Paucar and Kimberly Tocte, were kidnapped by ICE while going to their immigration check in. This family needs help with lawyer fees, bond requests, and support to stay afloat and be reunited. Alex is being held in Texas now and Kimberly is in Minnesota being monitored. gofund.me/14aaa00e9

Steven “Galo” (18) and Marvin “Montana” (15), two teenagers, need the help of our community. Yesterday, masked agents intercepted them and then these teenagers sustained injuries. I just spoke to the family, and they need help with medical and legal expenses. gofund.me/031c7da46

His GoFundMe is here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-le... - I donated a few days ago.

I'm not soliciting venmo donations today and am instead highlighting a GoFundMe for a family sheltering in place in Minnesota right now with a NEWBORN BABY. They need about $2,000 more dollars. Can people get them there? www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid...

This cannot be reformed.

A friend shared this, this fund supports Leonardo, a recent high school grad from Columbia Heights who 🧊 detained. He's only 20 years old. Funds will allow him to pay for a lawyer so he can come home. Please give if you can & share widely