One thing that is true in this age of "AI" is that authenticity is going to be prized more than ever before. A single hand-scrawled sign is going have more impact than the smoothest "AI" image because the people seeing it knows it comes from someone's brain, not a tuned algorithm.

Alright, Ohio. It's go time...

Wow, the White House is so shaken by the turn in the public mood that they thought Chuck Schumer might actually rise up and "seize this moment" to get meaningful concessions. That's how panicked they are. They thought Chuck Schumer would do something.

I'm not in MN but have been stressing out trying to do what I can to stay informed, help from afar, and get involved locally, and my therapist said something similar this week. It's easy to pour too much out, but that won't help you in the long run. Marathon, not a sprint.

As an American urbanist, here the top 5 things I hope we can learn from Germany: #5 Bollards at corners to protect pedestrians #4 Raised crosswalks with cobble on either side #3 S-Bahn & U-Bahn system thinking #2 Public seating in plazas (even in the rain!) #1 Denazification

GO. HOME. STREAMERS

For Cleveland eastside heights area, we'll be meeting at Van Aken District at 1:00pm for a 1:30pm rollout.

If you have the means, please donate to this fundraiser to support a mom who was abducted after reporting for her immigration appointment today. She had her 6yo with her. gofund.me/dc66b04ee

Reminder: - Nothing being reported on ICE withdrawing - By govt’s own admission, 2,000 ICE invaders here, a still-astounding number - Unclear how many CPB agents will be removed - Tom Homan, the new Bovino, was the force behind ICE’s family separation policy, a bribe-taker, and a monster

"We can't take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone" Minnesota has always been and will always be a refuge. Pour into helping each other and in pouring love into our collective future. We encourage everyone to head to standwithminnesota.com to contribute as able.

Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.

As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.

They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.

If a fed is talking they are lying

Really want the academics and think tanks to start churning out pdfs on what tribunals and truth and reconciliation commissions look like. Political leaders are absolutely not going to come up with this on their own. Would happily take time to help write and edit any of that, too.

Just as his parents described him.

Mayor Frey said today that what's happening in his city isn't a Minneapolis problem, it's an American problem. As Americans we all have a responsibility to speak truth to power and defend our freedoms.

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.

Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle

I think it's best for my mental health to stay the hell away from the internet today. But, now and forever, fuck ICE

It’s possible we live in a country where 25-35% of the population thinks it’s good and just that masked armies are sent into blue cities to execute people who vote the wrong way

TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list. They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.

This. It’s not complicated at all. This is not a The Good Place. Never was. It is nevertheless where we live and we should try to make it better.

THIS is the energy that's needed in this moment!

fascism. It's here and for all of us not in Minnesota, the question is now on us -- They came for the people of Minnesota, but I didn't live there ... "

That people would only work to protect their neighbors because they get paid cuts to the core of conservative ideology. Across Minnesota, people, many who weren’t that political, are outside in negative temps, armed with whistles and phones putting their lives on the line to protect their neighbors.

the rest of the world deferred to us not because they needed to but because it was easy, all to great benefit of us, and we destroyed that to get out of having to watch one hour diversity training videos once a year

Lmao, imagine being so depraved that you assume people can't do shit out of concern for others. They've GOTTA be paid, right? I wouldn't do this for free!

"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate...The Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice"

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

This is why you can't afford RAM anymore

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops, to 'put an end' to protests in Minneapolis.

We are not kidding or being dramatic when we say this shit. Minneapolitans and St Paulites are making their peace with death this week. How’s your week?

Are we tired of all this winning yet folks?

WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature? FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.

Oulu doesn’t work because a bunch of individuals decided “no more excuses, I’m gonna get out there and bike!”. It works because (1) they have an excellent network of pathways, many of them off-street; and (2) the snow maintenance practices are world class.

We're going to start seeing all the rhetoric around peaceful protest as we're facing our neighbors being abducted, shot in the face with pepper spray, hands broken, and killed in front of their wives. Think before you even use the word "peaceful." At all.

broke: drive your gas powered car woke: drive your electric car spoke: ride a bike

"how could anyone not like cars?" shows a picture of an ambulance stuck in car traffic

There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.

Design vehicles to fit the streets rather than streets designed to fit the vehicles.

Actual unhinged behavior on display.

My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”

Uhm, y'all? This is genius!

Peak ivy

It's alarming how quickly searching for certain terms on the internet related to dating can almost instantly lead you to "red pill" material, especially after a breakup. It really doesn't take much. Thankfully I know what to watch for but damn, they really do be trying out here.

But for real, "disaster recovery" is a thing, and Amazon has more than one region. It remains absurd that half the internet goes down when one AWS region breaks.