This is such a beautiful piece.

Support trans healthcare for trans people and for continued access to healthcare for all of us.

Tell your congressmember to support legislation to cap H2A visas. The runaway growth of the current H2A program has been a disaster for US farm workers' wages & jobs. Local workers told us about being illegally fired to make way for H-2A workers. act.seiu.org/a/h2avisacap... #WeFeedYou

I was at a campaign event yesterday & a politician friend made this very important point to me: we can talk about all the different MN elections in Nov, but none of them is as close and crucial to fighting fascism than reelecting Keith Ellison

If you want to know wha passes for small talk in my neighborhood these days, it’s this.

And then there are tons of very active TV stations like @kare11.bsky.social and @wcconews.bsky.social. and community publications like @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social @thenorthnews.bsky.social etc and tons of independent media like @wedge.live and @unicornriot.bsky.social etc and others I can't find.

One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.

The other day my elderly Republican neighbor told me that she donated to a mutual aid fund at her church and expressed an interest in delivering groceries to people staying home. People care about their neighbors here.

“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Folks, the east side of St. Paul has been getting slammed by ICE and needs help. Harding High on the east side is like 50-75% vulnerable families and is currently feeding 60 families a week. Please consider giving here. www.gofundme.com/f/vvtc6j-rel...

I’ve caucused once before and my first, immediate impression was how inaccessible the process is to so many people.

this is up to 5,335,376. wow.

I once told Robert Trivers to his face that I think evolutionary psychology is garbage, but Norman Finkelstein is next level

*Everyone* I know in MN is exhibiting telltale signs of trauma response to the occupation at this point; whether directly impacted or feeling the impacts of secondary and indirect trauma. This is a reminder to care for the helpers and front line folks. To get rest and pace yourself. Hang in there.

okay fellow white people, they're doing this because they believe this will appease us and it can't the only way forward is the dissolving of the agency totally fuck them abolish ice is the ONLY way forward

I'm sorry for the person who was beat to death and killed. My sincere condolences to their loved ones. ICE is going to continue to kill people because the purpose of a system is what it does. It is not what it says it does or what you hope it does. Maybe USians will finally confront this truth.

Habituating yourself to graphic depictions of horror may FEEL like moral practice. It is not. Moral speech and action is the moral practice.

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?" A list of ideas!

Here is the GoFundMe for Marco and Geovanny who were forced to brace below freezing temperature by ICE. They need help with funding for lawyers, food, and medical bills. Please share. gofund.me/443327b8d

If anyone wants a summary of what’s happening around here, read this

"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.

Let me tell you about all the time and money I have spent, and continue to spend, to try to make sure my kid is accommodated appropriately at school.

The observations of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission chairperson are amazingly damning

“What radicalized you?” IDK, probably writing a paper about Cesar Chavez when I was in 6th grade.

A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members say they were taunted and humiliated during a standoff with federal agents. By Shubhanjana Das

Another thing about yesterday‘s protest escalation in St Paul : this area of the East Side is very diverse. I do believe that that had an impact on SPPD‘s deployment. There are a lot of immigrants in this neighborhood, so the terror is felt far and wide. It is intimidation- locally sourced.

This is in front of my local public library, where I bring my kids all the time.

There’s no such thing as unskilled labor.

This is how geologists collect lava samples from an active volcano. Video credit: USGS

Britt was our doula for our first baby, please support the important work she is doing if you are able!

I just walked half a block with a KF-94 mask on and now I need my inhaler. Everyone be mindful of the air quality out there and take steps to protect your lungs! #wildfiresmoke

Guess how many species of plants my 6 year old and I identified in less than 10 minutes in this little space behind a restaurant patio #plantidentification #biodiversity #urbannature #natureconnection

The vibe I bring to the function

This is my favorite news story of the day.

I only have two children but somehow this is an incredibly accurate representation of what my days feel like lately

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

Good thing my personal tornado alert system is still working (migraines)

Tornados missed us and instead we got these beautiful clouds #skysky

One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.

If you see this, post something orange.

I got a call last night from one of my chosen family who was having a panic attack about the possibility of being disappeared for being trans, and I couldn’t even say that was an irrational fear. 🧵 with my ideas for supporting #transrights and trans friends below, add yours if you’ve got ‘em.

The thing is, no one should be deported to a secret black ops prison abroad.

Also please consider what this says about overseas factories, though. If we don’t want it in America we need to work to end it everywhere.

If you want to read something today thats not the news, I recommend this piece by my spouse, @bclough.bsky.social on climate change, parenting,!and Lystrosaurus.

Show me your spring flowers, the pasqueflower is up in my front yard! #nativeplants #pasqueflower #springephemeral

This is my favorite thing I’ve read this week, a lot of terrible things have happened on Earth but life has found a way. #bealystrosaurus