The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

When a fed agent says "we need help" in calling MPD, and MPD shows up, that's MPD helping. The whole point is that these abductions are illegitimate. They are the opposite of public safety. An "aid an officer" call from one of these abductions should not be treated as legitimate by local gov.

Disheartening to see federal agents take two neighbors on 29th & Pillsbury. Chemical irritants were used on observers by them. MPD showed up on scene, created a pathway for these federal agents to kidnap our neighbors, and assisted with controlling the space. Disappointing and heartbreaking.

Hit me up for more tips on keeping your sidewalks ice-free 🔥🧊

Physical removal of snow is your best defense for keeping sidewalks ice-free. Use salt sparingly — more salt does not make it work better or faster. In extreme cold, use sand for traction since salt only works when pavement is warmer than 15°F. More tips: https://bit.ly/450rmgD

just going to reiterate this. if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...

“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.” Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.

These people are the biggest fucking losers to ever walk this earth. Sorry, it had to be said (again).

It's BEEN time to dump Spotify. Since this article, the music platform has also started running ICE recruitment ads. Is your Wrapped really worth it? https://bit.ly/44cgegy

Me, too dumb and stubborn to touch anything React:

This is fine and normal right

I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics

NY Times reports about 100 federal officers and agents from around the country have been sent to the Twin Cities for ICE operations "targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants" in the area www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.

Calling it now: the weird American tradcaths are going to schism and unite behind a cyberpope powered by Grok

Reminder: The use of tear gas as a method of warfare is prohibited under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention

from our cold, dead hands

Owámniyomni Okhódayapi just announced the Dakota-led design for the restoration of five acres at Owámniyomni (St. Anthony Falls), adjacent to the Upper Lock on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Project construction is targeted to begin in spring 2026. Very exciting! owamniyomni.org/design/

As sad as this is, I’m really grateful to live in a darker state on this map. Still abysmal vaccination rates across the board though, so let this be my quarterly reminder: COVID isn’t over, we’ll see another wave this winter, and the 2 simplest things you can do are get 💉‘d and mask up as needed.

New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings “Big tech has made their choice” www.404media.co/google-has-c...

[Obligatory aurora post]

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

Once again tapping the sign

THE BOYS* ARE BACK IN TOWN *dark-eyed juncos

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!! when we fight, students win!! ✊💙

great day for the legal theory of "not guilty if it's funny enough"

Tired: staring anxiously into the dark abyss of the internet, waiting for electoral tabulations that may not come for hours to be pumped into your bloodshot eyes Wired: picking beans from the vine in the crisp morning air, soaking up the last remaining nutritive rays of a waning autumnal sun

Congrats to @sorenwithward8.bsky.social on winning MPLS Ward 8!!! Hell yeah brother 🎉🎉🎉

Mpls Bluesky like

Dramatic reading of this testimony when and whomst

Escaped all the stress + chaos of the world today for some fall fun in the fall sun along Winchell Trail ∼ 🌞 ∼ 🍂 ∼ 💀 ∼

I’m raising money for Groveland Emergency Food Shelf, a South Minneapolis nonprofit that provides emergency groceries for those in need. They’re currently struggling to keep up with demand, and they’re getting their first $16k in donations matched. I’ve got $50 on it! Can anyone match me?

Aaaaaand curry is made 😮‍💨 (even snuck in a door knocking shift for @omarfatehmn.com + @sorenwithward8.bsky.social while it cooked!) Over 2 gallons of delicious, tangy, fluorescent green tomato curry to get us through the dark, cold MN winter 😋🍛

Barf. Here's the "Team Mpls" plan to “address climate change.” No mention of getting off fossil fuels. Nothing on electrification. Nothing on renewable energy, transit or building housing near transit. Just trees and carbon capture(?). This fluff could have been written by the Koch Bros (1/2)

Me, handing the ER nurse a coupon for one free organ transplant: “What do you MEAN, my insurance isn’t real?!”

Great, now do @omarfatehmn.com

Last pepper haul for the season. Had hoped to get some more color out of this batch, but will take what we can get. Just happy to have one more round of shishito pepper + red potato hash for the year. Until next summer, lil shishitos. 🫡

Massive green tomato haul today. Sadly just wasn’t time for all these puppies to ripen (weird summer for tomatoes, this was). But not really sad at all, because all of these will become a delicious, cozy canned green tomato curry to enjoy all winter long 😍🍛

Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline. It’s… shocking

Feels like we're gonna need laws about not making ads with nonconsensual AI video of your opponent, like yesterday. I know Cuomo doesn't understand consent, but like--anyone making an AI video of another person does not understand consent. And given how many people are doing this, that's grim.

a disturbance in the force is upon us

500 letters and almost 10 miles later (for just a 2 block radius!), my legs are cooked but my heart is full. Getting to share these with neighbors has been a super fulfilling way to get involved and spread the love for @omarfatehmn.com, @dewayneforminneapolis.com, and @jazzformayor.bsky.social!

Delivered 200 letters to my neighbors yesterday, gonna try to drop another 300 today. This is a great way to break the disinformation cycles surrounding our elections, and connect with your neighbors! If you want a copy of what I wrote to make your own letters, LMK!

Delivered 200 letters to my neighbors yesterday, gonna try to drop another 300 today. This is a great way to break the disinformation cycles surrounding our elections, and connect with your neighbors! If you want a copy of what I wrote to make your own letters, LMK!

Everyone’s been saying how the soybean market has been collapsing because of tariffs… I didn’t realize they meant this.

Destroy every Ring camera. Straight into the fires of Mount Doom. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The MN Dept of Children, Youth, and Families has been told that SNAP benefits (aka food stamps) will not be paid in November if the shutdown continues. Donate to your local food shelves if you can. dcyf.mn.gov/federal-shut...