For Valentine’s Day, my high school would do a fundraiser where we could take a comparability quiz and find our opposite sex and same sex comparability. 3 years in a row, I got the same guy (who was a grade above me) and we sat next to each other every day in at least one class for those 3 years…

For anyone who hasn't seen Wiseman's documentaries, begin with his 1975 film Welfare, an early and defining masterpiece.

This must be Stephen Miller’s new chew-toy while DHS takes a break from trying to start riots

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

pretty stunning chart

Haven Watch does the good deed of meeting people discharged from Whipple, typically without a coat or their cell phone, and helps them get home. A worthy cause. There's an Amazon wish list I'll put in the first comment but if you don't do Amazon (I don't) here's their GoFundMe.

Video footage of this ICE tactic. bsky.app/profile/tina...

This is straight-up evil.

Photographer for the image on the left is Leila Navidi from the Star Tribune

I know that “Black Mirror” is like “Handmaid’s Tale” in that it’s supposed to be a commentary on current world events, but boy, do these two photos give me the same feeling. I’m so proud of Minnesota for making it hard for ICE to hurt people and get away with it.

Good morning

This is TRULY awful, what the fuck. It'll shrink the space for organizing, journalism, and dissent as a whole! Also, what's with the "I'm a dad." NO ONE CARES IF YOU'RE A DAD. Does having children make you stupid? I stg, every censorship wave uses children to launder bullshit.

The helicopters are sure loud tonight.

it is absolutely wild that random people on the internet have kept thousands and thousands of minnesota families housed this month my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.

And the protesters passed by my office again! Love to see it!

Forgive the Dutch angle, but it was so nice to see and hear more protesters this afternoon. I didn’t even know there was a protest today but it’s wonderful to see people stand up for what’s right.

Rental assistance hotlines in the state say calls for help have skyrocketed this year. Some callers say they’re not going to work because they’re afraid they’ll be detained by ICE if they leave the house. Others say a family breadwinner was detained, leaving them struggling to pay the bills.

Pretty good 9 minute piece from ABC News on Minneapolis. youtu.be/TRZ5fwUQBqI?...

There are apparently ICE agents in the Minneapolis government center skyway taking people.

Getting rid of your photojournalists is a good sign that you’re turning to takes and not reporting as your bread and butter.

These 2 kids detained last week were brought back to MN today. But school officials say many others from the Columbia Heights district are missing. They're not sure if they're in ICE detention or have moved away with their families. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

He had the opportunity bsky.app/profile/numb...

More of my work in Minneapolis chaddavis.photography/sets/ice-in-minneapolis/

"Should ICE withdraw from Minneapolis or not?" Yes: 60% No: 36% Quinnipiac / Feb 2, 2026

Approval of ICE: Disapprove: 63% Approve: 34% Quinnipiac / Feb 2, 2026

This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care. It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back. www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

I worry that part of the condition of Trump’s “Free” IVF is that some will have to be unpaid gestational surrogates for babies that will either go to the rich or will grow up in orphanages to become a new lower working class.

Abhorrent

One of the most frustrating things about getting sick as a woman with infertility is that the first thing that family/friends/medical providers will typically ask is if you may be pregnant. Can’t a gal just vomit or faint without pregnancy being brought up?

Get ready for a cathartic Awoooooo

Alabama's maternal health stats are akin to those of Venezuela or Colombia. California's stats are closer to those of Sweden or The Netherlands. And this reflects sharply on quality of life.

Oh, these are good good.

Am I sick because I caught something, because I’m having an inflammatory flare-up, or because the horrors around me are making me unwell? I may never know.

They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas. For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare. www.startribune.com/walz-demands...

Somebody looked back at Renee Good’s Venmo transactions and back in 2020 she had a transaction with the note “terrorism” with a friend who has a similar name to my brother, and on Twitter that went viral and then people called Grok who the person was, and it identified my brother and his workplace.

this looks like the headshot you would use if you were trying to do this as an Onion bit

Interestingly, what is typically the most “safe” mutual aid work—like delivering food to people in need—is now the most necessarily secretive, while that which is typically “risky”—directly confronting armed agents of the state—is unavoidably public and open.

I saw this on my way to work last week and it made me laugh.

if you aren't able to take on ice directly, there are still things you can do

current front page in the onion newstand

In November I changed my diet and my hair wasn’t falling out as much but now my hair is falling out like crazy. Must be the stress with *vaguely gestures* all this going on.

ten years ago today no one clapped

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

If the state of MN declares war, does that mean we get a laser loon war flag?

i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand. just a steady beat.

You know, this is a horrible way to meet my neighbors.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

I just want people outside of Minneapolis to watch this and imagine listening to that noise over you literally all the time