We may have missed National Hugging Day yesterday… but honestly? We could all use a hug today, too. 🤗 Animals remind us that connection matters, so here's a gentle nudge to hug someone you love and take a moment to breathe. 💙

ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement. "I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish. Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature. Minneapolis, MN

Our city has been over-run by Nazi ghouls kidnapping people to traffic them to concentration camps and other countries. Did you ever think you'd see the day when masked gunmen jump out of moving vehicles and chase families down the street in your own neighborhood? FUCK ICE forever and ever.

Ready, Steady, Go! Our Voi herd racing for their midday milk – ears flapping, trunks waving. Hildana, Ashanti, Kanderi, Dabida and Baraka run down in groups, as Keepers only have so many hands. Give the gift of milk: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/s...

Swimming lessons are underway, and opinions are still split! Asian small-clawed otter mom Pintar is confident her pup is ready to dive right in, while dad Sebastian remains a bit more cautious. At just two months old, this young swimmer has the best instructors right there to guide every splash. 💙

mad king moment from the PBS Newshour correspondent

This is some The Purge shit

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

Eric Swalwell answering a question on how the next governor of California will protect Californians from ICE. “They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”

Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military

Blue + green = meerkat-approved game day vibes! 💙💚 Wear your gear and receive $5 off general admission at the front gate. Now through the Seahawks’ playoff run!

When the racist meme becomes national policy

Rescued otters Moea and Clara, cozy and content! 🦦 📸: Animal care staff Dayna

Look at this absolute queen

There are people in the world who say that there are only two genders: male and female. But the heart and soul have much more personality. It's very sad that people who can't accept this sometimes utter very harsh words. You were born to live freely. Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

This is Kevin. He's a reactive dog getting some training to be more comfortable. His trainer brought him to a pet store for some socialization where they learned he is no longer reactive when given a giant stuffed dinosaur. 14/10 (TT: katieandtatesfostermates)

Curiosity is his thing. Behind the scenes, the otter pup couldn’t resist checking out a training tube, something that’s been part of his world even before he was born! While the tube is used by parents during training sessions, for this little pup it’s just another fascinating thing to investigate.

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PUPDATE: Swimming lessons are officially underway behind the scenes… with mixed opinions. 🦦💦 Asian small-clawed otter mom Pintar is confident her pup is ready and gives him a gentle toss into the water. Dad Sebastian is not so sure and immediately tries to rescue him. 💙

That’s great news. Thanks for that update!

TFW you realize the actors on The Rookie do more actual police work than ICE.

When Korbessa mastered holding her own bottle, our Keepers faced a new problem – getting it back. She wouldn't let go. Eventually, they gave up and distracted her with a dust bath. It worked. Eventually. Rescued as a newborn, now cheeky, confident, and growing wonderfully. swt.bio/korbessa

A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.

greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail

It's not about fighting the dipshits using the deepfake machine you absolute twat. It's about Elon's company receiving money from your "display of feminism." Your activity on the app gives money to rage-baiting radicalized users. There's no fighting, you already lost. Just fucking leave it. 1/2

This is the 3rd time this week alone someone as taken what the chat bot of Twitter has said and made it news but it’s not in any way true. People need to stop treating chat bots as if you can believe a single thing any of them say.

Never escaping the adage "men are afraid that women are laughing at them; women are afraid that men will kill them"

I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

If you could play a new souls-like game, what features would you like to see implemented and perhaps excluded from traditional souls-likes? #gamedev #soulslike #soulsborne #darksouls

Moskowitz on Noem: "Is she hiding her face like her ICE agents now? By the way - is this what the $800b went to? Every day we see her after some new tragedy, she's wearing a different outfit with a different hat. She looks ridiculous. She deserves to be removed from her job, & if not impeached."

An off-duty ICE agent was just confronted in Minneapolis after people noticed a Nazi SS lightning bolt tattoo on his neck. If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?

Ume is officially 11 months old and already weighs 483 pounds! 💗 That’s more than halfway to mom Yuna’s impressive 800 pounds. This adorable Malayan tapir is gaining size, confidence, and curiosity by the day, still keeping close to mom while steadily growing into her almost-teen tapir era.

Incredibly cold take: every game engine should come with a 1×1 transparent png by default 🤷‍♂️

Cant be a pedophile if you bomb another country or somethin idfk

I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris. In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).

If, being incredibly charitable, you didn’t intend to make a CSAM robot, not immediately turning off the CSAM robot when you find out you accidentally made a CSAM robot should still get you put in the magnetic boots prison from Face/Off

Kaikai woke up with a spring in her step – she was off to spend the day with her big friends. Mwinzi flopped on the ground, trying to get her to play. Korbessa? Jealous. She kept trying to lure Kaikai away to form a ‘girls only’ club. swt.bio/kaikai

Asian small-clawed otter couple, Yuki and Arista, are redecorating and getting cozy with fresh wood wool behind the scenes as we ring in the new year. 💗 📹: Keeper Katie