Texas Tech is starting to reveal which texts are banned under its new prohibition against "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity" research. Among them are six books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Galatians. 🧵 of other banned works. Yes, this is real.

The Minnesota Senate passed a sweeping package of gun control measures on Monday, including a ban on assault-style weapons that were used in the Annunciation school shooting.

This whole Mayday thread. Thank you, @naomikritzer.bsky.social

Ohhhhh thank you, msp, for all the Mayday photos and videos. ❤️

While Mayor Frey travels the country accepting awards on the backs of immigrants, he’s back in Minneapolis vetoing the very policies meant to protect them. 1/ www.startribune.com/frey-again-v...

So glad the msp feed is back!

You might have been surprised to see an ad this week touting my opponent’s record on ICE. Here’s the truth:

Yay!!

I’m not sure I can think of another technology that was this hyped that failed so spectacularly at its core function

The MSP feed is down, and even though I hardly ever post on here, I feel so lost right now!

i think we should start a petition to permanently ban pete hegeseth from the minnesota state fair. it feels like that’s how you excommunicate a minnesotan. sweet martha signs the order. fairchild throws you to the curb.

Well that's good at least www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Thanks to a FOIA lawsuit from @deportationdata.org, Minnesota is getting its first credible numbers on arrests during the federal government's surge here this winter. About 3,800 Minnesota residents were arrested. Most from Latin America (only 106 from Somalia). (1)

I refuse to grow numb to the gutter racism the president spews out of his mouth, this shit would have ended political careers for most of my life

Disgusting racism.

Mpls friends, Mayor Frey wants to build a $38 million police training facility at a time when we are in crisis. Our hospitals, schools, public resources, small businesses and neighbors are in a state of emergency. Call your council members. Vote is next Tues. www.minneapolismn.gov/government/d...

Reminder for the first annual #LoonDay

Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The affordability President just caused the fastest gas price spike in years, and the jobs President just lost 92,000 jobs in February. Are we winning yet?

Only 2 months into 2026 and the president has achieved so much. Waging war on Venezuela, Minnesota, and Iran, while covering up his alleged role in a child rape syndicate, is a lot.

It’s time to pass Pause Evictions, Save Lives in Minneapolis. Currently, renters receive a 30-day notice prior to a landlord filing an eviction. This ordinance would temporarily expand this timeline to 60 days through August 30, 2026. The first vote is at Committee of the Whole on Tuesday. 1/

All this, yes

This. Right here. This.

It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school. They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.

so fun fact: recently during the fraud investigations being redone by this season’s feds, MN’s rate of medicaid/medicare fraud was well below the national average nationally, it’s ≈ 6% each year; in minnesota it’s like ≈ 2.5% we know this is vindictive at this point

It seems the racist DHS rampage in MN may be resulting in the dismissal of cases that actually should be prosecuted. Dismissing charges involving a gun because the system was overwhelmed by unconstitutional seizures of people with brown skin... doesn't sound like law and order to me.

Peak Minnesota (via reddit)

The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M, to detain 4k people of whom only 30 were accused of violent crimes. $9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst". Plus two citizens murdered. ~ Veterans for Peace

Those not living in Minnesota please read and share. The next American Civ War has already begun and they are trying to convince you they've already won.

The fact that the highest profile pediatric gender clinic in Minnesota recently announced they’re shutting down and California has a transphobic governor really underscores how fucked the rest of the country is 😞

This whole thread is worth a listen

I would have died at five months; my older sister at age ten (bacterial meningitis and appendicitis, respectively). The other two sisters might have lived…? Glad for modern medicine.

Everyone who worked at this camp should go to prison.

They don't want to acknowledge that they are complicent. We will make sure everyone remembers in November.

pure elite capture - the uk just folded to a hardline anti-trans campaign pushed by a tiny number of people www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.

At my junior high all the girls sewed cloth hearts (stuffed, embroidered, edged with lace, whatever) and pinned it to our shirt. 1/

Ooooh a possible DHS shutdown? No, don’t throw me in the briar patch, Mister Fox! Anything but that!

Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️

Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel? Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again. And they almost shot some kids in the process.

The number of detainees getting put on ICE flights at MSP has been relatively low the last few days. I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.

Hey Mac Grove and adjacent folks, neighbors are gathering Saturday at 12:15 at Hidden River Middle School to ride to the memorial ride. I can’t be there but maybe you can?

If you are seeking a way to financially support Georgia Fort right now, this is the best, and most direct, way to do so (info from a family friend): www.georgiafort.com/support?utm_... Free Georgia Fort now!!

OK, here's my thought on this: @erinmayequade.bsky.social should run for governor. (Or Steve Simon, if she REALLY doesn't want to.)

When you have an entire basket of bad apples, you don’t try to fix them. You toss them into the compost.

Some sweetness here! (MN Book Awards finalist list, middle grade)