Today I was drinking out of my Bud Cubby mug on a video call and then had to send the person a link to the Laws are Threats monologue to explain.

If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status. Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

I often see people being like “why aren’t Americans in the streets” but like we are. Often. Are you just mad because things still suck? We are too that’s like one of the main things we’re mad about

All these other cities are like “we’d do x, y, and z to ICE, we’d be way more badass than Minneapolis” and as a Minneapolitan I have to tell you this is a weird fucking thing to be competitive about, it is an absolute hell and a really bleak thing to be fantasy role playing.

Remembering how the Homeland Security secretary wrote about how she got mad and killed a puppy for misbehaving and presented her choice to shoot the puppy like it was a proportionate and relatable decision

its almost like lorne michaels was always evil and the peoples joker literally told everyone this

Gavin Newsom has never had a homeless, a working unhoused, or an affordable housing advocate on his podcast despite governing California. So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.

As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods

Newsom is a loser and a coward who wants fascists to like him.

One simple tip is to use a pseudonym or at least not your full name.

This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.

I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.

Oh God, #Gladlands is hitting my heart hard as episode two digs into grief AND burn out.

Comic artist LeBeau Underwood’s daughter has been missing in Chicago since yesterday morning. Please share in the hopes we can bring the family a happy conclusion to this.

HELL YEAH!! Look at what we did TOGETHER! Comic-con has quietly changed their language and will NOT allow GenAi imagery in their art show! And this happened because you all wrote letters, and shared your concerns! Speaking up works EVERY time! So congrats friends! We did this together!!! 🙌🙌💖💖💖

Check your local library!

Another fun fact about game development. You dont get extra money if it sells like gangbusters or is critically acclaimed and if you dont make the earnings forecast you still might get let go if theres nothing else to absorb you. Ask any industry veteran how many times they've changed jobs or moved

You know how people are like "well we should just have a general strike it's simple" and then us folks who've done labor stuff are like "cute yeah try pulling that off without unions" Well

Great advice for the present moment too.

ICE as an institution is exactly 23 years old. The republic thrived for 2 centuries without it. Most adults are old enough to remember a time when it did not exist. It was crammed through at a time when the country was reeling in shock. We should have known better. 9/11 was not an immigration issue.

Thinking about that time the My Little Pony comics, of all things, absolutely bodied Scott Adams.

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Please email your local library and politely complain about Libby's AI "Inspire Me" feature. Your local library worker will love this. Seriously. We had so many tools for collecting feedback.

I literally woke up saying "Maybe he'll die today." Should have been more specific, apparently. Anyway. Rot in peace, Scott Adams.

Laughable and we need some laughs, but also, says my inner Eeyore (okay it's more an outie), the media has long helped limit the role women are allowed to play in politics. "____ moms" monikers reinforce the idea that only some women are allowed a role and it is heavily circumscribed.

i love writing during *checks notes* multiple horrible failing country defining moments to try and hit contractual deadlines, it's super cool that this has been my whole life

If you're calling a Republican, don't feel the need to tell them you're a Democrat. You can take the libertarian-ish old-school "what the hell is the federal government doing, sending masked secret police to snatch people off the streets if they aren't carrying papers?" angle.

The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!" The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."

Go Bears. Fuck the Packers. Abolish ICE.

Every halftime.

Me, celebratory: "They* can't keep getting away with this." *The Bears

To square the circle of how this fits in with the “protect women’s sports” crusade, the whole point of that movement is to protect sports for their chosen class of women as participants and keep women’s sports subservient to men’s sports in terms of investment and interest.

If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.

*buzzes in* What is 'the correct response to fascist terror?'

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Unsolicited advice for anyone on Bluesky who wants to fight fascism in 2026 - don't stress about following big national accounts. Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪

Even with all the awfulness coming out of MN, my neighborhood ICE watch signal chats are still busy scheduling people to do school patrols and general patrols. We're not going to stop protecting our people.

"White supremacists would have you believe that they’re trying to protect people like Renee Good from people like George Floyd. Instead, Floyd and Good were both sacrificed to the same false god." publiccomment.blog/p/the-poison...

A gentle reminder in your grief that Renee Good was out there to protect her Black and brown neighbors from ethnic cleansing. That is still the mission. The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.

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Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.

I'd bet anything she's not even surprised. We've all got that one family member that, if their mugshot turned up on the evening news, we'd just give one another The Look.

The founder of ProtectRP (Rogers Park) here in Chicago talking last night about the murder in MN. www.instagram.com/reel/DTPAEph...

Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters

We told you all this would happen. If youre shocked by, voted for any of it, or surmise any excuse to handwave any of it then you are, simply put, never to be trusted b/c you never cared to begin with. And I dont hope that sits on your soul. No… I hope it weighs you into hell with an iron anchor.

About 15 minutes into #Gladlands made me say out loud to my wife, "This is going to have Adventuring Party energy all the way through, isn't it?"

Hopecore Apocalypse season is here. Also there's new D20. (But for real, it's definitely of the moment right now)

Happening now: a vigil is getting underway in Chicago's Winnemac Park in honor of Renee Nicole Good, killed in Minneapolis today, and others who have been killed by federal immigration agents. A couple dozen people in attendance so far, though more are trickling in.

"I don't believe this could ever happen here." YOU can't be trusted.