Every time I see someone in a giant coat standing on a street corner or in front of a vulnerable business keeping an eye out I feel such immense pride to live here ♥️

Teamwork makes the mf dream work.

A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention. My story: www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...

This week's #ShawBrothers film is one that maybe no one should watch because the sole remaining copy is so poor - "Naked Love." #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Sometimes the phrase “fuck around and find out” is delightfully true.

Today's good cause is the Cedar Riverside Protection Alliance. Their Venmo ID is CRwork26. Let the donating begin.

I Carry A Torch For You*

The Powderhorn Park Art Sled Rally is this Saturday, January 17th, 2 p.m. This is just one example of the Minneapolis we are fighting for. I kind of hope a few of the national journalists show up. artsledrally.com

Sunrise today looks like a 🏳️‍⚧️. Thumbs up from me.

800 people at Whittier International Elementary right now to coordinate ICE resistance. EIGHT HUNDRED, at one little school. Recall there are only 2,000 ICE agents in the entire metro. Puny!

It's worth reminding each other every couple days that every delay you create, every horrible opportunity you deter means someone gets home to their family, might even mean someones actual life is saved. All of it is worth it.

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For a bit of direct aid I arrange group lunches along Lake Street, supporting our neighbors who make Lake Street such a special place to live. We have 2 coming up this week: Tuesday and Thursday! Want to join us? signal.group#CjQKIAZW9XR8...

Having that uneasy 2020 feeling that I can't afford to unplug for more than 10 minutes at a time.

So now when I work with law abiding neighbors trying to keep their friends safe I may be sending them to their deaths.

For a bit of direct aid I arrange group lunches along Lake Street, supporting our neighbors who make Lake Street such a special place to live. We have 2 coming up this week: Wednesday and Saturday! Want to join us? signal.group#CjQKIAZW9XR8...

2025 Year In Film! It was a good year to watch movies. If only because they were a nice distraction from *all this*. After spending hours a day trying help my neighbors some escapism was necessary. 1/x

Last #ShawBrothers film of the year is "Young Lovers" a fairly innocuous froth youth comedy notable for giving Dean Shek his first big role. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

For a bit of direct aid I arrange group lunches along Lake Street, supporting our neighbors who make Lake Street such a special place to live. We have 2 coming up this week: Wednesday and Saturday! Want to join us? signal.group#CjQKIAZW9XR8...

Lots of vacation means a second #ShawBrothers film this week. "Heads For Sale" is very similar in a lot of unfortunate ways to my other film this week "The Golden Knight". But at least this one has a badass Cantonese grandma. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

The #ShawBrothers movie of the week is "The Golden Knight" from 1970s. An excellent Lilly Ho performance and solid direction from Griffin Yueh Fung undone by a poor script. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Hosted my fifth annual tamalada. I think we ended up with about 200 of the delicious little suckers. Pictured is a Oaxacan black bean with cheese. Also made were: 1. cheese and salsa 2. tofu and tomato 3. bean and tomato 4. Asian pork 5. chicken in green mole 6. chorizo

This week's #ShawBrothers movie is the blandly-named but super-fun "Brothers Five" featuring excellent fight choreography by baby Sammo Hung. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Yes. Colloquially as Greasminis.

It's Day 13 of the ICE occupation of MSP. All across our metro area, neighbors are joining together in resistance. In less that two weeks, the community has built out a multi-layered, autonomous network of patrols, mutual aid, alert systems, and more.

Assignments for today: 1. Talk to a neighbor. Help them plug into organizing efforts if they aren't already. 2. Shovel an immigrant neighbor's sidewalk so they don't have to be out alone. 3. Remember to take breaks and restore yourself. The risk of burnout is real, and we need you.

In the spirit of Broadview in Chicago, please come out and support the ICE watch at Whipple today at Ft Snelling! The Whipple building is where ICE gathers and leaves for raids and kidnapping people off the street. ICE Watch. All day today!!

From an observer on the ground today in Cedar Riverside: When the Somali grandmas and the Hard Times punks join up to resist ICE, there is community magic. Stay strong, MSP.

This week's #ShawBrothers film is "The Enchanting Ghost", exactly the kind of film I love to dig into in my #MoreThanKungFu write ups. letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

WE NEED SO MUCH MORE MONEY!!!!!! No time to fundraise staff is running themselves sick unidos-mn.org

Twin Cities- it’s day 6 of the federal occupation. Today’s assignment: 1. Keep defending our neighbors. We are hearing inspiring stories every day of abductions disrupted. 2. Check on your neighbors who may be terrified. 3. Spend some money in an immigrant owned business. 1/2

Twin Cities! More than 1000 of you showed up last night for virtual training- this Saturday come to the follow up.

Just got back from my first ICE patrol. Did we see anything? No. But tt was totally worthwhile and y'all should do it. 1/

We encountered an ICE immigration enforcement action on Park Ave. in Minneapolis today. When my colleague Ben Hovland and I arrived there were only a couple observers, but there were dozens blowing whistles by the time ICE agents left without making an arrest. www.instagram.com/reel/DR3DO1I...

Neighbors: if you need 1-2 whistles, please pick them up at one of these great neighborhood businesses hosting whistles! Minneapolis: Bichota Coffee, May Day Cafe, Sisters Sludge Coffee, Nice Time Market, Moon Palace, Arbieter, A Bar of Their Own, Bench Pressed, Boneshaker Books, Color Wheel 1/2

We’re collating our links and resources in a LinkTree: Linktr.ee/mspwhistles

This week's #ShawBrothers film is "Lady Of Steel" a movie that is legally distinct from "Come Drink With Me." #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Boosting this virtual training opportunity tomorrow (Wednesday!) Register in advance for this webinar: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We’re pushing whistles out the door as fast as possible today. If you can donate to help us purchase more, our Venmo is @mspwhistles

Adding to an “overwhelming body of evidence”, a recent study showed that “suicidality scores dropped significantly an average of two years and up to five years after [trans youth] received gender-affirming treatment”. [erininthemorning.com]

Thank you @elliottkalan.bsky.social @flophousepodcast.com

This week's #ShawBrothers film is the high operatic wuxia "The Winged Tiger" a fun film that will have you asking "wait, what?" and "who is that guy?" many times. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

For some reason everyone's going on about sales and stuff today. Fine. Bluesky followers only... ko-fi.com/tryloncinema...

A Queer Ritual is such an exciting local music development in Minneapolis right now: heavy, communal, and wholly unapologetic, as only queer-centric shows can be For @racketmn.com, I wrote about the first-ever AQR festival and spoke to @ruingazer.bsky.social about the evolution of the series

They are still in The area saw them on my way home ten minutes ago. Appears the feds are aiming directly at Minnesota this thanksgiving hoping we are distracted with holiday and unwilling to fight them back.

Every time I see "The Archers" is trending I think "Finally, the public has come to love Black Narcissus as much as I do" and I'm always disappointed.

The #ShawBrothers film this week is "Whose Baby is in the Classroom?" the final film from one of the studio's earliest stars, Peter Chen Ho. In it he gets peed on by a baby countles times and a chicken poops on his head. What a send off! #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...

Took a while to write up, but last week's #ShawBrothers film is "Double Bliss," a Cantonese style comedy with a Cantonese comedy legend that happens to be in Mandarin. Also, there's a song disparaging hippies. #MoreThanKungFu letterboxd.com/maidreptile/...