Lake Superior moment of zen for everyone

As a small way of gaining joy I spent a little extra on "good" groceries this week- fresh bakery bread, organic seasonal fruit, skyr, the good uncured pepper bacon- and I can't afford it every week but I gotta say going back to Aldi is going to be really tough. The fancy bread has to stay at minimum

In the middle of our other usual neighborly activities, we stopped for lunch at El Cubano today and sat outside in the sunshine with lots of other happy people. If you have the house across the street with the cool whistle statue (at least it looked like 3d art?) please know it is greatly admired!

My standard email greeting went from "hope you are well" to "hope you're hanging in there" sometime in the last month, and I'm about ready to change it to "hope you get a nap soon"

Unless I missed something: -No mention of all the people wrongfully detained and how or when they are getting home -no mention of improving conditions or closing the child prison -no acknowledgement of long term harm caused -no assurance their tactics will not continue in other communities

Currently wondering how many members of congress could name every country in the Americas

Somehow I accidentally purchased single ply toilet paper, please respect my privacy during this difficult time

I have a ticket to the MN Opera tonight at 730 free if anyone would like it. It's center balcony with nice sight lines and on an aisle.

Wait wait wait, this "drawdown" is because sheriffs agreed to break state law to help DHS with nazi crimes on the stipulation their legal costs are covered when people rightly say hey fucko thats illegal? This isn't a drawdown, it is just replacing some DHS goons with regular cops

Uhhhh I know I live in a blue district but holy shit, the whole city turned out

Deciding to go sober in late 2024 was kind of a hilarious practical joke on myself in hindsight

Just heard about this book drive at The Red Balloon to get books to kids who are at home right now: redballoonbookshop.com/can-mn-and-l...

Harding HS serves St. Paul's East Side. The neighborhood where the US citizen was abducted in shorts and Crocs. It's diverse, and vibrant, and has had a school food drive for years. They could use a little help right now.

In lieu of a hello, my son now greets me with "did you get tear gassed today?" so I guess parenting in 2026 is going pretty great

My library is doing a winter reading challenge and one of the tasks is to read a Minnesota author. Who are your faves?

Please share widely

Five classes you took in college: Ornithology Figure drawing Snowshoeing Ecology of lake superior A class where we compared east African music with the European music being composed in the same time periods, I don't remember the name

Uncommitted is an option at caucus night when asked for governor preference. Spread the word

I saw my ex using chatgpt to write messages and replies to women on dating apps, and I am dying to know how long it takes them to realize he's doing that

Need another thing to be mad about today?

abolishing ICE is not enough i need them to bring my neighbors back

I persuaded my son to practice cello instead of guitar tonight (lessons are tuesday) and after some back and forth he said "fine, but I'm going to DJENT ON IT" before stomping off to his room

Learn how to protect yourself in case an LRAD gets deployed on you. Move to the side, then away from where the device is pointing. Taking hard cover also helps! And remember, BRING EARPLUGS!

Friends. I recommend unplugging when you feel safe to breathe. Put your phone down. Slow your heart rate. This is too much.

Know Your Rights Webinar for Immigrants with Disabilities - January 29th us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

So, the board called an emergency meeting in Hastings at 3:30 on Tuesday. Let’s get these letters written and pack that fuckin room.

I would rather die, murdered by my own government in a high-viz vest, than live in a country where this shit is normalized.

🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:

Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.

Our community is amazing! We are literally overwhelmed! Please consider sending help to one of Minnesota's many immigrant rights orgs such as www.ilcm.org.

We love our Somali neighbors. I hope that hateful racist little man's socks are always wet

I think it's very fitting that the Revolutionary HQ of Minneapolis is a sex shop (that DOES NOT have a glory hole) and Revolutionary HQ of Saint Paul is a toy store where you can get Settlers of Catan.

My son asked if he could turn on some music to fall asleep to, and then turned on Metallica

I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS

ICE is out of control. They are the source of the violence and can never be its remedy. In the short term, the only answer is for them to cease operations in Minnesota and leave. Immediately. In the slightly longer term, ICE must be dismantled and abolished. They cannot be reformed.

I know the reasons they do it but at this point if I see one more headline saying "involved" I'm gonna lose it

We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.

We've been dealing with small inadequate weak men telling us to know our place since we were babies. It's not that we don't recognize a risk of escalation, it's that we cannot be intimidated into submission by their false machismo. Call it smugness if you want

made some updates to the list. if you want to give to a gofundme, the ones in spanish are getting way less than other, and they are asking for much less

Made to use as a design for a linocut print, but it also works as a coloring sheet if anyone wants

Longer view of how much harassment this helicopter has been up to. Weee. Not like any of us need to sleep, right?

Now that we are home, my 8yo is listening to The Smiths and doing figure drawings in his new art journal to unwind. Who is this person and why is he cooler than me

Here's a fundraiser to help families impacted by ICE in North Minneapolis, if you're looking for a way to help from afar!

Mutual Aid Opportunity: COMMUNITY ALERT & CALL FOR SUPPORT Powwow Grounds on Franklin Avenue is now being activated as a community headquarters for ICE patrol observation, rapid response coordination, and community support in South Minneapolis.

Twin Cities folks: One of my day jobs involves working with book publishers, museums, etc. to create creative kids projects. If you/a teacher/daycare provider you know are in need of resources, I checked in with a few friends and am compiling a list of free/low-cost options here:

my teacher friend asked, if people have more to give, to help meet the goal on this rent relief fund they have set up for families unable to live home due to their status. if we did $2k in 20 minutes we can do $24k by the end of the day, right? please amplify!

My son's first words to me after school were "do you know what ice is doing?" His friend's dad was kidnapped, and now he's worried about his friends and his dad, and wondering if he too might be targeted for being brown, or if I might disappear for protesting. I don't know how to parent through this

The needs have intensified x10 since I shared this fundraiser earlier in Dec. Help us help our neighbors in Minneapolis: PayPal.me/lyndalepto