It's great time to double-down to sustain vulnerable folks in #Minnesota. Wanna donate to work with in the food and diaper distribution efforts out of DHH Church in S #Minneapolis? Volunteer Shifts Thru 2/21 www.signupgenius.com/go/9040449AC... Donate! www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Timeline refresh (just imagine the scent of all this eucalyptus!) Just whipped out six fresh arrangements for a weekend seminar and to brighten the days of the volunteers feeding our communities through DHH 💛 Now back to the word mines...

10/1/1861 -- can I sue Darwin for pre-plagiarizing my inner thoughts?

Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here. Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

From the Art Shanties 2026, taken last Sunday. Just like Cato the Elder repeated "Cartago delenda est" at the end of every speech ("Carthage must be destroyed," Minnesotans now end our exchanges with "Fuck ICE." And we're not about to let up based on their word. And with that, Fuck ICE.

I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.

All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because: 1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it. 2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.

I need you all to watch this. If this isn’t the most Minnesota ass thing on the planet i don’t know what is youtu.be/pTiS5xwcyx0?...

This thread is well worth a full read 👇

I brought an actual desk out into the snow and gathered a bunch of my neighbors to sing this anti-ICE protest song. On the desk is: -A mug from the North Dakota AFL-CIO I happened to have in my cabinet, containing two (2) pride flags -A photo of Anne Feeney -A sign that reads "Abolish ICE"

NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship. Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.

Periodic reminder from #Minneapolis that roving gangs of unidentified masked men are *still* kidnapping our neighbors at gunpoint and sending them to concentration camps.

A gut punch with today's ICE Air flight at MSP - I thought we were going to make it the whole day without a flight for the first time since January 5th, but one popped up this evening. 66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days. 3,137 are represented on this graph.

A great historical essay that illuminates the present. From my colleague, Saida Grundy @bostonu.bsky.social

I have a new chapter in the 2026 edition of Policing Black Lives on how police reform has expanded police power to surveil, monitor and criminalize Black communities for 70+ years now. Did you know in Canada community policing (first in parkdale, in Toronto ) has been a “reform” since the 1960s?

The same data set mentioned below shows the total number of people in immigrant detention passing the 70,000 mark for the first time on the public record. Keep in mind that number does not include people held in untraditional facilities, like hotels and office buildings.

if you are in MN and hear of anyone in need of a flight home from detention please send them my way ([email protected])

Target says they can’t keep ICE out of their stores because they’re open to the public. After we were *kicked out of Target yesterday*, this NYPD officer helpfully explained to me that Target can keep out: ⁃ shoplifters ⁃ protesters
 ⁃ ICE ⁃ anybody, actually #IceOutForGood #IceOutOfMN

News: drawdown, scaling back Signal: abduction, abduction, abduction

Wow, here in MPLS, the Alex Pretti memorial bike ride is massive. It’s been passing near my house, and the riders just keep coming. It’s a beautiful tribute, here and around the world.

Tom Morello live in Minneapolis

Minnesotans don’t want ICE to abduct our neighbors a little differently. We want all of it to stop. And we’ll keep doing everything we can to make that happen. If you’re outside of the state, you should too.

please remember that no matter how many “ICE is losing in MN” articles you read today, there is still a very real, urgent, ongoing crisis in Minnesota. people need food and they need rent money. that has not changed.

I learned recently that Minnesota has a new bail fund, "The People's Bail Fund." Folks here might know that the Minnesota Freedom Fund recently moved, at least largely, into other work. I think it's good for other orgs to step into the bail/bond relief roles. pbfmn.org

"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

This hit so fucking hard today.

these banners are printed with the coolest giant banner system ever, developed by @laborcamp on IG the letters are cut from insulation foam and rolled with paint

A good take on why we need to ask, relentlessly, *when* the president will resign. It suggests to me that our legislators and journalists need to amplify that question—to frame it as a self-evident necessity that he leave office immediately. (No, it won’t fix anything but it should still happen.)

I reiterate, now with a whole entire statement that says fuuuuuck all (in my professional opinion) co-signed by Target: www.mnchamber.com/blog/open-le...

Great subtle but powerful pic by Philip Montgomery in the NYT from here in Minneapolis

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc... Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

Just a reminder here in #Minneapolis that Target corp won’t even level up to the morals of their own murals (these were painted in 2022 on the Lake St. and Minnehaha Target store to commemorate the 2020 uprisings and I took the pics this AM).

In case anyone finds this helpful: The best and safest way to carry someone out of an uncertain situation. If someone appears to have a severe injury, especially to the neck or head, don’t try to move them. Work to keep them safe until medical help can arrive. 🎥 IG: @solcanafitness #FuckIce

Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.

Can speak from personal experience on this one

once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street

this photo. minneapolis. 💜 📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune

"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!" "Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!' - two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest

MLK Day in MSP. Clear eyes, full hearts, and a copy of Letter from a Birmingham Jail. One foot in front of the other. Do the next right thing.

Off to buy my first pair of hockey skates. This is happening!

This week, thanks to @navajoprof.bsky.social, I learned of the life and work of Dr. Dwanna McKay, whose legacy of scholarship, advocacy, mentorship, and deep commitment to making the world better will sure carry forward for generations. Read more! www.integrityfuneralservice.com/obituaries/d...

Fourteen suburban mothers formed a silent circle outside the Broadview ICE facility, refusing to move until the deputies forcibly removed them. 11/07/2025

Donated today to Farmlink's project to deliver 10 million pounds of fresh food to communities in need by the end of the month--with #SNAP on the line and foodbanks stressed, these deliveries are crucial to fighting hunger! Want to join me? Check out www.farmlinkproject.org

A letter from the editorial team: contexts.org/articles/a-n...

Strawberry rhubarb milkshake. That’s really it. Just wanted to make sure you knew about this possibility. It’s bringing me joy, filling my cup, and all the other word-art gerunds, even in the midst of *waves hands* everything.

🚨Academic friends: My editing schedule in October has opened up--and I have room for 3 journal article edits this month! Let me know if you or a colleague is in need of my services 📝