One of my uncles was kidnapped by ICE yesterday. He was always there for my family and even helped my family afford my graduation party when I graduated college. 💔 Anything helps. ICE has no humanity. Hard workers literally being torn from their families. gofund.me/d84e22b46

Good morning! We’re seeing a ton of immigration enforcement in South Minneapolis this morning with many neighbors reporting kidnappings by ICE. I also wanted to let you know my concerns with the behavior of these ICE agents yesterday… 1/

Tonight:

Preview of some 2026 events…coming in hot 🔥 news.davigray.com/p/new-year-n...

Dear neighbor, Please take precautions. Our neighbors are waking up to a ton of immigration enforcement across our communities and neighborhoods. Families are being separated. Please be safe. We need folks to patrol our neighborhoods, give rides to neighbors, and to keep an eye out. 1/

Decided in this moment to reread some Galeano. First page: “The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.”

I’m teaming up with some fellow community members to place a big order with a restaurant that has seen its business disrupted by ICE presence on the south side. And what better way than to get food for neighbors in need? Burritos are about $10 each- please donate to help us provide 50+ meals!

“So, why is this happening? The whole military operation in the Caribbean, what’s behind it? It is the United States wants to control the oil in Venezuela. It wants the oil.” - Venezuelan journalist Andreína Chávez From a few days ago but some context for today:

all I’ve got is that the idea that you can commit any act of violence and say you were just executing a warrant is chilling and also common to US police

Coming up Tuesday at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social: I'll be facilitating a short workshop on "narrative interventions," a space to think creatively about our stories, but ALSO the concrete projects that can propel those stories, that create space for them to “live” in the world. Plus an open mic!

Something to think on today for progressive/leftist causes: The legacy media is never going to like you, so what do you need to do to make them irrelevant?

A highlight from this 2025 recap thread; and for people interested in how words/art/culture can support movement work: Join us Jan 6 at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social for a "narrative interventions lab" in collaboration with @reentrylab.bsky.social. More info: reentrylab.org/better-things

Inspired by @litbowl.bsky.social being so fired up they expanded from posting to POSTERS. A great example of “low-tech social media” (posters, zines, neighborhood papers, street art, banner drops, etc) as a narrative-shifting tool that can reach audiences we might miss via just online posting.

North Minneapolis!! we have a Monarca upstander training planned at Camden HS on Jan 5, 2026 from 6-8pm. register here: bit.ly/RRCA0108

Times are tough, and some of my paid subscribers have had to cancel lately due to financial hardships. I get it, and I wish for better times for us all. Unfortunately, paid subscriptions are now dipping into unsustainable territory. I am hoping to get eight new paid subscribers before the new year.

The annual “some stuff I made in case you missed it” thread. For 2025, mine is focused on how artists and culture workers can push back against fascism. Endlessly grateful to those who have found anything useful in my work. Beyond this thread, find all of my poems, zines, etc at guante.info.

"Everywhere I went in Chicago, there were community members patrolling streets, following government agents, warning victims, and pushing back any way they could — and always, the whistles around their necks, the sign you’re around allies." (via @hammerandhope.bsky.social)

I keep thinking about the new Knives Out: Wake Up, Dead Man. (potential spoilers) There's so much in it about faith and what creates loyalty and meaning. But as a disabled person, the thread of the wheelchair user seeking healing had me bracing myself. 1/

Please join us on Tuesday, January 6th, at 7:00pm, at Moon Palace Books (@moonpalacebooks.bsky.social), for our next Gathering and Open Mic. This gathering will feature a narrative interventions lab, facilitated by Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre (@guante.info), hosted by @davigray.bsky.social…. 1/7

Hey friends, a neighbor of mine is having trouble paying the family’s rent because she hasn’t been working due to ICE’s terror regime in Minneapolis these past weeks. If anyone has some extra cash to throw her way, I’m taking up a low-key collection. My Venmo is @wrigleyfield (you can DM for last 4

ICE Watch welcome, a Christmas Eve special! – Wednesday 12/24 1pm-2pm Minneapolis and the Twin Cities has begun to experience another massive surge in abductions and disappearances. New to ICE Watch and want to get involved? (1/3)

Images from Karmel Mall, a Somali marketplace on Lake Street, following a march in Minneapolis. Thousands marched down Lake Street with windchills struggling to reach 0°F. This follows weeks of racist attacks by the President on the Minneapolis Somali community & politicians.

This edition also includes community defense resources for communities preparing for ICE raids, upcoming opportunities to chat with me, and some thoughts on caring for and celebrating one another in these times: organizingmythoughts.org/must-reads-a...

Today, friends. It’s cold but our hearts are warmer. March, rally, lunch, shopping. Come out and support one of the most vibrant corridors in the city!

Beyond my writing, I pulled together a list of a dozen or so favorite poems from other voices that also address issues related to movement, borders, and abolishing ICE: guante.info/2025/12/12/noborders/ No list is comprehensive, but there are some good ones here, and probably ones you haven't seen.

Send us your art submissions to make available to the public. Let’s cover our city in visuals of solidarity w/ our immigrant neighbors & make it clear that we protect one another. More info & graphic guidelines at defend612.com/callforart/ Art here from Just Seeds, Roger Peet & Carlos Barberena

good morning, identity can not be legislated away, trans children exist and they are perfect in their transness, gender affirming care for children is beautiful and marvelous

In this spirit: a bunch of powerful poems that have specific actual things to say about immigrant justice, the movement of people, and abolishing ICE: guante.info/noborders

We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.

Here is the GoFundMe for Marco and Geovanny who were forced to brace below freezing temperature by ICE. They need help with funding for lawyers, food, and medical bills. Please share. gofund.me/443327b8d

maybe the most straightforwardly gorgeous pop song on an otherwise pretty out-there (in a good way!) album:

"It can feel like ICE are everywhere. That, presumably, is how they want it to feel. At the same time, more and more people who have never engaged in anything like these actions before are purposefully running toward the trouble." Incredible writing that foregrounds people-powered resistance:

From @guante.info's book, Not a Lot of Reasons to Sing, But Enough: bookshop.org/a/862/9781638340096 #poetry #booksky #writing

Creating a thread of egregious ICE actions in the Twin Cities over the last 12 days. For those who aren't plugged into what's going on - it can feel remote and "not so bad." Likewise for folks far away. So this collection of stories and links aims to share a small part of the story.

Yeah, these Friday night thoughts were in response to something specific... but they're also echoed and expanded on in my 7-part, online, asynchronous writing workshop on "political poetry and the anthemic impulse" here: guante.info/meetingthemo... A gift idea for the creative weirdo in your life.

Matched - once again, please feel free to keep the match-thread going for @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social:

Governor Walz, I am asking you to come up with a strong public statement and press conference asking ICE to leave our state with Metro Surge. They are terrorizing our Somali and other immigrant neighbors . Enough. @governorwalz.mn.gov

Affirmations for poets, songwriters, artists: The notion that political art is less effective when it’s more direct is deeply ahistorical. Some artists are more concerned about being called "preachy" than they are about this fascist crisis. Art won't be enough to win, but we won't win without it.

Beyond my writing, I pulled together a list of a dozen or so favorite poems from other voices that also address issues related to movement, borders, and abolishing ICE: guante.info/2025/12/12/noborders/ No list is comprehensive, but there are some good ones here, and probably ones you haven't seen.

I just donated $25 - if anyone can match my donation, quote-post this and encourage your followers to do the same. "MIRAC is fundraising to distribute gift cards to immigrant families this holiday season... to allow families to buy what they need and get groceries delivered without fear."

Our last episode of the year is a conversation about what resisting ICE has looked like in Chicago, what we've learned, what it's cost, and where we go from here. I'm so grateful to Gabe Gonzalez, Rey Wences, and Jocelyn Walsh for this convo. This one is special to me. Audio + transcript:

Mirac has a great reminder: Please take direction from immigrant rights groups, and families. Follow. Don’t charge in and try to lead.

"When the discourse of the powerful is evil on one side and indifference on the other, let your heart be a whistle." New poem: "Discourse." Full text at the link below or the IG version here: instagram.com/p/DSGVKL-Du-9

“Tincher said she’s even more motivated after her arrest to volunteer to support immigrants in her community.”

"The targeting of vulnerable populations has revived the organizing principle that 'an injury to one is an injury to all,' sparking solidarity, not submission." @rlmartstudio.bsky.social brings so much clarity and perspective to current events; free newsletter here: mailchi.mp/rlmartstudio...

I'm proud to have one of my songs quoted in the new @douglas.generationmars.space book, the fourth in a series that is "an optimistic, near-future, hard science fiction series for kids." Especially for parents and educators, find more about the series here: generationmars.space/about/book-s...

Our LinkTree is updated with links to whistle zines in a number of languages, with more to come! LinkTr.ee/mspwhistles

We Love Our Somali Neighbors. We Love Our Immigrant Neighbors. my new screen-printed porch posters in Somalia flag blue & Monarca orange! message me to request 🦋 funds support these organizations: - Immigrant Law Center - Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid - Volunteer Lawyers Network - CAIR MN - Ayada Leads

Great reporting and a knockout final line: “Not long after, as the sun was going down, an SUV with tinted windows and an out-of-state license plate was seen barreling down a nearby street. It was followed closely by three cars, with drivers laying on their horns and whistling.”

For Bandcamp Friday, a look back at this cool little interview/spotlight from @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social on our climate crisis concept album - if my opinion means anything, I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written. Get the full project here: guanteandbigcats.bandcamp.com/album/all-dr...