it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"

I think what a lot of folks miss is how profitable deportation is for the corporations involved & the politicians they're backing. Holding people, physically removing them, is cost for the taxpayer & profit into the pockets of the worst people you can imagine.

My last manager genuinely had no idea I could be denied re-entry by a CBP officer every time I traveled back to the US, even with a valid work visa. I worried about what I posted on social media all the time. I also paid for my own TN visa renewal/reapplication two weeks before I was laid off.

Nerd Nite MPLS is still happening tonight. Come out to Eat Street Crossing at 5:30pm to learn about beer, toilet paper, and video games from your friends and neighbors and support local businesses on Nicollet! Join us for a night of community and joy.

Ah wait! I just re-read. "A sergeant from O’Hara’s department later clarified that while Minneapolis Police Department officers may physically intervene in the case of unlawful force, they would stop short of arresting ICE agents."🤡 True to form.🤷🏿‍♂️

What's right is right. I said that they wouldn't do this, even though they should do this. Now here they are, doing it. Let's see if they make one arrest.

before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend

Boffo new article from @danaelkurd.bsky.social "Despite its name, however, the Board of Peace is not intended to resolve conflict. Rather, it is a form of authoritarian conflict management" foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/27/t...

Losing indies on your one issue, the Donald Trump story

“The idea is to put ChatGPT front and center inside software that scientists use to write up their work in much the same way that chatbots are now embedded into popular programming editors. It’s vibe coding, but for science.”

To be clear: I'm glad she's throwing him under the bus, but it doesn't fucking excuse her. She's an adult who is literally the secretary of homeland security. If she can't say no to murderous, unconstitutional orders given by someone who isn't her actual boss, she should be impeached.

If someone conventionally attractive with time on their hands and the French Resistance's tactics in their heart wants to take one for the team...

A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all. Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.

Big news. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

“There’s basically no right to sue federal officers for almost anything, including constitutional violations and including use of deadly force." (@themarshallproject.org)

Fascinating contrast with hard data, which ranges from "likely overstating strength" (payrolls) to "about right with caveats" (unemployment rate) to "scorching hot" (claims) to "question mark" (ADP weekly payrolls).

I will end this by saying: dismantle DHS starting with ICE and CBP, fire anyone that has had anything to do with Trump Admin immigration enforcement no questions asked...as soon as you actually have the power to do that.

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.

So much about politics can be summed up by the answers to two questions: Who is allowed to be a bully? And who is allowed to defend themselves? rantt.com/brett-kavana...

Sources close to Bovino report that he will be retiring to spend more time alone. So, so alone.

The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force. @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

imagine being the one guy in the offices of the SS central command being like "we're doing WHAT??????"

Bovino's project was to himself become a rally flag for the worst elements of DHS. Turfing him out hurts their morale and makes it clear that today's patron might be tomorrow's underbus.

BREAKING: The Border Patrol's Greg Bovino has been ousted from his role of "Commander at Large"—and Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski could be next to lose their jobs, sources tell @nickmiroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

As has happened with so many Hollywood monsters, they are teaching the people around them a lesson, and it’s absolutely not the one they planned on

I cannot tell you how many times I have heard about people, thinking they are being sympathetic, acting as enablers, telling a hurt or damaged person not to seek any kind of justice. Don’t make noise. That might be the right choice for that survivor, but often, that’s not real sympathy. That’s fear.

Timeline cleanse: one of our two new rescue cats, Chappell Ryan. This faaaace! 😻

The great thing about middle age, for me, is that I have a lot more time to be creative, solo & with others, about how to help those who may need help and how to mess with terrible people. I got the time, baybee! Never underestimate middle aged people with zero fucks left to give.

My life has a lot less of all that impeding my ability to be a feral, rabid, Fuck ICE auntie. So I'll add, if you have a lot going on, do that. I can take on various things because I have time. I have far fewer demands on me than back then. Give yourself grace. Stay alive & hydrate (snack mom talk!)

My exact quote to @mostlybree.kitrocha.com : "Sorry Bovino we were raised by various resourceful wolves" They refuse to understand compassion, community & altruism. Channeling @theradr.bsky.social, I hope they make amends for their horrific acts & someday wake tf up. Life sucks w/out these things

We've been raised in a culture that tells us self interest is all. Every person is out only for themselves &their cronies. What we're seeing now is that a lot of us resisted that programming. Some can't quite believe that's what it is--that we just fucking CARE. yes we care for free u creepy freaks!

fandoms, tumblr, message boards, subcultures, discords--this is how it works. You meet other weirdos who are into the shit you love & you bounce ideas off each other. My career partly started bec I made a zine at Kinko's in Wicker Park & left it at music clubs & record stores for kicks. It was free.

This stuff re logistics & some people Not Getting it is a lil funny ngl. I have, at 1 time, had a demanding fulltime job, taken care of medical/logistical/emot needs for 2 dying parents, been married, raised a kid (activities, sports etc). Yes, now is v hard. Complex logistics? My bro that's TUESDAY

Was just saying to @mostlybree.kitrocha.com we feral weirdos who grew up putting on/going to all ages shows, reading promoting books & art snooty or powerful people ignored--we always knew we just had us. We were raised by wolves & are used to creating community & channeling rage into something dope

Aging indie/punk people, romance people &zine people, activists ofc too, all kinds of creative & resourceful people, we're talking & having ideas & doing the thing. "Who's paying for this" wingnuts scream. LOL babe that's cute. we're used to doing something cool for no money, powered partly by spite

😍Great turnout to JWJ's first-ever Solidarity School! Thanks to the many participating organizations who hosted workshops - it was a full day of learning, movement building, and connecting neighbor to neighbor!

Leavitt: "Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America's streets. This includes Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the brave men and women of law enforcement, and the many Americans who have been victimized by illegal alien criminals"

This is possibly my favourite quote about politics. paw.princeton.edu/article/stil...

Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?

I wrote about Minnesotans putting their lives on the line to fight for their city, protect their neighbors, and defend the Republic against tyranny. Some thoughts from my new piece - angry and alarmed, but also hopeful and inspired: 🧵

don’t look | patreon.com/lubchansky

Data centers are coming to Colorado. Can the parched state handle their large-scale water needs?

All the centers chatter about how Democrats should avoid making immigration. A big issue seems to miss the fundamental point: it’s Trump who made an enormous error and handling the issue and he blew it, now even with some of his core constituents. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

Here's a gift link to the news item. I don't understand why people share giant screenshots, usually without alt-text, without a link to the news. Don't trust; only verify. www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...

Good morning especially to the pop-up leftist supply depot bankrollers who absolutely decimated this within hours. At the end of the day we're going to win for a simple reason: they can't fathom caring about strangers and we do it like breathing. 💕

Amazing statement from the chaplain of the MN Timberwolves, I’m guessing in response to the craven press release co-signed by so many local CEOs today (inc the Timberwolves!) calling for the “deescalation of tensions” here but refusing to assign any specific blame or even *mention* ICE / CBP

lol why though?

Instead of feeding into right wing frames like being “strong on border security” democrats should be the party of freedom, liberty and justice — immigrants made America into the strongest smartest country and the system should be reformed to make us dominate the 21st century.