A really amazing thread about what is actually happening on the ground in Minneapolis. This is the kind of thing even the "alternative" press often fail to report. A must read.

Adding Rhode Island in for more New England states:

The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i... All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February

We could use some more reporting on ICE use of Medicaid data to target people. What kinds of databases, in which states, can ICE access? stateline.org/2026/01/20/i...

Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis. The text is from her post on Facebook.

She heard how they betrayed the WNBPA + scabbed for Cathy Deloitte et al. She said, “Why do you do such things?! For I learned about your evil dealings from the people of The Point God.” -Malala confronting Megan Rapinoe + Sue Bird at the game, transcribed in 1 Samuel 2:23 #WNBA #Unrivaled #NWSL

Band-Aids & Bullet Holes, my John Wick-inspired bloody revenge opera deckbuilder RPG named after a Taylor Swift lyric, is coming to Kickstarter in May. Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.

Pass the word, and there's even a link for "People's Joker" merch. @charliejane.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @transgenderreport.com www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/21/j...

words of wisdom from moon

The Squirrel of the Day for January 20, 2026 wonders what's going on #sqrlpix

Wanna see thousands of snow geese fly above the sunrise? Well. Stop scrolling. Or keep scrolling. I think I've typed enough text that if you've read this much you've seen enough of the video to make your own decision. Higher resolution: youtu.be/5K2aMfGh1QA 🪶

swaggy paige swaggy!!! #unrivaled

realizing i have seen very little Cam Brink ball - still getting a feel for how she moves as a big. but that step over holy shit lol. #unrivaled

"--oop. i don't know if i can say that?? i've got to work on what i can say" lol aliyah boston rules #unrivaled

getting a "wowzers" from aliyah boston on the play call, what a blessing

my first job out of college was working a community library in MN serving in AmeriCorps. this involved 1) teaching computer/data skills and 2) working with amazing disabled adult learners. i pursued theme one and got into data science+data librarianship. now i'm returning to that decision point 1/3

Tear. That. Shit. Out.

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

The regime’s paramilitary forces are conducting a campaign of ethnic cleansing.

this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

in a sense this is about preserving a class divide: if people for whom hrt is a medical necessity are allowed to exist, it’s harder to exploit a market for hrt as a boutique-healthcare-subscription product

Bre is right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYhy...

Artist! Quote with your most detailed art!

new delight: the wiki for skipping rocks! these names! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_s... my favs: Greek: "little frogs" (βατραχάκια) Mongolian: "making the rabbit leap" (tuulai kharailgakh); "making the dog lick" (nokhoi doloolgokh) Russian: "pancakes" (блинчики [Blinchiki])

every day is a good day to love and appreciate kamata-kun 🥺🥺🥺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIck...

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Scientists sequenced the genome of an extinct woolly rhinoceros that was found in a wolf belly that lived 14,400 years ago.

Crawling back from a very nasty bout of flu by posting some of my favorite stories I read last year. Is it a perfect list? No, there's a ton of amazing stuff out there. But I am happy with it and I hope you can find something in here for you <3

the best part of getting ready to move is finding strange documents. i fucking love finding a strange document. anyway in this case i found a backup external harddrive from 2017 (!) and my favorite kind of document is basically an out-of-nowhere attempt to start a diary, for one day, abandoned.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

my absolute fav video game outlet is based out of Minnesota. this is honestly really essential coverage of what it's like on the ground (and following along from canada!) and, yeah, minnmax is a real one.

Good night, everyone. It feels like our so-called "leaders" have all but abandoned us, but we still have each other. I didn't know what else to do, so I made a little painting. Stay safe out there 💛

Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

So many. This made me cry.

The @nashvillescene.com and its coverage of the city's arts is such an important part of my book. To have a writer I admire as much as Annie review my book so carefully in its pages is an enormous honor.

reading @bombsfall.bsky.social ’s essay on Demon’s Souls (a game I will likely never play) in Video Game of the Year and damn: “A mouthful-of-corpses game for a mouthful-of-corpses time we’re still going through”

fwiw, HRT for trans women/femmes is no joke. i've been post-bottom-surgery since 2018, and on estrogen generally for 11 years. i spent the last 12 months lifting heavy. and i've built some muscle. *SOME* muscle. it's nowhere near comparable to even newbie gains for men. fuck outta here

that‘s a cis man problem, not a trans girl and women problem! those shitty sports men should start their own shitty sports men teams and leagues.

a deeply reported yet still tender and compellingly written portrait - i wasn't even a jte guy and i tore through it. highly recommend bsky.app/profile/jonb...

Big Supreme Court day for trans rights. The lawyers testifying on behalf of trans folks are braver than any ICE agent ever will be.

My understanding is the feds are reviewing national wildlife refuges to determine if some are no longer needed or no longer fulfill their mandate. A clear pretext to open the door to development, etc. Nothing is safe and everything must be put under as much public + journalistic scrutiny as possible

layers @ cumberland monastery 💕

not "social anxious" as in what if they don't like me, but "neurodivergent" as in oh my god, there are so many levels and realms and shadowy cavernous spaces involved in deciphering and bridging human connection, dread level is off the charts, an alien is going to jumpscare me and eat my face

ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here

so much in this interview!!! the turf club, telling stories in the context of grief, Americana interpreted and re-interpreted. Minnesota, of course, Minnesota. 😭🙌🏼

predictably odd + bad times for a book announcement, but nevertheless this little book about climbing (and grief and time and mortality and obsession and work and trust and fun) will be in the world in a few months, thanks to @dukepress.bsky.social available for pre-order now!