I’m just having a lot of feelings right now. The way people who work in institutions have engaged with my project is the reason I don’t want non-Black people evaluating my work.

Lottery based artist grants are not where it’s at. I wish this local org had named that upfront in their application instead of finding that out after it was rejected.

I feel really sad and worried. My mom’s having health issues and I know no one knows the pain she’s enduring like she does. I’m sad because doctors keep telling her she’s fine when she’s so clearly not. It triggers me.I’ve already experienced her come close to death before because of medical racism.

Klay Thompson:

Just looked up the definition of fumbling the bag and there was a huge picture of Klay Thompson

Mpls & beyond, uplift one of our own as best we can

One way to help #mpls

Thank you! ✨💞

Interviewing Black mothers and Black care workers across the diaspora in the Twin Cities on motherhood and immigration enforcement has been a beautiful experience. I’m looking forward to folks reading their responses and reflections. I created a website to house the project. Not ready yet, but soon.

This a long shot… But does anyone have any sky miles that I could use? I would really appreciate it. I need be in Milwaukee by tomorrow afternoon for an event I was invited to and return to MSP on Saturday but had to use some of my funds to help cover some of my mom’s bills.

Oh my goodness! The need has been met! Thank you!😭

Hey y’all, my mom’s energy bill is due and she’s in need of support. Her bill is about $350. If I could raise $200, I can manage and pay the remaining $150. Anything helps. Thank you! Venmo: @ Patience-Zalanga Cashapp: $ patience518

Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters | 📷 For NBC News www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

i would still love to know what happened in the meeting between mayor jacob frey and tom homan at minneapolis city hall on monday

“Immigrants held in Texas now have limited legal options and indefinite timelines for detention. And in Minnesota, immigration authorities will continue to send detainees out of state as quickly as possible.” sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

We are not in any sort of aftermath. Our communities are still being targeted here.

What difference does 700 less agents make when the mere presence of a vehicle with tinted windows, whether ICE or not, has shifted one’s psychological reality? Even if all agents left today, it would take an extensive period of time before one reaches *some sense of psychological safety.

Thinking about the city’s Nobel peace prize nomination and anti-Blackness.

Learning that during Obama’s administration, Hennepin County Jail had an office for ICE agents really crystallizes the bipartisan nature of immigration enforcement. It also neutralizes the current posture of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.

Are there any local Twin Cities photographers on here who’d be willing to let me borrow their Mamiya RZ or RB 67 for a photo project? 🫶🏾

I have a feeling they’ll be back in the spring.

📷 www.huffpost.com/entry/minnea...

Our love will see us through these dark, dark days... 🎵

Twin Cities Bluesky, how are we doing tonight?😔

Thank You💜 I want to say a heartfelt thank-you to everyone who shared, donated, or reached out after my recent mutual aid post.Together, you helped raise $1,499, which is more than double my original goal.

Hey friends, It's been a challenging few months since leaving my job in June due to workplace retaliation. The experience has taken a real emotional and financial toll, and I'm still working to stabilize while rebuilding.

Hey Blue Sky Minnesota! Came here to pop in and ask a couple questions. Did you or anyone you know make a data request to the City of St. Paul prior to the announcement of the cyberattack? Have you been provided an update from the records request unit since making the request?

Do any of my brilliant tech friends know anything about this? Please help my friend ♥️♥️♥️

Does anyone know if TextNow is compromised? It appears there are files being downloaded on to people's phones that seem to be spyware and gives hackers great access. I'm asking for the youth. This is really concerning. I've checked Reddit and folks are flustered.

Thanks to @hannahbeckler.bsky.social & Nicole Einbinder for leading the reporting & to Narimes Parakul, Rosemarie Ho, Darren Ankrom, Paco Alvarez, Sam Russek, Paige Oamek, Finley Muratova, @schuylermitchell.bsky.social, & @lucydeanstockton.bsky.social for the research behind our data findings

Thanks to Randy Yeip, Kim Nguyen & Dan DeLorenzo for the incredible data visualizations, to Rebecca Zisser & Isabel Fernandez-Pujol for design and photo work, and to Sophie Kleeman, @johnfocook.bsky.social & Kevin Kaplan for extra eyes on the edits.

Thanks to Courtney Coles, Kaylee Greenlee, Nick Oxford, Alyssa Schukar, Shelby Tauber, @octaviojones.bsky.social, and @patiencezalanga.bsky.social for the gorgeous photos and Matt Rota for the amazing opening illustration

This week at @businessinsider.com we launched a deep dive into the 8th Amendment, our nation's foundational protection against "cruel and unusual punishments." In analyzing nearly 1,500 cases, we found prisoners win less than 1% of the time. www.businessinsider.com/eighth-amend...

Predictably, most of the comments blame conservatives for these types of policies. But I’m here to remind everyone that both Ds and Rs pass and praise policies that make child removals and adoptions easier, and haven’t done anything to support the material needs of at-risk families

Grateful to have had the opportunity to work on this necessary story alongside incredible journalists. — The gutting of the Eighth Amendment www.businessinsider.com/eighth-amend...

What news stories/topics, (events, incidents, investigations) do you trust corporate news outlets can report on accurately and can believe with confidence? What stories/topics by these outlets can you not confidently trust their reporting on and search elsewhere for more info?

Trans journalists, particularly ones writing about trans issues, have been pushed out of the industry. It's why I started Assigned Media, and why I'm determined to grow and increase our capabilities. A 🧵 about the "quiet purge" of trans voices, what to expect, and what I intend to do about it.

I'm simply uninterested in class reductionist rejections of intersectionality. You cannot have a unified working class without recognizing that different marginalized and racialized groups have distinct needs that must be respected. Arguing otherwise isn't class consciousness, it's white supremacy.

My Twitter account isn’t showing Minneapolis folks. It’s as if it’s deprioritized their visibility.

I’m still kickin’, I’m still daydreamin’ on a strawberry swing 🎶

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

Despite the aggressive flies, Australia has been good. It’s wild to think this won’t be my reality next week. A challenging reminder that my purpose in life exceeds my current environment. Envious of travel photographers. #photography #blacksky

This.

NO ONE warns you about the flies in Australia. They are OUTRAGEOUS and THEY BITE.

Calendar time is here!!!! Happiness and cheer!!! You can get one of mine here: www.lulu.com/shop/riley-b... Also, if the images in mine don’t trip your trigger, may I suggest either @flowstatephoto.bsky.social or @bryanhansel.com’s calendars. I’ll put links to theirs as replies to this skeet.

I don’t know. Maybe I’m being alarmist but I can see a reality where Trump targets states like Minnesota, where so many are traveling here to receive gender affirming care, reproductive healthcare etc., so that others who are attempting to seek refuge in the state will have nowhere else to go.

I couldn't agree more. And it isn't lost on me that the folks I see pointing this fact out are Black women and trans folks. We know what it is like to have our existence politicized. Like, just our inclusion in cast lists causes uproar lol.

I know that much of the concern around the nonprofit killer bill (which passed) has been focused on political nonprofits. But I don’t know the Trump Administration will solely target political orgs. I think the definition that most are using to describe “political” organizations is narrow.