Thank Your Lucky Stars. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Exciting update for my Millenial+ followers. I haven’t kept my Flickr account up since getting engaged in July, but fear not. I am back on the task. The Midwest love letter picks up again in the region’s capital: Chicago.

In and Around Town. St. Martin, Minnesota

Electricity from Pure Air. Brewster, Minnesota

Riding Through the Thick of It. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Trying to Get Back to Minnesota. Sibley, Iowa

Dude's whole bit was dressing extraction up as celebration. His soul was never in it for anything other than to be in the center of the frame. www.startribune.com/one-minute-t...

Out Getting Pączki. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Nightfall on Central Avenue. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis city council president Elliott Payne (front left in video) has been an absolute champ throughout the ICE invasion. Some of our MN leaders have been useless or worse, but Payne and some other council members have been heroic.

Abigail and I took a salsa dancing class thinking it’d be a romantic Valentines afternoon but they shuffled everyone around so i just learned about eye contact while moving with some guy who looked like Tony Soprano.

Out the door.

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Maya is an incredible restaurant. Go show them some love if you're in Northeast Minneapolis.

Maya is one of my favorite spots. Amazing food, kind people. Their storefront being dark these past weeks has hurt. But tonight, there was a light on Central. The smell of something incredible in the air. They’re opening tomorrow for the first time in weeks. Let's show up for them.

I’m excited to announce that my colleagues and I are proposing a $5 million program meant to support small businesses impacted by “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis. 1/

I wanted to touch grass. They did too. Afton, Minnesota

After one of the most genuinely lovely and creative halftime shows I’ve seen, the AI ads are especially jarring.

Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover if you’d like.

“They destroyed our families' factories and they took our homes. They left our bodies on the plains, the vultures picked our bones.” Kansas City, Missouri

Timeline cleanse: I love Jordan's photos. This old church in his original nighttime post also has a community kitchen that prepares and delivers 500 hand-cooked meals weekly to the unhoused in Minneapolis. Quiet strength is all around. What is your church doing? I bet a lot more than people know.

A Neighbor Was Taken Here. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Today felt a bit warmer than it did last week. Minneapolis, Minnesota

There Are Times To Be Loud, There Are Times To Be Quiet. Minneapolis, Minnesota

I remember feeling relief a few months ago to find only a few Flock cameras in Minneapolis over at the U of M. Since then, the number has exploded, especially in high-diversity neighborhoods. Now it seems likely ICE is using these to track people.

The iconic chimneys in the distance are a key part of Minneapolis industrial history. The Southeast Steam Plant was built in 1903 to power the Twin Cities Rapid Transit streetcar system. Restored in 2000-5 and converted to natural gas, it now provides efficient district energy to the U of M Campus.

It has been an especially cold winter in Minneapolis. But we’ve kept each other balanced on slippery ground, stayed vigilant through frozen eyes, and shouted our demands into silver clouds of steam, rising up into the long dark night. I hope warmth will return to us soon.

I know some have seen headlines about ICE reassignments in Minneapolis and are wondering if it has had any impact on our streets. From what I have seen and heard today tactics have remained unchanged. Now is not the time to check out. Please stay vigilant and keep showing up.

ICE has been back at it with their illegal activity today. Abducting multiple neighbors in the Ward, physically assaulting observers, coming into businesses threatening that they will be back to arrest people for no reason. If they come back today, they’re going to have to go through me first.

For anyone wondering what it’s like in Minneapolis right now, I can only describe it as the full range of humanity, all at once.

For anyone wondering what it’s like in Minneapolis right now, I can only describe it as the full range of humanity, all at once.

I had an awful feeling we would be in for some chilling countermeasures after demonstrating our collective resolve yesterday. They came quickly. I’m horrified to hear what happened in Minneapolis this morning. They want to break us. Don’t let them.

Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.

Anyone else see some crazy shit in the sky over Minneapolis? ~12:45 AM

Thank you @thejvandy.bsky.social for this sick pic. I’ll cherish it forever.

Negative 10 and we still show up. I love my city. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Today’s the day.

Night Walk in Northeast. Minneapolis, Minnesota

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

My contribution (a little late) to the #ICEOUT #ICEOUTMPLS comic posts. My experience with ICE in my city so far, keeping the language as vague as possible to protect the groups on the ground helping people here.

Bishop Henry Whipple dedicated his life to challenging abusive federal policy and defending the humanity of the marginalized people it affected. We named a building after him for his compassion. The Federal Whipple Building now serves as ICE’s Minnesota headquarters.

Click through! Beautiful photos of our city.

This is what Minneapolis looks like at its very best, which was pretty much every day before ICE arrived.

This. We are uniting here against fascism and staying calm, loving all our neighbors. All of them.

Minneapolis Is beautiful, and strong, and its people are even more so.

It seems a lot of people think they know Minneapolis now. Our flaws. Our faults. I hope my neighbors join me in reclaiming the narrative. Minneapolis, through the eyes of someone who actually lives here:

It seems a lot of people think they know Minneapolis now. Our flaws. Our faults. I hope my neighbors join me in reclaiming the narrative. Minneapolis, through the eyes of someone who actually lives here:

Dear neighbor, HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart. Children of immigrants please keep your family safe. Jason Chavez 1/

It’s a little icy at the moment. I like this idea in any case. We’re having a warm winter, why not?