Reminder that if you're arrested in Illinois for protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

Remembering how cops tossed Kyle Rittenhouse - who was open carrying a semiautomatic rifle - a bottle of water and told him, “We appreciate you… we really do”

“Are you okay?” What words to die on. What a life to have lived, that his last words were concern. Not for himself, but for a stranger. May we all live with such honour. May no more have to die with such honour.

Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry. It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.

Yes, please. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

loring park neighbors, we will be having a vigil for alex jeffrey pretti at 7pm at the rec center in the park

Spent his last moments, to the last breath, fighting for his neighbors against a dictatorship. May we all be so brave.

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment

Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.

I don’t think we should be using words like “innocent” or “US citizen” or “bystander” or things like that because — what if someone was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record? Would they deserve this? No one deserves to be executed on the street in cold blood.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Really, really recommend that Minnesotans in particular disable autoplay, I know it's annoying to have to click to see a GIF but it's not worth the mental health costs of seeing the first seconds (before you scroll by) of murders in our city over and over and over.

We know what is happening at this point. You can listen to people you trust who have watched, and amplify their narrative descriptions. There is no need to traumatize yourself, and frankly I think there is a spiritual danger in habituating yourself to this violence.

A rule of thumb I use that may be helpful for others: I watch these videos ONLY when I plan to write about them in a way that I expect to be useful, *or* if I think it's necessary to inform my organizing work so I can help keep people safe. I *do not* watch just to witness.

Man the fuck up and start protecting your people. Tell your state police to start arresting these criminals. Mobilize the Guard and tell them they are to take NO orders from a demented tyrant who is executing innocents in the street. You swore a fucking oath to the Constitution.

ICE just executed another person in the street in Minneapolis. They already had him subdued and beaten. No need to seek out the video. It’s bad. Watching closely to see if any of our leaders here do anything but express dismay. And that does not include siccing “our” police on protesters!

There’s video floating around. You don’t want to watch it. News feed will be updated continuously. No paywall. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

so wait so instead of renting you'd have your own home and the disposable income required to buy heroin?

took a jaunt to the nation's capital the other week 📷 LomoApparat 🎞️ Candido 400 #Lomography #HeyLomography #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #Photography

currently trying to reverse engineer the delicious plum chutney we had for christmas 🤞

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.

probably the most embarrassing thing on earth is having to answer questions from an electrician. “Where’s your emergency disconnect?” sir all i know is somehow we have put lightning inside the wires

right lads, what we need to do is accuse the only Jewish leader of a major party of being an antisemite and highlight that he thinks Donald Trump is an unreliable military partner, then surely no-one will vote for him

Two mugs from my latest batch. They’re a good size for a proper morning cup of tea. I put the measurements & weights of mugs in the item descriptions, for those of us with accessibility needs or preferences, so you can compare to what you have at home. Both for sale here: WavingPinesPottery.co.uk

Today is the day. Right now hundreds of Minnesota businesses and institutions are shut down. Thousands of people are refusing to work. There’s a massive picket at the airport. Minnesota’s resistance to ICE today is changing the tenor our fight against fascism. www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...

i left the church and have nothing to do with it anymore but something happens when i see priests and pastors and rabbis and imams and sikhs at protests going so hard in mega harsh conditions i get choked up. this is how all of that is supposed to be. that's what all of that is supposed to be for.

People hunted down Nazis for sport for YEARS after WW2 and I find myself thinking about that a great deal these days.

They tried to sell my parents' art back to me. My parents' art. That my parents & I gave to Unbound entirely for free, to help them launch my book. Which Unbound then asked my readers for money for. Then ran off with that money. They tried to sell that back to me. You really couldn't make it up.

There was a surge of people signing up to become a Green members last night. So what that means: Yes, more money from ordinary people instead of wealthy donors. More people to decide on the party’s democratic processes. More feet on the streets to leaflet. The ability to get our message across.

my brother’s boyfriend is fundraising for gender affirming surgery! if anyone has any spare change they’re looking to donate to a good cause! more details here: www.gofundme.com/f/isaac-top-...

This mug is beautiful and I can confirm from buying a bowl from Waving Pines, the craftsmanship is gorgeous, these are good, sturdy ceramic pieces!

an important step in fighting competent yet vapid LLM generated text is getting really cool about the breadth human writing. it's not unprofessional to have dyslexia, write in a non-native language, struggle with spelling. communication is a team sport

jane fonda forever vm.tiktok.com/ZNRS1HuLa/

2. What is a compliment you've never forgotten? One time I was checking out at Home Depot when the guy behind me cleared his throat and asked if I would tell his 4-year-old daughter how tall I was, and when I said "6'4" she threw her head back and hollered "TALLLLLL GIRL, TALL TALL GIRL"

despite me waiting to hear about a revision and having to have a smaller second surgery, things are still SO much better than they were before

Hello! I have restocked my online shop with new work! I have new mugs, vases & even some candle holders. We ship to the UK. All available here: WavingPinesPottery.co.uk/shop

The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff. Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for. This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

🚨Now closing on 93,000 signatures! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed. Let’s keep going! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

i’m not sure i like how this is being reported on, it’s a bit misleading? i’m SUPER anti AI, but the actual piece says it was the person who commissioned the mural who made the AI mock up, not the artist like the headline and image suggests

San Diego Comic-Con has quietly updated its Art Show rules to fully ban AI-generated artwork. No exhibition, no sales. www.cartoonbrew.com/events/san-d...

Guardian headline: 'use of ADHD meds has more than tripled!! 😱😭🚨' Article details: barely anyone who might need the meds has access to them 🤷🏻‍♀️

(with alt text because i couldn't not share this artwork. it is astonishing. took me right back home) artist: michael ashcroft

Preposterous creature

What a headline, an amazing summary

trying the large coffee large sugar migraine dispersal method before giving in and taking meds

This account stuck my comic through an ugly AI filter, removed my @ from the bottom and blocked me when I called them out.

‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26