You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Hundreds of people have marched to the South Portland ICE facility. The protest was organized hours after a man was shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota while observing and filming them. Footage by Jeremiah Hayden

The fuck did you just say to us

And the other kind of ice, the winter storm kind, I hear is bad enough for Waffle House to close down. I hope everyone in areas not used to ice storms have hunkered down safely with supplies and prep for days of power outages and not leaving home.

I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”

Children screaming and crying can be heard as a possible uprising is underway at the ICE Children's Concentration Camp in Dilley, TX (1/24/26).

Abusers are always most violent when you try to leave.

Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

This was part of what I had to say to my congress people today. WE DO NOT HAVE AN IMMIGRANT PROBLEM.

People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.

Seeing the NYT switch to active voice feels like watching a seal holding back the apocalypse crack

Fuck ICE.

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

whatever its limitations, I often think of the article, professional vision, by linguistic anthropologist, Charles Goodwin. in some ways, it explains how and why police structure their arguments the way they do when rationalizing, legitimizing, normalizing their hurting and killing people

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

For me, I've found donating to organizations and mutual aid groups or to people who just need some extra money to get by is a real sanity-saver in these times of feeling helpless but full of rage.

We need 23 decent Republicans to end this. Come on.

It's so frustrating because we know exactly the language they'll use to blame the people they shot. Because we've seen it over and over and over.

ICE is the lowest scum. Proudly kidnapping children in the deep of winter. Flaunting their ability to kill and torture people in the streets. Disgusting. Of course this absolute trash retaliated against the large protests by committing more evil acts.

The guy was being held down on the ground by like 6 scumbags and he was shot point blank while doubled over on his knees after the piece of shit pistol whipped him several times. Now you don’t have to watch.

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

At 26th and Nicolett in Minneapolis this morning— Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.

genuinely stunning image

Over 100 priests have been arrested in Minneapolis for protesting ICE. They gathered to demand airlines to cease contracting deportation flights to DHS.

From a friend in Minneapolis, just now:

*zooooooooming in*

I'm still watching Can This Love Be Translated? I wasn't entirely won over in the beginning, but I started feeling invested when the zombie element showed up. The FL is an unknown actress, and she plays a zombie in a mash-up style (upbeat music) and becomes a star. (Story refs but not spoilers)

I’ve heard about this anecdotally but here’s official confirmation. If, like me, you’ve already submitted a claim, you’ll need to contact the Anthropic claims administrator about amending it to include this declaration

I don't have a kid, but I whole heartedly agree. Vaccines aren't just for you or your kid. It's for the community. I have relatives who are immunocompromised and cannot get a lot of vaccines. They rely on me and others to get vaccinated to keep them safe. Vaccines are community work.

This is not a dunk whatsoever, but I wholeheartedly disagree with the first sentence. I'm old enough that a friend in my K class got polio and she ended up in a wheelchair for life. I think not vaccinating is akin to neglect like not feeding or clothing a child. And yes I have a kid.

Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.

The three photos below show large crowds of protestors in winter clothing.

Witnesses on the scene are reporting over 100 clergy have now been taken into custody, from every faith you can think of True patriots and heroes

Clergy are being arrested in Minnesota for peacefully protesting - 1/23/2026

Fabulous thread! And I love this series and all the covers, too.

Portland has very fancy donut shops. You can get classy donuts at Blue Star with little injection packs of liqueur or flavors like blueberry bourbon basil.

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real scene from upcoming He-man movie (NOT FAKE):

Lots of premade covers--free of generative AI--in need of a good home, including Vampire Lesbians in Space. Note that you do not have to keep the titles, I customize those for your project, but I do truly believe that title would sell a lot of books. payhip.com/IndigoChickD...

Update: Now 120 cities are holding Minneapolis General Strike solidarity actions paydayreport.com/minneap/

These sound interesting. I love Reactor's lists.

I'm currently in the process of uploading books for print production and look, basically, I lose money doing print editions. Paying for the cover wraps and stuff? If they earn out on that, it's a miracle. But I like having them, so I make them.

I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud

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Little Bat would like the world to know that the winter rations are insufficient, so she has caught and eaten two rats, and that's a big upgrade to grasshoppers.

I hope when this one gets a home, the author keeps the title.

"Social permission"? On top of theft so massive that they pretended it didn't exist? AI can fuck all the way off. Absolute shills begging someone to find a use for their plagiarism machine so they can continue to destroy the environment with it.

To be clear, if one had certain health conditions, this could kill them. Someone called it torture, and it is. But it is also attempted murder.