A newborn in Minneapolis hadn’t eaten for a day and a half Her mother risked going into work when ICE took her away. At home waiting for her were her 16yo daughter and the 3mo baby The teen tried to feed the baby, who was exclusively breastfed, formula to no avail 19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...

The importance of being caffeinated.

$ to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota? ✅ $ to Mercado Central? ✅ $ to rent/food support for the Deaf immigrant community? ✅ A little glitter here, a little glitter there...

Some kiddos in Minnesota don't feel safe enough right now to go play on the ice with their team. I'm anti-ICE-skating here in NYC for you today, Minneapolis-St. Paul Starwhals!

Still skating daily at Bryant Sq Park in NYC to raise awareness about the federal occupation of Minnesota. I've had a conversation every time I've been at the rink. Got skates? 4pm every day....

🖤 Art is not neutral 💚 Connection is an act of resistance 🩷 Gathering is community care 🧡 JOY IS DEFIANCE! Quote courtesy of the cool folks at artshantyprojects.org. Especially that last one....

"What makes the community response in Minnesota so heartening: We’ve seen an astonishing outpouring of action and support from ordinary citizens who have decided not to accept this dual state. They refuse to be lulled, and insist on their continued citizenship in the constitutionally governed US."

“My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq and Ukraine. What I’ve seen here is what I’ve seen there—a powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people.”—Rachel Sayre, director of Minneapolis’ emergency management department

Today! Sign up for a skate time, or heck, just show up to watch before headed out for later actions around NYC. Support our Minnesota pals by skating #IceoutofMN

“When your neighbor needs help, go help. When neighbors work together, nobody’s done until everybody’s done.”—Wendell Berry, The Art of Loading Brush

protests are our mid-midterms

What do I mean by "spicy"? Well gosh, ya got yer RESIST, pro-democracy, anti-fascism, NO KINGS, gear handy? Any Minnesota garb? Heck, I just used electrical tape. Wear a whistle. Dress up like laser loon. A suspicious hotdish. But wear your 🧡 on your sleeve, 'cuz we slay with joy.

Protest trifecta: you can get your anti-ICE-ice-skate on, head right over to Broadway and then down to Union Sq.

Can't be in Minnesota this Friday cuz you're in NYC? Think the only good ice is under your feet? Come ice-skate to show your support to get #IceoutofMN. Wear something spicy. Sign up online for any of the 2–3pm slots (BYOS=free, or rent skates). book.peek.com/w/6e2f0590-d...

Minnesota’s unions, progressive faith leaders and community activists are calling a general strike on Friday, encouraging Minnesotans to stay home from work, school and refrain from shopping.

"We operate on the ethos that joy is resistance.”—Daniel Goldschmidt, Brass Solidarity

Ah, Minnesota! I see you.... See the Protest Art, Colorful Cardboard, and Fierce Joy of the 2026 Powderhorn Art Sled Rally - racketmn.com/see-the-prot...

This terrific opinion piece by @polgreen.bsky.social in the Times captures the current scene in MN better than any I've read so far. Why “Minnesota represents everything that the administration hates,” per a source. And why “If Minnesota falls, the country will fall.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

Whoa, there is protesting🧊and then there is protesting🧊in Powderhorn Park, Minnesota. Love this‼️💪🏾💪🏽💪

"A surveillance-industrial complex and a democratic society are fundamentally incompatible....On a long enough timeline, any surveillance tool you build will eventually be used by people you don’t like for reasons that you disagree with."

Beard envy writ for living large @pointsincase.com. www.pointsincase.com/lists/im-gro...

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

Donate to your local food banks, people! No government should allow its people to starve, and no kiddo should go to bed hungry. STEP UP.

An ode to bad candy and the consequences thereof....

Sharing a great poem by Burlee Vang that hits all the right notes this Halloween. poets.org/poem/live-zo...

Telling the same story in different ways can change the brain networks that the listener uses to form memories

“The audience’s former perceptions of being ‘in control of’ or able to ‘use” time will be shown to be illusions at best.” By @deannesmith.bsky.social Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/interview-wi...

Nearly 100 submissions from reproductive rights advocates around the world paint a clear picture of censorship in action: abortion content is being removed, restricted, and silenced by platforms at an alarming rate. www.eff.org/pages/stopc...

Nooooo, not Jane!

Sperm Racing Start-Up Attracts $10M in Seed Funding...missed an opportunity with the headline, here. And missed unpacking the comparison of female repro systems to a speedway ("we've designed a microscopic racetrack that mimics the reproductive system"). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Whose cheese is blue? Find out in my first piece for The Belladonna Comedy.

The "adult content" in the image: old-timey painting of Adam and Eve in the Garden, and there are nipples.

You should keep an eye out for The Guardian's Poem of the Week. You really oughta. Delighted to see poetry, and poets, elevated in a news outlet. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

All that and a bag of chips.

I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.

"Walking is our driving." Truth. Sidewalk and other NYC etiquette at Gothamist. (Though I'd have added no feet on the seats and only hands on the poles for subway riding. ONLY HANDS.) gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

A hawk cam. That's what I want. Very simple. I wanna see next spring's hatchling stalking around that ledge, eating squirrels and stuff, looking grumpy as it feathers out. But up close, from my lap. Make it happen, @fordham.edu! #Cornellhawks shouldn't get all the fun.

I like being reminded that the Earth is constantly popping off somewhere or other.

From lava to snowfields to the ocean's floor? She's got the coolest job, with the best gear. My jealousy is only surmounted by my admiration.

I’ve forced myself to get into TikTok and it goofy and distracting yet often feels like AM radio in the early 50s. It could be anything. Here Ann Patchett tears multiple new rectums in David Brooks, who only exists for that purpose.

Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.