My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day). What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance

i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory

he’s very consistent

Tonight, I missed a virtual forum with Indivisible Edgewater. I want to apologize and explain my absence, as well as reaffirm my commitment to being accessible to any and all 9th District residents. Once again, I’m very sorry for this and we are trying to reschedule for another time.

everybody say HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORNELIA (she’s 5 years old today!)

i want to fall in love with my charming best friend i go on vacation with every year

If anyone works at major HR firms and platforms (Salesforce, Workday, etc.) and has info about what drove adding these questions to job applications in the last few months my DMs are open and my Signal is SydneyBauer.30 You will have anonymity.

We’re so excited to officially announce Imagine We Were Human ✨ this will be a 12 game compilation of all narrative games released last year, updated and streamlined into one bundle. Wishlist Here: store.steampowered.com/app/4260590/... #indiegamedev #narrativegame #gamecompilation

Does anyone know any good Chinese YouTubers or content creators of Chinese origin who are based in the U.S.?

what’s it like working in healthcare during the federal occupation? if you’re not in minnesota but are assumed to be a target next, start preparing for this beyond what you already thought was needed — (gift link)

WE'RE LIVE twitch.tv/hasanabi

my friend jd’s game company @pklwrks.bsky.social is publishing this collection of games, imagine we were human by @vinemossgames.bsky.social! you can wishlist on steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/4260590/...

does anyone have a good source tracking the percentage of people being kidnapped by ICE in MN that are US citizens?

i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

throwing out the baby corn with the bathwater corn

this completely horrifying. ICE is a domestic occupying threat against us all

"Rose has serious trouble staying in her lane. She tries to dictate other people’s actions as well as their thoughts... I think all humans do this." @ansonjtong.com's interview with Sara Levine on "The Hitch” (Roxane Gay Books) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/01/13/d...

The worst someone can be on social media is annoying, and so if a lot of your reality is interpolated by that, it becomes the same as ‘evil’

my interview with Sara about THE HITCH comes out in @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social tomorrow 🫡

I’m watching Gilded Age and my brain cannot handle the idea of Americans with huge bustled dresses and updos

I googled “where are the Winter Olympics this year”

Abby is always right, but I actually think understanding Emily Oster, Rachael Bedard, and the more hardcore MAHA influencers - including the ones in government - as *competing* content creators is a REALLY useful analysis

There was an active disinformation campaign that said the shooter was "Steve Grove." That is the name of the publisher and CEO of the Minnesota Star-Tribune. This follows the wrong picture for Renee being shared. Don't share information you cannot independently verify. www.wired.com/story/people...

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

new @us.theguardian.com A 22 y/o organizer + teacher was arrested on camera during an interview after speaking at a Mich. protest over Maduro's abduction Jessica Plichta says her arrest seems tied to her recent trip to Venezuela as part of an internationalist peace delegation amid Trump's blockade

National media who are coming to Minneapolis, please treat people respectfully. Don't burn sources. Don't make people distrust journalists because you want a quick story. Consider instead hiring some of the good local journalists who have been here doing the work and will be here after you leave.

(major platform generating/distributing AI revenge porn, govt trying to convince ppl not to believe their eyes on footage they can clearly view for themselves, terminally online govt officials marshaling the resources of military in service of propaganda to perform for an imagined audience online)

not saying it can't get worse but this week really feels like a straightforward depiction of what worst-case 'post truth' information apocalypse ppl were warning of in the late 2010s

Live updates: Around 200 people marched more than two miles from the scene of the shooting to Minneapolis City Hall, shouting “ICE out now!” after police hurried away from the scene Wednesday afternoon. The crowd of is continuing to snake its way through downtown.

"Meanwhile, witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street." www.fox9.com/news/minneap...

I am beyond tired of how many peoples’ names I know primarily because they have been terribly harmed or killed by “law enforcement”

Renee Nicole Good was identified as the woman murdered by ICE. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret. But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.

If you want an example of right wing propaganda masquerading as feminism, this is it. Saying famous women aren’t allowed to dress the way they want or must act in a certain way so that all women cannot be sexualised is pushing purity culture rooted in religious fundamentalism.

I am still BUZZING from watching Marty Supreme

I use my phone during the normal ads in movie theatres because it makes me upset that they run normal ads in movie theatres now

The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.

My neighbor told me she used ChatGPT to understand her dog’s personality

Thinking about this and the Polymarket stuff at the same time and frowning

Read this thread. I don't know what to say, other than we can't live like this anymore.

I have been to too many events where the theme is community but everyone just makes smiling but uncomfortable eye contact and is hard to talk to

Why must the bad vibes start so immediately in the new year