this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities

"In reality most people in most of Europe during the middle ages married in their 20s. Sometimes earlier, sometimes later, but getting married in your early teens or even younger was very rare. Yes, nobles/royals did it, but mostly for political or inheritance reasons..."

Block instantly.

Finally realized that when the weather gets a little warmer, some of the neighbors turn their heat off and and the building gets much colder. :(

Naaaaaaailed it

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

fellow journalists’ reports from minneapolis are hitting like dispatches from the frontlines of a civil war

Notice how the murder of a woman by an immigrant (with like, one example) is a horrific violation that requires the entirety of ICE to be mobilized to fight this, and then when ICE murders a woman it’s like “that lesbian bitch had it coming for her”?

No official seal on the podium. “One of ours, all of yours” A Nazi slogan indicating to protesting civilians that if you hurt one of ours we will kill all of you and yours. No dog whistles.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin asserts that the EPA has "an important responsibility" to "accelerate economic growth and opportunity." Maybe he doesn't know what the E stands for?

I OBVIOUSLY am someone extremely well aware of what the state will also do to pretty white women if the state feels like it, and I'm clearly not a fan, but let's be fucking serious here about who is collateral damage and who the actual targets of homegrown foundational American state violence are

Worth noting: officially reported deaths in custody are over 30.

👉 ICE Abusing Protesters After Murdering Driver 1/7/26 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnfi...

My student reminded me yesterday about Neocities, and I decided to make one: 0katherine.neocities.org It's just a stub right now, since I need to relearn what little I knew about hand-crafting websites, but please let me know if you have one so I can follow you.

"“Thousands of Americans paid the price for political failures they did not create,” the page claims. “These Americans, many guilty of nothing more than peacefully protesting a disputed election, were finally freed from years of cruel imprisonment.”"

Thread. :/

"No more blood for oil. No War on Venezuela" Posters spotted in Houston, Texas

I'm not going to get into an indoor vs. outdoor cat debate but I want to point out that Jan - Mar is coyote mating season in North America, which means coyotes are more agitated and territorial and therefore an increased danger to outdoor cats. Make the best decisions you can for your pets, please.

I cannot express to you the absolute, bone-deep contempt I feel for every level of the US government.

Me: Let's watch the film 'VVitch' again, I like it. The next morning outside my house:

Name and crimes. Make a fucking list. Dems should prosecute them, but every ICE agent should be hounded out of society. That old asshole at the mall upset because he was recognized and they filmed him? Every single ICE/CBP/associated agent for the rest of their lives.

So you could mail a ballot in plenty of time, the US Postal Service (currently under Trump's favored postmaster-general) could delay service to left-leaning counties in your state, and suddenly a whole lot of ballots "arrive late" and are disqualified.

Having recently read Carmilla for the first time, I am rereading Dracula for my book group, and I have to say: I like Carmilla better. 🧛‍♀️

This year, many people resigned their posts at the slightest hint that the Trump regime was displeased with them instead of staying and making someone fire them. Sharyn Alfonsi is showing us why you stay and refuse: you make clear your superiors are wrong and may them pay the costs of firing you.

This paraphrase of 60 Minutes journalist Sharyn Alfonsi in Playbook is really the thing: “declining to air a story because the administration wouldn’t comment for it amounted to handing the state a veto on journalism”

Also I really feel that it needs to be taught as part of basic wilderness survival—if you see a creepy wicker effigy, LEAVE AT ONCE. No good will come of it.

We kept seeing people say Trump would start a war right before the Epstein release deadline. Looks like you were right, this sure looks like Trump declaring war on Venezuela on social media, without congressional approval.

There isn’t much for our Supreme Court to hear, the Constitution is already clear. And just to be absolutely clear: the Supreme Court does not have the power to overrule or rewrite our Constitution.

In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.

Supreme Court's trending. What rights did we lose today?

The guy's race and nationality are less relevant than the fact a CIA contractor shot two National Guard soldiers

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Ex Trump lawyer argues that the Constitution is insufficient to address the unprecedented abuses of power committed by President Trump. He asserts that Trump’s actions in Venezuela and Colombia constitute war crimes, and soldiers should be aware that they are not obligated to follow illegal orders.

“Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire. “Many of the razed buildings did not appear to be damaged prior to being destroyed. There were houses with gardens, trees and some small orchards.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Was she visited by three ghosts or something?

This is a genuine problem/ challenge. Turning off intrusive AI features, from Gmail, also turns off useful anti-spam and related features. (Sort of like Trump using the govt shutdown as excuse to end all SNAP benefits. Google didn't have to do this.)

It will be good when he dies.

Thanks to Rachel Maddow for covering the Remove the Regime event taking place this week. Tomorrow’s schedule begins at 10:00 a.m. with a rally at Flare, followed by what organizers anticipate will be record-breaking direct lobbying for impeachment and removal.

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

“I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.” — Emily Bronte

Any recommendations for classic male singers who recorded good holiday songs and weren't known for beating their wives and children? 😬So far I've got Dean Martin and Nat King Cole.

:(

We're at the next stag of the authors' lawsuit against Anthropic. Check the link below to see which of your books they raided and then click through to file a claim. Four of mine were in there.

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...

It looks like ICE actually stays at Courtyard by Marriott pretty often when they travel to abduct and brutalize people. Probably no one else should stay there.

The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go. Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas? Trump's gotta go.

An oldie from the other site, back when I found time to make gifs 😁🧙‍♀️🤼

...whoever set up the lighting to reflect like that is a damn genius