To process the chaos, I'm spending a few minutes each night stitching a news diary--embroidering tiny icons representing an important story of the day. One month in, and it feels like I've already sewn a year's worth of news. But it helps me make sense of it all, so I think I can manage 11 more.

10/10 ICE protest sign

one of the agents said “okay we know” when we were whistling so i leaned in and whistled louder and he threatened to pepper spray me. i then said “are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” and he very meekly said “no i’m not scared of a whistle”

Okay I think I've mapped out ICE politics as of Monday night

They aren’t backing down. They’re just threatening people in other cities. Still illegal. Still unconstitutional. Even if they haven’t yet backed it up by shooting someone in the face.

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm via hearts530

Knitters of Bluesky and the people you love: this is for you.

One of the best organizers I know in the Twin Cities has a great line, "We can't always take away the hurt, but we can take away the alone."

this small drop of good news could not be better timed: heated rivalry ebooks are now open to anyone with an NYPL card, no waitlists happy snowstorm eve from the library 💕 www.nypl.org/blog/2026/01...

This is a small immediate action you can take to support the businesses where the murder this morning happened. They were closed yesterday. Now they’re going to have to close today. Few of them can take multiple days without business.

My group chats are full of Minnesotans reacting to today’s murder by figuring out ways they can help. We need people outside of the state to do the same thing. Whatever you wish everyone else was doing right now? Do it today. Let’s make a list of things that could help.

On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”

Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

If someone says they're from Indivisible ask them what they think of Chuck Schumer. If they say they like him it's ICE.

I think there is some information in there that isn't familiar to a lot of people. Including that the US is currently holding three times as many people in immigration detention as were detained in the entire Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939—six years into the Third Reich.

(h/t Amelia Buttress)

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.

My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support. PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities- Venmo @powwowgrounds www.powwowgrounds.com

For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org

btw one thing they really want high priority are the ice cleats, so if you're looking to send something...

I am still steaming about this. Average ppl in Minnesota are putting their bodies on the line. Priests are fearlessly staring down guns. ICE is gassing ppl and snatching kids. And this fucking coward can’t call for using power to stop ICE?

i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.

just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday

Matt Shaw really beginning to doubt his "Jews will not replace us" poster.

Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.

I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK

If y'all need Girl Scout cookies, here's a list of trans girls and theydies most of whom haven't hit their sales goals yet www.erininthemorning.com/p/2026-trans...

It is very important that your federal electeds hear not only from you on social media, but through direct contact as well. Tag them and then Call and email. Do both. Tell them to move to immediately impeach and remove for an unconstitutional war of aggression.

Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please. Script.

It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.

<dog with a stomach ache> I should eat a blanket !!!

A leaked DoJ memo calls for prosecutors to charge people who film ICE with “domestic terrorism” They don’t want their atrocities documented. They don’t want a historical record. They don’t want the world to know. That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.

I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons

Some Dems have told themselves only ~1% of the population is trans so they can dip their toe in the anti-trans filth and come out clean. I don't have any trans family members—but it still makes me irate. I see it as a huge red flag, a sign you are unprincipled and untrustworthy. And I'm not alone.

In Boston, we like our protests with a whole lot of history. #teaparty #dumpICE #Dec16

They should shutter Cooperstown and just tape this to the door for the reason

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

I'm biased bc my mom cowrote it but I love Cooking Up A Storm, the times-picayune's recipe book compiled from people who wrote into the newspaper to help them find recipes they lost after Hurricane Katrina through archival research or crowdsourcing

Sixty years ago this week in the Berkshire (MA) Eagle: "Saturday, Richard J. Robbins, 19, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Arlo Guthrie, 18, of Howard Beach, N.Y., each paid a fine of $25 in Lee District Court after pleading guilty of illegally disposing of rubbish...." web.archive.org/web/20201125... 1/2

With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…

big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see

Things are happening faster than I can embroider them

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

"The attorney in the New York office spoke in depth about the plan being recently updated to include mosques and liberal synagogues in the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the New York City mayor’s race."

I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it. All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference. Tanks

hm sounds like it’s time for some journalists to make some requests because I for one would like more information on Sarah Kendzior’s suspension.

Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??