i always forget that i hate making amigurumi and for some reason i decided to make NINE little ones for christmas gifts. NINE. i want to stab out my own eyes with my crochet hook

If you're running for Congress as a Democrat I need to hear what consequences you intend for this gang of murderous freaks

i love living in a neighborhood with so many somali people. love chatting with my neighbors, i love patronizing their businesses, i love seeing their kids running around the parks. they are kind & normal people & even if they were rude as fuck they would not deserve this bullshit. fucking hate this.

would

plans changed and now i gotta grab potatoes tomorrow before the store closes, but i’m also seeing a movie right after, but i don’t want to leave the potatoes in the car if it’s freezing. so the question is whether an entire bag of raw potatoes breaks the no-outside-food rule

On Tuesday, three photojournalists were hit by police munitions while covering a federal immigration arrest that drew hundreds of protesters to St. Paul’s East Side. They believe police targeted them for doing their jobs.

The observations of the Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission chairperson are amazingly damning

In case you’re wondering how St Paul Police could ever treat their own residents like they did yesterday look at this unhinged statement from who the officers elect as their leaders.

If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.

highlighting the go fund me for legal assistance that’s linked in the article www.gofundme.com/f/ayudemos-a...

A day after an immigration raid outside an East Side home devolved into clashes with protesters, family members say they were taunted and humiliated during a standoff with federal agents. By Shubhanjana Das

forgot about this old book riot post because we’ve been having these conversations for so long bookriot.com/book-pirates/

Another good question nobody ever has an answer to: what is the exact amount of money that piracy costs creators? Not "what do you IMAGINE it is," what is the actual proven dollar value, percentage, etc that piracy costs creators. Show your work. Weirdly, nobody ever has an answer to this!

a thing about immigrants is that every single one of them is a person, a full human being, no exceptions, whether deemed by this vicious state to be "peaceful" or not smh

i would love to see some consequences

?????

purchased the thanksgiving chicken and now i have been saying “bird secured” and “secured the bird” under my breath for an hour

every once in a while you can see somebody suggest that we dissolve MPD and let SPPD have jurisdiction over both cities since MPD is so undeniably bad and SPPD are respectable cops. anyway

frustrating that this piracy discourse is the same goddamn thing every time, has been for years, while discussion of exploitation of writers by publishers tends to remain very faint. it feels like this is a frequent steam valve for frustration, a group that can be yelled at without risking jobs.

From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.

A widely circulated clip of this interaction yesterday is missing this crucial angle- where you can clearly see that this neighbor didn’t trip on the curb, they were callously thrown to the ground by an officer after being pepper sprayed in the face.

Note that the title photo is St. Paul City Council Vice President Hwa Jeong Kim facing off with a SPPD officer. Another city council member had to turn around on her way to the scene, after being warned it would be unsafe for her to be present while 39 weeks pregnant.

On Monday, North Carolina's terrible, draconian law will come into effect. One small piece that has gotten little scrutiny -- judges must consider whether someone has a home when deciding pretrial release. www.wsoctv.com/news/local/c...

Police have access to massive surveillance networks that track the public whether they are suspects or not. That means probably for every 1 officer caught using the system to harass or spy on people they have feuds with, ex's, activists, journalists, there are probably 100 more we don't know about.

Pathetic

[mentally screaming at earsplitting volume while sitting completely still] EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my dog got a terminal diagnosis in january and i was devastated thinking she wouldn’t get to enjoy warm weather again, and now she’s made it to another snow :’)

Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.

Statement from President VanDassor on the actions of HSI in St Paul this morning

Incredible pictures from Kerem Yücel today. I hope he’s ok.

I was at the protest today: SPPD was on site when I got there, but their numbers continued to swell. The crowd was loud af but not at all violent- nor were they impeding agents "doing their jobs" or residents. SPPD was in good spirits- many were smiling and laughing. The protesters were told to +

happy holidays

2014 is gonna be my year

Monitoring? That’s it? Are you committed to publicly supporting the sanctuary state legislation? Restoring the healthcare you stripped away from undocumented immigrants who are adults? Banning the egregious human rights violations we saw today? Thought so.

I'm gonna need every single person admonishing us to participate in ICE watch & document "non-violently" to read this by a definitely NOT radical org "Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said that revealing the identities of agents and videotaping them on operations constitutes “violence”

Once again, this is a use of force that does not appear related to any concern by the officer for their safety or the safety of others.

Abolish the police.

She said she saw federal agents arrest a person, dropping them “head first into the sidewalk. I don’t know what sound your head is supposed to make when it hits the cement like that, but we all heard the crack.” She said the person was clearly injured during the arrest.

At journalist was injured badly enough to need an ambulance. A protester was body slammed to the ground and also needed an ambulance. Dozens of people were tear gassed and pepper sprayed. Neighbors on the block were hit by rubber bullets. All today at one raid on the East Side of St Paul

Strib: look at those unruly protestors MPR: one of the cops shot us

i keep getting UNI ads about how minnesotans get in-state tuition. guys i think the kids are gonna take the in-state tuition that comes without an abortion ban

need anyone still asking local police to “protect” us from ICE to stop pretending not to see what’s going on.

NEW: An MPR News journalist was among those hit by less-lethal munitions and taken from the scene by ambulance. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

MPR reporter had to be taken by ambulance after SPPD shot them with 40mm rounds.

A SPPD officer named T Sand said they don't have to listen to him cause he's not their boss anymore

so if i understand this correctly, gaines has made her career by publicly calling trans athletes predators and threats to women while completely failing to ever mention even once that her mentor/college swimming coach was sexually assaulting and harassing women on the team while she was there?

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Shit St Paul ICE agent aims gun