I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out. For the record, the small example I chose: My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.

I think we finally have the right sized avocad for guac 🥑

On the west coast and feeling helpless? Weather and the general chaos have left blood banks in short supply, and YOU can help our compatriots all across the country and potentially save a life I made an appointment to donate tomorrow. If you’re type O especially, please help

Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky? Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices? NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN... Press release: www.weather.gov/media/notifi...

This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home! Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.

One anonymous special agent: "I did not go to law school, go to Quantico and work counterterrorism operations overseas to be doing traffic control for arrest-a-brown-person day."

Ayup, old timers say the Cruz saw its own shadow and flew south early this year. Gonna be a hard winter, I reckon *settles back in porch rocking chair; smokes corncob pipe*

“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”

Update: The Okee Dokee Brothers have progressed to posting original protest songs.

Happy 30th birthday to the @nytimes.com website www.nytimes.com/1996/01/22/b...

Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now.

I keep seeing leftists from outside of Minneapolis say they’ve seen all this before, and no, you haven’t. I’ve been at this for 30+ years and I haven’t either. It’s not what you’re picturing. This is something else

Taps the Tufte-popularized map of Napoleon’s march on Russia in winter.

Just as this news was announced: mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say The vaccines are tailor-made to target each patient’s unique cancer. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

From now until the end of the month, you can get ebook versions of all of my zines in a bundle for $5. That includes: 5 Minute Daily Drawings : Year 1 5 Minute Daily Drawings : Year 2 Insert An Invert August Arthropod Art Nudivember 2024 Nudivember 2025 itch.io/s/179175/6-z...

Got an update on the incarcerated woman who was put in solitary after her daughter did a fundraiser for a sick cat at the prison. Sonya Reed is now out of solitary, prison officials tell me, but they won't say whether or not she was punished for the gofundme. More: thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/22/t...

I am trying to eat better, which means I brought to work a tote bag containing lentils, salad, a container of grapes, and an orange. Contrast this with my normal garbage diet, in which I eat one (1) burrito

at least two interesting thoughts in here, I think: 1 is that yes the Constitution encompasses privacy 2 is that privacy encompasses all sorts of personal autonomy and bodily integrity issues, from abortion to not needing to hand over personally identifying information to random jackbooted thugs

they're trying to get him to midterms like an old Civic dropping parts and smoking two miles from the nearest exit

attention texans: are you a lawyer, do you know lawyers willing to file pro bono habeas petitions for Minnesotans that have been sent here? please reach out via DM (and not just with links to already swamped nonprofits though)

It’s Thursday #ThursJay here’s a nice Jackdaw #birds #ukbirding #birdphotography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin

There are about six weeks until the Oscars. I’ve seen one of the Best Picture nominees. I’m going to try to watch as many as I can before the Oscars.

This is basically how I view the subject. Like, no duh, the United States has done some incredibly awful stuff over the centuries. But we also have a very powerful strand of humanitarianism, especially in the post World War II era, and I will damn well lean into that part of our national identity.

I absolutely believe 7th grade civics-class ideas about America as a nation of immigrants and free people

While I'm being biblical, a story: When I was clerking, my judge called me into his chambers. He showed me a passage in the Bible and said, "This made me think of you."

"it’s unclear when or whether Liam will be able to return for his stuffed turtle, his hat, and his W worksheet" sahanjournal.com/education/ic...

Codify Bivens, make it retroactive, and sue these fascists to hell

If you work/worked at ICE and know about this memo, find me on Signal: JosePagliery.46

This passage gives Catholics the corporal works of mercy: To feed the hungry To give water to the thirsty To clothe the naked To shelter the homeless To visit the sick To visit the imprisoned, or ransom the captive To bury the dead

I was at MANY of these stops. Here’s what would happen: the agents would stand guard at the cars, Bovino would literally pose out front while people yelled at him. It was a pathetic, obvious attempt to antagonize neighbors - they transited three gas stations and did the exact same thing thrice.

Can you feel the cold seeping from this picture? It was 11°F with a chill of -1°F when I took this shot of the aurora kicking off this evening shortly after sunset. #aurora

I don't want to paint a rosy picture, because it's a city under siege. People are being abducted all the time. One person told me about watching 1-2 abductions a day, just in her own work following ICE.

Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."

I keep thinking about the number of people that have to be involved to kidnap a small child, transport him to one facility or another, then an airport, then a plane, then another facility. Did no one on that chain stop and say hey what the fuck?

Watching the Song of My City on TCM that's basically scenes of New York in the 1970s and it's a reminder that cops used to dress like this. Not at all suggesting that it was some sort of utopia, by far not my point, I'm not stupid, but it is notable they weren't dressed like soldiers in a war zone.

The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.

Homemade signs like this are everywhere in South Minneapolis. Seen on January 21, 2026.

As a legal professional, I can say that the hallmarks of a solid legal opinion based in fact and good law are "no you can't have a copy" and "no you can't take notes, just read it once and you're done".

are they not monsters?

My son is this age and I just keep looking at this photograph, unable to form a sentence that's not just a howl of rage

I just donated. I've got a 5yo son in pre-k. We got him one of those funny squeeze hats that flap the ears. He's got a spider man backpack too. Please give if you can, and show up wherever you live in solidarity with MN and against ICE this Friday. iceoutforgood.org?utm_source=i...

Adam Gray, who won a Trump +5 district by 0.1%, told me he's undecided on the DHS funding bill. "Very concerned about the oversight stuff, though, yeah. I mean, this last few months, it seems almost impossible to get any just direct answers out of the agencies." #CA13

Orin is probably the preeminent fourth amendment scholar in the United States. He is also extremely professional. This is the way he says "I wish a bitch would try"

There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy

Spending long days in the Capitol during a legislative session can be a real drag. Equality New Mexico is offering a reprieve about halfway through this year's 30-day session.

Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS. ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion. This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.

This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars