Aliyah Rahman, a Minnesota resident invited by Rep. Ilhan Omar to attend Tuesday’s State of the Union address, was later hospitalized following her arrest during the speech, according to statements from both Rahman and Omar.

To celebrate #LàAbairtNaGàidhlig #SayAGaelicPhraseDay from ‘The Sound of Many Waters’: ….flicking through a copy of Perthshire Gaelic in the clearance box in a local bookshop I come across a warning: ‘tàlaidhidh am biadh fiadh na beinne’ – ‘hunger makes the wolf come out of the woods’.

‘Ged a chuala iad an ceòl, cha do thuig iad am port’ (Although they heard the music, they didn’t understand the tune). #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #cleachdinocailli #LàAbairtNaGàidhlig #SayAGaelicPhraseDay @sngaidhlig.bsky.social

Seachdain na Gàidhlig Ainmean-àite ann an abairtean Gàidhlig "Tha dà thaobh air a' Mhaoil agus seachd seallaidhean dhith" "There are two sides of the Mull and seven different views of it" Maol Chinn Tìre buff.ly/Vyoyh1o #AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #SnG2026 #CleachdINoCaillI

Public Service Announcement: The U.S. government is demanding that an AI company loosen its safety protocols so its technology can be used for mass surveillance of U.S. civilians. That is the core dispute now unfolding between the Department of Defense

‘Cuir manadh math air do mhanadh is bidh thu sona’ (Interpret your omen in a positive way and you’ll be fortunate). #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #cleachdinocailli @sngaidhlig.bsky.social

BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

Right now we must stop the abduction and killing of our neighbors by ICE, but we must also show up in resistance in a way that seeds love. #AbolishICE #ICEout

Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026! Le ‘Cleachd i no Caill i’ mar chuspair na seachdain, bidh sinne a’ sgaoileadh cuid de faclan as fheàrr leinn bhon na h-inntridhean. Ma tha iad a’ còrdadh ribh, nach sgaoil sibhse cuideachd iad? #SeachdainNaGaidhlig2026 #cleachdinocailli #gàidhlig #gaidhlig #faclair

Bidh mi fhéin agus mo nighean a’ beachdachadh air seanfhaclan a h-uile latha a bhios sinn comhla. Seo m’ isean ag aithris an t-seanfhacail as fheàrr leatha an-dràsta. #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #cleachdinocailli @sngaidhlig.bsky.social

Seachdain na Gàidhlig Ainmean-àite ann an abairtean Gàidhlig "Bho Pheairt gu Hiort" "From Perth to St Kilda" Peairt buff.ly/M9K3znx Hiort buff.ly/hKuOwnq #AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #SnG2026 #CleachdINoCaillI

Exploring Celtic Civilizations: The Era of Viking Invasions / Society and Power - Social analysis of period 840-1066 gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/exploring-...

White, black, etc., are socially constructed codes used to create and entrench social groups (and identities) and the relationships between them for political power. There is no biological basis for these codes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbVC...

It turns out there was voter fraud in Georgia but done by Elon Musk’s political operation, not individual voters. Links: www.11alive.com/article/news... newrepublic.com/post/206857/...

The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.

The Scottish Highlands: Epic Mode 23 March, online, from £3.35 Prof Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social investigates the ancient heroic tales of the Fèinn & Fionn mac Cumhail/Finn Mac Cool – part of the common heritage of #Scotland & #Ireland www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scotti...

Save the date the next No Kings protest is on 3/28!

Blog post about African-American participation in Gaelic musical tradition, and my work with Rhiannon, for Black History Month. gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/afro-gaeli...

The Carolina Lullaby and Gaelic Oral Tradition Revisited: Who composed the earliest surviving Gaelic song composed in North America? What were the circumstances? gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/the-caroli...

Absolutely we should fear terrorism and seek to prevent it. But we should also fear those who use either real terrorism or bogus claims about terrorism to boost their own powers, restrict our freedoms and corrode our democracy. Both present major threats to public life.

🧵In 1988, the six pupils in Glasgow became the first cohort to be taught entirely in Gaelic. Their English-speaking classmates, nicknamed it the ‘Garlic Unit’. It didn’t matter though; the six pupils were pioneers.

Important reminder: If you ever share a document or email publicly (especially from a reporter, organization, or official source) do not post it word-for-word or as a raw screenshot.

Mainstream outlets are now confirming that the FBI has called state election officials into an unusual midterm briefing.

This is really suspicious. They’re up to something. Link to thread: x.com/mattberg33/s...

The Trump administration has finalized a rule that reclassifies tens of thousands of federal positions in a way that removes long-standing job protections and makes it easier to fire or discipline those workers.

Interesting that a senator felt the need to send a classified warning about intelligence activities.

The Trump administration continues on its path to destroying everything. Its latest decision approves a highway corridor running through Utah’s Red Cliffs National Conservation Area after the Bureau of Land Management reversed a 2024 ruling that had denied the route.

Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition. TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’ www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

A Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Minneapolis is really a recognition of people power and it’s the first time a whole city has been put forward for the prize.

I hope every American is paying attention to Trump’s unfolding plans to steal the midterms.

It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵

Government records reviewed by ProPublica identify the two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

A Gaelic Witness to the Massacre of Glencoe, 1692: an ICE-cold winter and the bloody hand of a repressive government gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/a-gaelic-w...

straight up Gestapo shit

Content warning: sexual exploitation, grooming, abuse These images are law-enforcement interview summaries from the Epstein–Maxwell investigation. They document witness testimony describing how Ghislaine Maxwell groomed and introduced young women to “powerful” men.

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Trump’s backchannel plan to destroy the UN is working. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the United Nations could run out of cash by July, Reuters reports. Some countries are refusing to pay, following Trump’s lead. The US has withheld mandatory payments.

Alert: Twin Cities reporter Georgia Fort was taken into custody.

In Chile under Augusto Pinochet, political dissidents killed by security forces were labeled extremists or terrorists. The government praised the military and dismissed killings as unavoidable even when victims were unarmed or already detained. Must we go on?

This is how authoritarian narratives work you smear the victim, praise the armed agent, and ignore the killing. No video justifies an execution. No insult erases due process. This is propaganda, not accountability.

Way to go, Philadelphia! The city has introduced new legislation putting real limits on ICE activity. Federal agents will no longer be allowed to operate anonymously no masks, visible identification required, and arrests must be backed by warrants signed by a federal judge.

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Values keep movements honest, while a material approach gets results, and there’s a time and place for both.

Co-founder of Nonviolent Peaceforce, Mel Duncan, discusses the shared dynamics of nonviolent resistance and organizing community care in the Twin Cities and West Bank.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.

Tick tock… accountability is coming.