Alli DeJong
@allidejong.bsky.social
climate, adaptation, decision analysis, flood risk, insurance, resilience, BCAs. planning & policy jack of all trades at the Water Institute. (personal account)
also sports, birds, हिंदी, cities, etc.
chicago via new orleans via chicago
also sports, birds, हिंदी, cities, etc.
chicago via new orleans via chicago
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Alli DeJong
@allidejong.bsky.social
· Nov 6
ESTRAGON: I can't go on like this.
VLADIMIR: That’s what you think.
VLADIMIR: That’s what you think.
What?
Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
January 19, 2026 at 5:21 PM
What?
I can’t get over that this regime is menacing Minnesota, Denmark, and Greenland in JANUARY
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I can’t get over that this regime is menacing Minnesota, Denmark, and Greenland in JANUARY
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Physical climate risk is a major issue in pricing US homes, but measuring it for individual properties is fraught at best.
A macro threat looming in plain sight.
A macro threat looming in plain sight.
January 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Physical climate risk is a major issue in pricing US homes, but measuring it for individual properties is fraught at best.
A macro threat looming in plain sight.
A macro threat looming in plain sight.
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close enough
i feel compelled to watch the entire Bears game even though I know it will end with Caleb Williams throwing a 37-yard touchdown under intense pressure on 4th-and-11
January 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
close enough
Mine too. The Hunger Winter did really happen. My grandparents, great uncles, great aunts survived. But it is not abstract to me.
There's a lot of abstract talk about nazis right now and I just want to bring it back to concrete reality for a second:
Those motherfuckers tried to murder MY GRANDPARENTS.
Those motherfuckers tried to murder MY GRANDPARENTS.
January 18, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Mine too. The Hunger Winter did really happen. My grandparents, great uncles, great aunts survived. But it is not abstract to me.
Hey. If you’re outside MN and wanting to help, can I suggest throwing some coin to the Local 17 hardship fund?
UNITE HERE Local 17 represents more than 6,000 workers. The majority of our membership is women, immigrants and people of color.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
UNITE HERE Local #17 Hardship Fund | Working Partnerships
Help Working Partnerships meet their fundraising goal by sharing this campaign.
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org
January 18, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Hey. If you’re outside MN and wanting to help, can I suggest throwing some coin to the Local 17 hardship fund?
The whole country is the Panhandle now.
January 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The whole country is the Panhandle now.
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Is that good
About 1,500 soldiers w/ 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed on prepare-to-deploy orders with a mission in Minnesota in mind, defense officials tell me tonight. Unclear if some or all of them ultimately will go.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
January 18, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Is that good
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This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
Everyone should consider watching Unrivaled instead. Unrivaled is awesome
January 18, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Everyone should consider watching Unrivaled instead. Unrivaled is awesome
Great place great times we love you Minnesota!
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Great place great times we love you Minnesota!
This is my America. If you don’t like it go walk into the lake
Man what the hell these are high schoolers
January 17, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This is my America. If you don’t like it go walk into the lake
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Yes. Do you know how many families are being supported by their neighbors right now? Families afraid to leave home being fed by their neighborhoods; immigrant communities feeding the old hippies standing on their street corners with whistles in 10-degree snowstorms. They cannot break us
Is everyone in MN a hero?
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Yes. Do you know how many families are being supported by their neighbors right now? Families afraid to leave home being fed by their neighborhoods; immigrant communities feeding the old hippies standing on their street corners with whistles in 10-degree snowstorms. They cannot break us
Anyone have a good summary of all the amazing organizing going on in MN that I can drop in the family group chat? They’re only hearing the bad news and need to know how people are fighting back.
January 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Anyone have a good summary of all the amazing organizing going on in MN that I can drop in the family group chat? They’re only hearing the bad news and need to know how people are fighting back.
No relation
NEW: Trump pardoned a porta-potty magnate named Arie Eric De Jong III who was sentenced to 5 months in federal prison for illegally disposing of sludge in cities across southern California.
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
No relation
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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UNITE HERE Local 17 represents more than 6,000 workers. The majority of our membership is women, immigrants and people of color.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
UNITE HERE Local #17 Hardship Fund | Working Partnerships
Help Working Partnerships meet their fundraising goal by sharing this campaign.
workingpartnerships.betterworld.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
UNITE HERE Local 17 represents more than 6,000 workers. The majority of our membership is women, immigrants and people of color.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
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I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
Wow did you know that it’s possible to feel awake all day?
Starting my “oh holy shit your vitamin D is insanely low” prescription regimen today. Cool
January 16, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Wow did you know that it’s possible to feel awake all day?
unambiguously good news. amidst all the shit.
Senate boosts funding for NASA, NOAA, and NSF beyond Trump's request, emphasizing science and research investment.
Congress passes bill to fund U.S. science agencies, rebuffing Trump’s requested cuts
Senate boosts funding for NASA, NOAA, and NSF beyond Trump's request, emphasizing science and research investment.
www.nbcnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
unambiguously good news. amidst all the shit.
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One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.