Birdy Birdy
@birdwatcher3.bsky.social
Former journalist (thanks, layoffs). Survived Stage 4 melanoma with help from science and medicine (thanks, Jim Allison). Learning guitar, petting all the cats, petting all the dogs, watching all the birds.
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More evidence that the agent tried to put himself in danger and was not harmed by the vehicle
Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The New York Times provide a millisecond-by-millisecond look at the killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. Watch our visual investigation.
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provide a millisecond-by-millisecond look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapolis.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
More evidence that the agent tried to put himself in danger and was not harmed by the vehicle
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if they are in mortal danger from some ice in winter in January, imagine how easily these cringing little wieners would fold in any actual conflict
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on "acts of violence" against ICE agents in Minnesota: "Pouring water on the ground so that it would freeze the ground in front of our federal law enforcement vehicles so that they would potentially slide, crash, and potentially kill them"
January 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
if they are in mortal danger from some ice in winter in January, imagine how easily these cringing little wieners would fold in any actual conflict
Still haven’t taken the tree down because A) who gives a shit and B) The pretty lights are keeping total despair at bay. Might just keep it up as a symbol of light until the darkness is driven out of this place.
January 15, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Still haven’t taken the tree down because A) who gives a shit and B) The pretty lights are keeping total despair at bay. Might just keep it up as a symbol of light until the darkness is driven out of this place.
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fellow journalists’ reports from minneapolis are hitting like dispatches from the frontlines of a civil war
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 AM
fellow journalists’ reports from minneapolis are hitting like dispatches from the frontlines of a civil war
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The press practice of relying on the govt to set the narrative is routine enough in the US to normally escape notice, but in an insurrection it looks unmistakably absurd alongside citizen reporting. Running in clown shoes to the cops & the White House to uncritically report back whatever they say.
January 15, 2026 at 6:24 AM
The press practice of relying on the govt to set the narrative is routine enough in the US to normally escape notice, but in an insurrection it looks unmistakably absurd alongside citizen reporting. Running in clown shoes to the cops & the White House to uncritically report back whatever they say.
Local TV news tomorrow: "Protesters escalated their clashes with agents last night, throwing a water bottle and shouting the F word"
January 15, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Local TV news tomorrow: "Protesters escalated their clashes with agents last night, throwing a water bottle and shouting the F word"
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Gentleman on the scene who talked to this Dad said that he asked ICE officers if he could vacate his family and they said that's fine. He loaded up the car and as soon as he put it in drive, they lit the car up with flashbangs and tear gas. The 6mo old stopped breathing and EMS had to be sent in
January 15, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Gentleman on the scene who talked to this Dad said that he asked ICE officers if he could vacate his family and they said that's fine. He loaded up the car and as soon as he put it in drive, they lit the car up with flashbangs and tear gas. The 6mo old stopped breathing and EMS had to be sent in
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Some of y'all never met a Holocaust survivor in person. Laying low while hoping the fascism just blows over is not a viable option.
I hear your passion. However, by doing that you are giving Trump what he wants. A military state. A reason to declare the insurrection act. Trump knows he’s on his way out. This is why he’s trying to start a war. Weather in the US or outside. He does not care if we all die. He probably prefers it.
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Some of y'all never met a Holocaust survivor in person. Laying low while hoping the fascism just blows over is not a viable option.
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After ICE agents shot people in Minneapolis tonight, a crowd faced them down and eventually chased them away, despite federal mercenaries and police shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas.
ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.
ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 AM
After ICE agents shot people in Minneapolis tonight, a crowd faced them down and eventually chased them away, despite federal mercenaries and police shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas.
ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.
ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.
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before I go to bed, I feel obliged to emphasize how tonight’s rampage in northern Minneapolis was, by no exaggeration, a glorified episode of klan night riding by federally deputized groypers. Yes, DHS always had these people but the difference now is that they’re in charge and with a $175B budget.
oh my god????
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 AM
before I go to bed, I feel obliged to emphasize how tonight’s rampage in northern Minneapolis was, by no exaggeration, a glorified episode of klan night riding by federally deputized groypers. Yes, DHS always had these people but the difference now is that they’re in charge and with a $175B budget.
This needs to be studied. I thought I was alone, but this week I've heard so many people with the same experience!
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 AM
This needs to be studied. I thought I was alone, but this week I've heard so many people with the same experience!
Not a single TV news outlet in the Twin Cities could bring itself to rise to the occasion tonight, to recognize what’s at stake here and who the bad guys are. They’re kowtowing to our parents, their heads stuck in the sand, failing to reach out to their own kin in the middle of a hostile invasion.
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Not a single TV news outlet in the Twin Cities could bring itself to rise to the occasion tonight, to recognize what’s at stake here and who the bad guys are. They’re kowtowing to our parents, their heads stuck in the sand, failing to reach out to their own kin in the middle of a hostile invasion.
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When brutal fascists descend on your town, you cannot stand between them and your residents and demand that everyone remain calm and peaceful.
Rather, when brutal fascists descend on your town, you have to pick a side and commit fully.
Rather, when brutal fascists descend on your town, you have to pick a side and commit fully.
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 AM
When brutal fascists descend on your town, you cannot stand between them and your residents and demand that everyone remain calm and peaceful.
Rather, when brutal fascists descend on your town, you have to pick a side and commit fully.
Rather, when brutal fascists descend on your town, you have to pick a side and commit fully.
I call on you, @wcconews.bsky.social @kare11.bsky.social @kstptv.bsky.social @fox9mn.bsky.social to be the ones to de-escalate. You’ve foamed at the mouth for years, waiting for a blow-up so you can report that the people “clashed” with their oppressors. That’s not going to play in these times.
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I call on you, @wcconews.bsky.social @kare11.bsky.social @kstptv.bsky.social @fox9mn.bsky.social to be the ones to de-escalate. You’ve foamed at the mouth for years, waiting for a blow-up so you can report that the people “clashed” with their oppressors. That’s not going to play in these times.
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Local TV livestream from the apocalypse.
"We apologize for that profanity, Julie."
"We apologize for that profanity, Julie."
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Local TV livestream from the apocalypse.
"We apologize for that profanity, Julie."
"We apologize for that profanity, Julie."
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How close is this to a real version of civil war at this point? Blanche is the second most powerful person in the United States Justice Department and he's shitposting on social media threatening a governor and mayor with terrorism charges.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche calls what is happening in Minneapolis an “insurrection” and threatens to go after Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey over their “terrorism.”
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 AM
How close is this to a real version of civil war at this point? Blanche is the second most powerful person in the United States Justice Department and he's shitposting on social media threatening a governor and mayor with terrorism charges.
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"what are you wearing?" "i don't even know, just stuff I had in my house"
January 15, 2026 at 3:11 AM
"what are you wearing?" "i don't even know, just stuff I had in my house"
Wow, they are really showing how few editors they have left to rewrite those press releases
January 15, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Wow, they are really showing how few editors they have left to rewrite those press releases
Average citizens coming out of their homes at 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night have more balls than our elected officials.
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Average citizens coming out of their homes at 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night have more balls than our elected officials.
Average citizens coming out of their homes at 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night have more balls than Amy.
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Average citizens coming out of their homes at 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night have more balls than Amy.
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🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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@statuscoupnews.bsky.social interviewing this woman in Minneapolis right now who said she came out of her home, wearing whatever she could grab to protect herself from ICE agents. You do what you can, with what you got.
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
@statuscoupnews.bsky.social interviewing this woman in Minneapolis right now who said she came out of her home, wearing whatever she could grab to protect herself from ICE agents. You do what you can, with what you got.
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Absolute heroic levels of grizzled belligerent ship captain going here in N. Mpls in response to ANOTHER 🧊 shooting tonight. 😂
January 15, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Absolute heroic levels of grizzled belligerent ship captain going here in N. Mpls in response to ANOTHER 🧊 shooting tonight. 😂
OMG the guy putting up the orange barrier thing and saying "You're on the northside now" 🤣
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 AM
OMG the guy putting up the orange barrier thing and saying "You're on the northside now" 🤣