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Brainmist
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FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE
Or don't be surprised when better people commemorate your empty, torn down boots.

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*not exclusively

(Formerly @axlizzie on Twitter)
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January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Aurora Coolness

xkcd.com/3196/
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
If Dems want to look tough on crime they could really start by not funding violent criminals.
"Should we vote to give more money to the people shooting my constituents in the face?" is not a complicated political question. And yet, Democrats don't seem able to answer it.
January 22, 2026 at 8:18 PM
We used to joke about the rich white guys in bars who'd stir shit up, then say "my dad's a LAWYER", as if bragging about running to Daddy as a full grown adult somehow made them look tough.
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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“Abolish ICE in Minnesota” tees are going out! Thanks to everyone for their patience and a big thanks to our printing partner Exploding House for doing a great job on a huge order! Together we’ve raised $8k for the Immigrant Law Center of MN

Eff ICE? You betcha! #abolishice
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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A major winter storm is coming. Now is the time to prepare.
January 21, 2026 at 7:05 PM
"Reins". The word is "reins". Not "reigns", not "rains".

"REINS"
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Watching Terminator, and it doesn't get more '80s. Bit of a punch, though, to realize we were starving ourselves just to be coat racks for granny outfits.
January 21, 2026 at 12:44 PM
It doesn't mean a whole lot for me as a work-from-home, but I'm shutting down, and looking for my protest.
Look who just endorsed the January 23 Minnesota-wide shutdown to protest the federal assault! “No work, no school, no shopping.”
January 21, 2026 at 5:23 AM
A little teeny treat. We've lasted so long.
I love so much that every person on this website who is like WAIT FOR RELIABLE SOURCES, CALM DOWN still approaches these moments with BUT MAYBE

we deserve a treat okay
January 21, 2026 at 5:22 AM
My dog most days: Mother. MOTHER. Have you had lunch? I think you have not had lunch. (she wants lunch, but it's still helpful).

Yesterday: Mother. MOTHER. It is cold.

Me: It's not that cold, it's fine. Here's another blanket.

Her: No, it is very cold. MOTHER.

Me: *sigh*
*checks thermostat*
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I'd be curious if the protesters at the ICE-church were also christians, because if so, this seems to boil down more to liturgical debate, and a lot cooler headed than that of the theoretical god-son of christianity, Jesus Table-flippin' Christ.
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Speed 6: Dude, Where's My Stop?
it's official: bluesky has its first thread-that-will-become-a-movie
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 AM
You may also be able to find them in bulk at local safety equipment suppliers.
🚨#JOURNALISTS covering #iceprotest: Less lethal projectiles move 400-600FSP. Z87.1 glasses no longer provide the protection required. We recommend MIL-PRF-32432A or AS/NZS 1337 rating to protect your eyes. These can be found at your local home improvement store. Follow for more safety updates
January 20, 2026 at 5:27 AM
This is what Dems should be pointing out.

Trump and his goons have rapist, abuser mentalities. It's not a coincidence they're burying the Epstein files, but we can see that mentality in everything Trump does: starving people, destroying institutions, kidnappings, violent invasions, here and abroad.
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
January 20, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I must be tired because i keep wanting to make a skewed nsfw 'reaching for clouts' joke ad my brain just ain't braining.

To whomever solves this conundrum, hat's off.
January 20, 2026 at 12:14 AM
If this person had ever played "freeze tag" as a kid, they wouldn't be alive to post, and their parents would have faced a murder investigation.
imagine if you took all the city's meat and put it in a freezer
January 20, 2026 at 12:08 AM
This may sound silly, but I was trying to make a left turn across 2 lanes of absolutely packed rush hour traffic, and 2 people held their spots when they could have moved, allowing me to duck through.

It was a little thing but I was so delighted I blew a big kiss.
TIMELINE CLEANSE

When's a time that a stranger helped you in an unexpected, maybe even small way?
January 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It really is astounding that people who spent the entirety of their formative years and early adulthood in the Cold War era, knowing that a strong NATO was key to staving off Soviet aggression, have somehow managed to be so brainwashed by Fox and the GOP that they're fine now with blowing up NATO.
January 19, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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Most recently,,, we honored Dr King in our music video for The Hits Just Keep on Comin

We honor him every day,,, not just today.
January 19, 2026 at 11:03 PM
DHS is ramping up the atrocity, and immedeiately DARVOing, every day; at some point soon I expect Kristi Noem will be explaining how the baby ICE shot to death in their crib deserved it.

And that still won't be too far for too many people.
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Gross.

And a bit hilarious that, as ICE struggles pathetically with a Minnesota winter that's not even that severe... They think their American colony will be an open-air strip mall.

In GREENLAND.
The current AI slop titled "Greenland will be free" doing the rounds from an Ethiopian based account on X which is part of the "digital patriots" group.
January 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Share a television show that helped raise you:
January 18, 2026 at 11:16 PM