jennieco
@bufflehead20.bsky.social
Optimistic pessimist/Minnesota
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Many friends asking what it is like in Minnesota right now. This video-clip tells. Masked men w/ guns in ordinary places (gas stations, grocery stores, cruising streets) intimidating ordinary people & instilling fear. As a terrorism expert, I think about the logic of government instilling fear.
January 16, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Many friends asking what it is like in Minnesota right now. This video-clip tells. Masked men w/ guns in ordinary places (gas stations, grocery stores, cruising streets) intimidating ordinary people & instilling fear. As a terrorism expert, I think about the logic of government instilling fear.
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This guide here is incredible. People in the Twin Cities have really thought this out and created an extremely robust system that people can just drop into.
This really well written guide by Defend 612 explains what’s going on. They’ve really developed this to.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This guide here is incredible. People in the Twin Cities have really thought this out and created an extremely robust system that people can just drop into.
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Another cause thst could definitely use your help.
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 17, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Another cause thst could definitely use your help.
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Resharing for #WorldWaterfowlDay 🦆🪿 🦢
For #GooseDay 🪿:
Berthe Morisot (France, 1841-1895)
The #Goose, 1885
oil on canvas
private collection
www.wikiart.org/en/berthe-mo...
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists
Berthe Morisot (France, 1841-1895)
The #Goose, 1885
oil on canvas
private collection
www.wikiart.org/en/berthe-mo...
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists
January 18, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Resharing for #WorldWaterfowlDay 🦆🪿 🦢
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Her mother called 911 for help… and got turned into ICE instead.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from TX to Honduras, group says
Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.
www.mysanantonio.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Her mother called 911 for help… and got turned into ICE instead.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone.
ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them.
Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.
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CIDRAP Op-Ed: Vaccine myths that won't die and how to counter them—part 1 www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CIDRAP Op-Ed: Vaccine myths that won't die and how to counter them—part 1
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 18, 2026 at 3:22 AM
CIDRAP Op-Ed: Vaccine myths that won't die and how to counter them—part 1 www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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Bill Cassidy sold out and handed our health to a lunatic for this. Well deserved.
January 18, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Bill Cassidy sold out and handed our health to a lunatic for this. Well deserved.
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Confirmed case of Measles at Clemson University
Over 500 cases of Measles in South Carolina
SCGOP finding out the hard way what happens when you let anti-science anti-intellectual conspiracy theorists determine your public health policy.
Over 500 cases of Measles in South Carolina
SCGOP finding out the hard way what happens when you let anti-science anti-intellectual conspiracy theorists determine your public health policy.
January 18, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Confirmed case of Measles at Clemson University
Over 500 cases of Measles in South Carolina
SCGOP finding out the hard way what happens when you let anti-science anti-intellectual conspiracy theorists determine your public health policy.
Over 500 cases of Measles in South Carolina
SCGOP finding out the hard way what happens when you let anti-science anti-intellectual conspiracy theorists determine your public health policy.
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We didn't punish the South hard enough after the civil war and we're still dealing with this bullshit 160 years later as a result.
Should be a lesson to Democrats that there can be no kumbaya with MAGA after Trump is gone. Everyone who broke the law must go to prison.
Should be a lesson to Democrats that there can be no kumbaya with MAGA after Trump is gone. Everyone who broke the law must go to prison.
Jake Lang claims that getting pushed around and sprayed with water is the equivalent of lynching and asks the president to send the national guard.
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 AM
We didn't punish the South hard enough after the civil war and we're still dealing with this bullshit 160 years later as a result.
Should be a lesson to Democrats that there can be no kumbaya with MAGA after Trump is gone. Everyone who broke the law must go to prison.
Should be a lesson to Democrats that there can be no kumbaya with MAGA after Trump is gone. Everyone who broke the law must go to prison.
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There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
January 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
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How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
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Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019.
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Mubashir and his family came to the United States as refugees from Ethiopia when he was a child, and they all became naturalized citizens in 2019.
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
Despite being a U.S. citizen, Mubashir was targeted by ICE, assaulted, and detained. Listen to his story:
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Art Sled Rally at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. Ten sledders go down first, each as bowling pins, each with a name painted on: Trump, Putin, Miller, etc.
Then they all line up at the bottom.
Then the bowling ball comes.
Then they all line up at the bottom.
Then the bowling ball comes.
January 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Art Sled Rally at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. Ten sledders go down first, each as bowling pins, each with a name painted on: Trump, Putin, Miller, etc.
Then they all line up at the bottom.
Then the bowling ball comes.
Then they all line up at the bottom.
Then the bowling ball comes.
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I'LL TAKE MY HORCHATA WARM
CUZ FUCK ICE
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
CUZ FUCK ICE
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
January 17, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I'LL TAKE MY HORCHATA WARM
CUZ FUCK ICE
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
CUZ FUCK ICE
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
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People often describe The Conspiracists as unsettling & ask if there’s any hope in it. Tammy, featured in the book, is reading it now. She told me it’s making her think about some things & that she hopes it helps people better understand people like her.
I feel more hopeful than I have in awhile.
I feel more hopeful than I have in awhile.
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
People often describe The Conspiracists as unsettling & ask if there’s any hope in it. Tammy, featured in the book, is reading it now. She told me it’s making her think about some things & that she hopes it helps people better understand people like her.
I feel more hopeful than I have in awhile.
I feel more hopeful than I have in awhile.
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this is a thing i come back to over and over, diversity is just the fucking BEST, we recieve endless gifts, our lives are richer and more colorful. you don't want that, fine, don't partake, but don't steal it from me. don't desaturate my existence because you want to live in grayscale.
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM
this is a thing i come back to over and over, diversity is just the fucking BEST, we recieve endless gifts, our lives are richer and more colorful. you don't want that, fine, don't partake, but don't steal it from me. don't desaturate my existence because you want to live in grayscale.
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Nice thing about Minneapolis being kinda small is that it’s hard to convince us protesters are being paid because you’d go out and oh there’s that kid from my high school who played Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha one year, and is that the pharmacist at my CVS over there, and there goes our realtor
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Nice thing about Minneapolis being kinda small is that it’s hard to convince us protesters are being paid because you’d go out and oh there’s that kid from my high school who played Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha one year, and is that the pharmacist at my CVS over there, and there goes our realtor
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Please share this!
I sent a version of these stories (before this was published today) to a non-Minnesota work network, w donation links, & asked people to share what’s happening
Just got an email from someone who sent it to her mom, who sent it to her church, where it‘s inspiring resistance plans
I sent a version of these stories (before this was published today) to a non-Minnesota work network, w donation links, & asked people to share what’s happening
Just got an email from someone who sent it to her mom, who sent it to her church, where it‘s inspiring resistance plans
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Please share this!
I sent a version of these stories (before this was published today) to a non-Minnesota work network, w donation links, & asked people to share what’s happening
Just got an email from someone who sent it to her mom, who sent it to her church, where it‘s inspiring resistance plans
I sent a version of these stories (before this was published today) to a non-Minnesota work network, w donation links, & asked people to share what’s happening
Just got an email from someone who sent it to her mom, who sent it to her church, where it‘s inspiring resistance plans
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Less than $15k from the goal!
ICE hit a family with tear gas and a flash bang in Minneapolis. They were driving back from the store, not even participating in the protest. The entire family, including a 6 month year old baby were hit with the tear gas.
This is their GFM. They are less then $25k away from their goal.
This is their GFM. They are less then $25k away from their goal.
Donate to Support the Jackson Family After ICE Incident, organized by Destiny Jackson
Hello my name is Destiny. Myself , my husband Shawn and their 6 kids wer… Destiny Jackson needs your support for Support the Jackson Family After ICE Incident
www.gofundme.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Less than $15k from the goal!
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Join me at @indivisiblemn03.org's Minnetonka Free America Walkout on Tuesday 20 January 2026 beginning at 2:00pm. action.womensmarch.com/events/minne...
Minnetonka Free America Walkout
Neighbors will meet at the regular site of the Minnetonka Wednesday Weekly Protest, the site of No Kings Minnetonka-Southwest Metro in June 2025 and October 2025, to encourage neighbors to resist Trum...
action.womensmarch.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Join me at @indivisiblemn03.org's Minnetonka Free America Walkout on Tuesday 20 January 2026 beginning at 2:00pm. action.womensmarch.com/events/minne...
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The Minneapolis AFL-CIO calling for a general strike is a big deal and we should treat it like a big deal.
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
minneapolisunions.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The Minneapolis AFL-CIO calling for a general strike is a big deal and we should treat it like a big deal.
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
Also it's a good idea. LFG
minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
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As part of the Cedar Riverside Protection Alliance, “Mamas of Cedar” patrol the neighborhood, educate residents of their rights and provide food for those who need it.
How ‘Mamas of Cedar’ are keeping watch for ICE in Minneapolis
Known as the “Mamas of Cedar,” local mothers mobilize to protect neighbors, share resources, and monitor ICE presence in Minneapolis.
sahanjournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
As part of the Cedar Riverside Protection Alliance, “Mamas of Cedar” patrol the neighborhood, educate residents of their rights and provide food for those who need it.
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"Current evidence doesn't indicate a clinically important ⬆️ in the likelihood of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children of pregnant individuals who use paracetamol as directed, supporting existing recommendations on its safety."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Current evidence does not indicate a clinically important increase in the likelihood
of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children of pregnant
individuals who use paracetam...
www.thelancet.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
"Current evidence doesn't indicate a clinically important ⬆️ in the likelihood of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children of pregnant individuals who use paracetamol as directed, supporting existing recommendations on its safety."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...