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BugLady 🎨🌿🦋
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Illustrator/painter who loves bugs, bones, and cool rocks. Anti-fascist, anti-racist, and pro-human rights. No Crypto/NFT/AI. She/her. Support my art by purchasing art, requesting a commission, or buying supplies: https://linktr.ee/christinehutson
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BugLady 🎨🌿🦋 @buglady.bsky.social · Oct 7
Leopard slug (Limax maximus) crawling along my page. #SciArt.
Watercolor illustration of a large spotted leopard slug on light gray paper. The slug is depicted with a light gray painted trail of mucus trailing behind it, wandering all over the paper.
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mississippifreepress.org
“Today’s dismissal confirms what the data shows: government attorneys are having an increasingly difficult time defending the lawlessness of the president and his cabinet,” said Skye Perryman, Democracy Forward's president and CEO.
Trump’s Anti-Diversity Campaign in Schools Falters as Administration Drops Legal Appeal
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a court ruling blocking a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education.
buff.ly
January 22, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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commondreams.org
DHS issued deportation notices to two people after they witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos' death, but a judge halted their deportations this week to allow them to potentially testify.
ICE Detainee's Death Officially Declared a Homicide in Autopsy Report
Family of man who died in ICE custody prepares to file wrongful death lawsuit after autopsy declares his death a homicide. Witnesses say he was choked by guards. How many more must die before justice is served?
www.commondreams.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
1/The law requires a judicial warrant based on probable cause signed by a judge to enter a home or private area in a biz (not an administrative one signed by an “immigration authority” ie a DHS employee). This is clearly unlawful conduct. ICE can’t change the law just because it doesn’t like it.
January 22, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
See the problem/advantage of this is that my book at page 42 has a photo of a chocolate midge, Forcipomyia sp., and without this lil dude we would have NO chocolate. All hail the lil chocomidge!! 🍫
me holding open a book on two pages, left is a macro photo of a tiny chocolate midge specimen, very brown very fluffy, on the right you can see the title "The pollinators" a book on a dark red background, book cover is white with a bright yellow, green, blue metallic fly with a huge abdomen text Natural History Museum The secret life of flies Erica McAlister "After reading her book, it is obvious: flies rock." The spectator
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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vickyacab.bsky.social
The idea that they are hamstrung is their own propaganda. Few people in the world have as much power, freedom of movement and action as Democrats at a national level. They could use that freedom to resist, but doing so might cost them. So they are busy maintaining and fundraising off the chaos
January 22, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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vickyacab.bsky.social
Reminder: the Dems aren't "doing nothing", they're doing exactly what they want to be doing. They're not failing to be opposition, they're succeeding at staying in power as part of a fascist regime.
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Note that there's an official autopsy, in addition to this private one.

It's possible that the official one, which results Trump probably knows, is what led Trump to say Jonathan Ross "made a mistake."

abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Law firm representing Renee Good's family releases findings from independent autopsy
abcnews.go.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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faineg.bsky.social
I could literally hear him making a baby-bunny like “eeep!” sound in my mind, as he delicately chucked that tear gas canister like a Faberge egg
startribune.com Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 14h
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon.

Video by Ben Luhmann.
January 22, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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matthewcort.land
I’m speedrunning GunTube, I don’t see any of the big name 2A warriors calling for armed resistance - how bizarre

blacksky.community/profile/did:...
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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zoewithasword.bsky.social
Jack Aubrey: The Service is my life, above all I value the discipline and structure it holds and will never choose personal wants over it.

Also Jack Aubrey: my boyfriend got shot and can't play music with me anymore :( turn around so we can fix himmmm
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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neillewisjr.bsky.social
SCOTUS seems to recognize how this decision might affect the value of their portfolios.

www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/s...
Fed Governor Lisa Cook seems safe from Trump firing after Supreme Court arguments
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell planned to attend the oral arguments at the Supreme Court.
www.cnbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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terrydodsonart.bsky.social
SUPERGIRLING

Detail from the upcoming SUPERGIRL 11 Variant Cover for DC Comics.

Rachel Dodson Inks
Pencils/Color Me

#supergirl
#krypto
January 21, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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mritillustration.bsky.social
30 days of comics, day 13- good victims
#comics #iceoutcomics
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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jimkeefe.bsky.social
Here's to all the Minnesotans working in the school district who are just trying to keep our kids and families safe. The stress is constant and the job is thankless. My heart goes out to you.
#ICEoutmpls #ICEoutcomics
January 17, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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dailycartoonist.bsky.social
Minnesota Cartoonists Mobilize to Share ICE Abuses in Their Communities #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
Minnesota Cartoonists Mobilize to Share ICE Abuses in Their Communities
Alarmed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement impact in their communities, Minnesota cartoonists have launched an effort to spread the word about ICE’s abuses and to call on other artists to share wh...
www.dailycartoonist.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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arigraceart.bsky.social
defend612.com

#IceoutBloomington #Iceoutrichfield #Iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics
January 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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trungles.com
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that. I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport. I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house. I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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michiums.bsky.social
some thoughts amidst burn out + grief, but keep at it. #iceoutnyc #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics
Comic page showing disorienting eyes and text that reads “I keep thinking about how they say that the first thing to go when regimes come to power is art. Everything you say or do is monitored, censored, destroyed if it doesn’t fit what the regime wants.” White page with blue illustrations showing meals, hand made items and other things . Text reads “I think about how we’re all a part of a larger tapestry, adding a stitch to each others lives one thread at a time, through the things we make. The stories we share, a meal, a recipe, a song, whatever it is, brings us closer to each other.” Again the eyes , distorted with a group of people being enveloped and two phones being over run by notifications. Text reads “2&;$ how rapidly the news cycles were barely able to keep our heads above water to figure out the next steps / but that’s what they want, to exhaust you, so that it’s easier for the cold apathy to settle in/ ice wants you to not care about your neighbors, strangers, anyone and everyone . They want your apathy.” Three wolves made of threads melt the ice and eyes. Text reads “don’t give it to them”
January 20, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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trungles.com
Things continue.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
In a lot of ways, I'm really lucky. I work from home. I write and draw books. I still experience a lot of the same normal creative issues. I'm burned out. My current project frustrates me. But a few things in my routine have changed. Me: Hey, mom. Are the cousins okay? How's grandma? And your sisters? Me: Oh, good. Yeah. Okay, that's good. I'll call you later. Watching Bob's Burgers on repeat while I work. My friends check in from time to time. Text: I got rubber-bulleted by ICE just on my way back from work. Ouch. Text: Hey I'm gonna observe tomorrow at the protest. I'll text every hour, and if you don't hear from me, please call [number] and give them my identifying information. I'd probably be at the Whipple. Okay? Text: They knocked on my door, but I'm okay. I demanded a signed judicial warrant, and they couldn’t provide one, so they left. I’m worried all the time. Very little in the news feels encouraging. Headline: Mayor Kaohly Her says she was told to carry a passport amid ICE operations in Minnesota St. Paul Mayor elect Kaobly Her says her office received reports of federal agents going door-to-door asking where the Asian people are. KARE11 January 16, 2026 And it makes me feel utterly untethered from reality when I have to live like this and just get back to work and draw my stupid little cartoons. Nothing else feels real or important right now. But my neighbors are doing such a great job staying engaged and finding needs to meet. Text: I'm running to Costco and picking up some canned goods to run to the food shelf. Let me know if you want to donate anything. Text: I'll throw in for some canned goods! Text: Me too! Text from me: What's your Venmo? I can contribute.
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
buglady.bsky.social
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.

"You need to be able to describe your plant material in outline and detail, then to be able to give that line drawing form through tonal shading, and pencil is the best medium for practicing this skill." (by Ann Swan:.....
sarahkendzior.bsky.social Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 22h
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.

“I always end up with skinned knuckles and a few choice words.”

From “Weaving Hand Towels Simply: 43 Designs for 4 and 8-Shaft Looms”
aidyraff.bsky.social Adrian Raffill @aidyraff.bsky.social · 1d
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.

"Trump has committed these crimes in plain sight and confessed to some of them, like obstruction, on television."
January 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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contrariannews.org
European leaders: Trump is a disruptor. Please act accordingly.
An Open Letter to European Leaders
Appeasement has not calmed Donald Trump. It trained him.
contrarian.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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statesnewsroom.com
State lawmakers will decide the fate of a measure to restore Hampton University's land-grant status.

via @virginiamercury.com
Va. lawmakers seek to restore Hampton University’s land-grant status after a century
The federal government denied Hampton University special funds for over 100 years because it believed that only one Black institution in Virginia could receive land-grant funding.Now, state lawmakers…
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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kenburnside.bsky.social
The Republicans made your health insurance premiums skyrocket to pay for this.

Every contractor-run prison bed comes at the expense of a child getting vaccinations against measles, mumps, rubella and whooping cough.

EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD HOLD A BABY DYING OF PERTUSSIS BECAUSE OF THEIR VOTE.
dell.bsky.social dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: ICE will soon spend up to $50 million to anchor a regional transfer hub in the Upper Midwest run by private contractors.

An internal forecast reviewed by WIRED points to a Minnesota town with a long-dormant prison.

ICE is looking to ship people up to 400 miles across 5 states.
ICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 States
Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest.
www.wired.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
TN HOUSE DEMS PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS: “It’s time we say we need to abolish ICE.”

@justinjpearson.bsky.social @votegloriaj.bsky.social @natrixdreammom.bsky.social @brotherjones.bsky.social Salinas & @jasonlpowell.bsky.social just held their 1st weekly presser

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTwHDC1...
January 21, 2026 at 12:16 AM