Courtney E. Thompson
@cethompson.bsky.social
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Count backwards from one thousand, in another language if you can do it, with box breathing.
If you are struggling to fall asleep, here is what helps me:
-hot shower
-earplugs
-eye mask
-magnesium glycinate
-deep breathing
-shoulder shrugs to relieve tension
-picking a letter (or three), then thinking of every word I know that starts with that letter
-charging my phone away from my bedroom
-hot shower
-earplugs
-eye mask
-magnesium glycinate
-deep breathing
-shoulder shrugs to relieve tension
-picking a letter (or three), then thinking of every word I know that starts with that letter
-charging my phone away from my bedroom
January 25, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Count backwards from one thousand, in another language if you can do it, with box breathing.
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Do thou, too, remain warm among ice.
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Do thou, too, remain warm among ice.
See also: obsession with a hypothetical Antchrist, but falling in line to worship someone who checks many of the boxes.
When I was a kid, evangelicals were obsessed with the nobility of hypothetical martyrdom, and I really don't know what to say about the fact that a president that most of those evangelicals voted for is busy turning people into modern martyrs and they're busy making excuses for why it's justified.
January 25, 2026 at 3:10 AM
See also: obsession with a hypothetical Antchrist, but falling in line to worship someone who checks many of the boxes.
The polar opposite of ICE is Pretti Good.
January 25, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The polar opposite of ICE is Pretti Good.
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Genuinely the only thing keeping me going—but it really is keeping me going—is how good it is to see people link arms and push for this to end.
I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.
I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.
January 24, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Genuinely the only thing keeping me going—but it really is keeping me going—is how good it is to see people link arms and push for this to end.
I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.
I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.
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How can you help Minnesotans right now?
Call your goddamn Dem Senator and tell them you will never vote for them again if they do not shut the government down over this.
If you have a republican, call them and call them fucking cowards.
Call your goddamn Dem Senator and tell them you will never vote for them again if they do not shut the government down over this.
If you have a republican, call them and call them fucking cowards.
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
How can you help Minnesotans right now?
Call your goddamn Dem Senator and tell them you will never vote for them again if they do not shut the government down over this.
If you have a republican, call them and call them fucking cowards.
Call your goddamn Dem Senator and tell them you will never vote for them again if they do not shut the government down over this.
If you have a republican, call them and call them fucking cowards.
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
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I don’t think we should be using words like “innocent” or “US citizen” or “bystander” or things like that because — what if someone was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record? Would they deserve this? No one deserves to be executed on the street in cold blood.
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I don’t think we should be using words like “innocent” or “US citizen” or “bystander” or things like that because — what if someone was an undocumented immigrant with a criminal record? Would they deserve this? No one deserves to be executed on the street in cold blood.
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We all know the poem, and there is no shade of white that will save you from this murderous regime.
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
We all know the poem, and there is no shade of white that will save you from this murderous regime.
You are useless. Actions, not words. And if you're unwilling, step down and make way for those who will do what you are too cowardly and venal to do.
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
You are useless. Actions, not words. And if you're unwilling, step down and make way for those who will do what you are too cowardly and venal to do.
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The World Cup in the US must be boycotted by foreign nations. Outside financial pressure is the only thing the thugs in suits (as opposed to the thugs in camo) will respond to.
January 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The World Cup in the US must be boycotted by foreign nations. Outside financial pressure is the only thing the thugs in suits (as opposed to the thugs in camo) will respond to.
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
But the wheels of our justice system turn slowly. You need to act NOW to stop the violence and protect your people.
WALZ: "Minnesota's justice system will have the last word on this. The federal government cannot be trusted to handle this investigation. We will handle it."
January 24, 2026 at 7:41 PM
But the wheels of our justice system turn slowly. You need to act NOW to stop the violence and protect your people.
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All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
I've been saying for years that the best comparison for this regime was Napoleon III and the 2nd empire, and now here we are at the Commune and entering into dumb wars.
HAPPENING NOW: Protesters forced federal police to retreat from the intersection where they were concentrated. They’ve totally barricaded the street with dumpsters.
January 24, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I've been saying for years that the best comparison for this regime was Napoleon III and the 2nd empire, and now here we are at the Commune and entering into dumb wars.
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The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.
The fact that none of our nation's politicians are on the streets in Minneapolis, just sending thoughts and prayers and wishy-washy statements from behind their desks on their nice warm, safe offices and homes, is shameful.
If you are a servant of the people, then serve the people.
If you are a servant of the people, then serve the people.
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The fact that none of our nation's politicians are on the streets in Minneapolis, just sending thoughts and prayers and wishy-washy statements from behind their desks on their nice warm, safe offices and homes, is shameful.
If you are a servant of the people, then serve the people.
If you are a servant of the people, then serve the people.
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in trying to understand what makes ICE and CBP so dangerous right now, it is tempting to imagine some new lack of training or experience or professionalism—and not grapple with the truth that a white nationalist movement has put more power and force behind their existing mission
January 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM
in trying to understand what makes ICE and CBP so dangerous right now, it is tempting to imagine some new lack of training or experience or professionalism—and not grapple with the truth that a white nationalist movement has put more power and force behind their existing mission
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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It’s time.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It’s time.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
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On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
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Two days ago, 7 democrats voted to fund that execution
January 24, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Two days ago, 7 democrats voted to fund that execution
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The Strib has identified him. Alex Pretti. Another 37-year-old executed for standing up for our immigrant neighbors. For shame.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
The Strib has identified him. Alex Pretti. Another 37-year-old executed for standing up for our immigrant neighbors. For shame.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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If this snow/ice storm hits across the US as we're expecting, there are going to be a lot of housebound people with not much to do, who will probably end up seeing more news coverage of Minneapolis than they would otherwise. Let it radicalize them.
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 PM
If this snow/ice storm hits across the US as we're expecting, there are going to be a lot of housebound people with not much to do, who will probably end up seeing more news coverage of Minneapolis than they would otherwise. Let it radicalize them.