Freddie Brooks
@childsplease.bsky.social
I swear man I'm like Huey mixed with Riley, Thursday I be trying to save the world then on Friday, I hit the club. 30. MN. Escaping Elon Musty. Views are my own.
Pinned
My Bluesky name is the name of a fictional black woman from television. This is a friendly reminder that the TV character is fake, is not the creator of the television show and has not been accused of any crimes. Thank you.
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"The welfare of incarcerated people has never received much attention... as if the fact that an individual has been convicted of a crime justifies whatever may happen to them...
Increasingly, detained migrants... have joined incarcerated people in this crucible of willful disdain and neglect..."
Increasingly, detained migrants... have joined incarcerated people in this crucible of willful disdain and neglect..."
"[L]ess attention was given to the deaths of at least 20 other people held in ICE custody."
"[B]eatings and sexual abuse by officers, as well as medical neglect."
"[D]isproportionate number were suicides."
#USA #Incarceration #Solitary #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Suicide #SexualViolence
"[B]eatings and sexual abuse by officers, as well as medical neglect."
"[D]isproportionate number were suicides."
#USA #Incarceration #Solitary #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Suicide #SexualViolence
The Other ICE Killings
Since Trump Took Office, More Than 20 People Have Died in ICE Custody
solitarywatch.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 AM
"The welfare of incarcerated people has never received much attention... as if the fact that an individual has been convicted of a crime justifies whatever may happen to them...
Increasingly, detained migrants... have joined incarcerated people in this crucible of willful disdain and neglect..."
Increasingly, detained migrants... have joined incarcerated people in this crucible of willful disdain and neglect..."
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A caregiving social movement IS political.
The anti-ICE movement isn’t just about politics — it’s a caregiving social movement minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/30/t...
The anti-ICE movement isn't just about politics — it's a caregiving social movement • Minnesota Reformer
It’s a caregiving social movement based on relatedness and belonging.
minnesotareformer.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:40 PM
A caregiving social movement IS political.
Crochet is back.
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Crochet is back.
Black hair techniques have evolved so much since I was a teenager
January 31, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Black hair techniques have evolved so much since I was a teenager
This half Fulani half Afro kinky feather crochet no leave-out, invisible knot, invisible hairline style is going to be so cute.
January 31, 2026 at 9:04 AM
This half Fulani half Afro kinky feather crochet no leave-out, invisible knot, invisible hairline style is going to be so cute.
I've been watching hair tutorials all night
January 31, 2026 at 8:56 AM
I've been watching hair tutorials all night
The Mike Jones So Gone Flow produced by Swishahouse is still one of my favorites, ad-libs and all. Putting Nate Dogg over the So Gone beat is genius producing. RIP Michael Watts.
January 31, 2026 at 7:26 AM
The Mike Jones So Gone Flow produced by Swishahouse is still one of my favorites, ad-libs and all. Putting Nate Dogg over the So Gone beat is genius producing. RIP Michael Watts.
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Damn
Michael ‘5000’ Watts, Swishahouse founder and Houston hip-hop pioneer, dies at 52
Houston hip-hop icon Michael "5000" Watts, the founder of Swishahouse Records and a pioneer of the "chopped and screwed" sound, has passed away following a recent hospitalization.
www.fox26houston.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Damn
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Liam and all the kids in those horrible facilities need to go home. Still upset these places weren't shut down years ago and even more angry now.
In an interview with MPR News, Liam's mother gave an update on her son and her own safety. She said Liam asks again and again, “Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?” Or “Mommy, we don’t want to be here anymore. This place is ugly.”
‘Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?’: Mother of Liam Conejo Ramos shares her story from hiding
Liam and his father are currently being held by federal authorities in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, an hour plus drive southwest of San Antonio.
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Liam and all the kids in those horrible facilities need to go home. Still upset these places weren't shut down years ago and even more angry now.
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Email from Jeffrey Epstein: "supposedly a girl said that donal= had sex with her at my house when she was underage.. =C2 . she said she has a witness. in 1993"
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Email from Jeffrey Epstein: "supposedly a girl said that donal= had sex with her at my house when she was underage.. =C2 . she said she has a witness. in 1993"
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
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Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
Fear of ICE is keeping pregnant immigrants in Minnesota from critical care
Health care providers in Minnesota said pregnant patients are having more complications linked to stress. But fear of immigration agents is keeping them from prenatal care.
19thnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
I dropped ~20 off at the Corner Coffee on Nicollet Mall. I talked to the cashier and found out about this food drive! It's one of the only places to get an espresso tonic downtown and they are excellent. The art and plants create an amazing ambiance. Support them! The workers are artists!
![Presented by the Minneapolis Global Shapers
COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE
In response to ongoing events around the Twin Cities we're coming together to support families from public schools through direct donations.
Drop off food and essentials at:
All 5 Corner Coffee Locations
Where your support go[es]:
Twin Cities Schools 100%
Most needed items:
Non-perishable foods (rice, canned beans, canned meat, etc)
Sanitary items (Shampoo/Conditioner; etc.)
Visit your nearby immigrant market for more ideas
Can't bring anything?
Learn more about the project and how you can donate directly here (arrow pointing to QR CODE)
*donations are non-tax deductible
Bridging-stories.com/about
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January 30, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I dropped ~20 off at the Corner Coffee on Nicollet Mall. I talked to the cashier and found out about this food drive! It's one of the only places to get an espresso tonic downtown and they are excellent. The art and plants create an amazing ambiance. Support them! The workers are artists!
Don Lemon has completely transformed his public image in the last 15 years. He really seems like a whole new person
January 30, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Don Lemon has completely transformed his public image in the last 15 years. He really seems like a whole new person
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Free all of them. This the stupidest dictatorship EVER. Goofies.
Free Don Lemon.
January 30, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Free all of them. This the stupidest dictatorship EVER. Goofies.
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Free Don Lemon.
January 30, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Free Don Lemon.
My coworker made these. I gave out 25 already and have 25 more to give out. I'm going to try to give them out today.
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 PM
My coworker made these. I gave out 25 already and have 25 more to give out. I'm going to try to give them out today.
We have our first farmer's meeting this Sunday. I already have a big list of stuff I wanna grow. I feel like I don't have the patience for root vegetables but I wanna try
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 AM
We have our first farmer's meeting this Sunday. I already have a big list of stuff I wanna grow. I feel like I don't have the patience for root vegetables but I wanna try
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If nothing else comes of this moment I really need BW to be about power gathering and wielding for collective ends. Repaying Seats At The Table with grateful incrementalism was never enough. It's never going to BE enough.
Running this back because I just saw a "No, not THAT one, this other BW is more "relatable," a general election still 3 years away.
I want the collective effort BW put into propping up a system that turns on us the second we have access to real power to be applied to something that loves us back.
I want the collective effort BW put into propping up a system that turns on us the second we have access to real power to be applied to something that loves us back.
One of the most bewildering things about not stanning politicians of any variety, and being critical of an electoral only solution to the current political environment?
How often I'm irritated as much or more by people wrap all that up in misogynoir because y'all cannot extend full humanity to BW.
How often I'm irritated as much or more by people wrap all that up in misogynoir because y'all cannot extend full humanity to BW.
January 30, 2026 at 10:28 AM
If nothing else comes of this moment I really need BW to be about power gathering and wielding for collective ends. Repaying Seats At The Table with grateful incrementalism was never enough. It's never going to BE enough.
He likes 2, I like 6 but we always end up at 1
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 AM
He likes 2, I like 6 but we always end up at 1
Apparently something is going on right now at HCMC. Tons of cops. ICE vehicles in the ambulance bay
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Apparently something is going on right now at HCMC. Tons of cops. ICE vehicles in the ambulance bay
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The news about HCMC (Hennepin Healthcare, I know, but I just cannot) cutting departments, staff and programs is scary, man. They provide so much care to people who wouldn't have it otherwise, and the implications of that going away are massive.
January 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM
The news about HCMC (Hennepin Healthcare, I know, but I just cannot) cutting departments, staff and programs is scary, man. They provide so much care to people who wouldn't have it otherwise, and the implications of that going away are massive.