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Lefty Minneapolitan into firmware, video games, nerd cons, and being kind.
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NY Times with searing look at the trauma ICE is inflicting on local children and families: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u... (gift link)
A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:51 PM
NY Times with searing look at the trauma ICE is inflicting on local children and families: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u... (gift link)
Los Campesinos! have a lot of long song titles, but my favorite song of theirs that just barely makes the cutoff is "We are beautiful, we are doomed".
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Los Campesinos! have a lot of long song titles, but my favorite song of theirs that just barely makes the cutoff is "We are beautiful, we are doomed".
Oof the anxiety is really spun up to high this morning in a way it hasn't been for a while. Hope it passes soon.
February 4, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Oof the anxiety is really spun up to high this morning in a way it hasn't been for a while. Hope it passes soon.
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Even the Cato Institute says that immigration is good for the U.S.
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Even the Cato Institute says that immigration is good for the U.S.
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Again they have not de-escalated shit in Minnesota. They continue to go after observers and taunt responders.
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Again they have not de-escalated shit in Minnesota. They continue to go after observers and taunt responders.
I followed this advice today and it was 100% correct.
Sick people of MN: do yourself a solid and get the hot and spicy lemongrass pho from Pho Hoa. I swear I could feel my health meter going up
February 3, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I followed this advice today and it was 100% correct.
co-signed
Minnesota: Can we please agree that caucuses are ridiculous and should just be an online form instead?
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
co-signed
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Body cameras are actually not necessary at all because if there are no ice agents we stop needing them. Abolition, not reform, is the only answer
Body cameras are a necessary but insufficient step.
We aren’t lacking videos of the two murders. We are lacking accountability.
We aren’t lacking videos of the two murders. We are lacking accountability.
February 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Body cameras are actually not necessary at all because if there are no ice agents we stop needing them. Abolition, not reform, is the only answer
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Apologies to the random people who just happen to drive a domestic suv who've received a staredown from me at the bus stop, but I'm also not sorry and will continue doing it as long as these assholes are around (half of yall deserve dirty looks for your aggressive driving around pedestrians anyway)
Today in Minnesota federal agents stationed themselves in dark SUVs along school bus routes during afternoon dropoff so they might have the opportunity to abduct and deport children and their parents
Just so everyone is clear, Minnesota is still very much under siege by the federal government and their gestapo. My son's school had to lockdown today after threatening messages were sent to the school office. It's all absolutely fucked and there appears to be no end in sight.
February 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Apologies to the random people who just happen to drive a domestic suv who've received a staredown from me at the bus stop, but I'm also not sorry and will continue doing it as long as these assholes are around (half of yall deserve dirty looks for your aggressive driving around pedestrians anyway)
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This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
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The level of intimidation against our schools here is just incredible and horrifying.
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The level of intimidation against our schools here is just incredible and horrifying.
Oh hell yeah
Five steps to feeling okay for a little while:
Go get you a book from Black Garnet
Walk down to Black Hart
Order 1/2 off Pizza
Read book
Tip generously
Go get you a book from Black Garnet
Walk down to Black Hart
Order 1/2 off Pizza
Read book
Tip generously
Announcement!
Black Hart & Black Garnet Books are teaming up for Black History Month! All month long, if you come in and show a receipt from Black Garnet for a book you’ve purchased, you get 50% off a Heggies Pizza!
Black Hart & Black Garnet Books are teaming up for Black History Month! All month long, if you come in and show a receipt from Black Garnet for a book you’ve purchased, you get 50% off a Heggies Pizza!
February 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Oh hell yeah
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For my non-MN friends just getting to know us now because *gestures broadly,* one of the (many) things we're really good at is making the most out of things, even shitty things. Winter is brutal, sure, but we don't hide from it. We make it fun, make it beautiful, and enjoy it together.
February 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
For my non-MN friends just getting to know us now because *gestures broadly,* one of the (many) things we're really good at is making the most out of things, even shitty things. Winter is brutal, sure, but we don't hide from it. We make it fun, make it beautiful, and enjoy it together.
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there has been no de-escalation.
This morning, federal agents staged at the Powderhorn Park Recreation Center lot and began to throw chemical irritants at observers. They also kidnapped an observer. Our parks are meant for our children, youth, and neighbors. They should never be militarized zones meant to separate families. 1/
February 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
there has been no de-escalation.
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this is just a blanket appreciation post for all those bike rides around the country
February 1, 2026 at 2:25 AM
this is just a blanket appreciation post for all those bike rides around the country
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This is not law enforcement. It’s state-sponsored terrorism. Fascist GTFO of MN
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This is not law enforcement. It’s state-sponsored terrorism. Fascist GTFO of MN
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Good news: surprise Springsteen show at your favorite local music venue. Bad news: shit's so fucked where you live that Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about it
January 30, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Good news: surprise Springsteen show at your favorite local music venue. Bad news: shit's so fucked where you live that Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about it
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
The Dandy Warhols (2005?). I didn't live here yet!
In honor of Nate’s first show at First Ave, please share your first show at First Ave
Well, quite the show for my first time to First Ave
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The Dandy Warhols (2005?). I didn't live here yet!
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Full intro + video www.instagram.com/reel/DUJiilU...
Oh. My. God. Morello opened with an insane crowd led version of Killing In The Name Of 🔥🔥🔥
January 30, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Full intro + video www.instagram.com/reel/DUJiilU...
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There were many highlights but this was so damn good. Screaming Killing In The Name Of with a thousand people was also amazing
The version of Ghost of Tom Joad that Bruce and Tom played just now was the greatest single musical performance I’ve ever seen in my life.
January 30, 2026 at 8:46 PM
There were many highlights but this was so damn good. Screaming Killing In The Name Of with a thousand people was also amazing
Man. I stopped by the Pretti memorial. I was doing ok until the Somali aunties came by to offer folks tea and sambusas. We don't deserve them
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Man. I stopped by the Pretti memorial. I was doing ok until the Somali aunties came by to offer folks tea and sambusas. We don't deserve them
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Also some breweries. And vintage stores. And a salon.
Hubs of resistance include
a sex shop
a book store
a toy store
a buncha local restaurants
a sex shop
a book store
a toy store
a buncha local restaurants
January 30, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Also some breweries. And vintage stores. And a salon.
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Moon Palace was the best place before and it's also the best place now
How Moon Palace Books became a hub of anti-ICE resistance.
“Everything We Do Matters.” Minneapolis’s Moon Palace Books is a Hub For Anti-ICE Resistance
Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers. “If you have…
buff.ly
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Moon Palace was the best place before and it's also the best place now