David Monroe
@davidmonroe.bsky.social
Writer. Historian. Professional Graphic Designer. Bibliophile. Fifth Gen Hoosier. Cyclist. Anti-fascist. Was davidinindy on 🐦
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“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.”
January 25, 2026 at 7:54 AM
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.”
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AOC: "How rich is it that she is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person's death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse."
January 24, 2026 at 11:07 PM
AOC: "How rich is it that she is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person's death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse."
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ICE does not belong in our communities.
We will defend our communities in Minneapolis and across the country in our struggle for peace and justice.
#AbolishICE
We will defend our communities in Minneapolis and across the country in our struggle for peace and justice.
#AbolishICE
January 25, 2026 at 12:51 AM
ICE does not belong in our communities.
We will defend our communities in Minneapolis and across the country in our struggle for peace and justice.
#AbolishICE
We will defend our communities in Minneapolis and across the country in our struggle for peace and justice.
#AbolishICE
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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
He was 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
A Veterans Affairs ICU Registered Nurse.
He was murdered while protecting a woman from random ICE brutality.
A Veterans Affairs ICU Registered Nurse.
He was murdered while protecting a woman from random ICE brutality.
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
He was 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
A Veterans Affairs ICU Registered Nurse.
He was murdered while protecting a woman from random ICE brutality.
A Veterans Affairs ICU Registered Nurse.
He was murdered while protecting a woman from random ICE brutality.
I love how most of these so-called "patriots", who once desperately feared a tyrannical government infringing on their constitutional rights, currently gargle the balls and lick the boots of an actual tyrannical government only because they're going after, and murdering people they hate. For now.
January 25, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I love how most of these so-called "patriots", who once desperately feared a tyrannical government infringing on their constitutional rights, currently gargle the balls and lick the boots of an actual tyrannical government only because they're going after, and murdering people they hate. For now.
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This is about immigration enforcement like Montgomery was about transit policy
Federal agents once again fire flash bangs and tear gas into the crowd of protesters to push them back
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is about immigration enforcement like Montgomery was about transit policy
“The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.”
— @hcrichardson.bsky.social
— @hcrichardson.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
“The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.”
— @hcrichardson.bsky.social
— @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Watching 'The 99 Year-Old Man', and learned that when Mel Brooks lost his wife, soon after, Carl Reiner lost his, and the two friends spent most every night in Carl's living room with TV trays, watching TV and movies. Then, for about a year after Carl died, Mel kept going to the house. I'm in tears.
January 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Watching 'The 99 Year-Old Man', and learned that when Mel Brooks lost his wife, soon after, Carl Reiner lost his, and the two friends spent most every night in Carl's living room with TV trays, watching TV and movies. Then, for about a year after Carl died, Mel kept going to the house. I'm in tears.
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On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
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There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
January 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
Mr. Governor,
This has gone beyond a 'strongly worded phone call or social media message,' don't you think? Your citizens are putting their bodies on the line to protect their cities, neighborhoods, and homes. Use the Minnesota National Guard to protect *them*.
This has gone beyond a 'strongly worded phone call or social media message,' don't you think? Your citizens are putting their bodies on the line to protect their cities, neighborhoods, and homes. Use the Minnesota National Guard to protect *them*.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Mr. Governor,
This has gone beyond a 'strongly worded phone call or social media message,' don't you think? Your citizens are putting their bodies on the line to protect their cities, neighborhoods, and homes. Use the Minnesota National Guard to protect *them*.
This has gone beyond a 'strongly worded phone call or social media message,' don't you think? Your citizens are putting their bodies on the line to protect their cities, neighborhoods, and homes. Use the Minnesota National Guard to protect *them*.
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IC1848 - The Soul Nebula. I am officially blown away by the detail in my first real SHO image. This is just 30 mins on each filter. I can't wait to see the results when I get several hours on it.
ASI2600 MM, Esprit 100ED, Altair 3nm Ha, Sii and Oiii filters.
#astronomy #astrophotography
ASI2600 MM, Esprit 100ED, Altair 3nm Ha, Sii and Oiii filters.
#astronomy #astrophotography
January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
IC1848 - The Soul Nebula. I am officially blown away by the detail in my first real SHO image. This is just 30 mins on each filter. I can't wait to see the results when I get several hours on it.
ASI2600 MM, Esprit 100ED, Altair 3nm Ha, Sii and Oiii filters.
#astronomy #astrophotography
ASI2600 MM, Esprit 100ED, Altair 3nm Ha, Sii and Oiii filters.
#astronomy #astrophotography
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January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026
Tens of thousands of Minnesotans took to the streets today in bitter cold temperatures with wind chills of -20°F (–28°C) to protest the occupation of Minneapolis and St.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 AM
January 23, 2026
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Local journalism matters.
January 24, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Local journalism matters.
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Good morning
by Brooks Reynold for his film, Sweet William
by Brooks Reynold for his film, Sweet William
January 24, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Good morning
by Brooks Reynold for his film, Sweet William
by Brooks Reynold for his film, Sweet William
Whenever someone asks me when a distant historical event occurred, and I don't know the answer, I just reply, “I think it happened on October 10th, 1582.” IYKYK 😏🤓
January 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Whenever someone asks me when a distant historical event occurred, and I don't know the answer, I just reply, “I think it happened on October 10th, 1582.” IYKYK 😏🤓
“Is it snowing yet, Dad?”
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
“Is it snowing yet, Dad?”
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Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
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Excellent model. Take note, all! We should roll these around the country. Or roll by trade.
Minnesota Labor Leaders Talk Organizing Lessons as Strike Movement Goes National
“Flexibility is important. I also think having initiative and decentralizing the campaign, letting different people put their own sort of stamp on it, is just a normal way movements exist,” says Knuts...
paydayreport.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Excellent model. Take note, all! We should roll these around the country. Or roll by trade.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch
January 23, 2026 at 2:41 AM
no matter how hard Greg Bovino tries to exude rugged masculinity he always comes off like Don Knotts in a Portlandia sketch
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Hey. I get it if you're trying to de-Amazon. I stopped shopping there a few years ago. They're big evil.
But you know who's not big evil? Your favorite writers who're struggling cos people aren't buying their books anymore.
It's OK to use Kindle to support your faves. I'm giving you permission.
But you know who's not big evil? Your favorite writers who're struggling cos people aren't buying their books anymore.
It's OK to use Kindle to support your faves. I'm giving you permission.
January 23, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Hey. I get it if you're trying to de-Amazon. I stopped shopping there a few years ago. They're big evil.
But you know who's not big evil? Your favorite writers who're struggling cos people aren't buying their books anymore.
It's OK to use Kindle to support your faves. I'm giving you permission.
But you know who's not big evil? Your favorite writers who're struggling cos people aren't buying their books anymore.
It's OK to use Kindle to support your faves. I'm giving you permission.