Maggie Fritz-Morkin
@emeffem.bsky.social
Medievalist/ italianist/ tennist, associate prof UNC-Chapel Hill, Boccaccio, prose and other cons. Up with the stars
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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
THIS IS SO RUDE
January 23, 2026 at 12:28 AM
THIS IS SO RUDE
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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Left: writing the damn paper in the shadows of an archive nearby.
Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference.
#academicchatter
Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference.
#academicchatter
January 20, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Left: writing the damn paper in the shadows of an archive nearby.
Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference.
#academicchatter
Right: presenting the said paper as a keynote at a fancy conference.
#academicchatter
I taught Lorenzetti’s Allegory and Effects of good/ bad government today and kept looking for a mockumentary film crew I could deadpan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_All...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_All...
The Allegory of Good and Bad Government - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I taught Lorenzetti’s Allegory and Effects of good/ bad government today and kept looking for a mockumentary film crew I could deadpan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_All...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_All...
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Hearing confirmed reports from people on the ground of ICE sightings in Portland, Maine today. If you see/know anything, message me on Signal at marisakabas.04
ICE is coming to Portland and Lewiston imminently, their mayors confirmed today. Both cities have large Somali populations.
When reached for comment, ICE wouldn’t even confirm whether or not this action was happening.
When reached for comment, ICE wouldn’t even confirm whether or not this action was happening.
ICE is headed to Maine
The Mayors of Portland and Lewiston confirmed Wednesday ICE's imminent presence.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Hearing confirmed reports from people on the ground of ICE sightings in Portland, Maine today. If you see/know anything, message me on Signal at marisakabas.04
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Coincidentally the Nuremburg defense came up in my Fraud course today 💫
January 20, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Coincidentally the Nuremburg defense came up in my Fraud course today 💫
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Big Frederick looking like he gonna drop the most 🔥 mixtape of all time
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Big Frederick looking like he gonna drop the most 🔥 mixtape of all time
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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Rabbit, Sweden, 15th century
January 19, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Rabbit, Sweden, 15th century
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My 18yo son and friends took a road trip to Chicago for the long weekend, and his first post there was of the Tiffany Dome at the Chicago Cultural Center.
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January 18, 2026 at 3:09 AM
My 18yo son and friends took a road trip to Chicago for the long weekend, and his first post there was of the Tiffany Dome at the Chicago Cultural Center.
🥲
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
If anyone is hiring outside agitators, I CAN DO THE ACCENT 🙋♀️
the wildest thing is right-wingers acting like minnesotans in videos must be outside agitators when we can all hear their accents. i don't think i could do that accent convincingly if i spent a year practicing. and neither would i wish to. have you heard that shit? craziest american accent
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
If anyone is hiring outside agitators, I CAN DO THE ACCENT 🙋♀️
Willmar, the big town where my cousin and I got our ears pierced after small town July 4 kid debauchery (flea market junk, mini donuts, fire works, pontooning, stink bombs). This is America
January 16, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Willmar, the big town where my cousin and I got our ears pierced after small town July 4 kid debauchery (flea market junk, mini donuts, fire works, pontooning, stink bombs). This is America
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Neighbors standing guard over churches so that parents can have secret meetings about how to keep daycares safe. This is what's happening in the Twin Cities right now.
January 14, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Neighbors standing guard over churches so that parents can have secret meetings about how to keep daycares safe. This is what's happening in the Twin Cities right now.
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Why does this article even exist given its own third and fourth paragraphs
January 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Why does this article even exist given its own third and fourth paragraphs
My 7yo niece came home from school with a drawing of herself fighting ice in her backyard with a knife
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
My 7yo niece came home from school with a drawing of herself fighting ice in her backyard with a knife
2025: didn’t set foot in Target and I don’t even miss it
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
2025: didn’t set foot in Target and I don’t even miss it
On the 1st day of my Medieval Frauds class I have students list as many specific kinds of lies as they can before we study the pedantic medieval taxonomies-Dante’s 14 types, Augustine’s 8, dozens of sins of the tongue. In the past it’s been phishing, identity theft, insider trading, catfishing…
January 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
On the 1st day of my Medieval Frauds class I have students list as many specific kinds of lies as they can before we study the pedantic medieval taxonomies-Dante’s 14 types, Augustine’s 8, dozens of sins of the tongue. In the past it’s been phishing, identity theft, insider trading, catfishing…
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If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
January 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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A poem by Renee Nicole Good, murdered by an ICE agent today
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:12 AM
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, murdered by an ICE agent today