Elizabeth Fletcher
@esfletcher.bsky.social
writer, yoga therapist, Bowie fan | asst cnf editor Pithead Chapel | Pushcart nom | BOTN nom | wigleaf LL | Best Micro nom | stage NED | ope
Writing: www.esfletcher.com
Writing: www.esfletcher.com
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For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
If you want to help Minnesota from afar, there’s no shortage of ways to offer support
Stop scrolling for a minute. Read this micro by @djpoissant.bsky.social. Feel your own heart expand as the story does.
Thrilled have a 500-word story up today at The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social . This story started as an idea for an ending that I texted myself and carried around on a phone for years. Finishing was just a matter of finding a beginning:
www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/heart/
www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/heart/
Heart - The Cincinnati Review
Managing Editor Lisa Ampleman: In "Heart," David James Poissant shows how information can be revealed slowly and deliberately in a piece of flash fiction.
www.cincinnatireview.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Stop scrolling for a minute. Read this micro by @djpoissant.bsky.social. Feel your own heart expand as the story does.
I can't stop thinking about this.
Is *ANY* Democratic senator talking about conditioning their vote on measures that would actually free kidnapped people or even improve the conditions of those in concentration camps?
Is *ANY* Democratic senator talking about conditioning their vote on measures that would actually free kidnapped people or even improve the conditions of those in concentration camps?
January 29, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
the feds saying theyll end their campaign of terror against an american city if their demands are met is the biggest domestic scandal of my lifetime
Hey US friends - in addition to calling your senators to tell them to abolish ICE, it’s also a great day to tell them to vote NO on HJ Resolution 140 that would strip environmental protections from public lands surrounding Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.
Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121
Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Hey US friends - in addition to calling your senators to tell them to abolish ICE, it’s also a great day to tell them to vote NO on HJ Resolution 140 that would strip environmental protections from public lands surrounding Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.
Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121
Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121
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Oh, you know, just a metro daily newspaper running a service journalism roundup of munitions the government has used against its own people
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Oh, you know, just a metro daily newspaper running a service journalism roundup of munitions the government has used against its own people
TRUTH
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
TRUTH
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This kicks off on Wednesday. So many amazing opportunities here, with plans to do some good.
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Publishing for Minnesota
Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 AM
This kicks off on Wednesday. So many amazing opportunities here, with plans to do some good.
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...
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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
Do yourself a kindness. Turn off autoplay. You do not need to traumatize yourself watching a paramilitary execute someone even once, much less over & over. Take social media breaks as needed. Call a friend. Hug your kids. Make art.
to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
select the icon in the top left corner
go to settings
go to content and media
make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off
January 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Do yourself a kindness. Turn off autoplay. You do not need to traumatize yourself watching a paramilitary execute someone even once, much less over & over. Take social media breaks as needed. Call a friend. Hug your kids. Make art.
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March on, march on
January 23, 2026 at 11:39 PM
March on, march on
Happy to be with so many of my fellow Minnesotans in the bitter cold to chant “No hate, no fear. ICE is not welcome here.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Happy to be with so many of my fellow Minnesotans in the bitter cold to chant “No hate, no fear. ICE is not welcome here.”
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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 8:25 PM
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.
5 concerts I’ve seen, no order:
Fugazi
Cocteau Twins
Catherine Wheel
Jane’s Addiction
Tragically Hip
Fugazi
Cocteau Twins
Catherine Wheel
Jane’s Addiction
Tragically Hip
5 concerts I've seen, no order:
(Okay, five is REALLY hard to choose)
Concrete Blonde
PJ Harvey
Iggy Pop
Faith No More / Soundgarden / Guns N' Roses
Fugazi
(Okay, five is REALLY hard to choose)
Concrete Blonde
PJ Harvey
Iggy Pop
Faith No More / Soundgarden / Guns N' Roses
Fugazi
5 concerts I've seen, no order:
PJ Harvey
Nick Cave (1. that wild show where he played piano and took questions from the audience between sets 2. & the Bad Seeds)
The Magnetic Fields
Bright Eyes
FKA Twigs
PJ Harvey
Nick Cave (1. that wild show where he played piano and took questions from the audience between sets 2. & the Bad Seeds)
The Magnetic Fields
Bright Eyes
FKA Twigs
January 21, 2026 at 11:19 PM
5 concerts I’ve seen, no order:
Fugazi
Cocteau Twins
Catherine Wheel
Jane’s Addiction
Tragically Hip
Fugazi
Cocteau Twins
Catherine Wheel
Jane’s Addiction
Tragically Hip
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Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.
January 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Is it @startribune.com policy to refer to anyone confronting ICE as a protester? This obscures the nature of what people are doing. We're not protesting ICE. We're constitutional observers documenting human rights abuses by agents of the state.
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Indie booksellers in Minneapolis and St. Paul have joined community efforts to fight ICE.
In the Twin Cities, indie bookstores are stepping up to ICE.
As ICE agents continue to terrorize the Twin Cities, indie bookstores are stepping up. As Claire Kirch reported in Publishers Weekly last Friday, booksellers in Minneapolis and St. Paul have joined…
buff.ly
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Indie booksellers in Minneapolis and St. Paul have joined community efforts to fight ICE.
Something possibly permanently fracturing happened today within the family & spilling the tea would not help but it is taking every last ounce of self-restraint not to write & pitch a timely personal essay about it because OMG.
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Something possibly permanently fracturing happened today within the family & spilling the tea would not help but it is taking every last ounce of self-restraint not to write & pitch a timely personal essay about it because OMG.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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We needed this art sled rally
Powderhorn park is one of a kind
Powderhorn park is one of a kind
January 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
We needed this art sled rally
Powderhorn park is one of a kind
Powderhorn park is one of a kind
Minneapolis snowman
January 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Minneapolis snowman
Targeting an indie toy store isn’t the flex you think it is, DHS.
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Targeting an indie toy store isn’t the flex you think it is, DHS.
If you want to help Minnesota from afar, there’s no shortage of ways to offer support
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
If you want to help Minnesota from afar, there’s no shortage of ways to offer support
Whew, this powerful poem.
(Also, it explains why 75% of the 1k people in the legal observer training I attended were women)
(Also, it explains why 75% of the 1k people in the legal observer training I attended were women)
A message to the ordinary people from our #Resistance issue —
“To the Woman Reading the Protest Flyer at the Grocery Store” by Candace Kronen
I see me (6 yrs ago, when I was well), in the store, with my kids being feral around me, pulling down a flyer …
epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
“To the Woman Reading the Protest Flyer at the Grocery Store” by Candace Kronen
I see me (6 yrs ago, when I was well), in the store, with my kids being feral around me, pulling down a flyer …
epistemiclit.com/past-issues/...
TO THE WOMAN READING THE PROTEST FLYER AT THE GROCERY STORE -
After Kim Addonizio
epistemiclit.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Whew, this powerful poem.
(Also, it explains why 75% of the 1k people in the legal observer training I attended were women)
(Also, it explains why 75% of the 1k people in the legal observer training I attended were women)
A timely essay from Minneapolis writer Bao Phi:
time.com/7345628/anti...
time.com/7345628/anti...
Why Minnesotans Fear ICE
The weight of state violence isn’t abstract, it’s personal, argues Minneapolis poet Bao Phi.
time.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:59 AM
A timely essay from Minneapolis writer Bao Phi:
time.com/7345628/anti...
time.com/7345628/anti...