Gary
@gary3519.bsky.social
I’m the most comfortable in nature. My interests are clean water, climate change, housing, photography and my simple prose. Unless it's a repost, all photos by me. Use the media tab, you can by-pass most of my politics.
#Photos #nature #protests #travel
#Photos #nature #protests #travel
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Minneapolis Restaurant Owner Opened Her Doors for Protesters Seeking Refuge: ‘Come In, Come In’
www.today.com/food/news/mi...
www.today.com/food/news/mi...
Minneapolis Restaurant Owner Opened Her Doors for Protesters Seeking Refuge: ‘Come In, Come In’
Tracy Wong turned her Vietnamese restaurant into a safe space, offering protesters and press refuge from tear gas.
www.today.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Minneapolis Restaurant Owner Opened Her Doors for Protesters Seeking Refuge: ‘Come In, Come In’
www.today.com/food/news/mi...
www.today.com/food/news/mi...
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
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Health care workers want ICE out of hospitals, and blue states are responding minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/09/r...
Health care workers want ICE out of hospitals, and blue states are responding • Minnesota Reformer
As the Trump administration intensifies its immigration crackdown, health care workers in multiple states say ICE is increasing its presence in health care facilities, deterring people from seeking me...
minnesotareformer.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Health care workers want ICE out of hospitals, and blue states are responding minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/09/r...
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Reposting
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Reposting
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The federal government rounded up 18 activists tied to an anti-ICE protest in Texas, claiming they were part of an antifa cell. And it's the first big test of Trump’s crackdown on free speech. trib.al/4LCP0Jn
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
The federal government rounded up 18 activists tied to an anti-ICE protest in Texas, claiming they were part of an antifa cell. And it's the first big test of Trump’s crackdown on free speech. trib.al/4LCP0Jn
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Walking around Minneapolis, you will see public art almost everywhere. Permanent or ephemeral, using every conceivable medium. The artists in MN are on the front lines in the struggle against ICE, and remind us there is still beauty here.
February 8, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Walking around Minneapolis, you will see public art almost everywhere. Permanent or ephemeral, using every conceivable medium. The artists in MN are on the front lines in the struggle against ICE, and remind us there is still beauty here.
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Hidden costs? The costs are externalized or normalized. Mining footprints, transmission corridors, maintenance infrastructure, habitat fragmentation, replacement cycles, and decommissioning are visible, but rarely counted as part of energy output. Longevity doesn’t make those costs disappear.
There is close to half a million wind turbines in operation globally.
I saw my first ones in Denmark some time around 1984.
If there had been "hidden costs", those would have been seen already.
A lot of straw men arguments are popping up recently in social media.
This looks like yet another of them.
I saw my first ones in Denmark some time around 1984.
If there had been "hidden costs", those would have been seen already.
A lot of straw men arguments are popping up recently in social media.
This looks like yet another of them.
February 8, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Hidden costs? The costs are externalized or normalized. Mining footprints, transmission corridors, maintenance infrastructure, habitat fragmentation, replacement cycles, and decommissioning are visible, but rarely counted as part of energy output. Longevity doesn’t make those costs disappear.
February 7, 2026 at 10:34 PM
They Asked for Donations to Buy $10 Burritos. They Raised More Than $10K. - racketmn.com/they-asked-f...
They Asked for Donations to Buy $10 Burritos. They Raised More Than $10K. - Racket
As Operation Metro Surge continues, community-led mutual aid efforts are feeding and housing Minnesotans in need—but there’s a lot of work yet to be done.
racketmn.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
They Asked for Donations to Buy $10 Burritos. They Raised More Than $10K. - racketmn.com/they-asked-f...
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Immigrants are carrying this country on their backs while the right screams into the void.
Here’s the Cato Institute report:
www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
Here’s the Cato Institute report:
www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994
The best way to balance the budget is to reduce spending—particularly on wealthy retirees—but rather than hinder our efforts to control deficits, immigrants are helping.
www.cato.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Immigrants are carrying this country on their backs while the right screams into the void.
Here’s the Cato Institute report:
www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
Here’s the Cato Institute report:
www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
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Take the rest of them with you.
We need ICE out of Minnesota. Period.
We need ICE out of Minnesota. Period.
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Take the rest of them with you.
We need ICE out of Minnesota. Period.
We need ICE out of Minnesota. Period.
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#Indivisible #indivisibletwincities
And the fact that the DFL is not releasing the straw pole for Govenor race (Amy Klobuchar) shows you what it looks like when you will not stand up and fight for your state.
And the fact that the DFL is not releasing the straw pole for Govenor race (Amy Klobuchar) shows you what it looks like when you will not stand up and fight for your state.
Here's Angie Craig's welcome at a caucus in her district, @timmiller.bsky.social.
video of angie craig getting booed at a caucus in eagan via kevin holst on twitter
people in minnesota are fired up against ICE, and we have no appetite for a politician like craig who voted for the laken riley act and a resolution in support of ICE
this campaign is going nowhere
people in minnesota are fired up against ICE, and we have no appetite for a politician like craig who voted for the laken riley act and a resolution in support of ICE
this campaign is going nowhere
February 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
#Indivisible #indivisibletwincities
And the fact that the DFL is not releasing the straw pole for Govenor race (Amy Klobuchar) shows you what it looks like when you will not stand up and fight for your state.
And the fact that the DFL is not releasing the straw pole for Govenor race (Amy Klobuchar) shows you what it looks like when you will not stand up and fight for your state.
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
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 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
#AmyKlobuchar Defund and demask, this has to stop.
This is insane. ICE is out of control here, still. They must leave.
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 5:05 PM
#AmyKlobuchar Defund and demask, this has to stop.
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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Tina Smith is endorsing Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan as her successor.
Tina Smith endorses Peggy Flanagan over Angie Craig in Minnesota Senate race
The retiring senator is choosing a fellow progressive and lieutenant governor as her successor over moderate Rep. Angie Craig.
www.politico.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Tina Smith is endorsing Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan as her successor.
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Don't let up on the Epstein travesty
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Don't let up on the Epstein travesty
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We just finished 44 stops on the Loud Clear Voice Tour.
Minnesotans in every corner of our state have told me the same thing: We need big, bold change in the Senate.
If you're ready for a new kind of leadership, I hope you'll join Team Peggy at precinct caucuses on February 3rd.
Minnesotans in every corner of our state have told me the same thing: We need big, bold change in the Senate.
If you're ready for a new kind of leadership, I hope you'll join Team Peggy at precinct caucuses on February 3rd.
February 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
We just finished 44 stops on the Loud Clear Voice Tour.
Minnesotans in every corner of our state have told me the same thing: We need big, bold change in the Senate.
If you're ready for a new kind of leadership, I hope you'll join Team Peggy at precinct caucuses on February 3rd.
Minnesotans in every corner of our state have told me the same thing: We need big, bold change in the Senate.
If you're ready for a new kind of leadership, I hope you'll join Team Peggy at precinct caucuses on February 3rd.
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The President of the United States is compromised. It is time for Congress to act. Now!
February 2, 2026 at 2:32 AM
The President of the United States is compromised. It is time for Congress to act. Now!