Kat Howard
@katwithsword.bsky.social
Writer of books, short stories, comics, and other things. Friend to cats and sometimes people. She/her. https://www.kathowardbooks.com/ and https://epigraphtoepilogue.substack.com/
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From Portland, OR Mayor Keith Wilson
“To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. […] To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children.”
www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
“To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. […] To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children.”
www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
Portland Mayor Statement on Federal Use of Chemical Munitions at Peaceful Protest
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson: "Our nation will never accept a federal presence where agents wield deadly force against the very people they are sworn to serve."
www.portland.gov
February 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
From Portland, OR Mayor Keith Wilson
“To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. […] To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children.”
www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
“To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. […] To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children.”
www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
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Haiti accepted Jewish refugees during WWII before the US would.
February 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Haiti accepted Jewish refugees during WWII before the US would.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Liam Conejo Ramos is on an airplane on his way home to Minnesota. How wonderful.
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5-year-old and father detained by ICE will return to Minnesota Sunday morning
5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father have boarded a flight back to Minnesota, nearly two weeks after being detained by ICE.
kstp.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Liam Conejo Ramos is on an airplane on his way home to Minnesota. How wonderful.
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
"I'm not an expert, but I'm definitely going to tell someone who is that they're wrong" as an attitude is just one of the *many* things wrong with this administration.
BASH: A federal judge in Texas just yesteday said 'administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse.' Why is he wrong?
RON JOHNSON: Because this has to with immigration law. Again, I'm not a lawyer.
RON JOHNSON: Because this has to with immigration law. Again, I'm not a lawyer.
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"I'm not an expert, but I'm definitely going to tell someone who is that they're wrong" as an attitude is just one of the *many* things wrong with this administration.
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10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
10/10 ICE protest sign
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I can't explain the feelings I felt today visiting the sites where Alex Pretti and Renee Good were murdered by the U.S. Gov't. Here are some visuals. #photography #minneapolis #abolishICE
January 31, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I can't explain the feelings I felt today visiting the sites where Alex Pretti and Renee Good were murdered by the U.S. Gov't. Here are some visuals. #photography #minneapolis #abolishICE
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I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
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Twin Cities rapid responders have set up a "filter blockade" at 34th and Cedar and are calling for volunteers and donations. This is a new tactic developing over the last week: community is allowed to pass, but ICE agents are stopped/slowed before they can terrorize our neighbors.
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Twin Cities rapid responders have set up a "filter blockade" at 34th and Cedar and are calling for volunteers and donations. This is a new tactic developing over the last week: community is allowed to pass, but ICE agents are stopped/slowed before they can terrorize our neighbors.
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The date is a typo. Judges make typos in urgent circumstances and they’re not that hard to fix.
Whew. Judge Biery (Clinton appointee) is not messing around, dropping on the feds the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the Fourth Amendment, Ben Franklin, and the Bible.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NEW ‼️ Judge has ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Ramos 🙏🏼
January 31, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The date is a typo. Judges make typos in urgent circumstances and they’re not that hard to fix.
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One day left to submit your work to Nightmare Magazine! We close at 11 pm tomorrow night.
As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
January 31, 2026 at 6:16 PM
One day left to submit your work to Nightmare Magazine! We close at 11 pm tomorrow night.
As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
As ever, we're looking for short stories under 7500 words, flash stories 0-1500 words long, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
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if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
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Two Bohemian Protestants with disagreements about the appropriateness of defenestration in Prague have a gay romance, that is called a yeeted rivalry.
Two textile creators with different thread counts have a gay romance, that is called sheeted rivalry.
Two meteorologists in the same city byt different networks have a gay romance, that is called sleeted rivalry.
January 31, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Two Bohemian Protestants with disagreements about the appropriateness of defenestration in Prague have a gay romance, that is called a yeeted rivalry.
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Minnesotans on Lake Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis. Jan. 30, 2026.
📷: WCCO-TV
📷: WCCO-TV
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Minnesotans on Lake Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis. Jan. 30, 2026.
📷: WCCO-TV
📷: WCCO-TV
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Protesters carried a giant rendition of the U.S. Constitution through downtown Minneapolis on Friday, chanting "ICE out now."
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Protesters carried a giant rendition of the U.S. Constitution through downtown Minneapolis on Friday, chanting "ICE out now."
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
📷️: Kyeland Jackson
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Fred Korematsu lived for over four decades with a "disloyalty" conviction that prevented him from full-time employment until 1983 - in a case that led to the passing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing redress to all Japanese Americans interned during WW2. 2/
📷: Shirley Nakao
📷: Shirley Nakao
January 30, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Fred Korematsu lived for over four decades with a "disloyalty" conviction that prevented him from full-time employment until 1983 - in a case that led to the passing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing redress to all Japanese Americans interned during WW2. 2/
📷: Shirley Nakao
📷: Shirley Nakao
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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
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HEY I AM DOING A FUNDRAISER FOR MINNESOTA RENT FUNDS
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM
HEY I AM DOING A FUNDRAISER FOR MINNESOTA RENT FUNDS
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
AND GIVING AWAY A SIGNED ARC (advance review copy) OF OBSTETRIX
THAT'S RIGHT YOU CAN HELP MINNESOTA FAMILIES AND MAYBE GET A FREE EARLY SIGNED COPY OF MY BOOK
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Me every morning in this fucking country
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Me every morning in this fucking country
I am on fire; keep clear of me.
January 30, 2026 at 5:33 AM
I am on fire; keep clear of me.
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making a lil plug for my online store. mostly procreate brushes, some comics, some art/concept books for my published books
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Visit Wendy's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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January 30, 2026 at 1:30 AM
making a lil plug for my online store. mostly procreate brushes, some comics, some art/concept books for my published books
ko-fi.com/artofwendyxu...
ko-fi.com/artofwendyxu...
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We have also spotted a ton of ICE vehicles across South Minneapolis. This also includes Powderhorn, Phillips, Corcoran and Central.
Thank you to everyone who continues to show up for our neighbors. We appreciate you.
Jason Chavez 2/
Thank you to everyone who continues to show up for our neighbors. We appreciate you.
Jason Chavez 2/
January 29, 2026 at 9:17 PM
We have also spotted a ton of ICE vehicles across South Minneapolis. This also includes Powderhorn, Phillips, Corcoran and Central.
Thank you to everyone who continues to show up for our neighbors. We appreciate you.
Jason Chavez 2/
Thank you to everyone who continues to show up for our neighbors. We appreciate you.
Jason Chavez 2/
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A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, out from @hornedlarkpress.com this fall, is about an ex-harpy, her harpy ex-girlfriend, her nonbinary fashion icon pal, an opera singer, and an opinionated sword fighting back against the authoritarian baddies. Afterwards (and at several points throughout) there's cake.
Authors, please talk about your books.
We needs breaks from the suck or we won't make it.
We needs breaks from the suck or we won't make it.
January 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, out from @hornedlarkpress.com this fall, is about an ex-harpy, her harpy ex-girlfriend, her nonbinary fashion icon pal, an opera singer, and an opinionated sword fighting back against the authoritarian baddies. Afterwards (and at several points throughout) there's cake.