MirandaPitcher
@mirandapitcher.bsky.social
Auntie, hat lover, always looking for the work worth doing.
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(Photo credit: Millinery By Anna: www.etsy.com/shop/MillineryByAnna)
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Hi, I'm a typographer, I've written some skeets about how to learn typography, in this 🧵
I'm tempted to also do an AMA. Anyone have typography questions? Anything is better than thinking about the status quo
I'm tempted to also do an AMA. Anyone have typography questions? Anything is better than thinking about the status quo
I wrote some posts on learning typography over on Masto but they're mostly self directed, like developing taste and judgment. A workshop/course could be a great step too.
January 16, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Hi, I'm a typographer, I've written some skeets about how to learn typography, in this 🧵
I'm tempted to also do an AMA. Anyone have typography questions? Anything is better than thinking about the status quo
I'm tempted to also do an AMA. Anyone have typography questions? Anything is better than thinking about the status quo
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Wrote about him in TNR, prior to Renee Good. Remarkably similar incident. He’d just dropped off his kid. They rushed his car. He tried to flee. Cops then claimed he tried to run them over, despite video evidence to the contrary.
Should’ve been a warning.
Should’ve been a warning.
January 26, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Wrote about him in TNR, prior to Renee Good. Remarkably similar incident. He’d just dropped off his kid. They rushed his car. He tried to flee. Cops then claimed he tried to run them over, despite video evidence to the contrary.
Should’ve been a warning.
Should’ve been a warning.
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NYTimes: they have quite an operation going
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Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw
January 21, 2026 at 10:54 AM
NYTimes: they have quite an operation going
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They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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My eldest just donated a fifth of their savings to DHH Church and I'm verklempt.
It's a lot of $ -- a lot of hours of earning -- for them and a lot of safety for Minnesota families.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
It's a lot of $ -- a lot of hours of earning -- for them and a lot of safety for Minnesota families.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Despensas/ Food Drive
Join our Community Food Drive to support those in need while nurturing faith and fellowship. With your help, we can extend a helping hand and foster a sense of community.Your contribution will go towa...
www.zeffy.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:41 AM
My eldest just donated a fifth of their savings to DHH Church and I'm verklempt.
It's a lot of $ -- a lot of hours of earning -- for them and a lot of safety for Minnesota families.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
It's a lot of $ -- a lot of hours of earning -- for them and a lot of safety for Minnesota families.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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When you're next furious that MN kids are going hungry, well, there's a fund for that; & when you're livid that brave observers may struggle with rent, there's one for that; & when you're heartbroken about pets being left behind when their owners are kidnapped, well, there's a fund for that, too.
go to standwithminnesota.com and pick someone on there and give them $5.
tomorrow go back and give someone else $5.
do it every day for a week and you will have made life immediately & materially better for 7 different people, at the cost of $35, and you will feel so much better than you do now.
tomorrow go back and give someone else $5.
do it every day for a week and you will have made life immediately & materially better for 7 different people, at the cost of $35, and you will feel so much better than you do now.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
When you're next furious that MN kids are going hungry, well, there's a fund for that; & when you're livid that brave observers may struggle with rent, there's one for that; & when you're heartbroken about pets being left behind when their owners are kidnapped, well, there's a fund for that, too.
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*Points at the sign again*
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For the regime and right-wing billionaires, the value of national media is what it *doesn't* produce.
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 26, 2026 at 12:24 AM
*Points at the sign again*
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bsky.app/profile/alex...
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Jeff Bezos has more money than any person could possible spend in a lifetime, bought the Washington Post, made the editorial board his personal mouth piece, and is now gutting the rest of the paper.
January 26, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Jeff Bezos has more money than any person could possible spend in a lifetime, bought the Washington Post, made the editorial board his personal mouth piece, and is now gutting the rest of the paper.
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I REALLY need non-indigenous people to make more noise about this.
ICE has kidnapped another Indigenous person in Minneapolis. This is the fifth member of the Očhéthi Šakówinnto be taken this month.
Statement from Standing Rock:
Statement from Standing Rock:
January 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I REALLY need non-indigenous people to make more noise about this.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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DreamHaven is one of my favorite bookshops, and I go everytime I visit friends in the Twin Cities. I've talked with Greg a couple times, and nothing I'm seeing here surprises me.
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:26 PM
DreamHaven is one of my favorite bookshops, and I go everytime I visit friends in the Twin Cities. I've talked with Greg a couple times, and nothing I'm seeing here surprises me.
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Political parties use message discipline because it is useful for achieving political ends. The problem with national Dems isn't using message discipline, but that they often deploy it to defend morally repulsive positions like maintaining ICE. A lot of the "focus-testing" criticism elides this.
January 26, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Political parties use message discipline because it is useful for achieving political ends. The problem with national Dems isn't using message discipline, but that they often deploy it to defend morally repulsive positions like maintaining ICE. A lot of the "focus-testing" criticism elides this.
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For normies who are not in the know, the doll Kirsten is one of the original three American Girl characters and her book series is about her family immigrating from Sweden to Minnesota in the 1850s.
January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
For normies who are not in the know, the doll Kirsten is one of the original three American Girl characters and her book series is about her family immigrating from Sweden to Minnesota in the 1850s.
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
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Need less ‘the call to heroism has inspired me to be who i was always meant to be!” narratives and more “this fucking sucks and I don’t want to be here but someone has to do it and goddamnit it looks like that’s me” narratives imo.
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Need less ‘the call to heroism has inspired me to be who i was always meant to be!” narratives and more “this fucking sucks and I don’t want to be here but someone has to do it and goddamnit it looks like that’s me” narratives imo.
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So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
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January 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Bush started ICE, but it was during the Obama years when they signed the contracts with local law enforcement, instituted Secure Communities/Priority Enforcement Program and 287(g), and set the norm of ICE as an unaccountable agency being written blank checks every fiscal year.
Barack and Michelle Obama blast Trump and ICE conduct: "This has to stop"
Barack and Michelle Obama blast Trump and ICE conduct: "This has to stop"
"Many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault," the Obamas wrote in a statement following the ICE shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
www.latimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Bush started ICE, but it was during the Obama years when they signed the contracts with local law enforcement, instituted Secure Communities/Priority Enforcement Program and 287(g), and set the norm of ICE as an unaccountable agency being written blank checks every fiscal year.
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these banners are printed with the coolest giant banner system ever, developed by @laborcamp on IG
the letters are cut from insulation foam and rolled with paint
the letters are cut from insulation foam and rolled with paint
January 25, 2026 at 10:26 PM
these banners are printed with the coolest giant banner system ever, developed by @laborcamp on IG
the letters are cut from insulation foam and rolled with paint
the letters are cut from insulation foam and rolled with paint
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"'What did we learn from the Holocaust? We have to act and we have to resist,' Tracht said, running out of breath as the car turned the corner. 'If I’m not going to act and resist now, then I shouldn’t call myself a rabbi and I can’t be a proud Jew.'"
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Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
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January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"'What did we learn from the Holocaust? We have to act and we have to resist,' Tracht said, running out of breath as the car turned the corner. 'If I’m not going to act and resist now, then I shouldn’t call myself a rabbi and I can’t be a proud Jew.'"
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
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WINTER STORM UPDATE
January 25, 2026 at 6:32 PM
WINTER STORM UPDATE
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And why so normal for other elite media — those supposed to be keepers of truth and informing the populace — to use passive voice to downplay police aggression? Why side with and push police narrative?
"have no trouble writing clearly when they want to assign blame to a suspect: “The suspect fired
"have no trouble writing clearly when they want to assign blame to a suspect: “The suspect fired
January 25, 2026 at 8:54 PM
And why so normal for other elite media — those supposed to be keepers of truth and informing the populace — to use passive voice to downplay police aggression? Why side with and push police narrative?
"have no trouble writing clearly when they want to assign blame to a suspect: “The suspect fired
"have no trouble writing clearly when they want to assign blame to a suspect: “The suspect fired
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I object to Tim Walz, and so many others, just blithely dismissing DHS troops as "untrained". Some may be poorly trained, others fully trained. What people don't understand is "how" law enforcement are trained these days. The brutality is taught. See @radleybalko.bsky.social's Warrior Cop.
January 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I object to Tim Walz, and so many others, just blithely dismissing DHS troops as "untrained". Some may be poorly trained, others fully trained. What people don't understand is "how" law enforcement are trained these days. The brutality is taught. See @radleybalko.bsky.social's Warrior Cop.