Nick Benson
@ottergoose.net
Nerding out over geography, weather, LEGO, politics, and photography of Minnesota's railroad and aviation scene. Chief AvGeek at @JetTip.net.
📍 Burnsville, Minnesota, US
📍 Burnsville, Minnesota, US
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Thank you for the coverage, @npr.org.
If you, dear reader, would like to help other people observing ICE in Minnesota, please contribute to our dash cam drive - more than a thousand have been distributed so far, and demand remains high: ottergoose.net/dashcam/
If you, dear reader, would like to help other people observing ICE in Minnesota, please contribute to our dash cam drive - more than a thousand have been distributed so far, and demand remains high: ottergoose.net/dashcam/
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This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
This is why domestic "shuffle" flights between ICE detention centers have skyrocketed, much moreso than ICE deportation flights.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
When you are moved to a different jurisdiction, you have to refile your habeas petition all over again. They want to wear people down so they'll give up on their cases.
If you’d like to help out, Amazon’s pricing on dash cams is now damn near what we can get them for wholesale - if you’d like to help ordering a few on the wishlist, we’d sure appreciate it - we can’t keep up with demand for our ICE observers here in Minnesota:
Dash cams for Minnesota
A crowd-sourcing effort to collect and distribute dash cams in Minnesota to help ICE observers stay safe.
ottergoose.net
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
If you’d like to help out, Amazon’s pricing on dash cams is now damn near what we can get them for wholesale - if you’d like to help ordering a few on the wishlist, we’d sure appreciate it - we can’t keep up with demand for our ICE observers here in Minnesota:
Forward view only; not perfect, but balancing quantity deployed vs features.
February 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Forward view only; not perfect, but balancing quantity deployed vs features.
~$144 + tax with a memory card. Along with cash donations for the wholesale purchase we’re working on, total value of donations at the moment is north of $200,000.
February 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
~$144 + tax with a memory card. Along with cash donations for the wholesale purchase we’re working on, total value of donations at the moment is north of $200,000.
Over 1,000 deployed across the Twin Cities so far, but there are more than 30,000 trained observers!
February 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Over 1,000 deployed across the Twin Cities so far, but there are more than 30,000 trained observers!
Thank you! If you’d like to help, I’m also working to get ICE observers dash cams: ottergoose.net/dashcam/
Dash cams for Minnesota
A crowd-sourcing effort to collect and distribute dash cams in Minnesota to help ICE observers stay safe.
ottergoose.net
February 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Thank you! If you’d like to help, I’m also working to get ICE observers dash cams: ottergoose.net/dashcam/
Valuable context, for those who might be unfamiliar with this flavor of resistance:
At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
February 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Valuable context, for those who might be unfamiliar with this flavor of resistance:
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My goal as a parent was always to raise better men than me
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
February 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
My goal as a parent was always to raise better men than me
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
I counted 19 shackled neighbors boarding that airplane at MSP this afternoon.
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I counted 19 shackled neighbors boarding that airplane at MSP this afternoon.
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Blessed are the plane spotters, and the spreadsheets they populate.
‘This was just one of the best ways that I could be a helper, and I'm glad that I'm here to be able to do it.’
‘This was just one of the best ways that I could be a helper, and I'm glad that I'm here to be able to do it.’
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Blessed are the plane spotters, and the spreadsheets they populate.
‘This was just one of the best ways that I could be a helper, and I'm glad that I'm here to be able to do it.’
‘This was just one of the best ways that I could be a helper, and I'm glad that I'm here to be able to do it.’
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🧊🏈✈️ It’s not JUST the Patriots Plane
Athletes & Performers Need to Speak Up‼️ youtube.com/shorts/afUQ2...
Athletes & Performers Need to Speak Up‼️ youtube.com/shorts/afUQ2...
I Have Something to Say – The ICECAST
YouTube video by JJ in DC
youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:12 PM
🧊🏈✈️ It’s not JUST the Patriots Plane
Athletes & Performers Need to Speak Up‼️ youtube.com/shorts/afUQ2...
Athletes & Performers Need to Speak Up‼️ youtube.com/shorts/afUQ2...
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I grew up on a farm in Moville, Iowa. Mom organized a $$ and supply drive for Mi Casa and Moville came through!! Thank you! 🥰🥰🥰
Help provide food, pay for rent and bills here -> www.givemn.org/organization....
Help provide food, pay for rent and bills here -> www.givemn.org/organization....
February 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I grew up on a farm in Moville, Iowa. Mom organized a $$ and supply drive for Mi Casa and Moville came through!! Thank you! 🥰🥰🥰
Help provide food, pay for rent and bills here -> www.givemn.org/organization....
Help provide food, pay for rent and bills here -> www.givemn.org/organization....
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
Hyper-fixated transportation enthusiasm remains a valuable asset to the resistance. Glory to Minnesota! 🫡
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Hyper-fixated transportation enthusiasm remains a valuable asset to the resistance. Glory to Minnesota! 🫡
Thank you for the coverage, @npr.org.
If you, dear reader, would like to help other people observing ICE in Minnesota, please contribute to our dash cam drive - more than a thousand have been distributed so far, and demand remains high: ottergoose.net/dashcam/
If you, dear reader, would like to help other people observing ICE in Minnesota, please contribute to our dash cam drive - more than a thousand have been distributed so far, and demand remains high: ottergoose.net/dashcam/
February 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Thank you for the coverage, @npr.org.
If you, dear reader, would like to help other people observing ICE in Minnesota, please contribute to our dash cam drive - more than a thousand have been distributed so far, and demand remains high: ottergoose.net/dashcam/
If you, dear reader, would like to help other people observing ICE in Minnesota, please contribute to our dash cam drive - more than a thousand have been distributed so far, and demand remains high: ottergoose.net/dashcam/
The economy is a big, strange thing. I run an alert app that helps other avgeeks see cool airplanes at their local airport. 🫡
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The economy is a big, strange thing. I run an alert app that helps other avgeeks see cool airplanes at their local airport. 🫡
Thank you! Please send dash cams - we need as many as we can get, I can’t keep up with demand. ottergoose.net/dashcam/
Dash cams for Minnesota
A crowd-sourcing effort to collect and distribute dash cams in Minnesota to help ICE observers stay safe.
ottergoose.net
February 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Thank you! Please send dash cams - we need as many as we can get, I can’t keep up with demand. ottergoose.net/dashcam/
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What is the true cost of ICE?
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
What is the true cost of ICE?
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
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I made a chart of Minnesota federal lawsuits with captions of “v. [Bondi/Noem/Easterwood/Lyons/Trump]” over the last three months. Almost all of these are immigration habeas corpus cases.
January 25, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I made a chart of Minnesota federal lawsuits with captions of “v. [Bondi/Noem/Easterwood/Lyons/Trump]” over the last three months. Almost all of these are immigration habeas corpus cases.
Dude caught a felony abolishing ICE.
February 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Dude caught a felony abolishing ICE.
I feel like you just crawled into my brain.
February 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I feel like you just crawled into my brain.
For data integrity enthusiasts, I don’t anticipate these missing flights to have a significant impact on our estimates - they are relatively small CR200s, and at least two of those eight flights were returning people from Texas to Minnesota.
February 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
For data integrity enthusiasts, I don’t anticipate these missing flights to have a significant impact on our estimates - they are relatively small CR200s, and at least two of those eight flights were returning people from Texas to Minnesota.