ye olde prickle factory
@pricklipear.bsky.social
spicy meatball, midwestern bog witch, geography lady turned lady in construction, north metro trashbag, lutheran crime syndicate member
half leslie knope, half ouiser boudreaux
half leslie knope, half ouiser boudreaux
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See how they conceive evil,
and are pregnant with mischief,
and bring forth lies.
They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.
Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
and on their own heads their violence descends.
and are pregnant with mischief,
and bring forth lies.
They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.
Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
and on their own heads their violence descends.
![[Hosea] 8[.1] “Put the trumpet to your lips!
An eagle is over the house of the Lord
because the people have broken my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
2
Israel cries out to me,
‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’
3
But Israel has rejected what is good;
an enemy will pursue him.
4
They set up kings without my consent;
they choose princes without my approval.
With their silver and gold
they make idols for themselves
to their own destruction.
5
Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?
6
They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
it is not God.
It will be broken in pieces,
that calf of Samaria.
7
“They sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no head;
it will produce no flour.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gkvbpdczn5svbhsm2v7txvh5/bafkreidwquxgmqg2w3uwxxwk2x3ak5bv3nnafazrl7hxfzovx6ui7qpw54@jpeg)
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
See how they conceive evil,
and are pregnant with mischief,
and bring forth lies.
They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.
Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
and on their own heads their violence descends.
and are pregnant with mischief,
and bring forth lies.
They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.
Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
and on their own heads their violence descends.
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Every single person doing ICE watch in Minnesota is doing it knowing that they’re putting their bodies and lives on the line and every ICE agent and cop would shoot at their shadow if it startled them. That’s not professionalism, that’s being a coward.
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Every single person doing ICE watch in Minnesota is doing it knowing that they’re putting their bodies and lives on the line and every ICE agent and cop would shoot at their shadow if it startled them. That’s not professionalism, that’s being a coward.
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once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street
January 24, 2026 at 3:58 PM
once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street
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Inasmuch as every strain of trumpism is a reflection of the man himself, worth remembering that he is a compulsive, insatiable rapist. His happiest years were spent competitively acquiring and assaulting underage and unwilling women; transgressive domination is the only thing that gratifies him
the strangest thing about trumpism as an ideology, in all its strains, is its total rejection of any theory of legitimacy
January 24, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Inasmuch as every strain of trumpism is a reflection of the man himself, worth remembering that he is a compulsive, insatiable rapist. His happiest years were spent competitively acquiring and assaulting underage and unwilling women; transgressive domination is the only thing that gratifies him
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Minnesota is standing up for democracy. Are you standing up for us?
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Minnesota is standing up for democracy. Are you standing up for us?
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Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
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Running off to work on a story.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
Arrests calmly ongoing.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
January 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Running off to work on a story.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
In the meantime:
Religious left: still a thing.
The number of times I’ve thought about throwing a fish into an 🧊 vehicle is nonzero
January 23, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The number of times I’ve thought about throwing a fish into an 🧊 vehicle is nonzero
Tonight was not the night to wear joggers with exposed ankles and do an emergency foot patrol while ducking out of a kid extracurricular event
January 23, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Tonight was not the night to wear joggers with exposed ankles and do an emergency foot patrol while ducking out of a kid extracurricular event
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Sending J.D. Vance is so funny. They know that we hate him so much. There's no way he will gets what he wants from us, either in the sowing chaos sense or in the backing down sense. He is just a complete failure of a human being that people will go out of their way to spite.
January 22, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Sending J.D. Vance is so funny. They know that we hate him so much. There's no way he will gets what he wants from us, either in the sowing chaos sense or in the backing down sense. He is just a complete failure of a human being that people will go out of their way to spite.
Did you know that Klob translated from Slovenian means hat? Buch means book? I haven’t figured out the “-ar” part yet.
Klobasa means sausage, but buchar doesn’t mean butcher. It’s a confusing language.
Klobasa means sausage, but buchar doesn’t mean butcher. It’s a confusing language.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Did you know that Klob translated from Slovenian means hat? Buch means book? I haven’t figured out the “-ar” part yet.
Klobasa means sausage, but buchar doesn’t mean butcher. It’s a confusing language.
Klobasa means sausage, but buchar doesn’t mean butcher. It’s a confusing language.
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I’d add that even if there powers were appropriately restricted, the culture that had obviously developed within the agency is so heinously toxic and abusive that it’s beyond realistic remedy by ANY policy reform in the short term. You’ve got to fumigate and start over.
I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 AM
I’d add that even if there powers were appropriately restricted, the culture that had obviously developed within the agency is so heinously toxic and abusive that it’s beyond realistic remedy by ANY policy reform in the short term. You’ve got to fumigate and start over.
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“ICE agents have been roaming our neighborhoods, circling our schools, following our buses, coming into our parking lots and taking our children,” Stenvik added. “The sense of safety in our community and around our schools is shaken and our hearts are shattered.”
The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:32 AM
“ICE agents have been roaming our neighborhoods, circling our schools, following our buses, coming into our parking lots and taking our children,” Stenvik added. “The sense of safety in our community and around our schools is shaken and our hearts are shattered.”
A Thought: dementia can do a real speed run at the end, though what happens with the viziers between incapacitation and death isn’t gonna be good (for us)
Someday he’s going to disappear from public view and never come back, there’s only so much stuff they can shoot him up with to keep him upright
Someday he’s going to disappear from public view and never come back, there’s only so much stuff they can shoot him up with to keep him upright
As someone with a loved one who went from frontotemporal dementia diagnosis to death in the span of two years, I have Some Thoughts about the cognitive condition of our president
January 21, 2026 at 2:47 PM
A Thought: dementia can do a real speed run at the end, though what happens with the viziers between incapacitation and death isn’t gonna be good (for us)
Someday he’s going to disappear from public view and never come back, there’s only so much stuff they can shoot him up with to keep him upright
Someday he’s going to disappear from public view and never come back, there’s only so much stuff they can shoot him up with to keep him upright
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One confesses the faith
One lives the faith
Be the latter not the former
One lives the faith
Be the latter not the former
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
One confesses the faith
One lives the faith
Be the latter not the former
One lives the faith
Be the latter not the former
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I see grandpa didn't get any naptime on the plane
January 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I see grandpa didn't get any naptime on the plane
Today ICE cased out the parking lot of a Lutheran church in one of the reddest exubs of the Twin Cities metro while the church hosted a blood drive. If I wanted to create something in a lab to chip away at the margins in red-ass northern Anoka County, that would be right up there.
January 21, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Today ICE cased out the parking lot of a Lutheran church in one of the reddest exubs of the Twin Cities metro while the church hosted a blood drive. If I wanted to create something in a lab to chip away at the margins in red-ass northern Anoka County, that would be right up there.
As someone with a loved one who went from frontotemporal dementia diagnosis to death in the span of two years, I have Some Thoughts about the cognitive condition of our president
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 PM
As someone with a loved one who went from frontotemporal dementia diagnosis to death in the span of two years, I have Some Thoughts about the cognitive condition of our president
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As a toddler, one of my kids once had a meltdown over a salad spinner lid not fitting that went on for hours after it started, and there was seemingly nothing to do to stop it save ride it out.
This is remarkably similar to what US foreign policy feels like right now from inside the US.
This is remarkably similar to what US foreign policy feels like right now from inside the US.
January 20, 2026 at 11:08 AM
As a toddler, one of my kids once had a meltdown over a salad spinner lid not fitting that went on for hours after it started, and there was seemingly nothing to do to stop it save ride it out.
This is remarkably similar to what US foreign policy feels like right now from inside the US.
This is remarkably similar to what US foreign policy feels like right now from inside the US.
I’m envious of all the ways MSP folks are stepping up for one another, like the volunteer laundry service. Every new announcement has me like the Soviet guy in the hospital window.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the burbs: solo patrols and mutual aid network establishment moving at a glacial pace.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the burbs: solo patrols and mutual aid network establishment moving at a glacial pace.
January 20, 2026 at 5:55 AM
I’m envious of all the ways MSP folks are stepping up for one another, like the volunteer laundry service. Every new announcement has me like the Soviet guy in the hospital window.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the burbs: solo patrols and mutual aid network establishment moving at a glacial pace.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the burbs: solo patrols and mutual aid network establishment moving at a glacial pace.
Santa out here on the Kash Patel special
(Yes I did just finally de-Christmas today, thanks)
(Yes I did just finally de-Christmas today, thanks)
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Santa out here on the Kash Patel special
(Yes I did just finally de-Christmas today, thanks)
(Yes I did just finally de-Christmas today, thanks)
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Minnesota nice is a social contract broken at your own peril
January 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Minnesota nice is a social contract broken at your own peril
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DE ICER
ICE OUT OF MN
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
ICE OUT OF MN
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
January 17, 2026 at 8:24 PM
DE ICER
ICE OUT OF MN
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
ICE OUT OF MN
Powderhorn Art Sled Rally
Minneapolis
Fellow Russian bots, repost with an obscure proof of life in MN.
January 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Fellow Russian bots, repost with an obscure proof of life in MN.
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UNITE HERE Local 17 represents more than 6,000 workers. The majority of our membership is women, immigrants and people of color.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
UNITE HERE Local 17 represents more than 6,000 workers. The majority of our membership is women, immigrants and people of color.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.
Minnesota is under attack by Federal ICE Agents indiscriminately targeting people of color.
WE NEED YOUR HELP — Please support this hardship fund.