Phoebe Lostroh
@profphoebe.bsky.social
Microbiologist, feminist, dog and cat lover, LGBTQIA+ communities, Grinnell College and UWC grad; she/her 🏳️🌈🥖🌹https://tinyurl.com/Virosphere
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This is deeply disturbing, especially after reports of growing concerns about the conditions at this facility. An investigation must take place.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas
A man arrested by immigration officials in Minneapolis died in federal detention in Texas.
www.mprnews.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:27 AM
This is deeply disturbing, especially after reports of growing concerns about the conditions at this facility. An investigation must take place.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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We must continue the work to abolish ICE.
But right now, Congress can stop ICE’s violent reign of terror. Tell them to do it today: (202) 224-3121
But right now, Congress can stop ICE’s violent reign of terror. Tell them to do it today: (202) 224-3121
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
We must continue the work to abolish ICE.
But right now, Congress can stop ICE’s violent reign of terror. Tell them to do it today: (202) 224-3121
But right now, Congress can stop ICE’s violent reign of terror. Tell them to do it today: (202) 224-3121
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Who else is excited that Canada has dropped tariffs on Chinese EVS from 100% to 6.1% for the first 49,000 units?
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Who else is excited that Canada has dropped tariffs on Chinese EVS from 100% to 6.1% for the first 49,000 units?
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These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
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I peeked. Oh my. There are kid lit books, craft books, cookbooks, all sorts of things, some at very low prices. I may have one or two in my cart already….
January 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I peeked. Oh my. There are kid lit books, craft books, cookbooks, all sorts of things, some at very low prices. I may have one or two in my cart already….
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For the first time in history, the state of Virginia has a female Governor and right after being sworn in today Governor Abigail Spanberger’s first official act was to end cooperation between ICE-Gestapo and Virginia State Police. More of this. 💙👊👏
January 18, 2026 at 12:03 AM
For the first time in history, the state of Virginia has a female Governor and right after being sworn in today Governor Abigail Spanberger’s first official act was to end cooperation between ICE-Gestapo and Virginia State Police. More of this. 💙👊👏
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Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
www.al.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
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Please SHARE if you agree!
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Please SHARE if you agree!
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“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
I’m in.
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I’m in.
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One positive thing is not having to hear Charlie Kirk's opinion on any of this
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
One positive thing is not having to hear Charlie Kirk's opinion on any of this
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JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Instead of ending the constitution and murdering people, we could have high speed trains and universal health care.
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Instead of ending the constitution and murdering people, we could have high speed trains and universal health care.
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Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say
We are not just sitting down and watch the planet die
Human elite are actively making it worse every day with more fossil fuels and deforestation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are not just sitting down and watch the planet die
Human elite are actively making it worse every day with more fossil fuels and deforestation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say
Data leads scientists to declare 2015 Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C ‘dead in the water’
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say
We are not just sitting down and watch the planet die
Human elite are actively making it worse every day with more fossil fuels and deforestation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are not just sitting down and watch the planet die
Human elite are actively making it worse every day with more fossil fuels and deforestation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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The 3 impeachment charges getting filed against Kristi Noem are brutal. Read the full breakdown:
Three Charges To Be Filed For Noem’s Impeachment, A Huge Protest Aims To Shut Down Planned ICE Facility, and Trump Short-Circuits On Camera When Confronted With His Lies
Plus, Dems defy Mike Johnson to honor Jan 6 heroes
www.dworkinsubstack.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The 3 impeachment charges getting filed against Kristi Noem are brutal. Read the full breakdown:
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“Even though a lot of people that I know and at the school have said, ‘What does the walk out do? You're not directly affecting anything,’” said one Maple Grove senior, “I think it shows that there are people who aren't accepting what's happening and that it is wrong.”
“Students chanted ‘ICE out!’ and carried signs reading ‘ICE stay out of our schools’ and ‘ICE is kidnapping and killing us.’ Several said they’re worried for the safety of their classmates, friends, teachers and families.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Twin Cities students walk out, decry ICE as surge continues
Hundreds of Twin Cities high school students walked out of school Monday to protest federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Officials are increasingly concerned about high absenteeism in some sc...
www.mprnews.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
“Even though a lot of people that I know and at the school have said, ‘What does the walk out do? You're not directly affecting anything,’” said one Maple Grove senior, “I think it shows that there are people who aren't accepting what's happening and that it is wrong.”
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when ICE asks you questions about your neighbors, you've never met your neighbors in your life. you've never even seen them from afar. neighbors? what neighbors?
ICE is targeting Hmong families in St. Paul as they go door to door looking for people to kidnap. they’re asking “do you have any Asian neighbors”
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
when ICE asks you questions about your neighbors, you've never met your neighbors in your life. you've never even seen them from afar. neighbors? what neighbors?
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He drew it himself.
www.gq.com/story/police...
www.gq.com/story/police...
Kansas Cop Resigns After Writing “Pig” on His Own Coffee Cup
After receiving national attention, the McDonald's security cameras revealed he was the real culprit the whole time.
www.gq.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
He drew it himself.
www.gq.com/story/police...
www.gq.com/story/police...