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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1m

Some Guatemalans and Southeast Asians (Hmong? Vietnamese? I'm not sure) sell produce every Saturday at the Mill City farmers' market over here. Do we need to plan what to do if ICE shows up? #Minneapolis

Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 12h

I wish I knew who made it — it's not by me, and I don't remember where I found it. ...It's Moo Deng, the Thai pygmy hippo / internet sensation. I agree, it is very cute. :)

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 17h

Fripp & Eno - Evening Star (Evening Star, 1975)

YouTube video by Robert Fripp

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 18h

Your yearly reminder that "sugar maple tree" in the Dakota language is ćaŋ-ha’-saŋ or "chanhassen."

A beautiful maple tree at the University of Minnesota with orangey, red leaves.

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

Still need to do this, or someone else could

Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · Mar 29

Actually planning to buy a beaver costume and attend protests as the Prosecutor Beaver. "J'ACCUSE!!!"

Black and white image of the Prosecutor Beaver from the film Hundreds of Beavers, with text reading "J'Accuse...!"

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

Gratitude is hard for me to find at times but very rewarding when I remember to try to think that way

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/8eXBqcYfr6A?...

Minutemen - Tour Spiel [1985]

YouTube video by [ Eye Tunz ] [HD]

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 2d

We just live in a john carpenter movie now.

A warning over a highway near Interstate 5 in Los Angeles that reads “live weapons over freeway”

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

Just don't use the word "menchies"

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

"it's weird saying that" is truly desperate

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

Good to know! ...I don't know anyone in Quito, though, whereas I do know an American who moved from Seattle to Costa Rica a few years ago and likes it there.

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

That's all very good, but I fear the "high 60s to low 70s" stage is over as of today. The "increasing cold and darkness" part is what bothers me. Early fall: classic. Late fall: dud.

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

I hear Costa Rica is a very nice place to live

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

We're not sending our best.

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The New Universal Solar Calendar @calendarsolar.bsky.social · 1d

Mysteries of the Sandman

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting conversations on here
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_ERO/

ICE_ERO

*This is a unofficial forum for current Deportation Officers, prospective applicants and retired Deportation Officers to have a platform for discussion* This Reddit is 100% UnOfficial, but for many p...

www.reddit.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's meticulous construction of a secret police force in the traditional authoritarian model: hyper violent, targeting domestic political adversaries, unaccountable under law and to court. Pro Publica does a fine job here, with the sort of piece that NYT, WaPo and WSJ don't have the guts to run.

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

www.propublica.org

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 1d

I shop there about 2x/week. This specific location has advantages for me: it's half a block away so I don't have to park at it; it's unusually spacious, hence fairly easy to navigate; and with my schedule I can go when it's less busy. But I hear you. (And I wish staff weren't so insistently chatty!)

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · Feb 13

Exactly.

"Borders are increasingly mobile, portable, omnipresent, and ubiquitous realities... sorting, recategorizing, and reclassifying people to select anew who is whom, who should be where, and who shouldn’t, for 'security'."

- Achille Mbembe, Bodies as Borders* talk @ 17 min

*text is online

Bodies and Borders // Achille Mbembe // AMP 2019

Die Albertus-Magnus-Professur der Universität zu Köln wurde in Gedenken an den mittelalterlichen Universalgelehrten Albertus Magnus (1193 bis 1280) eingerich...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Gentle reminder that should a general strike happen, it’s crucial to plan and establish robust networks of community care.

There will be people, especially within the disability community, who can’t participate.

Who have needs that must be met.

Let’s make sure we figure out how to include them!

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 2d

Tricky - Black Steel (West 54th 1997)

YouTube video by Tricky Live Videos (Unofficial)

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 2d

You've heard about necropolitics — get ready for fecopolitics

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Mara @mauratwit.bsky.social · 2d

Hey twin cities friends!

There’s a new website for the Mn Rapid Response network, now called Monarca.

It has the hotline to call if you see 🧊 activity as well as Know Your Rights information and lists upcoming community trainings.

A great resource. Please share widely!

monarcamn.org

Monarca

monarcamn.org

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Peter Pumpkin 🎃 @nanou2.bsky.social · 2d

The Minneapolis General Election is November 4th. See where you vote and who's on your ballot at myballotmn.sos.mn.gov

@naomikritzer.bsky.social does excellent write-ups of St. Paul & Minneapolis elections, candidates, the PACs and their agendas in the Minneapolis election. 1/4

Voting Information

myballotmn.sos.mn.gov

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Just some random weirdo @susanvp.bsky.social · 2d

Bring Me The News, Minnesota Reformer, and MinnPost are good too.

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