We keep us safe
@thequeengeek.bsky.social
Disability self-advocate, PTA mom, political strategist, Minnesotan(ish), collector of cats. she/her
I cry a lot, but I am so productive. It’s an art. (Taylor Swift)
I cry a lot, but I am so productive. It’s an art. (Taylor Swift)
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@thequeengeek.bsky.social
· Jan 21
I'm in my Bartleby Era.
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and there are more of us every day
they shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti and 1 out of every 10 Twin Cities residents volunteered to take their place
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 AM
and there are more of us every day
My family arrived from Southern Italy between 1895 and 1924. They were escaping poverty and political instability brought about by Italian unification.
They entered without restriction through Ellis Island. This ended in 1924 because the US severely restricted Italian immigration due to nativism.
They entered without restriction through Ellis Island. This ended in 1924 because the US severely restricted Italian immigration due to nativism.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 2:06 AM
My family arrived from Southern Italy between 1895 and 1924. They were escaping poverty and political instability brought about by Italian unification.
They entered without restriction through Ellis Island. This ended in 1924 because the US severely restricted Italian immigration due to nativism.
They entered without restriction through Ellis Island. This ended in 1924 because the US severely restricted Italian immigration due to nativism.
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
And yet Fox News will keep telling my dad they're out here getting the worst of the worst and everyone is undocumented.
Woman with legal status taken from her family home in St Paul by ICE, flown to Texas, held for two weeks before being ordered released by a judge. She lost her job. She's afraid to go outside because agents keep coming to her home.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
After ICE release St. Paul woman, she says agents keep returning to her home
Thi Dua Vang legally came to the U.S. two years ago. So when ICE showed up, she thought it must have been a mistake.
www.kare11.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 AM
And yet Fox News will keep telling my dad they're out here getting the worst of the worst and everyone is undocumented.
Looking to finally get my Minnesota tattoo. Who in the Twin Cities does good watercolor work?
January 31, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Looking to finally get my Minnesota tattoo. Who in the Twin Cities does good watercolor work?
We wont back down
They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
January 31, 2026 at 3:26 AM
We wont back down
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Y'all, we shipped ~45k whistles in December.
I think we shipped ~35k whistles TODAY.
This team of rogue 3D printing enthusiasts is... really rocking & rolling. 💓💃 And thank you to all of you who helped supply the filament & shipping $ so that could happen!
I think we shipped ~35k whistles TODAY.
This team of rogue 3D printing enthusiasts is... really rocking & rolling. 💓💃 And thank you to all of you who helped supply the filament & shipping $ so that could happen!
January 31, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Y'all, we shipped ~45k whistles in December.
I think we shipped ~35k whistles TODAY.
This team of rogue 3D printing enthusiasts is... really rocking & rolling. 💓💃 And thank you to all of you who helped supply the filament & shipping $ so that could happen!
I think we shipped ~35k whistles TODAY.
This team of rogue 3D printing enthusiasts is... really rocking & rolling. 💓💃 And thank you to all of you who helped supply the filament & shipping $ so that could happen!
I believe that we will win. ❤️
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I believe that we will win. ❤️
I paid a very nice lady on Facebook $35 to bring me 12 tamales and I do not regret this decision.
January 31, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I paid a very nice lady on Facebook $35 to bring me 12 tamales and I do not regret this decision.
Feeling SEEN.
As usual, moms are doing a huge amount of work behind the scenes. www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/0...
Mothers of resistance: PTA members organize Minneapolis relief efforts
Fox called them ‘wine moms.’ But for longtime volunteers, rides to school for frightened kids was a natural first step. Then came food, diapers, rent.
www.minnpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Feeling SEEN.
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Lindsey Vonn crashed and Imm going to crash out. I need her right knee to not be wrecked for Milan because I(or Minnesota) can’t handle another sad thing.
January 30, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Lindsey Vonn crashed and Imm going to crash out. I need her right knee to not be wrecked for Milan because I(or Minnesota) can’t handle another sad thing.
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Unfortunately, telling a child in America they will always be safe with you may be a straight up lie. Remember, we were told ICE would be focused on the worst, most dangerous criminals. Do you see one in video below? Nobody’s risk free. Even a few feet from your front door.
bsky.app/profile/thet...
bsky.app/profile/thet...
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Unfortunately, telling a child in America they will always be safe with you may be a straight up lie. Remember, we were told ICE would be focused on the worst, most dangerous criminals. Do you see one in video below? Nobody’s risk free. Even a few feet from your front door.
bsky.app/profile/thet...
bsky.app/profile/thet...
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outfit has the same colors as the crying emoji 😭
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 AM
outfit has the same colors as the crying emoji 😭
My 7yo daughter’s best friends’ family fled the country a few weeks ago. Today she came home with a drawing of her and another friend blowing whistles at ICE agents.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 AM
My 7yo daughter’s best friends’ family fled the country a few weeks ago. Today she came home with a drawing of her and another friend blowing whistles at ICE agents.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
I need to get up early so I really should go to bed.
(proceeds to watch hours of the most upsetting video you can possibly watch and sob alone in the dark)
(proceeds to watch hours of the most upsetting video you can possibly watch and sob alone in the dark)
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM
I need to get up early so I really should go to bed.
(proceeds to watch hours of the most upsetting video you can possibly watch and sob alone in the dark)
(proceeds to watch hours of the most upsetting video you can possibly watch and sob alone in the dark)
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Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
This is the vibe in Minnesota. Like "are you doing rapid response or mutual aid? Nothing? Oh."
Here’s the deal, they captured my face standing outside of my kid’s preschool in a high-viz vest. The database is going to be so big it’ll be useless. Employers will ask why you aren’t in the database and unless you explain you were doing mutual aid, the people hiring will think you’re a bad person.
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
January 28, 2026 at 7:26 AM
This is the vibe in Minnesota. Like "are you doing rapid response or mutual aid? Nothing? Oh."
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how the fuck you gonna reform a children’s concentration camp asshole
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 AM
how the fuck you gonna reform a children’s concentration camp asshole
I cannot stop watching this. Every reaction in it is perfection. Like fuck that dude for attacking her, but holy shit, what a moment.
Toughest congressperson in America rears back for a punch, and refuses to cut short townhall, after asshole sprays her with something.
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 AM
I cannot stop watching this. Every reaction in it is perfection. Like fuck that dude for attacking her, but holy shit, what a moment.
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it is beautiful how we are having another moment of Bluesky unity. everybody basking in the glow of how Ilhan Omar was very visibly gonna punch that dude in the mouth
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 AM
it is beautiful how we are having another moment of Bluesky unity. everybody basking in the glow of how Ilhan Omar was very visibly gonna punch that dude in the mouth
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
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CNN: Are you okay?
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
January 28, 2026 at 2:42 AM
CNN: Are you okay?
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
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Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.
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Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...