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The garden can wait. There’s work to do.
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This is a long and very quotable piece about one of the more bizarre episodes from the ICE surge in Minneapolis.
Read it this weekend. You won’t regret it.
Read it this weekend. You won’t regret it.
Rookie error: Mistook Midwest nice for a doormat.
I keep thinking about Stanley Milgrim.
- ICE action is the critical break off point of the Trump Regime
- Courage begets more courage
- ICE action is the critical break off point of the Trump Regime
- Courage begets more courage
January 31, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I keep thinking about Stanley Milgrim.
- ICE action is the critical break off point of the Trump Regime
- Courage begets more courage
- ICE action is the critical break off point of the Trump Regime
- Courage begets more courage
Empathy. Sociopaths don’t have it, can’t imagine it, can’t fake it and therefore can’t anticipate it. It’s their Achilles heel.
January 31, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Empathy. Sociopaths don’t have it, can’t imagine it, can’t fake it and therefore can’t anticipate it. It’s their Achilles heel.
I keep coming back to this article. Brilliant writing and hopeful truths.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I keep coming back to this article. Brilliant writing and hopeful truths.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I’m a sucker for good writing. When its also a scathing review of the regime? 😘
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I’m a sucker for good writing. When its also a scathing review of the regime? 😘
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Rookie error: Mistook Midwest nice for a doormat.
This is a long and very quotable piece about one of the more bizarre episodes from the ICE surge in Minneapolis.
Read it this weekend. You won’t regret it.
Read it this weekend. You won’t regret it.
January 31, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Rookie error: Mistook Midwest nice for a doormat.