meshm
@meshm.bsky.social
Minneapolis-based tinkerer. Making computers do science at the University of Minnesota. Into bikes, city infrastructure, and local politics
I know NG often steps in to do similar relief work after disasters, but I have a hard time with the ones trained and equipped for direct confrontation saying "good job we support you" to regular people putting their bodies on the line. Still an important signal to send but it's complicated
January 25, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I know NG often steps in to do similar relief work after disasters, but I have a hard time with the ones trained and equipped for direct confrontation saying "good job we support you" to regular people putting their bodies on the line. Still an important signal to send but it's complicated
My sample is biased but yes, absolutely. Some of the most active folks I know are self employed or have low-supervision computer jobs. bsky.app/profile/mesh...
My new Bullshit Jobs take is Graeber failed to consider the liberatory potential of having slack in the labor supply of competent, alienated nerds during times of social upheaval
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
My sample is biased but yes, absolutely. Some of the most active folks I know are self employed or have low-supervision computer jobs. bsky.app/profile/mesh...
Way to blow my cover, gotta get a new alias now
January 23, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Way to blow my cover, gotta get a new alias now
Showing Target where I stand by refusing to pay zero dollars to stay warm in a building with their logo on it
January 23, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Showing Target where I stand by refusing to pay zero dollars to stay warm in a building with their logo on it
A week ago I was saying I wanted to hear your perspective of what was happening on the ground here. Glad to actually have you here!
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 AM
A week ago I was saying I wanted to hear your perspective of what was happening on the ground here. Glad to actually have you here!
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
I'm gonna need to hear what he actually said in Hebrew
January 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I'm gonna need to hear what he actually said in Hebrew
*with* your neighbors. But seriously my DMs are open if you want to talk about doing this
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 AM
*with* your neighbors. But seriously my DMs are open if you want to talk about doing this
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by contrast, minnesotans have a clear strategic goal in mind: the removal of ICE and CBP from their streets. and their discipline reflects that clarity of purpose.
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
by contrast, minnesotans have a clear strategic goal in mind: the removal of ICE and CBP from their streets. and their discipline reflects that clarity of purpose.