rika b ghost
@mythopoems.bsky.social
tired, gay. I sleep more than I used to. And I have a cat. mythopoetry on tumblr / kalmialatifolia on dw
need to run errands but it's okay. I checked the ice map to see if they were kidnapping people at the cub again and it doesn't seem like it. Just a normal day here in Minnesota, the place I moved to seeking safety.
January 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
need to run errands but it's okay. I checked the ice map to see if they were kidnapping people at the cub again and it doesn't seem like it. Just a normal day here in Minnesota, the place I moved to seeking safety.
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
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no honor, no dignity. a lifetime of trying to atone for the wrong they’re doing will not be enough. The appropriate posture for them all this morning is on their knees in the Minnesota cold begging the God of the universe, Who is against them, for forgiveness
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
no honor, no dignity. a lifetime of trying to atone for the wrong they’re doing will not be enough. The appropriate posture for them all this morning is on their knees in the Minnesota cold begging the God of the universe, Who is against them, for forgiveness
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Non-violent protest is NOT peaceful protest.
Politicians and the media use these words interchangeably to our detriment. And most folks don't hear the difference. Here's what I mean:
Non-violent protest is NOT peaceful protest.
Politicians and the media use these words interchangeably to our detriment. And most folks don't hear the difference. Here's what I mean:
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Non-violent protest is NOT peaceful protest.
Politicians and the media use these words interchangeably to our detriment. And most folks don't hear the difference. Here's what I mean:
Non-violent protest is NOT peaceful protest.
Politicians and the media use these words interchangeably to our detriment. And most folks don't hear the difference. Here's what I mean:
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This is my regular reminded that if your clothes are full of tear gas and/or pepper spray, air them for a day if at all possible and then wash them twice ON COLD.
If you come home and throw them in on hot right away you will kinda gas your laundry room. <3
#Minneapolis #StPaul #FuckICE
If you come home and throw them in on hot right away you will kinda gas your laundry room. <3
#Minneapolis #StPaul #FuckICE
January 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
This is my regular reminded that if your clothes are full of tear gas and/or pepper spray, air them for a day if at all possible and then wash them twice ON COLD.
If you come home and throw them in on hot right away you will kinda gas your laundry room. <3
#Minneapolis #StPaul #FuckICE
If you come home and throw them in on hot right away you will kinda gas your laundry room. <3
#Minneapolis #StPaul #FuckICE
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
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I thought Canadians were genetically predisposed to mastery of understatement til I moved to Minnesota where I discovered there are whole other levels of understatement that can communicate some very terrifying sentiments
If a Minnesotan says to you, "I don't plan to let you do that," run.
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I thought Canadians were genetically predisposed to mastery of understatement til I moved to Minnesota where I discovered there are whole other levels of understatement that can communicate some very terrifying sentiments
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This post ends with some ideas of actions you can take. I hadn't thought to call my R representative about this (duh!) but now I will.
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This post ends with some ideas of actions you can take. I hadn't thought to call my R representative about this (duh!) but now I will.
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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
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I just let out the ugliest laugh. There’s practically more press than protesters at the Nazi march
Downtown Minneapolis currently—
Jake Lang and a handful of other racists/RW propagandists are surrounded by about 50 cameras and some antifascists chanting him down. A banner the group arrived with has been broken.
Jake Lang and a handful of other racists/RW propagandists are surrounded by about 50 cameras and some antifascists chanting him down. A banner the group arrived with has been broken.
January 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I just let out the ugliest laugh. There’s practically more press than protesters at the Nazi march
remember the point of enjoining them from detaining us isn't to prevent them from detaining us. it's to have precedent, and to prevent the Nuremberg defense later.
January 17, 2026 at 3:38 PM
remember the point of enjoining them from detaining us isn't to prevent them from detaining us. it's to have precedent, and to prevent the Nuremberg defense later.
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Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Look at this absolute queen
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Not "why was the tear gas in the toddler's neighborhood" but "why was the toddler in the tear gas's neighborhood"
NEWSMAX host Carl Higbie: “This 6 month old who unfortunately got tear gassed by ICE… That sucks 🤷🏼 , but why was a 6 month old near tear gas in the first place?”
The live there Carl, you soulless puppet
The live there Carl, you soulless puppet
January 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Not "why was the tear gas in the toddler's neighborhood" but "why was the toddler in the tear gas's neighborhood"
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It's striking that the federal line is now simply that there is no justifiable or legal means of resistance, defense, or protest, against ICE period. That seems to me like a change/escalation (though I know it's not unprecedented). Either assist ICE or comply with them, or be attacked and slandered.
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
It's striking that the federal line is now simply that there is no justifiable or legal means of resistance, defense, or protest, against ICE period. That seems to me like a change/escalation (though I know it's not unprecedented). Either assist ICE or comply with them, or be attacked and slandered.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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I ask you.
If you can take the risk. If you can make it happen. Support Minnesota on Jan 23rd.
Keep your kids home from school. Take a sick day. Do not buy anything, do not go anywhere, do not participate in capitalism either as a worker or a consumer.
The people united can never be defeated.
If you can take the risk. If you can make it happen. Support Minnesota on Jan 23rd.
Keep your kids home from school. Take a sick day. Do not buy anything, do not go anywhere, do not participate in capitalism either as a worker or a consumer.
The people united can never be defeated.
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I ask you.
If you can take the risk. If you can make it happen. Support Minnesota on Jan 23rd.
Keep your kids home from school. Take a sick day. Do not buy anything, do not go anywhere, do not participate in capitalism either as a worker or a consumer.
The people united can never be defeated.
If you can take the risk. If you can make it happen. Support Minnesota on Jan 23rd.
Keep your kids home from school. Take a sick day. Do not buy anything, do not go anywhere, do not participate in capitalism either as a worker or a consumer.
The people united can never be defeated.
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In the need of some spicy adult products? Want to support folks in Minneapolis?
Buy them from our super ethical, trans-owned Smitten Kitten. They’ve not only become a hub for mutual aid and community ICE watch, they’ve basically turn their socials into a local news source.
Buy them from our super ethical, trans-owned Smitten Kitten. They’ve not only become a hub for mutual aid and community ICE watch, they’ve basically turn their socials into a local news source.
The Smitten Kitten
A trans-owned minneapolis-based adult store for EVERY.BODY. Bringing high quality adult toys and sex education to our community since 2003
smittenkittenonline.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:32 AM
In the need of some spicy adult products? Want to support folks in Minneapolis?
Buy them from our super ethical, trans-owned Smitten Kitten. They’ve not only become a hub for mutual aid and community ICE watch, they’ve basically turn their socials into a local news source.
Buy them from our super ethical, trans-owned Smitten Kitten. They’ve not only become a hub for mutual aid and community ICE watch, they’ve basically turn their socials into a local news source.
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Hey now. Jan 23rd strike day is endorsed by the AFL-CIO? That’s what we like to see. Full press release: minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
minneapolisunions.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Hey now. Jan 23rd strike day is endorsed by the AFL-CIO? That’s what we like to see. Full press release: minneapolisunions.org/system/files...
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It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
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according to this map, the only business in charlottesville currently making millions off ICE contracts is govsmart, a company whose CEO also owns the local franchise of gracie jiu jitsu. interesting!
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
according to this map, the only business in charlottesville currently making millions off ICE contracts is govsmart, a company whose CEO also owns the local franchise of gracie jiu jitsu. interesting!
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This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
This is an Underground Railroad style operation. This is what I mean that we should study UR history, tactics, and strategy.