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Naomi Kritzer

@naomikritzer.bsky.social

For my out-of-state friends wanting to help Minneapolis, Sanctuary Supply Depot is a grassroots mutual aid effort to support unhoused folks here. They take cash as well as in-kind donations: linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...

January 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM

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Mina Li (she/her)

@codenameminali.bsky.social

stayed up late Tuesday night to finish reading THE NAMELESS LAND by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social and not only do I have zero regrets, I need to get the duology. I can't articulate right now how seamlessly good everything is, from the worldbuilding to the plot/characters. It'll keep you on your toes.

January 16, 2026 at 7:01 AM

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Amal El-Mohtar

@amalelmohtar.com

Waking up in the middle of the night rarely affords such pleasure as seeing so thoughtful & generous a review! A little speechless, & so grateful to Katie for the very kind interview!

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 2d

I’m interested in what happens when people talk to each other and I’m interested in the ways in which that can open new avenues of story, says @amalelmohtar.com on her new collection, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories (Arcadia)👇 #BookSky

Amal El-Mohtar’s new collection confirms her as one of the most exciting SFF authors

ebx.sh

January 16, 2026 at 9:47 AM

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Aliette de Bodard

@aliettedebodard.com

Oh wow
48 hours of torture and he still dictated a confession knowing it would be read in court and his comrades would be able to get the info. Wow.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Holy hell, what an obituary

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

www.nytimes.com

January 16, 2026 at 9:42 AM

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Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun

@eaterofsun.bsky.social

SHIFT WORK

The snow is soft and pushed into drifts.
A van pulls up with men in black masks ¬—
never alone, they bully in shifts.

Guns make them bold, hands on their hips;
the clouds of pepper and tear gas
leave citizens blind, pushed into drifts.

Frozen fingers let placards slip
but phones are ready to photograph
the next assault — working in shifts

we follow the Icemen and bear witness
when friends and neighbours are kidnapped,
pushed into snow, pulled into drifts.

If one of us wearies, needs to sit
and warm iced feet, no need to ask —
others step up, we take it in shifts.

It’s scary now, but we'll persist
and hold each other; under attack
our hearts still beat, pushed into drifts
but not alone. Resisting in shifts.

¬¬

NJ Hynes
16 Jan 2026

January 16, 2026 at 9:31 AM

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Nikita Gill

@nikitagill.bsky.social

Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:

NO ONE WAY WORKS, it will take all of us shoving at the thing from all sides to bring it down.

Diane di Prima

January 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM

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Bruce Little

@brucedlittle.bsky.social

“One of the bombs rolled under our truck, and within seconds our truck lifted up off the ground, and the airbags deployed, the car doors locked themselves, and the car began to fill with the powerful tear gas. We fought hard to get the doors open and get all of the kids out. Bystanders had to help.”

Infant needs CPR after feds unleash flash-bangs on family van with 6 kids inside

The father of three children who were hospitalized in Minneapolis on Wednesday night accused federal agents of launching flash-bang munitions and tear gas into their family van after they were caught ...

www.rawstory.com

January 16, 2026 at 8:46 AM

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Nate Pentz

@natepentz.bsky.social

Folks the man illegally taken when ICE rammed through the door on Sunday is free!!

7:15 p.m. | Judge orders release of Garrison Gibson

Judge orders release of Garrison Gibson
A Minneapolis man is out of jail Thursday, days after masked federal agents illegally broke down his door and arrested him.

January 16, 2026 at 3:29 AM

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Norm Charlatan

@normcharlatan.bsky.social

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

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿

@divyampersaud.com

Overwhelmed? Action is a cure. Pick ONE survival fund, click "weekly"/"monthly," put it in your calendar to share once per day, put it in your email auto-reply, print a flyer—don't forget these families.

Here's one fund for six families & a camp: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A graphic featuring a black ink illustration of a falcon with his wings partly open. Title: “Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza giving circle” decorated with a red watercolor poppy. Text: Six families are completely starting over—amidst their grief and pain, they have lost their homes, livelihoods, and communities, and must still seek food and shelter. Help them start over and continue to survive this life-and-death situation. https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.”

January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Dr Mary McAuliffe

@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

‘To keep parents apart from their children for three additional years for no better reason than that you can is exactly what the Minister says it is not. It is simply cruel.’ #spéirghorm

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Justine McCarthy: Ireland celebrates Hamnet and Jessie Buckley’s success. It should feel shame

Separating refugee parents and their children betrays the family values of the film and of our constitution

www.irishtimes.com

January 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM

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Matt McDermott

@mattmfm.bsky.social

Devastating new CNN poll on the anniversary of Trump’s first year in office: voters think he’s made everything worse — crime, free speech, health, global security. Literally every promise.

www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...

January 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM

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Aaron Sojourner

@aaronsojourner.org

They have quite an operation going.
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 1:02 PM

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upfromsumdirt

@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social

i cant recall the song but i was introduced to Mr. Iyer's work back during the days of MySpace in the times of yore. however it wasnt until first hearing his rendition of 'Somewhere' that i latched on - Historicity is an amazing album - he has many; check them out.

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM

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bob barker 🍸

@insortediaboli.bsky.social

Look at this absolute queen

When someone asked "Why would you as a business choose to piss off 1/2 of your potential customers? Just curious what sense that makes." the bakery responded with "I don't want those customers."

January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM

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Greg Sargent

@gregsargent.bsky.social

Yes. ICE service is being sold to disaffected MAGA goons as an opportunity to wage a campaign of cleansing, restorative violence against Americans as an act of patriotic national service. And most normies now see that this isn't anything akin to real law enforcement.

newrepublic.com/article/2052...

January 16, 2026 at 12:35 PM

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Waldo Jaquith

@waldo.net

It’s amazing watching the U.S. cede the global auto market to China. We’re 24–36 months away from utter devastation in U.S. vehicle exports, because both automakers and the U.S. are scared of EVs, because a dozen petroleum executives have a whole political party at their beck and call.

December 31, 2024 at 7:29 PM

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Riley MacLeod

@rcmacleod.bsky.social

This story was the first thing I thought about when I opened my eyes this morning, an odd little mystery that got so weird so quickly and feels like just one more example of how tough things are for journalism these days

Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 3d

Last week, I got a corrections request for a story I didn't write, on a publication I don't write for. It sent me down a very strange rabbit hole involving a mysterious content publisher. There's a lot I don't understand, but here's what I know:

aftermath.site/nicole-carpe...

I'm Not That Nicole Carpenter

I got a corrections request for a story I didn't write, and it pulled me down a journalism rabbit hole.

aftermath.site

January 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM

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Ideas Roadshow

@ideasroadshow.bsky.social

🌸 Botticelli deliberately included elements of high Florentine fashion that were in vogue when he was painting Primavera which helped to give its figures a strong sense of contemporary reality.

🎬 ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/botticelli...

🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #renaissance #academia #art

Details of clothing and jewellery in Botticelli's Primavera.

January 16, 2026 at 10:06 AM

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Antiquity Journal

@antiquity.ac.uk

📰 Isotope analysis finds Neolithic people at Wadi Nafūn, Oman were regularly eating proteins from the top of the marine food chain, suggesting that prehistoric people in Arabia were hunting and eating sharks!

🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @labrujulaverde.bsky.social

www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/n...

Neolithic Peoples of Arabia Fed on Shark Hunting 7,000 Years Ago

A team of researchers from the Archaeological Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague has made a discovery of monumental proportions in the arid territory of Oman, specifically at the…

www.labrujulaverde.com

January 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM

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Deidre Lynch

@drbibliomane.bsky.social

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting a day (or thereabouts) for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

12. Nicholas Hilliard, Portrait miniature of an unknown young man, 1600. Victoria & Albert Museum.

In an oval pendant, a 3/4 view of a dark-haired bearded young white man,in an open white shirt, with fine lace trimming. He is looking at the viewer. Around his neck is a chain with a pendant, perhaps another portrait miniature. He's clasping it in his left hand holding it toward us. He is also wearing an earring and a ring. He is pictured against a background of flames.

January 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM

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Mike Christie

@mikechristie.bsky.social

Quick animation of 7 frames of Jupiter from last night showing Io emerging from Jupiter's shadow. #CFF160 🔭,#Televue 2.5x powermate, #ZWO ASI585MC camera. #astrophotography

January 16, 2026 at 11:42 AM

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Trung Le Nguyen

@trungles.com

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

Just before Christmas, I got a puppy.
Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie.

I'm still learning how to understand her.

Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo?
Do you need to do a widdle piddle?

Minnie: Arf!

*I just call her "little baby" most of the time.

I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now.
Nobody tells you about that.

I got so lucky with my first puppy.
Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now.

Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers.

I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless.
The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective.

I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition.
ICE will pick up anybody.

I know that.

So I tucked my passport away.

And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too.
And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized.
We'll do our best to get through this.

Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM

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Gavin, Small Beer, long covid, &c.

@gavingrant.bsky.social

Hey, lookit that, neighbor star mystery author Margot Douaihy in the @shelf-awareness.com this morning — her new Sister Holiday (gritty New Orleans mystery) Divine Ruin dropped this week