Huldra of the Hill
@builtfyrdetough.bsky.social
She/they. Minnesota, United States. Critter, scurrying around St. Paul most of the time. Gardener, angler, forager, writer. Trying to leave places better than I found them.
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One effect of the last two months I hope becomes permanent is that white Minnesotans — who blithely accept that Somali, Hmong, Latinx, and other immigrant communities share this space, but don't really engage with them — start to really see how rich this community can be when everyone is valued.
February 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
One effect of the last two months I hope becomes permanent is that white Minnesotans — who blithely accept that Somali, Hmong, Latinx, and other immigrant communities share this space, but don't really engage with them — start to really see how rich this community can be when everyone is valued.
I have neighbors everywhere.
I have neighbors everywhere.
I have neighbors everywhere
February 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I have neighbors everywhere.
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You can celebrate a backbreaking pick six even if there’s still some time left on the clock.
I feel a bit emotionally out of step with most here, but I'm kinda in the mood of "Dance in the streets, but bring your whistles"
February 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You can celebrate a backbreaking pick six even if there’s still some time left on the clock.
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I, too, am hopeful.
But also, probably for the rest of my life, I’ll keep a whistle in my pocket, one in the car, and one by the front door.
But also, probably for the rest of my life, I’ll keep a whistle in my pocket, one in the car, and one by the front door.
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I, too, am hopeful.
But also, probably for the rest of my life, I’ll keep a whistle in my pocket, one in the car, and one by the front door.
But also, probably for the rest of my life, I’ll keep a whistle in my pocket, one in the car, and one by the front door.
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A few ways we will know ICE is actually gone:
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
A few ways we will know ICE is actually gone:
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
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Anyone who survived the Winter of 2026 is now an official Minnesotan.
It doesn't matter if you only live here for another 6 months. You're forever Minnesotan.
It doesn't matter if you only live here for another 6 months. You're forever Minnesotan.
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Anyone who survived the Winter of 2026 is now an official Minnesotan.
It doesn't matter if you only live here for another 6 months. You're forever Minnesotan.
It doesn't matter if you only live here for another 6 months. You're forever Minnesotan.
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I think most of us cannot label our feelings “optimistic” because these agents moving elsewhere means they will be kidnapping folks we cannot defend because of proximity. So we are hoping our literal neighbors get some relief, but dreading the story as it moves elsewhere.
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I think most of us cannot label our feelings “optimistic” because these agents moving elsewhere means they will be kidnapping folks we cannot defend because of proximity. So we are hoping our literal neighbors get some relief, but dreading the story as it moves elsewhere.
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Just a big hug to all the anarchists in the Twin Cities who get dismissed all the time but knew exactly what to do when shit went down here.
February 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Just a big hug to all the anarchists in the Twin Cities who get dismissed all the time but knew exactly what to do when shit went down here.
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With the announcement that the ICE surge in MN is ending, I’m thinking about how so many people thought the child in Bad Bunny’s halftime performance was Liam Ramos and how our need for Hollywood endings and satisfying payoffs might hinder us from dealing with the painful and traumatic aftermath.
February 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
With the announcement that the ICE surge in MN is ending, I’m thinking about how so many people thought the child in Bad Bunny’s halftime performance was Liam Ramos and how our need for Hollywood endings and satisfying payoffs might hinder us from dealing with the painful and traumatic aftermath.
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* Continue to patrol, observe, and support your neighbors with daily tasks.
* A recovery package that includes support for small businesses and impacted neighbors who are facing hardship and legal assistance and rental assistance, so our neighbors aren’t displaced. 10/
* A recovery package that includes support for small businesses and impacted neighbors who are facing hardship and legal assistance and rental assistance, so our neighbors aren’t displaced. 10/
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
* Continue to patrol, observe, and support your neighbors with daily tasks.
* A recovery package that includes support for small businesses and impacted neighbors who are facing hardship and legal assistance and rental assistance, so our neighbors aren’t displaced. 10/
* A recovery package that includes support for small businesses and impacted neighbors who are facing hardship and legal assistance and rental assistance, so our neighbors aren’t displaced. 10/
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I recommend you continue your current plan until we can give you more information. We still need observers and the community to be on the lookout. These “draw-downs” are expected to continue through next week, which means we will still need help now and in the future. 6/
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I recommend you continue your current plan until we can give you more information. We still need observers and the community to be on the lookout. These “draw-downs” are expected to continue through next week, which means we will still need help now and in the future. 6/
Mutual aid has to keep going for a while. Keep shopping at immigrant-owned businesses and pitching in to rent and grocery deliveries. And keep donating to legal funds because people are still detained.
Even when things die down a bit, the chilling effect on targeted communities (and their economies) persists. People are still cautious about leaving their homes, and I expect that will last for a long time, unfortunately.
February 12, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Mutual aid has to keep going for a while. Keep shopping at immigrant-owned businesses and pitching in to rent and grocery deliveries. And keep donating to legal funds because people are still detained.
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Chicago, chime in.
What are we looking at post Surge?
What are we looking at post Surge?
Encouraging our Chicago allies who survived Operation Midway Blitz to please post here about that post-”drawdown.” IIRC heat died down but ICE is back doing same shady shit only shadier. Celebrate the win (when it actually happens, not just a liar‘s words) but know this is a strategic retreat.
February 12, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Chicago, chime in.
What are we looking at post Surge?
What are we looking at post Surge?
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If you’re coming to the Twin Cities in the next couple of weeks and this drawdown really occurs, good luck getting a rental car that doesn’t smell like body odor, piss, and 45 days of a grown man eating nothing but microwaveable soup.
February 12, 2026 at 2:59 PM
If you’re coming to the Twin Cities in the next couple of weeks and this drawdown really occurs, good luck getting a rental car that doesn’t smell like body odor, piss, and 45 days of a grown man eating nothing but microwaveable soup.
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So, the folks detained at Whipple are largely being released. Their phones, wallets, and often their winter clothes are confiscated. They are dumped out the front gate with nothing.
Haven Watch is standing there and welcomes them back.
gofund.me/608979105
Haven Watch is standing there and welcomes them back.
gofund.me/608979105
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February 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
So, the folks detained at Whipple are largely being released. Their phones, wallets, and often their winter clothes are confiscated. They are dumped out the front gate with nothing.
Haven Watch is standing there and welcomes them back.
gofund.me/608979105
Haven Watch is standing there and welcomes them back.
gofund.me/608979105
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Now the push to recover here in MN, AND -
- prevent ICE/DHS renditioning arrestees to other jurisdictions to prevent them receiving due process
- require ICE/DHS maintain human decency in "detention facilities"
- change ICE/DHS culture from lying/deception/obfuscation to one of true transparency
- prevent ICE/DHS renditioning arrestees to other jurisdictions to prevent them receiving due process
- require ICE/DHS maintain human decency in "detention facilities"
- change ICE/DHS culture from lying/deception/obfuscation to one of true transparency
This is all due to the incredible resistance of the people of Minnesota.
Their resilience - and their determination - helped enforce the Constitution in a way that political elites in Congress and the courts did not or could not.
I have never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
Their resilience - and their determination - helped enforce the Constitution in a way that political elites in Congress and the courts did not or could not.
I have never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Now the push to recover here in MN, AND -
- prevent ICE/DHS renditioning arrestees to other jurisdictions to prevent them receiving due process
- require ICE/DHS maintain human decency in "detention facilities"
- change ICE/DHS culture from lying/deception/obfuscation to one of true transparency
- prevent ICE/DHS renditioning arrestees to other jurisdictions to prevent them receiving due process
- require ICE/DHS maintain human decency in "detention facilities"
- change ICE/DHS culture from lying/deception/obfuscation to one of true transparency
If you’re doing mutual aid, keep tabs on where their next target is so we can support them the way they supported us.
Do I trust Tom Homan, no.
But what I am hearing is: the occupation is moving elsewhere.
Until they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
After they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
And we need to stand ready to support wherever is next.
Abolish ICE.
But what I am hearing is: the occupation is moving elsewhere.
Until they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
After they do, we need to keep caring for our neighbors.
And we need to stand ready to support wherever is next.
Abolish ICE.
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
If you’re doing mutual aid, keep tabs on where their next target is so we can support them the way they supported us.
This is why Homan is leaving. The turkeys are roiding out and ICE just can’t take roving packs of dinosaurs on top of everything else.
Good morning 🌞 from Minneapolis, where 2 male turkeys are competing for dominance of this block. Or they met on Grindr. I dunno turkeys
February 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
This is why Homan is leaving. The turkeys are roiding out and ICE just can’t take roving packs of dinosaurs on top of everything else.
We beat the fuckers. There are still going to be threats and we will have to adjust tactics accordingly, but this is a victory.
The immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota is ending, said Tom Homan, the border czar for President Donald Trump.
“I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude,” Homan said.
“I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude,” Homan said.
Border czar Tom Homan: Immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota coming to an end
Homan addressed reporters Thursday morning at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, the base for the ongoing federal immigration operation in Minnesota.
www.mprnews.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
We beat the fuckers. There are still going to be threats and we will have to adjust tactics accordingly, but this is a victory.
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Hey guys. You don’t need to well actually the draw down. We beat these fuckers.
Doesn’t mean we stop watching and helping our neighbors.
Doesn’t mean we stop watching and helping our neighbors.
February 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Hey guys. You don’t need to well actually the draw down. We beat these fuckers.
Doesn’t mean we stop watching and helping our neighbors.
Doesn’t mean we stop watching and helping our neighbors.
Hey Greg, you should try hot water-bath canning that raccoon meat! I hear that pressure canning gets it too hot and destroys all the nutrients! If the lid starts bulging, don’t worry-ferments are great for your gut health!
For anyone wondering what Greg Bovino has been up to lately…
February 12, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Hey Greg, you should try hot water-bath canning that raccoon meat! I hear that pressure canning gets it too hot and destroys all the nutrients! If the lid starts bulging, don’t worry-ferments are great for your gut health!
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Hey tc friends… just an update that if you have gfm or donation drives to be added to the Stand with Minnesota website; don’t be a jerk like me and dm it to Ashley. She now has volunteers!
Submit requests to be added using this form:
www.standwithminnesota.com/submission
Submit requests to be added using this form:
www.standwithminnesota.com/submission
Add Your Link | Get Involved Now – Share Your Link — Stand With Minnesota
Join Minnesota's solidarity network by adding mutual aid, organizations, and campaigns supporting ICE-affected communities. Connect and take action today.
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Hey tc friends… just an update that if you have gfm or donation drives to be added to the Stand with Minnesota website; don’t be a jerk like me and dm it to Ashley. She now has volunteers!
Submit requests to be added using this form:
www.standwithminnesota.com/submission
Submit requests to be added using this form:
www.standwithminnesota.com/submission
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Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
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Need to stress that, like the Pretti killing, this terrorism is happening in extremely mixed use residential neighborhoods. Cafes and restaurants just down the street. The St. Paul Curling Club that's put out so many Olympians competing *this week* is like two blocks away.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Need to stress that, like the Pretti killing, this terrorism is happening in extremely mixed use residential neighborhoods. Cafes and restaurants just down the street. The St. Paul Curling Club that's put out so many Olympians competing *this week* is like two blocks away.